Chapter 9 – Hidden Quest

After returning to Purmo Village, Su Mo took the bear paw to Claude.

"Hero, you indeed did not disappoint me. You solved Claude's big problem, so I should greatly reward you. You can choose to taste this delicious bear paw with me, or you can choose some other useless rewards."

"Thanks, I just ate some bread, so I can't eat anything else right now."

"Since it's like that ,you can only obtain some useless rewards," Claude said with disappointment before tossing something to Su Mo.

Bear Hunter's Arm Cannon (Silver): Damage: 41-63, Agility +10, Strength +4, Effect: Deals an extra 10% damage to targets within five units. Equipment requires Level 25, Durability: 22/42.

Su Mo did not hesitate to swap his Blue grade one-handed sword to this arm cannon.

The Hunter profession was the most complicated profession in New World in terms of equipment. They could use bows, crossbows, firearms, one-handed swords, daggers, long handle weapons, etc.

Ordinarily speaking, Hunters would use bows, crossbows, or long firearms from a distance, and would use small crossbows, short firearms, one-handed swords, or daggers in melee battles. For example, for Su Mo, he used a bow, a crossbow, and a one-handed sword.

The ranking of equipment in New World was as follows: White, Green, Blue, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Legendary, Mythic. There were also rumors of Demigod and God grade equipment.

White grade equipment was extremely trash, and Blue and Green grade equipment were low-grade equipment. Silver and Gold grade equipment were currently high-grade equipment of the current period.

As for Dark Gold, despite the game having been released for so long, it had never appeared before.

Su Mo's arm cannon had a range of 28 units, and that was lower than the average range of his profession, which was 36 units. It was also much less than the 41 units that long bows and long firearms provided.

However, its damage attribute was quite good, and it had a rare special effect. It was really awkward when other melee professions got close to Hunters, especially within five units. If that happened, bows, crossbows, and long firearms became much less effective, and they could only use melee weapons, small crossbows, or short firearms.

This weapon dealt increased damage within five units, which was very suited for Su Mo.

"Let me see, let me see." Omnipresent Brightness was someone who easily became close with others.

"It's Silver grade equipment." Su Mo was not stingy and showed the stats in the party channel.

"Not bad, Silver grade. Hidden quests are that profitable?" Omnipresent Brightness said with admiration. He had more than one Silver grade equipment, but the only equipment better than Su Mo's arm cannon were the one-time rewards he got from special quests.

Apart from the rewards, which were quite good, hidden quests made people go crazy because of the EXP they gave. Even a small low-level quest made Su Mo's EXP bar quickly jump up a segment, which was equivalent to farming monsters for half a day.

"Why would it be called a hidden quest otherwise?" Su Mo used the weapon with great control.

He was much more used to firearms, even though firearms like this only existed in collectors' display cabinets in real life.

"What's the condition for triggering the quest?" Omnipresent Brightness asked.

"Sell Claude a few Earth Womb Flowers and he'll give you the quest. At least, that's how I triggered it. I don't know if it will work again." Su Mo did not hide anything; after all, he had just received a high-quality mount from this fellow.

"Do you have any Earth Womb Flowers? Gimme a few."

"I had 20 and used ten." Su Mo had bought 20 Earth Womb Flowers from the market area and used ten, so he gave the remaining ones to Omnipresent Brightness.

Omnipresent Brightness gave the ten Earth Womb Flowers to Claude, who was cooking. Claude then gave eight copper coins and then… that was it.

"Earth Womb Flowers are used for cooking the bear paw; he'll probably only give out the quest again when he wants to eat bear paw again," Su Mo guessed. Fortunately, they had only lost ten Earth Womb Flowers.

Omnipresent Brightness felt quite depressed; it turned out that he was the type of person whose emotions quickly changed, so he quickly picked himself up.

"What's the next monster we're killing?"

"Dryad Commander Ackerman. He's in Eternal Gaze Forest, and he's a Level 25 Mini Boss; do you think we can beat him?"

"Dryad? Does it have a lifesteal attribute?" Hearing that Ackerman was a Dryad, Omnipresent Brightness immediately mentioned the special attribute of Wood Elves. It seemed that he had done his homework.

True experts gathered all kinds of information and analyzed all kinds of monsters. They would never make the same mistake with the same monster or type of monster.

"That's right, I need you to fight it at melee range while I attack from a distance," Su Mo said.

"Let's go, I guarantee I'll be able to tank it," Omnipresent Brightness said confidently.

Bishops were a profession that could attack from both melee range and long distance. Not only could they heal themselves, but they also had Holy Light Shield, which was not inferior to Mages' Magic Shield. When facing ordinary Bosses, usually Warriors or Bishops tanked.

Warriors primarily tanked Bosses with high physical damage, while Bishops primarily tanked Bosses with high magical damage. Sometimes, Sorcerers could tank some long-range magic-type monsters.

The two of them went to a few places before arriving at Eternal Gaze Forest.

Eternal Gaze Forest was the origin of demon blood in the Gaia Continent; there were countless animals and plants stained by demon blood here, especially the Dryad race. They were all intelligent creatures mutated from grass and plants.

Su Mo's plan was for them to use flying mounts to set out from Hargins Town and pass through Harrington Plains before following the Lattimore River eastward, which would bring them to the boundary of Eternal Gaze Forest.

Thankfully this was a game, so the time it took them would not be more than half an hour.

However, Omnipresent Brightness could not bear to waste so much time travelling. Not only was there no good scenery, but they would also have to endure the harsh cold wind. They would also be chased by the Red-Mouth Vultures of Harrington Plains.

As such, he not only paid the 17 gold coins for teleporting himself, but he also paid for Su Mo as well.

After passing through a few cities, they reached Eternal Gaze Town, which was beside Eternal Gaze Forest. This only took four minutes, which made Su Mo determined to earn even more money.

Only by spending could one earn!

If he saved half an hour of time, using the information from the Boss monster chat group, he could use this time to do many things.

"I have a friend at Eternal Gaze Town; I'll get him to join us as well. It'll be faster with the three of us and he doesn't have anything to do. He actually drinks during the day." Omnipresent Brightness walked as he scrolled through his friend list, and he found that there was some cheap labor nearby.

"I don't have money."

"Don't worry, this friend of mine doesn't lack money!"

They waited at the entrance of the town for a few moments, and they soon saw the person they were waiting for.

"This is my friend, Su Mo. He's a Hunter." 

Omnipresent Brightness introduced Su Mo to his friend, and then introduced the drunkard to Su Mo: "This is also my friend, Smoke Wine And Flirtation. He's a Sorcerer."

"Hah, you have quite a few friends." Smoke Wine And Flirtation stumbled a few steps and shook his head, and his mind became clear.

This was not some special ability. Players could experience intoxication in the game but would not become completely drunk. They only needed to eat a Sobering Pill to dispel the drunkenness.

It had to be said that a Sobering Pill cost five gold coins.