Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 3 Hidden Mission
[Warning: Emergency battle triggered]

There was a sound of a door closing behind me, and in front of me was a staircase going down, which was still some distance away from the target basement.

Fat Cat placed the candle in front of her chest. The candle could only illuminate a very limited area, so she could only go downstairs carefully.

"What do you mean by emergency combat? You're not allowing me to escape?"

"Yes, emergency battle forces you to fight and kill all monsters, or be killed by monsters before you can leave."

Wang Yue knew that this battle was special, as there was only one leader-level monster guarding the basement.

In order to give a surprise to players who like challenges, he hid a monster that required a team of five to challenge at the foot of the Novice Village, paving the way for the dungeons that will appear in the game later.

Originally, it was necessary to complete the series of tasks [Guiding Rest] to unlock it, but thanks to the prayer revealed by Wang Yue, the pre-tasks were skipped.

Even if you follow the normal process, the way to accept tasks is very special.

If a player who has completed all the tasks in the Novice Village is still wandering around the church, he has a chance to meet a nun who comes to pray.

Accepting and completing the errands she issues will reward the player with a note containing a prayer.

After reading the notes in full, the nun will release the last task. She will tell the player that the evil thing is hidden under the church, and a hidden reward will be obtained after successfully completing the challenge.

"So you think I'm strong enough to fight five people at once. You have a good eye, Wang Yue."

After listening to Wang Yue’s introduction to the mission, Fat Cat realized that he was about to challenge a strong enemy.

Compared to a rabbit that was stabbed to death with just a few knives, an unknown enemy seemed more interesting.

"Don't forget what I said, only players who have completed the novice mission can receive the mission. In short, these are five enemies that can only be defeated by level 6 players."

The fat cat suddenly stopped walking. Wang Yue looked back and found that she was counting with her fingers.

"Are you calculating the level difference? You are currently level 2. Monsters in the game are dangerous if they are 3 levels higher. If you face them..."

"Do not."

Fat Cat interrupted Wang Yue, and her fingers stopped at five.

"You're the one who asked me to come to this place and lied to me that it would be beneficial. If I die, I will ignore you for five consecutive days."

At this moment, she had unknowingly reached the last step of the stairs, and with the help of the candlelight, she could clearly see the figure in the center of the basement.

[Lost Father John: Countless believers accepted his guidance, but no one guided the lost priest]

【Level: 6】

The level number has turned into a scary red color, and the health bar is also longer than that of an ordinary monster.

What’s even more special is that the target prompt box has a gold border, which is a special prompt for elite monsters.

This type of monster has three times the attributes of ordinary monsters and has special skills.

"Drop the candle and retreat stealthily."

The figure in the dark had his back to the fat cat, and his face could not be seen.

In just a moment, the black shadow suddenly turned around and rushed towards the stairs, leaving an afterimage in the air with a pair of glowing red eyes.

[Warning: Malicious Swoop]

Thanks to Wang Yue's reminder, Fat Cat used his skills before the voice warning sounded.

"sneak."

Blue smoke appeared around her and the girl stepped back just in time to avoid the flying attack.

But the dropped candle was not so lucky. It was crushed on the spot, and the basement fell into complete darkness.

"You might as well just let me die. Now I can't see anything."

Fat Cat can only see the priest's health bar in the game interface, but cannot see the target's specific movements and position.

"It's all in my plan. Go right along the wall."

The fat cat in the dark moved her right foot, and when she was about to act, she heard a whisper in the darkness.

"F-Forgive me."

The priest is humming, and because he has lost his target, he will return to the starting position and wait for the player to show up.

"Your stealth time is only 30 seconds, hurry up."

Wang Yue knew that her friend might be a little scared, but now that the skill had been activated, wasting any more time would only mean waiting for death.

"You're so long-winded. Go right, right? I know what to do."

The fat cat was indeed frightened by the priest's pounce. She vaguely saw the white bones on the target's body and several pieces of rotten meat with white worms burrowing into them.

"What a bad taste! Be careful that players report your game for containing horror elements."

"It's okay. Most players won't enter this room."

