Ashen God
Chapter 533 - 532 Light Gold Achievement

Chapter 533: Chapter 532 Light Gold Achievement

"So, the question arises, why can the Achievement Vending Machine in the Goblin Plains be a cut above the rest and offer exclusive benefits?"

After pondering for a bit, Zhang Yanhang felt it could be for the same reason as with the Lucky Slot Machine, which is that the starting strength of the monsters in the Goblin Plains was higher.

Previously, in Raccoon City, the weakest monster was an Ordinary zombie, rank One-star Zero. In contrast, the weakest monster in the smaller Crimson Iron Ant Nest was a Crimson Iron Worker Ant, rank One-star One. Both of these monsters would drop a White quality Treasure box.

But the situation in the Goblin Plains was different. Even the weakest among them was a Big Saber Goblin of rank One-star Two, dropping Green quality Treasure boxes. Therefore, Zhang Yanhang supposed that this might be why the Achievements inside the vending machine were of a higher Quality.

"If that’s the case, the stronger the initial strength of the monsters, the higher the quality of the Achievements. That’s actually good news for me; I can gain more rewards from Achievements." After contemplating the specific reasons, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to review the Attribute list of the Purple Quality Achievement.

[Dragon Vein Goblin’s Doom]

[Quality: Purple]

[Type: Achievement]

[Acquisition Condition: Kill Big Saber Goblin 5000/5000.]

[Content Description: Today, the Big Saber Goblin was still lazing comfortably under the big trees of the Goblin Plain, blissfully snoozing away. But the strange noises gradually approaching from afar disturbed the Goblin’s delightful slacking time, snapping it awake from its dream to recall its work responsibilities.

The Big Saber Goblin listened carefully, noticing that the noises seemed like the sounds of something being suddenly torn apart, somewhat muffled, yet strangely gripping its attention. Just as the Big Saber Goblin was discerning the sounds, it hadn’t noticed that, without knowing when, the plains had become greener than before.]

[Achievement Reward: Movement Speed +10%.]

"Movement Speed +10%? It indeed lives up to the Purple Quality Achievement. With this, my Movement Speed should increase again, although it probably still won’t reach a hundred meters per second.

By the way, this Achievement rather than signifying the doom of the Dragon Vein Goblin, seems more like the doom of the Big Saber Goblin since neither the acquisition condition nor the description mentions any other Dragon Vein Goblins.

And this description, rather than an overview, feels more like a horror story from the perspective of a Big Saber Goblin. If a human were the protagonist, then the plains wouldn’t be so green, but rather dark red."

While Zhang Yanhang found the description a bit peculiar, upon reflection, it did seem to reflect the actual situation during his hunt.

The only difference being that while it was common for Goblins lying on the ground to be startled awake by his movements or gunfire, their heads usually had been severed from their bodies before they could comprehend what was happening. So, the meticulous listening as described was not something likely to occur.

"If I look at it from this angle, I think I can understand why the Purple Achievement’s reward is Movement Speed +10%.

During the extermination process around the outer zone of the Goblin Plains, Movement Speed indeed seems quite important. If I wasn’t fast enough and a Dragon Vein Goblin escaped without my being able to catch up, the whole extermination process would certainly become much more difficult."

After quickly reviewing the Purple Quality Achievement’s Attribute list, Zhang Yanhang immediately began to check out the Dark Purple Quality Achievement’s list.

[The Darkest Hour of the Goblin Plains]

[Quality: Dark Purple]

[Type: Achievement]

[Acquisition Condition: Kill Goblin Spear Thrower 500/500, Goblin Wolf Cavalry 500/500.]

[Content Description: After clearing most of the outer zones of the Goblin Plains, you set your sights on the various Dragon Vein Goblin branch tribes within the inner area. Barely entering the inner zones, you encountered an army of Goblin Spear Throwers and Goblin Wolf Cavalry.

The Goblin Wolf Cavalry specialized in close combat harassment, and the Goblin Spear Throwers were responsible for long-range attacks and cover. However, this tactic is more suited to combat human troops, and is not so effective against a solo combatant like you. So, you were quickly upon them with a grimace, wiping them all out.]

