Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 27 Steward Trial
[Warning: Emergency battle triggered]

"It's over. I tried to show off and got myself into trouble."

After Wang Yue entered the hall, the door behind her was closed and the windows around her were several meters high, making it almost impossible to escape.

"Do we really want to defeat this monster?"

The Skeleton Butler's prompt box popped up again in the center of the game interface.

[Skeleton Butler: It is indeed a fifth-level Skeleton monster. You have to find a way to deal with it.]

【grade:??】

"Find a way to get that box of gold coins."

The butler on the opposite side is approaching. Although it has no weapons in its hands, the humanoid skeleton obviously has a certain degree of intelligence, and it is dozens of times more difficult to deal with than the [Scorching Larvae].

A box of gold coins was taken out of the package and thrown on the ground. Wang Yue asked the skeleton cannon fodder to delay forward, and he ran to the distant gate to create distance.

Without waiting for his skeleton to get close, the butler simply raised his hand, and purple smoke sprang out from its arm like a giant snake, directly blasting it to pieces.

[Basic Skeleton Damage: 999 (Crushing)]

[Your summon has died]

"That's not right. Shouldn't it be greedy for money?"

At present, the butler has no intention of stopping and continues to press forward.

Looking at the prompt of its elite template, plus its level with two question marks, Wang Yue retreated again and again, with his back already against the stone door.

"It's really not possible. I'll at least leave him with a wound before he dies."

After giving himself the effect of [Dark Healing] and drawing out [Painful Bone Spurs], Wang Yue began to make his final struggle.

"Dead Soul Calling."

This was his 10th time summoning [Basic Skeleton]. As the number of uses increased, the reading time also increased from the initial 1 minute to 3 seconds.

The new cannon fodder came up to him, and they both started sprinting towards the butler at the same time.

[Warning: Dark Torrent]

The same purple smoke attacked Wang Yue again.

It looked like a dark attribute spell, and his own fire resistance was of no use. With less than 100 HP left, he was doomed to be killed instantly.

"I lost it."

The newly strengthened weapon received special treatment when it first appeared. Since the items would return to him after death and resurrection anyway, Wang Yue threw it away without hesitation.

[Damage caused: 1]

[Corrosion effect has taken effect]

“My life is worth it.”

Wang Yue, who lost his weapon, opened his arms and closed his eyes to welcome the attack.

The dark energy has the attack effects of corroding the skin, piercing the bones, and drilling the heart. Wang Yue gritted her teeth and prepared to endure the pain at that moment.

"It seems... that the perception is blocked?"

After waiting for three seconds, Wang Yue felt nothing unusual with her body.

The next second, he heard the sound of the skeleton falling apart.

When the bones stopped making any sound, the sound of coins rustling came to my ears.

Then a heavy stone door slid across the ground and the sea breeze blew in his ears.

The salty, humid smell of the sea wafted to his nose, mixed with a hint of burning kerosene.

"Isn't this an emergency battle?"

Wang Yue opened her eyes in confusion.

In front of him, the [Skeleton Butler] had already opened the box of gold coins.

The skeleton is counting money. Its health bar has changed from red to yellow. It will not attack for the time being.

"I have been waiting for a hundred years, and finally the new master has appeared."

Some people are blinded by money, but some skeletons regain their sanity because of money.

If it weren’t for the butler’s words, Wang Yue would have almost forgotten that she was the owner of the castle.

"Oh, yes. You should be my butler now. Tell me how to get close to the dragon in the castle."

The housekeeper looked up at Wang Yue, but immediately lowered his head and began to count the money.

"It would be too dangerous for you to face that dragon. I will not let you pass."

[Mission Target: Steward’s Trial (0/3)]

[Quest Reward: Teleportation Pocket Watch - Dusk Scale]

The butler closed the box full of gold coins, then walked up to Wang Yue and stretched out three bony fingers.

"Three trials, and when you're done I'll tell you what the dragon likes."

"Okay, I accept the test."

After Wang Yue said she accepted, the Skeleton Butler put down the gold coins in his hand.

