noveltune Chapter 008: A Skill Book Was Created
Chapter 008: A Skill Book Was Created
Time passed slowly, and when the second wave of monsters had lasted for a full fifty minutes, the Ignite Sword Saint finally killed his first monster, a little black boar.
He almost cried; it had been so difficult, his legs were numb from standing on the street.
His attack power was also extremely high; a single [Double Slash] took the little black pig away.
After a while, Dark Night Redemption failed, ran out of money to buy potions, and its killing efficiency plummeted. The Ignition Knight finally ushered in its spring, killing two or three small monsters per minute on average.
As for the A-list celebrity and Zhen Dejun, they still hadn't encountered any monsters to fight. The A-list celebrity wasn't in a hurry or annoyed, and chatted leisurely with Zhen Dejun.
At the 65-minute mark of the monster siege, a regional announcement suddenly sounded: "A special event has been triggered. A mimic has infiltrated the monster army. The mimic will not steal the energy of the Heart of Chaos, nor will it proceed in the direction of the War Corridor. Its actions are completely random and it may turn back halfway. Defeating it will drop at least one item, with a small chance of dropping a skill book or a special class change certificate. The dropped items belong to the killer. All players defending the city, please take note."
As soon as the announcement for this area ended, a flash of golden light appeared in the spacetime wormhole, and a glittering treasure chest burst out.
The mimic looks like a treasure chest with four ostrich legs, which is quite bizarre.
【The Mysterious Mimic: A special monster, level 1, 100 HP, immune to magic, unaffected by turret attacks, and possesses extremely high evasion!】
"The loot belongs to the killer! Great, the mimic is mine!"
Fan Knight drew his sword and charged, but he got stuck by a few little black pigs. Meanwhile, the [Miracle Treasure Chest Monster] was extremely fast, hopping and leaping away from his attack range in a few moments. Fan Knight watched helplessly as it ran away, unable to land a single blow. Frustrated, he stomped his feet and quickly turned back to kill the pigs.
Dark Night Redemption and the others were excited. They watched the treasure chest monster approach, waiting to attack at the first moment.
It must be said that in city defense missions, ranged classes do have an advantage over melee classes. Although the Ignite Sword Saint is in front of Dark Night Redemption, he can't beat the latter's long reach.
"Only 100 HP? This mimic is mine!" Dark Night Redemption unleashed a long arrow. Although he was out of magic, his normal attacks were still powerful, and he could very well kill the mimic with only 100 HP at a distance of ten meters.
However, this mimic is no ordinary creature. Although its health is low, it has extremely high evasion. The long arrows shot by Dark Night Redemption all grazed its body and were "lost"!
"Hahahaha!" The Fire Sword Saint was overjoyed and raised his longsword at the Mimic. "Come here, baby, come to Daddy."
"Oh dear, all of them are lost! This bald guy is going to get lucky!" Dark Night Redemption drew his bow at full speed, unwilling to give up, but he missed every shot.
The Ignition Sword Saint was already prepared to engage the monster. As soon as the treasure chest monster arrived, he immediately unleashed [Double Slash].
With two clangs, damage numbers appeared above the treasure chest monster's head: one "-25" and the other "-20," instantly reducing its health by half.
The Sword Saint, now enraged, raised his sword and slashed again.
-23, lost, lost, -24, lost...
Just as the mimic was down to its last sliver of health, it suddenly turned around and ran away, returning the way it came.
"Damn it, there's one last strike! Baby, don't do this, don't go!" The Ignition Sword Saint wished he could vomit blood.
Dark Night Redemption quickly fired another arrow, but still couldn't stop the Black Blood Chest Monster.
Approaching the spacetime wormhole, the Fan Knight focused intently on hacking at the little black pig, making the most of every second to level up.
Li Hanqiang's voice suddenly rang out: "Fan Knight, the Mimic is back! Finish it off, it's just one hit away!"
Upon hearing this, the Fan Knight turned his head and was immediately stunned.
"The mimic really came back!" Without thinking, he drew his sword and charged.
Lost, lost, lost, -10!
With a ding, the mimic fell to the ground, and a burst of colorful light exploded out.
"System notification: Player Fan Knight has successfully defeated the Mysterious Treasure Chest Monster and obtained a skill book. The item has been automatically stored in the player's Chaos Tablet. Congratulations."
"Treasure Chest Item Display: Skill Book, [Phantom Charge]".
Phantom Charge: A common skill for melee classes.
LV1 effect: Consumes mana to launch a phantom charge in front of the user, covering a distance of 20 meters. Deals damage equal to 50% of the user's attack power to enemies along the way, and has a high chance of triggering a slowing effect and a low chance of triggering a knockback effect (the trigger probability is related to the player's strength value, please explore for yourself).
All melee classes can learn this skill and increase their proficiency to raise the skill level. As the skill level increases, the charge damage and charge distance are also increased.
PS: Players must be level 10 or higher and have unlocked the free skill slots to learn this skill.
The information about 【Phantom Charge】 was displayed directly to all the players present. Fan Knight was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. He laughed and stopped even slashing at the little black pig.
"I'm rich now! I'm rich now! I've created a universal skill book!"
The others behind were incredibly envious, especially the Ignition Sword Saint, who almost cried, shouting wildly towards the Fan Knight, "Give it to me, give it to me, give me the skill book! If you're a brother, give it to me!"
Dark Night Redemption shook his head. He was in a better position, since he was a ranged class and even if he got the [Phantom Charge] skill book, he wouldn't be able to learn it.
Zhen Dejun, who was behind him, was furious. His face turned ashen, and he frowned as if he had swallowed a fly. How precious and valuable could such a universal skill book be? How could it have fallen into the hands of a piece of trash?
Li Hanqiang smiled and said to the Fan Knight, "How about it, brother? It's not a bad deal to defend the city here... Hey, don't just stand there. Now you need to work harder to fight monsters and level up to level 10 as soon as possible to learn skills."
"Yes, absolutely! Kill monsters, kill monsters!" Fan Knight was like he'd taken some kind of stimulant. He now found Li Hanqiang incredibly pleasing to the eye and particularly dignified.
Ten minutes later, the spacetime wormhole closed. Once both the little black pig and the big black pig were killed, an announcement rang out: "Congratulations to Chaos City No. 68 for successfully repelling the second wave of monster invasion. The current battle has lasted 92 minutes, with 13001 invading monsters killed. Chaos Heart has lost zero health points. This is considered a perfect defense. All players who participated in the defense will receive the maximum experience reward. Adventurers who participated in the defense will also receive contribution points for Chaos City No. 68. When the contribution points reach a certain value, adventurers will receive mysterious privileges."
The battle is over, and everyone has leveled up.
Li Hanqiang reached level 5, Fan Knight reached level 8, Ignition Sword Saint reached level 6, Dark Night Redemption finally broke through level 10, and even the A-list star and Zhen Dejun, who had been "lying down" all gained a lot of experience points, one reaching level 6 and the other reaching level 8.
Of course, Li Hanqiang also received additional rewards: two Chaos Stone Tablets, a small money bag, and another chance to "draw a prize".