Chapter 145: City Defense Quest

Chen Mo was worried about lacking levels, and now a Monster Siege happened. With Sesshylow around, killing monsters and earning Points was a piece of cake. It felt like getting a pillow just when he wanted to sleep.

He quickly returned to the Game and first contacted Xue Ye Hua and Qing Tian.

They hadn’t reached out to him for a long time, so Chen Mo suspected that they had died.

When he tried to contact them, both were offline. Chen Mo knew these two unlucky players must have died in the Shipwreck and couldn’t resurrect for six hours.

Both of them had water skills like him, so they wouldn’t drown. He guessed they were killed by monsters inside the ship.

Chen Mo was right. The seawater flooding the Shipwreck had swept players into the sea, along with the ship’s monsters. When players died, many monsters were still alive. Xue Ye Hua and Qing Tian didn’t have a powerful Pet like Sesshylow to hold them back. They were swept into a large group of monsters, unable to escape. In the end, like other drowned players, they couldn’t resurrect for six hours.

The City Lord’s Mansion was in the center of Eastern Sea City. This was Chen Mo’s first time visiting the City Lord’s Mansion. It was a two-story small manor, surrounded by iron railings. Usually, guards protected the gate, and Players who hadn’t received a Quest generally couldn’t enter.

But today, the doors of the City Lord’s Mansion were wide open, and a large number of Players were queuing outside to enter the Great Hall on the first floor to accept the Quest.

In the Great Hall of the City Lord’s Mansion, there were three or four NPCs, either old men or beautiful women. By talking to these NPCs, Players could accept the Quest to defend Eastern Sea City. After accepting the Quest, for each monster killed that matched the team’s Level, each person in the team would earn 1 to 3 Points. Depending on the team size, fewer members meant more Points per kill. When alone, killing a monster earned 5 to 15 Points, five times that of a six-person team. Of course, Elite Monsters and Boss monsters were calculated separately.

System Notification: You accepted the Quest “Defend Eastern Sea City”!

Quest: Defend Eastern Sea City

Quest Difficulty: Unknown

Quest Content: Eastern Sea City is under attack by the Sea Clan. Kill Sea Clan Invaders to defend the city. Each Sea Clan monster or invader killed will grant corresponding Points.

Quest Duration: Unknown

Quest Reward: Use earned Points to exchange for corresponding rewards at Vena. The top 100 Players with the most Points will receive additional rewards. The higher the rank, the better the reward. The top ten Players can obtain special equipment “Guardian”!

After talking to an old man NPC, Chen Mo accepted the Quest to defend Eastern Sea City.

The Quest was the same as what Chen Mo had learned on the Forum. Chen Mo then walked over to a beautiful female NPC, Vena. Players could use Points to exchange for rewards with her.

The Monster Siege had only started half an hour ago, so not many had Points to exchange yet. But like Chen Mo, many Players wanted to know what they could get with Points. A large crowd of Players surrounded Vena.

“So many good items!”

“Purple Equipment! From weapons to accessories, a full set of Purple Equipment!”

“You can also exchange for skill proficiency scrolls, it’s so tempting!”

As Chen Mo approached, he heard the surrounding Players exclaiming in awe from time to time.

“Brave Adventurer, how may I assist you?”

When Chen Mo walked over, Vena asked with a smile.

A list of equipment and items exchangeable with Points immediately appeared before Chen Mo’s eyes.

The Experience reward that Chen Mo wanted most was at the top. Players under Level 20 only needed 100 Points to exchange for 10% of the Experience required to level up!

After a quick calculation, Chen Mo found that if he earned about 10 Points per kill, he only needed to kill 10 monsters to gain 10% Experience. Killing 100 monsters would level him up once!

With Sesshylow, 100 monsters was too easy!

It seemed reaching Level 20 wouldn’t take him much time. Under normal circumstances, even being online 24 hours a day would take at least two or three days!

Besides levels, skill proficiency could also be exchanged. For skills below the intermediate level, every 100 Points could also exchange for 10% skill proficiency. Seeing this, Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel excited.

Because he had a powerful Pet, his skills hadn’t had many chances to level up. Currently, only a few commonly used skills like Basic Trap and Shockwave Trap had reached the primary level. The rest were still at Novice Level.

Now that Points could exchange for skill proficiency, if he earned more Points, he might also level his commonly used skills to intermediate.

Besides levels and skills, there were also equipment and various Magic Scrolls and other items.

Magic Scrolls and other items were consumables. Although they required fewer Points to exchange, not many were willing to spend on them. Most people focused on the equipment inside.

The exchangeable equipment started from at least Green Quality up to Purple Equipment, with Levels ranging from 15 to 30. Purple Equipment attracted a lot of attention from Players. For ordinary Players, Purple Equipment was top-tier gear they dreamed of obtaining. Getting even one piece would be a fortune.

