Divine Hunter - Chapter 38
Chapter 38: The Effects of the Luck Attribute
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by SnowPeaches
Leng Xiaoliu was about to ask Chen Mo about it, but the Hunter had already vanished into thin air.
Did he go offline?
Leng Xiaoliu was confused, yet he could not afford to waste any time. The Mutated Slime King was already charging at them.
The team had already mentally prepared themselves to face the Mutated Slime King before coming to the Slime Valley again. They were killed within an instant last time, thus they were treating this as their first encounter with the Mutated Slime King.
They could barely kill the normal Slime King by using everything they had. Leng Xiaoliu already knew there was no chance they could take on the Mutated Slime King after seeing two of its attacks.
Their Paladin had died after suffering two hits from the Mutated Slime King. They were lucky that the Mutated Slime King did not use its ultimate move right away. Otherwise, at least half of the team would die instantly!
“Retreat!” Leng Xiaoliu blurted out. No one was willing to die even though they was no death penalty at their current level.
The Mutated Slime King rolled forward like a giant ball when it saw its enemy trying to run away.
-775! -800! …
A few damage indicators floated above the Players. Only a Paladin that had learned the skill Shield Block could possibly resist the skill that the Mutated Slime King had used. Even if their Paladin was still alive, he would not have a chance to stop the Mutated Slime King’s attack either, not to mention that their Paladin was already dead.
Similar to Musen’s party, they had derived a plan specifically to target the Slime King’s traits and skills. They had spent a fortune on buying the right equipment. They could only learn two to three of their respective classes’ skills at the Rookies Village. The Shield Block of the Paladin class was only available at the Paladin’s Guild in the three main human cities.
The Assassin and Warrior of the party died instantly.
The only ones alive were the Archer Leng Xiaoliu, the Magician Leng Xiaoqian, and the Priest.
They were standing quite a distance away from the Boss Monster. However, it was almost impossible to run away from a normal Boss Monster, let alone a mutated Boss Monster with a higher movement speed. They did not manage to get too far away before the Mutated Slime King soon caught up to them and sent them to the Shadow Realm.
“Boss, are we going back again?”
The Warrior looked at Leng Xiaoliu at the resurrection point in Aiur Town.
The team’s morale had dropped significantly after being wiped out two times in a row.
“Again!” Leng Xiaoliu said with a cold expression. He had to go, he was eager to find out the truth!
Slime Valley…
Leng Xiaoliu’s party of six engaged the Slime King once again. Leng Xiaoliu was not paying attention to the Slime King. He was observing his surroundings instead.
It was almost dark, yet the Hunter was nowhere to be seen.
Did the guy already leave?
Leng Xiaoliu was confused.
Roar!
The Slime King suddenly let out a familiar roar! It had mutated once again!
The Mutated Slime King went enraged. It did not take long for the party of six to fall dead to the ground.
Leng Xiaoliu did not forget to look around when he died, yet there was still no trace of the Hunter.
He waited for two minutes, but the Hunter never showed up. It was starting to get dark too, limiting his range of vision. Leng Xiaoliu discontentedly chose to revive back in town.
A while later, Chen Mo walked out of the shadows.
He knew Leng Xiaoliu was suspicious of him. He did not really care if Leng Xiaoliu knew the truth. Once the Wolf Valley was accessible, people would eventually figure out that the Slime’s Poison was the key to triggering the Slime King’s mutation. Even if Leng Xiaoliu knew he was the reason why the Slime King had mutated, his party would still struggle to kill the Mutated Slime King.
However, Chen Mo insisted not to reveal himself just to go against Leng Xiaoliu’s wishes!
Curiosity killed the cat; he would not mind to let Leng Xiaoliu be troubled by his own thoughts. It would be best if the man ended up suffering from insomnia because of it!
When Chen Mo showed himself, the Mutated Slime King immediately let out a furious roar and pounced at him.
Chen Mo put on his equipment and led the Mutated Slime King into a certain direction.
