Chapter 10

“Was that really all there was…”
As Ming Hu walked to Gadagu’s house, he thought back to what had happened earlier. After being transported to the village, he checked his inventory, skill window, character window, and everything else, but nothing had changed. The only effect of the crystal ball in the hidden room was to warp back to the village.
“Ha, well, at least I got this.”
Ming Hu let out a small sigh and pulled out a skillbook from his inventory.
“What skill…”
A skill with the grandiose name of ‘Source of Power’. He couldn’t imagine what it could be. Ming Hu stared at the skill book for a moment, then stopped walking.
“Let’s check it out!”
Ming Hu muttered something to himself and opened the skill book he was carrying.
Saaaaaahhh
A blue light began to flow through the skillbook, and then with a flash, the blue light disappeared along with the skillbook.
-Skill: You have mastered the Source of Power.
The skill book and the blue light disappeared, and a message appeared saying that the skill had been acquired. Ming Hu confirmed the message and opened the skill window to see the skill.
<Source of Power [Passive
Level : -.
Proficiency : -.
The source of power.
Effect: Increase your power to 10 times your final power.
"…?"
After checking the skill, Ming Hu paused for a moment.
"…What is it?"
I didn't really understand what it meant. No, I understood the general idea of the skill. It was a passive skill, a power boost, but something was off.
non-non-non-non
"…"
Ming Hu rubbed his eyes, wondering if his vision was wrong, and looked again, but nothing had changed.
Thrill
As Ming Hu looked at the skill, he felt his heartbeat quicken, but he couldn't care less. Ming Hu swallowed hard and opened his character window.
Name: Ming Hu
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Warrior
Level: 17
Life: 32450
Mana: 420
Strength : 1580[158(+25)] Dexterity : 25(+10) Constitution : 17 Health : 10 Wisdom : 11
Bonus Stets: 60
"…huh"
After checking the character window, Ming Hu could only stare at it with a short exclamation. His strength had increased tenfold. His strength had increased from 158 to 1580, and his health had increased exponentially with the increase in strength.
"…"
κΈ°κΈ
After staring at the character window for a while, Ming Hu closed it. He opened the character window again, and after opening and closing it several times, Ming Hu smiled at the tenfold increase in power. He had a feeling this was going to be an incredible skill, but this was beyond incredible.
"…"
No words came out. I was so happy and excited about this situation that I was speechless.
Bubbly
Ming Hu began to shake with uncontrollable joy and excitement.
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"
Soon, Ming Hu began to laugh out loud, stomping on the ground like a man who had just won the first prize in the lottery, and expressing uncontrollable joy and excitement. After stomping on the ground and expressing joy and excitement, Ming Hu stopped stomping, stood up, and opened the skill window.
<Source of Power [Passive
Level : -.
Proficiency : -.
The source of power.
Effect: Increase your power to 10 times your final power.
"All power, all power!
Ming Hu decided to invest all of the bonus stats he had saved up to invest in health, as well as any bonus stats he would earn in the future, in strength.
"How many bonus stats do I have left?
Ming Hu opened his character window and checked his remaining bonus stats.
'It's 60…'
He had 60 bonus stats left. Ming Hu didn't have to think twice and used all 60 bonus stats to power up.
Name: Ming Hu
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Warrior
Level: 17
Life: 44450
Mana: 420
Strength : 2180[218(+25)] Dexterity : 25(+10) Constitution : 17 Health : 10 Wisdom : 11
After using the bonus stats and checking his character window, Ming Hu smiled broadly once again. His character spear could no longer be called a level 17 character spear.
"Whoa, let's go!"
After calming his uncontrollable joy and excitement, Ming Hu began to walk back to Gatherer's house. As he walked, Ming Hu recalled the events leading up to his skill.
"Hmm."
Ming Hu was stunned. In retrospect, it was all so ridiculous.
"But… Can you catch it?"
Then Ming Hu muttered to himself as he thought of the Great Fox in his mind. A single basic attack had taken 2,000 life. Just because his strength had increased didn't mean his defense had increased, so the Great Fox's attack would still take a huge amount of life. His current health was 40,000! He could survive more than 20 basic attacks.
But that was literally only for basic attacks. The Great Fox could also perform attacks that were many times as powerful as its basic attacks, such as the Bear's Body Slam.
"Ha. I don't know!"
Ming Hu quickly dismissed the idea, realizing that he wouldn't know until he came face to face with it. He saw Gatherer's house in the distance and opened the quest window.
<Hamur's Bottle 2
Hamur, the village's best hunter, has fallen ill. The village chief and doctor wants to brew a special medicine to cure Hamur's illness. The second ingredient is bear gallbladders! Collect 60 bear gallbladders and take them to the doctor!
Difficulty Level: F
Quest Rewards: Leather Gloves, Leather Shoes
Quest Restriction: Minghu
Decreased intimacy with Gadagu and Hamur when refusing quests
<Great Fox Skin
We don't know what's going on, but Fern needs the skin of the Great Fox. Get the pelt of the king of foxes, the Great Fox, and bring it to Fern!
Difficulty Level: F
Quest rewards: increased friendship with Fern, gold rewards based on hide status.
Declining a quest may cause a small drop in your affinity with Fern.
After confirming the quest, Ming Hu opened his inventory to check his items. His inventory was filled with bear pelts, meat, and the gallbladder he needed for the quest. Ming Hu smiled again as he looked at the items in his inventory.
Profit
Arriving at the house, Ming Hu opened the door and stepped inside. Once inside, Ming Hu spotted Gatherer deep in thought and approached him.
"That chief?"
"…Oh! It's you! I didn't even know you were here! I'm sorry."
At Minghu's call, Gadagu rose from his seat and said.
"I've saved all the gallbladders."
"Did you get it all already?"
Ming Hu's words surprised Gadagu. Seeing his astonishment, Ming Hu wordlessly laid out sixty gallbladders on the table.
"Ho ho, thank you!"
[You have completed the quest].
"There it is!"
[You have obtained the Leather Gloves].
[You have obtained a pair of leather shoes].
Ming Hu accepted the gloves and shoes from Gadagu with the quest completion message and immediately put them into his inventory. Gadagu looked at Ming Hu and opened his mouth.
"Now we just need the last ingredient, and the last ingredient is…"
Gadergu trailed off and frowned. By the look on his face, it seemed to be quite a scarce ingredient.
"It's the Great Fox's inner circle, can you save it?"
<Hamur's Bottle 3
Hamur, the village's best hunter, has fallen ill. The village chief and medicine man, Gadergu, wants to brew a special medicine to cure Hamur's illness. The third and final ingredient is the inner parts of the great fox. Capture the great fox, get the inner parts, and bring them to Gadergu!
Difficulty Level: E
Quest Reward: ?
Quest Restriction: Minghu
Slightly decreased friendliness with Gaduggu and Hamur when refusing quests
There was no reason to refuse. Ming Hu nodded and replied.
"Yes."
[You have accepted the quest].
After accepting the quest, Ming Hu gave a quick bow to Gadagu and turned away.
"Wait a minute!"
But as soon as he turned around, he heard Gadagu's voice calling out to him, forcing Ming Hu to turn around again.
Sigh
After stopping Ming Hu, Gadagu went into the room and came out with a small box. Ming Hu looked at the small box, wondering what it was.
"That will help."
With that, he handed Ming Hu a small box. After receiving the small box and checking the information, Ming Hu couldn't help but look at Gatherer with a surprised expression. He smiled at Ming Hu's gaze and said, "I'm sorry.
"Goodbye."