Chapter 8: Undead Energy (2/2)
When I thought of skills, I grew teary-eyed. I battled through the night without any skills! I finally reached the point where I could learn them!
I immediately started to run. After leaving the region of Floating Ice City, I sprinted into the vast forest. Not long later, a heavy undead presence washed over me, cold wind blew. My goal, the Frost Mound, was right in front of me. This was a sentinel mound for the Dark faction. Stationed there was a relatively weak sentinel group of Night Creatures.
Gulp, gulp...
There were two blood ponds on either side of the Frost Mound, their contents filled with torn-off limbs, boiling and bubbling. Was this the cafeteria for Night Creatures?
At the mere thought, I almost threw up. Even if you kill me, I won’t eat corpses!
When I entered Frost Mound, I saw a group of NPCs trading on the outskirts. The undead blacksmiths had exposed white bones as they swung their hammers at hot metal. The undead skeleton of the pharmacy held a potion bottle and gave a snarling smile. When I met his gaze, I felt terrified like I was naked.
I carefully walked about the mound and finally found the person I was searching for!
An undead warrior completely shrouded in armor appeared, holding a sword flashing with bloody light. He looked around coldly, with a line of words above his head—
Undead Swordsman Suren LV-???
Oh, I found my trainer!
I walked forward, and handed my introduction letter from the village chief.
Suren looked at the paper and said coldly, ”Boy, you are about to become my apprentice, and a courageous undead swordsman. You must remember that all of our killing is for the sake of survival. To this end, we can abandon anything, but not pride of the undead!”
I nodded. ”I know, Master.”
Suren laughed, walked forward, and put a hand on my bare skull. His voice was solemn. ”Awaken, oh sleeping dead, and have your undead energy illuminate the world and upend all laws!”
Buzz!
Chaos occurred in my mind followed by the echo of a bell—
Ding~!
System Notice: You have successfully comprehended a talent—Undead Energy!
I quickly opened the skill menu. As expected, there was a passive skill—
Undead Energy I (Passive): Awakens the undead power sleeping inside the user. Deals additional 5% damage to all living targets. Skill effect increases with level.
I was overjoyed. This skill did not look like much, but was in reality extremely powerful. Undead Energy I dealt 5% additional damage. If I reached Level 100, and my talent was Rank 10, then wouldn't I be able to deal 50% extra damage, or even more?
Ecstasy!
At this time, Undead Swordsman Suren looked at me with a heated gaze. He laughed and said, ”Boy, your potential is very good. Now, I give you the qualifications to become an undead swordsman!”
With a ”ding”, I finished my class promotion and finally became a true undead swordsman!
After that, the trainer remained motionless, staring at me. This guy was clearly waiting for me to pay to learn skills.
I walked forward and opened the interaction interface. The option to learn new skills was in the middle. I pressed it, three lines of text appearing in front of me—
Basic Swordsmanship: Increase hit rate and damage of sword-type weapons. Basic class skill.
Death Plunder: When looting a dead body, you have a chance of obtaining additional items.
Slayer Slash: Deals 110% damage but lowers attack’s hit rate by 35%.
Very good. I finally had an active attack skill. This Slayer Slash looked to be quite powerful. At Level 1, the skill could deal 110% damage. However, the hit rate would decrease slightly. But that was not important. If my attacks were fast and accurate, this bit of hit rate could be made up by control.
The fee for learning each skill was 5 silver, I had 24. I was able to learn them all. Two active skills immediately appeared in my skill menu. One was the attack Slayer Slash, the other, Death Plunder. Both were useful.
I waved the green blade and silently murmured “Slayer Slash”. Immediately, my blade was enveloped with green light that flowed from the handle all the way to the tip!
”Puchi!”
A small gully was cut in the ground. Ha, the skill effect was pretty good.
After leaving Undead Trainer Suren, I strolled around Frost Mound. Even though I was excited about them, I still didn’t go try them out yet. When I came to the outskirts of Frost Mound, I found a sentinel team of five people setting up camp. The undead warrior dressed in white armor was the leader. He was looking into the distance at Floating Ice City, and sighed listlessly.
Mn, a quest!
I walked forward confidently and said, ”Sir, is there something I can help you with?”
”Oh, little skeleton!”
The sentinel leader looked at me and said, ”You see, this graveyard is our home, but recently, a group of evil spirits have invaded our land. I suspect that we are dealing with an Undead Lord. We need to retaliate! Young skeleton! Go around the necropolis and kill fifty weak soldiers. Bring me ten of their fingers. You will be generously awarded!”
Ding~!
System Notice: You’ve received a quest [Skeleton Finger]! (Quest Rank : F+)
Description: Go to the graveyard, kill 50 Skeleton Soldiers, and gather 10 Skeleton Fingers for the Sentinel Leader Fark.
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”Dammit, someone dares to invade our territory?! They are courting death!”