10 ‘Venom Sacs’ Grinding

Within a second, Qi attacked. His attacks were so fast that 3 snakes were killed within a second. But the snakes were fast too. As soon as Qi moved from his place, they all moved together. It was as if they all had a mental connection. Qi didn't had any problem. But it was a problem for the others. They were able to dodge the first attacks of the snakes. After the first attack, the snakes didn't showed any signs of stopping. They initiated their attacks once again. At the same time, Qi also expended his stamina and killed 3 more who were nearest. Only two were left and they attacked Gadovi, the Destroyer and Reinhard, the Swordsman. They barely withstood one attack. Gadovi had his HP depleted to 30% while Reinhard was in more dire situation with only 5% left.

"Freak!! This snakes hurt a lot!" shouted Reinhard.

Within the third second, Qi took care of the other 2 easily.

"Wow, that was fast." said Ani. And added, "And dangerous…"

"We will be doing this for a long time guys. My quest asks me to get 500 Venom Sacs and there is 50% chance to get as a drop from these snakes."

"Well you have 500 and we have 100. That amounts to a 1000 venom sacs. That means we have to kill around 2000 snakes. Gosh… Snakes, Snakes and Snakes. Hope I can sleep peacefully tonight." complained Shuugo.

"Guys we got this. Remember we get EXP also." Qi tried to higher the morale.

They started hunting the snakes. At start it was them being ambushed. But after an hour or so, they started to notice a pattern where the snakes appeared and predicted where they will find the snakes. After that, the hunters were being hunted. It took them 8 hours to collect around 600 Venom Sacs.

"We will continue this escapade tomorrow guys. I have some stuff to do IRL." said Ani and left. Soon enough everyone logged off.

They logged on in the morning and met where it was decided, in the forest. They started their snake slaughter once again. After around 4 hours they killed approximately 400 snakes and got 300 Venom Sacs. Their luck was good today.

"Our luck is quite good today guys. 300 sacs from just 400 kills." said Gadovi with a hint of happiness.

"Let's continue. We need a 100 more." Qi insisted on moving forward as soon as he saw that some of them will try to make some excuse and take a break.

HISSSSSSSS!!!

At that time they heard a hiss. It was not the normal his of the 'regular' snakes. It was heavy and overbearing. They all understood that there was a grave danger lurking around. They all glanced at Qi.

"It's time for you to shine Qi!" said Reinhard earnestly.

Soon enough a huge snake came in their line of vision. This snake was like an anaconda. Its was so long that the tail could wrap them up several times. And even if they were wrapped once, they would be squashed.

[Name: Marga, The Venomous Snake Queen Level: 7 Grade: Rare

HP: 21300

Description: She is the Boss of the East side of the Village. Her venom can turn a normal person in vapour as soon as it touches them.]

Finally, a boss appeared.

"Guys. Let me take care of this lady. You all get out of the aggro range."

At that time, they all were Lvl 7 already. They didn't got much EXP from the snakes after reaching Lvl 7. They were just grinding the Venom Sacs. Moreover Qi's basic attack was at around 240. And adding his weapon damage figures, his one attack did minimum damage of about 740. For other DPS players, if they were lucky and got a critical, they would be able to do around 500 damage. 740 as base attack was off the charts. Not to mention Critical damage and his skill 'Wrath of Shiva'.

The other four went out of the aggro range and saw a spectacular seen unfold. It was as if they rewinded the scene when he fought that bear.

Qi charged in.

-745, -850, -1320!

Not even one second passed and Qi took out 10% health of the boss. The snake boss was trying to lock his target when Qi attacked. She locked in Qi after he attacked and within another second, she released a poisonous spray straight out of her mouth. Qi easily dodged it and again attacked.

Within 15 seconds the boss was left with 25% of her original health. Then Qi activated his skill 'Wrath of Shura'. The scene was so similar as it was etched in everyone's mind. Simple attack, but so goddamn powerful. It was like a javelin throw, but not for a record in Olympics. It was to take a life. The Trishula cut the snake boss's head off in one clean shot. It felt like the snake boss angered god himself and he personally came to deliver the judgment. 'Spectacular', everyone thought.

-6254!

The last 25% was instantly reduced to 0! And the boss fell dropping its special loot. Rare Grade stuff. They distributed according to everyone's need. Qi only took one rare grade skill book. All the other equipment was distributed in the group. Additionally they all got 1 skill point which

Qi reserved for his new skill.

"Fudge, this static is awesome! Free rare grade stuff!" Shuugo exclaimed greedily.

"I am not going to say Thank You or anything Qi. We are friends in the end." Ani simply said while he embraced his part of the loot.

"We are basically nothing for now. Till PvP is a thing we are just a burden to Qi." said Gadovi.

"If that is the thing, we should let Qi solo stuff." added Reinhard.

"It's not a burden guys. Comeon. Soloing is just too boring. It is fun playing with friends even if it is just grinding. And I have stuff my fair share of stuff that I need to solo. I got that rare item 'Light of the Beginnings' which will allow me to enter a secret dungeon.'"

"Wow what equipment did you bought that it gave you so many gifts?" said Ani enviously.

"Hehe, it's a secret." chucked Qi.

Soon they started to kill 'regular' snakes to get those remaining Venom Sacs. By the time they were done, other players started to pour into the forest. They were basically Lvl 5 and Lvl 6 players in a party.

They left the forest. Qi went straight to the west side of the village. It was a barren rocky land with ups and downs. He wanted to submit all his quests together. So he waited for others to submit their quests and join him.

While he was waiting, he learned the rare skill that he obtained.

[Skill Name: Horizontal Arc Strike Grade: Rare

Level: 0

Description: It does 170% damage of the Attack Power of the user. It is a horizontal strike of 170 degrees. It slashes through all the enemies in its path and the range of the attack depends on the weapon equipped. This skill can be used every 2 seconds and uses 5 MP.

Note: The skill can be upgraded by skill points. The skill points needed to upgrade changes as per the current level of the skill. To upgrade this skill to Level 1, 1 skill point is needed.]

Qi quickly upgraded the skill to Lvl 1 with the skill point he gained. The damage done increased from 170% to 180%. 170 degrees remained same.

Well it is an Arc strike in the end. Can't do 360 degrees.

After doing that, he waited.

Soon enough everyone came.

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