Chapter 9

Task Name: Eliminate the Wolf Menace!

Task Difficulty: Normal!

Task Content: Help the village chief kill 30 gray wolves!

Task Reward: 5,000 experience points!

Task Name: Clear the Slimes!

Task Difficulty: Normal!

Task Content: Clear 100 slimes for the village chief!

Task Reward: 3,000 experience points!

After checking the details of the two tasks, they were just ordinary tasks, but killing monsters was also a way to level up. Getting task rewards after killing monsters was quite beneficial. Chu Rui was currently level 6, and he needed 12,000 experience points to reach level 7. Killing one gray wolf only gave 300 points, but with the thousands of points from task rewards, it was very helpful. This would greatly shorten the time to reach level 10, and the sooner he reached level 10, the sooner he could leave the beginner village and enter the city, gaining an early advantage.

Closing the task panel, Chu Rui glanced at his attributes!

ID: Devious Hand!

Level: 6!

Class: Thief!

Secondary Class: None!

Guild: None!

Spouse: None!

Health: 200/200

Mana: 180/180

Physical Attack: 40-47 (32 + (8-15))

Magic Attack: 18

Physical Defense: 29 (4 + 25)

Magic Defense: 3

Health Regeneration: 2 points/second

Mana Regeneration: 1 point/second

Speed: 4 (3 + 1)

Toughness: 10

Strength: 32

Constitution: 20

Agility: 30

Spirit: 18

Luck: 8

Skills:

Graceful Wind: Unique Skill, LV1, 0/10,000, a skill that only players with 20 innate agility can obtain, unique, others cannot have it. A special skill of the king of speed, can be upgraded! Effect: Consumes 20 MP, after activation, gains fixed speed (level * current speed), lasts 1 minute, cooldown 1 hour!

Mental Immunity: Unique Skill, LV1, 0/10,000, a skill that only players with 10 innate toughness can obtain, unique, others cannot have it. Can be upgraded! Effect: Consumes 50 MP, after activation, can be immune to all mental effects, ignores all mental attacks, lasts 30 seconds, cooldown 5 hours!

Equipment:

Wolf Fang Dagger: Green Equipment, Attack 8-15! Requires Level 5! Durability 13/20!

[Passive Effect] Rip: Has a chance to cause continuous bleeding damage to enemies!

Gray Wolf Boots: Common Equipment, Defense 3, Speed +1! Requires Level 3! Durability 8/10!

Gray Wolf Leather Armor: Green Equipment, Defense 20, Requires Level 5! Durability 15/15!

Slime Bracers: Common Equipment, Defense 2, Increases Critical Hit Chance by 1%, Requires Level 3, Durability 5/5!

Very powerful!

His attack, defense, and speed were all very impressive! He also had two unique skills, which made him look far beyond what a mere level 6 beginner player should have!

Closing the attribute and equipment panels, Chu Rui started running like mad. Surrounded by a group of overly enthusiastic beginner players, he ran away in a cold sweat.

"Boss, there's a target heading towards the gray wolf area. ... Don't worry, you'll definitely be interested in him."

After Chu Rui ran away, a man with a sullen face confirmed the direction he ran and picked up a communicator to speak.

...

Running at full speed, he crossed the wild chicken area and quickly reached the gray wolf area. At this moment, there were clearly more players in the gray wolf area. Many players were no longer just wandering at the edges but were starting to venture deeper inside.

"Friend ahead, please wait a moment."

Just as Chu Rui was about to move forward again, a voice made him stop in his tracks.

Turning around, he saw a soft-spoken man leading five players slowly approaching. Their IDs were displayed above their heads—

Greedy Wolf!

This was likely a team, a guild, or a family. All of them had names starting with "Greedy Wolf." The leader, the soft-spoken man, was—

Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun!

"Is there something you need?"

Chu Rui narrowed his eyes slightly and asked coolly.

"You..."

Hearing Chu Rui's cold and dismissive tone, a short warrior beside Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun became angry and was about to scold him.

"Friend, I am Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun, the head of the Greedy Wolf family. Seeing your remarkable skills, I would like to invite you to join our family. ... I won't go into details about the Greedy Wolf family; you'll understand once you join us. Judging by your skills, I can offer you a monthly salary of 10,000 RMB, and if you perform well, you'll get even more."

Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun stopped the short warrior from speaking and smiled.

"Thank you for your offer, but I'm used to working alone. I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, Poh Jun Clan Leader."

Chu Rui smiled faintly and politely declined Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun, much to the shock of everyone present. For most people, a monthly salary of 10,000 RMB, with a lot of room for growth, and the benefit of joining a family, was a huge advantage. They couldn't believe that Chu Rui would reject it without hesitation.

"So, friend, you're refusing me?" The smile on Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun's face disappeared, and the five players slowly surrounded Chu Rui.

This was not a friendly encounter!

Seeing the actions of the Greedy Wolf members, a cold smile appeared on Chu Rui's lips.

"I've never been refused before! Friend, don't you want to think about it?"

Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun rubbed his forehead, his eyes cold as he looked at Chu Rui.

"Then you'll know today!"

Chu Rui shrugged nonchalantly at Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun's threat.

"Damn it!..." Seeing the target, who was now like meat on a chopping block, act so arrogantly, the lackeys were furious and raised their weapons to attack.

"Ha ha ha..." Suddenly, Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun burst into laughter, making them pause.

"Interesting, truly interesting!" Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun looked at Chu Rui with interest, his eyes gleaming greedily as he saw his equipment: "Since you're not interested, I won't force you. However, your equipment seems quite good. Perhaps you can part with it?"

The chilling, sinister tone made everyone around take a few steps back. It was clear that Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun was trying to force a sale, or even rob him with the advantage of numbers. But what could they do? In this world, might makes right. This was the gray wolf area, not a safe zone, and the system allowed PK. Being killed would drop a level, a loss that was unbearable. In such a situation, everyone believed that the player with the colored dagger would hand over his equipment, as losing equipment could be replaced, but losing a level was tragic. Moreover, being killed had a high chance of dropping equipment.

Seeing that Greedy Wolf - Poh Jun and his group were not good people, if he wanted to survive in the beginner village, he had to endure the humiliation.

Self-preservation! That was the best choice!

"Sorry, these pieces of equipment are very important to me. I can't part with them, and I'll have to disappoint you again, Poh Jun Clan Leader!"