Chapter 21: A Treasure Chest Thief

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

That monster had already been seen by many people. Those who had not seen the monster were even more curious about what kind of creature it was and why others thought it was so strange.

Humans had always been afraid of the unknown.

However, that saying was obviously not applicable to this group of players. They were already used to it in this area.

There were even players who were eager to fight these monsters.

A monster appeared on Su Bai’s Island, and it just looked at Su Bai quietly.

Seeing that the monster didn’t intend to attack him, Su Bai didn’t take out his weapon.

After taking a closer look, he saw the monster’s appearance. It looked very similar to a human, but its face was uglier and it had a pair of gills.

“That monster looks strange, but what is it trying to do on my Island? It doesn’t attack me and just looks at me quietly.” Su Bai mumbled to himself.

However, this was still out of ordinary. Su Bai thought, ‘What if that monster suddenly attacked me? I couldn’t always be on guard against it.’

“How can I allow others to sleep in my bed! Hey System, check the monster’s properties!”

Oannes

The Oannes lives in the water all year round and was brought to this area by a mysterious force.

Danger: 1-star

Combat Power: 25

“So this monster is an Oannes. But why does it have combat power, and I don’t?” Su Bai said unhappily. “Hey System, check my combat power.”

Character: Su Bai

Combat Power …

Your current power is too weak, and the evaluation criteria changed. Current Combat Power is 10% of Strength and other stats + Skill effect.

Combat Power: 59

“Hey System, what do you mean by this? Are you looking down on me?!”

Su Bai was not satisfied with the system’s evaluation. It was indeed a little insulting.

‘What did it mean by ‘too weak’ and had directly changed the evaluation conditions!’ Su Bai wondered angrily.

There are many references for strength assessment. Currently, the other stats are too low, so they can not be used as a reference.

Su Bai realized he couldn’t reason with the system after hearing the system’s rebuttal.

After knowing his own combat power, he was not as vigilant as before when facing the Oannes, especially when his combat power was higher than theirs.

“Don’t blame me for being ruthless. Since you dare to appear on my Island, I’ll teach you a good lesson!”

Then Su Bai took out the machete from his bag and rushed towards the monster. As he charged, he activated Iron Armor.

It was like shooting a mosquito with an anti-aircraft gun. With the help of Iron Armor skill, Su Bai’s combat power was close to 80, and he could kill an Oannes with only 25 combat power in seconds.

The machete directly split the Oannes in half. Its body struggled on the ground for a while before it completely stopped moving.

Su Bai used the machete to cut off a piece of Oannes’s meat and put it under his nose to smell it.

“Why does this meat smell so bad? It seems like it can’t be eaten.”

Su Bai had wanted to kill the Oannes and get some protein. After all, he hadn’t eaten meat for many days since he came here.

After that, Su Bai threw the Oannes’s body into the sea. It was useless to leave inedible things here.

He had been focusing on the Oannes the whole time, so when he finally realized what was going on, he found out that the rain did not seem right.

Although the system had already warned him that the rainwater was not drinkable, he still couldn’t resist his curiosity and tasted it.

“Pfft … Pfft … Why is the water so salty and sour?”

After a few puffs, he felt a little better in his mouth.

After tasting the rain, Su Bai believed the system was right. There was something wrong with the rain.

He had been in the rain for a long time and was totally soaked. Since there was something wrong with the rain, Su Bai hurried back to the stone house and took a shower with the simple shower he built.

It was not until the fifteenth bottle of drinking water that he felt that there was no trace of rain left on his body.

Now that he knew that there was a problem with the rain, he had to continue fishing for even rarer treasures. He had no choice but to build another thatched house by the shore.

After all, this was only a temporary use, and there was no need to upgrade it to a stone house.

“Fishing is not an easy task. If I don’t get some good stuff today, I’ll really be making a big loss.”

Su Bai skillfully swung the rod and waited silently.

Fishing failed, keep up the good work.

Su Bai had never received such a notification before. Normal fishing rods had never failed him because of his innate skill, but this super fishing rod had failed due to the weather.

“For the sake of better treasures, I’ll endure it!”

Silver Chest successfully opened: You’ve obtained Iron Ore x 9!

Fishing failed, keep up the good work.

Fishing failed, keep up the good work.

Silver Chest successfully opened: You’ve obtained Bronze Ore x 8!

Silver Chest successfully opened: You’ve obtained Blueprint x 26!

When Su Bai got another chest and was about to open it, an Oannes suddenly jumped out of the water and rushed towards the chest.

The Oannes grabbed the treasure chest, turned around, and disappeared into the sea.

“Y-You’re going too far! A-A-A-h! Get out here and face me. I will chop you into pieces!” Su Bai roared towards the sea.

Su Bai couldn’t stand it anymore, especially that weak Oannes who dared to steal his treasure chest that could be something good.

There was no way Su Bai could let it go. He took out the machete from his Bag, holding one fishing rod in his left hand, and the machete in his right.

To lure the snake out of its hole, Su Bai did not rush to open the treasure chest after successfully fishing this time. Instead, he placed the silver chest to the side.

After waiting for two or three minutes, he found that the Oannes seemed to have some intelligence and did not rush up.

Su Bai didn’t believe it and continued fishing.

After a few more failures, there were already seven silver chests stacked on the side.

Not until then did Su Bai realize that the Oannes was quite smart. It knew the power of the machete, so it would rather look at so many treasure chests than attack.

“Alright, since that’s the case, I’ll keep it away!”

Just as Su Bai put the machete into his bag, an Oannes jumped out of the sea. It stretched out its hands straight and went straight for the silver chest in the thatched house.

Su Bai’s expression quickly turned ferocious as if he had seen the greatest enemy in his life. He didn’t have time to take out his machete and just grabbed at the Oannes.

“I’ve finally caught you! Let’s see how you run this time!”