Game Starts With The Scarecrow Chapter 28
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Chapter 28: Come and Help Me, I’ll Reward You Heavily After This!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Why did this Boss run away when it saw him?
What could he do if the Boss ran away?
Could it be because of Kuang Dao’s skin?
Was Kuang Dao really that famous?
Or was he intimidated by Mo Fan’s handsomeness and fled?
Mo Fan shook his head and continued walking.
The fog in front of him continued to churn, and he could no longer see the tiger-faced monster.
The fog that was blown away by the strange wind became thicker once again.
After walking for a short while, a system notification came.
Mo Fan had entered the third region of the Dense Fog Forest.
In the first two areas, the guardian was a snake, the other a tiger, and the guardian of the final region was unknown.
Just as Mo Fan walked forward, sounds of battle could be heard from the fog up ahead.
“Unstopping Wine. Go to the left and clear the monsters!”
“Southern Song, you attack from the right, I’ll defend!”
“Yes, Boss!”
…
A male voice was constantly giving out instructions.
There seemed to be four or five people in battle.
Mo Fan slowly approached.
Before he could walk over, a sword suddenly pierced toward him.
Mo Fan evaded at an extremely fast speed.
How dare they stab in that direction? Wasn’t that too ruthless?
Luckily, he dodged it!
A beautiful woman walked out of the fog and sheathed her sword.
She seemed a little embarrassed and was stunned for a moment before asking, “I thought it was a wild monster. Could it be that you are also a player who came to challenge the Dense Fog Forest?”
Mo Fan sized up this beauty who suddenly appeared in front of him.
Dressed in a Vengeful Spirit Set, her body glowed green.
She looked okay and had a big chest, but she attacked ruthlessly just now.
Besides, who would greet a person like that?
She did not even apologize.
Did she think that I was a monster?
Well, I am actually one…
Mo Fan shook his head and swept his Demon Eyes over at her.
[Heartless Flower (No Class)]
[Level: 12]
[Health: 28,925]
[Attack: 1972-2230]
[Defense: 802-1106]
The effect of the Demon Eyes did not disappoint him.
It displayed the information about the beauty in front of him in detail.
Her stats were relatively good.
No wonder she dared to barge into the Dense Fog Forest.
Mo Fan turned off his Demon Eyes in pity.
If only Demon Eyes had the ability to see through objects…
“Hey, I’m asking you a question!”
Heartless Flower saw Mo Fan’s strange gaze and her expression couldn’t help but change.
“That’s right, I’m also here to challenge the Dense Fog Forest!”
“You’re alone?” Heartless Flower asked in disbelief.
She even carefully glanced behind Mo Fan to see if he had any companions.
“Yeah…” Mo Fan nodded.
He did not want to show off at first, but the other party insisted on asking.
“How is that possible? How did you get here alone?”
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“The Fog Snake in the first region isn’t something a single person can withstand, let alone the Fog Tiger in the second region…”
“Which Naga Boss did you kill alone? How did you kill it? Also, there’s the tiger-faced monster.”
Heartless Flower revealed a shocked expression and looked at Mo Fan as if she was looking at a monster.
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
He arrived here alone…
How was that possible?
How could that be?
She knew some of the top players in the game but he had never seen this person before.
Forget about the players like her.
Even Sealed Dust, the person who was ranked first on the Level Ranking Board, could not survive alone in this Dense Fog Forest!
Even they—had to form a team before they dared to challenge the forest.
Who was he?
Heartless Flower’s heart surged with emotions.
Mo Fan shook his head when he heard her asking so many questions.
Look at this! She was already awestruck by him even before any introductions were made.
If she knew that he insta-killed the first Boss and scared the tiger-faced monster away, would she go crazy in disbelief?
Mo Fan looked at the violently stirring fog in front of him and changed the topic.
“Ah—forget about that. What kind of monsters are you fighting up ahead?”
“Ah, crap!”
When Heartless Flower heard Mo Fan’s question, her expression changed.
She immediately turned around to leave.
Mo Fan followed.
Along the way, Mo Fan discovered a large number of wolf corpses!
He scanned one with his Demon Eyes.
[Fog Wolf (Dead)]
[The third region’s wild monster guarding the Dense Fog Forest. Its attacks have a tearing effect.]
[Health: 0/60,000]
[Attack Power: 832-1021]
[Defense: 173-235]
[Tear: Normal attacks have a 20% chance of dealing 150% damage.]
Its stats were slightly higher than the Fog Tiger.
These Fog Wolves, however, were extremely huge.
Each of them was about seven to eight meters long.
And there were dozens of them here as corpses.
After walking for about a hundred meters, he saw three men and a woman fighting dozens of wolves.
Their battle caused a huge commotion that caused the surrounding fog to disperse.
But the three of them were already in critical health.
Only one of them was still struggling to resist.
Mo Fan observed the situation.
All four of them wore Vengeful Spirit Sets. It seemed that they were his customers.
They were respectively ‘Sealed Dust’, ‘Turbid Unstopping Wine’, ‘Breeze of Southern Song’, and ‘Silky Embroidery’.
After Heartless Flower came over, she immediately rushed forward and instantly relieved their pressure. The five of them cooperated very well. Four of them attacked while one drank potions to recover his health.
Those with low HP retreated immediately, while those with high HP went up to tank.
In addition, their techniques in battle were very impressive.
The surrounding Fog Wolves constantly fell under their weapons.
The Fog Wolves dealt around 400 to 700 damage, while they dealt 1000 to 4000 damage.
