Chapter 19: Chapter19-Speed-Clearing Every Dungeon, Financial Freedom

When everyone saw this, they were stunned at first. Then, they laughed even louder.

"Damn, look at what I said earlier. Less than a minute, right?"

"Hahaha, this is killing me."

"Hey, you over there. If you don’t know how to play this game, hurry up and sell that outfit, then go home and drink milk.

"This game isn’t for you."

Amid the crowd’s mocking laughter, a grand world announcement suddenly rang out above their heads.

[World Announcement: Congratulations to Starter Village No. 616 player "Outlander" for completing the first clear of the "Earth Drake Lair (Nightmare Mode)" dungeon. Clear time: 6 seconds!]

[Congratulations to "Outlander" for obtaining EXP +20000, gold coins +10, Reputation +800!]

[Congratulations to "Outlander" for obtaining an A-rank random skill book!]

In the next instant, the entire area fell deathly silent.

Everyone stared blankly at John, who stood at the dungeon entrance.

John placed his hands behind his back and walked step by step toward the player who had taken the lead in mocking him earlier.

That player was forced back step by step by John’s aura, his expression filled with fear.

John leaned his face slightly closer and said in a calm tone, "Next time, you’d better not let me see you again."

As soon as he finished speaking, under that player’s terrified gaze, John’s figure flashed and vanished from the spot.

The crowd remained stunned for a long while, still unable to recover from the shock just now.

Only three minutes later, another world announcement rang out.

[World Announcement: Congratulations to Starter Village No. 616 player "Outlander" for completing the first clear of the "Mist Forest (Nightmare Mode)" dungeon. Clear time: 10 seconds!]

[Congratulations to "Outlander" for obtaining EXP +15000, gold coins +70, Reputation +900!]

[Congratulations to "Outlander" for obtaining A-rank equipment Mist Mask!]

The players at the scene were utterly shocked.

How long had it been? He had actually cleared another dungeon already?

Was this the true strength of Outlander?

Before they could even come back to their senses, two minutes later, another identical announcement rang out.

[World Announcement: Congratulations to Starter Village No. 616 player "Outlander" for completing the first clear of the "Blood Monastery (Nightmare Mode)" dungeon. Clear time: 10 seconds!]

[Congratulations to "Outlander" for obtaining EXP +20000, gold coins +70, Reputation +200!]

[Congratulations to "Outlander" for obtaining A-rank equipment Blood Cult Robe!]

...

Over the next hour or so, similar announcements rang out more than ten times in total.

When the final announcement sounded, an even grander voice resounded throughout the entire Starter Village No. 616.

[Congratulations to player "Outlander" for clearing all sixteen dungeons in Starter Village No. 616. Reward obtained: S-rank random skill book!] 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

[Congratulations to player "Outlander" for obtaining reward EXP +40000, Reputation +5000, gold coins +500, Luck Points +10!]

...

As this announcement fell, the opinions of all players instantly exploded.

The world channel began flooding with messages.

"No, wait. This Outlander is way too fierce, isn’t he? He cleared all sixteen dungeons in Starter Village within an hour."

"Isn’t the most ridiculous part that he actually predicted the exact number of dungeons in Starter Village?"

"Hiss... I just checked the odds. This wave is going to make Outlander completely financially free!"

"I bet the bookmakers are in free fall right now. Even if they made him work like a slave for a century, they still wouldn’t be able to pay it back, right?"

"Where the hell did this Outlander come from? Not only did he know the exact number of dungeons, he even cleared them all within an hour!"

...

At the same time, after John’s recent round of speed-clearing dungeons, his level had just crossed the threshold into Level 9.

His gold coin count had already reached 1,200, and his Reputation had soared as high as 53,142.

His credibility value was instantly maxed out at 100, reaching the maximum level!

More importantly, his free attribute points, together with the 40,000 he had accumulated earlier, had already reached a total of 100,000 unused free attribute points.

After thinking for a moment, John chose to add 20,000 points to Constitution.

His HP increased by a corresponding 200,000 points, directly reaching a terrifying 309,142!

As for the remaining 80,000 free attribute points, John placed them all into Intelligence.

His Magic Damage also received a considerable boost as a result.

Finally, there were the two treasure chest rewards.

One was an S-rank random skill chest, obtained from clearing all the Starter Village dungeons.

The other was an S-rank weapon chest, obtained when he first-cleared the final dungeon.

John took out the random skill chest and silently willed it open.

[You have obtained the SSS-rank fire-type skill "Inferno Ray"!]

[Inferno Ray]

[Effect]: After use, your eyes can burst forth with a highly penetrating Inferno Ray, dealing fire-type damage equal to Intelligence × 10 to the target hit!

...

Because of his maxed-out Luck, an S-rank skill chest had actually produced an SSS-rank reward!

"Not bad. With this move, I can catch enemies off guard and blast their heads apart with a ray!"

After learning it, John immediately opened the remaining S-rank weapon chest.

[You have obtained the SSS-rank equipment "Greedbound Flameserpent Ring"!]

[Greedbound Flameserpent Ring]

[Effect]: After equipping it, all spell damage is increased by 10 times!

...

John’s eyes lit up. He equipped the Greedbound Flameserpent Ring on his other hand.

With two rings on his hands, his spell damage had now risen to an incomparably terrifying value!

At this point, John’s equipment and offensive skills had both received a comprehensive upgrade.

John was extremely satisfied with this. Then, he opened the game black market panel again.

At this moment, the hottest wager was still the number of Starter Village dungeons.

Before the game announcement was released, John’s odds had already reached an astonishing 1:200,000!

After the announcement rang out, countless players who had followed the trend and placed bets, as well as the bookmakers, lost everything!

At this moment, there were so many zeroes behind John’s balance that even he could not count them clearly.

John directly chose to withdraw the account balance.

In the next instant, a text notification popped up on his banking interface.

[Your account ending in 9527 received a transfer of 640,000,000,000 dollars at 16:28 on March 28!]

A full 640 billion in cash!

This round of betting had truly allowed John to achieve financial freedom.

John did not hesitate for long. He directly converted all the dollars into in-game gold coins.

[640,000,000,000 dollars consumed. You have exchanged them for 64,000,000 gold coins!]

Sixty-four million gold coins. If there were a wealth ranking right now, John would absolutely rank first. Even the strongest guilds could not compare to him.

With such an enormous balance, John no longer needed to worry about money at all from now on.

Suppressing the urge to laugh, John opened his current panel.

[John]

[Level]: Level 9

[Constitution]: Approximately 30020

[Talent]: Heart of the Fire God (SSS-rank)

[Skills]:

Detect Art (Basic Skill)

Summon Undead (A-rank)

Ironblood Regeneration (A-rank)

Stonefury (A-rank)

Absolute Dominion (S-rank, growth-type)

Mana Reflux (S-rank)

Wrath of Flames (SSS-rank, enhanced by Heart of the Fire God)

Inferno Ray (SSS-rank)

Titan Fist (C-rank)

[Equipment]:

Lord Suit (S-rank)

Greedbound Flameserpent Ring (SSS-rank)

Flameserpent Ring (A-rank)

Soulrender (A-rank)

Mist Mask (A-rank)

Blood Cult Robe (A-rank)

[Important Items in Backpack]:

Greenstone Warhammer (A-rank)

Heart of Purity (S-rank, one-time-use item)

Other low-level items omitted.

[Current Quest]:

Edge of the World (SS-rank)