Chapter 18 : Chapter 18
Chapter 18: An A-Rank Skill
Golden Fang was fast.
But someone was faster.
A tall figure stood before Lin Yuan and blocked the blow for him.
-3000
After taking the attack, what lay hidden beneath Ali’s mask was a killing intent as cold as winter.
Anyone who dared lay a hand on my lord—
must die!!!
From the moment Lin Yuan had pulled Ali out of that endless abyss of ruin,
Ali had already accepted Lin Yuan as the master he would follow for the rest of his life.
And now, someone had actually dared to attack Lin Yuan right in front of him.
Unforgivable!
【Draw Slash has met the advancement conditions and has advanced into the A-Rank skill Charged Draw Slash】
Huh???
Lin Yuan had just taken a step forward when he stopped again.
A moment earlier, he had already picked up the shield Ali had thrown to the ground and was preparing to charge over and join Ali in beating Golden Fang senseless.
With Lin Yuan helping, Golden Fang would surely be beaten until he had to search the ground for his own teeth.
But after seeing that prompt, Lin Yuan stopped once more.
The one who ought to be worried now was Golden Fang instead.
An A-Rank skill, Charged Draw Slash.
Could he withstand it?
【Charged Draw Slash】(A-Rank)
Skill Description: Releases a powerful slash that deals 250% Attack damage to targets within an eight-meter radius. Before releasing it, the user may charge the skill, which will add an extra slash of the same power.
The Refined Iron Sword had no scabbard, but that did not hinder the use of the skill.
Ali lowered his center of gravity, his right hand gathering power.
After the charge was complete, Ali did not attack at once. Instead, he turned back and glanced at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan understood immediately and dismissed the summon on the spot.
An instant later, Ali’s figure reappeared at Lin Yuan’s side.
At that moment, the might of the S-Rank talent Summoning Coordination was fully revealed.
That seamless summoning ability—
there were no useless talents, only useless class-holders.
Berserk Rush!
Ali shot forward like a speeding motorcycle and slammed into Golden Fang.
History repeated itself.
Only this time, Golden Fang no longer had another transformation to rely on.
Charged Draw Slash!
-95000 (Critical Hit)
-47500
-22800
-22800
-1903
In the blink of an eye, Golden Fang performed a miraculous disappearing-HP act for everyone present.
Before he could even recover from the stunned state, he was dead.
【Killed Kobold Leader Golden Fang (LV12), EXP increased by 6000】
【Level increased to 8 (4400/7000)】
Perhaps because Lin Yuan had spent the whole way cursing the Kobolds for being paupers, Golden Fang finally decided to be generous for once.
Four pieces of equipment appeared before Lin Yuan.
Three were Gold, and one was Platinum.
Below Level 10, Platinum was the highest grade of equipment that could appear.
If a class-holder possessed even a single Platinum piece of equipment by Level 10, then congratulations—
facing the Level 20 class advancement mission would be almost like child’s play.
【Lesser Demon Staff】
【Grade: Platinum】
【Equip Requirement: Level LV10】
【Attributes: Intelligence +50, Stamina +30, Mana +500】
【Firebolt: Consumes 50 Mana to release a Firebolt, dealing 500 magic damage (affected by Spell Power), Cooldown: 5 seconds】
(With this, you’ll never have to worry about disposing of bodies again.)
【Refined Iron Boots】
【Grade: Gold】
【Equip Requirement: LV8】
【Attributes: Strength +15, Stamina +15】
【Refined Iron Pauldrons】
【Grade: Gold】
【Equip Requirement: LV8】
【Attributes: Strength +15, Stamina +15】
【Refined Iron Breastplate】
【Grade: Gold】
【Equip Requirement: LV8】
【Attributes: Strength +15, Stamina +15】
The Platinum equipment, Lesser Demon Staff, was a supreme treasure for magic classes.
Just the attached skill Firebolt alone was enough to make this weapon useful all the way to Level 30.
