No Tara Under The Horizon
Chapter 12's
There is a saying that says—“Who comes must have bad intentions”. I have no doubt that this Gui Guzi shot me.
Seeing no reason to avoid it at all, I smashed the thorny bush under my feet and rustled into his sight. I looked at him coldly before smiling viciously. “What exactly do you mean, brother?”
“Ck! I'm not your brother!”
Gui Guzi looked at me coldly and arrogantly before saying, “Ck ck, Level 14 and you leveled up here? I guess you're not too bad! ”
I spread my hand. “I'm just average.”
“Say the third strongest player in Floating Ice City?” Gui Guzi sneered.
I accepted the provocation calmly. “You said it, not me. Therefore, I will definitely not be satisfied with just the third place. ”
“You arrogant people are fine!”
Gui Guzi raised her spear and shouted at me, “There is only one undead player in Frost Mound! Now duel me! Whoever loses will pack their stuff and go!”
I shook my head and replied, “My time is precious, and I have no time to waste on PK.”
“What did you say?” Gui Guzi said aggressively. “This is not how a professional should act! I guess you're just a noob! You don't even have the courage to duel with someone!”
I immediately raised my eyebrows and replied coldly, “Is that so? Come to me then. I'll take you out in a minute!”
“Haha, it would be funny if your barking is worse than your bite!”
Gui Guzi laughed out loud and attacked, her spear blade glowing red. It was the basic skill of the Magic Knight, Flame Thrust!
rustling rustling…
I moved half an arc from the original position, causing Gui Guzi to lose his attack. “MISS” beautiful that appeared in the air really surprised him.
“Person ...” Gui Guzi's mouth gaping. “You avoided it? How... how is it possible?”
Instead of answering, I dropped my Forest Green Blade onto his head—
“Killer Freedom!”
That powerful attack made Gui Guzi stumble backwards. His HP had also dropped drastically.
184!
He was lucky that his class was famous for its large pool of HP, or that this attack alone would take his life.
“There's no way I'll lose!”
Gui Guzi is obviously a stubborn man because he accused me again. This time, he swung his spear horizontally, aiming at my side. Avoiding it will be very difficult!
My mind was delayed by 0.7 seconds, and a normal attack had no charge at all. Since it was impossible for me to dodge the attack, I had no choice but to endure it.
Of course, I'm not a gentleman. I immediately retaliated with a swing of my own weapon!
95!
179!
The two of us exchanged blows, but it was clear that Gui Guzi was in a much more disadvantageous position. His chest armor seemed to be of the general grade, without the added stat bonus, so his overall defense could not be higher than 7 points.
“Ugh ...” Gui Guzi flinched repeatedly as she stared at her health bar. He had less than 10 HP remaining. He looked at me with a look of disbelief and said, “How... how is this possible?”
I smiled at him and took action.
“You can stay at Frost Mound. This place is big enough to fit two people. But my provocation is again, and the only answer you will get is death!”
……
The Forest Green Blade flashed across Gui Guzi's neck, his eyes widening. His body slowly slumped to the ground as the last remnants of his soul left him.
He dropped two small potions after dying. I picked it up and looked at the corpse calmly. Inevitably, all words and actions have their own consequences. The price of Gui Guzi's show of arrogance was death.
I went back to leveling and killed the other four Cyan Skeletons, who ended up dropping my last Cyan Skeleton Finger which I needed to hand over my quest!
Glad, I was just about to leave when Gui Guzi got back up. He came back to life after his soul returned to his body, but now he was only Level 17.
Gui Guzi clearly looked unconvinced by his own defeat. “Other times, victory will be mine!”
I nodded back at him with a smile. “Do not hesitate to challenge me whenever you want. Oh yeah, I live on B1, Frost Mound Outer Graveyard No. 1. Visit me when you're free!”
Gui Guzi replied in surprise, “I live in B2 ..”
Huh, we're neighbors?
I can only smile. “Let's learn from each other from now on!”
“M N!”
Gui Guzi nodded. Now I notice that Gui Guzi is proud, aloof, but unreasonable. In fact, I can even call him talented based on the fact that he has not stopped leveling up since the beginning of the game. It was his patience and courage that made him one of the Top 3 players of Floating Ice City!
Of course, crazy levelers are present in every game, and I have played too many virtual reality games to be surprised by this.
I returned to Frost Mound and handed over the 20 Cyan Skeleton Fingers to the Sentinel Leader Fark. He patted me on the shoulder and laughed loudly. “Hahaha, very nice, small skeleton! You have proven your courage and strength again. Here, take your legitimate gift! ”
Ding~!
System Notification: Congratulations, you have completed the [Cyan Skeleton] quest. You have obtained 2200 EXP and 21 Reputation. You have got the search reward: “Bony Cyan Fan”!
