Hidden Boss (3)
"Wow, looks like someone beat us to him"
"I thought you said that only you knew about him~"
"Yeah, but they're getting slaughtered right now, so we should probably step in, put your robe on and conceal your face."
"Heh, you've only said it a million times"
Lennon and Tabsi were currently in the middle of the grind for hidden bosses, and their stats had skyrocketed in the past couple hours. Hidden bosses were designed to be extremely difficult, yet the duo was easily taking on every single one. With Lennon's knowledge and Tabsi's combat prowess, one could say that they were an unstoppable force.
"They seem to be done, let's hop in, put your earbuds in your ears"
Lennon and Tabsi put what looked like two wooden pellets inside of each ear, and approached the lizardman.
"Well would you look at this, more foolish humans have arrived."
Lennon looked to his right, he saw a player who was looking at them dumbly, then turned around and ran away.
"Hey human, stop trying to flee, you can stay and watch the show before I end you"
The player was instantly restricted and unable to move.
"Now, how should I kill y-"
"Shut up, dumb lizard"
Suddenly, Lennon ran over to a seemingly random tree and started to beat it up, only to reveal a lizardman hiding inside.
Nagari the Plant Mage, a lizardman who was once worthless, but a new path had opened up to him after discovering his affinity to nature. Through training, he had become the strongest entity in the swamp, his power was unmatched, but so was his pride.
The only reason why Nagari is so lethal against new players is because he only fights in the swamp and never steps out of it. He fights using the hollow trees and is pretty much able to paralyse his opponents if he had enough magic power. But you could simply just use some earbuds, which is exactly what Lennon had prepared.
In truth, SirBand had also thought of earbuds, but decided that they wouldn't be needed due to the fact that it would be an easy fight. He also thought that wearing ear buds makes it impossible to hear instructions, and the messaging function would take time to activate.
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'No way, no way is this possible'
Quite a scene was unfolding in front of Asada's eyes. The two players, no, they couldn't be called players. The two monsters were currently ripping apart the lizardman, one had claws made out of ice while the other was smashing it with a book.
'What the fuck?'
"Start recording, the recording system, start now!"
<Recording now>
The recording option is usually only used for streamers who make a living off streaming VR games, though it is also used for other stuff. Currently, a camera which was only visible to Asada was capturing the entire battle.
The lizardman attempted to throw spears and manipulate trees to attack the duo, but each time the trees would seemingly disappear through the slam of a book. Then, he would be faced with an onslaught of ice punches, and was completely shredded.
'So cool!!'
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<You have killed the hidden boss, Nagari the Plant Mage>
<You have obtained the first kill, rewards are being distributed>
<You have obtained 1 Vitality and 1 Intelligence Bead>
<You have obtained Plant Mage's Orb>
<You have levelled up>
'Not bad'
Lennon signalled to Tabsi, and they both left pretty quickly. This left Asada astonished as the branches which restricted him fell to the ground.
"What did you get?"
"I only got a agility bead"
"Must be because the world doesn't notice you, hehe"
"Arghh, you're just lucky, you know that? JUST lucky"
"Yeah that's right, stay jealous"
Tabsi could only stare at Lennon with a frustrated expression as Lennon consumed his beads.
A couple days passed as the duo continued to hunt hidden bosses. They took the first kill for themselves countless times, and even though they were no longer the highest level players, their stats were way too high for their level.
"Status"
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Username: Lennon
Level - 62
HP - 580/580
MP - 630/630
Class: Storyteller
Race: Human
[Strength - 57] [Vitality - 58] [Agility - 58] [Intelligence - 63] [Lore - 0]
You have 15 unused skill points
Skills ↓
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Lennon's stats were now equivalent to a player in the 160s, even though he was only level 62
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Username: Tabsi
Level - 61
HP - 610/610
MP - 600/600
Class: Spellbinding Brawler
Race: Human
[Strength - 69] [Vitality - 61] [Agility - 63] [Intelligence - 60] [Power - 59]
You have 11 unused skill points
Skills ↓
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The average level sixty player had an average of 27 stat points for each stat, so both Lennon and Tabsi were practically monsters. However, Lennon still wasn't close to being done with his plan. But after hunting hidden bosses for another couple hours, he decided to take a little break before continuing and went to the forums.
As Lennon browsed through the forums, he saw one post in particular that caught his eye. Even though it was only posted two hours ago, it had nearly a million views.
<Insane hidden boss fight, two NPCs destroy lizardman plant mage!>
He clicked into the forum post, and it linked a video which showed two 'NPCs' battling a lizardman.
'Isn't that, me? Along with Tabsi?'
The video was indeed a video of them, showing their crazy abilities while going up against the lizardman. It had attracted a lot of attention, mainly due to their unique fighting styles which seemed to be extremely effective. However, due to their monstrous abilities and covered faces, they were judged to be NPCs.
- Those NPCs are so powerful!
- What classes could they have? I've never seen anyone who fights with a book.
- Yeah lol WTF? How is that dude so good with a book?
- What about the other one? Don't magicians usually provide support from the back, fighting like that looks awesome!
On that day, the libraries of cities were full of players trying to steal books, resulting in many arrests. Librarians were also often harassed by large groups of players trying to squeeze out information, resulting in many libraries shutting down due to librarians resigning.