Chapter 9: Rich Rewards
Don't look at the second task requiring only three flame essences, but that doesn't mean this task is easy to complete!
In fact, Zhang Yang didn't hit the first Flame Essence until twenty minutes later!
The second Flame Essence arrived pretty quickly, falling into Zhang Yang's backpack just five minutes later. However, the third Flame Essence took Zhang Yang a full hour to finally obtain.
"Black hand!" Zhang Yang kept staring at his own hands as he turned back and headed towards Xinshou Village.
Looking at his experience bar, he had already reached 73% of the current level's experience and was not far from leveling up. After all, he had been killing monsters that were 10 levels higher than him, so the experience points he gained were quite substantial.
Return to Farlian and complete the task, this uncle generously gave 5000 experience points again, then said: "Young warrior, you have completed the tasks I gave you one after another, making me feel that you still have a little bit of advantage! Alright, this is the last material needed for casting Battle Blade - the soul of Frost Giant! Different Frost Giants have different powers in their souls. You can decide which Frost Giant to challenge based on your strength and courage!"
"Ding! You can choose one of the following four difficulty levels to complete the task, and the higher the difficulty, the richer the reward! The four difficulty levels are: Extremely Hard, Relatively Hard, General, Easy, please choose!"
"Extremely difficult!" Zhang Yang didn't even think about it and immediately made his choice. Obviously, only the extremely difficult option would have a chance to get the "perfect" final score!
"Haha, a bold choice, I hope you have the strength to match it, rookie!" Farlian handed Zhang Yang a crystal clear stone and said, "Take this Ice Frost Stone and place it in the center of the magic array in the underground chamber. The magic array will automatically activate and summon the Ice Frost Giant!"
"Ding! You have accepted the quest: Gathering Materials for Forging Warblade (3)!"
"Ding! You have obtained Froststone!"
"Materials for Forging War Blades (3)" (Mission Difficulty: S-Class)
Mission Description: Summon the Frost Giant using Frostmourne, defeat it, collect its soul and hand it over to Falrian to complete the final material collection. This mission can only be completed by a single player; once a second player enters the Frost Giant's hate list, the mission will automatically fail.
Completion: Collecting Frost Giant's Soul 0/1
S-level task, looks like I'll be getting the final reward soon!
The basement was just below the village hall, and it took Zhang Yang five or six minutes to reach the bottom along the winding passage. When he played here before, he had wondered what this basement was used for, and now he finally had an answer.
The basement was surrounded by torches, very spacious, and in the middle of the floor, a very complex magic array was drawn. Zhang Yang took out the Frost Stone from his backpack and embedded it into the recessed empty slot at the center of the magic array.
Buzz!
Innumerable white lights suddenly surged violently, extremely dazzling! Immediately afterwards, a low and muffled voice echoed incessantly in the underground chamber.
"Who... dares summon Malatuk! Malatuk is sleeping, whoever wakes Malatuk shall suffer the punishment of frost!"
Boom!
A giant, six or seven feet tall, suddenly appeared in the center of the law array, his entire body a sky blue color, emitting a cold and stern aura, instantly lowering the temperature of the underground chamber by several degrees!
"You - a mere mortal, dare to disturb the beautiful dream of Malatuk! Malatuk will crush you!" The blue giant quickly discovered Zhang Yang and immediately swung his massive fist down towards him.
Marathukku
Level: 10
Health: 5000
Zhang Yang took a step back and immediately charged forward, causing Malatuk's head to flash with stars representing dizziness.
“－18！”
One sword swing, but it only caused a pitiful 18 points of damage! Such high defense!
Unfortunately, the effect of the trial poison had already disappeared, and each player could only buy it once. Zhang Yang could only rely on himself to slowly grind it out!
"You detestable ant, you've enraged Maratuk!" Maratuk's fist flew up in anger and struck Zhang Yang again.
"Awesome!"
“－17！”
"What a thick-skinned guy!" Zhang Yang muttered, swinging his shield and launching "Shield Strike".
“－54！”
Maratouk was furious and let out a loud roar, taking a big step forward and trampling Zhang Yang ruthlessly.
Dodge!
“－19！”
“－19！”
A normal attack followed by a powerful strike, although the deducted blood volume is not much, it makes Malatuk even more furious.
But for the agile Zhang Yang, Malatuke was like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Although he had an absolute advantage in strength, he couldn't hit his opponent and instead was slowly drained of his blood by Zhang Yang's steady attacks!
"Puny mortal, face the wrath of the Frost God!" Malatuk suddenly crouched down and slapped his palms heavily on the ground! Instantly, countless ice spikes burst out from beneath the earth, like a multitude of sharp spears!
Because he had never encountered such a monster before, Zhang Yang didn't know what skills it would use. Although he was already on guard when it spoke, he didn't know what move the opponent would make, let alone defend against it!
Zhang Yang's acute motor nerves were brought to the extreme in an instant, dodging and weaving through the icy thorns with a magnificent figure!
"Ding! You were hit by Frost Strike, losing 30 points of life!"
"Ding! You were hit by an ice spike and lost 30 points of life!"
"Ding..."
The system prompt sounded in his ear for the fifth time, and Zhang Yang, despite exerting his speed to the limit, was at a disadvantage due to this character's agility value being too low, unable to bring out his full strength. He was still hit by five ice stabs, and his health bar plummeted rapidly!
It's all thanks to Zhang Yang, if it were someone else, they would have been instantly killed by the monster's big move!
Zhang Yang now has a total of only 190 blood, instantly leaving only 40 residual blood. He drank a bottle of primary treatment potion and saw "+100" green characters floating above his head, and his blood volume immediately rose again.
