Online Game Era: Hundred Times Reward
Chapter 3 - Leveling up Like Crazy

Chapter 3: Leveling up Like Crazy

The demonic wild dog that was attacked let out a series of howls and charged at him.

Jiang Chen reacted swiftly, sliding backward with agile movements—this was where the high agility growth of an archer truly shone, as the wild dog couldn’t even touch the hem of his clothing.

While retreating, Jiang Chen didn’t stay idle. His Stonecore Bow was drawn fully again and again, each arrow striking its target with precision.

-69!

-63!

-65!

-71!

…

A string of damage numbers popped up over the demonic wild dog’s head.

Although it had 620 HP, Jiang Chen’s damage output was no joke. Ten hits were enough to end its life.

After evading the wild dog’s attacks, Jiang Chen fired several more arrows at its head.

Roughly seven seconds later—

The demonic wild dog collapsed with a mournful howl.

“Ding! Congratulations, you have slain a demonic wild dog and gained 50 experience points.”

Level 1 monsters provide 10 experience points, level 2 wild beasts provide 20, and so on.

A level 5 demonic wild dog gave Jiang Chen 50 experience points, meaning he only needed to kill two to level up.

Excellent…

He was about to level up.

Seeing this current top-tier monster fall in under ten seconds, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but lift the corners of his mouth in a smile.

As expected, after equipping bronze and silver gear, his strength had become extraordinary.

However, what caught his attention now was what kind of loot the monster had dropped—because the [Hundredfold Reward] effect would increase the quality of the loot…

With eager anticipation, Jiang Chen stepped forward and checked the demonic wild dog’s corpse.

“Ding! Congratulations, you have received the loot: [Wild Dog Fang]. [Hundredfold Reward] triggered—you have obtained [Wild Dog King Fang]!”

“Congratulations, you have received: Copper Coins +5. [Hundredfold Reward] triggered—you have obtained Copper Coins +500!”

“Congratulations, you have received: [Rapid Shot] (White). [Hundredfold Reward] triggered—you have obtained [Barrage Arrow] (Silver)!”

Skill: [Barrage Arrow] (Silver)

Level: Lv1 (0/300)

Effect: The archer uses advanced marksmanship to launch two consecutive attacks, each dealing 70% damage. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Mana cost: 10.

Who would’ve thought the first monster would drop a skill book?

Barrage Arrow was one of the most basic skills for archers—very common, yet in the starter village, it was incredibly rare.

In Hope World, during the beginner stage, only Mages and Priests started with a class skill. Other classes had none, so this [Barrage Arrow] was quite valuable.

Jiang Chen learned it immediately.

Besides the primary skill slot, players also gained one additional skill slot every ten levels, allowing them to learn other skills.

If a skill needed to be replaced, players would have to pay coins to choose [Forget], and the skill would vanish permanently.

Since it wasn’t a big deal, Jiang Chen didn’t abandon the skill just because of its lower rarity.

Aside from the skill book, the demonic wild dog also gave Jiang Chen 500 copper coins, equal to 25 alliance currency—he was making real money now.

As for the [Wild Dog King Fang] enhanced by the talent bonus, it gave Jiang Chen a bit of a headache.

He wasn’t sure if it could substitute for the [Wild Dog Fang].

If not, his quest would be a complete failure.

As he pondered, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the next demonic wild dog.

Since no other players had arrived in this grinding zone yet, Jiang Chen could finish his quest first and then head to a higher-level map.

“Whoosh, whoosh…”

Jiang Chen immediately used his newly acquired skill on the wild dog.

The damage of Barrage Arrow was impressive—even at level one, it added a 70% damage boost.

Once leveled up, this skill alone could instantly kill an average player.

-49!

-47!

Two consecutive arrows struck the wild dog, taking nearly 100 HP.

The wild dog instantly lunged forward like a ferocious beast.

Jiang Chen always paid close attention to his movement.

He shot while retreating, using the ‘kiting’ technique known as ‘walking A’ to wear down the demonic wild dog.

Before long, that demonic wild dog collapsed at Jiang Chen’s feet.

At the same time, a golden glow rose up from beneath him.

“Ding! Congratulations, you’ve reached Level 2. You’ve gained 5 free attribute points.”

Due to his 5-star aptitude, he only gained 5 points per level-up, but Jiang Chen didn’t mind.

Most of his stats came from his high-quality equipment anyway.

He allocated all points to Agility.

Leveling from 1 to 2 required 100 experience points, but from 2 to 3 required 500.

Clearly, leveling in the starter village wasn’t easy.

Also, Hope World didn’t have a high drop rate.

This time there were no other item drops, just one fang and 600 copper coins.

Acceptable for Jiang Chen, but not so much for other players.

Just 6 copper coins wouldn’t even cover arrows or potions.

But there was nothing anyone could do.

Everything in Hope World was autonomously managed by the ‘Terminal’, even the evolution of the game itself.

From the moment Hope World officially launched, humans had lost all control over it.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”

Jiang Chen didn’t stop shooting, unleashing precise volleys at each wild dog one by one.

During the process, he was barely hit.

The only issue was he hadn’t bought any blue potions before leaving, so his mana recovery was annoyingly slow.

However, this didn’t impact much—after all, archers relied primarily on basic attacks for damage.

“Ding! You have slain a demonic wild dog…”

“Ding…”

“Ding…”

“Ding…”

One demonic wild dog after another fell at Jiang Chen’s feet, and his experience skyrocketed.

Ten minutes later—

After Jiang Chen’s relentless kills, many wild dog corpses still lay on the ground waiting to despawn.

But he had already gathered all the quest items.

In that short time, Jiang Chen had obtained: [Wild Dog King Fang] × 50, Copper coins × 27,500, 1 Silver-grade Mage skill book, 1 Bronze Warrior weapon, 2 pieces of Bronze-grade cloth armor.

“Struck gold…” Jiang Chen checked his spoils.

The 27,500 copper coins alone were worth 1,375 alliance currency, not counting the extra gear—each of which could fetch a high price.

Of course, his biggest gain was his level.

He had already reached Level 4.

[Level: Lv4 (900/2100)]

Just ten more minutes of grinding would get him to level 5.

At this pace, he might be able to leave the starter village today.

Excellent. Let’s go all in…

He allocated all free attribute points to Agility.

Then, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the equipment in his backpack—some of the cloth armor pieces were ones he could wear.