Chapter 47
Crash!
A Ordinary Rank-3 Brown Hog was madly running around the woods, leaving several broken trees in its path. There was a sharp arrow with a trilobite tip stuck in its neck which had torn the hog’s neck artery, causing the creature to bleed at a lethal speed.
Either due to luck or the precision of the shot, the wound grew larger and larger with the hog’s movement. After blindly charging here and there for a few more seconds, the hog collapsed and stopped moving.
“Nice hit.” Ji Ye nodded to Qin Yueyu while staying at a safe distance from the beast.
They had just discovered a herd of about 20 Brown Hogs in the woods. Luckily, they took just enough people to surround them.
A slightly bigger hog had tried escaping by charging at one the shield-bearing settlement guards, but was easily knocked back by a human two ranks stronger than itself.
Li Qing chased after the retreating hog while using his former soldier experience, then stuck a short blade into its body, quickly backing off before the beast could retaliate.
The maddened hog rushed at another shield guard it could reach while spilling blood like a water pump. As it was helplessly pushed away again, it rolled onto its belly and never stood up, since Li Qing’s weapon had already penetrated its heart.
Seeing most of the beasts killed, the guards moved away to allow several piglets to run off because they had no use for them.
“They’re Ordinary Rank-4, which is the same as us, right?” one of the ladies watching nearby flinched upon seeing so much blood. “Are—aren’t we a bit cruel?”
A grayish “item orb” appeared just above its tusks.
All the new players knew what this meant, thanks to their enlightening forum visits before. As they watched in great excitement, the orb dimmed down and slowly gained the shape of a blade about a meter in length.
[Ivory Edge]
[Level: Ordinary Rank-6]
[Rarity: Common]
[A weapon created out of the tusk of a Brown Hog King that has decent sturdiness and sharpness. A tool better used for stabbing rather than slashing.]
As Ji Ye expected, the reward didn’t look so good because he did most of the work.
The confederation government had already disclosed several “tricks” that explained how certain actions would affect the outcome of the battle. To obtain better items and more EXP points from the monsters, players would either have to go after finding targets of higher ranks than themselves, or perform a “beautiful fight” by fully utilizing their skills and environmental factors as much as possible.
Ji Ye’s group achieved neither during their hunt. There was only Qin Yueyu and Li Qing who had earned a decent amount of EXP by participating in a lot of battles, while the rest of them barely gained anything.
“Master, I’ve things to report!” Lu Zhishen approached them with a group of scouts.
“You’ve already found the target, Chief?”
“Yeah, the wolf’s lair, as you asked. No offense but, are you sure you want our new friends to face Blue Wolves so soon? Those things may be only rank-4, but they are way smarter than the pigs you just killed.”
“Rest assured, I know what I’m doing,” said Ji Ye, “Though we might need your help when the alpha comes out, Chief Lu. It could be at the superior rank so we can’t let our guard down.”