Online game: Mistakenly became a female character, started by slaughtering millions of chickens.

After a long while, someone finally managed to squeeze out those two words.

"One hand...crushed a level 10 elite monster? Am I seeing things?"

"Is this a cheat code? It's definitely a cheat code!"

"He... he actually came out of the depths alive? And he looks completely unharmed?"

The Rose Knight collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.

The murderous aura that erupted just now made him feel like an ant, about to be crushed at any moment.

He remembered how he had dared to mock such a great master... and he wanted to slap himself twice.

At this moment, the henchman reminded him, "Boss, what we were saying just now..."

As he spoke, he made a throat-slitting gesture.

Rose Knight: "..."

"Idiot!" Rose Knight cursed angrily and slapped him on the head.

I saw Su Yu's strength just now. Going up there to cause trouble is just asking for death.

If you die, you'll have to return to the starting village, then travel back to Dawn Village, and then...

You'll also lose experience points, and if you're unlucky, you'll lose even more.

Thinking of this, he immediately fawned over Su Yu, saying, "Thank you for cleaning up, beautiful lady. I was blind to your greatness just now. If you don't mind..."

"I wish to be your godfather!"

As he spoke, he paused slightly, then, as if remembering something, immediately changed his mind: "No, Godmother! From now on, whatever Godmother says is law, and I will never go west if she points east!"

Well.....

Su Yu's lips twitched. This guy's face changed way too quickly. He would say such things just to curry favor with someone powerful.

And he really just wanted to test out his new skill.

He had no intention of taking on followers.

He then waved his hand, saying, "Not interested."

Watching that departing figure, the Rose Knight sighed.

It's a pity I didn't manage to latch onto a powerful figure; I couldn't help but feel secretly angry.

If I hadn't been so blind to my own wits and mocked them at the beginning, I might have been able to add them as friends...

"Wait! Look!"

Suddenly, someone with sharp eyes pointed at Su Yu's departing figure and shouted, "The badge on his chest is glowing!"

Everyone looked in the direction the finger was pointing.

As Su Yu turned around, a silver badge on the chest of his reddish-brown cloth robe flashed with a cold light in the sunlight.

It was a pattern composed of frost and swords.

【Qingge】Guild Badge!

"Hiss—! It's someone from Qingge!"

"Qingge? Impossible! Isn't Qingge only strong because of that ice mage Lin Qingyue, and that newly recruited Aoshi Longwang, who's ranked third in the entire server?"

"Who is this person? I've never seen him before?"

"Could it be... that this is Qingge's secret trump card? They've been hiding their strength all along, only revealing it now?"

For a moment, everyone's gaze became filled with surprise and uncertainty.

If Qingge really does harbor such a powerful figure, then the power structure of Dawn City will likely be reshuffled!

"Quick! Check the leaderboard!"

Someone realized what was happening and quickly opened the system's built-in ranking list.

This discovery immediately caused an even greater uproar.

[Dawn City - Level Leaderboard (Real-time Update)]

【1: Anonymous Player (Berserker)】

【2: The Arrogant Dragon King (Shadow Assassin)】

【3: Qingyue (Frost Mage)】

[4: My poison can slay gods (Poison Master)]

"..."

That anonymous player who consistently topped the leaderboard is also a Berserker!

Moreover, considering what had just happened, everyone had an extremely terrifying thought in their minds—

That mysterious number one is none other than the goddess in red standing before us! She is Qingge's hidden trump card!

"..."

Su Yu ignored the commotion behind him.

For him, it was just a matter of casually clearing out a small monster blocking his way and trying out the feel of the new skill.

"Hmm, it feels good. The grab detection is very strong. As long as your strength attribute is overwhelming, you basically can't escape."

Su Yu nodded in satisfaction, humming a little tune, and used the recall scroll.

Dawn City, a slum.

They returned to Hamu's residence.

When Su Yu threw the shattered core of the dark altar, which was emitting a dense black aura, onto the table.

That old hunter, who spent his days in a drunken stupor, completely lost his composure this time.

"Clang!"

The wine bottle in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.

Hamu, his hands trembling, picked up the fragment, his eyes filled with disbelief:

"You...you really did it?"

"That Karl... that Dark Overseer... you killed him?"

He originally thought Su Yu was at least in danger of dying, and even prepared to collect his corpse.

Unexpectedly, not only did the kid come back, but his hairstyle didn't even look messed up!

"Otherwise what? Do you think I'd forge this thing?" Su Yu shrugged.

Hamu gave Su Yu a deep look, this time his eyes no longer held doubt, but were filled with awe.

"Good...good job."

Hamu took a deep breath, pulled a heavy package from his pocket, and handed it to Su Yu:

"You deserve it."

Ding!

[Quest Completion: Hidden Quest "Prologue to the Night" Part 2 is complete!]

[Reward: 700 Experience Points!]

[Received 1000 gold coins!]

The golden light flashed again. Although it didn't allow Su Yu to level up again, the generous amount of experience points put him in a great mood.

There aren't enough gold coins, since the exchange rate for crystals isn't great.

However, just as Su Yu was about to take the money and leave, Hamu's expression became even more serious.

"Young man, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

Hamu stared at the shattered core, his voice low and menacing:

"Although the altar was destroyed, I discovered... it was just a decoy."

"What do you mean?" Su Yu stopped in his tracks.

"The real source of darkness is not in the mine."

Hamu raised his hand and pointed to the very center of Dawn City, the direction that symbolized power and light: "The altar in the mine is just a distraction, or perhaps it's for collecting some kind of energy..."

"The true direction of this dark power... points to the underground of the City Lord's Mansion!"

Ding!

[System Notification: The hidden quest "Prelude to the Dark Night" has entered its third stage, current progress 3/7]

【Task Name: The Dark Side of the Scene】

[Mission Description: The most dangerous place is the safest place. Infiltrate the secret underground passages of the city lord's mansion to investigate the true source of darkness.]