29 The Little Devil, Brother-in-law (1/2)
Maps of different dimensions and hidden quests; all these things were the unknown wealth longed by the players of H&G!
Only players who partied with the quest starter could enter the map of another dimension, or as known commonly own as an instant-based dungeon. Therefore, all the monsters, Bosses, or mission rewards would not be robbed by strangers. As long as they had the ability, they could earn all those rewards…
That was the only point.
During the mission, the number of monsters and the difficulty were fixed. Thus, there would not be any monsters respawning. Besides, the number of monsters would not increase or decrease due based on the number of players who entered… If a monster died, it died. None will respawn to replace it.
For this reason, Qin Ruo was not really worried about the time they would take to find the secret chamber. They could just kill off all the monsters and return to begin their search!
Therefore, the three of them moved along the internal passage and crushed hundreds of Skeletal Warriors in the bottom layer of the castle into fragments. After that, they went up the old serpentine stone stairs to the second floor
The moment he showed his face, two hot waves with a whizzing sound approached him!
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
Two big Fireballs with burning flames and heat waves exploded in front and behind Qin Ruo front respectively. The flames flared, but fortunately, his Aquabarrier had been deployed and it absorbed a certain amount of the Fire Magic. Otherwise, Qin Ruo would have either died or have more than half of his HP gone!
”Retreat!” Qin Ruo shouted at the top of his lungs. Next, he held back the attack and rushed forward.
The two sisters behind him had confidence in Qin Ruo, who had displayed his unbelievable strength along the way. Even the Tier 4 Bandit, Gold Digger Babe, without her previous arrogance, understood this and backed off to the middle part of the stone stairs.
They could now see the monsters that launched the attack; two Level 35 Skeletal Sorcerers. Perhaps the monsters sensed them when they were coming up, so the monsters sniped them in the long corridor next to the stairs.
When two girls saw that Qin Ruo was fine, they had nothing to worry about. Furthermore, he could finish off more than ten Skeletal Warriors in a mere second, what more two Skeletal Sorcerers.
It was no wonder that Qin Ruo could bravely face the Wolves, never backing off. He did not disappoint the two ladies behind him. He stood strong against the attack from the Skeletal Sorcerers and started his counter-attack. A Tier 3 Aquamancer was a natural enemy of a Tier 3 Fire Element monster. Especially now that he had taken precautions, the Explosive Fireballs from the Skeletal Sorcerers would not break his defense at all.
A few of Frostbursts were cast out. As a result, the two Skeletal Sorcerers died instantly. The fight ended without any suspense.
However, when they collected the drops, they made a new discovery. They began to wonder about their fortune. Hundreds of Skeletal Warriors only dropped silver coins that were worth a few gold coins in total, not even an equipment. But, once they got up to the second floor and only killed two Skeletal Sorcerers, they received a Blue Staff with a Red Mana Core in it.
When picking up the drops, Qin Ruo heard Gold Digger Babe murmuring in a quandary, ”What with these ghost creature? Why did the Skeleton drop a Mana Core…”
Qin Ruo was amused.
Skeletons were also considered part ghost.
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After they walked through the left and right corridors next to the stone stairs, the three of them found that the second floor of Specter Castle was smaller compared to the first floor. It only had one walkway—the elliptical corridor on their periphery.
On the outer side of the long corridor, there were many hollow windows, which were used to receive light and ventilation. Light came in, so without the Illuminating Crystal, the distribution of Skeletal Sorcerers and all the wooden doors within the long corridor could still be clearly seen.
Qin Ruo frowned and started to count. Just the corridor on this side alone had more than ten rooms. If they searched the rooms one by one, it could waste a lot of time…