This efficiency was higher than she had imagined—she didn’t even need to move a finger herself.
[Killed Red-Eyed Toad (Female) x1, Gained Experience Points +5, Points +1.]
[Red-Eyed Toad Quest Progress: 2/10]
Looking at the eleven toads that had finished the task and were waiting obediently in place, Song Xu hurriedly jogged over.
“Great job!” She praised them while stashing away the toad carcass.
There was no need to pick up the male toads, but the female toads could yield toad oil, so she had to keep them.
Her gaze swept toward the deeper parts of the swamp.
With a wave of her arm, Song Xu pointed at another solitary toad, “Attack!”
The toad squad launched into action with a boom, shooting out to surround and gang up on the target.
[Quest Progress: 3/10]
[Quest Progress: 4/10]…
Song Xu only needed to be responsible for giving orders and then running over to pick up the toads, making it extremely easy.
Soon, the system panel popped up a prompt.
[Kill Red-Eyed Toad quest completed, rewards issuing.]
[Obtained: Rusted Short Sword x1, Experience Points +50, Points +20]
[Congratulations! Player level increased!]
Song Xu felt a warm current surge through her entire body; her health points and stamina points instantly fully restored!
She hurriedly checked her attribute panel.
[Song Xu · LV1]
[Health Points: 60/60]
[Stamina Points: 80/80]
[Experience Points: 23/200]
[Basic Attributes]
[Spirit: 6]
[Qi: 8]
[Luck: 10]
[Points: 60]
After leveling up, both her Spirit and Qi attributes had increased by 1 point.
Comparing the detailed data, she discovered that the ‘Spirit’ attribute not only affected the maximum health limit, but also slightly increased attack power and defense.
The ‘Qi’ attribute increased the maximum stamina limit while also boosting dodge and critical hit rate.
As for that last ‘Luck’ attribute, it hadn’t moved a bit.
The feeling of being at full health and status was simply incredible.
Her points had also reached 60.
Looking at the Red-Eyed Toads in the distance, Song Xu’s heart swelled with excitement as she brandished her short sword: “Attack!”
At first, she only picked solitary Red-Eyed Toads to kill.
Later, she felt that killing them one by one was a bit too slow.
Several green-named toads, unable to snag a position to deal damage, bumped into each other anxiously, almost starting an internal fight.
Her courage grew slightly larger, and she commanded the toad squad to attack groups of two or three toads clustered together.
Under violent gang beatings, her green-named toads finished off the enemies while barely taking any damage.
Moreover, as long as these green-named toads didn’t suffer attacks for a period of time, they would automatically regenerate health.
Song Xu hopped around picking up carcasses.
She had no choice; skipping around was necessary.
There were many traps in the swamp, so she had to frequently activate ‘See Food Is Eat Food’, relying on text prompts to accurately avoid them.
[Killed Red-Eyed Toad (Female) x1, Experience Points +5, Points +1.]
[Killed Red-Eyed Toad (Male) x1, Experience Points +5, Points +1.]
[Killed… Experience Points +5, Points +1…]
It was too fast!
This time, in less than half an hour, she leveled up to LV2!
Her two main attributes increased by another 1 point.
Indeed, killing monsters was the fastest way to level up.
Before this, she had spent two days doing quests without even reaching LV1.
What annoyed her was that every time a kill prompt appeared, semi-transparent white text would automatically pop up in the lower right corner of her vision.
Her own skill would also mark text prompts over everything within sight.
Her eyes were now filled with text.
White, green, red, densely covering everywhere!
Before long, it made her dizzy and dazzled, forcing her to stop her skill every now and then to rest her eyes.
Fortunately, upon leveling up, her health and stamina would refill completely.
Her entire person felt as if injected with chicken blood—neither hungry, thirsty, nor tired!
It was just a bit costly on the toads.
The deeper she walked, the denser the Red-Eyed Toads became.
Later on, they were already gathering in clusters of four or five.
Although she had many toads, taking damage was inevitable.
A few green-named toads that didn’t have time to regenerate health accidentally died.
Pained at the loss, Song Xu picked up her ‘comrades-in-arms” carcasses and used the short sword to dig out the toad oil directly, placing it into the Large Stomach Bag.
Doing this saved time; otherwise, she would just be standing idle during the toad battles.
Her experience points surged as if riding a rocket, quickly breaking through LV3!
LV4!
Just when she was about to reach LV5, an unexpected change occurred.
Out of nowhere leaped a toad with dark-golden patterns on its back.
Its size was more than twice as large as a normal toad.
[Red-Eyed Toad · Elite]
This elite toad had high defense; the green-named toads surrounded it and bit it for a long time, only biting off a third of its health bar.
Meanwhile, her toad squad had only 7 left.
Song Xu’s gaze turned sharp; drawing her bow and nocking an arrow, she aimed at the elite toad.
Whoosh~
(-19! Critical Hit!)
With just that one shot, the elite toad instantly turned around and locked onto her.
Song Xu’s heart tightened.
She saw the long tongue extending from the toad’s mouth was faster than her arrow, shooting straight toward her face!
At the critical moment, a green-named toad opened its wide mouth full of fine teeth and bit down hard on that fast-shooting long tongue!
Squish!
A tooth-grinding biting sound resonated.
The elite toad’s tongue was bitten, causing its body to stagger from the pull!
The other few frogs weren’t idling either, opening their wide mouths:
-2, -2, -2, -2, -2……
Furious, the elite toad wanted to retract its tongue, but it was bitten dead tight.
“Good job!”
Breaking out in a cold sweat from the shock, Song Xu rolled backward in embarrassment while drawing her bow once more!
This time, she aimed straight into the wide-open mouth of the elite toad.
Whoosh!
(-35! Weakness Critical Hit!)
The elite toad’s last bit of health bar was instantly emptied, and its body collapsed backward with a thud.
[Congratulations on successfully killing Red-Eyed Toad · Elite! Experience Points +80, Points +10.]
[Obtained: Bronze Treasure Chest x1!]
A warm current surged through her body once more, instantly breaking through her level to reach LV5, with an all-around attribute boost!
Song Xu couldn’t bother checking her level-up changes at the moment, staring at that ancient-looking treasure chest beside the elite toad’s carcass.
[Bronze Treasure Chest]
[Upon opening, randomly obtain a piece of Bronze Equipment or Material, with a small probability of obtaining Skill Card Fragments]
Song Xu’s eyes filled with pleasant surprise!
So the skill fragment for ‘Tonsil Talks’ was very likely opened from treasure chests dropped by elite monsters like this!
As for how he managed to kill an elite toad back then, that remained unknown.
She stepped forward quickly, touched the treasure chest, and selected to open it.
With a few light clicking sounds, the chest lid slowly opened.
There were no skill card fragments.
Inside lay a set of bow and arrows.
[Hunting Shortbow]
[Quality: Bronze]
[Attributes: Attack Power +12, Range +20%, Accuracy +10%, Durability 30/30.]
[Bronze Quiver x1]
[Attributes: Holds 40 arrows, arrows carry a tear effect. Durability 10/10]
Although it was a bit disappointing not to open a skill fragment, Song Xu was also very satisfied.
This was more than a notch stronger than the crude shortbow she had been using before!
She took out the bow and arrows.
It felt heavy in her hand, with smooth lines along the bow body and leather wrapped around the grip.
With a gentle pull, the rebound was smooth, reaching a full draw effortlessly.
She glanced at her attributes.
[Song Xu · LV5]
[Health Points: 100/100]
[Stamina Points: 120/120]
[Experience Points: 0/900]
[Basic Attributes]
[Spirit: 10]
[Qi: 12]
[Luck: 10]
[Points: 364]
There were five green-named toads remaining, two of which had almost empty health bars.
Song Xu checked the game time.
6 hours and 40 minutes remained of the novice protection period.
It was about to turn dark soon.