After Leng Xiaoliu’s party was wiped out for the first time, Chen Mo had gone to hire four Players to dig a hole. He was helping to dig the hole too, but when he saw it was about time for Leng Xiaoliu’s party to return to the Slime Valley, he told the Players he had to go offline for a while. He sneaked away with the disguising skill and proceeded to set Leng Xiaoliu’s party up. He then came back to continue digging the hole.
He did not have much time to fool around with Leng Xiaoliu and his party. It would be different if they would drop their equipment when they died to the Mutated Slime King, but unfortunately, there was no death penalty in the Rookies Village. Chen Mo did not want to waste his time further. He only needed less than ten minutes to kill the Mutated Slime King. Once Leng Xiaoliu’s team was wiped out, he had plenty of time to kill the Mutated Slime King and leave before they returned again.
Before Leng Xiaoliu’s party died for the third time, Chen Mo was already done digging the hole. He used the disguising skill to move closer and triggered the Slime King’s mutation. It was already dark when Leng Xiaoliu’s party was wiped out, thus Chen Mo decisively lured the Mutated Slime King to the hole he had prepared for it.
The Mutated Slime King died in less than ten minutes.
“It’s the Scroll of Skill Mutation again. I bet it’s not even that rare considering how often it has been dropping lately.”
Chen Mo picked up the loots that the Boss Monster dropped. He grumbled when he took a closer look at his inventory.
One Scroll of Skill Mutation, one piece of Green Equipment, nine pieces of Blue Equipment; the loots were not as satisfying today.
Chen Mo had already gotten five Scrolls of Skill Mutation so far. He initially thought it was a rare item, but its drop rate was surprisingly high since he had gotten five of them out of the ten Mutated Slime Kings he had slain so far, which meant it was most likely less valuable than he thought.
Little did he know, the people at Canglan Tech were completely dumbfounded.
It did not make sense at all! Why would something as rare as the Scroll of Skill Mutation drop so many times!?
A ratio of one out of five was already quite insane, yet the ratio was one out of two for the guy. It was just too crazy!
“Holy crap! He has the title “The Pioneer of Liberty” which gives him three extra points to Luck!”
“He has +3 to Luck at Level 10? No wonder the drop rate is so high!”
A young man blurted out after inspecting Chen Mo’s attributes.
“Is +3 to Luck a lot? How is the drop rate so insane?” Another young man asked with a confused look.
Having +3 to Luck did not sound much at all. It still did not make any sense.
“You must understand, the attribute Luck is the most special in the game. We all know that Luck will affect the drop rate of an item. However, there is more to how it works. The value of the Luck attribute, the Player’s level, and the monster’s level are tightly bound together. They have to match to achieve the best outcome. For example, his Luck of 3 only works the best when he’s fighting a Level 10 Boss Monster at Level 10. If his current level is 20, and the Boss Monster’s level is 10, or if he’s fighting a Level 20 Boss when he’s only Level 10, the Luck attribute is going to be a lot less effective.”
The others that were not familiar with the Luck attribute immediately came to a realization!
They finally knew why the Hunter was so lucky. It was because of the Luck attribute!
It was crazy for a Player to have 3 points in Luck below Level 10. There were less than ten Players with 3 points in Luck at Level 10!
…
“The Boss Monster…is gone?” Leng Xiaoliu was unwilling to give up still. However, the Slime King was nowhere to be seen when they returned.
They went to look for the Boss Monster in the nearby areas, but they still could not find it.
What’s going on? Did the Boss Monster disappear after it mutated three times in a row?
It was the only explanation they could come up with.
As for the possibility that Chen Mo had killed the Boss Monster by himself…
The thought only crossed Leng Xiaoliu’s mind for a brief moment.
He would never believe that anyone could take on the Slime King on their own!
Are you kidding me? It took them an entire party just to kill the Boss Monster. How could a single Hunter possibly kill the Boss Monster alone?
…
Chen Mo killed himself again. He went to bed after making his way out of the Goblin Valley.
A phone call woke him up before noon.