As for the three Gold pieces, their attributes were somewhat lacking. Even among Gold equipment, they were near the bottom.
However, once all three pieces were gathered, a set bonus was triggered.
【Refined Iron Set 3/5 gathered: HP +1000, Defense +100】
At Level 8, after putting on the three-piece set, Lin Yuan’s HP was already approaching ten thousand, while his Defense had also reached eight hundred.
How was this still a Summoner?
You could call him a shield warrior, and no one would object.
Only...
What kind of normal magic class wore plate armor?
It was only because Lin Yuan’s Strength and Stamina were far beyond ordinary people that he had not already collapsed from the burden.
As for Lin Yuan collecting all the loot himself, Sun Xu did not have the slightest objection.
After all, just mooching experience through these two dungeon runs today had already been more than worth it.
Looking at the large LV8 on his status panel, the smile on Sun Xu’s face simply would not fade.
【Congratulations on clearing Nightmare Difficulty Golden Fang Ruins in 42 minutes. Would you like to hide the names in the announcement?】
“No.”
Lin Yuan chose no without hesitation.
Why would he hide his name?
To play at concealing his strength?
That had gone out of style long ago.
If you did not reveal your strength, there would always be some clown jumping out to make noise and seek attention.
It was endlessly tiresome.
Besides, the only ones who had entered Nightmare Difficulty were him and Sun Xu.
Hiding the names would just be deceiving himself.
There was no need for it.
【Congratulations to the team of Lin Yuan and Sun Xu for conquering Nightmare Difficulty Golden Fang Ruins in 42 minutes】
【Congratulations to the team of Lin Yuan and Sun Xu for conquering Nightmare Difficulty Golden Fang Ruins in 42 minutes】
【Congratulations to the team of Lin Yuan and Sun Xu for conquering Nightmare Difficulty Golden Fang Ruins in 42 minutes】
The moment the announcement appeared, the smile on Sun Xu’s face grew especially radiant.
“Brother Lin, if the others find out we cleared Nightmare Difficulty, they’ll probably be scared stupid.”
“I can already hardly wait to see their jaws hit the floor.”
“And Old Chen—this time, no matter what, he ought to become a Vice Principal, right?”
“That’s definitely not a problem.” Lin Yuan stretched lazily. “That Old Chen, honestly. He’s already such a grown man, yet he still makes people worry about him.”
...
Five minutes earlier.
Tian Ye, captain of the Third Squad of Tianfeng City’s Enforcement Squad, had appeared at No. 1 High School.
He had come to announce the disciplinary result for Chen Hongwei.
At that moment, nearly the entire school’s teachers and students had gathered on the plaza before the dungeon.
“Chen Hongwei failed to fulfill his duties as a teacher, resulting in the deaths of two class-holders with S-Rank talents inside a Nightmare difficulty dungeon.”
“Chen Hongwei is hereby conscripted for service at No. 38 Hive Fortress for a term of ten years.”
“Principal Chen Qingshan is guilty of dereliction of duty and is to be removed from his position as principal of No. 1 High School.”
After the punishment was announced, Chen Qingshan and Chen Hongwei both let out sighs at the same time.
Chen Qingshan was still relatively fortunate. He was only being transferred away from No. 1 High School and would still take up a post at another school.
Chen Hongwei’s situation was far worse.
He was being sent to the front lines to battle the Insectoids.
Hive Fortresses were extremely dangerous places. Terrifying Insectoids could appear there at any moment.
The mortality rate was appallingly high.
When they heard that Chen Hongwei was about to be sent to No. 38 Hive Fortress, two teachers who were close to him indignantly protested,
“Lin Yuan and Sun Xu were the ones who refused to listen and insisted on choosing Nightmare Difficulty. Why should Chen Hongwei be the one sent to the Hive Fortress?”
“Exactly. Before the awakening, Chen Hongwei repeatedly warned the students not to choose Nightmare Difficulty. They refused to listen, and now somehow the responsibility falls on us instead?”