Chapter 3: My Dear Scarecrow Brothers

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Fortunately, the wild monsters in the forest seemed to be unable to see Mo Fan.

None of them attacked him.

After running for a few kilometers without any mishaps, his stamina was depleted.

He could not run anymore and was completely exhausted.

In the game, Constitution not only affected defense and health, but also stamina.

The higher one’s Constitution was, the more stamina one had.

10 Constitution Points were simply not enough for a long-distance run.

Mo Fan looked at the monsters beside him.

They were his scarecrow brothers.

However, these scarecrows all had prefixes such as “Sturdy Scarecrow”, “Agile Scarecrow”, “Vigorous Scarecrow”, “Nimble Scarecrow”, and so on.

In addition, these scarecrows were all Level 3 to 4.

After recovering some stamina, Mo Fan staggered towards a “Sturdy Scarecrow” to test the waters.

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After the wooden stick landed on the target, the HP of the Sturdy Scarecrow was displayed.

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) HP: 693/700]

The Sturdy Scarecrow brother retaliated with an attack of its own.

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Mo Fan understood that this Sturdy Scarecrow was the type of wild monster that had low Attack and high HP.

Thus, he no longer had any qualms and began to attack as much as he could.

It did not take long for Mo Fan to finish off this Sturdy Scarecrow brother.

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Player Reputation Point.]

Other than a little more Spiritual Energy, everything else was no different from the Weak Scarecrow. Just as Mo Fan was about to attack the next scarecrow, he discovered something unbelievable.

To avoid the scarecrow’s attack earlier, he had unknowingly come to the side of the other scarecrows.

But even when these scarecrows witnessed the Sturdy Scarecrow’s death in his hands, the other scarecrows did not attack him.

In other words, only the monsters that he attacked would retaliate.

The other monsters would still treat him as one of their own.

“This is awesome, man! This system is awesome!” Mo Fan exclaimed in excitement.

But his shout attracted the attention of the other scarecrows, causing Mo Fan to break out in cold sweat.

What, no way?!

Was his guess wrong?

Mo Fan carefully retreated.

Soon, the scarecrows returned to normal. Mo Fan could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

“Oh, oh, oh, oh, my dear scarecrow brothers! I’m coming for you!”

Soon, a scarecrow hopped closer to another scarecrow.

Then, it attacked again and again, one strike after another!

The scarecrow brother could not withstand it at all!

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Player Reputation Point.]

When he killed the Level 0 Scarecrow previously, he only gained 10 Spiritual Energy Points.

Against a Level 3 Scarecrow, he gained 155 Spiritual Energy Points.

It seemed that killing monsters above his level increased his Spiritual Energy by a lot.

As long as he killed six scarecrow brothers, he would be able to level up.

Mo Fan could not help but feel motivated.

Mo Fan tried to attack other types of scarecrows, but he found that apart from the Sturdy Scarecrows, none of the other scarecrows were that easy to deal with.

Take the Agile Scarecrow for example…

Although it only had 500 HP, its attack power was high and its attack speed was fast.

The Vigorous Scarecrow had high attack power but low attack speed, with 600 HP.

The Nimble Scarecrow had average attack power and slightly higher attack speed, with 550 HP.

Thus, Mo Fan only targeted the Sturdy Scarecrow brothers.

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“Brother, I’m sorry. Please help me so I can fulfill my dream!”

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Player Reputation Point.]

“Brother, you’ve lost weight. You look tired. You look fatigued, you even look older now.”

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Player Reputation Point.]

“Brother, you’ve changed. You’ve become silent. Speak your thoughts, tell me what you think…”

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Player Reputation Point.]

Mo Fan hummed a song as he killed monsters.

Not long after, a golden light rose from the bottom of his feet and he leveled up!

“Haha, I’ve finally leveled up!”

“My dear scarecrow brothers, you guys are awesome!”

Mo Fan looked at the scarecrows on the ground and felt power surging in his body.

He was extremely excited.

He immediately checked his status panel.

[Character ID Tag: Bunao Biaoyin]

[Character Name: Scarecrow]

[Star Level: 1]

[Special Trait: None]

[Level: 1 (Progress: 30/5000)]

[Strength: 13]

[Constitution: 13]

[Dexterity: 13]

[Attack Power: Physical Attack 11-16]

[Health: 250]

[Defense: Physical Defense 11]

[Talent “Inferior Scarecrow Bloodline”: Normal attacks have a 1% chance of causing bleeding, dealing damage that is 10% of your maximum health. Duration: 3 seconds.]

[Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment: 12/10 (Grade 0 Fragment)]

[Human Bloodline Fragment: 4/10 (Grade 0 Fragment)]

[Star Level Fragment: 6/100 (Star Level 0 Fragment)]

[Monster Reputation: 6]

[Player Reputation: 10]

Mo Fan realized that after leveling up, each of his three attributes had increased by three points, and his attack and defense had also slightly increased.

However, when he saw the column with 250 HP, he lost his composure.

“F*ck, 250? Is this trashy game mocking me?”

“No, I have to level up fast! This amount of HP doesn’t look good no matter how I’m looking at it!”

