Ever since he realized that he had returned to a day before, Seuss moved quickly. Now that most people were still picking up assignments everywhere, no one had come to this farm yet.
As expected, the night cat that was killed yesterday appeared on the haystack again. It was still sleeping on it.
However, Seuss was no longer the newbie from yesterday morning. After reaching Level 7, Seuss added a specialization point to Weapon Specialization - Dagger.
There was no shadow in the center of the farm so there was no way Seuss could hide in the shadows and approach the night cat, but that didn't matter. Now, even if Seuss stood where he was and fought the night cat head-on, he would win.
He approached the night cat silently until he was within five yards of it. Seuss knew that he would be discovered if he continued to approach.
Fortunately, the distance of five yards was not long. Now that Seuss had 23 agility points, the distance of five yards could basically be covered in an instant.
After taking aim, Seuss stepped lightly on the ground and leaped towards the night cat.
The moment he reached the top of the night cat's head, Seuss activated Backstab and stabbed the dagger into the back of its head.
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A bright red number appeared above the night cat's head.
A night cat only had 80 health points in total, and this attack almost cost it half of its health.
After stabbing it, Seuss landed on the pile of grass. At this moment, the night cat was still stunned.
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Two consecutive red numbers floated out from the top of the night cat's head. It did not even wake up from its stunned state before it died.
Without a quest, the night cat would not drop its tail. It would only drop its ears occasionally.
Picking up the three copper coins and a piece of flesh that the night cat had dropped, Seuss surveyed his surroundings.
So far no one has come to this farm.
Squeezing into the haystack, Seuss saw a flash of gold.
It's really here! Although it was already confirmed long ago, seeing this treasure chest still made Seuss excited.
He took out the lock-picking tool from his backpack and placed it in front of the treasure chest. Then, the progress bar appeared.
Picklocking…
Picklocking Progress 1%, 2%… 50%…
Picklock Failed.
Huuu. Failing to unlock the treasure chest was within expectations. After all, a level 1 skill only had a 2% chance of opening the treasure chest.
Picklocking…
Picklocking Progress 1%, 2%… 50%…
Picklock Failed.
…
Picklocking…
Picklocking Progress 1%, 2%… 50%…
Picklock Succeeded
A pleasant-sounding notification appeared. The golden treasure chest was finally opened.
By this time, the first sturdy lock-picking tool had been completely destroyed. The second one had also been half used.
The voice that he had heard several times the day before sounded in Seuss's ears again.
"Congratulations to Player Stars for opening the first Gold Treasure Chest and unlocking the Treasure Chest Leaderboard. Player Stars's reputation points in Greenland Empire have increased by 100."
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The voice rang out three times. Yesterday, it was Flying Around who had accomplished this feat whereas today, it was Seuss.
"Brother Stars, did you really open the treasure chest?" A notification came from Seuss's game interface. It was a message from Daydreamer.
"How long has it been? It hasn't even been an hour since the server opened, and you've already opened the golden treasure chest. That guy Flying Around is probably going to have to acknowledge you as his master!" Daydreamer sent another message.
He did not ask what was inside the treasure chest. He definitely wasn't one that would ask too much. This was also why Daydreamer could get along well with anyone.
Outside Kerr Town, in the forest, Flying Around climbed up a tree with a bronze treasure chest at the top.
Flying Around opened the treasure chest and took a skill book and two silver coins from it.
Bronze treasure chests were like that. It was very difficult to find anything useful inside. It was already considered lucky that a skill book appeared.
In most cases, there would only be a few silver coins or worse, only some supplies.
After opening the bronze treasure chest, Flying Around was about to fly down from the tree when that voice sounded in the sky.
Flying Around was instantly stunned. He was already hanging in mid-air, but now, he crashed straight down. Thankfully, the tree wasn't tall, so he didn't suffer many injuries.
"What bullshit is this? How could anyone open a Gold Treasure Chest already?" Flying Around laid on the ground and howled, it was still quite painful to fall from a tree.
His greatest hobby was to open treasure chests. For this reason, he had already checked the price of the Picklock skill in the main hall when he first entered the game.
"10 silver coins! How did he manage to gather that much money?" Flying Around rubbed his butt and he could not understand it at all.
"Are you there? Are you there? Do you know the person who opened the treasure chest?" Flying Around opened the game interface and sent a message to Daydreamer.
Daydreamer was the most social person he knew. If he wanted to find someone, he would definitely find him.
Sure enough, within three minutes, Daydreamer replied.
"I do know him, but what are you trying to do? Are you going to acknowledge him as your master?"
"There's no need to go that far. I just want to ask how he learned the Picklock skill. That's ten silver coins!"
After searching for nearly an hour, Flying Around had only found a bronze treasure chest. This was already considered very fast, and he was lucky to get some silver coins and a skill book.
Even so, he had only received two silver coins.
If the one called Stars had also relied on finding treasure chests to accumulate ten silver coins, putting aside the time spent returning to the city, he would have only used half an hour to find at least two treasure chests.
Furthermore, there needs to be at least one Silver Treasure Chest in these two treasure chests. If not he would not have been able to gather 10 silver coins.
If that was the case, Flying Around would have no choice but to admit his defeat.
"Alright, I'll help you ask. However, I don't know if he will tell you or not," Daydreamer replied.
"It's okay. Just ask."
After waiting anxiously for a while, many people had already sent him messages.
The Treasure Chest Hunter, who had once dominated several games, had now been overtaken by someone else. This was a rare occurrence so they had to gloat in front of him.
This was what most people thought. After all, when it came to finding treasure chests, it was more about luck. The luck of Flying Around seemed to be especially good.
For example, the last time Seuss came to this haystack, he even fought on top of it, but he didn't find the golden treasure chest.
Even if it was someone like Flying Around, he would have to flip through every haystack and might even take a long time to find the treasure chest.
"Good news, good news. The Treasure Chest Hunter who once dominated the gaming world was slain by a newbie."
"The apex predator that once occupied the top of the treasure chest leaderboards has finally encountered a new challenger."
The players on the forum were going crazy. If it was still Flying Around who had opened the golden treasure chest or even spending only an hour to open it, they wouldn't be so crazy about it.
They would only take it for granted because the Treasure Chest Hunter had already done many unbelievable things.
But this time, it was a newcomer and it took him less than an hour to open the golden treasure chest.