Chapter 308 (1/2)
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Death Plunder! Plunder... plunder... plunder...
I continued to farm h.e.l.lhound pelts. I had about 2400 of them. Their fur was very good and would stack together, 200 for every slot. My bag would have exploded if they didn't!
This was very good. This time, Yamete had enough materials to make leather armor. It probably won't be hard for him to reach Rank 8 Armorsmithing.
I looked back. The Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf was following me, wagging its tail happily. It leapt forward and bit the leg of a h.e.l.lhound, chewing in large gulps. The small wolf had grown very big, finally like a wolf cub and not a puppy. Its teeth had grown out, and under its bite, h.e.l.lhound meat became but a delicious meal.
I looked at the pet bar. There was a Satiety value quickly being replenished!
d.a.m.n, I underestimated this wolf. The Dark Wasp had never eaten before and didn't have Satiety. But this higher-rank pet needed to eat. Would I have to prepare its food as well in the future?
I looked around and found the little wolf's level had grown greatly after I killed numerous h.e.l.lhounds, currently sitting at 49. As expected, it was now strong enough to fight!
Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf (Epic Rank Boss)
Level: 49
Attack: 980
Defense : 882
HP: 9800
Agility: 1470
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As expected of an Epic Rank Boss. Just Level 49 and had stats so powerful that it wasn't any weaker than the Level 85 Dark Wasp. Even now, it had 9800 HP while the Dark Wasp only had around 2500. The disparity was clear for all to see!
I walked out, and protected the remaining group of NPCs behind me. I proceeded forward. There were no more packs of h.e.l.lhounds, just a few charging over. I was too lazy to kill them and gave an order of the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf. ”Little Wolf, go, kill the two h.e.l.lhounds!”
The wolf cub poked out its tongue and sprinted. A few seconds later, it came back in misery, beat up. It was only a Level 49 pet, and the enemy were Level 95 elite monsters. It wasn't their match at all. Also, the level suppression turned out to be too much. Its stats were weakened by at least 50%!
I pulled out the Purgatory Sword and took care of the h.e.l.lhounds in a few blows. After the battle ended, the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf still had over half of its HP despite the earlier beating. Its Defense and HP were pretty good.
Behind me, a group of NPC townspeople walked over. Anxious, I made the trip in haste and didn't even take 10 minutes. Please, don't let h.e.l.lhounds appear. It would be best if players did not appear too, especially those from Warsky Alliance. If I encountered them, chances of me failing the quest would be high!
Fortunately, I was lucky. I had killed all the h.e.l.lhounds back in the town, and Warsky Alliance players had gone deeper into the forest, and had no attention to spare for me.
A few minutes later, the group of NPCs entered the temporary supply camp. Even the mayor safely left the town!
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have completed the quest [Saving the Townspeople]. You have gained 170000 EXP, 3500 Reputation, and the quest reward: “Bloodl.u.s.t”!
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Hm? Bloodl.u.s.t?
I shuddered. What is this, a weapon? No way, would an S Rank quest reward be Purple Gold–grade equipment?
When I opened the bag, and looked, it wasn't a weapon, but a light purple skill book. When I saw the stats of the skillbook, my disappointment disappeared and my mind filled with ecstasy—
Bloodl.u.s.t: Increases your party members' attack speed by 20%. Level Requirement: 90. Tactics Requirement: 70
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d.a.m.n! A stratagem skill that increased attack speed by 20%?
This was too good. 20% increase in attack speed was definitely not the same as 20% increase in attack power, especially to people like me who had activated skills. Increasing attack speed by 20% meant the probability of my Purgatory Slash proccing was also being increased by as much as 25%. Also, with my 71 Tactics, the true increase would be 20% * 1.71, practically 34.2%. This stratagem was even stronger than the Rank 3 Encourage I'd recently started using!
I quickly pressed ”Learn” in joy. In the next moment, the Bloodl.u.s.t skill disappeared from my palm, added to the list of my stratagems.
I changed my applied stratagem to Bloodl.u.s.t and immediately felt warm all over. When I swung my sword again, it was clearly faster. I slashed, chopped, hacked and stabbed. Yes, my leveling speed will soar!
I looked at the time, it was nearly 6 in the evening, not too early!
I opened my friend list and found Beiming Xue. I sent a message: ”Beiming, how about we go offline and go eat?”
A few seconds later, Beiming Xue responded, ”Okay, I am returning to the city, and going offline in two minutes!”
Right, I should return to the city and stock up. While the process of killing h.e.l.lhounds on my own was extremely pleasurable, I had used a lot of consumables, potions and durability of my gear. My Magic Consumables were running out the most. Thousand Mirage Slash, Purgatory Slash, War Crush and other skills used a lot of MP, and I was eating through my stocks too quickly, especially when fighting alone. I was just eating all the time!
Fortunately, I had 27 new weapons in my bag, all of them around Level 70–80. I also had a dozen h.e.l.lhound Cards that could increase attack power by 3%. I didn't need them but I could sell them in Sky City. There should be a market for them.
I took out a city return scroll and returned to Sky City. I immediately contacted Yamete. ”Mamate, come to the eastern plaza!”
Mamate replied, ”I'm busy killing crocodiles in the Blackwater Bog. I'm the head healer in the party and can't leave. If I do, Du Thirteen will kill me!”