Chapter 20 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Xiao Yu led the three Black Rock Orc brothers to patrol the surroundings as Killer Codename 38, Fearless, and their Goblins got to work. There were many advantages to patrolling. Firstly, he could ensure that the lumbering Goblin Slaves were hard at work. Secondly, he could use this chance to level up.

Mode advancement for monsters was based on their reputation, while leveling up was due to EXP. Reputation was reliant on luck, but EXP could be easily gained by farming monsters.

There were countless monsters in Night Whisper Forest.

The three Black Rock Orcs served as durable shields, making it so monsters could not venture anywhere near Xiao Yu. He was also satisfied with Flame Missile’s magnitude as his Spell Power allowed him to manifest five to seven flame missiles in one go. Every missile was capable of dealing an average of 12 damage points (with a 20% increase in damage), so a round of missiles would add up to almost 100 points of damage. Monsters with low HP might get instakilled, while those with more would get destroyed after several rounds.

Xiao Yu’s Secondary Healing Spell proved to be useful—it made it so that it was not a big issue when the Orc bodyguards got injured. After farming a few hundred monsters throughout the morning, Xiao Yu finally reached level 10.

Compared to his first attempt at Monster Mode, where he died at the rate of once per two monsters, he was leveling up at lightning speed.

While Xiao Yu was patrolling, a message popped up in his chat room.

Fearless (Goblin Fighter): “Boss, something’s wrong. Some Adventurers are coming close to the campsite.”

Adventurers! After yesterday’s incident, Xiao Yu was easily spooked by Adventurers, so his reflex was to flee.

Fortunately, he remembered that he was already an Elite.

Eric (Goblin Flame Warlock): “How many Adventurers are there? What are their levels?”

Fearless (Goblin Fighter): “Three Adventurers: one Warrior, one Mage, and one Priest. They are around level 8 or 9.”

This was the classical Warrior, Mage, and Priest combination. Xiao Yu eyed the three level 9 Black Rock Orcs beside him and felt like they had a fighting chance. Furthermore, it was possible to get revived after being killed by Adventurers, and that put Xiao Yu at ease.

Fearless (Goblin Warrior): “Oh no, they’ve spotted me. They are dashing towards me, ah! I am dead. Sorry, Boss. Five or six of my Goblin Slaves got killed as well.”

“Sh*t, you are so useless.” Xiao Yu sighed, but it was expected that normal monsters would just be EXP blocks when they were against Adventurers.

Eric (Goblin Flame Warlock): “No worries, we can afford to lose those Goblin Slaves. Have a break for now and let me handle those guys before you leave the campsite.”

Xiao Yu led the three Black Rock Orc brothers towards the lumbering area and spotted the three Adventurers from afar. Their team was made up of a bald human Warrior called Supreme Sword, a female human Priest called Weiwei Soy Milk, and a female human Mage called Purple Toffee.

The monsters around the campsite were automatically respawned by the system free of charge. Technically, they were the campsite Goblins; however, Xiao Yu did not have control over them. They would greet him as “Chief” and their names were green, an indication that they belonged to the same force. However, they would not react to Xiao Yu’s commands. Actually, there would always be such supplementary monsters aoround Monster Force sites; their main purpose was to help Adventurers level up. Usually, Adventurers on the same level would not dare to venture into such sites, but the incident yesterday was an anomaly. Normally, they would only slay the surrounding monsters.

Xiao Yu might not have interfered on a normal day; however, he was not going to let it go today. He had a deadline to meet and resources to gather. Since these guys were in the line of the fire, prepare to die.

Xiao Yu pondered and led the three Black Rock Orc brothers towards the Adventurers.