Chapter 34: Hidden Skills
Fortunately, I managed to check the monster’s information.
Skeleton Archer (Summon)
Rarity: Black Iron grade
Level: 16
Health: 800
Attack: 43-59
Defense: 18
Skills: Armor-Piercing Arrow, Rapid Shot
Description: A resurrected human archer, who has lost the memories of their past life and retains only the instinct for battle.
Undead Wolf
Rarity: Black Iron grade
Level: 16
Health: 1200
Attack: 50-60
Defense: 28
Skills: Sprint, Corrosive Claw
Description: A resurrected gray wolf, who has lost the memories of their past life and retains only the instinct for battle.
It is slightly stronger than the Skeleton Soldier in terms of attributes, but the combination of the two has essentially turned them into mounted archers.
Logically speaking, with Zane’s defense reaching 43, he shouldn’t be easily breached.
The key is that Armor-Piercing Arrow.
Zane looked at the notification and saw that his defense had been reduced by 20 points due to the Armor-Piercing Arrow, nearly half!
Fortunately, this debuff is not stackable; otherwise, they would have been wiped out by this round of volleys.
Their aggro range is not as small as the Skeleton Soldiers on the first floor, but rather they attack any enemy within sight.
This led to Zane being attacked nearly twenty times in one go.
This was still under the condition that the Undead Wolf didn’t get a hit in; the Corrosive Claw looks like it also reduces armor, and if he got hit, his armor would likely have been stripped away.
At this moment, Zane looked like a hedgehog, with arrows sticking out of his back.
“I told you, the second floor is incomparable to the first,” Alna said.
Indeed, with such strong armor-piercing ranged firepower surrounding them, there was almost no way to break through. A large guild could use a swarm tactic to drown them, but there are only a few of them here.
“Cough, cough… Little Ai,” Starry hesitated before speaking.
“What did you call me?”
“Nothing, that’s not important. Can you help me with a small task?”
She shook her head, “I can’t intervene.”
“I’m not asking you to intervene! Just help us seal off the entrance to the next floor using the previous bone wall, leaving a gap for one person. If we don’t attack them, they shouldn’t notice us, right?”
“…”
“I’m begging you~” Starry clasped her hands near her chin, her eyes sparkling with fervent light, looking even more pitiful than the real thing.
“…” Alna didn’t speak but silently raised a hand, her lips moving as if she was saying something.
Moments later, a bone wall appeared out of thin air, covering the entrance to the next floor, with a half-meter gap on the left side.
“Thanks a lot! Now let’s watch!” Starry said cheerfully.
…
Zane slipped through the gap on the left. As soon as he appeared, countless vicious gazes fixated on him—run!
More than ten arrows shot through the gap and hit the ground; fortunately, he was quick…
Immediately, the sound of pattering footsteps followed; they were closing in!
Soon, the head of an Undead Wolf emerged, and Zane quickly applied Venomous Claw to its face, needing to reduce its armor first!
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Both the armor reduction and venom effect activated simultaneously.
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Additionally, a special effect that had never been triggered before, Gray Wolf Spirit, activated, and an image of a gray wolf appeared above, striking the head of the Undead Wolf hard.
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In one encounter, it took away one-sixth of its health; finally, there was some damage, which was hard to come by.
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Okay, Starry’s casual normal attack dealt more damage than his!
The Undead Wolf struggled to break in but got its legs stuck in the gap held by the Skeleton Archer in the back.
In this position, the archer couldn’t draw its longbow and perfectly blocked the monsters behind!
Fortunately, the bone wall was highly resilient; this small situation shouldn’t be a problem.
So… it was time to reap the rewards!
The completely defeated enemies were pushed down by their comrades behind, dying one after another.
Zane would first apply Armor-Piercing to the target, then Starry would unleash overwhelming damage to finish it off; if it was a Skeleton Archer, he would need to land a final blow to the center of its skull to prevent it from resurrecting.
Soon, the first batch of monsters turned into experience points and rewards, with drops illuminating the ground!
Alna was shocked by such a brutal monster-hunting method, murmuring, “That’s terrifying…”
The second batch of monsters didn’t come over as smoothly because Zane couldn’t leave their attack range immediately; some attacks were unavoidable. Fortunately, his health was thick enough; otherwise, even dragging one or two would have been difficult.
This time they faced less than ten Undead Wolves + Skeleton Archers, but fortunately, it was relatively safe.
Two hours quickly passed, and nearly all the monsters on the floor were cleared out by Zane!
And potions were forced to be used due to a few mistakes; otherwise, he would have relied entirely on resting to recover health.
Now only five potions remained; they must be used sparingly!
“You really did it… but the enemies afterward probably won’t allow for such tricks,” Alna said.
“No need for tricks; no matter what enemy, I have confidence in defeating them,” Starry replied calmly with a smile.
“You… feel different to me,” Alna said uncertainly.
“Is that so? Maybe I just woke up~”
Damn, you woke up without saying anything, just watching me work here. Zane suddenly felt it was unfair.
“I just want to sleep a bit longer~” Starry said softly.
…
Zane leveled up to level 15 and can now equip the Withered Bone Helmet.
By the way, he hadn’t checked the loot yet.
He had roughly collected 6 gold coins, a pile of materials of skeletal fur, and a blue ring that shimmered with a faint glow.
Ring of Ice:
Rarity: Black Iron Equipment
Required Level: 15
Attack Power: 10
Agility: 11
Strength: 8
Special Effect: Frost, attaches a frost effect to attacks, slowing the target’s speed.
Description: Keeps others at a distance.
The attributes are quite impressive, providing nearly 30 points of attack power, with the frost effect being more obnoxious than venom! In most cases, this is significantly stronger than venom.
Starry immediately equipped the Ring of Ice, raising her attack power to 249-264, far exceeding the expected attack at this stage!
Zane also put on the Withered Bone Helmet.
Gray Wolf (Fengchen Yanhua)
Level: 15
Health: 1640
Attack: 120-123
Defense: 57
Skills: Call Companion, Sprint, Venomous Claw, Gray Wolf Spirit
Description: The younger generation highly regarded by the Gray Wolf King.
The Withered Bone Helmet directly increased his attack by 53 points, doubling Zane’s output, and his defense improved too.
Not only that, having three Withered Bone pieces seemed to trigger something!
System Notification: The combination of ‘Withered Bone Helmet’, ‘Withered Bone Boots’, and ‘Withered Bone Armor’ has triggered the hidden skill ‘Withered Bone Shield’.
Withered Bone Shield: Summons the Withered Bone Shield to block 30% of damage for 5 seconds, with a cooldown of 1 minute.
This… is similar to the Knight’s Guardian Shield skill!
I didn’t expect there to be a hidden set combination…
Let’s give it a try.
Withered Bone Shield!
A pale withered bone appeared in front of Zane, completely shielding the wolf’s body, bringing a sense of security.
“Withered Bone Shield? You all even collected this,” Alna looked knowledgeable. “Perhaps…” her voice trembled, barely perceptible.
Now Zane had ample confidence to confront the boss.
“Let’s go!” Starry said.
Alna stood on the stairs, watching them leave.
(So boring… Here’s the third update.)
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