The fat cat walked down the stairs and felt the wall to reach the spacious basement.

The room was closed, and the fat cat walking to the right soon hit the right wall.

"Keep going forward and turn left when you hit the same wall."

"There are still 20 seconds left. Is it enough time?"

"Let's go first, I have other plans."

Having already reached the basement, Fat Cat could only follow Wang Yue’s instructions and move forward.

There were old wooden boxes in the basement. The old wooden boxes fell to the ground with just a touch, and the noise of the falling apart attracted the priest's attention.

"Stop and wait for it to turn its head."

"You can't blame me if you run into it. It's too dark here and I can't see."

The fat cat stopped where he was and looked at the remaining time for his stealth move. There were only 10 seconds left.

"It's too late, let's take a gamble now, hurry up!"

When the time reached 9 seconds, the fat cat started running.

She drew out the dagger to boost her confidence, quickened her pace, and her strength was rapidly depleted.

"Forgive...Forgive...Forgive me"

Noticing the movement in the room, the already alert priest discovered the fat cat in stealth mode.

The initial level of stealth skills will only be effective when moving slowly. Once you start running, you will most likely be discovered by ordinary monsters, not to mention elite monsters.

"It should have spotted you. Jump forward."

The priest hesitated for only three seconds before picking up the broken wooden box on the ground and throwing it at the fat cat.

The monster crouched down and pounced again like a black panther.

[Warning: Malicious Swoop]

The box was dodged by the fat cat, but the sprint consumed too much energy and she couldn't avoid the pounce.

"Damn it, such a disgusting guy actually found me."

"I can't help it. After all, there is a 4-level gap between you two."

The priest pounced and hit the fat cat, and used his exposed hands to knock the fat cat back.

[Damage received: 17]

She saw that her health was reduced to only 3 points, and subconsciously attacked with a knife.

[Damage caused: 1]

The contrast between before and after the injury was too strong, making Fat Cat laugh and cry.

"You're the one who made me come to this damn place. Its health bar is so long that I can't beat it even if I cheat."

After the attack, the priest lay on the ground howling angrily, his whole body covered in blood.

There is an additional "Blood Fang" icon below its health bar, which indicates a buff state.

"When the health of a challenger is less than 30%, Father John will enter bloodthirsty mode, his movements will become slow, but he will be immune to a lot of damage."

"That's great, but I only have 3 health left. You don't think we're playing Dark Souls, do you?"

The fat cat glanced at his stamina bar and found that it had only recovered to 20% in such a short time.

Think about it, you can only do 1 point of damage, your chances of winning should be as high as winning the lottery.

"Wang Yue, don't forget that this is my first day playing your game. The fact that I can't kill him without taking any damage doesn't mean I'm a bad player, it's just..."

Just when the fat cat was about to give up, the monster attacked again.

[Warning: Bloody Swoop]

"Jump to your left, then fall forward and grab the book on the ground."

When people are nervous, they will obey any order. At this time, the fat cat didn't think twice and followed Wang Yue's command.

She jumped and fell, and indeed she had a book in her hand.

"A rare item? If you die like this, I can barely forgive you."

The fat cat looked in the direction of the book. Although he couldn't see what the book looked like, a description box of the item popped up on the interface.

[John's Confession: A lost priest writes about his regrets]

"The white quality item has no effect yet!"

Based on Fat Cat’s gaming experience, this book is just a battle easter egg. It might sell for some money, but it is definitely not a treasure.

The priest's attack missed, and even though his movement slowed down, it only gave the fat cat time to check his item.

"I lost my first blood in this damn place. Haha, I'm the first player to be killed in the game."

The fat cat symbolically raised the dagger. She just wanted to die with dignity.

However, Wang Yue smiled instead. The plan had reached the last step, and success or failure depended on this one move.

"Take out your dagger and stab this book."

"Poke prop?"

Using weapons to destroy props was something Fat Cat had never thought of. She happened to have a dagger in her hand, so stabbing was just a matter of convenience.

The blood is approaching and the priest's attack is about to come.

"I believe you once."

