No Tara Under The Horizon
Chapter 8's
Like a tiger leaping for food, or a dog leaping for dirt, I fell into the grass and tightly hugged this long sword. Tears running down my face. “Honey, I finally found you!”
I held a long sword in my hand. Its hilt was covered in green vines and its blades were sharp and emitted an intimidating green light. A cold aura entered my palm. I looked at the statistics. As expected, a good treasure—
Forest Green Blade (Iron Level)
Attack: 10~18
Power: +4
Level Requirements: 8
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Incredible, 18 Attacks. It was far beyond the initial sword. This green sword is too powerful. With the initial village situation now, I can dominate the area.
At this time, the bell sounded in the air—
Ding~!
System Notification (Dragon Roaming Players’s Shout): Guys, I am the guild leader of Mad Dragon. I found the Night Beings south of the Sunlight Forest, a terrifying skeletal warrior. Should have been the new boss from the village early. A strong enough friend can work together and kill him.
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I was a little quiet. Roaming Dragon was extremely rich. A system shout would require 5000 RMB of his account. That guy will bear to spend it?
Also, he's very cunning. He described me as the boss. He obviously wanted someone to do his dirty work.
I am a player from the Darkness faction. My name is red for them. Never mind, I won't stay long. There was some bad blood between Mad Dragon and me, but there was no need to make more enemies. That's not wise.
I saw my experience. Rate 9.57%. I will wait until I reach Level 10 for class promotion and learn some fighting techniques. If the Roaming Dragon wants me, I will let him do whatever he wants, but I will not accompany him.
With my new green sword, my strength will increase greatly. I will kill my way out of the Sunshine Forest, gathering experience along the way. When I return to the Heap Graveyard Corpse, I will basically be Level 10.
A Level 10 Green Worshiped Grasshopper leaped onto my face.
I swung the green sword without thinking. With a crack, the damage points rose above the grasshopper's head.
124!
Real strong. My attack power of 38~64 did not disappoint me!
Level 10 monsters usually have around 500 HP, so I can defeat them in four hits. The refreshing feeling to upgrade my equipment is great!
I fought my way out of the Sunshine Forest and headed straight for the early village.
At this time, the system bell reads—
Ding~!
System Notice: Player “Wind Fantasy” is the first player to qualify for a class promotion. Rewards obtained: Level +1, Reputation +50 and 1 gold!
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I was a little surprised. What kind of ferocious person would reach Level 10 faster than me? As expected, this was the era of experts!
I made my way to the early village and found the Guardians of the Corpse Pile Graveyard to hand over my mission. As expected, I managed to reach Level 10. The system doesn't give me face and announce it to the world, but I don't mind. My current identity is not suitable for the world to know. Otherwise, a group of Light faction grunts who hated Darkness would have charged into the Corpse Pile Grave. They might even nail me to a cross or drown me in a pigsty. I dare not imagine such a sad situation.
I came to the merchant and took out the Great Magic Stone. The skeletal beauty immediately gaped and sighed emotionally. “Young frame, you have to be really strong to harvest magic stones that are so abundant in magic power. Come on, I'm willing to buy it for 1980 copper!”
I nodded, and sold four Little Magic Stones as well. As a result, 24 silver was added to my balance. Learning skills should not be a problem now.
I once again came to the undead mage. This one is the village chief. Before I left the village, I had to tell.
“Young frame, you have grown so fast. It really makes me happy!”
The village chief patted my head with his cane and laughed. “Go, there is a wider world waiting for you outside. Your next stop is Floating Ice City. There was a Frost Mound ten miles outside Floating Ice City. Hm, that place will be your shelter. At Frost Mound, you can find the Suren Life Corpse Swordsman. If you receive my cover letter, Suren will accept you as a student!”
Pop.
The cover letter fell into my bag. As expected, this is proof of my class promotion. From today on, I am an undead swordsman who aims for glory and courage as well as wealth and prostitutes!
With a feisty chest, I stepped onto the path towards Floating Ice City, a place where dreams materialized.
Floating Ice City, one of the nine tier 2 cities on China's servers. Above them were three great cities. But the names of the three big cities have not been announced and on the map, the three big cities are empty.
Basically, the players from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions had been allocated to the Floating Ice City. It is a method of geographical distribution.
Opening the world map, the coordinates of Floating Ice City had already appeared. It was about an hour's drive from the Heap Graveyard's corpse. There were many early villages around Floating Ice City, at least ten or so. Also, the elite players from these ten early villages would all be gathered inside Floating Ice City. At that time, it would be a prosperous place, filled with heroes.
I smiled slightly, and stepped onto the street, me and my green sword. Floating Ice City will be the stage where “Dust Fall” will rise again!
I traveled along a small grey road, and found no danger whatsoever. If I see a human guard, I will hide far away. These soldiers will not allow anything to escape from them, let alone a strong skeletal warrior like me.
It sounded!
The system gave me a notice: Hello, Broken Halberd player Sinks Into Sand. Since you belong to the abandoned race, you can freely enter the safe zone of the Bright and Dark factions and not be attacked. However, in the battle area, your affiliation is a demon!
