Chapter 77: Flower Demon

After a player changed their class, they could learn a corresponding class skill at their respective Class Guild. Then, they could also accept a quest to obtain a class badge.

Every player could have a class badge. The class badge everyone obtained was the Level 1 First Class Change Badge, which gave +3 to all Attributes. Chen Mo didn’t have much expectation for this class badge.

With his current Attributes, those 3 points in all Attributes didn’t matter much.

However, without getting the class badge, he couldn’t accept class quests at the Class Guild.

Class quests were very popular among players at the moment. There weren’t many quests in Shadow Main City. Completing a class quest gave some Experience rewards, and with good luck, players could also get equipment and skill proficiency rewards.

But what Chen Mo cared about more was the special effect on the class badge.

The Level 1 First Class Change Badge could be bound to a designated class skill. This skill would gain 5% more proficiency when used. It was a pretty good effect and he had to get it. Especially after the badge was upgraded, it could be bound to multiple skills, reducing the time needed to level up skills.

The Hunter Guild was in the west of Shadow Main City. The Guild building was a bit old, with moss growing on its marble walls, but the Great Hall inside was quite spacious.

There were five NPCs in the Great Hall, responsible for quests, class change, skills, and other duties.

Chen Mo queued in front of the quest NPC for a while and quickly learned a new skill: Thorn Trap.

The Novice Level Thorn Trap could make an enemy take 150% Damage and enter a bleeding state for 5 seconds, losing 20 Health Points per second. The skill had a 15-second Cooldown Time.

The Damage of the Thorn Trap was only a little higher than the Basic Trap. As expected, things given directly by the System weren’t good. But Chen Mo didn’t mind. Right now he had few skills. With the Thorn Trap, his Trap Chain skill could work. Plus, with his attack power, even the worst skill’s output would be very strong.

After learning the skill, Chen Mo ran to queue in front of the quest NPC.

The quest NPC was an old man named Alchi. Alchi looked at Chen Mo with a smile on his face. “Young man, not bad. So young and already so capable.”

Hey! Ginger is indeed spicier when old! This old man saw his extraordinariness at a glance. Was there some rare quest available? Something like directly obtaining a five or six-level Hunter Badge!

“You flatter me, Master. I wonder if you have any quests here to get a high-level class badge directly?” Chen Mo quickly asked.

“No! I hate geniuses like you the most in my life, always looking for shortcuts!” But Alchi’s face turned stern, and he suddenly became hostile.

Damn, stepped on a landmine!

So this old man suffered unfair treatment when he was young and now held a grudge.

“This is your quest. Remember to complete it within the time limit. If you fail, you cannot accept the quest again for 7 days!” Before Chen Mo could speak, Alchi tossed a quest to him.

System Notification: You accepted the quest “Hunter Badge”!

Quest: Hunter Badge

Quest Difficulty: Unknown

Quest Time Limit: 24 hours

Quest Content: Kill 50 Black Flower Demons.

Quest Reward: Level 1 Hunter Badge

Hmm, alright, it seemed like a normal quest. Hunter Badge quests were generally not difficult, mostly involving killing monsters and collecting items.

But the failure punishment… this old man must have tampered with it. As far as he knew, failing a Hunter Badge quest meant you couldn’t accept it again for at most three days, but for him it was seven!

But… forget it, no point arguing with a resentful old man. Consider it respecting the elderly and caring for the young. As long as the quest was completed, the punishment didn’t matter.

But when Chen Mo checked the Forum about the Black Flower Demon, he realized that this damn old man Alchi was completely screwing him over!

The Black Flower Demon was only a Level 13 monster. Killing 50 of them didn’t seem like much. But after learning about the Black Flower Demon, Chen Mo realized things weren’t that simple.

North of Shadow Main City, over two thousand meters away, there was a huge, strange ancient tree.

Other large trees had sparse branches and leaves, but this giant tree had noticeably more. Most importantly, this giant tree bore several enormous snow-white flowers. Each flower had a radius of five or six meters, very large. It was a remarkable sight around Shadow City.

Within several hundred meters around this flowering giant tree, there were many Flower Fairies. However, these Flower Fairies were almost all White Flower Fairies. The Black Flower Demons only spawned near the roots of the giant tree, and each time only a pitiful few appeared.

Compared to the White Flower Fairies, the Black Flower Demons were much stronger. But Level 13 monsters weren’t that powerful anyway; even the stronger Black Flower Demons weren’t as tough as Level 14 monsters.

The Experience from Black Flower Demons was three times that of White Flower Fairies. Some players also said the drop rate of Black Flower Demons was very high. Farming Black Flower Demons there for a day could yield at least three or four pieces of equipment.

The respawn time for Black Flower Demons was long, once every 5 minutes, with random spawn locations. Although they respawned 12 times an hour, each respawn only produced five to ten. With bad luck, you might not even kill one in an hour.

Chen Mo could only be online for 12 hours a day. He needed to kill 4 to 5 Black Flower Demons every hour to complete the quest.

With good luck, it would still take him five or six hours to finish the quest. With bad luck, he might even fail.

Seeing this, Chen Mo couldn’t help but grit his teeth in hatred towards that Alchi. That damn old man… he better not give him a chance, or he would definitely find a way to get back at him!

But, come to think of it, right now he probably wasn’t a match for that old man. He needed to improve his strength. To improve his strength, he still had to obediently complete the class badge quest now.

The giant tree was very conspicuous. Chen Mo saw the flowering giant tree from afar.

Several enormous snow-white flowers dotted the tree, which, despite having some green, looked rather bare. It was an indescribably strange sight, the kind of scenery you could only see in the Game.

The White Flower Fairy was a humanoid monster with a large white flower on its back. It had short black hair and a very small body, just like a cute little loli. The White Flower Fairy was rated as one of the cutest monsters around Shadow City.

However, to level up, even though these White Flower Fairies were very cute, players still killed the spawned little lolis without hesitation. Regarding this, a group of lolicons not in Shadow City on the Forum severely condemned the inhumane behavior of Shadow City players.

Many players started to envy Hunter class players because Hunters, once they reached Level 15, could use the Capture Skill to capture White Flower Fairies. Walking around Shadow City with a White Flower Fairy was a very cool thing.

Of course, only Hunters with too much time on their hands would do that. A Level 13 Flower Fairy, thrown into a Level 15 monster area, would die after just a few hits. Aside from being ornamental, they were useless.

Different from the White Flower Fairies, which were little lolis, the Black Flower Demons were mature and enchanting big sisters. They were also one of the most popular monsters in Shadow City, and even in the current Game, with no fewer supporters on the Forum than the White Flower Fairies.

Under the flowering giant tree, several Black Flower Demons spawned in succession. Each was mature, enchanting, and full of charm. However, the large group of players waiting nearby killed all the spawned Black Flower Demons immediately without hesitation.

Black Flower Demons were powerful. Ordinary Level 13 players would find it hard to kill them. But this group of players were clearly not Level 13; they killed the Black Flower Demons very easily, without any difficulty at all.

Looking more closely, a large number of them wore the same Guild badge on their chests.

“The Blood War Guild is doing a quest here. We’ll leave after finishing. Please step aside, brother!”

Seeing someone approach, one person from the Blood War Guild immediately shouted at the newcomer.