Chapter 21 – Tiger King's In Trouble

"What level is it?" Unidentified Neighbor rushed over and grabbed Su Mo's arm.

"Roughly Level 30 or so, as it relates to a Level 30 Boss. Are you interested?" Su Mo remembered that Tiger King Angus had mentioned its hidden quest the first time he had logged onto his pet's account. The trigger condition was to buy medicine from Mountain Ranger Beporti.

This hidden quest most likely would not be triggered any time soon. After all, Beporti was not a merchant and she brought a brown bear to patrol the mountain forest, killing some monsters stained by demon blood.

"Level 30? That's awesome!" Unidentified Neighbor's eyes lit up. A Level 30 quest—he could already imagine how much EXP it would give.

"A Level 30 hidden quest? Are you sure?" I Love Luo felt quite startled.

He had always felt that Su Mo was quite incredible. However, Su Mo had a fatal weakness, which was that he had not played enough games before, so he did not know many common things. He was also quite honest and straightforward and most likely earned his money through painstaking means.

"I'm not completely sure, but it should be something like that. As for where the hidden quest is from, it's not very convenient to say," Su Mo said, not caring if they believed him or not.

It was impossible for Su Mo to do Tiger King Angus' hidden quest by himself. He did not even have enough money to hire people to help him.

As such, he could only find someone to share this hidden quest with and let a rich fellow find people to kill Tiger King Angus.

"If it's a Level 30 hidden quest, then at least five people can share the EXP; it's too much of a waste for a lot of people," I Love Luo said as he looked at Su Mo with a heated gaze, "How about I introduce a few rich people to you? They'll definitely be able to pay enough."

"Count me in, you have to leave a spot for me. You set the price!" Unidentified Neighbor was terrified that Su Mo would not bring him, and he almost hugged Su Mo's leg and called him father.

Su Mo was very surprised at the popularity of a hidden quest; didn't they just give good equipment and a bit more EXP?

According to a hidden quest giving 10% of an EXP bar, that was equivalent to leveling for just a few hours. Adding on the preparation time and time spent traveling, there was not actually too much difference. Unidentified Neighbor also evidently was not the type to try to maximize every minute of leveling.

"I don't know the price either!" Su Mo said.

He was a child from a business family, and even if he was blind and deaf, he would know how to take the advantage on a negotiation table.

"Ordinarily, low level hidden quests would be worth around $500. Level 30 hidden quests are quite valuable, and each of the five spots will be worth at least $3,000." I Love Luo knew the market well.

"I'll buy a spot for $5,000," Unidentified Neighbor said without hesitating.

This time, it was not just Su Mo; even I Love Luo felt that Unidentified Neighbor was making a bad deal. The price he had tried to get for Unidentified Neighbor was $3,000, which was quite a reasonable price.

He had never thought that Unidentified Neighbour would be so brainless.

He seemed to sense the confusion of the two other people, and Unidentified Neighbor gave a bitter smile as he revealed his level—Level 24. Given this, taking $5,000 from him was not excessive.

In New World, fighting higher-level monsters was not a problem, but when the gap was more than five levels, they essentially would not be able to deal much damage.

"Alright, I'll find another person. Old Luo, can you find two more for me?" Su Mo thought about it and decided not to search by himself; it was too much of a waste of time.

The spot that Su Mo reserved was for Omnipresent Brightness. After all, Omnipresent Brightness had sold him a mount, and he was paying him in instalments. Moreover, Omnipresent Brightness was evidently a person who was willing to spend money on the game.

Of course, if he sold the spot to Omnipresent Brightness for $3,000, that would be 50 gold, leaving him with 400 gold to repay.

The others would also pay according to the market rate, $3,000 per person. Soon, they had gathered five people. Hearing that there was a hidden quest to be done, Omnipresent Brightness immediately dropped what he was doing and rushed over.

"I am the initiator of this quest. I'm a Level 25 Ranger and I have a wolf pet." Su Mo introduced himself first.

Level 25 with a wolf pet; it was evident what kind of strength this Ranger had. As such, the two newcomers did not have much hope in the initiator of this quest.

"Omnipresent Brightness, Level 27 Bishop. Don't make me be the healer, my heals aren't great," Omnipresent Brightness said brightly.

"Unidentified Neighbor…"

"Unidentified Neighbor? Respect, respect!"

"Uhh…"

"I often see you on the gacha prize winner list."

"Ah, that's quite embarrassing. I'm only a Level 24 Puppeteer; please bear with me. Leave the costs of the potions to me."

The two newcomers looked at each other but did not raise any protests.

"Six One Miles, Level 26 Assassin. My equipment is decent." 

Even though he said his equipment was only decent, he could not hide his proud demeanor.

"Falling Maple, Level 27 Guardian." The last member was a Guardian and was actually Level 27; this made the others feel quite amazed.

There were only dozens of Level 28 players right now, and those who were at Level 27 could already be called experts.

Guardians leveled up the slowest; just what did it mean for this Guardian to be Level 27?

A Level 27 Guardian was definitely amazing.

"Brother Falling Maple, let's play together in the future." Omnipresent Brightness nearly rushed up to hug him. A Bishop and a Guardian together could wear down most Bosses of the current stage.

"Sure, call me Maple," Falling Maple gave a gentle smile; he seemed to have a good personality.

Of course, a party of a Ranger, a Guardian, A Bishop, an Assassin, and a Puppeteer would have no problem fighting a Mini Boss. However, Tiger King Angus was no ordinary Boss, so Su Mo had to find some more people.

If he recruited people, they would cost at least $300 per person!

However, he was not by himself, and he did not need to worry about this at all. His four party members had already called their friends, and they now had three parties of five people.

These people did not need to be paid; they were just responsible for killing the Boss and would leave right after. They would not share in the equipment either, and they at most would just share a bit of the Boss' EXP.

It was very easy to share a hidden quest: they just needed to be in a party together when they triggered the quest.

Su Mo brought the four people to find Mountain Ranger Beporti. She was a Beast Tamer and wore a leather singlet and shorts, looking quite bewitching.

Her appearance was an evident contrast to the massive brown bear next to her.

When standing, the brown bear was at least two meters tall, and it had thick skin and great strength. It had large amounts of HP, high Defense, and extraordinary Attack. Together with Beporti, they were like two killing machines.

There was a skin in the gacha called Beporti's Sunny Summertime, and after equipping it, one would also be dressed in a leather singlet and shorts.

"I'll need someone to have some injuries on them; is anyone willing to volunteer?" Su Mo asked.

Everyone looked at each other before Falling Maple volunteered, "I'll do it; I'm used to being hit by monsters."

Assassin Six One Miles slashed him twice, easily creating two horrific wounds.

Afterwards, everyone walked over to Beporti.

"Respected Mountain Ranger, we are a group of mercenary soldiers who were hunting wild animals. We lost our way and one of our comrades was injured; are you able to sell us some medicine?"

"He really is injured." The wounds were easy to see and blood was still flowing from them.