Chapter 17: Shabby Reward

With the collaboration between Jiang Ming and Chikage, their speed of killing monsters was getting faster and faster, and they no longer needed to worry about being besieged. From teams of three demon wolves to teams with six, they were absolutely dauntless as no wolf could escape their slaughter. In the end, he and Chikage attacked directly as soon as they saw any demon wolf. Gradually, the two of them went deep into the demon wolf area and entered a valley. That was when he and Chikage realised the danger.

Unbeknownst to them, he and Chikage had been surrounded by hundreds of demon wolves in the valley.

Looking at the hundreds of demon wolves around them, Jiang Ming's brows wrinkled, "What the! Since when did all these demon wolves appear? This is terrible!"

"Awooo!"

A crisp wolf roar resonated from the wolf pack. With the roar of the wolf, dozens of demon wolves in the front rows stepped aside, producing a passage, and a demon wolf one size larger came through the passage, slowly walking towards where Jiang Ming was standing.

 "Huh?"

Jiang Ming raised his eyes, staring at the huge demon wolf that was walking towards him, and casually casted an investigation technique.

Demon Wolf King: Level 15 BOSS

HP: 1500, Attack: 120-135, Defense: 38

"Demon Wolf King! It has such a high attack. With my current HP of only 200 points, my HP will run out if it attacks me just two or three times." Jiang Ming thought as he looked at the Demon Wolf King's attributes in shock.

He and Chikage had both gained one level from killing the demon wolves. He was now at level 6 and Chikage at level 8, but compared to the attributes of the Demon Wolf King, their attributes were nothing. If they were to fight, compounded by the fact that they were besieged by hundreds of demon wolves, he and Chikage could not leave here alive.

"Awooo!"

The Demon Wolf King came to Jiang Ming, and when it saw Chikage on his shoulder, it roared at Chikage.

"Meow~" Chikage called back.

"Awooo!"

　　...

Just like this, the cat and the wolf yelled at each other. Listening, Jiang Ming became utterly confused and asked Chikage, "Chikage, what are you doing?"

"Talking." Chikage replied, and at the same time it meowed at the Demon Wolf King.

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Ming was very curious about the content of the conversation between them and asked Chikage.

"It asked why we killed its clan members, I replied it was just for fun, and then it became angry and said that it would kill us." Chikage groomed the fur on its body and then continued. "It said that it could let us go alive, but we must help it with something. As long as we helped it, it not only would not kill us, but will also pay us."

Hearing Chikage's first sentence, Jiang Ming couldn't help but roll his eyes; killing the clan members just for fun? It would be strange that the Demon Wolf King did not get angry. But what surprised him was what Chikage said after that. Instead of killing them, the Demon Wolf King gave him a mission, which was somewhat unexpected.

"So, it is really necessary to be able to speak multiple languages. See, it not only could save one from death, but could also give you a quest." Jiang Ming raised the corner of his mouth and said to Chikage, "Chikage, ask what it wants us to do."

 "Meow..."

Chikage chatted with the Demon Wolf King for a while, and then said to Jiang Ming, "It wants us to help it find something."

"What is it?" Jiang Ming asked in confusion.

"Demon Heart!"

Demon Heart? Jiang Ming raised his brows slightly, and thought, 'I already have 2 demon hearts in my inventory, but why does the Demon Wolf King need it?'

"Help me ask it what the demon heart is," Jiang Ming said to Chikage. Although he did have a demon heart with him, he didn't know the specific attributes of the demon heart. Since the Demon Wolf King asked him to find the demon heart, it must know the function of the demon heart.

Chikage nodded and continued to converse with the Demon Wolf King.

After the conversation, Chikage's eyes showed a touch of surprise, and it said to Jiang Ming, "It said that the demon heart is a holy object formed after a divine-level monster of the demon race dies. As long as a demon kind ingests the demon heart, it will advance several levels and its abilities will skyrocket. But the side effect is very serious, that is, it will become bloodthirsty, especially at night!"

"So the demon heart is an item that can help demonized monsters evolve and allow their skills to skyrocket? Ask it what happens if a player were to eat it," Jiang Ming said.

Chikage asked the Demon Wolf King again, and then said to Jiang Ming, "It said that after a player ingests it, his strength will also skyrocket, but he may lose his mind and only know to kill. Once the night falls or when he sees blood, he will have the impulse to murder. He will no longer be able to join the sacred faction and will be hunted down by players from the sacred faction."

There were two major factions in the game, namely the sacred faction and the demon faction. They were against each other, and killing the players of the opposing faction would provide experience bonuses.

'Uh... The Demon Heart is definitely the fastest way to become a demon. Fortunately, I hadn't tried it before, otherwise I would become a killing machine and be chased down by all players!' Jiang Ming was taken aback and thought.

Players can't join any faction before the first job change. Therefore, once he took the Demon Heart, it was equivalent to joining the demon faction in advance. He would be excluded by major novice villages and would be hunted down by all players.

"Ask it what I will get after I help it find the demon heart."

He had two demon hearts with him now. He dared not use it, and it had no use if he were to keep it. So it was better to use it to exchange for something useful to him. If the Demon Wolf King had something good in its hands, he didn't mind giving one to the Demon Wolf King.

"A piece of gold equipment, a treasure map and a pet egg." Chikage conveyed.

Gold equipment! Treasure Map! Pet egg!

These three things made Jiang Ming's heart tremble with excitement. At this stage, players were generally equipped with iron equipment, and bronze equipment were very rare. He guessed that silver equipment had not even appeared yet. The equipment that the Demon Wolf King promised to him was unexpectedly a gold equipment. If this was sold, the least it could be sold for would be tens of thousands.

After all, with such a piece of gold equipment, he would not lead the other players just a little, as his attributes would be greatly improved. With the gold equipment, he could become the star player of the national server.

Treasure maps were rare items that contained some treasure locations. Of course, the quality of the treasure was proportional to the degree of danger. The more dangerous the treasure hunting, the better the treasure.

However, the treasure map only recorded the location of the treasure, and not the difficulty of finding the treasure, which meant that the treasure that was obtained was also very random and could be good or bad. Of course, even if the treasure was not good, it would be better than what you get from a BOSS. Otherwise, it would not be called a 'treasure'.

As for pet eggs, it went without saying that after the pet system opened, the first pet egg in the game would surely be able to sell for a high price.

Jiang Ming was already very moved by the three items given by the Demon Wolf King, but when he thought of the value of the Demon Heart to the Demon Wolf King, he sneered and shook his head at the Demon Wolf King, then asked Chikage to translate. " These three items are indeed very attractive to me, but that's just for now. When I level up, these three items will not appeal to me at all, so your reward is very shabby!"