Chapter 20: Weeping Fire Blade (1/2)
To the undead, a graveyard’s blood pool was an extreme extravagance, like a luxurious feast.
Standing close to the edges of the pool, I waved my hand. After Summon Undead glowed, a short skinny skeleton crawled out. It shakily stood behind me in a minion-like way.
Demonic Servant (Basic)
Level: 5
Attack: 15~50
Defense: 20
HP: 150
Properties: Disappears when its master goes offline.
The little skeleton bent at its waist and bowed at me but I clearly saw the word “trash” across its forehead. Defense 20, Attack 50, with only 150 HP? Could it even survive?
I helplessly shook my head. At this time, Undead Lord Cyan Rain had discovered his enemy. He pounced over with a heavy sword in hand, yelling, “Lowly undead, go die in hell!”
With a mad howl, Suren charged over with his sword!
Clang!
In the midst of the clash of metal between two strong NPC bosses, one sword was visibly shaken. Clearly, Great Swordmaster Suren held the advantage. Cyan Rain had been knocked away in a single strike!
The Undead Lord roared in anger as he thrust his sword into the ground, drawing a fissure more than ten meters. Just when he was about to launch himself back, a streak of green appeared behind him!
Pssh!
217!
Slayer Slash heavily fell and jolted Cyan Rain. A chunk of his HP immediately dropped. This was a boss! I was not about to miss the chance to get some valuable experience and drop!
“Die!”
Cyan Rain’s sword swiveled, followed by biting wind!
Crack!
The sword tore through my defense. Blood splattered everywhere and a huge damage number floated above my head—321!
This bastard, he almost one-shot me!
My little skeleton servant attacked at this time. It showed me the worth of its life as it was broken into seven or eight pieces with a swing of the boss’s sword.
Suren charged again, while I was chugging down potions as fast as I could. The two bosses were locked in a deadly struggle, but it was still Suren who had the upper hand, hacking Cyan Rain into a half-dead state. As for me, who had finally recovered to full health, I took the initiative once more!
The tip of my sword floated with threads of bloody mist, a sign of undead energy concentrating on my weapon. Unfortunately for me, it was only effective on living creatures and wouldn’t do anything to an undead lord like Cyan Rain.
Crack!
I struck again, slicing off almost 200 of the boss’s HP. I was smarter this time and slid away to let Trainer Suren block the hit. After the boss missed, I struck again. My sword rose and fell, Slayer Slash leaving its mark on Cyan Rain’s face this time.
“Arghhhh…”
Cyan Rain let out his last throes before dying!
Three Big Magic Stones with 97, 98, and 94 Quality. These numbers were considerably high, so they definitely could sell for a good sum.
The Undead Lord had also dropped two pieces of equipment. A longsword brimming with bloody light and a dark cyan–colored cloak-type cape. This made me wild with joy. The great thing about cloaks was the fact that they could cover the face. As long as I willed it, I could completely hide my face from other players. Then, they wouldn’t see that I was actually a skeleton.
My hands trembled in excitement as I checked out the stats of the equipment. First was the blood-red longsword. When its stats appeared before my eyes, I nearly went mad!
Weeping Fire Blade (Bronze-grade)
Attack: 25~40
Strength: +8
Level Requirement: 25
Bronze, it is a Bronze-grade weapon! Hahaha, I’ve struck gold!
It had a powerful attack power of 40 and a bonus of 8 Strength. This was absolutely a killer weapon at this stage of the game. My Forest Green Blade only had 18 attack points and was simply a vegetable knife compared to the Weeping Fire Blade. Since the Forest Green Blade could already cause envy, wouldn’t there be an uproar if the public found out about this Weeping Fire Blade?
Ecstatic as hell, I put the Weeping Fire Blade into my bag. It required Level 25, but I had only leveled to 22 after killing the boss; I still needed 3 levels. I should be able to equip it after two days of grinding. And then, my DPS will more than double!
Still feeling happy, I checked out the stats of the bloody cloak. I instantly froze yet again—
Cyanfire Cloak (Bronze-grade)
Defense: 22
Stamina: +7
Passive: Increases user’s evasion rate by 0.5%
Level Requirement: 25
Damn! Another Bronze-grade item. I really struck gold this time. Its Defense was a scary 22 and it gave 7 additional Stamina. There was even a special attribute that increased evasion rate by 0.5%. Though not very high, a bonus was still a bonus. These two pieces of equipment would seriously make anyone rave with joy.
I did my best to restrain my happiness, and also placed it in my bag. Then I chatted with Suren and completed the quest!
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have completed the quest [Undead Lord Cyan Rain]. You have gained 4000 EXP and 100 Reputation!
Swoosh!
I glowed with golden light and leveled again. I was now Level 23, two levels away from wearing the two pieces of Bronze-grade equipment. This was also the first time I’d entered Floating Ice City’s Heavenly Ranking—
Name
Level
Class
Wind Fantasy
26
Light Wanderer
Dominating Mage God
24
Mage
Dominating Knight God
24
Magic Knight
Dominating Archer God
24
Archer
Dominating Warrior God
24
Warrior
Hot Sun
23
Warrior