Cyan Bony Fan (Iron Level)
Attack: 15~24
Durability: +1
Tactics: +1
Level Requirements: 15
I'm not sure what to say when I stare at the fan. The fan is the weapon of a tactician, but this particular fan has ridiculous attack power, even higher than my Forest Green Sword! Too bad!
Even so, the fan added 1 point to Stamina and Tactics. Now it's useful!
I have studied official Heavenblessed data for a long time and learned that a party leader can activate “strategic” such as Pushing (increase the Attacks of all party members by 5%, Tactic Requirements: 20). Strategy is also known as General Skills. When the player reaches a certain level, the stratagem will be the main factor on the battlefield. It is essentially mandatory for any strong party to have a leader with strong General Skills.
In Heavenblessed, Tacticians were born with a fish-to-water stratagem, as they gained Tactics points at each level. This alone makes the other classes unable to compare. A Level 20 Tactician would naturally have 20 Tactics, meaning that they could execute Strategies like Push or the Iron Wall (increasing the Defense of party members by 5%) even without any equipment.
I guess only a Tactician can bring out the true potential of this Bony Cyan Fan!
I threw the fan back into my bag and decided to travel to Floating Ice City when I was leisurely. I plan to sell this Cyan Bony Fan and buy some potions for the money.
……
After that was done, I looked to Sentinel Leader Fark. There was obviously something he wanted to say, again. His expression became firmer, his voice turning deeper. He patted me on the shoulder and started. “Little frame, I need to tell you the bad news. Half a day ago, Frost Mound's best scout, Shaq, died on the Frozen Path. I had never seen his own body, but I heard that he had been killed by the Iron Back Bear. I want you to go there, kill that damned bear and bring back his head.”
Ding~!
System Notification: You have received the [Ironback Bear] quest! (Quest Rank: F+)
Description: Go to Frozen Path and kill the Ironback Bear. Bring his head back to Sentinel Leader Fark.
Another prize search? I gladly accept it.
I opened the map and searched for the Frozen Path, and it just so happened to be the path to the Floating Ice City. It was a dangerous path as both the Light faction and the Dark faction fought for it. I could already foresee the dangers I had to face.
I spent 1 silver and repaired my equipment. Damn, it must be expensive to repair three Iron-class equipment at once!
I sold all my magic stones, arranged the contents of my bag for a bit and left Frost Mound through the small street.
A terrible smell entered my nose about ten minutes later. What the heck, a headless skeletal warrior was lying on the ground not far ahead!
I walked over and found that it was a half-rotten undead soldier, and his name was Scout Shaq. As I thought, he is the poor soul mentioned in the quest. His sternum was completely shattered, and his head was chewed quite badly. He also smelled like decay and death. I do not believe that the Iron Back Bear will eat a person like him. Either it's really hungry, or it tastes really good.
I stood up and looked around for a moment. I didn't forget to absorb the spark of Scout Shaq's undead. It was weak and small, but it still refilled my own undead flame.
“It's there!”
My eyes narrowed, and I rushed into the forest beside the road. There was a huge black bear standing under a huge tree. It wasn't the boss, but the level was very high—Thorny Ironback Bear, Level 20!
My heart thumped as I swore at a certain Frost Mound Guard Leader. “Fuck you, Fark!”
I checked my own level and calculated the odds. It would be very difficult to challenge a monster five levels above me, not to mention my equipment is far below Level 10. The initial advantage of the game I earned with great difficulty was completely irrelevant here.
Still, I had no choice but to fight him. God, please bless this bear with a quick death!
“Hah!”
I rushed towards the bear and appeared behind him in an instant. Then, I swung my sword down with everything I had!
The crack!
To my surprise, a spark appeared where the Forest Green Blade had attacked. My weapon completely failed to reach the tender flesh.
21!
I feel like I'm being ridiculed by the amount of mischief I've given. Ironback Bear immediately turned around, roaring and pouncing towards me.
For a moment, I was filled with regret.
What the hell am I doing? Of course the back of the Ironback Bear is as strong as iron! How foolish I am to let my habits attract me!
I still received a blow despite hitting back in a hurry. It took 107 points from my health bar.
I waited for the crack before thrusting the Forest Green Blade forward like a snake. This time, I aimed at the Ironback Bear's eyes!
Puchis!
Blood was everywhere. Now I actually broke through his defense!
189!
Ck ck, attacking a weak point will never be boring.
I glided smoothly to his right and slashed at the gaping bear mouth. Once again, my attacks bleed out and result in 157 damage points!
The total HP Ironback Bear was only about 1000 or so. Things must look good to me!
I downed the pot and quickly moved away from it. Just like the monster I fought before, this Ironback Bear has crazy attack power but its movements are bad. I could basically fly him to death with superior manoeuvres.