Purple smoke was seen floating out of the butler's body again. After a burst of smoke blew across the gold coin treasure chest, gold coins worth a city disappeared out of thin air.

"Black gold in front of me? This mission is too bad."

Although NPCs will issue tasks that require gold coins to unlock, there are not many such expensive tasks.

In Wang Yue's design, a normal game player who upgrades to level 70 can have 20 gold coins. To obtain these 500 gold coins, studio accounts need to work day and night for a month.

"It's a waste. When I get along well with the butler, I'll ask him where he hid the money."

Now that the money has been paid, Wang Yue can only start the mission.

"The first test is to kill it."

The butler walked over to the [Basic Skeleton] that had just been defeated and infused the dark energy into its broken bones again.

Relying on this energy, the broken skeleton stood up again. The broken parts were connected by purple light, and there was a long sword condensed by energy in its hand. Just by looking at it, you could tell that it was no longer cannon fodder.

[First-level Skeleton Soldier: Be careful with its weapon, its attack power is extremely strong, and its vitality has also been improved]

【Level: 10】

"Goudan, come to me."

The door has been opened, and Goudan outside can come in to help.

After a period of rest, its health has been fully restored. Now both of them are in their prime and can easily deal with ordinary monsters two levels higher.

“A familiar taste.”

When Goudan appeared, the butler smelled his own scent on him.

The aura was extremely similar, and it even thought for a moment that Goudan was its own child.

"The trial begins."

The butler retreated to the corner of the hall, and the health bar of the summoned skeleton soldier turned red. It immediately began to attack, waving its long sword.

"Men on the left, women on the right, we attack from both ends."

Before Wang Yue let Goudan attack, the anxious skeleton ran towards the enemy from the left, and Wang Yue had to attack with his weapon from the right.

"Forget it, men and women are equal, it's the same everywhere."

Two attacks landed at the same time, and damage prompts appeared at the same time.

[Dog Egg causes damage: 3]

[You cause damage: 16 (restraint)]

【Corrosion has taken effect】

The skeleton soldier swung his sword horizontally, Wang Yue blocked it with his rapier, and Goudan blocked it with his arm. Both of them were knocked back, but they didn't suffer much damage.

[Damage received: 5 (block)]

"Darkness heals."

After the healing effect was applied to Goudan, Wang Yue began to prepare to attack from behind.

The weaknesses of skeleton soldiers are similar to those of humans. They include the back of the neck, the junction of the hand bones, leg bones and the main skeleton. These are all small-scale judgment points, and a bit of luck is needed to hit them.

Watch Goudan restrain the enemy, wait until the moment he draws his sword, get close to the enemy's back, and then stab him from behind with a sword.

[You cause damage: 32 (restraint) (weakness)]

"Straight in the heart."

The level 10 monster's health has been greatly increased, with a total of 200 health points. After two rounds, the [Skeleton Soldiers] have lost a quarter of their health.

But the downside is that most of the damage is caused by Wang Yue, and Goudan does not have the skill to attract hatred, so the enemy begins to shift all their attention to Wang Yue.

"Summoning the Dead..."

Wang Yue tried to summon a skeleton to scrape the opponent together with Goudan, but was interrupted by the opponent's sudden attack. He picked up the weapon in a hurry and failed to block it.

[Damage received: 10]

With just a swing of the knife, Wang Yue was thrown heavily against the distant wall along with the rapier.

“It hurts. It hurts.”

[Warning: Brutal collision]

Before Wang Yue got up, the skeleton soldiers' skills had already been activated.

This is the warrior's second charge skill. After a period of fierce fighting, it can be activated and rush towards the enemy again, causing a stun effect.

"It's over. There's nothing I can do."

The skill took effect and Wang Yue froze in place.

[Dizziness: Temporarily unable to move due to the effect of Savage Charge]

[Duration: 3 seconds]

I saw the shadow of the long sword passing through the castle hall, and the skeleton soldiers with weapons raised had come to Wang Yue and slashed at him.

(End of this chapter)