Level 3 monster, instantly slain!
Outside the novice village, in the wild monster zone.
Su Yu had entered the game half an hour later than the others, and the wild monster area was already densely crowded with players.
In Evolution, players leveled up very slowly.
Killing a level 1 Slime only granted 1 experience point, yet leveling from 1 to 2 required 1,000 experience points.
One had to defeat a thousand Slimes just to gain a single level!
Thus, the level 1 wild monster area was packed with players.
Everyone spread out guarding their spots; whenever a Slime spawned, five or six attack spells would be unleashed at once—competition was fierce.
Su Yu had no intention of competing for monsters and strode directly toward the higher-level monster zones.
There were fewer players in the level 2 Goblin area.
Since level 1 new players couldn’t solo level 2 monsters, the players there usually formed groups of three or four to tackle a single Goblin.
At the entrance to the monster zone, a middle-aged warrior with a beard and a young, beautiful female assassin were engaged in conversation.
Noticing Su Yu entering the area, the young woman’s eyes lit up as she approached him:
“Hey, friend, want to team up to fight monsters? Our team has two people now; with you, we can start!”
Su Yu glanced at the name above her head.
“Snowfall”—a poetic name.
But he smiled kindly and said, “I think I’ll pass.”
He then pointed toward the level 3 wild monster area. “I’m going to check that place out.”
“Little brother, don’t waste your time over there,” the middle-aged man walked over and advised, “My daughter and I just came back from the level 3 zone. You need a team of five and a priest to level efficiently there, and it’s still slow.”
The middle-aged man’s name was “Snow Cream,” stylistically similar to his daughter’s.
Yet something felt off.
“It’s fine, I’m just going to take a look.”
Su Yu declined their kindness and stepped toward the level 3 wild monster area.
Watching Su Yu’s retreating figure, the middle-aged man shrugged and said to his daughter, “Looks like we’ll have to find other teammates.”
“Yeah! He’s pretty handsome, but he doesn’t seem very bright,” Snowfall made a face at Su Yu’s back.
Hearing their words as he walked away, Su Yu wiped his sweat.
His appearance had been downgraded by 40%, yet he was still considered “pretty handsome”?
It seemed that trying to pass as an ordinary person was quite difficult!
...
Upon reaching the level 3 wild monster zone, the number of players was sparse.
From a distance, Su Yu could see only three five-player squads training there.
The level 3 monsters, called Black Wild Boars, had 50 health points.
The five-player teams’ attacks on the boars only dealt damage numbers like “-2” or “-3.”
After a while, either the priest ran out of mana or the tanking warrior was low on health; leveling was grueling.
Su Yu avoided these groups and found a spot out of sight to begin his own leveling endeavor.
He wielded his magic staff and skillfully recited a spell.
Half a second later, an apple-sized Magic Orb shot from the staff’s tip, striking an unprepared Black Wild Boar.
-60!
A huge damage number appeared.
The Black Wild Boar collapsed instantly!
With a single blow, Su Yu had one-shot a level 3 boar!
He wondered what the nearby five-player squads would think if they saw this.
At the same time, a system notification popped up:
“Ding! You have slain Black Wild Boar Lv. 3, gaining 3 experience points.”
Unfortunately, the Black Wild Boar dropped no items.
“The legendary bloodline is truly powerful!” Su Yu marveled inwardly.
“If I hadn’t gotten the Star Bloodline, I might still be miserably fighting Slimes. Now, leveling is thousands of times faster!”
Of course, besides the legendary bloodline, money was also essential.
After all, upgrading Magic Orb cost him 1,100 Spirit Coins.
Currently, a level 1 new account could only earn 8 to 15 Spirit Coins from a day’s monster hunting.
Without money, even with the legendary bloodline, early advantages wouldn’t be obvious.
“Leveling up like this, I should reach level 2 in just a few minutes!”
Su Yu felt invigorated and threw himself into the boar-slaying business.
He swung his staff with his right hand, releasing Magic Orbs, while his left hand activated Fireball and Ice Arrow scrolls in quick succession.
One Magic Orb could instantly kill a boar; one scroll could do the same.
No Black Wild Boar could withstand Su Yu’s attacks—they fell by the dozens.
Su Yu steadily advanced, sweeping through nearly half the monster zone.
...
Ten minutes later, at the level 2 monster zone.
Snowfall and her father still hadn’t found suitable teammates.
After rejecting invitations from several lecherous male players, she tiptoed to look toward the level 3 monster zone.
“Dad, where’s that guy called ‘Nemesis’? Hasn’t he returned yet? Could he have been killed by the wild boars?”
“Who do you think I should ask?” Snow Cream, carrying a shield, suddenly said, “Snowfall, you didn’t fall for that young man, did you?”
“Of course not! How could I?” Snowfall rolled her eyes. “Who falls in love at first sight? Do you think this is a TV drama?”
“Ha ha, you can’t fool me. When your mother first saw me, she had the same look.”
Snow Cream laughed heartily.
Snowfall’s face flushed, and she stomped her foot, about to get angry.
Snow Cream quickly changed the subject:
“Ahem, since we have time, why don’t we go to the level 3 monster zone to look for that young man? Maybe he’s on his way back.”
“Hmm... alright.” Snowfall nodded instinctively.
...
Meanwhile, after ten minutes of “boar slaughtering,” Su Yu accumulated 1,000 experience points and successfully leveled up to level 2.
Although he had entered the game half an hour later than others, after ten minutes of monster hunting, he had caught up with the first wave!
Unfortunately, in Evolution, the drop rate for monster equipment was very low.
In these ten minutes, Su Yu had slain over 300 boars, gaining some materials like Wild Boar Meat, Wild Boar Hide, and Wild Boar Bones, but only three pieces of equipment dropped, two of which were for other classes.
Only one piece suited Su Yu: a Cloth Long Boots (Common), which he had upgraded to Rare quality.
Cloth Long Boots (Rare)
Defense +10
Movement Speed +0.4
Intelligence +3
The movement speed +0.4 meant he could walk 0.4 meters more per second.
Su Yu’s initial movement speed was 1.2 meters per second walking, and 6 meters per second running.
Wearing the Cloth Long Boots raised his walking speed to 1.6 meters per second, and running speed to 8 meters per second, notably faster than others.
After leveling up, his attributes were:
Character: Nemesis
Level: 2
Class: Mage
Bloodline: Star Bloodline (Legendary)
Attributes:
Strength: 6, Agility: 6, Intelligence: 16, Constitution: 5, Luck: 10
Spell Power: 26
Health Points: 90
Mana Points: 120
Defense: 25
Spell Critical Rate: 0
Movement Speed: 1.6
Experience: 1/2000
Wealth: 7,378,881,360
Equipment: Newbie Staff Lv.1 (Rare), Newbie Mage Robe Lv.1 (Rare), Cloth Long Boots Lv.1 (Rare)
Skills: Magic Orb (Rare), Star Pointer (Legendary)