Divine Hunter - Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Another Plan
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by SnowPeaches
The Three-Headed Fiery Wolf?
Chen Mo froze.
“What is it?”
Even though he was not here to enjoy the game, he was still quite interested in its secrets, especially when it was related to a Hidden Boss.
“Hehe, you better don’t lose your mind after hearing it! I’m part of the reason why the Three-Headed Fiery Wolf has shown up in the Wolf Valley. I know that the Three-Headed Fiery Wolf has a great weakness!” Gleeson said proudly.
-Holy crap!-
-And you dare say you’re innocent? Even imprisoning you for a hundred years is reasonable if you really are the reason why a monster like the Three-Headed Fiery Wolf has shown up!-
Chen Mo finally understood why Gleeson was imprisoned here.
“What weakness?” Chen Mo asked.
“The Three-Headed Fiery Wolf is afraid of water!” Gleeson answered.
Chen Mo had an urge to beat the man up after hearing the answer. -Can’t you be more specific!?-
“What kind of water?” Chen Mo asked patiently.
“Normal water wouldn’t work. The Three-Headed Fiery Wolf is afraid of something called the Icy Stone Water. When you pour it on the Three-Headed Fiery Wolf, it will be weakened by 70%! Unfortunately, the Icy Stone Water is very rare. A weak adventurer like you will never get it. However, I did have some a few years ago, but it’s currently in the hands of Aiur Town’s mayor, Solo.”
-The mayor, Solo?-
-Is he seriously asking him to steal something from the mayor?-
This was definitely no joke. As the mayor of a town, the man surely had remarkable strength, and if he was busted, it was clearly not as simple as being imprisoned for a few hours.
“Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to rob Solo blatantly. Didn’t I teach you a Gathering Skill? You can pay Solo a visit and show him the Gathering Skill. Tell him I want to see him as I’m dying. He will definitely leave his house, giving you the chance to steal the Icy Stone Water. If you can get me the Icy Stone Water, I’ll teach you a skill that will allow you to capture monsters. To be honest with you, I was once a Hunter. Although dozens of years have passed and I’ve forgotten most of the skills, I do remember some about capturing monsters.”
Gleeson seemed to know what Chen Mo was thinking. He proceeded to answer all of his doubts.
“But even if the mayor leaves, I still can’t go into his house. There are guards in front of it,” Chen Mo said.
“Guards? I never knew Solo has guards outside his house. Isn’t he the mayor? Why would he need guards?” Gleeson frowned.
“You’ve been here for too long. There are guards outside the mayor’s house now.”
Were there guards outside the mayor’s house?
Of course not!
Chen Mo was only using the opportunity to test the NPC’s reaction.
“Guards, that’s going to be troublesome indeed…alright, I’ll teach you the skill Disguise,” Gleeson made up his mind after a slight hesitation.
System Notification: Gleeson wants to teach you a disguising skill, will you accept?
Accept!
System Notification: You’ve learned the skill “Suspicious Disguise”!
HAHAHA, it was indeed possible to trick an NPC!
Chen Mo’s eyes widened. He was able to learn the key skill of the Hunter class so easily!
Even though it was just an unofficial skill that could not level up, he was still in the Rookie Village. He believed he was the only Hunter in the Rookie Village with a disguising skill!
Based on what Gleeson told him, he might be able to learn a capturing skill after he had acquired the Icy Stone Water!
…
“Gleeson is dying, and he wants to see me?”
The northernmost of Aiur Town. Chen Mo grinded in the Wolf Valley until Level 10 and immediately went back to Aiur Town. He went to the mayor’s residence and found Solo.
Solo was an old man with a similar age to Gleeson. He fell into deep thoughts after hearing Chen Mo’s words.
“Alright, thank you, adventurer, for relaying the message. I’ll pay Gleeson a visit,” Solo was still a little suspicious after Chen Mo showed him the Gathering Skill. However, he still wanted to know what Gleeson was up to.
“Little guy, look after the house when I’m away.”
