Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 18: A new pet!

Quite some players reached lvl 10 after Ye Ci's one day of absence. However, there were still a lot of new players appearing in the newbie village.

Ye Ci returned to the newbie village and handed 100 Wolf's Eyeballs to Zol.

"Oh, young Huntress, I must say that you're fast. You've brought me so much loot in such a short amount of time. You're a qualified hunter. You're certainly a Huntress worthy of inheriting this skill." Zol handed the Hunter's Mark skill book to Ye Ci without too much nonsense.

Ye Ci clapped her hands together after receiving the skill book. The skill book turned into a bright white light and entered her body.

"You have learned Hunter's Mark." the system notification chimed in immediately.

It's done! Ye Ci grinned after hearing the notification. With that skill, she was a true Huntress.

Talent could be accessed after a character hit lvl 10, and Ye Ci could wait no longer. A Huntress's talent was divided into three different categories: Pet Talent, Shooting Talent, and Survival Talent.

One does not simply get the salmon along with the bear's paw. The choice of Talent worked the same way.

Talent points were limited. To create the strongest character with such limited Talent points had always been a topic of debate among Fate's forums. Most of the popular topics on the forums were about the combination between class, race, and Talent distribution.

Every one of them had their own point.

Of course.... If one had unlimited Talent points, this was not a matter to be worried about.

Ye Ci had 11 Talent points with her, 10 of which were from leveling up and one from completing the village chief's side quest.

She studied the first row of Talents available to her. She maxed out the 5 points of pet endurance, distributed 3 points to upgrade Hunter's Mark as well as 3 more points to the Survival Talent, and upgraded Falcon's Protection.

Ye Ci's combination was mediocre.

Most players would agree that one should focus on only a single category of Talent, leaving aside the other two merely as support.

Ye Ci, however, was more concerned about the Talent points earned from side quests. She greedily distributed points to all three categories.

Ye Ci's Hunter's Mark and Falcon's Protection had significant changes despite the few Talent points distributed to each skill.

Falcon's Protection had an increase of 30% attack damage. Hunter's Mark's increased range by 15m and its ranged damage was increased by 30%.

The Talent points distribution was mediocre, but the changes they brought to Ye Ci's skills had a major impact.

The only thing that Ye Ci lacked was a pet.

Ye Ci headed straight to Icy Cave. In Hard difficulty of Icy Cave, there would be an Elite Spider following every rat man. The spider was Ye Ci's target.

Monsters were visibly stronger in the Difficult version of Icy Cave. However, with her empowered Hunter's Mark and Falcon's Protection, it was not hard for Ye Ci.

As Ye Ci approached Shator, she heard a low growl emanating from a bush not far from her. A powerful figure was walking between the shrubs.

Haxie the Ripper!

It was a Wandering Boss that had a one in a thousandth chance of appearing in Icy Cave. It was the best pet for a pre-lv30 Hunter or Huntress. Haxie was not part of Ye Ci's plan. To run into something that had only one in a thousandth chance of appearing was simply too hard. There was once a Hunter who waited every single day for three months in Icy Cave for Haxie to appear. It did not.