[Achievement Reward: Attack Speed +15%.]

"Only killed five hundred Goblin Spear Throwers and Goblin Wolf Cavalry and already it’s the darkest hour? Isn’t this ’darkest hour’ a bit cheap?

Well, maybe it’s not so cheap. Although the achievement only asks for this much, I actually exterminated an entire Dragon Vein Goblin clan, which theoretically should be even darker than ’the darkest hour’, meaning my lower limit is the achievement’s upper limit."

Zhang Yanhang had almost become numb to the term ’darkest hour’ as he often saw people say that today was the darkest day in the history of games. After all, there is always something darker, with the dark threshold rising daily.

"The reward for the Dark Purple Achievement is still top-notch, directly granting 15% Attack Speed. With this, I’ve definitely made another big step towards my small goal of six mach.

Even though this Achievement’s reward is truly nice, what’s with this description? When did I ever charge at Goblin Spear Throwers and Goblin Wolf Cavalry with a fiendish grin? It makes me sound like a villain. Logically, I should be more like the embodiment of Justice."

When hunting monsters, Zhang Yanhang usually didn’t bother making any facial expressions; after all, he was the only person alive around here, so who would he show his face to?

And even if he did grimace, the monsters couldn’t see him; he wore both a helmet and a facemask, unless someone could see through, nobody would know his expressions.

Therefore, most of the time, he would be in a numb state with no expression on his face; after all, the mechanical act of hunting goblins everywhere might yield Soul points and dropped treasure boxes, but the process itself was not exactly a joyful affair.

Or rather, being happy about work would probably be a strange thing unless it was work that one loved a lot or could derive a strong sense of achievement from.

Thus, Zhang Yanhang generally felt happy only during the time he was tallying up the results after opening treasure boxes; the actual process of opening the boxes and of hunting monsters did not really bring him joy, given that the entire process was very tedious.

Moreover, Zhang Yanhang was not some bloodthirsty psychopath who derived pleasure from hunting monsters; finding joy in such a thing was indeed quite difficult. If he ever found joy in it, it would mean he had worked so long that his brain had become weary.

After all, although Ashen World had become like a game due to the digitization of various factors, it was still a far cry from an actual game. Enjoyment might be derived from killing monsters in a game, but in Ashen World, not so much.

"Speaking of which, the first achievement gave an Attack Speed bonus, the second gave a Movement Speed bonus, this sequence feels so familiar. It won’t be that the third achievement gives a Strength Effect bonus, will it? It does seem quite possible..."

As he spoke, Zhang Yanhang began to check the attribute list of the Light Golden Quality achievement.

[End of the Nu Mountain Tribe]

[Quality: Light Gold]

[Type: Achievement]

[Acquisition Condition: Kill Big Goblins 50/50, Kill Goblin Shamans 25/25, Kill the Chief Shaman Goblin Maka Bagga 1/1, Kill Goblin Chief·Nu Mountain 1/1.]

[Content Description: After clearing out the Big Saber Goblins in the outer area of Goblin Plain and the Dragon Vein Goblins in the branches of inner-area tribes, you once again set your sights on the Nu Mountain Tribe located in the core area of Goblin Plain. You know that only by destroying there would the entire Goblin Plain truly come to an end.

To achieve this goal, you first eliminated a group of Big Goblins and Shaman Goblins that had gathered together at some point and had already formed an assault formation, then you killed the persistently resisting Chief Shaman Goblin Maka Bagga, and finally, you stood before Goblin Chief·Nu Mountain.]

[Achievement Reward: Strength Effect +20%.]

"It really is a Strength Effect bonus? And by 20%? Light Golden achievements are indeed worthy of their name, this bonus is much stronger than those Purple and Dark Purple achievements.

My S-grade Talent, Bear Power, only gives a total of an 85% increase in Strength Effect, and yet, this free Light Golden Quality achievement [End of the Nu Mountain Tribe]is almost equivalent to a quarter of the effect of Bear Power."

