Chapter 13: Flame Three-Headed Wolf

Huìyuè Liúhén was no fool. When the three of them saw Chen Mo kill the Wild Wolf Elite, they clearly understood how powerful this Hunter was. Someone so skilled had given them such a great leveling spot so easily—it just didn’t add up.

Obviously, the Hunter had learned some hidden settings about monster respawning there and had used them, treating the three like fools!

Just as they were about to angrily step forward to question him, Huìyuè Liúhén and the other two suddenly stopped in their tracks.

Another strange change occurred in the Wild Wolf Valley.

Large patches of flames appeared on the ground of the empty Wild Wolf Valley. The ground seemed to melt as something violently burst forth from it!

Chen Mo had just picked up the items dropped by the Wild Wolf Elite. Staring at the flames beneath his feet, he was also startled.

What was happening?

Boom!

Before Chen Mo could figure it out, the flames in front suddenly vanished, revealing the silhouette of a huge monster.

“Wh-what is that… a three-headed wild wolf?” the Mage beside Huìyuè Liúhén murmured as he looked at the monster’s shadow.

“A Flame Three-Headed Wolf! A BOSS, a huge BOSS! If we kill it, we’ll be rich!” the Archer exclaimed excitedly after clearly seeing the huge monster’s name.

Huìyuè Liúhén looked shocked. After a moment of delight, his expression darkened.

This BOSS clearly didn’t seem like one the three of them could kill. Whoever killed this BOSS, it had nothing to do with them.

“Flame Three-Headed Wolf!” Chen Mo also couldn’t help staring in awe at the Flame Three-Headed Wolf BOSS.

The Flame Three-Headed Wolf, which had suddenly appeared for some reason, was covered in raging flames. Each of its three huge heads had a pair of cold eyes burning with flames of different colors. Its massive body felt full of power, as if it possessed endless strength.

A System announcement: “Hidden conditions have been met. Hidden BOSS Flame Three-Headed Wolf has appeared. The Wild Wolf Valley is now ruled by the Flame Three-Headed Wolf, and regional rules have changed!”

Hidden BOSS? Regional rules changed?

Chen Mo was even more surprised. Had he done something that caused the Flame Three-Headed Wolf to respawn?

But no matter how he thought about it, that couldn’t be. He might believe that the Wild Wolf Elite respawned due to the special aggro from Huìyuè Liúhén’s group, but Chen Mo was certain the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s respawn wasn’t because of him!

What Chen Mo didn’t know was that at that moment, not only his Wild Wolf Valley, but all Wild Wolf Valleys in every Starter Village had a Flame Three-Headed Wolf respawn!

There was no time for Chen Mo to think further. The Flame Three-Headed Wolf was already staring at him and charging wildly toward him, surrounded by blazing flames.

Chen Mo barely dodged the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s charge. However, the Flame Three-Headed Wolf was fundamentally different from the monsters in the Starter Village. The head with blue flame eyes turned, its mouth opened, and a stream of blue flame shot toward Chen Mo.

Chen Mo had nowhere to dodge. Hit by the blue flame, a damage number of over 3,000 appeared above him. Chen Mo was instantly killed!

Not only was Chen Mo killed by the Flame Three-Headed Wolf, but all Players in the Wild Wolf Valleys of every Starter Village were also falling victim to the Flame Three-Headed Wolf. Not a single Player could withstand even one attack from it!

The System announcement made countless curious Players rush to the Wild Wolf Valley. Seeing the hidden BOSS the System mentioned, these Players couldn’t help but feel ecstatic, thinking they could kill the Wild Wolf BOSS with their numbers. But they soon realized their attacks couldn’t even break the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s Defense. No matter how many came, they were just going to their deaths.

The appearance of the hidden BOSS Flame Three-Headed Wolf completely stirred up the Starter Village. Only after realizing they couldn’t kill the Flame Three-Headed Wolf did the excitement slowly fade, but that was several hours later.

When Chen Mo resurrected, the Starter Village was at its busiest. Surrounding Players were all discussing the Flame Three-Headed Wolf. Chen Mo always found the sudden respawn of the Flame Three-Headed Wolf strange, so he logged out of the game and checked the Game Forum.

