Game Starts With The Scarecrow - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Fighting the Forest King, Chrystem

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Before they could enter, a cool breeze blew.

The effect of the environment was extremely realistic, making one involuntarily raise their guard.

After passing through two withered bushes, they finally saw the Boss’ true appearance.

A huge chrysanthemum spirit that was five to six meters tall stood not far ahead.

At the stamen of the chrysanthemum flower, a very beautiful face could be seen. Next to the face were huge yellow flower petals.

The roots of the chrysanthemum spirit were very thick, and it was waving them as if it was pretending to be an octopus.

[Forest King – Chrystem (Level 10 Bronze Boss)]

Its name shone in a dark glow, and beside it was an extremely beautiful portrait.

There was an exquisite pattern on the picture frame.

After coming to this game, this was the first time Mo Fan had seen a monster with a portrait.

“Everyone, be careful! We’re about to enter the boss’ attack range.” Qingyi Changfeng, who was walking in front, stopped in his tracks and reminded everyone.

“What happened when you guys fought this boss?” Mo Fan asked.

Looking at this huge monster and the surrounding environment, Mo Fan’s excitement from fighting the Boss had greatly decreased.

He only had one chance to revive. If he died while fighting this Boss, it would be game over.

Therefore, he had to know what was about to happen before starting the fight.

“This Boss’ normal attacks are laced with a strong poison. We need to drink potions continuously to fight.”

“Last time, our levels were too low and our attacks weren’t strong enough. Chrystem unleashed a big move and wiped us all out.”

“This time, we have to pay attention to Chrystem’s skill as we fight. When it releases its skill, there will be a scream. If you hear the sound, quickly leave its range. Otherwise, there is a high chance of being insta-killed.”

“As for whether the Boss has other skills, we don’t know yet.”

Qingyi Changfeng briefly explained the situation when he fought the Boss previously.

“My HP is quite high. I’ll tank the Boss!” Mo Fan stared at Chrystem not far away and said.

“Okay!”

Qingyi Changfeng and the other two did not reject him.

This time, they dared to come over to fight this Boss because of Mo Fan.

Not only was Mo Fan’s HP high, but his attacks were also quite strong.

“By the way, Changfeng, do you have any health potions? I used all of them when I farmed those monsters last time.”

“I have some here, I’ll give you three sets!”

“Alright, how much is it? I’ll transfer it to you!”

Mo Fan nodded.

The only way he could obtain potions was to kill players, so replenishing potions was a rather troublesome endeavor for him.

“Since we are friends, why do we have to talk about money? I’ll give it to you for free! We still have quite a lot in stock here.” Qingyi Changfeng waved his hand and replied.

“How can I do that? Even blood-related brothers should settle debts. If that’s the case, I don’t want it!” Mo Fan immediately rejected.

“Alright then. Let’s go according to the market price. $100 per set.” Qingyi Changfeng shrugged helplessly.

“Sure, no problem!”

Mo Fan had just finished speaking when he made a deal with Qingyi Changfeng.

However, what surprised him was that the potions were a little expensive.

[Health Potion (Medium): Recover 30 HP per second for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 8 seconds]

The three sets contained a total of 300 potions.

Mo Fan looked at the potions in his bag and could not help but feel a little stunned.

He thought that Qingyi Changfeng wanted to give him small health potions.

He did not expect it to be mediums!

These potions were much better than the ones he had used before.

He did not know how Qingyi Changfeng and the others managed to obtain them.

“We got these potions from a mission in the beginner village. The pharmacy itself doesn’t sell them.” Qingyi Changfeng seemed to have seen through Mo Fan’s confusion and explained.

“Wouldn’t I be taking advantage of you then?” Mo Fan smiled awkwardly.

“No worries, let’s get ready to fight the Boss!”

“Alright, I’m going ahead! Follow me!”

With that, Mo Fan charged towards Chrystem with the small wooden stick.

After entering the attack range, Chrystem was like a startled demoness as it locked its gaze on Mo Fan.

Waving its huge roots, it attacked Mo Fan.

This Chrysanthemum Spirit Boss’ style of fighting was completely different from ordinary chrysanthemum spirits.

After Mo Fan’s wooden stick struck the Chrysanthemum Spirit Boss, he felt as if he had struck a steel bar. The rebound forced him backward.

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At this moment, the Boss’ roots struck him.

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-23 (Poisoned)

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[System Notification: You have been poisoned by the chrysanthemum poison of “Forest King Chrystem”. It will last for 10 minutes. After leaving combat mode, the poison’s duration will be halved.]

Seeing such high damage, Mo Fan was a little surprised.

This boss was indeed not easy to deal with.

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The attacks of Qingyi Changfeng and the other two also landed on Chrystem.

But their attacks were weaker than Mo Fan’s.

But after receiving these attacks, the Boss’ HP was revealed to the team.

[Forest King – Chrystem (Level 10 Bronze Boss) HP: 99,730/100,000]

“F*ck, 100,000 HP for a Level 10 Boss is too much!”

Mo Fan could not help but complain.

He only had 8300 HP, it was not even 10,000 HP yet this Boss’ HP was already more than 10 times compared to his.

“There is a huge gap between Level 10 and 9. When we players, reached Level 10, we can leave the beginner village. When we go to the city to change our classes, there will be a huge improvement in our strength.”

“It’s the same for these wild monsters. I haven’t seen any Level 10 wild monsters in the beginner village yet. I estimate that the stats of a Level 10 wild monster is at least double compared to their Level 9 counterparts, let alone the stats of a Level 10 Bronze Rank Boss.”

