Chapter 38 – Golden Goose

After farming for half an hour, the panda baby only reached Level 5. The leveling process for the panda baby felt much slower than for Lafu.

Su Mo and Lafu had slowly leveled up to Level 26, and every time, it was Su Mo levelling up first, followed by Lafu.

Back then, Lafu gained a new skill every five levels, and the panda baby most likely would not be different.

After checking its skills, Su Mo found that it had indeed gained a new skill: Vicious Dragon Roar.

Vicious Dragon Roar: Level 1, Active Skill, Cooldown Time: ten seconds, Gives a mocking roar to a single target or multiple targets, which will become more powerful as the pet levels up. The ancient clans looked after each other, and this was a roar granted to the panda race by the azure dragons.

"Alright, let's try it out. Roar at that boar," Su Mo said as he pointed at a wild boar.

"Eee!" the panda baby obediently got up and vigorously roared at the boar. 

Su Mo covered his face, unable to look at the panda baby. With how cute and tender its voice sounded, was it trying to make the monster die of cuteness?

However, the skill was still very effective. The boar immediately charged over like a wife who had been cheated on.

Su Mo didn't think that the boar's charge would be so fast, and he hurriedly fired a few times with his arm cannon. However, he was a bit late and the boar still slammed into the panda baby, causing it to roll a few times.

It had lost half of its HP and if this happened again, it would probably die.

Su Mo was very happy with the panda baby's Defense—it was only Level 5 and yet it could withstand two attacks from a Level 20 monster. When it reached Level 20, wouldn't it be much more powerful? Moreover, Tenacity's level would also increase as well at that point.

It was said that even the most ordinary pets would have Damage Reduction of at least 35% when their Tenacity reached Level 3.

Since the panda baby could survive, Su Mo started the training of the national treasure ahead of time. Tenacity leveled up by taking attacks again and again, and the same was for Vicious Dragon Roar. Fortunately, even though the panda baby was very soft, its attitude was not soft at all, and it was eager for battle.

After fighting for a while, seeing that it was nearly time, Su Mo planned to find a place to switch to Lafu's body.

At that moment, Su Mo suddenly thought of something—Lafu could see the Boss monster chat group, then what about the panda baby? Perhaps Lafu was his golden goose.

Su Mo rushed towards the Newbie Village. Newbie Villages all had a dirty and shabby inn, and it would at least be safer than outside.

Of course, he had already put away the panda baby; he was quite apprehensive of those crazy panda fans in Hargins Town.

The people who had entered the game early on were already Level 20 or so, but this Newbie Village, which did not even have a name, was quite bustling. There were people everywhere; it was terrifying to see the rate of New World's growth.

"Silver Scale Breastplate, 5G, Blue grade!

"Do you want to be strong? Do you want to be the center of attention? Then buy this Silver Scale Breastplate.

"A beautiful exterior and soft interior. It is breathable and absorbs sweat, and you'll be the center of attention while farming monsters."

Su Mo could hear people shouting and selling things from a distance away, and Su Mo shook his head, ignoring those shouts.

He wondered if the Silver Scale Breastplates were part of a chain store; almost every Newbie Village was selling them, and the descriptions that the sellers shouted were all the same. He wondered if any of them had been sold before.

The inn was quite shabby, but it was very cheap and only cost Su Mo ten copper coins.

Those at the Newbie Village were all poor fellows, and even those who were poor would not stay here. They would all quickly level to Level 10 and go to towns to live in better inns. Perhaps after getting to towns they would not be sleeping by themselves.

After getting to his room, Su Mo summoned the panda baby and went to the account selection page.

However, he was disappointed to find that the panda baby was a true pet and did not have an account that he could log onto. It seemed that only Lafu could enter the Boss monster chat group.

Su Mo switched back to his character and summoned Lafu.

Su Mo looked at Lafu in confusion. He was just a trashy Common monster and was somewhat ugly too. There were countless other wolves outside the Newbie Villages, so why had Lafu become his golden goose?

Lafu affectionately rubbed against Su Mo's leg, not knowing just how valuable he was.

"Lafu, I hope you don't hold against me the times I didn't treat you well. In the future, I'll treat you especially well, and I'll try to find you a girlfriend too." Su Mo made the decision not to have Lafu sacrifice himself as much in the future. Otherwise, if Lafu's Loyalty fell to a certain point one day, he might run away.

After switching to Lafu's body, Su Mo jumped out of the window and landed on the roof of the miscellaneous goods shop. He then jumped over a wall and went outside the Newbie Village.

A few newbie players saw him and immediately became excited, shouting, "Everyone, quickly come, there's a Roaming Boss here."

What would happen if he used Lafu's body to kill players?

Would he get increased PK Value or would he get EXP?

Su Mo did not want to try right now. He was just a normal monster, and even though he was Level 26, he could not fight against a flood of ants. As such, he rushed out of the Novice Village and into the area of Level 20 monsters, and the newbie players did not dare to chase after him.

After reaching the territory of the Level 20 monsters, Su Mo started to kill monsters while waiting for the Monster Tower to spawn.

These monsters did not give much EXP, nor did they have very good drops. Su Mo only killed monsters for the sake of getting used to Lafu's body.

There were not many monsters in the Boss monster chat group that could enter the Monster Tower, only four or five of them. However, when the location appeared in the chat group, Su Mo saw many monsters rushing towards where it was.

It seemed that not all monsters could talk in the channel, and some monsters knew about the Monster Tower even without being in the channel.

At the same time, not all of the monsters would go to the Monster Tower; more than 90% of monsters dumbly stood where they were.

Su Mo joined the flood of charging monsters!

Some of the monsters had high levels, while others had low levels. Most of them had territorial instincts and would normally fight each other to the death, but right now, none of them was in the mood to fight.

Their only goal was the Monster Tower!

Because Su Mo had prepared, knew the rough location of the Monster Tower, and he was not restricted to a certain area by the system, he was one of the first monsters to arrive.

The Monster Tower was a tall tower that had a crystalline exterior. It was so tall that it reached the clouds, and it looked incredibly mighty and domineering.

Su Mo copied the other monsters and lay on the ground as he waited for the Monster Tower to be activated.

None of the monsters fought with each other, nor did they communicate. The players seemed to be able to see the monsters, but they could not see the Monster Tower. Su Mo finally understood why there were reports of monsters gathering like this.

None of the players dared to get close; after all, high-level monsters were not to be trifled with.

Su Mo guessed that some of the monsters here could be around Level 50. This was based on a massive black-horned rhino—it was known to be a Level 50 Boss, and it had once destroyed a city in Avinami Highlands, resulting in the deaths of 700 or so players.

The players had protested to the developers, but the official response was that some Bosses had a certain chance to attack human cities and that it was quite normal for things like that to occur.

A few more waves of monsters arrived, and the Monster Tower began to give off a faint silver light. Soon, eight black teleportation channels appeared around the Monster Tower, and the monsters began to madly charge in. Su Mo did not even need to run; he was brought in by the flood.