Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 12: An Overpowered Skill Book

Zol noticed Ye Ci right away despite the crowd. Ye Ci was the holder of several First Kills and was the one who activated the hidden side quest. Her prestige in the village was quite high, and the NPC's in the village were always happy to see her. Even Zol, an NPC who was never overly enthusiastic to interact with players, greeted Ye Ci warmly.

"Oh, young Huntress, it's good to see that you've grown once again. I'm sure that Elven King Dau'er would be glad that a Huntress with so much potential was born in the Elven race." This was probably the longest sentence to ever leave Zol's mouth since the game started.

Merchant and Instructor class NPC's dialogues with a player could not be heard by any bystanders. If they could, Zol's words would certainly make Ye Ci the object of all the player's envy.

"Hi sir, I would like to learn a new Skill." Ye Ci bowed humbly at Zol, showing her respect.

It didn't matter what anyone thought. One does not simply offend an NPC.

"Let me see what skills are available to you." Zol spread out his hands and closed his eyes. A faint blue light appeared on his palms. He opened his eyes after a few moments and said, "Oh, I see it now. You can now learn Pet Capture, Snake Venom Needle, and Falcon's Protection. Of course, Slash and Bow Proficiency could be leveled up. Which skills do you want to learn?"

"All of them."

"Oh really?" Zol raised his eyebrows slightly. Fees were required to learn skills in Fate, and the fees that Ye Ci needed to pay right then were nothing compared to the astronomical amount in the later stage of the game.

These skills cost 50 silver coins each, and most early lvl 10 players would not have more than 2 gold coins with them. Learning those skills all at once was unbelievably extravagant to them.

Zol candidly accepted the 2 gold and 50 silver coins handed to him by Ye Ci. A bright golden flash appear on Ye Ci's character, and the system notified her that she had learnt Pet Capture, Snake Venom Needle, and Falcon's Protection. Slash and Bow Proficiency had been upgraded to lvl 2 as well.

"Young Huntress, you have the grace of an Elf. You're carefree and are never stingy. It's always good to see such an excellent specimen among the young ones. I'm really very happy. If you can get me a hundred Wild Wolf's Eyeballs, I think I have a little present for you."

Zol gave Ye Ci a quest after teaching her the skills instead of making her leave.

"It's an honor." Ye Ci bowed and accepted the quest. She couldn't help but think: another hidden quest... Was all my luck eaten up by my encounters with Hidden Quests?

Ye Ci was about to explore the Icy Cave at Difficult setting to see if she could SOLO the dungeon. If she was lucky, she could even get an Elite Spider as a pet.

Changes came faster than the plan. Before meeting Zol, Ye Ci had never even thought that she would be able to find a Hidden Quest, and an easy one at that. Standing under the sunlight after leaving Zol's house, Ye Ci took a look at the quest details and attempted to find out its rewards, that was if she could see it...

She did not expect to actually be able to see the rewards to Zol's Hidden Quest, unlike all other Hidden Quest which had their rewards listed as question marks.

Quest: A Hundred Wild Wolf's Eyeballs

Quest description: ...

Quest reward: Hunter's Mark Skill Book

The quest reward almost made Ye Ci jump with joy.

Just like Pet Capture, Hunter's Mark was the Hunter class's trademark skill. When used on a target, a visible mark that could only be seen by the Hunter/Huntress's party members would appear for 15 minutes. With each level increased, the skill would be able to deal additional bonus damage to the target. The Hunter's Mark could deal up to 15% bonus ranged damage to an enemy.