Solo went outside. A huge white hunting dog came from the distance. When Solo waved his hand, the white hunting dog quickly came up to Solo. He obediently followed Solo’s instruction and stayed still in front of Solo’s residence.
-Holy crap!-
As he thought, things were not that simple! There really was a guard!
Luckily, he was smart enough to ask Gleeson to teach him the disguising skill. Otherwise, he would have to think of some way to lure the hunting dog away.
After Solo left, Chen Mo immediately used the disguising ability and sneaked up to the entrance.
Even though the disguising skill that Gleeson taught Chen Mo did not seem reliable at all, he was able to go up to the door, open a little gap, and sneaked inside the house without alerting the hunting dog. The disguising skill was more effective than he thought. The only shortcoming it had was the extremely slow movement speed.
The hardest part of the quest was sneaking into the mayor’s residence. Chen Mo found the Icy Stone Water with a quick rummage. He tried searching for other valuable stuff, but he did not find anything else.
After the skill’s cooldown was done, Chen Mo used the disguising skill and left the mayor’s residence.
Chen Mo did not bring the Icy Stone Water to Gleeson. He put it into his storage instead.
Normally, the Player just needed to give the Icy Stone Water to Gleeson to receive the rewards.
However, Chen Mo knew it was clearly not the end of it since the quest was related to a Hidden Boss. It was very likely that Gleeson was going to use the Icy Stone Water to threaten Solo to free him, and since he was imprisoned for so long, even if Solo agreed to free him, he would try to get his revenge still.
Since Gleeson was somehow related to the Three-Headed Fiery Wolf, the Hidden Boss would surely play an important role when Gleeson was getting his revenge. He believed it would trigger a huge regional quest in the Rookies Village.
Stealing the Icy Stone Water was only the beginning of the quest chain.
Chen Mo might not have guessed it all, but he was more or less on the right track. Since he had the first-hand information, it might come in handy when he was doing the quest.
Chen Mo had inspected the Icy Stone Water’s attributes. Although the item was capable of weakening the Three-Headed Fiery Wolf, it turned out to be a quest item. Players were not allowed to use it directly. Their only choice was to hand it to Gleeson.
But Chen Mo was thinking otherwise.
He had no intention to follow the quest chain that the game designers had implemented. He had some other plans in mind about how he was going to use the Icy Stone Water.
He wanted to see what was going to happen in the game if he used the Icy Stone Water according to his plan. Perhaps he might be able to discover a game-breaking bug from it!
That being said, it was not the time to use the Icy Stone Water yet.
Chen Mo headed for the Slime Valley after putting the Icy Stone Water in the storage.
He was already Level 10. It was time for him to meet the famous Boss of Rookies Village.
…
“What is the guy thinking? He could have just accepted the reward and triggered the regional quest, giving huge benefits to every new Player in the Rookies Village. Why didn’t he keep going?”
A bunch of young men in Canglan Tech’s Technology Department learned that someone had triggered the story related to the Hidden Boss: Three-Headed Fiery Wolf. They were looking forward to seeing how the story would turn out.
They had to admit that the Hunter was extremely smart. He was able to sneak past the guard that was supposed to be the hardest part of the quest so easily!
Once the regional quest was triggered, it would grant great benefits to all Players in the Chinese server, allowing them to take the lead among the serves. Once the servers merged later, the Chinese Players might end up stronger than Players from other servers.
However, the Hunter ended up tossing the important quest item into his storage. It basically drove them crazy.
“He’s already Level 10. Why would he go to the Slime Valley now? Is he paying the Boss a visit?”
The group of people was curious about what Chen Mo was up to when they saw him heading to the Slime Valley instead of handing in the quest item.
Their privileges were only limited to the Rookies Village. Once a Player left the Rookies Village, they were no longer able to view and inspect a Player’s data as they pleased.
According to the superiors, if nothing happened in the Rookies Village, it was unlikely there would be any problem in the rest of the game.
They were not too sure why it was the case. They could only say how impressed they were with the full-dive virtual reality network.
Therefore, they would satisfy as much of their curiosity as they could while they still had the privileges.
