CHAPTER 31: ANOTHER HIDDEN BOSS

Because the light emitted by the territory crystal could only cover the interior of the thatched cottage, it was dark outside.

Li Chunhua wanted to use a basic fire dharma spell to illuminate the surroundings, but considering the range was only little, she gave up on the idea and proposed to make a bone fire instead.

Torches were out of the question, Brother Siri, and she didn’t have extra clothes to spare, and she was no survival expert, while Brother Siri, who was knowledgeable in botany after receiving a reality check this afternoon, didn’t have any hopes of finding the plant that could substitute the fabric’s job in making a torch.

About magic spells, Li Chunhua didn’t raise the request to Brother Siri anymore since it might upset him.

Siri was also grateful inside. One had to know that to achieve the highest probability of every spell’s lowest level effect that he cast, he had to use the maximum mana required, and afterwards he needed to rest for a long time to recover the lost amount, which makes it a pain.

Just after a minute, the bonfire was lit. The system, just as promised, returned the monsters to the Newbie Mountains.

[Time is up. The game monsters will appear in their designated spots. Players who are still outside of their territories are recommended to settle inside the territory as soon as possible. To those who have not or have failed to build their territories, may the Monarch of Luck smile upon you.]

The night on the Green Planet was different.

There were two red half crescent moons, one big and one small, hanging on the black canvas of the sky, and in addition, stars in different hues studded the horizon like beautiful, colorful gems. It was weird and marvelous at the same time. This set the final nail in their minds—that they were really in a different world.

A second after the system announced this, a myriad of colorful lights ranging from red to purple descended across the world, signifying the release of the monsters.

Everyone prepared themselves for what was about to come. Even the players that were discussing their battle plans signed off from the Global Chat, once they heard the global announcement.

Despite the place being eerily quiet, those with a sensitive sixth sense felt they were not alone anymore.

Li Chunhua suddenly remembered one of her class skills, which was being able to use her summon’s skills. Since the game monsters were running a little bit late, you might as well try out the effect of this skill. But how do I activate it?

Sensing her thoughts, the napping little ginseng with a bloated belly currently attaching itself to her left arm immediately gave her permission by opening up a mind link between them and letting out ji ji ji excitedly.

Master, Master, here!

Li Chunhua could feel warm energy flowing along her meridians. As much as she wanted to understand the little Ginseng spirit, the language barrier between them was so thick, but thankfully, the little cute fellow somehow knows what she’s thinking, or she might end up uttering Ji Ji as well.

[The Little Ginseng Spirit has allowed you to use its skills. Due to the intimacy level being low (20/100), direct selection cannot be used, and random selection will be conducted.]

[Random Selection: Skill AOE Buff Type: ’Everyone Wants a Cute Little Ginseng’ is shared.]

[Please increase intimacy as soon as possible by bonding with the little ginseng spirit.]

[Everyone wants a cute little ginseng- (Passive)

- Within a five-meter radius and you as the center, friendly targets will gain a buff of 0.01% on random stats.]

There is an intimacy level?

So I have no say in what skills I have to use if I don’t raise the intimacy?

When Li Chunhua was roaming in the streets before she met her master, most of the kids of her age bullied her and used to take some of her coins and dumplings that Aunts on the street stalls would give after she helped them on errands.

One time, she got involved in a fight due to it, but after realizing the medicine was very expensive, Li Chunhua had no choice but to be a clever little monkey. Every time after she finished the little tasks, Li Chunhua would climb a tall tree to hide from those little bullies where she could enjoy her dumplings with peace of mind, and that was the reason she had no experience bonding with little kids, much less a ginseng spirit.

Her senior brother and sisters were grown up when she joined the sect, and the other kids there didn’t have time for leisure and only sat in lotus positions all day. Li Chunhua basically didn’t have any recollection of a normal childhood.

Thus, how can we increase intimacy? The only thing she could think of was sharing her food, or maybe she should teach it a little about cultivation, like how Master spends his days with his disciples.

Her thoughts were a little too deep, which made her miss Little Mantou’s and Siri’s calls. It wasn’t until the two called her for the fifth time that she responded by lifting her head from the screen.

Once it was done, she instantly saw them staring on top of her head as if they saw something odd.

"What are you looking at?" Li Chunhua asked curiously before groping the top of her head with her free hand. However, there was nothing wrong other than her hair being a little frizzy because she had not combed it since morning.

Little Mantou raised his paw. Siri also raised one of his fingers, and both of them pointed them at her head before saying, "There are two little leaves with stems attached to your head. Each is about half the size of my palm, and they’re slowly glowing."

Li Chunhua touched her head again, but there was nothing like the leaves they mentioned.

