Chapter 14: Server-wide Announcement Shocks Everyone
Finally, after a grueling 36-minute battle, the massive body of the Wild Boar King crashed to the ground.
"Ding! Congratulations on killing the Black Iron-level BOSS [Wild Boar King], earning 100 reputation points and 5000 experience points."
"Ding! Talent triggered, toxin stack layer increased by 1."
"Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, +20 HP, +10 MP, gaining 5 free attribute points, please allocate them reasonably."
At the same time, a server-wide announcement reverberated throughout the entire Huaxia server.
"Server Announcement: Congratulations to player Dustseal for killing the Black Iron-level BOSS Wild Boar King. As the first player on the server to achieve this feat, the system rewards 200 reputation points, 10 gold coins, and 10 free attribute points. Announcement complete!"
The announcement echoed three times across the Huaxia server, causing the entire game to freeze momentarily in silence before erupting into chaos.
"Holy crap, am I hallucinating? Someone actually killed a BOSS? I can't even defeat a crab!"
"Is this a joke? How could anyone kill the Wild Boar King with current player stats?"
"Damn, are we even playing the same game? I'm starting to doubt this isn't some fake game."
In various newbie villages, leaders of top forces and gaming legends also turned pale. They thought they were ahead of everyone, only to realize there was someone far ahead of them.
Newbie Village 8365...
"Junlin, could this person be from our newbie village?" Nanfeng asked with a serious expression.
"It's possible. From what I know, no other newbie village has seen someone selling equipment with 6 attribute points. The highest has been 5 points, which makes me think a lot about this necklace I have," Junlin replied solemnly.
"But considering the stats of the Wild Boar King posted on the forums, I can't imagine what kind of strength it would take to kill it. And he's likely doing it alone," Nanfeng added.
"I'm curious about that too," Junlin sighed helplessly.
On the other side, a woman with a white veil murmured to herself, "Is he really that strong?"
Meanwhile, Wu Shaochen himself was dumbfounded by the continuous system notifications. He had no idea killing the Wild Boar King would trigger a server-wide announcement. However, seeing the reward of 10 gold coins instantly made him forget about the announcement. Whether there was an announcement or not didn't matter; the reward was indeed sweet. That's a thousand silver coins or a hundred thousand copper coins, and he hadn't even broken through to 10 silver coins yet.
And the 10 free attribute points were like leveling up twice, which was very nice. As for reputation, he wasn't sure what it was for, but it seemed valuable. He guessed he would find out once he reached the main city.
Seeing his friend request list and private chat window constantly flashing with 999+, Wu Shaochen suddenly felt a headache. He quickly set his settings to disallow friend requests from strangers and not receive private messages from them, finally quieting things down.
Next came the exhilarating moment of looting. Wu Shaochen was extremely excited as he looked at the pile of items dropped by the Wild Boar King. For the first time in a long while, he saw so many items drop at once. His looting speed reached its peak as he swiftly picked up everything in one go, not even leaving behind a single copper coin. After a quick tally, the Wild Boar King had dropped a total of 1 gold and 34 silver coins, three pieces of Black Iron-level equipment, four pieces of common Wild Boar gear, a skill book, and a scroll.
"I never expected the drop rates in this game to be so generous all at once. This is quite rare. Looks like I should focus on hunting more BOSSes in the future; this is the way to wealth and fortune," Wu Shaochen remarked. He examined the attributes of the three pieces of Black Iron-level equipment, marveling at them as they were the first he had encountered so far.
[Roaring Fang Blade]
Quality: Black Iron-level
Physical Attack +30
Additional Attribute:
Strength +10
Required Level: 6
[Wild Boar King Armor]
Quality: Black Iron-level
HP +100
Defense +10
Additional Attribute:
Vitality +8
Required Level: 6
[Wild Boar King Legguards]
HP +100
Defense +10
Additional Attribute:
Endurance +6
Required Level: 6
Indeed, Black Iron-level equipment was in a league of its own compared to common gear. Apart from their base attributes, they also randomly added one additional attribute, making them significantly more powerful.
As for the four pieces of white-grade equipment, which were actually drops from the Wild Boar, namely [Wild Boar Leather Helmet], [Wild Boar Leather Armor], [Wild Boar Leather Pants], and [Wild Boar Belt], although Wu Shaochen didn't need them, they were all money.
Taking out the skill book and scroll, he first looked at the skill book...
[Barbaric Charge]: Consumes 40 mana to charge forward in a straight line for four meters, stopping upon hitting a target, dealing 150% physical damage, and stunning for 1 second. Requires: Warrior.
It deals damage, controls, and has displacement. This skill is definitely a PK divine skill for warriors.
Characters in the Oracle can teleport to the main city and change professions after reaching level 10. After changing professions, each profession can learn two basic skills, such as the priest's healing and the mage's fireball. Afterwards, other skills depend on drops. There are no hidden professions in the Oracle, and the more skills one has, the stronger they naturally become, so the price of skills is definitely not comparable to equipment.
"This skill book doesn't show its value now. Wait until everyone changes professions and then sell it. By then, it will probably make a lot of money," Wu Shaochen muttered.
Looking at the scroll in the other hand...
[Wild Boar King Summon Scroll]: Summons the Wild Boar King to fight for you for 30 minutes. The scroll disappears after use.
"Great stuff, this Wild Boar King is pretty strong. When encountering monsters I can't defeat, I can let it handle them."
Next, Wu Shaochen began to allocate attribute points. Having leveled up once and receiving an additional 10 attribute points as a reward, he now had a total of 15 attribute points.
Currently, in the novice village, the toughest monster he fought against was the Silver Wolf. Mainly due to the skill's 50% speed increase, he could raise its speed to 45 points. There wasn't much to consider, so he directly added all 15 points to agility. With agility reaching 45 points plus 5 points from the shoes, it just exceeded the wolf's speed. Heh heh! Got it!
Then he changed into [Wild Boar King Armor] and [Wild Boar King Leggings], and his attributes instantly changed dramatically, reaching unprecedented heights.
As for weapons, Wu Shaochen still didn't plan to use them himself. The added attack points were of no use to him. It still didn't break through defense, so he had to rely on poison. It was better to auction it off for money, but not now. He had to wait until tomorrow when everyone leveled up before auctioning. Black iron equipment had level requirements, and everyone couldn't equip them now after buying them.
Casually put away the [Wild Boar Leather Armor] and the four pieces of Wild Boar equipment just removed and put them up for auction in the auction house, in auction mode, 10 minutes.
When he suddenly auctioned off a bunch of Wild Boar equipment, it caused a huge sensation in the 8365 novice village. Almost everyone agreed that Dust Seals who killed the Wild Boar King were theirs.
Ten minutes later, all the equipment was auctioned off, with transaction prices ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 each. A total of 156,000 was auctioned together, minus a 15% handling fee of 23,400, netting 132,600. It was very cool. When the strength was completely ahead, making money was indeed simple.
Since this attribute change was relatively large, I will release it again so everyone doesn't find it annoying. I'm afraid I can't remember it myself.
Name: Dust Seal
Level: 7
Health: 620
Mana: 120
Physical Attack: 20
Magic Attack: 10
Physical Defense: 40
Magic Defense: 11
Movement Speed: 50
Attack Speed: 10%
Experience: 1003/6000
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 5
Constitution: 18 (additional 8 points from equipment)
Endurance: 11 (additional 6 points from equipment)
Spirit: 5
Agility: 45
Skills: Insight
Talent: Source of Venom: Inflicts 23 true damage per second on the target, lasting 60 seconds, stackable up to 2 layers.