Oh, so it's like this. I can still enter the city!
When I think of skills, I become teary-eyed. I fought all night without any skills! I finally reached the point where I could learn it!
I immediately started running. After leaving the territory of the Floating Ice City, I ran into the vast forest. Not long after, the presence of heavy undead swept over me, a cold wind blowing. My goal, Frost Mound, was right in front of me. This is a mound of guards for the Darkness faction. Placed there was a relatively weak guard group of Night Beings.
Gurgle, gulp…
There were two pools of blood on either side of the Frost Mound, its contents filled with limbs that were torn, boiling and bubbling. Is this a cafeteria for Night Beings?
Just thinking about it, I almost vomited. Even if you kill me, I won't eat a corpse!
When I entered the Frost Mound, I saw a group of NPCs trading on the outskirts. The undead blacksmiths had exposed the white bones as they swung their hammers at the hot metal. The undead skeleton from the apothecary held the bottle of potion and gave a growling smile. When I met her gaze, I felt terrified like I was naked.
I carefully walked around the mound and finally found the person I was looking for!
An undead warrior completely enveloped in armor appeared, holding a sword that flickered with a bloody light. He looked around coldly, with a row of words above his head—
Life's Corpse Swordsman Suren LV-???
Oh, I found my coach!
I walked forward, and handed over my cover letter from the village chief.
Suren looked at the paper and said coldly, “Son, you will be my disciple, and a brave undead swordsman. You must remember that all our murders are for the sake of survival. For this purpose, we can leave anything, but not the pride of undead!”
I'm nodding. “I know, Guru.”
Suren laughed, walked forward, and placed his hand on top of my skull. Serious voice. “Wake up, oh the sleeping dead, and make your undead energy illuminate the world and overturn all laws!”
Buzz!
Chaos ensued in my mind followed by the echoes of bell—
Ding~!
System Notification: You have managed to understand the talent—Energy of Undead!
I quickly opened the skill menu. As expected, there is a passive— skill
Undead Energy (Pasif–Rank 1): Generates the undead power that lies dormant within the user. Provides an additional 5% damage to all live targets. The skill effect increases with level.
I'm very happy. This skill did not look much, but it was in fact very powerful. Rank 1 Life Corpse Energy provides 5% additional damage. If I reach Level 100, and my talent is Rank 10, then won't I be able to deal 50% extra damage, or even more?
ecstasy!
At this moment, the Suren Life Corpse Swordsman looked at me with a hot look. He laughed and said, “Wah, your potential is very good. Now, I give you the qualification to become an undead swordsman!”
With “ding”, I finished my class promotion and ended up becoming a true undead swordsman!
After that, the coach remained motionless, looking at me. This guy was obviously waiting for me to pay to learn the skill.
I walked forward and opened the interaction interface. The option to learn a new skill is in the middle. I pressed it, three lines of text appeared in front of me—
Basic Swordsmanship: Increase the hit rate and damage of sword-type weapons. Basic class skills.
Death Plunder: When looting a corpse, you have a chance to obtain additional items.
Slayer Slash: Provides 110% damage but lowers attack hit rate by 35%.
Real good. I finally have active attack skills. This Slayer Slash looks pretty strong. At Level 1, the skill can deal 110% damage. However, the hit rate will be slightly reduced. But it's not important. If my attack is fast and accurate, this bit of hit rate can be created with control.
The cost to learn each skill is 5 silver, I have 24. I can learn everything. Two active skills instantly appeared in my skill menu. One was the Slayer Slash attack, the other, the Death Plunder. Both useful.
I swung the green sword and silently muttered “Slayer Slash”. Immediately, my sword was enveloped with a green light flowing from its hilt all the way to its tip!
“Puchi!”
A small ditch was cut in the ground. Ha, the effect of the skill is quite good.
After leaving Suren Life Corpse Coach, I took a walk around Frost Mound. Even though I am excited about them, I still haven't tried them. When I came to the outskirts of Frost Mound, I found a guard team of five people setting up camp. The undead warrior wearing white armor was the leader. He looked into the distance in Floating Ice City, and let out a languid sigh.
Mn, a quest!
I walked forward confidently and said, “Master, how can I help you?”
“Oh, small skeleton!”
The guard leader looked at me and said, “You know, this grave is our home, but recently, a group of evil spirits have invaded our land. I suspect we're dealing with Mr. Undead. We must retaliate! The young skeleton ! Surround the cemetery and kill fifty weak soldiers. Bring me ten of their fingers. You will get a great gift!”
Ding~!
System Notification: You have received the [Finger Skeleton] quest! (Quest Rank : F+)
Description: Go to the cemetery, kill 50 Skeleton Soldiers, and collect 10 Skeleton Fingers for Sentinel Leader Fark.
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“Sial, someone dared to invade our territory?! They seek death!”
With a confident move and a sword in hand, I left Frost Mound, subconsciously already considering it my territory.
