Game Starts With The Scarecrow - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: I Became a Boss Monster?

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Whenever Mo Fan ran out of stamina, he would rest. Whenever he had stamina, he would kill monsters.

After a few hours of doing this, he soon reached Level 5.

In these few hours, he obtained 12 Broken Wooden Sticks and sold them all, earning nearly $4000.

This was something unprecedented for Mo Fan.

Mo Fan checked the official website.

Many players were purchasing weapons here and there, but the supply of low-level weapons could not meet the surging demand.

As long as a “Broken Wooden Stick” was placed on the official website for sale, it would be sold instantly. Only those few that were priced at $999,999 remained unsold. No one knew which fool had priced it like that, but it was likely that they had gone crazy about earning money.

More and more players entered the game.

Earlier, whenever they were killing monsters, Mo Fan would encounter them in several waves, but he did not dare to fight them.

When Mo Fan reached Level 3, the system notified him that his Level Ranking Board would be unlocked.

At that time, Mo Fan had chosen not to enter the rankings. He also hid his own ranking.

He looked at the Level Ranking Board.

After a few hours of farming, a lot of players had reached Level 3.

But there were only a handful of players who were Level 4, let alone Level 5.

Mo Fan could go deep into the jungle and kill any monsters he liked without worries.

He could savor the joy of farming of Spiritual Energy on his own and unfettered, but those players could not.

If they wanted to go where Mo Fan was farming, they had to form a team.

Furthermore, Mo Fan discovered that the attributes he gained from leveling were much higher than the players’.

The higher his level became, the more obvious the difference was.

He even suspected that this scarecrow was a hidden class.

However, his name still indicated that he was a scarecrow.

After another Star Ascension, his prefix changed into a new one and he gained an additional trait.

There was also a slight change in his body.

His straw body had noticeably hardened a little. He no longer felt as weak as before.

The weeds that had been growing in his body earlier had also vanished without a trace.

Mo Fan opened his status panel.

[Character ID Tag: Bunao Biaoyin]

[Character Name: Sturdy Scarecrow]

[Star Level: 2]

[Sturdy Trait: Max HP +20%, damage received -10%.]

[Level: 5 (Progress: 3075/56000)]

[Strength: 56]

[Constitution: 56]

[Dexterity: 56]

[Attack Power: Physical Attack 34-65]

[Health: 3800]

[Defense: Physical Defense 19]

[Talent “Medium Scarecrow Bloodline”: Normal attacks have an 8% chance of causing bleeding, dealing damage that is 10% of your maximum health. Duration: 3 seconds.]

[Scarecrow Bloodline Fragment: 368/1000 (Grade 0 Fragment)]

[Human Bloodline Fragment: 6/10 (Grade 0 Fragment)]

[Star Level Fragment: 371/1000 (Star Level 0 Fragment)]

[Monster Reputation: 6]

[Player Reputation: 475]

Equipment:

[Broken Wooden Stick (Gray)]

[The small wooden stick is turning black and the surface is greatly worn down. It seems to have been used for a long time.]

[Attack: 1-1]

Looking at his stats, Mo Fan was elated.

According to the official website’s attribute growth formula, normal players at Level 5 only had 15-20 points in their three main attributes, and their HP was less than 1000.

Mo Fan’s HP was more than double compared to the players.

Furthermore, the scarecrow talent had been raised to Medium level, and the bleeding chance of his attacks had increased to 8%.

As long as his attack triggered bleeding, it would deal at least (380*3) damage.

Since he gained the sturdy trait after this time’s Star Ascension, what would happen if he continued to ascend?

Just as Mo Fan was checking his stats, a team of players came into his view.

“Brother Wolf, that Night Rain is too rampant. He single-handedly occupied such a huge leveling area, and he even chased us here!”

“Enough of that. He is from the Blue Ocean Club and is known as the Blue Ocean War God. He is strong enough to do that.”

“I heard that the Blue Ocean Club was in decline and was bought over by the Chen family.”

“No matter if it was in decline, they are still not something that a small group like us can afford to offend.”

“That’s right. Stop talking nonsense and quickly lure some monsters so we can level up!”

As they talked, they fought monsters and soon arrived close to Mo Fan.

This time, Mo Fan did not run.

Instead, he blended amidst the wandering scarecrows.

Hearing their talk, Mo Fan could not help but be surprised.

The first weapon he sold was bought by Night Rain after all.

Who would have thought that Night Rain actually had such an impressive background?

The Blue Ocean Club could be said to be very famous in the country.

From the world’s first VRMMO game, “Soaring Eagle”, to the previously popular, “Grieving Spirit”, they all had professional teams dedicated to those games.

The Blue Ocean War God had gained fame from “Soaring Eagle”.

He was the ace of the Blue Ocean Club.

His real name was Xu Yue, but he used a different ID in every game.

Thus, Mo Fan really did not expect that this Night Rain was actually the Blue Ocean War God.

The team of this “Brother Wolf” quickly approached.

Mo Fan did not stand on ceremony and went up to attack them.

“Brother Wolf, why does this scarecrow seem weird?”

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[Player I Am Bald Qiang (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Human Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Monster Reputation Point.]

Mo Fan looked at the damage and was stunned for a moment.

He did not expect to inflict bleeding from the first hit. Wasn’t his luck too good?

