CHAPTER 299: CHAPTER299-THE RESHAPING TASK

Since all of his Star Upgrade Quests could be reshaped, Daniel naturally decided he would start from the very beginning.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he selected the option to begin with the one-star quest.

[You have received the following task: Slay five level-100 silver-rank monsters.]

[Upon completion, the one-star tier will be upgraded to EX rank, with an appropriate supplemental reward.]

Daniel blinked at the task prompt, momentarily stunned.

That was it? All he had to do was take down five silver-rank monsters at level 100?

This... this was ridiculously easy.

He could think of a dozen harder things he had done in the past week alone. At least this time, the reshaping task required so little effort it was practically a free reward.

Once the quest had been accepted, his figure blurred and reappeared in the Undead Lands.

Within the main city there, his puppet clone continued its endless work—reviving the souls of the dead as they arrived.

Even so, Daniel could tell at a glance that the number of lingering souls had diminished significantly since his last visit.

Something stirred in his mind, and he activated his authority as the city’s ruler.

With his lord’s rights engaged, his mind power swept effortlessly across the entire expanse of the Undead Lands.

Almost immediately, he located one of the souls he was looking for—[Fallen Hill Giant].

The Undead Lands were home to countless souls. Some of them had been intelligent beings in life; others were little more than the vestiges of monsters without sapience.

These latter souls, Daniel knew, came from all kinds of monsters slain across the Myriad Races Continent. When such creatures died, their spirits naturally found their way here.

The difference was that for most low-level monsters, their souls never lingered here long enough to be noticed. Upon death, their essences would reform into new bodies after only a short period.

This was why in underground labyrinths, low-level mobs seemed to respawn endlessly—no matter how many were cut down, more would always appear.

This quick-rebirth cycle, however, applied only to the weaker creatures.

Once a monster reached the higher tiers, their resurrection times grew drastically longer. For some, it might take decades to revive; for others, centuries. In rare cases, their return could be delayed for hundreds of years.

From the perspective of the living races, such a delay simply meant that the dungeon or labyrinth had not yet "refreshed."

The reason Daniel had come to the Undead Lands now was simple: on the Myriad Races Continent, he had already hunted down nearly every powerful monster worth the effort.

Here, though, he could seek out the souls of beasts he had slain before... and if he killed them again, it would still count toward his reshaping task.

With that in mind, Daniel raised his hand and summoned the soul of the Fallen Hill Giant before him.

Along with it came several other silver-rank monster souls, all drawn into the city’s square.

The creatures’ expressions were blank at first, confusion etched into their spectral faces. They had no idea why they had suddenly appeared in a strange city rather than remaining adrift in the mists of the Undead Lands.

Daniel’s first impulse was simply to kill them where they stood. But when his eyes fell upon their levels, his brow furrowed in mild annoyance.

Even silver-rank monsters lost a great deal of their power upon becoming undead. In their weakened state, slaying them would not fulfill the quest requirements.

Which meant... he would have to restore them first.

The decision was immediate. He issued a command to his puppet, instructing it to prioritize the resurrection of these specific monster souls.

The reason was obvious—he wanted to complete his reshaping task as quickly as possible.

Then, another idea occurred to him.

If he could revive these silver-rank bosses... why not revive all of them?

And not just them—the world bosses as well.

Doing so would not only aid in his own quest completion, but also give the awakeners of the continent far more opportunities to train against formidable foes.

With that in mind, Daniel gave his puppet a new standing order:

"Revive silver-rank monsters and all world bosses."

The puppet acknowledged and immediately began its work.

In an instant, the silver-rank bosses before Daniel vanished, their souls whisked away to be reborn.

On the Myriad Races Continent, Daniel had already prepared a special location for their return.

It was a freshly designated battle zone, separated entirely from the standard resurrection points. He had erected layers upon layers of restrictive wards around it.

After all, powerful monsters could not be allowed to share the same revival grounds as ordinary resurrected beings.

One careless moment, and those beasts could unleash a single skill to wipe out swaths of freshly revived fighters.

Imagine enduring centuries of death, finally grasping the chance to live again... only to be cut down by a rampaging monster within seconds of revival.

That kind of trauma could shatter a soul completely.

Using Flashback, Daniel’s figure vanished from the Undead Lands and reappeared in the new resurrection zone.

A moment later, the Fallen Hill Giant materialized there as well, followed by the other silver-rank bosses he had chosen to revive.

They were still disoriented, unable to comprehend what had just happened to them.

But then the Fallen Hill Giant’s gaze fell on Daniel, and recognition struck.

The giant’s face twisted in terror. Somewhere deep in its memory, it knew this human—knew that Daniel’s strength was monstrous.

In fact, it was entirely possible that its own death in the past had been at his hands.

Almost instinctively, the giant dropped into a combat stance.

But now? In front of the current Daniel, it was nothing more than a small fry.

His power had grown a millionfold since their last encounter.

Daniel didn’t bother with words. He simply snapped his fingers.

In the next instant, a storm of [Meteor Arrow Rain] cascaded over the entire resurrection zone, blazing trails of light streaking down like a cataclysm from the heavens.

Within moments, every silver-rank boss within the area had been obliterated—none of them even had the chance to make a move in retaliation.

A prompt appeared before his eyes:

[Reshaping task complete.]

Daniel stared at it for a heartbeat, then let out a quiet, almost incredulous chuckle.

That was it? That was the easiest quest he had ever completed since beginning the Star Upgrade Quest chain.

It was so simple it felt unreal.

So this is it? Just like that?

The corners of his mouth twitched. Then, with a thought, he activated Forceful Convergence, pulling in every single piece of loot the monsters had dropped.

Of course, he wasn’t interested in their usual garbage equipment.

What Daniel was truly after were the pet eggs that silver-rank bosses occasionally dropped.