5. Grac, Goblin Overseer

Sam shook himself out of his shocked state and quickly pulled out his sword, spinning to face the massive boss monster, on his own. That's when he knew he was screwed, he was alone facing this boss. If he had a party with him he might have a chance, but Sam knew that it was almost impossible to beat this boss on his own.

But he would still try! Sam would not just let the monster kill him, he knew there was a way to beat it, he just had to figure out how. Grac roared again and looked at Sam, it then pulled the massive axe off its back and charged at him again. This time, Sam jumped to the side and slashed at the orc's passing back to test its defenses.

[-25]

The pitiful number flashed in front of Sam before disappearing. Sam's face darkened, there was no way he could win, unless he got nothing but critical hits and that would be almost impossible with the massive axe being swung at his head. Though thanks to his Cultivator class bonus level he had much higher stats than he should, Sam still didn't have gear to match those stats. Wait, stats. Sam had a crazy idea, right now he had the stats of someone at level 9 without the distributed ones. Did that mean that he was treated as being level 9 when it came to equipment?

Not having much choice he tried and low and behold, he was able to quickly equip Blood Drinker. As soon as the sword was equipped and in his hand it began to lose its rusty appearance and a faint red aura surrounded the blade. Sam dodged another attack and countered with his own, this time scoring a hit on the boss's chest. As the blade hit, Sam felt as if the sword was attempting to dig deeper and deeper, as if it was searching for the best way to draw the most blood.

[-85]

That was more like it! Sam grinned and began to fight more evenly with the boss. Dodging the massive axe swings and striking every opening he saw.

[Grac's HP: 90%]

[80%]

[70%]

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[15%]

[10%]

Once its HP hit 10%, Grac entered an enraged state and threw all caution to the wind. Its attack strength and speed increased exponentially and it began to cause tremors in the ground as it stomped about. Sam simply used the trees around him as foot holds instead of standing on the ground. Eventually, after about 20 minutes since the start of the battle, he was able to kill the boss.

[Congratulations you have killed the first field Boss! World Fame +100]

[Congratulations, you have solo killed the first Field Boss! World Fame +500, Luck +1]

[Mission Complete! You have received the skill Sword Mastery LV 1 and 5 stat points]

[You have levelled up!]

[You have levelled up!]

[You have levelled up!]

[You have levelled up!]

[You have received extra loot based on your achievements!]

Sam grinned widely and laughed at the sky. Four levels! He had gained four levels from killing this boss! Though two of those levels were thanks to the two achievements he got for solo killing the first field boss. Though that's not to say he was unscathed, Sam was sure that, had the battle gone on longer he would have been killed. He was lucky that he found the Blood Drinker sword, otherwise he would have died. He looked at his HP bar before it began to regenerate from his level ups and he'd had only 2% of his total HP left.

Putting aside his relief Sam sheathed his sword and began going through the pile of loot. He placed most of the materials in his inventory, there were a total of 20 gold coins that dropped! Gold Coins?! Yes!! He was now truly a rich player. The game had just been released and he was sure that no players, not even those from big guilds, had gold coins yet. There was also a leather coat, a set of boots, and a skill book!

[Coat of the lone Wanderer]

[Level: 8]

[Quality: Unique Rare]

[All Stats +5]

[Blurred Movement, Active: Increases movement speed by 25% for 10 seconds. 1 minute cooldown.]

[Boots of the Tree Strider]

[Level: 5]

[Quality: Rare]

[Agility +2]

[Dexterity +5]

[Tree Stride, Passive: Increases movement speed by 5% and allows you to use trees to move quicker through the forest.]

[Skill Book: Piercing Slash]

[Rank C]

[Active: A powerful slash that ignores 15% of the target's armor. Deals 100% Strength damage]

Sam grinned, not just one but two Rare pieces of equipment! He laughed in joy but the gear wasn't the best part, there was also a skill book! Sam quickly equipped the two pieces of gear and learned the skill. He finally had an active skill that dealt damage! Not to mention the skills of his Rare equipment! He might as well be a level 15 player at the moment!

"Status."

[Character Status]

[Name: Sam]

[Race: Human]

[Class: Cultivator]

[Level: 8]

[Exp: 0/12,800]

[HP: 240/240]

[Strength: 39 (+10)]

[Dexterity: 39 (+10)]

[Agility: 29 (+12)]

[Intelligence: 29 (+5)]

[Will: 37 (+5)]

[Stat Points: 20]

[Skills/Abilities]

[Meditation, Passive, Rank: D- Allows you to meditate and absorb the spiritual energy in the world to cultivate. Cultivation level: 2, Spiritual Energy: 0/1000]

[Energy Sense, Passive, Rank: F- Allows you to sense and control the Spiritual Energy around you to some extent.]

[Body Tempering, Passive, Rank: A- Through the use of environmental conditions and Spiritual Energy you can temper your body and make it stronger.]

[Piercing Slash, Active, Rank: C- A powerful slash that ignores 15% of the target's armor. Deals 100% Strength damage.]