Even if the bleeding chance increased to 8%, that probability was still low.

Could it be due to the wooden stick?

…

“Holy sh*t, I was killed instantly!”

“I Am Gray Wolf” looked at the message from “I Am Bald Qiang” in the party chat.

Then, he looked at the scarecrow in front of him who suddenly made its move.

I Am Gray Wolf’s face became full of disbelief.

“How can this scarecrow deal so much damage?”

For him, unless there were a lot of scarecrows, it was impossible to instantly get killed.

It didn’t matter even if they were bleeding.

“Brothers, be careful! There’s something wrong with this Sturdy Scarecrow. It might be a Boss!”

“I Am Gray Wolf” quickly regained his senses and reminded the rest.

“Brother Wolf, let’s attack it together! We’ll kill it!”

The people around him did not become nervous from I Am Gray Wolf’s reminder.

Instead, they became excited.

To them, killing a small monster did not necessarily mean that they would drop equipment, but killing a Boss would definitely drop equipment.

In addition, there might even be other good items for them to take.

After all, no one had killed a Boss yet in this stage of the game.

The few of them went up to fight.

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Seeing Mo Fan’s 3000 HP, they immediately confirmed their guess that this scarecrow was a Boss!

No scarecrow had that much health after all.

The few of them could not help but feel even happier.

They used all their strength and prepared to take down the “Boss” Mo Fan.

But when Mo Fan started his counterattack, these people finally understood something.

Despite their dreams being so beautiful, the reality was bone-chillingly cruel!

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“What?! How can it deal so much damage?”

“It’s a Boss after all. Hurry up and attack! We’ll slowly grind it to death!”

“We can’t stop using potions. Our HPs are falling too fast for us to keep up!”

It was not as if the few of them had no strategy when they attacked Mo Fan.

When one of them was about to lose all of his HP, the others would take over for him.

However, Mo Fan did not give them the chance to do so.

He focused on the one that had the lowest HP.

“Damn, why are you still targeting me?”

“Brother Wolf, we can’t draw the Boss away!”

“This scarecrow is so annoying! How can there be such a shameless Boss?”

“I can’t take it anymore, we can’t win!”

“I Am Gray Wolf” cursed as he fought and retreated.

The few people around him were already in critical health.

Even potions had become useless.

Not long after, they all fell under Mo Fan’s wooden stick.

[Player I Am Happy Sheep (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Human Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Monster Reputation Point.]

[Player I Am Gray Wolf (Level 4) has been killed. Obtained 280 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Human Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Monster Reputation Point.]

[Player I Am Big Sausage (Level 3) has been killed. Obtained 155 Spiritual Energy Points, 1 Human Bloodline Fragment (Grade 0), 1 Star Fragment (Star Level 0), and 1 Monster Reputation Point.]

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“High stats make all the difference! Hahaha!”

“I’ll continue to kill the players!”

Mo Fan looked at the corpses on the ground and chuckled.

Only the “I Am Gray Wolf” player could deal significant damage in their group.

The others could barely break through his defenses.

After killing these people, he still had over 2000 HP left.

The number of Human Bloodline Fragments he received at this moment had finally sufficed the requirement.

[Human Bloodline Fragment: 11/10 (Can Be Fused)]

When he upgraded the scarecrow bloodline back then, the message attached to it was “Can Be Enhanced”, but now it became “Can Be Fused”.

“Will this Human Bloodline Fragment turn me into a human character?”

Mo Fan pressed the button with a hint of hope and anticipation.

A strange feeling came from his body.

It was as if something had entered his body, causing it to swell.

His head became swollen at first. Then, his torso. Finally, his limbs started to swell.

A few seconds later, the feeling gradually disappeared.

Then, the appearance of his scarecrow form changed drastically.

Mo Fan’s entire body seemed to be the fusion of a scarecrow and a human.

His arms were no longer covered in straw.

Human skin had appeared in some parts of his body.

But it was extremely horrifying to see straws sticking out through a human’s skin!

However, Mo Fan did not feel any discomfort.

It was as if he had always looked like this.

“What… what the heck is this?”

“I really became a monster?!”

His current form which resembled neither a scarecrow nor a human looked terrifying.

Fortunately, Mo Fan was quick to accept his current body.

After all, he was in a game and not in reality.

After fusing with the human bloodline, he gained another talent.

[Talent “Inferior Human Bloodline”: Strength+1%, Dexterity+1%, Constitution-1%]

Upon seeing this human-related talent, Mo Fan’s lips twitched.

His Strength and Dexterity had increased, but his Constitution had fallen.

After his Constitution fell, his HP was reduced.

This would affect the damage caused by the bleeding effect from the scarecrow talent…

This human talent was completely in conflict with the scarecrow talent!

He did not know if the percentage of this Constitution decrease would change after the talent was upgraded.

But if it did, that would mean the weakening of the scarecrow talent.

“This sucks!”

“Is this game toying with me on purpose?”

“No wonder it looks so ugly after the fusion. It turns out that the scarecrow and human bloodlines are not compatible with each other at all!”

Mo Fan shook his head and walked in another direction inside the forest.

With his current attributes, he could blend in with the scarecrows and kill a large number of players.

He could not wait to upgrade his human talent and see what would happen in the end.