Chapter Five: Hidden Skill—Summoning the Raven Warrior!
Every year, when the graduating seniors from the third year come to the Novice Village for their trials, there are always casualties.
Typically, the mortality rate hovers around ten percent.
In other words, out of every ten students, one might not survive.
That rate is rather high!
Still, without such trials, when they eventually advance to university, they may have to confront game dungeons of even greater difficulty.
By then, the mortality rate will only be higher!
“Principal, why aren’t Yang Feng and Ye Mengyan required to join a team?” Cai Xukun asked, visibly disgruntled.
“Yang Feng and Ye Mengyan are not like the rest of you,” Principal Qin Han replied. “Ye Mengyan isn’t only a Light Mage—she’s also been directly admitted to Daxia’s top university, Qingbei. Normally, your training period in the Novice Village would be one month, but Ye Mengyan is allowed to leave early.”
At his words, the crowd gasped in shock.
“What? Ye Mengyan’s been admitted to Qingbei University!”
“Don’t you know? Qingbei is the most prestigious institution in our country!”
“Everyone who graduates from there is a child of destiny!”
“That’s right! If Ye Mengyan makes it into Qingbei, her future will be limitless!”
As the news spread, the crowd regarded Ye Mengyan with a mix of envy, jealousy, and grudging admiration.
“As for Yang Feng, since his is the only hidden class, the only thing we know is that his ‘Crow’s Mouth’ is uncannily accurate. His combat ability is still a mystery. If anyone wishes to team up with him, you may invite him, but whether he accepts is entirely his own decision.”
With that, Principal Qin Han cast a resentful look at Yang Feng.
This fellow.
Yesterday, Yang Feng had predicted that his wife was cheating on him. Sure enough, it turned out to be true.
Now, he was in the midst of handling divorce proceedings with his wife.
Given Yang Feng’s reputation for jinxing people, no one was eager to partner with him.
Who knew what misfortune might befall them if they were by his side?
Yang Feng rolled his eyes.
He had no intention of joining forces with these rookies anyway.
They were all greenhorns. Teaming up with them would only slow down his own progress.
After everyone had finished forming their teams, Principal Qin Han began distributing the Novice Village equipment.
Depending on their classes, each person received different gear.
Warriors were given iron swords and shields.
Mages received staves and similar weapons.
As for Yang Feng, the Curse Master, his situation was unique.
Since his was the only hidden class, even Principal Qin Han didn’t know what equipment to assign him.
“Yang Feng, since your class is unique, I’ll let you pick one item from the armory yourself.”
“Thank you, Principal.”
Yang Feng nodded and headed for the armory.
The Novice Village armory was stocked entirely with level one equipment.
To be honest, this gear was better than nothing.
After all, once they started hunting monsters, the creatures might drop superior loot.
After a brief search, Yang Feng eventually selected a pair of boots.
Breeze Boots
Level: 1
Agility +10
Item Skill: Escape
These boots couldn’t have suited Yang Feng better.
After all, his greatest flaw was his love of life and fear of death.
Whether or not he killed monsters was irrelevant.
What mattered was keeping himself alive.
If he lost his life, then no number of monsters slain would have any meaning.
Just then, Ye Mengyan approached.
“Yang Feng, why don’t we see who can kill more monsters and level up faster, hmm?”
Hearing this, Yang Feng couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of his mouth.
Ever since he’d become a Curse Master, Ye Mengyan seemed to have taken him as her rival.
Ah, what a competitive little girl she was!
“Sure! And if I win, what do I get?”
“Reward?” Ye Mengyan pondered, then pulled out a bottle filled with red liquid.
“If you win, I’ll give you this health potion.”
What? A health potion?
Yang Feng’s eyes widened in astonishment.
A single health potion sold for at least ten thousand Daxia coins at the shop.
He never expected Ye Mengyan to offer such a prize—she really was extravagantly generous!
“So, Yang Feng, what if I win?” Ye Mengyan asked, retrieving the potion.
“Well…” Yang Feng thought for a moment. “If you win, you can ask me to do anything you like.”
“It’s a deal!” Ye Mengyan declared, and without another word, strode out of the Novice Village.
“Looks like this time, I’ll have to put in some effort. Losing to a girl would be too humiliating!”
With that thought, Yang Feng also left the Novice Village.
Just outside the village lay a grove of trees, home to level one monsters—slimes.
Most of the players there, wielding their iron swords, were hacking away frantically at the slimes.
There were so many players that there were more people than monsters.
Whenever a slime appeared, a whole mob would chase after it.
Shaking his head, Yang Feng decided to venture deeper into the forest in search of monsters.
The further he went, the fewer people he saw, while the number of monsters increased.
Suddenly, a slime lunged at him, giving him quite a fright.
“Summon Crow Warrior!”
Without hesitation, Yang Feng summoned his black crow warrior.
A crow swooped down from the summoning space, attacking the slime.
The slime was no match for the crow warrior.
With a single blow, the crow warrior dispatched it.
Congratulations, host, you have slain a level one slime. Experience +10.
After killing the slime, Yang Feng received ten experience points.
Now it was time for his show.
He consumed thirty points of spirit, summoning three more crow warriors.
Including the first one, he now had four crow warriors in total.
The four crows began a frenzy of slaughter among the slimes.
Successfully killed a slime, experience +10.
Successfully killed a slime, experience +10.
Successfully killed a slime, experience +10.
…
One after another, the slimes fell to the crow warriors.
Congratulations, host, your level has increased to level two.
A flash of white light signaled that Yang Feng had advanced from level one to level two.
Afterward, he opened his personal status panel:
Name: Yang Feng
Class: Curse Master (Only Hidden Class)
Strength: 2
Speed: 2
Spirit: 0 (Spirit depleted, please replenish promptly)
Equipment: Breeze Boots (+10 Speed)
Skills: Crow’s Mouth, Poison Tongue
Crow’s Mouth (Level 1): Has the peculiarity of being accurate only with bad predictions; can be leveled up.
Poison Tongue (Level 1): Has the ability to verbally devastate others; can be leveled up.
Summon Crow Warrior (Level 2): Each use consumes one point of spirit, summoning one crow warrior.