Mo Fan took his small wooden stick and went to look for the other scarecrow brothers once again.

While he was killing the scarecrow brothers, Mo Fan tried to log off once more, but he still could not leave. The system notification said that his level was not high enough.

His good mood from leveling up was instantly ruined.

“I wonder how many levels I have to gain before I can log off?”

“If Level 1 isn’t enough, I’ll get to Level 2. If Level 2 isn’t enough, I’ll get to Level 3. I don’t believe that I can’t log off eventually. Hmph!”

Mo Fan vented his emotions on the scarecrow brothers.

A Sturdy Scarecrow was quickly defeated by him.

After beating up a few more Sturdy Scarecrows, Mo Fan realized that he had already gathered ten Scarecrow Bloodline Fragments long ago.

[Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment: 15/10 (Can Be Enhanced)]

Mo Fan did not hesitate and directly clicked on the enhancement button.

This time, there was no golden light.

Instead, a mysterious power stirred within his body.

But after a while, it calmed down.

Mo Fan realized that his talent had changed.

[Talent “Lower Scarecrow Bloodline”: Normal attacks have a 5% chance of causing bleeding, dealing damage that is 10% of your maximum health. Duration: 3 seconds.]

His talent went from “Inferior Scarecrow Bloodline” to “Lower Scarecrow Bloodline”, and the bleeding chance has increased from 1% to 5%.

The requirement to improve his bloodline had also changed.

[Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment: 5/100 (Grade 0 Fragment)]

[Human Bloodline Fragment: 4/10 (Grade 0 Fragment)]

[Star Level Fragment: 6/100 (Star Level 0 Fragment)]

“I still have a long way to go. I have to continue grinding my scarecrow brothers, sigh~”

Mo Fan stared at a scarecrow brother standing close to a tree and charged forward.

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After killing more than ten scarecrows, Mo Fan became stunned when he heard the system notification.

[Sturdy Scarecrow (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Player Reputation Point. Obtained the weapon “Broken Wooden Stick”.]

“A weapon has finally dropped!”

Mo Fan picked up the small black wooden stick on the ground and felt a little excited.

Although its attributes were not that great, it was worth a lot of money.

“Let’s check out the official website!”

“I’ll go to the trading page!”

Mo Fan discovered that the previously empty trading page was still quite empty, but there were a few transaction messages inside.

[Player XXX’s weapon “Broken Wooden Stick” was bought by Player OOO for $328!]

[Player XXX’s weapon “Broken Wooden Stick” was bought by Player OOO for $339!]

[Player XXX’s weapon “Broken Wooden Stick” was bought by Player OOO for $355!]

There were more than ten pieces of information in total.

All of them were information on weapon transactions.

The buyers and sellers were anonymous.

As for how many small wooden sticks were already sold, he had no idea at all.

But based on the price, it seemed that the item was getting pricier and pricier.

From the last transaction information that he could see, it seemed that someone had bought a Broken Wooden Stick for $355.

Mo Fan had a “Broken Wooden Stick” of his own.

As a result, he put up the stick that he had just received for sale at a price of $366.

Just as Mo Fan was about to close the trading page, an unread email icon flashed.

Mo Fan opened it and saw:

[Hello, Esteemed Player Bunao Biaoyin, your Broken Wooden Stick has been bought by Player Night Rain. After deducting the 1% transaction fee, your earnings are $362.34.]

Before Mo Fan could react, he also received a message from his bank account that he had synced with the game.

[Dear Mr. Mo Fan, your savings account (XXXX3422) has just received $362.34. Your current balance remaining is $612.34.]

Mo Fan clearly remembered that after buying the discounted gaming helmet, his bank balance had been reduced to a mere $250.

But now his balance was $612.34.

“Haha, a broken stick can sell for more than $300. Awesome!”

Seeing the real money in his account, Mo Fan was overjoyed.

This game truly was profitable!

It was not that he had not earned money in previous games before, but his income with those games was extremely low, to say the least. It would be good if he could earn a few hundred every month.

If he was lucky, maybe he could even earn a thousand dollars a month.

But playing this game, even though he was still a beginner.

He had already earned more than $300.

It was truly sublime…

He was currently renting a small apartment that was less than ten square meters in size.

The rent for it was almost due as well.

As a handsome young man who had just stepped into society, his income came from these games. If he did not have any income, he would be chased out by the landlord sooner or later.

He tried playing this game as an attempt to see if it could be profitable for him or not.

If he could earn money, he would play it.

If he could not, he would give up.

He really did not expect that a low-level weapon would be sold for so much money.

Thinking about his beautiful life in the future, Mo Fan was instantly motivated.

He even forgot about the fact that he still could not log off.

Mo Fan did not care about how exhausted he was.

He immediately looked for his scarecrow brothers with a flushed face.

In Mo Fan’s eyes, these scarecrows wandering in the wilderness were his banknotes.

“My dear scarecrow brothers, quickly come to my side~”

Mo Fan hummed as he tapped and poked with his wooden stick.

The scene of an overly-excited scarecrow beating up other scarecrows could be seen in the depths of the forest.