I nodded immediately.

Captain Miller shouted loudly, “Recently, a group of troublesome flame bats has appeared to the south of the village. They are somewhat poisonous, and several of my soldiers have been poisoned by them. I want you to kill these flame bats and collect some bat blood for antidote!”

I was slightly startled and quickly clicked the confirm button!

“Ding~!”

System prompt: You have accepted the quest [Clearing the Fields]! (Beginner quest. Current difficulty: 50)

Quest objective: Kill those flame bats south of the village and collect 20 portions of bat blood to hand over to Captain Mason Miller!

……

My heart skipped a beat. The difficulty of the goblin-killing quest just now was 10, but this one has jumped to 50. Looking at the eyes of Captain Miller, it really gives off the feeling of “the wind is bleak at the Yi River, the hero goes and may never return!”

I couldn’t help but shiver, quickly packed my gear, and hurried toward the south of the village!

Volume One: The Return Chapter 7 Mutant Bats

Night fell, dew dripped in the forest, making a tempting “squelch squelch” sound underfoot.

I had been running quickly for nearly ten minutes. In this forest, apart from seeing people and goblins, I hadn’t encountered anything else. But when I climbed over a small mound, I finally discovered a new monster!

“Screech screech~!”

A large bat, its whole body shrouded in flames, let out an unpleasant cry. Its body was blood-red, except for its green eyes!

[Flame Bat] (Normal Monster)

Level: 5

Attack: 4-10

Defense: 4

HP: 500

Attack Type: Poison Attack

……

I was slightly shocked—it was a level 5 monster! Its attack was many times stronger than that of the goblins, and it had 500 HP, plus a poison attack that was hard to predict!

I checked my own stats and started calculating in my mind—

Reckless Brian (Vagrant)

Level: 3

HP: 210

Attack: 11-17

Defense: 4

Reputation: 1

Luck: 0

……

My attack was decent, but my defense was much lower. The flame bat would definitely be able to break through my defense by a large margin, and with that poison attack, it really wouldn’t be easy to deal with!

However, fortune favors the bold—I had to go for it, and I needed to be faster than the other players!

So, I immediately swung my iron sword and charged at the flame bat, slashing down at its head!

“Crash!”

A dazzling number “85” soared high!

I was overjoyed. Putting all my points into attack really paid off—one slash took out a huge chunk of the flame bat’s HP!

At this moment, the flame bat seemed to be enraged and immediately launched an attack at me. But before it could strike, I quickly swung my sword a second time, knocking off nearly another hundred HP!

Finally, the flame bat flapped its fiery red wings and struck my arm, and a wave of pain hit me—

Battle prompt: You have been attacked by the flame bat, losing 51 HP!

“Damn! It took out a quarter of my health in one hit?”

I was shocked—this flame bat’s attack was truly fierce!

Not daring to hesitate, I had to finish it off quickly before its next attack. After all, I was fighting a monster two levels higher, and without any awesome defensive gear, this was the only way to level up!

With two quick slashes, “slash slash,” two numbers popped up above the flame bat’s head: “91,” “87”!

The flame bat’s attack speed was slow, but its second bite still came!

A flash of green light—poison sprayed from the flame bat’s mouth, and I instantly felt a numbness all over as my HP dropped by as much as 70 points!

Battle prompt: You have been hit by the flame bat’s poison attack. HP decreases by 2 every three seconds, lasting 60 seconds!

I was a bit stunned—sure enough, I was poisoned. Fortunately, the poison wasn’t as scary as I’d imagined: 2 HP every three seconds, so only 40 HP over 60 seconds!

Actually, I hadn’t realized that ordinary players simply couldn’t afford potions right now. Even the cheapest red potion cost 20 copper coins each, while a goblin only dropped 2 or 3 copper coins. Most players couldn’t afford to level up like this—only I was lucky enough not to realize how good I had it!

“Slash slash”—the iron sword quickly struck the flame bat’s back, and its remaining HP was finally depleted. With a wail, it fell to the ground, dropping some copper coins!

“Ding!”

Battle prompt: You killed a flame bat and gained 120 experience points!

……

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud—high risk, high reward! A goblin only gave 10 experience, but I didn’t expect that killing a higher-level flame bat would give me 120 experience!

I dug the copper coins out of the dirt and counted them—14 in total, much more generous than the goblins!

However, my HP had dropped below half—this was quite a cost, but it was still worth it!

So, I immediately drank a health potion and continued to hunt the second flame bat!