8: Unique Task

"Ding~"

"You have acquired a new skill, Elemental Burst Arrow!"

Lin Ye opened his panel and first looked at the upgraded skill.

"Splendid Shot"

Quality: Rare

Requirements: None

Current Level: 10 (Max)

Requires Bow-type Weapon

Attack Speed +60%

Movement Speed +60%

Mobile Shot

(Can attack while moving, accuracy is the same as normal attacks)

"Max level, stats doubled, it's really fast~"

"Elemental Burst Arrow"

Quality: Rare

Requirements: None

Level: 1

Active Skill

Bow-type Weapon Only

Cost: 15 Mana Points

Cooldown: 5 Seconds

Gathers elemental power with magic, infuses arrows, dealing 120% physical damage and 200% elemental damage.

Upon impact, the arrow explodes, dealing 70% secondary damage to targets within 3 meters.

(Activates Fire Damage, explosion has a 30% chance to inflict a burning effect on the target.)

(Activates Frost Damage, explosion has a 30% chance to inflict a slowing effect on the target.)

(Activates Lightning Damage, explosion has a 30% chance to inflict an electrocution effect on the target.)

(Activates Wind Blade Damage, explosion has a 30% chance to inflict a bleeding effect on the target.)

......

"A two-stage damage skill, very good, and it also has additional elemental effects."

Lin Ye put away the quest item and returned to the tavern.

Only Bai Shuya and Su Wanting were there.

"It should take them quite a while to catch rabbits, should we go get the Boss quest first?" Lin Ye asked.

"If a few are enough, then we'll just wait a bit," Bai Shuya replied.

"That fast?"

Lin Ye saw online that it was very difficult.

Bai Shuya stared at Lin Ye, her eyes burning as she said, "It's difficult, but since you've spoken, no matter how difficult, we will find every way to complete it!"

Lin Ye, for a moment, didn't even know whether to thank her, truly worried she might throw out another heaven-defying statement.

Bai Shuya saw Lin Ye silent and poked Su Wanting beside her, "Look, Demon Lord seems a bit shy, doesn't he?"

"Sis~"

Su Wanting didn't know if Lin Ye was shy, but she was truly shy, blushing from her cheeks all the way down to her neck.

Lin Ye had thick skin and pretended not to hear.

Just then.

Yan Yan and the others also returned.

Trade.

A total of 9 Blue-Eyed Demon Rabbits.

"These are quest monsters, the quantity is very small, and they respawn slowly. We've already collected them all just now. If you need more, you'll probably have to wait over an hour," Xia Mo explained.

"It's fine, it should be enough."

Lin Ye got up to do the quest, leaving a message: "Wait a moment, I'll be right back."

Nine.

If it succeeds, it succeeds; if not, then so be it.

Lin Ye's original budget was 10 to make it a round thousand, to see if the quest would change, but now there was no time, so he wouldn't waste it.

Backyard.

He found the boss's little daughter, Shasha.

"Big brother, my little bunny is lost, can you help me find it?"

Lin Ye accepted the quest and immediately turned it in.

"Wow~ Thank you, big brother!" Shasha jumped up happily and said, "Wait, I'll treat you to my mom's secret roasted chicken."

"Ding~"

"You have obtained Roasted Chicken x100."

Repeatedly accepted.

Repeatedly done.

900 roasted chickens were quickly acquired.

He went directly to the well to find the vagrant.

Sniff sniff~

The vagrant smelled the roasted chicken, his nose twitched, and he scrambled up, unceremoniously grabbing a roasted chicken and gnawing on it.

While gnawing, he kept mumbling.

"Mmm~"

"Not bad, not bad, delicious!"

"This is the taste~!"

He devoured an entire roasted chicken, leaving only bones in a few bites.

"Tsk, it's a pity there's so little. If you could bring me 99 more... *hiccup*... I can tell you a secret!"

Lin Ye knew the quest process and immediately stuffed 99 roasted chickens into his hand.

His appetite was clearly abnormal; he finished all 100 roasted chickens in a few minutes, with the pile of bones beside him stacked higher than him.

"*Hiccup*~ Not bad, but it's a pity there's too little. If... hey, if you could bring me 100 more roasted chickens, I really will tell you a secret."

As expected.

He still wanted more.

It seemed he really was a swindler.

Lin Ye had no time to delay further, so he simply said, "Just tell me directly, how many more do you want to eat?"

The vagrant's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up and said, "Young man, I see you have extraordinary talent. If you can give me 300... ah, no, 500, then I swear on the honor of Strobes, I will never..."

Before he could finish, Lin Ye threw out all 800 remaining roasted chickens from his inventory.

"Speak!"

Uh?

Hehe heh~

The vagrant was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he wasn't in a hurry to eat the chicken anymore.

"Young man, you just obtained an ancient inheritance, didn't you?"

"How do you know?" Lin Ye saw no need to hide and counter-questioned.

"The old hunter's lifelong treasured item is now on you. I can smell the blood on that arrowhead from eight hundred miles away."

The vagrant's speech was no longer erratic. One greasy hand reached directly into his ragged clothes, seemingly digging for something with effort.

"Young man, you have great talent, and you've gained the old hunter's approval through your strength. Now you even have the patience to chat with a vagrant like me."

"Hehe~"

"A person who should have gone to hell long ago, I've shamelessly clung to life for thousands of years. It seems it wasn't in vain after all~"

As he spoke.

The vagrant pulled out a pure and translucent hexagonal crystal from his embrace.

Lin Ye's gaze fell into it.

He felt as if he was in a vast universe, surrounded by boundless starlight, flowing with colorful, dazzling brilliance.

"Take it."

"This should be a quest, but I have no right to demand you do it. How you choose to proceed from now on is entirely up to you."

Lin Ye didn't quite understand, but he still reached out and took the crystal.

Crack!

The crystal shattered.

Transforming into streaks of starlight, it merged into Lin Ye's heart.

Looking again.

The vagrant, who had just been full of vigor, instantly withered, his black hair turning white, his body becoming emaciated, as if all his youth and lifespan had vanished in an instant, leaving only a smile on the corner of his mouth, devoid of any regret.

At the same time.

In all hundreds of thousands of Newbie Villages in eternal, all the vagrants aged at the same moment, turning into dust and scattering with the wind.

Bai Shuya and the others rested in the tavern.

"Wan Ting, why aren't you talking? How is Demon Lord at school? Is he handsome in real life?"

"Sis, I don't even know him, how can I talk?"

"You really don't know him? Then what do you do at school?"

"I have to study, big sister~"

Just as Bai Shuya was about to speak, Xia Mo spoke with a shocked expression:

"President Bai, all the vagrants in all Newbie Villages have disappeared."

Thump!

Bai Shuya's heart trembled, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"He succeeded?!"