Level Up in Earth Evolution

Chapter 3: The Absurd Quest - Goddess Of Death

*Bang! Boom! Bang!*

The earth shook as more monsters plummeted from the sky, their thunderous landings followed by the gruesome sight of them devouring their fallen comrades to regenerate.

"XinXin, be careful. If necessary, allocate your attributes to endurance and agility. Also, choose the combat class," Li Wei urgently advised as he observed the monsters' rapid regeneration.

"Yes, Brother," Li Xin replied, with a nod.

Li Wei saw her nod and prepared to engage the monsters, but he suddenly received a quest notification.

[Ding, Congratulations! You have been chosen by the Goddess of Death to complete a special quest. Do you want to accept? Yes/No. Remaining time to accept: 59 seconds]

"What?" Li Wei exclaimed in shock after reading the notification.

"What happened, Brother?" Li Xin turned with concern as she killed a goblin with her sword.

"Did you get a new quest just now?" he asked, not answering her.

"No, I didn't get any. Did you get a new quest?" she inquired, distracting a goblin that was about to attack him.

"Yes, here, see," Li Wei showed her the system panel and launched a strike towards the goblin, killing it.

"Where is it, Brother?" she asked, looking at his empty panel window she didn't see anything.

"What? You can't see it? Here, it says $¥¥¢$€¢¥$€," Li Wei replied telling her the quest notification.

"What are you talking about, Brother? I can't understand it. It's as if you're speaking an alien language," Li Xin looked at him with a worried expression and started checking him to see if he was turning into an alien.

"XinXin, can you stop checking me? I am not an alien. Anyway, it looks like no one can see this quest. Should I accept it?" Li Wei sought for her consent.

They both have been playing games for two years, and every time he encountered something new, he couldn't help but feel a little excited about it.

"You can do whatever you want, Brother, but if you forget to take me with you, I will never forgive you and talk to you," Li Xin replied with a half-smile.

"Oh, okay, let me think about it," Li Wei nodded, as he pushed a goblin away with his sword.

[Ding, Congratulations! You have been chosen by the Goddess of Death to complete a special quest. Do you want to accept? Yes/No. Remaining time to accept: 18 seconds]

'I don't have much time to choose,' Li Wei looked at the quest panel.

He felt excited about the quest because it is something new that no one would be able to get this early, not to mention it is by a god.

'No, it isn't a game. What if I end up dying after accepting the quest? And the quest giver is the most absurd—it's the Goddess of Death. I shouldn't accept it,' he decided calmly.

[Ding, Congratulations! You have been chosen by the Goddess of Death to complete a special quest. Do you want to accept? Yes/No. Remaining time to accept: 9 seconds]

Li Wei looked at the remaining time with a sigh. "Bye-bye, my quest giver," he muttered but didn't choose either Yes or No.

He didn't want to offend the Goddess of Death by choosing No. So, he just let the time pass.

[Ding, Congratulations! You have been chosen by the Goddess of Death to complete the special quest. Do you want to accept? Yes/No. Remaining time to accept:0 seconds]

[Ding, you have not chosen any response from Yes/No, so the system will verify it as Yes.]

[Ding, You have accepted the quest from the Goddess of Death]

"What? Noooo!" Li Wei screamed as he heard the system say this.

'Damn, it is all a scam. Damn,' he cursed in his mind rapidly.

"What happened, Brother? Did the quest disappear?" Li Xin asked. He acted like this when playing games before.

"Oh nothing, just focus on leveling up," Li Wei replied with a smile to not to let her worry.

"Un, okay," Li Xin nodded doubtfully, thinking that he is acting strangely, but she didn't care.

It isn't the first time he acted like this, and as long as he didn't leave her, she wouldn't care about anything else.

[Ding, Goddess of Death is summoning you; be prepared.]

"What? Damn, are you kidding me?" he shouted, trying to think of a way to avoid, but he already appeared in a white room before he knew it.

"Where is this?" Li Wei panicked; he only knew he is summoned by the Goddess of Death.

He couldn't help but think of XinXin; she must be fighting alone with monsters. If she saw him disappear suddenly, who knows what she might do.

At that moment, a cold, female voice echoed behind him, "It seems you really care about her, don't you?"

"Who... who are you? Return me to where I was," Li Wei muttered in a hurry as he looked behind him to find an 18-year-old girl in a black dress with otherworldly beauty.