Once on the Game Forum, Chen Mo discovered that not only his Wild Wolf Valley, but all Wild Wolf Valleys in the entire game had the hidden BOSS Flame Three-Headed Wolf.

Looking at the respawn time, it seemed all Starter Villages had it respawn at the same time.

Seeing this, Chen Mo knew the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s respawn indeed wasn’t because of him. There were probably many hidden conditions for the Flame Three-Headed Wolf to respawn. With so many Wild Wolf Valleys, many Players inadvertently fulfilled the hidden conditions while killing monsters, leading to the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s appearance.

Regarding this hidden BOSS, many Players on the forum had made various guesses. Some speculated that if the Flame Three-Headed Wolf in any one Wild Wolf Valley was killed, it might cause all Flame Three-Headed Wolves in every Wild Wolf Valley to disappear—that there was actually only one Flame Three-Headed Wolf, which could only be killed once.

Many agreed with this guess, and Chen Mo also found it plausible, as it closely matched the circumstances of the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s appearance.

This made the hidden BOSS Flame Three-Headed Wolf extremely valuable. On the forum, many large Game guilds had already announced plans to kill the Flame Three-Headed Wolf, hoping to make a name for themselves with this hidden BOSS.

There were far too many people who thought like Huìyuè Liúhén. As long as they could make a name in Genesis, they could truly become famous.

Previously, there were countless Game guilds, large and small, in the Huaxia Region, but none dared claim their guild’s ranking in Genesis. Now they were all starting from the same point, so they were desperately striving to be the first.

For a Game, nothing brought fame faster than getting the first kill on a famous BOSS!

Not only guilds, but many skilled Player experts were also considering whether they could take down the Flame Three-Headed Wolf BOSS. The competition was incredibly fierce.

Chen Mo, however, wasn’t interested in that. He only wanted to find out what the hidden conditions for the Flame Three-Headed Wolf’s respawn were. But it seemed he wouldn’t be able to figure it out.

Returning to the Game, thinking about the leveling spot in the Wild Wolf Valley being taken over by the Flame Three-Headed Wolf, Chen Mo felt a bit upset. After killing the Wild Wolf Elite, he was only halfway to reaching Level 6. If only it had respawned a bit later.

Chen Mo planned to find another place to level up, but before that, he first sorted through the items dropped by the Wild Wolf Elite.

Although the Wild Wolf Elite seemed to drop a lot, Chen Mo didn’t have high expectations for the Game’s drop rates.

That was indeed the case. Most of what the Wild Wolf Elite dropped were copper coins, totaling over 130. Besides that, there were five Low-Level HP Recovery Potions, which instantly restored 100 HP upon use and then restored 20 HP per second for the next 10 seconds.

The only piece of equipment was a Wild Wolf Legguard, wearable by Level 5 Players. It increased the Player’s Physical Defense by 8 points. However, this Wild Wolf Legguard was a blue-quality item, slightly better than white-quality gear. Equipping it also added 3 points to the Player’s Constitution, equivalent to 60 extra Health Points—a decent piece of defensive gear.

After equipping the Wild Wolf Legguard, Chen Mo left Earl Town. Then he noticed that higher-Level Players had all gone to the Wild Wolf Valley to join the excitement, so he returned to Earl Town, accepted a bunch of monster-killing Quests, and went out again.

Now was the perfect time to do monster-killing Quests. With fewer people competing for monsters, leveling up through Quests wasn’t slow either. After all, places like the Wild Wolf Valley weren’t easy to find.

There were still over two hours until 12 p.m. Chen Mo spent more than an hour frantically doing Quests. Only then did the Players who went for the excitement gradually give up and return. By that time, Chen Mo had already reached Level 7, surpassing most Players. Even when doing monster-killing Quests, hardly anyone competed with him anymore.

This was the benefit of leading in Level. Many entered the Game desperately trying to get ahead of others, and for good reason.

He continued doing Quests, and by 12 p.m., Chen Mo had reached Level 9.

The gap between Level 9 and Level 10 wasn’t huge. Chen Mo headed north from Earl Town to begin the “Secret Rendezvous” Quest.