The red bottle has a cooldown of half a minute, fortunately Marauder's ultimate skill is not launched frequently, otherwise the cooldown time of the potion would really be insufficient!
"Marathuk will shatter your bones!" The Frost Giant stood up again, and everything returned to its original rhythm.
Zhang Yang was slightly tense, the monster's blood volume had dropped to 10%, and it might enter a frenzied state at any moment! Once in a frenzied state, the frequency of the monster's skill activation would increase greatly, which was also the most dangerous part of the battle! Although Zhang Yang was an expert, he absolutely wouldn't be able to survive under the BOSS's continuous three or four waves of big moves!
It's okay, it didn't turn red!
Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that it was only right. The task had specified that it could only be completed by one person, and the monster already having skills was already enough of a disadvantage. If it were also able to go berserk, how would anyone survive?
……3%！2%！1%！
"Detestable mortal, Malatute will return... he will definitely return!" When the last bloodline was also knocked down, Malatute finally fell to the ground with a loud crash, his massive body striking the earth with a thunderous roar.
"Whoa!" Zhang Yang let out a breath and finally finished!
The law array began to operate again, and the corpse of the Frost Giant slowly shrank, eventually forming a blue bead the size of a fist.
"Is this the soul of the Frost Giant?" Zhang Yang picked up the bead with one hand, his eyes wide open as he looked around, "What a scam! Clearly we killed a big monster, but nothing dropped!"
Zhang Yang angrily returned upstairs and handed the blue beads over to Farlan.
"Young one, you have proven your bravery and strength, I must admit that you may become a great warrior in the future!" Farlian beckoned with his hand, saying "Follow me, all the materials are now ready, I will forge an invincible battle sword for you!"
"Ding! You have completed the task: Material for Forging War Blade (3), and obtained 10,000 experience points!"
Still no final reward, Zhang Yang patiently followed Farrian to the village's blacksmith shop.
Farrian and the owner of the iron shop chatted for a few words, then took out various materials, and started forging with a hammer "Dang Dang Dang".
Fortunately, this was a game, and everything went very quickly. In less than half a minute, Farrian's hand had gained a shining sharp sword.
"Next, young warrior, make it your most faithful companion, and drink the enemy's blood with relish!" Farlian threw the sharp sword to Zhang Yang, then took out a red book, saying, "This is the skill I gained in battle, now I give it to you as well!"
"Ding! You have obtained item: Fine Iron Warblade!"
"Ding! You have obtained skill book 'Sweep'!"
"Ding! You have completed the career hidden task: Farrian's Request. Task evaluation: Perfect, you gained 20,000 experience points!"
"Ding! You have received a reward: one skill point!"
"Ding! Congratulations, you have leveled up to 8th level. All attributes +1 and received 5 free attribute points!"
"Ding! Congratulations, you are the first player to complete the hidden task and achieve a 'Perfect' rating. This achievement will be recorded on the Glorious Achievements Board! Would you like to make your name public so that people can praise your achievement?"
Want to be on the list again? Zhang Yang thought for a moment and chose no.
Suddenly, the clear and cold world channel was again frantically flooded with red font from the server!
"Server Announcement: Player (Name Hidden) was the first to complete the hidden task and achieved a 'Perfect' rating (China Region), this achievement will be recorded on the Glorious Achievements Board! Please give him a round of applause!"
"Server Announcement: Player (name hidden) was the first to complete the hidden task and achieved a 'Perfect' rating (China region), receiving 10 gold coins as system reward!"
"Server Announcement: Player (name hidden) was the first to complete the hidden quest and achieved a 'Perfect' rating (China region), increasing reputation by 500 points for all races in the alliance!"
"Ding! You have received an extra reward: Lucky value +1!"
Within one day, the server went red twice, and all Chinese players were boiling again!
"Too crazy! Actually completed the hidden task?"
"Heavens, it's a 'Perfect' grade! I saw the official announcement, and the difficulty setting for 'Perfect' is that only one in a million people can complete it!"
"What good thing was rewarded?"
"Damn server, why can't I receive hidden tasks?"
"What's with your face?!"
"Character problem!"
"After using the toilet, you must wash your hands!"
"By the way, which hand do you guys use to wipe your butt after taking a dump?"
"Left hand!"
"Right hand!"
"Right hand!"
"My brother used toilet paper to wipe it! The people upstairs have a heavy taste!"
The building soon became tilted.
……
Zhang Yang opened his backpack and looked at the final gains of this task.
Finest Iron Warblade (Black Iron Equipment, One-handed Sword)
Attack: 16-24
Attack interval: 2 seconds
Required level: 10
At this stage, the vast majority of players are still busy with the 5th-level career task reward weapons, but Zhang Yang has already obtained a level 10 black iron equipment! If this gets out, how will those players who are still desperately doing tasks feel?
Sweep
Usage: Teach you master sweep.
Already bound.
Zhang Yang was getting angry, clearly it was a "Perfect" grade evaluation, but why did the reward he got turn out to be the same as that of an "Average" one? This was just too much! He slapped the skill book onto his body, and after a flash of golden light, another entry immediately appeared in his skills list.
Sweep: Attack all nearby enemies, dealing 200% melee damage to each target. Consumption: 20 rage. Requirement: Melee weapon.
200% melee damage?!
Zhang Yang's eyes lit up suddenly, he clearly remembered that the "Sweep" skill obtained by the mining madman in his previous life could only cause 100% melee damage!
Overjoyed! This is worthy of a "perfect" rating!
Made a fortune!
