Chapter 14: Server-wide Announcement, Shocking the Entire Audience
Finally, after 36 minutes of intense fighting, the Wild Boar King's massive body crashed to the ground.
"Ding, congratulations on killing the Black Iron-level boss [Wild Boar King], gaining 100 reputation points and 5000 experience points."
"Ding, talent trait triggered, toxin stacking increase +1."
"Ding, congratulations, you leveled up! Health +20, Mana +10, and you get 5 free attribute points, please distribute them wisely."
At the same time, a server-wide announcement echoed across the entire Huaxia server.
"Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to player Ethan for killing the Black Iron-level boss [Wild Boar King]. As the first player in the entire server to defeat a Black Iron-level boss, the system rewards 200 reputation points, 10 gold coins, and 10 free attribute points. Special announcement!"
The announcement rang out three times across the Zentaria server, and the entire game seemed to freeze for a moment. It went completely silent, only to erupt into chaos soon after.
"Damn, am I hallucinating? Someone actually killed the boss? I still can't even beat a crab."
"That's gotta be a lie, there's no way the Wild Boar King's attributes can be killed by players at this stage."
"Are we even playing the same game? I'm starting to think I'm in a fake game."
In various novice villages, the leaders of top factions and some legendary players were also caught off guard. They thought they were ahead of everyone else, only to realize someone was already far ahead.
8365 Novice Village…
"Jeremy, do you think this person could be from our novice village?" Nathan asked with a serious expression.
"Could be. From what I know, no other novice village has sold equipment with 6 attribute points. The highest is only 5, so this necklace of mine is making me think a lot of things," Jeremy replied, equally serious.
"But I've seen the Wild Boar King's attributes on the forum, and I can't figure out what kind of strength it would take to kill it. And it's likely just one person," Nathan added.
"Yeah, I want to know too," Jeremy said helplessly.
Meanwhile, the woman with the white veil muttered to herself, "Has it really gotten this strong?"
At this moment, Ethan was also stunned by the system prompts. He didn't expect to get a server-wide announcement for killing the Wild Boar King. But when he saw the reward of 10 gold coins, he immediately didn't care about the announcement anymore—rewards like these were too good to pass up. That's 1,000 silver coins or 100,000 copper coins! He hadn't even collected 10 silver coins until now.
Also, the 10 free attribute points were equivalent to leveling up twice, which was pretty nice. As for reputation, he wasn't sure what it was for yet, but it should be something useful, probably something to be figured out in the main city.
Seeing his friend request list and private message window flash non-stop, with the number jumping to 999+, Ethan immediately felt a headache. He quickly set his privacy settings to not allow strangers to add him as a friend and to block messages from strangers. Finally, things quieted down.
Next came the exciting part—looting the items. Ethan was thrilled when he saw that the Wild Boar King had dropped a lot of things. It was the first time he'd seen so many items drop at once, so he quickly increased his speed in looting them all, not leaving a single copper coin behind. After checking, the Wild Boar King had dropped a total of 1 gold, 34 silver, 3 pieces of Black Iron-grade equipment, 4 pieces of common Wild Boar equipment, a skill book, and a scroll.
"I can't believe that with the game's drop rate, it actually dropped this many things at once. Looks like I need to fight more bosses in the future. This is the way to wealth," Ethan thought. After checking the 3 pieces of Black Iron-grade equipment's attributes, he realized this was the first time he'd seen Black Iron equipment.
[Tusk Giant Blade]
Quality: Black Iron
Physical Attack +30
Additional Attributes:
Strength +10
Required Level: 6
[Wild Boar King Armor]
Quality: Black Iron
Health +100
Defense +10
Additional Attributes:
Constitution +8
Required Level: 6
[Wild Boar King Greaves]
Health +100
Defense +10
Additional Attributes:
Root +6
Required Level: 6
Indeed, Black Iron-grade equipment was far superior to common items. In addition to the base attributes, it also had a random additional attribute, making it much stronger.
As for the 4 common Wild Boar equipment, such as Wild Boar Leather Helm, Wild Boar Leather Armor, Wild Boar Leather Pants, and Wild Boar Leather Belt, although Ethan didn't need them, they could still be sold for money. At 10,000 per piece, they could fetch 40,000 in total. However, he had to sell them quickly before other players could kill the Wild Boar King, as the value would drop once that happened.
Thinking this, Ethan quickly listed the four pieces of Wild Boar gear for 10,000 each on the auction house. Players could only list 10 items at once, and items were automatically returned after 12 hours if not sold.
But Ethan didn't have to worry about that; right now, Wild Boar gear was in high demand, and it was snapped up as soon as it was listed. Watching his account balance rise by 40,000, minus a 10% transaction fee of 4,000, he made a net profit of 36,000, which made him feel great.
What he didn't know was that when he listed a full set of Wild Boar equipment for sale, it caused a huge stir in the 8365 Novice Village. Almost everyone was convinced that the player who killed the Wild Boar King must be from their village, and they assumed he had probably received a lot of great equipment and replaced his Wild Boar set.
Ethan then took out the skill book and scroll that he hadn't checked yet. First, he looked at the skill book:
[Savage Charge]: Consumes 40 mana to rapidly charge forward in a straight line for 4 meters. Stops when hitting a target, dealing 150% physical damage and stunning the target for 1 second. Learning Requirement: Warrior.
It had damage, crowd control, and mobility. This skill would definitely be a PK god-tier ability for warriors.
After level 10, players in the game could teleport to the main city to change classes, and each class could learn two basic skills, such as healing for priests and fireball for mages. After that, additional skills had to be earned through combat, and there were no hidden classes in the game. The more skills a character had, the stronger they would be, so skill books were definitely more valuable than equipment.
"This skill book doesn't have much value now, but once everyone changes classes, I'll sell it. It should make a lot of money," Ethan thought to himself.
Next, he looked at the scroll in his hand…
[Wild Boar King Summon Scroll]: Summons the Wild Boar King to fight for you for 30 minutes. The scroll disappears after use.
"Good stuff. This Wild Boar King is pretty strong. If I run into a monster I can't beat, I can send him to fight."
Ethan then began distributing his attribute points. After leveling up and receiving 10 reward attribute points, he now had a total of 15 attribute points. The toughest monsters he'd faced in the novice village were Silver Wolves, and since his skill improved by 50%, his movement speed increased by 45. So, he decided to add all 15 points into agility, reaching 45 agility. With his boots adding 5 movement speed, he would easily outrun the wolves. Haha! This was in the bag!
Then, he swapped out the [Wild Boar King Armor] and [Wild Boar King Leggings], and his stats instantly soared to unprecedented heights. As for his weapon, Ethan planned to auction it off tomorrow. There was no need for him to use it, it would just be a waste. He listed the [Wild Boar Leather Armor] and [Wild Boar Leather Pants] for sale on the auction house, earning 18,000 in return. Being ahead of all the other players and making money so easily was incredibly satisfying.
Since the stat changes were so significant, Ethan decided to post his updated stats for everyone to see. He didn't want to forget them himself:
Name: Sealed
Level: 7
Health: 620
Mana: 120
Physical Attack: 20
Magic Attack: 10
Physical Defense: 40
Magic Defense: 11
Movement Speed: 50
Attack Speed: 23%
Experience: 1003/6000
Strength: 5
Intelligence: 5
Constitution: 18 (Equipment bonus +8)
Root: 11 (Equipment bonus +6)
Spirit: 5
Agility: 45
Skills: Insight
Talent: Venom Source: Deals 23 true damage per second to the target for 60 seconds, stacking up to 2 layers.