At the farmland near the village entrance, Tidus happily looted every Wild Boar corpse in just a short while.
He obtained 329 Pigskins, 35 gold coins, 8 Small Purification Potions, 5 Small Healing Potions, one warrior skill book, two white-grade chain armor pieces, and one white-grade leather armor.
Well…
More than three hundred Wild Boars had dropped only this much. Pretty stingy, honestly.
As an archer, he could not use the skill book or the chain armor, but the leather armor was wearable.
Wild Chestguard (White)
Type: Leather Armor
Effect: Defense +3, Agility +1
In God World, equipment quality was divided into White, Black Iron, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Legendary, and Divine.
This chestpiece had the typical stats of white gear. Three points of defense were useless for Tidus' kiting style, and one point of agility was better than nothing. Its biggest benefit was simply ending his "streaking."
After putting it on, Tidus looked around again.
The Wild Boars near the village entrance had been completely wiped out by that blizzard.
Without hesitation, Tidus headed toward the wild ox forest across the river. He still had three hundred Wild Ox Horns to collect.
A minute later, a large crowd of excited players appeared at the village entrance.
"Wild Boars, here I come!"
"Damn, the 'Slay Wild Boars' quest is amazing. The reward is ten gold coins. My lunch and dinner today are covered!"
"Feels like I never need to work part-time again. Just playing God World is enough to make money!"
"Instant noodles and sausage, here I come!"
"Other MMOs cost money. God World makes you money. The developers are too kind. Respect!"
"Quit yapping. Where are the Wild Boars? My eighteen-centimeter… cough… my eighteen-meter greatsword is bloody starving!"
New players, having received the quest from the village chief, were all buzzing with excitement.
The biggest selling point of God World's marketing was that gold coins could be exchanged directly for real-world cash at a rate of 1 to 0.9. Many players had logged in with dreams of getting rich.
Major gaming guilds across the world, esports organisations, and even many large corporations had all noticed the business opportunity in God World. They organized large groups of employees to enter the game and farm gold to earn real money. None of them worried about the game shutting down. After all, it was developed jointly by more than a hundred countries under the United Nations.
But…
When players excitedly rushed to the farmland at the village entrance, they froze in confusion.
The farmland where Wild Boars were supposed to spawn was now blanketed in a thick layer of snow, and all the Wild Boars had vanished.
"What the hell, where are the mobs?!"
"Damn it, the first quest already bugged out?"
"God World support, get out here and explain. Don't delay the my Guild's money-making plan!"
"God World customer service, kneel and apologize to your grandpa!"
The players were furious.
Some opened YouTube livestream channels to check what was happening in other God World Novice Villages. Everything looked normal. Players everywhere were fighting Wild Boars like usual. It was obvious that only Novice Village 950 had this "bug."
At that moment, among the players was a female knight with the name Blood Rose above her head. She stared at the snowy farmland, looking puzzled.
"According to the official info, only the mage skill Blizzard can create snow like this. But that's a level 20 skill…"
Blood Rose pouted slightly, then opened the Novice Village Level Leaderboard.
The leaderboard showed that as soon as the servers opened, Village 950 had filled with ten thousand players. It was extremely popular. Since everyone had just logged in and had not fought monsters yet, all players' experience was zero and their level was still 1.
But when Blood Rose looked at the first place name, her small mouth fell open.
Rank 1: Player Tyrant, Level 3, 50% experience.
The next moment, the leaderboard refreshed.
Rank 1: Player Anonymous, level hidden.
It was obvious that the player named Tyrant had intentionally hidden his name and level to avoid exposing his strength.
"This… this can't be right. I must have seen it wrong…"
Blood Rose was completely stunned.
The servers had just opened, and this Tyrant was already level three and a half. How was that even possible?