But in the two’s vision, her fingers had grazed over the tip of the leaves, and instantly, as if someone had cast a 2nd-ring support light spell on their master, Li Chunhua became a dazzling human lighthouse overwhelming the bonfire behind them.

（⊙ｏ⊙）（⊙ｏ⊙）

Little Mantou and Siri quickly averted their eyes from her by twisting their necks in the direction of the front fences.

They were stupefied that everything within 15 meters from the front was clear to see. They could even detect the tiny rustles of the bushes and the occasional white, shadowy figures jumping around.

(＠＾０＾) (＠＾０＾)

This is so convenient!

"Master, don’t move. Just stay still! Master should leave the monsters to us so we could level up and feed you back some experience points." Both simultaneously requested before walking briskly towards the front fence. In the middle, the two discussed some kind of battle plan.

Li Chunhua, who had not a chance to say anything, swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue and went to chat with the Little Ginseng Spirit instead, wanting to know the cause of this weirdness, but the little ginseng spirit only shook its leaves and muttered, leaving her to guess.

After the two reached the entrance, the little fox’s figure disappeared among the dense bushes while Siri waited on the threshold. The Elf may be handicapped when it comes to spell casting, but his ability to hunt cannot be underestimated, and Siri particularly put extra effort into his combat proficiency when he knew he couldn’t count his six-element affinity, whether it was hand-to-hand or wielding weapons. Siri had taken ample lessons and training.

After a minute, Little Mantou sprang from the bushes, and behind him were three white, agile figures. He lured them towards the elf.

Before Li Chunhua could even view the description of the monsters, Siri, even without the assistance of a weapon, swung his arms three times until only after images were seen turning the monsters in a burst of white light.

[You’ve gained +2 exp points, +2 exp points, +2 exp points].

Li Chunhua heard the notification and unconsciously clapped, "Brother Siri, that was awesome." That was so cool to watch!

"Ji ji ji." (Little Ginseng thinks yellow hair is awesome too.)

Little Mantou also threw the elf a snare.

Siri scratched his head in embarrassment for a few seconds before picking up the loot. In the middle, Siri was a bit skeptical because, other than copper coins, there was nothing else.

Perhaps the loot was really like this? But where did Master get that Happy Fat Water?

Every loot in the Centennial Games will adapt the culture of the candidates’ planet in the early stages, but since he didn’t have any prior knowledge and it was his first time killing game monsters, he couldn’t make a judgement.

Little Mantou helped the elf before they returned to their master shortly after.

Li Chunhua was always looking forward to the loot, especially if it was a food item.

"Master, all I got were copper coins. Is this normal?" Sir innocently asked with a troubled face.

Only copper coins?

Ahh...

Li Chunhua remembered her loots before, and each had food items, condiments, or equipment mixed in, but upon recalling Brother Siri’s luck stats, Li Chunhua chose to lie. "Yes, Brother Siri. You’re doing a great job."

Sigh. She doesn’t want to break Brother Siri’s heart again. Thinking about it, she needs to find a solution to Brother Siri’s problem.

Siri, after the burdensome thoughts dispersed, had a smile on his face, and the Elf and Fox tandem got back to their clearing operation.

So it’s not about his bad luck. It’s just normal. Probably only the higher-level monster can drop richer rewards!

Because the two picked a different spot to level up, Li Chunhua finally saw the appearance monsters. It was a white cat, not bigger than her thigh, with a pointed silver horn on its forehead. Its eyes and body just liked those of those rabbits before, who were exuding a bloodthirsty aura.

[Level 2: One-horned Savage Feline- (HP: 35/35) ]

"Master, there’s no light here. Turn Left."

"Alright." Li Chunhua turned to her left.

[You’ve gained +2 exp points, +2 exp points, +2...]

"Master, I need light."

"Okay." Li Chunhua turned right.

[You’ve gained +2 exp points, +2 exp points, +2...]

"Master, I can sense monsters on the front."

"Wait." Li Chunhua turned to the front.

[You’ve gained +2 exp points, +2 exp points, +2...]

These two really treated her as a light!

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

All the players’ territories in the world were being besieged by the same monster, except for one.

A man whose face was shrouded in darkness gazed at the entrance of his territory, where a row of burning torches was lit, illuminating the four-meter figure of a blue-scaled snake that kept banging the novice territory barrier with its tail.

Long Haoran viewed the holographic panel of the snake monster.

[Horned Viper Lv.] 5 (Hidden Boss)

-HP: 650/650

-Once an ordinary viper but mutated after ingesting an unknown plant.]

Long Haoran: 눈_눈 Did you get lost?

(Little Baozi: Thank you Kerry_Peters_0100 and Charisseceniza for the gifts.

〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜 I uploaded pics in comment section for references.)