Daily Quest (1)

"This kid is gonna drive me crazy one of these days..." Zaen mumbled while he watched Aeron sleep like a carefree panda, "And I wouldn't have it any other way."

After a couple of minutes, he slowly closed the door and retreated back to his room. He had things to take care of, one of which was to open the 'Charred ghoul's loot box'. He didn't know what to expect after opening the box but he was sure he'll get some useful stuff from it. He wouldn't call it a 'loot box' if he didn't get some good things out of it.

"Let's hope I get some gears... the hoodie and jersey are gone for good till I can find a way to repair them. And facing monster's without proper gear would be like committing suicide." Zaen mumbled before opening the box.

He took out an intimidating looking box from his inventory, only to be grossed out by it. The box was covered in some strange red slimy stuff and smelled like blood from a rotten corpse.

"I'm not taking this stuff anywhere near my bed... yuck!"

He placed the box on the wooden floor before slowly lifting the lid. The moment Zaen opened the box, it let out a bright flash, similar to the one he saw when he accidentally activated the artifact.

'Maybe I got something special?' He thought without opening his eyes.

After a while, Zaen slowly opened his eyes to see what he got, but he was shocked to see... nothing. The box was no longer there. It had disappeared!

"Did I get scammed?" Zaen quickly got up and opened the smartphone only to see a notification.

[You have obtained 16 items from Charred Ghoul's Loot box. Items have been stored in your inventory.]

Zaen scratched the back of his head after carefully reading the notification again. He felt kind of embarrassed by his panicked reaction moments ago. It almost felt like he bought something in an in-game store, got charged for it but didn't receive the item he paid for!

"What am I getting embarrassed for? it's not like I'm doing an unboxing on Livestream." Zaen shrugged his shoulders before opening the inventory and going through the contents.

The first thing that caught his attention was an icon of a man, holding two daggers. He selected the item and its details popped up.

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Item: Dual wielding ability

Type: ability stone (Consumable)

Rarity: Rare skill

Effect(s):

• Increases damage dealt by 3% when using two weapons of the same type. (Bonus damage increases with the level of the skill.)

• Grants the user a passive skill <One shot, Two wounds>.

One shot, Two wounds: Increases the chance of triggering rare effects and skills by two times. Rare skill. Has a cool-down period of 2 minutes.

Do you want to learn this skill?

Yes or No.

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Without a tinge of hesitation in his mind, Zaen agreed to learn the new skill. After all, the more skills he had, the deadlier and versatile he'd be in combat.

Next, he got two stacks each of throwing knives and bandages and each stack had 20 of the mentioned item. So far the rewards were pretty decent, but what he saw next surprised him quite a bit. He had got a new set of five armour pieces but not just any set. It was an epic armour set made from the remains of the Charred Ghoul!

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Item: Charred Ghoul's chest armour

Type: Armour

Armour: +250

Rarity: Epic armour

Provides additional three slots to equip consumables/healing items/accessories.

Durability: 15000/15000

Effect(s):

• Doomed to hell: A passive ability that burns the enemies who strike the user. Deals fire damage equal to 1% of the attacker's HP for the next 5 seconds. Effect stacks every time the attacker deals more than 200 damage. Can be stacked 3 times. Has a cooldown of 1 hour. (Different enemies can trigger the effect at the same time. All of them would receive individual damage. After getting three stacks, the same enemy won't get affected by the ability for an hour.)

Smooth Sprinter: When three pieces of Charred armour set are equipped, the user gains an additional 15% movement speed.

Steel Wall: When all five pieces of the Charred armour set are equipped, the user gains an additional defence buff, increasing 15% of total armour. The effect Smooth Sprinter is also applied to the user.

Your level is too low to equip this item. Please increase your level to 30 first.

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"250 points of armour from one piece of equipment!? It's almost the same number the entire hooligan's set provides!"

It was safe to say Zaen was pretty excited about the new armour, however, just like the epic skill stone, he couldn't use the armour right away. Still, it was good to have such a piece of equipment for future use.

When put together, the entire Charred Ghoul's set had an absurd amount of armour crossing over 1250. Also, the fact that the chest armour could deal damage to the enemies who hit Zaen, was an added bonus for him.

Next up was a slot having a stack of boxes that resembled a toolkit. Zaen kind of guessed what their purpose was and it was just the thing he needed to repair his current equipment.

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Item: Uncommon armour repair toolkit

Type: Consumable/repairing item

Restoration: Restore 100 points of durability of uncommon armours.

Rarity: Uncommon consumable

Can't be used while engaged in combat.

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He had obtained 5 of these toolkits, which were enough for him to repair his gears for now. But he'll have to look out for more of such toolkits because the rate at which durability falls when battling against bosses or elite monsters was quite nonsensical in his opinion.

At last, Zaen reached the final slot. It had some kind of capsule in it. At first, Zaen thought it would be some kind of healing item. But he was wrong. Well, not entirely wrong as consuming the capsule would've healed him as a bonus.

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Item: Uncommon Exp capsule

Type: Consumable item

Restoration: Grants exp worth five levels upon consumption.

Rarity: Uncommon consumable item

Can be used during combat.

Must be used before reaching level 30.

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"This has to be the most important and useful item I've got from the loot box." Suddenly Zaen's cheeky demeanour turned serious as he analyzed the green cylindrical pill.

He had noticed a few things about levelling up. Just like a game, whenever he levelled up, he needed more experience to level up again. Thus, at some point in future, he was sure he'll get stuck and might not be able to level up quickly. He was planning on using the capsule then. And since he had to use the capsule before reaching level 30, he planned on saving the capsule till he reached level 29 before using it. That way he'd receive the maximum benefit from it.

Also, there was another important point to consider. Whenever he levelled up, his HP was restored to the maximum value while also healing his wounds. Just during the last battle with Frenzied Ghoul, he was saved twice because he levelled up in the nick of time. Thus, making the exp capsule even more precious.

"If I used this now, it'd be a waste," Zaen mumbled after placing the capsule back in the inventory.

At this moment the clock hit midnight, marking the beginning of a new day. Zaen was about to head to bed when he got a notification.

[Daily Quest 1: Residue.]

[Introduction: You did a good job by eliminating the Charred Ghoul. But there's no time to relax. While dealing with the Charred Ghoul was no easy feat, it's not over yet. Remnants of the ghoul's presence still haunts your city.]

[Task: Find and kill 5 Camouflaged Ghouls hiding in marked areas. For your convenience, the areas where the ghouls are hiding have been marked on the map. Use GPS to track the ghouls.]

[Rewards:

• Rare weapon repair toolkit ×3]

[Failure to complete the task would result in the death of innocent humans.]

[Time Limit: 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds.]