But Purple Equipment wasn’t easy to exchange. Level 15 Purple Equipment started at 5,000 Points. Higher levels and better Attributes cost even more. Also, the Attributes of this Purple Equipment were unknown, adding a gambling element.

There were many good items, and Chen Mo immediately felt motivated.

Moreover, there were additional rewards for entering the top 100. If he made it to the top ten, he could obtain a piece of special equipment!

Players could equip three pieces of special equipment. Currently, Chen Mo only had one piece, originally rewarded by the System. The other two special equipment slots could be obtained by doing some Quests, but the Quests were complicated, and the Attributes weren’t that great. Chen Mo hadn’t had time, so he hadn’t bothered to get them.

Now, this Quest could reward one piece. Since the difficulty to obtain it wasn’t low, he figured its Attributes shouldn’t be too bad. With Sesshylow, ranking in the top ten wasn’t impossible.

After accepting the Quest, Players could see the Points Ranking List, but it only showed the top 100. Chen Mo opened the Ranking List to see who was in the top ten. But when he looked, he was speechless to find that all the names in the top 100 were question marks.

Players on the Ranking List would naturally become famous. Did all those on the list want to keep a low profile?

Of course not! This annoying Ranking List had two display methods: one showed all the names on the list, the other showed no names at all. Whether to display or not was decided by the Players who accepted the Quest. Whichever side had more votes would be implemented.

Most Players hoping to make the list still wanted fame. But many Players who had no hope of making the list, couldn’t become famous themselves, and didn’t want others to become famous either. The result was 42% of Players supported displaying names, while 58% did not. So Chen Mo saw a list of question marks.

However, support or opposition could be changed at any time, and the difference wasn’t huge. Once more people joined, it wouldn’t be strange for the Ranking List to display everyone’s names.

Leaving the City Lord’s Mansion, Chen Mo headed outside the city to fight.

Outside Eastern Sea City, Players and sea creatures were fighting fiercely.

The sea creatures were mostly around Level 20 monsters. Before landing, these sea creatures had received some Buff Status enhancements. Even though they were the same monsters as usual, their Attributes had increased significantly.

The battle line was spread out. Chen Mo found a fisherman holding an iron fork. As soon as he made contact, he knew these monsters were unusual.

Sesshylow was powerful, but she couldn’t instantly kill large groups like she did with Players. Chen Mo summoned Sesshylow and steadily killed them one by one. After all, with his and Sesshylow’s combat power, killing a Level 20 Sea Clan monster only took about half a minute.

These Sea Clan monsters, no matter how strong, weren’t as tough as the Elite Monsters he had killed before.

Sure enough, in less than half a minute, a fisherman was killed by Chen Mo and Sesshylow.

Chen Mo and Sesshylow immediately moved to another monster. They didn’t take much time to kill that one either, earning 12 Points.

Chen Mo and Sesshylow’s impressive performance quickly caught the attention of nearby Players.

“What a powerful Hunter!”

“It’s the Pet that’s strong. That Pet’s attack power is too overpowered!”

“With that killing speed, and earning Points alone, entering the top ten shouldn’t be a problem for him.”

Various admiring comments arose. However, most people around were in full teams to kill monsters. Many wanted to invite Chen Mo to join their team, but since the teams were already full, they wouldn’t kick someone out just to invite him. After all, it wasn’t certain he would join even if they asked.

Still, one team, upon seeing Chen Mo, immediately kicked out one of its members. The leader, a slightly overweight middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, approached Chen Mo: “Brother, join my team. We can watch out for each other!”

“It’s the Guild ‘Mining to Prosper’ leader, called ‘No Lack of Money’. He seems to be a real-life speculative mineral investor, a coal mine boss who made a fortune quickly. He plays the Game just for fun and is very generous with money to those who please him in the game.”

Someone nearby recognized this Fatty middle-aged man and spoke quietly.

“Him? I heard this guy cares a lot about face. If you don’t give him face, he’ll make things very difficult for you! Last time, an expert refused him and was hunted down by his hired people from Level 18 back to Level 10, almost getting wiped clean.”

“But he spends money heavily too. He keeps some experts under him, and with money, he doesn’t lack equipment.”

“If this Hunter player goes along with him, ‘No Lack of Money’ will surely reward him well. But if he refuses, he might be in trouble. He himself isn’t that strong; he relies on his Pet. One Pet can’t fight against a whole Guild.”

The surrounding Players chatted among themselves and all looked at Chen Mo, waiting to see how he would respond.

“No need. I don’t plan to join a team for now,” Chen Mo casually refused.

He didn’t know No Lack of Money, and even if he had known about him beforehand, he wouldn’t have changed his mind.

“Brother, I’m No Lack of Money. Those who know me understand I’m very generous to friends. Join my team, help me earn some Points, and I definitely won’t treat you poorly. Every Point you earn will be worth it! To invite you to join, I even kicked out a teammate. You wouldn’t refuse to give me this face, would you?” No Lack of Money said calmly.