But he didn't have any interest in her; he only wanted to return to where Li Xin is.

"Huh, you don't have to worry about her so much; you haven't even disappeared from Earth. The time flow here is different from. Even if you spend a whole year here, Earth will still be struggling to get to the next second," the girl replied as if it is a matter of fact.

Hearing this Li Wei calmed down however he still remained vigilant.

"Who are you?" he asked with a frown.

"Huh, did you forget who summoned you here?" the girl asked with a smile.

"You are the Goddess of Death," Li Wei looked at her with shock, he never thought the goddess will look like a 18 year old girl.

"Yes, now that you have accepted my quest, do you have any questions?" asked the Goddess of Death.

Li Wei wanted to say he didn't accept the quest.

But suddenly, he felt her aura become colder and chillier.

He shivered, feeling the chill. Nevertheless, he summoned the courage. "I didn't accept the quest," he replied with resolution.

'I can't let XinXin think less of me. I can't become weak just because she is a beautiful goddess,' he thought with determination.

"Yes, that's what I'm saying; you accepted my quest, right?" The Goddess of Death directly took out her pitch black scythe as she looked at him with a cold smile.

Looking at the ominous scythe, Li Wei realized there was no way to escape.

"Yes, I accepted it," he responded grudgingly, forgetting all of his determination and resolution in a second.

'I am sorry, XinXin; your brother disappointed you, but I have no choice here,' he apologized to her in his mind, and looked at the goddess before him.

"Yes, so you have accepted my quest, and now you will receive a new system upgrade," she smiled looking at him.

"Huh?, a system upgrade?" Li Wei muttered, surprised.

"Yes. It's a system upgrade. And not only that, you will also receive ten times XP and rewards every time you kill," she replied, still maintaining her smile.

"What? 10× XP and rewards, wouldn't that be too much?" Li Wei asked with a shock.

"Of course. It's because you choose the Jack-of-all-Trades class. If it's another class, then you will receive only 2× XP and rewards," the Goddess explained.

"But still, isn't that too much? What if other Gods target me because of it?" Li Wei questioned with concern.

He is happy to receive the 10 times bonus, but if there is one god, there would be others, too. What if they target him?

He has read many novels where something like this happened: the gods getting jealous because of how handsome the male MC is.

Not to mention, he is already handsome, and now with ten times bonus, they have more reasons to come after him.

"Huh?, why do you fear the Gods? Your mission is to kill them," the goddess replied as if it were a normal thing.

"Oh, so my quest is to kill the Gods," he murmured loudly, thinking that something was wrong with this.

"What!!!, my quest is to kill the Gods!" he screamed loudly with a shock.

"Of course, and now you finally know what your quest is. You can't reject it. The quest will only be rejected or failed when you die," the goddess stated looking at him.

"No, no way," Li Wei felt like he has eaten some gruesome bugs.

"The other gods will not take notice of you until you become strong enough to kill them, so you don't have to worry about it," the goddess explained noticing his reaction.

"And also, the gods you have to kill are actually the ones who started the evolution of Earth," she added.

"Why did they do that?" Li Wei asked with doubt, feeling he is getting dragged into something terrible.

"You shouldn't know too much; it will only harm you. Now, you can go back," the goddess stated, not explaining, and waved her hand to send him back.

"Wait!" Li Wei screamed again. He still has many questions, like why he is chosen.

"What happened, Brother? Why are you screaming again? Did you get sick from the monsters breath?" Li Xin asked with a pout, as she killed the slime.

"Ah, nothing; XinXin you should focus on killing monsters and leveling up," Li Wei replied with a smile looking at her. He finally felt relieved knowing she is all right.

[Ding, The novice system is upgrading to the Death Goddess System.]

[Completion: 10%... 89%... 100%.]

[Ding, Congratulations to the host for upgrading your system to the Death Goddess System.]

[Ding, Congratulations to the host for receiving the newbie gifts: 100 SP, 100 AP, 1000 Coins.]

[Ding, You have received a new Quest:

1. Kill the ???????????????????Gods

Difficulty???

Rewards???

Note: You will receive exclusive rewards after killing every god. These rewards are given by your cute little Goddess of Death.]

"Sigh, what have I gotten into?" Li Wei sighed when he thought of his unknown future as he looked at his panel with a wry smile.