Chapter 40 – Monster Apostle

Su Mo nodded his head to show that he understood.

"Savage Wolf Lafu, you should be an Apostle, an existence chosen by the System God. I am also one, so we can talk."

"That's right, but I've never seen you before."

"I haven't seen you before either, but don't look down on me just because I'm a squirrel. I'm a Level 60 Boss, and we might be able to meet in the future."

"Sir, I'll do my best!"

"Thanks be to the System God. Now, listen to your question!"

"In the forest, a female wolf gave birth to a baby. During the night, the father wolf went to have a look, but he found that the wolf baby was already dead.

"The father wolf was heartbroken but chose to hide this—he stole another wolf baby to replace his dead child. When giving birth, the mother wolf had not been conscious, and because she had not seen her own child, there should be nothing that would allow her to tell that this was not her child.

"However, when the father wolf brought the baby wolf over, the mother wolf roared, "That's not my child"

"Why is that?"

The squirrel seemed to be very pleased with its question and looked quite happy. It looked at Su Mo, hoping that Su Mo would break down in tears at the difficulty of its question.

Su Mo looked at the squirrel dumbly, not understanding what was with this question.

He did not believe that the squirrel had thought of this question itself, even if it was a Level 60 Boss. Also, Monster Apostles seemed to be those who had enough intelligence to talk in the chat.

Su Mo had never been to the Tower of Heaven before, but he had heard of it.

Players would randomly appear on a level, and most of the time, they would face off against another monster or another player. If they won, they would be able to receive rewards for that stage; it was usually a single round.

There were also times when players encountered two rounds, but most of the time they just fought monsters.

It was said that someone had encountered a detective dungeon—the player had become a detective and could only pass the round by solving the case.

Su Mo had never thought that he would reach the third round on his first attempt at the Monster Tower, and the third round made him feel like he was dreaming. This was a question that only children would come up with.

Seeing that Su Mo remained silent, the squirrel thought that Su Mo could not think of an answer and kindly asked, "Do you want me to help you choose an Apostle to help you?"

"Is it because…" Savage Wolf Lafu came to his senses and asked, "The mother wolf killed the baby wolf, so she knew that this baby wolf definitely wasn't hers?"

"Eh… How did you know?" The squirrel was dumbfounded.

"It was just a good guess!" Su Mo put it all on luck and praised the System God.

"Alright, that is indeed the correct answer," the squirrel said dispiritedly.

"You're also a wolf, so can you tell me why the mother wolf would kill her own child?"

"Is this a new question? Do I also need this to pass this round?" Su Mo asked.

"No, I'm just curious."

"I'm guessing that the mother wolf cheated on the father wolf and the child was not the father wolf's. She felt that the father wolf did not deserve to raise this child, so she would rather kill it…" Su Mo gave an evil smile.

"Ah, is that the case?" The squirrel blinked its eyes hazily, feeling stunned.

Only after a while did it come back to its senses.

"You have passed all of the rounds. You will now receive your reward." 

The little squirrel said with a pale face, "Because you have successfully passed all three rounds, you will receive three rewards. The first reward is that you have become Elite grade."

Su Mo looked at his HP, Attack, and Defense, and everything had increased by a bit, including his skills' damage.

Lafu had become an Elite grade monster? It was a bit of a pity; Su Mo would not be able to call him a trash Common monster anymore.

"For the second reward, you can choose among these: 1. Increase your level by five; 2. Increase the amount of equipment you can drop by one and increase its grade by one…"

"Wait, the equipment I drop will be taken by others right, what good does it serve me?" Lafu was a pet and would not drop equipment even if he died. Su Mo asked purely out of curiosity. Increasing Lafu's level by five would be good, but he would not choose it, as a pet's level could not surpass a player's level. Moreover, increasing Lafu's level by five was not a big deal either. Other monsters had to slowly accumulate EXP by killing players, but Lafu would gain EXP as Su Mo gained EXP and level up as Su Mo leveled up.

"You were pretty smart just then, but why have you suddenly become dumb? The more things and the better things you drop, the more adventurers will come to kill you. That way, you will have the opportunity to kill them. If you don't kill adventurers, how will you level up and rank up?" the squirrel asked disdainfully.

"Oh, you're right. Please continue, please continue." Su Mo gave a humble smile and inwardly moaned. Why were there only useless rewards? Lafu was not a real monster, so how could he drop equipment? And for the purpose of attracting people to kill him too...

"3. Obtain an extra skill…"

"Three, I choose three!"

Su Mo did not bother listening to the others. He had to choose three.

"Alright, you will obtain a new skill. Mm, it's indeed a bit sad for an Elite grade monster to only have three skills."

"Can I choose the skill? From a list?" Su Mo rubbed his paws and felt much anticipation. He was determined to pick a skill that could nuke enemies.

"Haha, you can't," the squirrel gave a cold smile and said, "After you leave the Monster Tower, you will automatically receive your new skill. I'll be going now."

"Wait, didn't you say there were three rewards?"

"The third reward will be given to you by the System God. See you next time, you disgusting and shameless wolf!" The squirrel left with its shattered worldviews, and the classroom disappeared as a prize wheel appeared in front of Su Mo.

It was you asking the questions, my answers were just a bit dark. Su Mo felt quite wronged.

As for the prize wheel, he knew what it was. It was similar to the method of giving rewards in the Tower of Heaven, and whatever one pulled, that would be one's reward. If one's luck was bad, one might land on a white spot and receive nothing.

There were nine segments, three of which were empty—the participation awards. There was an EXP reward that could make monsters of any level increase their level by five levels, a reward that gave HP +500, a reward that gave Attack +20, a reward that increased dropped equipment grade +1, a reward that gave special skill Ignore Aggro, and a reward that gave the right to rank up. With that reward, once a monster reached Level 30, that monster would automatically rank up.

Apart from the three useless participation awards, the other six were all decent—to a normal monster.

Su Mo felt that the best would be the right to rank up. After all, that was something that all monsters in the Boss monster chat group wanted. Next best would be Attack +20; Su Mo wanted Lafu to be a high DPS pet. After all, average damage meant mediocrity.

After that would be the HP+500; it was better than nothing.

The three other rewards were useless to him; increasing level by five was something he had just given up on, and Ignore Aggro was most likely the skill that Tiger King Angus had. Why would Lafu need it though?

As for the dropped equipment grade +1, that most likely meant that if a monster dropped Green grade equipment, they would now drop Blue grade equipment. This would attract players to kill it, giving it the opportunity to kill players.

There was nothing to be worried about. Su Mo did not pray even in life and death situations, much less in situations like this. He pressed his paw against the start button, and the hand of the prize wheel began to quickly spin before gradually slowing down.