"Squeak!"
The Demonized Wild Rat that was caught by Jack kept making sharp sounds. Knowing that it couldn't escape, it was forced to fight. Unfortunately, it was completely abandoned by its companions and posed no threat to Jack at all. Soon, it turned into a corpse and became 650 experience points.
That is to say, at Jack's current level, he needed over 100,000 experience to level up. He needed to kill more than 150 Demonized Wild Rats to reach level 18.
The difficulty of leveling up could be imagined.
However, Jack wasn't impatient. Since the Demonized Wild Rats could only counterattack when forced and would run away when seeing him, they couldn't pose a threat. The quest would be completed sooner or later.
Although the Gloomy City was in a very dangerous situation and conflicts could break out at any time, the general routine of the game was that players needed to reach a certain strength first before the "large-scale event" like the siege battle broke out.
At present, it would take at least a month for players to increase their strength to contend with the obsidian-level BOSS. There was still plenty of time for him.
One hour... two hours...
Time passed slowly. Jack was immersed in killing monsters with great enjoyment. Facing the Demonized Wild Rats that should have been troublesome to deal with in groups, he had the privilege to defeat them one by one.
"Swish!"
Finally, after two and a half hours passed, Jack leveled up. Because of the bonus of the title "The Fallen", his health increased by more than a thousand and all attributes also increased a lot.
"Hey!"
Finally, after Jack killed the 187th Demonized Wild Rat, besides the 30 copper coins that dropped on the ground, there was also a pair of wrist guards -
[Black Iron Wrist Guards] (Bronze-level)
Defense: 10 - 12
Effect: Defense + 3%
Required Level: 20
Introduction: Fine-quality equipment in the blacksmith shop of a third-level town. Ordinary adventurers simply can't afford to buy it
...
Nice item. Unfortunately, like the Huangyan Armor, it required level 20 to equip. Jack could only first put it in the backpack and continue his monster-killing journey.
However, just at this moment, the system bell rang three times in a row in his ears -
"Ding! ~"
System prompt: Congratulations to the player [God's Forbidden Zone] in the美瑞District for obtaining the B-level talent [Agility]. As the first adventurer to obtain the talent, an additional reward is given: Talent grade + 1, fame + 10,000, and free attribute points + 10!
"..."
Looking at the system message, Jack was stunned.
Someone has obtained the talent so quickly?
"Sure enough, there are too many experts among the players." Jack couldn't help but sigh.
Although it was quite a pity that he didn't become the first player to obtain the talent, he wasn't so arrogant as to think that only he could get special opportunities and be ahead in the game.
"Squeak --"
Suddenly, the ground not far away vibrated, cracks appeared, and then a huge purple rat monster emerged from the soil, howled towards the sky, and emitted a shrill sound that made people's heads buzz.
"Ding! ~"
System prompt: Adventurer, please note that your large-scale killing of the Demonized Wild Rats has aroused the anger of the silver-level BOSS [Demonized Rat King]!
The Demonized Rat King?!
Before the other party's "showing off on the entrance" ended, Jack immediately threw a Detection Skill -
[Demonized Rat King] (Silver-level BOSS)
Level:???
Health: 150,000
Attack: 220 - 230
Defense: 140 - 155
Skill:???
Introduction: The Rat King that has come into contact with the source of demonic qi. The amazing opportunity has given it far stronger strength than the Demonized Wild Rats. But it usually hides from the world and is extremely difficult to encounter
...
The defense was okay, but the attack was indeed extremely powerful. The level and skills couldn't be seen, indicating that it had partially exceeded the detection range of the Detection Skill!
However...
A silver-level BOSS!
Jack tightened the Wild Buffalo Sword in his hand, and his heart was burning with excitement.
In his opinion, if there were Demonized Wild Rats to assist it, he might be a little wary. But the wild rats were driven away by his evil aura. In a one-on-one situation, he was confident that he wasn't afraid of the Demonized Rat King!
"The reward for being the first to obtain the talent wasn't obtained. The benefit of being the first to kill the silver-level BOSS can't be snatched by others again!"
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