Qingyi Changfeng said as he dodged Chrystem’s attack.

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-23 (Poisoned)

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But he didn’t manage to evade it this time.

From the damage, it was obvious that Qingyi Changfeng’s stats were much lower than Mo Fan.

The poison attack of Chrystem also seemed to have a fixed damage value.

As for Qingyi Qiancheng and Qingyi Mobai, they became somewhat flustered.

They did not even dare to speak and were seriously fighting against Chrystem.

The damage dealt by Chrystem to them was even greater compared to when the former attacked Qingyi Changfeng.

“Alright, be careful! Drink the potions and wait for the opportune moment to attack!”

Mo Fan gathered his resolve and continued to press on.

The four of them attacked at the same time.

A few of them immediately retreated when their HP reached critical values.

While the four of them dealt damage to Chrystem, their HP was constantly rising and falling.

If not for the health potions, they would have died long ago.

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-830 (Bleeding)

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Mo Fan’s single attack dealt 2652 damage, directly depleting 2.6% of Chrystem’s HP.

[Forest King – Chrystem (Level 10 Bronze Boss) HP: 89,371/100,000]

Chrystem’s HP dropped below 90,000.

Then, it let out a scream!

“Get out of the way!” Qingyi Changfeng shouted.

The four of them immediately ran out of Chrystem’s attack range.

A burst of yellow mist shot out from Chrystem.

It shot at breakneck speeds and covered an area of ten meters.

The vegetation that was enveloped by the yellow fog completely withered and turned into powder.

It could be seen how terrifying the power of this skill was.

Fortunately, they were fast enough to escape from Chrystem’s attack range.

“Hurry up and attack it now!”

After seeing that the Boss had used up its skill, Qingyi Changfeng rushed forward once more.

Mo Fan and the other two immediately followed and began to attack Chrystem.

It was not as if Mo Fan had never fought a Boss before.

He had even fought against an even more terrifying Boss in the past.

However, he felt that the Boss in this game was completely different from the Boss that he had fought in other games.

But he could not tell just what exactly was different.

In the following attacks, Mo Fan firmly held onto the aggro of the Boss.

Among the four of them, he was the one who dealt the highest damage.

[Real-time Damage Ranking]

[1st Place: Bunao Biaoyin – 7865]

[2nd Place: Qingyi Changfeng – 3421]

[3rd Place: Qingyi Mobai – 1703]

[4th Place: Qingyi Qiancheng – 1694]

Mo Fan’s damage output was more than twice that of Qingyi Changfeng.

The latter’s advantage in dealing with a crowd of wild monsters was not useful at all against this single-targeted monster at all.

The damage dealt by Mobai and Qiancheng was even lower.

But even if he went out into the wild to farm monsters using that particular technique of his, even Qingyi Changfeng might not be more efficient than Mo Fan in handling those wild monsters anymore.

After all, Mo Fan had already raised his talent to the upper level.

As the four of them worked together more fluidly, the damage they dealt to Chrystem increased.

After a short while, Chrystem’s HP fell below 60,000.

Chrystem activated another skill.

But instead of screaming, it spoke directly spoke.

“You stupid humans! Do you really think that you can defeat me like this?!”

When its words fell, the flower vines on its body immediately spread out and wrapped around Mo Fan and the others at breakneck speeds.

Then, the giant tree roots below Chrystem whipped the four of them with the momentum of a steel whip.

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-23 (Poisoned)

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Several damage values appeared above their heads.

In less than two seconds, Mobai and Qiancheng’s HP were depleted and they fell onto the ground.

No matter how Mo Fan and Qingyi Changfeng struggled, it was useless.

Just as Qingyi Changfeng was about to die, the vines binding them suddenly dispersed.

“Changfeng, you retreat first. I’ll hold them off for a while!” Mo Fan shouted.

Mo Fan’s current HP was at 2342, while Qingyi Changfeng was only at 517.

From the looks of it, his death was inevitable if he stayed.

Qingyi Changfeng did not hesitate.

He immediately left the attack range of Chrystem and started to recover his HP.

Meanwhile, Mo Fan continued to attack while enduring Chrystem’s attack.

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[Forest King – Chrystem (Level 10 Bronze Boss) HP: 57,263/100,000]

Chrystem still had more than 50,000 HP left.

If it did not have any other skills, the group would only need about 10 minutes to grind it to death.

Mo Fan attacked while drinking potions.

+30 (Health Regeneration)

+30 (Health Regeneration)

+30 (Health Regeneration)

The health potions were fortunately strong enough to counteract Chrystem’s poison.

Coupled with some of the attacks that Mo Fan managed to dodge, they were just enough to sustain his health.

But this was also because Mo Fan’s defense was relatively high.

If it was Qingyi Changfeng and the others, they would have to retreat after fighting for a few minutes. They could only attack the Boss once more after they have significantly recovered.

But despite all of these, Mo Fan was still slower than the four of them combined.

Fortunately, Qingyi Changfeng did not let him wait for too long.

After his HP recovered to over a thousand, he immediately came back to the fray.

Under their attacks, Chrystem’s HP quickly dropped below 50,000.

[Forest King – Chrystem (Level 10 Bronze Boss) HP: 49,927/100,000]

At this moment, madness surged in Chrystem’s eyes.

Its eyes turned red as it shouted.

“My children, return to my embrace!”

“Life Drain!”