Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Player Starfire has successfully completed the Leader-tier Glory Hunt. His heroic achievement and bravery will be remembered for days to come. The Hunter’s Statue will be activated.” The system beeped.

“Player Starfire’s statue will be erected at every novice village around the world. Hunters under Level 10 will receive a special boost effect. Worship the statue daily to receive an hour of double-exp boost.”

With the system announcement on the screen, other players were all thrown into a state of frenzy. In the current situation where most players could not even defeat a single elite monster, someone had soloed a Boss. Furthermore, that player managed to attack the monster’s critical weak point. Players who understood the conditions required to complete a Glory Hunt could not believe it when they heard the announcement.

“I got a buff. For those Level 10 and below, attack and defense increase by 10%, and movement speed increase by 5%,” exclaimed one Hunter.

“That’s so good, it seems that hunters are really strong.”

“Look! A statue has been erected on the water fountain in the center of the square. That must be Starfire.”

“There is an inscription on the Ace’s Statue, it reads ‘Hunters are not weaker than any other classes’ – FieryStar.” One player shared the inscription through the public channel.

“FieryStar is right, Hunters are not weaker than other classes. Instead of deleting my account, I’m going to train harder.”

“That’s right, Hunters are not any weaker than other classes. It doesn’t matter if other teams don’t want us, we Hunters can form a team ourselves.”

“Agreed, besides, we have special buffs and double-exp boost. You can’t get that with other classes. I’m not deleting as well.”

“If a professional can do it, so can I.”

“That is impossible, I was at Level 4 and I tried to handle a Velociraptor King by myself. Its defense was practically unbreakable. I couldn’t inflict more than 100 damage points to the Boss and died. Not to mention, soloing elite monsters is already hard enough,” said EternalWindRanger via the international channel.

“Ah, that’s Master Wind. He was the solo player who rose to the top 3 professional players.”

“EternalWindRanger is right. I tried today but I failed.” MountainPeak replied.

“MountainPeak is not far off from EternalWindRanger’s skills. I heard that he even learned martial arts but still couldn’t do it.”

“If both MountainPeak and EternalWindRanger couldn’t do it, could it be that Starfire has bugged the game?”

“Yes, it must be a bug.”

Countless players began making reports about a bug. Moments later, they received an announcement that the system and numbers were all normal.

Now that the players knew that it was not a bug, the Hunter players were proud as peacocks while other classes were pissed.

“Professional gamers in other classes, have you guys achieved anything? Although there are many districts in every continent, with so many combat teams, guilds, and passer-by professional players, have any of you accomplished anything?”

This statement was posted on the game’s forum and was now the top post. Many average players started ridiculing the top players.

Little did they know, these combat teams and major guilds already knew about most of the elements in the game. They had been longing to receive the same glory the moment they started the game, and they had been working hard on it.

The fact is, who would not want to have their very own statue erected in the square and be famous? Almost everyone did, but they were still in the initial stage where they were exploring and trying to understand elements of the game. They had just started to fight elites and were finding out ways to score critical hits. Who would have thought that such an extraordinary player existed?

However, they still stood a chance since there were still empty spots for other statues from other classes.

Hunters were rarely recruited into teams and guilds, after all, none of them were skilled archers in real life. They were only here for the game.

There were major technological improvements in the society when compared to the earlier days. Now, you could only see bows and arrows were used during the Olympics. The Special Forces had started using high-tech weapons, and such dated weaponry was ditched thousands of years ago.

Li Yao knew what would happen next. He possessed ten years of experience and such glory meant nothing to him. However, he was glad that he had left an impression on other Hunters and inspired them to stay as a Hunter. Now, he was beyond happy as he waited to receive his reward.

Li Yao let out a slight cough. “Mentor, isn’t now the time for me to receive my reward?”

Hunter Trainer Irene nodded and displayed three items before Li Yao. “Since you have been rewarded a Leader-tier glory item, you may choose any one of these three rare-grade items.”

Hunter’s Bow

Grade: Rare (Blue)

Attack: 12-15

Strength: 7

Agility: 5

Attack is paired with -3 poison damage.

Item requirement: Level 3

The bow was an excellent equipment, with high attack damage paired with high attribute bonus. It was definitely a remarkable bow.

Trueshot Aura: Increases user and surrounding teammates’ ranged attack damage by 10% and movement speed by 5%.