A 20% Strength Effect Bonus is a considerable amount of enhancement at any time. Hence, Zhang Yanhang figured that his strength would definitely increase by a significant margin after he exchanged the achievement, and breaking through from just over fourteen tons to fifteen tons should be no problem.

"So, why does this achievement give a bonus to Strength Effect? It doesn’t seem like strength was a factor in the description," Zhang Yanhang pondered for a moment, suspecting that the bonus was probably awarded because the monsters he had slain were skilled in strength, which is why he received a boost to Strength Effect.

And by that logic, it’s estimated that the previous Dark Purple Quality Achievement provided a bonus in Attack Speed because the Goblin Spear Thrower and Goblin Wolf Cavalry had relatively fast attack speeds.

After all, there must be some connection between the content of the description and the rewards, at least that’s the case for the achievements Zhang Yanhang had encountered so far.

Having inspected the attribute list of the three achievements in the Achievement Vending Machine, Zhang Yanhang immediately pressed the corresponding exchange buttons one after another, and three light orbs of different colors popped out from the bottom of the machine and shot straight into his body.

After the exchange was completed, Zhang Yanhang didn’t hurry to leave. Instead, he decided to test the effects of the bonuses he had just acquired.

The first was Movement Speed. After spending ten seconds on a round-trip run, Zhang Yanhang found that a 10% Movement Speed bonus was indeed very strong.

Though it still didn’t help him achieve the minor goal of one hundred meters per second, it was nevertheless a solid step forward, directly increasing his original Movement Speed from 90 meters per second to 97 meters per second, with an additional 7 meters covered per second. He was now only 3 meters short of achieving the minor goal of one hundred meters per second.

Moreover, with this increase, Zhang Yanhang’s Movement Speed under the influence of Spiritual Qi Boosting would rise from the original 0.52 mach to 0.57 mach, which rounds up to 0.6 mach—okay, maybe it still doesn’t round that well.

"Having increased Movement Speed again, it seems that the efficiency of my future hunts should also improve to some extent. It’s just a pity that the Dragon Vein Goblins on the Goblin Plains have all been cleared by me, so I can’t test the specific increase in efficiency by hunting them."

By the way, after clearing the entire Goblin Plains, Zhang Yanhang somewhat felt a void, always thinking about killing more Dragon Vein Goblins. Well, perhaps it wasn’t due to emptiness but rather the desire to acquire more equipment, especially the Barbaric Stone Bandage and the Lightning Totem Pole.

"In addition to the 10% Movement Speed bonus, I also increased my Attack Speed by 15% with the Dark Purple Quality Achievement ’Goblin Plains’ Darkest Hour,’" enhancing the Fire Rate of my Six Roots Pure Soul Crossing Spear by another 15 rounds per second, jumping from 129 to 144 rounds per second.

As a result, the time it would take for me to empty the magazine would also accelerate, dropping from 3.9 seconds down to 3.5 seconds—an improvement of roughly 0.4 seconds."

Of course, Zhang Yanhang was more concerned about the bullet velocity than the rate of fire. With a 15% increase, the Cannon Bullets of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun would also gain an additional 0.4 mach in speed, accelerating from 3.9 mach to 4.3 mach.

"At 4.3 mach, that’s only 1.7 mach away from my minor goal. Somewhat bizarrely, I have the impression that I’m about to reach it."

But an impression is just an impression after all, and Zhang Yanhang knew that if it became impossible to gain further Attack Speed bonuses, it would likely be difficult to continue increasing the velocity of the Six Roots Pure Soul Gun Cannon Bullets. But that was alright, as this was always intended to be a long-term goal.

After resolving the Movement and Attack Speed bonuses, Zhang Yanhang began to test the last bonus provided by the Light Golden Quality Achievement: the Strength increment.

He skillfully pulled out several slabs of Reinforced Concrete weighing around fourteen tons from his Waist Bag and without hesitation stacked another one-ton slab on top. As expected, he was able to lift it effortlessly and even felt quite a bit of leeway.

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