Chapter 4: Super Big-eared Rabbi (1/2)
My first reaction upon seeing the undead mage was: Hm, I should charge and kill him immediately. Maybe I could get his nice-looking staff to drop!
I didn’t hesitate to translate my thoughts to action. After touching around a bit and finding nothing to use as a weapon, I swung my fists in an attempt to give the evil undead mage a beatdown. Then, I realized that my arms were bony white!
“Fuck!”
I screeched to a stop and looked at the lower half of my body. The sight of it immediately inspired a hive of goosebumps—the flesh was completely missing, and the only thing covering my modesty was a stitch of ragged cloth!
Oh no. Could it be!? I pulled open the simple pants, looked inside and felt a buzz in my head immediately. My… my little brother had rotten away as well! All I could see were the bones that made up my pelvis!
“Hi, little bug. You’ve finally awakened!”
The undead mage stared at me while chuckling. “Since you’re awake, you should grab your weapon and fight for the domination of the Night Creatures!”
Ding~!
System Notice: The village chief of Corpse Heap Graveyard has gifted you a set of starting equipment: a Rusted Iron Sword and a Tattered Shirt!
Ding Dong!
After the equipment entered my bag, I brought up the character screen and saw exactly what I got: a shabby sword and a piece of ragged cloth. The Rusted Iron Sword was of course the standard weapon most people started with, and it had an attack power of 0~1. The Tattered Shirt on the other hand gave 1 point of Defense.
I equipped both equipment and checked my status screen. I immediately felt like whining like a bitch. I had thought that the Undead Swordsman was an OP class, but in reality it was nothing but cannon fodder!
ID: Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand
Class: Undead Swordsman (Beginner)
Level: 0
HP: 100
Attack: 1~2
Defense: 1
Magic Resist: 0
Reputation: 0
Luck: 0
……
Wonderful, my base attack power was 1~1, and my base defense was a big fat zero. If it wasn’t for this Tattered Shirt, a goddamned chicken could probably blow me to kingdom come!
It had been less than five minutes since the servers were opened, and a huge amount of players was pouring into the game right now. This was the time where every second counted. I thought about what I wanted to do for a second and realized that running around like a headless fly and leveling was extremely unwise. Corpse Heap Graveyard was also a starting village, but unlike the starting villages most players would spawn in, Corpse Heap Graveyard belonged to a villainous faction!
I did what any pretty little skeleton would do and ran around the entire Corpse Heap Graveyard like I owned the place. In the end, I discovered that a half-rotten barbarian was sitting at the bottom of a dead pine tree. He was probably a Night Creature now, but it was clear that he was troubled by something. He was scratching his head so hard that hair was falling off his scalp.
The four words, “Corpse Heap Graveyard Guard”, were floating above his head.
I walked up to him and said in a deep voice, “Is there anything I can help you with, brother?”
The barbarian looked up at me and said, “Little skeleton, a human scout has discovered our location, and Corpse Heap Graveyard is no longer our paradise. We must attack the human villages with our abandoned dead. Before that though, you must head out of the village and clear out a group of annoying Big-eared Rabbits who are harassing our companions.”
Ding~!
System Notice: You’ve accepted the quest [Kill The Big-eared Rabbits]! (Quest Rank: F-)
Description: Kill 20 Big-eared Rabbits and collect 5 Thick Leg Hair. Bring them to the Corpse Heap Graveyard Guard for a reward!
……
Abandoned dead? I was a little confused. Does that mean I’m a neutral character who doesn’t belong to either the Silver Moon Alliance or the Night Creatures? Maybe. Well, it isn’t a bad thing. Less trouble, more leveling!
Time to head out!
The amount of quests in Heavenblessed was as few as the amount of hair on a bald man’s head. It looked like this was the only available quest in the entire starting village.
I gripped the Rusted Iron Sword with one hand and walked out of the graveyard. I was immediately greeted by the sight of a huge forest. Just like the guard had told me earlier, a bunch of black-furred Big-eared Rabbits were meandering about outside. The Big-eared Rabbits were generally between Level 1 and 3. It wouldn’t be easy for a Level 0 like me to kill them.
Not far away, I could see a couple of Gophers running happily across a green field. These harmless rodents were all Level 1, and even a complete newbie should be able to deal with them without problems. Logically speaking, they were the most ideal targets for leveling at my current status, not to mention that my mind was crippled by a three-second delay.
However, I raised my eyebrows and said to myself, “Fuck it, it’s just a Big-eared Rabbit! There’s no way I can’t beat something this weak!”
Dragging my shabby sword behind my back, I quietly sneaked up to a group of Big-eared Rabbits and observed them closely. I noticed that they were incredibly agile, and their attack speed was also nothing to scoff at; about 1.4 seconds per attack. I might be able to handle a Level 1 Big-eared Rabbit’s attacks, but Level 3... let’s just say the “ecstasy” it’d deliver was probably more than I would like.
That being said, the Big-eared Rabbit in front of me was only Level 1, so it was the perfect sacrifice to sate my baby’s bloodthirst! Actually, never mind that, this shitty sword is just...
I rushed toward the Big-eared Rabbit and allowed habit to take over my movements. Calculating the distance, I thought to attack when the distance between us was about nine meters!
This, is prediction!
That’s right, prediction was a technique any pro must possess, and it was even more crucial in my case, considering the three-second delay between my body's reaction and the commands sent out by my brain. That was how I was able to become one of the Top 100 players of Spirit of Grief even after I had been crippled!
MISS!
But what happened after I attacked exceeded my expectations completely. It was because my shabby sword hit nothing but air!
It wasn’t that I had terrible aim, no. It was because my body swung the sword while the Big-eared Rabbit was still seven meters away... Of course I missed!
Unfortunately, my movement caught the Big-eared Rabbit’s attention, and after letting out a squeal it pounced straight at me. Its powerful hind legs slapped into my face as if it was stepping into a piece of cow dung!