Chapter 28: treasure box
After climbing down the mountain, they entered a jungle area with big trees and beautiful flowers.
"wow, most of these flowers are ingredients for potions that I saw in the alchemy manual that system gave me," said Reyhan with enthusiasm and started picking them one by one.
"only pick those of uncommon grade or higher; the common ingredients are too cheap, so don't fill your inventory space with useless stuff," said Alex as he too started picking some flowers.
"got it, thank you,"
They strolled the jungle for about five minutes when Alex stopped, put a finger on his lips, and shushed them.
Then he pointed to a direction on his right, and when the others looked, they were surprised to see a big brown bear sleeping.
Alex gathered them in a small circle and said, "I forgot to mention, you can use mental message," then he closed his mouth and said telepathically, 'just think of it, and the system will do the rest.'
'like this?' Sid shouted telepathically and made the others grab their heads from pain.
'yes, but with a lower volume.' Said Alex.
After some testing, they all got used to the feeling and could clearly hear each other's voices clearly, so Alex started explaining.
'that bear might seem big, but it's only level 20; we should be able to take it on with no problem.
Emily and I will get out of the team since our levels are high, and we don't participate in this hunt. I suggest Ryan start the attack and take aggro while Max attacks from the front and Kate sneaks behind it and attack it from behind. Parisa and Leo, you support Max and, if needed, switch with Paria to heal the injured.'
They had already met Paria, but since she still felt a little shy, she refused to come out unless really necessary.
After finishing his explanation, Alex and Emily left the team, stood a few meters away from the others, and watched.
Ryan took the rare shield that Alex had bought for him in hand and charged at the bear.
When he was a few meters away from the bear, it woke up and stood on its feet.
It was as big as a two-story building and had four hands instead of two.
The bear roared and charged back at Ryan at full speed and crashed into him. Ryan closed his eyes and expected to be sent flying in the opposite direction, but to his and the other's surprise, he stood his ground and was only pushed back a few steps.
After getting his job, his strength stat had gained a big boost, and right now, he was stronger than players with jobs that focused on other aspects rather than strength; Alex and Emily were excluded, of course.
They were all dazed for a few seconds, but then Max came to his senses and shouted, "everybody, take your position, Kate, attack from behind; I will distract it from the front, Paria, have your spells ready to cast at a moments notice. Leo shot whenever you find an opening." And then he ran towards the bear at an astonishing speed, "begin."
With his mark, all of them came out of their daze and took action.
Kate took out her two daggers and activated her skill, stealth, and vanished from sight.
Paria took out a wand from her inventory and started casting.
It didn't even take a second before Max crashed into the bear and sent it flying back with a kick.
As soon as the bear landed on the ground again, Kate attacked it from behind and stabbed it in the spine.
The bear roared in pain, but as it was about to turn and hit Kate, Ryan appeared in front of it and took the hit. With his shield.
But before he knew it, the bear moved its two other hands and slashed at Ryan with its two sharp claws.
Ryan cried in pain and dropped to the ground, Reyhan was worried and was about to run to him, but Sid stopped her and pointed to Paria, who had her spell ready to cast.
As Paria cast her spell, a green light enveloped Ryan, and the hp bar on his head turned from yellow to green again.
At this moment, Max jumped up and kicked the bear's head and made it lose balance and drop to the floor.
As soon as the bear fell to the ground, Kate finished it off with a stab to its right eye.
'they are really natural-born fighters, what astonishing teamwork,' thought Alex and then moved forward, "congrats on your first hunt; who wants to loot the bear?"
"what do you mean?" asked Ryan.
"after each hunt, you can choose a team member to touch the beast's body, and it will drop money, items, or … Based on your luck."
"oo oo oo, I want to do it, I want to do it," Sid said and ran to the bear's body.
But Kate beat him to it and touched the body first, "sorry kid, only those who participated in the kill."
"But I can't even if I want to; I'm just a blacksmith," said Sid with a wronged tone.
"then you have to wait till we find a dual job book for you, as Alex said."
The bear's body turned into light particles, and as soon as it completely disappeared, a system notification was heard in the surrounding.
"congratulation on being the first team to kill a beast in avatar mode."
"extra rewards calculating."
"100,000,000 INBs have been added to your account."
"3 lives added to your account."
In the bear's place, there was a treasure chest not much larger than a regular suitcase.
"wow, one of these actually appeared here," said Alex, and before anybody could ask him about it, he started explaining, "some times, if you are extremely lucky, the beasts drop a treasure box that contains a list of rewards that you can choose from based on the treasure box's level.
This one is an uncommon treasure box, so the highest grade you will get is only uncommon items, and you can choose from three to five rewards based on your luck."
"can I choose a dual job book?" asked Sid with anticipation in his voice.
"dual job books for worker class jobs are not hard to find, so I guess there is the possibility to find one in this treasure box, but I don't recommend choosing it.
Since it is pretty easy finding them, it's better if you wait till we find a rear or higher grade book. As for what you should choose from this box, it's up to you.
Unlike items in the shop, items that you acquire by killing beasts and doing quests have special attributes that can help you with your hunts, so I suggest choosing items if there are any good ones."
Kate touched the box, and it opened with a green light.
Soon a list could be seen above the box. They could choose a total of four items.
As soon as Alex saw the list, his eyes opened wide.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone