Chapter Fourteen: Hidden Mission

  Those players who were still in the starting town were mostly in a state of panic, so after leaving the town and arriving in the wilderness, Yiyun Mo had not encountered another player again.

  A bright moon hangs in the night sky, and the moonlight sprinkles a layer of silver on the Eight Clouds Ink.

  Opening the map, Yayoi Moku took a look at the direction of the nearest town from the starting town and then rushed in that direction.

  Under the moonlight, on a small path between fields, Bayunmo's figure turned into a streak of light and flashed by.

  On the road, some aggressive wild monsters would be refreshed by the system from time to time. These wild monsters saw Ba Yun Mo and rushed over with their eyes glowing red, then in a dazzling arc of light, they were struck down by the folding fan in Ba Yun Mo's hand, their bodies shattered into countless fragments that dispersed into the air, contributing experience and gold coins to Ba Yun Mo.

  After nearly an hour, Yagumo Taro finally arrived at the second town.

  At this time, in addition to Yakumo Suke, there were only NPCs in the town.

  Today, after killing monsters during the day and on the way here, Yagumo Taro directly found an NPC's general store and sold all the items he obtained.

  "Wow, you've got quite a haul there, sir!"

  The NPC was a middle-aged uncle who looked very kind, and when he saw the various tools that Yakumo Sumi had placed in front of him for sale, his eyes flashed with a hint of surprise and he smiled.

  When he heard the NPC speaking to him on its own initiative, Hachiko Moku was taken aback for a moment before responding, "It's just some stuff that dropped from killing monsters, let's sell it all."

  "Haha! Alright!" The NPC uncle calculated all the items that Bachiko sold and handed over the gold coins, then said: "Considering you're so powerful, and you're my first customer today, I'll give you some good news!"

  Good news?

  Baiyun Mo looked at the rising numbers in the gold coin column of her backpack and then raised her head to look at the NPC uncle.

  Isn't there some hidden task?

  In SAO, NPCs that release quests will not have a quest marker above their heads, but instead appear as ordinary NPCs. Only when the player interacts with the NPC under certain circumstances and meets various conditions to trigger the quest, will the NPC have a certain probability of releasing the quest to the player.

  Looking at this NPC uncle taking the initiative to chat with himself, Bachou Moku knew that he had probably encountered this type of hidden task.

  "Oh? What's the good news?"

  Baiyun Mo's mood rose several degrees at once.

  These extremely difficult tasks that can only be triggered by chance encounters with NPCs often give very rich rewards, and these tasks are also unique, once a player completes the task, the NPC will no longer issue similar tasks.

  The uncle NPC turned around and searched on the shelf for a while, then placed a sheepskin map in front of Bayunmo's counter, pointing to a specially marked place on the map and said: "Here, according to the messages brought back by those adventurers, there is a very precious nine-tailed white fox living. If the guest can tame that nine-tailed white fox, it will definitely become extremely powerful."

  Nine-tailed White Fox?

  Could it be some kind of demon?

  In SAO, there are some special monsters called "familiars". If a player can tame a familiar, they will definitely make a leap in power.

  "I just so happen to have a treasured family heirloom here, and if you can bring back some fresh blood of the nine-tailed white fox for me, I'll give this precious treasure to you!"

  "You triggered a hidden task: Subdue the Nine-Tailed White Fox!"

  "Mission requirements: Find the nine-tailed white fox living in the forest based on the map provided by the NPC, tame it and obtain a small bottle of its fresh blood to return to the NPC."

  "Quest Reward: Obtain a Nine-Tailed White Fox and grow into the Heavenly Fox Cloak equipment!"

  A system window suddenly appeared in front of Bayun Mo's eyes.

  Looking at the information displayed on the window, Yayumi's eyebrows twitched slightly.

  The reward for this task is very rich!

  Without hesitation, he accepted. The NPC uncle immediately revealed a brilliant smile and handed the sheepskin map to Bachiroku, laughing: "Then I'll wait for your good news!"

  "Thank you!"

  Although she was an NPC, Yakumo Moe still thanked her and put away the sheepskin map, turning to leave the general store.

  It was already midnight, and originally Hei Yun Mo had planned to find an inn to rest for the night, but now that he had received his mission, he naturally chose to complete it first.

  Leaving the town, Bachiko Moku directly opened the sheepskin map.

  The sheepskin map disappeared in a flash of light, and soon Ba Yunmo found that a certain place on his system map was marked out, flashing extremely eye-catching.

  Originally intending to head to the mission location, Yagumo Mukuro needed to take a big detour along the main road, but due to his confidence in his own abilities, he directly found the direction and sprinted there in a straight line.

  This approach will inevitably lead to Yayoi Sumi being surrounded by a pile of monsters in the wild, and ordinary players would not choose to do so, let alone now that this game has become a death game.

  However, Yayun Mo was not in the least bit concerned. Along the way, he encountered monsters that actively attacked him, and Yayun Mo directly used his Iron Bone Fan to make them disappear in a flash of light.

  No monster can withstand three moves in the hands of Bayun Mo.

  Under this almost violent advancement method, when Yayoi Sumi arrived at the forest marked on the task, her level had already risen by three levels with the monster hunting.

  Under the moonlight, a white fox quietly lay on a moss-covered rock in the forest, enjoying the serenity of the night.

  The white fox has a beautiful, dazzling coat of fur, with a slender and elegant body shape. Its nine tails, which are bigger than its body, either drag lazily behind it or cover itself, occasionally quivering slightly.

  Suddenly, a pair of small and lovely ears on the white fox moved slightly, opened its eyes, raised its head, and looked around with a hint of vigilance.

  A figure suddenly appeared in front of the white fox.

  Upon seeing this figure, the white fox immediately stood up, tensed its body and gazed at the figure, letting out a low growl with a warning tone.

  Baiyun Mo looked at the beautiful nine-tailed demon fox in front of him, his face filled with a troubled expression.

  In SAO, in order to tame a monster, you must first fight it and reduce its HP to the red zone before attempting to tame it.

  Because of his family's long history of taking care of Ran, Yakumo Suke always had a very high opinion of foxes.

  Deep down, he was reluctant to lay a hand on the fox.

  Not to mention that this white fox and Lan are both nine-tailed foxes.

  Although this nine-tailed white fox in front of him was just a virtual creature composed of a bunch of data in SAO, Yui Mochizuki still didn't want to make a move.

  Looking at Yagumo Taro who was still hesitating in front of her, the nine-tailed white fox cautiously retreated a few steps back before turning around to prepare for an escape.

  "Stay behind!"

  Baiyun Mo saw the White Fox preparing to slip away, and immediately threw out a stone to seal off the White Fox's escape route. He then flashed forward, stretching out his hand in an attempt to directly grab the White Fox's neck.

  The white fox let out a low growl and saw that its retreat was blocked, so it turned around and pounced on Bachiko Moku.

  The sharp fangs in the mouth shone with a cold light under the moonlight, and Ba Yun Mo had no doubt that if he were bitten by the white fox, he would definitely suffer serious injuries.