A New Objective

At 7:00 the next morning, accompanied by the shrill blare of his alarm, Chen Zixuan slowly opened his eyes.

A brand new day had begun.

After waking up, he didn’t wash up right away. Instead, he picked up his phone and opened the forum for ‘Legend of Kaloran’.

However, as soon as he opened the forum, Chen Zixuan’s phone instantly froze, flooded with a dense barrage of popup messages.

Taking advantage of the loading time, Chen Zixuan simply tossed his phone aside, got out of bed to get dressed, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Over ten minutes later, by the time he returned, the forum had finally loaded.

Then, he immediately saw the post that had shaken the entire forum the previous night.

“There’s already another world-class BOSS? That fast?”

Chen Zixuan was a bit surprised.

The game had only launched its servers around noon yesterday, and yet in less than a day, two world-class BOSSES had already appeared.

How could the BOSSES in this game be as common as elite monsters—were they really that cheap?

Actually, this couldn’t really be blamed on the developers. World-class BOSSES in “Legend of Kaloran” were supposed to be quite rare.

Originally, Players were supposed to take a long time before even encountering the second world-class BOSS.

But for reasons akin to the butterfly effect, that timeline had suddenly accelerated.

That’s right, the “butterfly” flapping its wings was in fact the very Chen Zixuan who had suddenly burst into the world of Kaloran.

Yesterday, he had leapfrogged nearly ten levels and, after a grueling fight, defeated the first world-class BOSS, the ‘Goblin Hero’.

The system then broadcast this achievement to every player worldwide, and the bountiful system rewards instantly sparked a “gold rush”—a frenzy to hunt BOSSES.

Countless players from all over the world, hoping to get rich overnight in-game, left the safety of the main city and delved into high-level wild maps, all in search of the next world-class BOSS.

The vast majority of them found nothing—some even died on the way—but there were still a lucky few who managed to find world-class BOSSES hiding in remote wilderness.

This next world-class BOSS had been discovered deep within the Nightshade Forest by a group of players.

They hadn’t even seen what the BOSS looked like before the entire group was instantly killed.

After respawning and, wanting to stir up a sensation, they promptly posted on the forum, which kicked off last night’s furor.

As luck would have it, the forest Chen Zixuan had passed through while traveling from Crownhaven to the main city was the very same Nightshade Forest.

Skimming through the posts, Chen Zixuan got the gist of what had happened last night.

All the major esports teams had mobilized, hoping to snatch the kill reward for the second world-class BOSS.

However, this new BOSS seemed even tougher than before. Every one of the dozen or so teams who attempted had been utterly defeated before it.

They hadn’t even seen what the BOSS looked like.

After some discussion, they formed an impromptu alliance, but even that didn’t change the result.

Still, the rewards for killing a world-class BOSS were just too tempting, so these players definitely wouldn’t give up so easily.

After a silent dawn, no one had ventured into the Nightshade Forest again.

Chen Zixuan figured that, as soon as the day brightened, they would muster for a full-scale assault.

With that in mind, Chen Zixuan didn’t hesitate any further.

He went to the kitchen and cooked a pack of instant noodles, hurriedly finished his breakfast, and then went straight back to bed and put on his game helmet.

Link start!

With a flash of light before his eyes, Chen Zixuan entered the world of “Legend of Kaloran” once more.

In the gloomy hotel room, a silver-haired girl lay silently on the bed, but her sapphire-like eyes suddenly opened wide.

“System notification: You have rested for 12 full hours at the Charlotte Inn and gained 28 experience points!”

The system voice sounded as calm as ever in Chen Zixuan’s ear.

Perhaps now, she should be referred to as Cecilia.

The silver-haired girl sat up from the bed in silence and exercised her stiffened body within the room.

For some reason, if a character slept for too long in-game, there would also be a sense of sluggishness in their body.

After moving around, Chen Zixuan opened her character panel and took a look at her experience bar.

Cecilia was now level 4, still firmly ranked first on the player leaderboard and far ahead of the second place at level 2.

At the same time, her EXP bar showed that less than a quarter had been filled. To level up from 4 to 5 would require a huge amount of experience.

It was already the second day; if he only hunted small monsters, could he really reach level 15 within a week?

That was exactly what Chen Zixuan was worried about—leveling up characters in “Legend of Kaloran” was much tougher than in other online games.

If this were any other game, many players would have reached level 20 or even higher on the very first day.

But now, most players were still level 1. Only a few who played madly or spent real money had managed to reach level 2 on the first day.

Therefore, Chen Zixuan set his sights on the world-class BOSS.

Killing a world-class BOSS not only brings players generous item rewards—it also provides a ton of experience.

It was defeating the Goblin Hero that let Chen Zixuan jump directly from level 2 to level 4, reaching a threshold far out of reach for other players.

Chen Zixuan estimated that if he could take down this world-class BOSS, even if it didn’t get him straight to level 6, it should easily be enough to push him to level 5.

Plus, with a new epic set of gear, this world-class BOSS was something he simply had to get!

Having worn beginner equipment for so long, it was time to finally treat himself to a new set.

Pulling on the hood, Chen Zixuan left the inn.

Compared to yesterday, there were clearly fewer players on the main city streets today—maybe just a third as many as there had been yesterday afternoon.

The discovery of a world-class BOSS so soon after launch was undoubtedly a huge event—naturally, all those missing players had already headed out of the city to watch the action at Nightshade Forest.

Just as Chen Zixuan was about to leave the city, a man in his twenties suddenly emerged from a narrow alley across from the inn.

After looking around furtively, he purposefully strode toward Chen Zixuan.

Chen Zixuan naturally noticed him as well and instinctively furrowed his brow.

A few seconds later, the man reached Chen Zixuan’s side and lowered his voice.

“Excuse me, are you Miss Cecilia?”

“What is it?”

From beneath the hood came the girl’s extremely cold voice.

There were only a handful of people who knew her true identity. She couldn’t help but wonder—who had leaked her identity to this player?

Just then, the man quickly explained, “Please don’t misunderstand. Our captain just forgot to add you as a friend last night. You didn’t respond to his messages on the forum, so he sent me here to wait for you to log in.”

Chen Zixuan nodded slightly. So it was Dawn’s Light.

He’d sent someone after her—just as expected, it was for this world-class BOSS, wasn’t it?

————-= Clacky’s Corner ————-=

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