Chapter 624: Diamond Dus (1/2)
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”Jie jie, this lowly adventurer!” An undead knight spun his spear while laughing. ”Brothers, let’s kill him and wet our blades with his blood!”
A bunch of swordsmen and knights charged at me, and I retaliated with Burning Blade Slash + War Crush and activated Deterrence the moment the timing was right. Although their level was so high that Deterrence only reduced their stats by 15% instead of the promised 25%, it was still pretty good. 15% less HP and Defense makes the battle much easier than it would’ve been.
Activating Martial God and boosting my attack power by 200%, I clashed directly against an undead knight and began swinging my sword recklessly. Instead of pursuing parries and Guards like I normally did, I did my best to maximize my damage output. In this scenario, fighting aggression with aggression and healing myself with Blood Rage was the royal road to victory!
Bang bang bang!
Cyan sword auras spread across the body of the skeletal soldiers as I attacked them. The main reason my grinding speed was among the best in the entire world was thanks to the 40% splash effect of the Cyan Netherworld Sword!
The Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf vigorously bit and clawed at its adversaries with every available tool, but unfortunately it simply didn’t have enough attack power to do much to the high-level undead at all.
Some distance away, Dada was lying under a bush and whining sorrowfully at us. It looked like it wanted to help, but couldn’t muster the courage to face the powerful enemies.
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Clang clang clang…
Swords and spears pierced my Crimson Rock Dragon Armor and ate away my HP very quickly. It just wasn’t possible to survive while being surrounded by a bunch of Level 165 ancient mobs. Unable to endure the sight of my rapidly emptying HP, I hastily activated both God’s Rage and Blood Fiend. Only then I was barely able to leech enough HP to stay afloat.
”Little wolf, you bastard, we need to withdraw now! Can’t hold on much longer!” My order was somehow ignored, so I hollered at the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf instead.
My pet was a master of agility. With its tail between its legs, it left the combat zone and escaped into the forest behind it immediately.
Bang bang bang!
After killing the skeletal knights behind me with War Crush and Burning Blade Slash, I hurriedly slipped away into the forest as well.
That being said, I felt much better after taking a glance at my experience bar. The battle had lasted less than ten minutes, but my experience bar had risen by almost 5%. If I had a priest by my side, this would be a completely different story. I might even be able to get 2 or 3 levels in a single day. Well, there’s no hurry. I will come back and annihilate every last soldier in this camp eventually!
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I looked back and saw the dog, Dada, crouching inside a bush. Its murky eyes were staring at me.
I extended a hand toward it and gave it a friendly smile. ”I won’t hurt you, Dada. Do you want to come with me? I’ll protect you and search for your master together with you…”
”Whine…”
Dada wagged its tail, but it immediately turned frightful when it saw the Cyan Netherworld Sword behind my back. It quickly turned around and escaped into the forest in the blink of an eye.
”Sigh…”
Just what drove such a weak dog to approach the camp and adventurer’s inn it feared again and again? Was a hundred years, a thousand years, even ten thousand years not enough to grind away its love and loyalty for its master?
A moment of silence later, I decided to put this to the back of my mind. It wasn’t like I could do anything about it right now. Speaking of which, I hadn’t picked up the loot from the undead soldiers I killed. I should pick them up and lure some undead soldiers to me while doing so. Maybe I’ll spend the afternoon grinding here slowly.
I took a moment to calculate the statistics. The Level 165 ancient mobs dealt about 2000+ damage to me each time, and my burst damage was about 50k+ damage or so, or 5000+ HP. With pots and Regeneration of the Undead, I should be able to fight 5 Undead Roland Soldiers at a time. That wasn’t too bad all things considered.
I returned to the camp with the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf. The quest could wait until I cleared out the mobs at this place. When I got close enough, I used Dark Pupils and read the undead knights and undead swordsmen’s stats—
Undead Roland Soldier (Ancient)
Level: 165
Attack: 2550~2980
Defense: 2750
HP: 240000
Skills: Heavy Slash, Dying Strike, War Zeal
Introduction: When the Roland Empire collapsed, these brave soldiers were corrupted by the undead plague and turned into puppets of the undead. These bloodthirsty soldiers are extremely scary because they not only retained their original fighting capabilities, but also gained the zeal of the undead.
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