However, since Heartless Flower came back slightly late.
Sealed Dust was still all right, but the others were in danger.
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“Hey, handsome guy, can you come over and help us?”
Heartless Flower shouted towards Mo Fan.
The others in the team also glanced at Mo Fan before continuing to fight.
You want me to help you?
With such a cold attitude, it is useless even if you call me handsome!
Mo Fan was not a bad person, but he was not a good person either.
Mo Fan shook his head and continued walking. He didn’t care about them at all.
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The two wolves that charged out from the side and pounced at him were insta-kiled by Mo Fan.
This move of his shocked the players who were desperately fighting!
They had worked so hard just to kill one Fog Wolf, but Mo Fan could insta-kill one of them!
“Brother, this is an emergency situation. Come over and help us. I’ll definitely reward you heavily after this!” Sealed Dust shouted at Mo Fan after sending a wolf flying.
His tone was much better than Heartless Flower’s.
Mo Fan waved the Demonized Coiling Dragon Spear twice and charged towards them.
Like a tank charging into a flock of sheep, the Fog Wolves were no match for him.
Mo Fan quickly finished off dozens of wolves in a blink of an eye.
Sealed Dust and his comrades watched with widened eyes.
Especially Heartless Flower—she now completely believed Mo Fan’s words from earlier.
Mo Fan did not care about their expressions.
He went straight to Sealed Dust and extended his right hand.
“Where’s the heavy reward? If you can’t satisfy me, don’t blame me for being impolite!”
Mo Fan had no qualms about killing these people. After all, he was wearing Kuang Dao’s skin.
He was not afraid that they would recognize him!
Mo Fan’s words made Sealed Dust feel a little awkward. Then, he smiled.
“Brother, your character is really admirable!”
Sealed Dust had originally wanted to trick Mo Fan into coming over to help him.
Afterwards, he would pay him with a random piece of equipment.
However, Mo Fan seemed to have seen through his thoughts and did not fall for it.
From the looks of it, he had no choice but to spend a fortune.
“Cut the crap and don’t waste my time. Hurry up!”
Mo Fan stabbed his spear into the ground.
His tone was unfriendly and he even activated his Demonic Might.
The five players were instantly frozen for a second, and their stats fell by 5%.
They were shocked to see the debuff on their bodies.
Sealed Dust even suspected that Mo Fan was an NPC!
Otherwise, how could he be so powerful?
No one had ever heard of such a skill before.
Furthermore, nobody had yet to leave the beginner village or changed their class yet to learn skills.
How could any player use such a skill?
From these details, Sealed Dust deduced that Mo Fan was not a player but an NPC.
This NPC wanted to obtain a piece of equipment from him first before giving him a hidden mission?
The better the equipment, the better the mission?
Thinking about this, Sealed Dust immediately took out a shield from his inventory and looked at it with reluctance.
When the others saw Sealed Dust take out this shield, they were extremely shocked.
Boss, are you sure about that?
You want to express your gratitude to him with such an expensive gift?
The shield could be said to be the best equipment that they had found so far in this game.
They were seriously injured in the aftermath of that battle where they obtained this shield. It could be said that they invested a lot, so they wanted to stop Sealed Dust. However, they didn’t dare to move after looking at Mo Fan.
After all, Sealed Dust had already promised.
In addition, Mo Fan was also very powerful.
Sealed Dust sighed and handed the shield to Mo Fan with some heartache.
“This is the best equipment we got after killing the Tiger General in the second region. I’m giving it to you”
When Mo Fan received the shield, he was met with some resistance from Sealed Dust.
“Why? Can’t bear to give it away?”
“Let go!”
Mo Fan looked at Sealed Dust and chuckled before pulling it over forcefully.
[Tiger Shield (Purple)]
[Tiger General He Li’s shield. It is extremely sturdy and can withstand a lot of damage.]
[Health +15,000]
[Defense +2000]
[Damage Reduction +10%]
[Tiger’s Protection: When attacked, there is a 10% chance to mitigate 60% of the damage.]
No wonder Sealed Dust resisted so much…
No wonder he was so reluctant!
The damage reduction itself was simply excellent.
It was of the same grade as the Demonized Coiling Dragon Spear.
Coincidentally, Mo Fan still did not have any defensive equipment in his arsenal.
He put away the shield and looked at Sealed Dust in satisfaction.
When Sealed Dust saw Mo Fan’s expression, he became giddy in excitement.
Was he about to receive a hidden mission?
Did he hit the jackpot?
However, Mo Fan’s subsequent actions stunned him!
Mo Fan actually turned around and left?!
He left!
He left just like that…
He didn’t issue any mission at all!
Sealed Dust took two steps forward and stopped…
There was no way he could win against him.
And for what reason could he ask for the NPC to return his shield?
How could he do something so embarrassing?
“Oh—my heart aches so bad!”
…
Mo Fan was in an excellent mood.
He did not expect that he would obtain such a great item by casually helping people.
Although he did not kill the Tiger General in the second region, he still obtained a piece of equipment that he liked very much.
Along the way, he killed every wolf that he encountered.
After walking for some time, Mo Fan realized that the fog around him was getting even thicker.
The Fog Wolves also disappeared from his eyes.
In the end, he could not even see his own fingers.
Was the Boss going to appear?
Hopefully, this Boss would not run away like the previous one.
Mo Fan slowly moved forward.
Not long after, the thick white fog around him gradually thinned at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, Mo Fan saw a monster in front of him.
The white fog was actually sucked away by this monster!
This monster was absorbing it?
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