Goblin [Normal]
Level 5
HP 800
MP 300
Attack: 50
Defense: 30
Skill: Throw Stone.
Throw Stone: Throws a stone, dealing 20+50 damage, cooldown 5 seconds.
Unknowingly, Lucien had already arrived at the territory of the level 5 monster, the Goblin.
Level 5 monsters were far stronger than level 1 monsters.
They even had skills.
However, for Lucien, this was completely unremarkable.
His current defense was as high as 104; the monsters before him couldn't even break through his defense.
This was all thanks to his Thousand-Year Peach Wood Sword.
It added a full 20 points of Constitution, which was equivalent to directly adding 40 points to his defense.
Otherwise, the Goblins before him could deal up to 10 points of damage just by using their skills.
Of course, this also had to do with his initial four major attributes being maxed out.
Every time he leveled up, the attributes gained were equal to what others gained in two levels.
To finish off a Goblin, he needed four Soul Fire Talismans.
It would take at least six seconds.
However, thinking about the characteristics of his weapon, he didn't stay here long, but instead prepared to go to the level 7 area, the Dark Forest.
There were a large number of skeletons there, and his weapon could deal bonus damage to these monsters.
Therefore, killing level 7 skeletons was the optimal choice.
Moreover, killing monsters above his level provided a large amount of experience bonus.
For every level higher than his own, the experience bonus was 20%.
After walking for twenty minutes, he finally managed to arrive at the Dark Forest.
Just as he stepped into the Dark Forest, he saw a skeleton holding a large blade walking towards him.
Skeleton Warrior
Level: 7
HP: 1000
Attack: 150
Defense: 20
Movement: 30
Skill: Slash [Passive Skill]
A very typical high-attack, low-defense monster; despite being level 7, its defense was not even as good as a level 5 Goblin.
The Skeleton Warrior rushed towards Lucien rapidly; when it was ten meters away,
Lucien raised his hand, a spirit talisman gathered on his weapon, and it flew towards the Skeleton Warrior.
-260
Who would believe that a mere level 3 novice player could actually deal over two hundred damage to a level 7 monster?
Even a level 10 player wouldn't dare claim they could deal 260 damage.
With just this one hit, one-quarter of the Skeleton Warrior's health bar vanished.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Skeleton Warrior hadn't reached him yet, Lucien fired another Soul Fire Talisman.
The health bar above its head dropped by half.
At this moment, the Skeleton Warrior had already reached Lucien.
He retreated immediately, and in the blink of an eye, he was ten meters away.
He casually fired another Soul Fire Talisman.
"Ding: You killed a Skeleton Warrior, gained 30 experience. You killed a monster four levels above you, rewarded with 24 experience points!"
One Skeleton Warrior provided a full 54 experience points.
And to level up now, he only needed 2000 experience points.
In other words, he only needed to kill thirty seven Skeleton Warriors to reach level 4.
There were many monsters in the Dark Forest, but because their attack was too high, the vast majority of players preferred to grind level 8 monsters rather than kill Skeleton Warriors.
Other players didn't have such high defense as Lucien.
As Lucien's Soul Fire Talismans flew out one after another, the Skeleton Warriors fell to the ground one by one.
"Ding: Congratulations on leveling up, you are now level 4."
In just a few minutes, Lucien had directly leveled up.
At this moment, a glimmer of light where a Skeleton Warrior had fallen caught Lucien's attention.
"Eh, did it drop equipment?"
Lucien hurriedly went forward to check, and a boot was lying on the ground.
Bone Battle Boots [Black Iron]
Level: 5
+5 Agility
The attributes were very simple, but it was still quite good.
This was 5 points of Agility; his movement speed could be greatly improved.
However, it was a pity that he was only level 4.
To level up to level 5, he needed five thousand experience points.
Looking at the 13 free attribute points he had, Lucien thought for a moment and added all of them to Spirit.
He only had this one skill right now, which could maximize his attack power.
This also brought Lucien's Spirit attribute directly to a terrifying 69 points.
His Magic Power increased by 34 points, and his attack against the Skeleton Warrior increased by another 50 points.
Now, Lucien only needed three Soul Fire Talismans to instantly kill a Skeleton Warrior.
Lucien couldn't wait to test out the Soul Fire Talisman.
"Ding: Killed a Skeleton Warrior, gained 30 experience points, gained an additional 18 points for killing a monster three levels higher!"
"Ding: Killed a Skeleton Warrior, gained 30 experience points, gained an additional 18 points for killing a monster three levels higher!"
Just like that, after a full hour, he finally leveled up to level 5.
"Ding: Quest accepted, Goblin Disaster!"
Hearing the system's voice, Lucien stopped grinding monsters.
He opened his panel to check this quest.
Unique Hidden Quest: Goblin Disaster. [2/100]
Quest Requirement: Clear Goblin Forest [Purgatory Grade] solo.
Quest Reward: Hidden Class Scroll.
Seeing this, Lucien couldn't help but frown.
Purgatory Grade?
What grade is this?
Lucien did know about the Goblin Forest.
This was a novice dungeon in the Goblin area.
But didn't dungeons only have four difficulties: Simple, Normal, Hard, and Hell?
What the hell is this Purgatory difficulty?
Could it be a grade higher than Hell difficulty?
But with his current attributes, even grinding Hell difficulty would be very strenuous.
If Purgatory difficulty was a level higher than Hell, he probably wouldn't be able to beat it at all.
Fortunately, this quest had no level requirement and no time limit.
In other words, he could even come back to complete it after reaching level 20 or 30.
But he suddenly remembered that it seemed the maximum level in the Novice Village was level 10.
To continue leveling up, he had to change classes first.
But to change classes, he had to go to the main city.
As mentioned earlier, once he left the Novice Village, it would be very difficult to return.
It seemed he had to find a way to improve his combat power while in the Novice Village, otherwise it would be a joke if he couldn't beat it.
He would first level up to level 10; when he reached level 10, he could learn his second skill from the Novice Instructor.
As for getting a skill drop, that was just too difficult.
As for equipment, he could grind the Goblin Dungeon; he heard that the Hell difficulty Goblin Forest could drop silver equipment.
And it was a set, too; relying on his high Luck, it shouldn't be too difficult.
Finally, there were potions, but the Novice Village didn't seem to have those potions that temporarily boosted combat power.
Moreover, the dungeon was also for levels 5-10; once he exceeded level 10, he wouldn't be able to enter.
Therefore, he had to complete the quest by level 10 at the latest.
No matter what, Lucien would absolutely not give up on this quest easily.
This involved a hidden class, and a hidden class meant power.
In his previous life, Lucien spent 5 years without obtaining a hidden class, just being an ordinary Daoist. Since he had the chance to change to a hidden class in this life, he naturally couldn't miss it.
And this was only the second part of the hidden quest, and the second part could reward a hidden class.
It was well known that for chain quests, the later the quest, the more generous the rewards.
Now, Lucien didn't even dare to imagine, if he completed all the quests, what the final reward would be—could it be a divine artifact?