134 Attack Team's First Reward!

'I have been betrayed once! Never again!' he thought as he made a 'welcoming smile' towards the trio.

"To start... Can I know your names?" Pedro said as he retained his smile. "As I said earlier, My name is Death."

"Death?" Arvedar frowned and asked, "Did you just say Death?"

Pedro raised his eyebrows, seemingly confused about Arvedar's question, and said, "Yes? Is there another problem?"

"N-N-No..." Arvedar said as he took a few steps back whilst shaking his head in disbelief. "Y-You are... The rank one player?"

"Rank one?" Pedro asked, "Ah! Do you mean the continental quest ranking? If you are referring to that, then yes... I am the one!"

"T-T-The rank one player?" Lony and Roval were at loss at first. But when they remembered about it, they couldn't help but be filled with awe and shouted in unison "WOOOOAH!"

Pedro can't help but force out a smile in response. He reminisced his experiences in his past life, where 'casual' players tend to overreact when they meet professional players in-game. Although he and his guild were only in the C-Tier, they were still known to every casual player of Bearth Online.

That said, Pedro rubbed the back of his head and bluffed, "Well... It's thanks to my dragon form that I was able to do so. On top of that, this area is quite isolated, so..."

"No wonder..." Arvedar said, "Here I thought there were hacks in the game."

"Hacks?" Pedro asked before he burst into laughter. When he calmed down, he said in a cold tone, "There are no hacks. That is why I am going to ask you to fill up a contract before you join my guild."

Arvedar nodded in response and said, "It's only natural to have contracts. I find it suspicious if there aren't any."

"Of course!" Pedro said, "In any case, add me first before we proceed."

Arvedar nodded in response while his two friends giggled in excitement. After adding each other, their doubts were cleared after seeing Pedro's level.

"Level Fourty Three??" Lony's eyes seemed like it was about to pop out from its sockets. "It's even thrice of brother Arvedar's level!"

"Haha... It's not that much." Pedro said, "Anyway... Could you guys send me your emails? I'll give it to our manager so that you can discuss and check the contents of the contract."

In response, the trio gave Pedro their emails. It might seem odd for them to trust Pedro immediately to the point that they gave him their mails, but... Pedro's level was the exclamation point that told them they can't argue with him. Even if they did so, he can do anything he liked, be it robbing them of their inventory bags or killing them.

Whilst they were processing their contracts with Pedro's Aunt, Curiosity entered Pedro's mind that made him check the Continental Quest Rankings. He was in an undisputable spot with 16,124 Kills. It was still rising but the rate was way slower this time.

'It's probably because of the forest fire that I made...' He thought as he glanced towards the direction of the shore. Afterward, he returned his attention to his interface and learned that next to him was Mathew with a kill count of 3977, followed by Sabrina with a kill count of 1789 and was in third place.

At the fourth place was Talia with a kill count of 387. That said, the gap between Talia and the fifth player was only around a few hundred. There were still no signs when the continental quest would end, so, Talia was still not assured of her current rank. However, Pedro was amazed by her performance considering that the second and third place was taken by monsters.

He also scanned the names of the other players in the top 10, but he didn't give that much attention to them because they were just familiar names in his past life that were often listed in top player rankings.

Since the trio was still unconscious, Pedro decided to sit down and use that time to make a few skills. He promised them a transformation skill after all.

And an hour and a half later, Pedro had successfully made 10 Wolf Transformation and 4 Random Creature Transformation skills. The four Random Creature Transformation skills were like a 'special' version of the transformation skill that generates a random creature at the start.

Pedro identified it as special because he was only able to make it 'accidentally'. That said, he knew that it was a double-edged sword, like other random generated things in Bearth Online. In the case of the Random Creature Transformation skill that he made, it may generate a worm as a transformation form or it might generate a flying beast similar to Faunia's pet in her domain.

Despite the risks, Pedro sent one of each skill to Mathew, Sabrina, and Talia as a 'reward' for being in the top 10 list. In return, they gave their thanks to Pedro and said that they would keep 'farming' even further.

~~~~Attack Team's PoV~~~~

Everyone took a break when Pedro sent them their 'rewards'. Fortunately, the monsters in that area were scarce already because of the Forest Fire created by Pedro. Thus, Yojiro was enough to handle the handful of monsters that charge towards them.

Ecstatic, Talia was the first one who used her reward. She closed her eyes and had her fingers crossed as her heartbeat anxiously each second.

"Dragon! Dragon! Dragon! Dragon!" She murmured repeatedly until he heard the interface rang.

She slowly opened her eyes and check the notification.

[Congratulations! You have learned "Transformation 1: Red Fire Ant" skill!]

[Skill: Transformation 1: Red Fire Ant]

Rarity: Gold-rated skill

Skill Type: Active

Effects: Transforms User into a Red Fire Ant.

-While in transformation mode, increase User's Agility by 200%.

-The transformed form has the same amount of HP and other attributes with the original form of the user. Once the HP in transformed form was depleted, the User will be reverted to its original form, with the same amount of HP before the transformation.

-Revert user to original form when the time limit expires.

The time limit for transformed form(Duration): 30 minutes

Cooldown: 45 minutes

[A special type of transformation skill created by a Skill Maker! An Ant? Are you lucky or unlucky?]

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"A-A-An..." Talia stuttered as words can't escape from her mouth.

This, in turn, made Mathew frown and asked, "What's the matter, little girl?"

Talia stared daggers towards Mathew in response and shouted, "Ya! Don't call me little girl! And..."

"And what?" Mathew asked and forced out a smile as if he got a hint that Talia didn't get something good.

"I got a freaking Ant as a transformation, okay!" She said. Then, she pouted and crossed her arms as Mathew burst into laughter.

"You're now happy?" She asked that made Mathew calm down.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Mathew chuckled, "That's why I told you... Don't expect to get something that much. Being able to get our hands on a transformation skill is already a miracle."