Chapter 5: Glowing Chest Armor (1/2)

“An F- Rank boss huh?”

The corner of my lips curled slightly. I was Level 1, and the enemy in front of me was Level 5. The miss rate of attacks when the level difference was under five wasn’t too high, so killing it wasn’t beyond my reach.

After making my mind up, I immediately got ready!

Rustle...

My feet shuffled across the grass slightly, but the boss immediately reacted and attacked me as quick as lightning. Luckily, I wasn’t too slow myself, and I was able to bend my body out of the way and slash upward at the same time. The shabby sword sliced across the Big-eared Rabbit boss’s stomach!

21!

Wow, this rabbit’s defense is pretty high!

I quickly deduced that the Big-eared Rabbit had about 2500 total HP. This meant that I had to attack it at least 100 times before I could defeat it!

The boss squealed, turned around and swung its tail at me. The tail was short, but it slammed heavily across my back like a steel whip!

61!

Pain scorched my senses for a moment. This attack power is a bit too much, isn’t it?

I only had 110 total HP right now, meaning that I would die if I took another hit. There was just no way I could beat it right now. I also felt regret because the rules of Heavenblessed turned out to be quite different from Spirit of Grief.

This isn’t worth it, I should’ve known better! Since I can’t beat it, I should run away while I still can. If I get killed here, all the time and effort I spent hunting Big-eared Rabbits since Level 0 will have been wasted.

I looked around me and confirmed the terrain with lightning speed. I chose to dash toward the road on my right because it had the least amount of Big-eared Rabbits. One boss was difficult enough, another Big-eared Rabbit or two would definitely seal my doom.

I ran like the wind while adjusting my steps constantly. Trees, shrubberies, bushes, they were all obstacles that could be used. The boss had to jump around while I traversed the obstacles with the minimal amount of movement. It was almost enough to make up for the gap between our movement speeds.

I didn’t stop scanning my surroundings while I was running. Suddenly, I found something that made my eyes light up with joy!

There was a thorny forest not far ahead of me. The plants it was composed of were called “Snake Venom Brambles”. This particular plant was mentioned in the publicly-released information about Heavenblessed. The Snake Venom Bramble was a deadly plant that inflicted a considerable amount of poison damage to any creature that came into contact with it. A production-focused player could gather them as ingredients and create poison for Assassin players. It was an item any killer must have!

Swoosh!

I easily leaped over the brambles and landed in an open field. It was only a meter tall, and it was nothing I couldn’t overcome. I carefully avoided touching the poisonous brambles all around me and waited patiently for the boss to come.

“Squeal!”

It was clear that the Big-eared Rabbit Boss was on the verge of going berserk, and was too tired to clear the one-meter-tall brambles just like I did. Unfortunately for it, it was only about as big as a washbowl, and while it was in the air I smacked it right in the head with my shabby sword!

“Get down you!”

I hit the Big-eared Rabbit Boss like it was a ball. As I had predicted, it fell into the brambles and squealed painfully as the poisonous thorns bit into its flesh. Its HP started dropping at a rapid rate.

Utilizing my reach advantage to the max, I repeatedly stabbed the Big-eared Rabbit Boss in the ass again and again. It couldn’t do anything to escape because it was small, and it was completely trapped inside the thorny brambles. The more it jumped in pain and panic, the more holes appeared all across its body!

It took less than two minutes for the Big-eared Rabbit’s HP to reach the bottom. This was the first boss I’ve ever killed in Heavenblessed, and I felt like my blood was boiling with excitement. I shouted inside my mind: “Drop me something! Please drop a usable weapon for me, mister rabbit!”

“Wah!”

The Big-eared Rabbit Boss finally let out a scream and died. Two items were left in its place.

Swoosh!

The boss donated a generous amount of experience and increased my level by 2. I dumped another 5 free points into Strength and raised my attack power to 7~12. Now this is what I call damage!

However, the joy of leveling couldn’t come close to the joy of getting an equipment drop at all. My eyes were wide open as a chest armor with a greenish glow and a big stone that looked like a diamond dropped on the ground.

I carefully lifted the chest armor with my sword and pulled it closer. When it finally entered my hands, the equipment window appeared in front of me—

Big-eared Rabbit Glowing Battle Armor (Iron-grade)

Defense: 9

Stamina: +2

Level Requirement: 2

……

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the drop was an Iron-grade equipment that provided stat bonuses! In Heavenblessed, an equipment’s grades were split into Common, Iron, Bronze, Steel, Dark Steel, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Purple Gold, Spirit, Immortal and Divine. This Iron-grade equipment was almost rock bottom in the hierarchy, but during the early stages it might as well be a divine armor!

I immediately put on the chest armor and checked my stats—

ID: Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand

Class: Undead Swordsman (Beginner)