The knife stabbed into the book, and white light emerged from the hole in that instant, illuminating the entire basement.

[Prayer of the Woodland Sisters: Holy prayer grants you the power of light]

[Effect: You feel warm]

[Duration: 2 minutes]

"What the hell is this effect?"

Fat Cat noticed that there was an angel icon's buff effect in the upper right corner of the interface, and his health bar was instantly filled.

She looked back and saw the half-human, half-skeleton priest, the red light on his body being washed by the white light.

"You have been strengthened, hurry up."

Wang Yue hurriedly reminded Fat Cat to hurry up, because because of the existence of holy light, the monster on the opposite side was in a state of stiffness.

The situation reversed, the fat cat turned around, raised the dagger, and stabbed it hard into the priest's chest.

[Damage caused: 4 (restraint)]

Her weapon glowed white, and her attacks were accompanied by light energy.

The priest was still being weakened, bones and flesh were dissolving.

The long health bar was shortening rapidly, and the golden border of the elite monster turned into the copper color of ordinary monsters. The bloodthirsty buff was completely removed.

"He is just an ordinary monster now. You have unlimited health points. Just stab him to death slowly."

"Of course, now is the time for me to show my true strength."

There was light underground, and with the bonus she gained, the fat cat was no longer afraid of the ugly monsters, but instead became more and more powerful as she poked.

"This monster is 4 levels higher than me, and it's still a small boss. Wang Yue, next time you encounter such a good thing, remember to call me."

"Eh? Who was the one who had been questioning me before and said he would ignore me for five days?"

"I was joking. How could I question you? We are best friends."

While the fat cat was chatting and laughing with Wang Yue, he was slowly scraping off the monster's blood with a dagger.

The buff on her just disappeared when the monster died.

"If I hadn't told you the secret of the hidden book, you probably owed this monster 10 lives."

"Okay, I'll give you one third of the credit."

After the challenge was successful, the light in the book suddenly disappeared and the basement returned to darkness.

[Level Increase: 3]

[Quest Reward: Basic Prayer]

Just as Fat Cat was about to check the instructions for the prayer technique, a light appeared in the originally dark passage, and a girl made of light walked towards her.

"Don't look at it, remember to pick up the spoils."

The fat cat rolled his eyes at Wang Yue.

The loot is right beside you and you can pick it up at any time, but if you miss the plot, you may never be able to see it again, let alone this kind of hidden plot.

The girl in white light knelt down in front of the priest's body and prayed silently.

Sister Raisa: The Woodland Church nun who died during prayer service

【Level: 1】

After the girl finished praying, the white light that had condensed into her body dissipated.

Most of the light spots were attached to the priest's body, and the free light spots illuminated the dark basement.

"Don't forget the spoils."

"You're so long-winded. I won't forget it."

The priest's body had been dissolved by the light, leaving only the cross and the white cloak.

[John's Cross: The cross of atonement records sin and faith]

[Effect: Revive the target in the state of living dead, lasting for 1 minute]

"Oh, I remember this equipment. It can be used once a day and is very effective in team battles."

After listening to Wang Yue's introduction, the fat cat hung the cross on his chest and then checked the white cloak.

[Prayer's Cloak: You are now a believer of the Woodland Church]

[Effect: Intelligence +3 Defense +2]

The white cloak is of green quality and requires equipment level 3.

This is equipment that may also be dropped by ordinary monsters, but the actual drop probability is 2%.

"Not bad, not bad. I have come back with a lot of rewards."

"It's a pity that your profession is an assassin. If you were a priest, your early experience would be much better."

The fat cat chuckled, put on the cloak, turned around on the spot and made the cloak fly up.

The wooden door of the reliquary opened for the fat cat the moment the battle ended, and the light guided her back to the church from underground.

It was already dusk, the sunset light was orange-red, and the colorful lights in the church turned into warm tones.

"I also got a skill called elementary prayer. How do you think I, an assassin, should use this skill?"

"I call this skill a small healing spell. It's not as effective as a priest's healing spell, but it has the advantage of low cost."

The fat cat clicked on the skill and used it on himself.

Her hand dropped the dagger involuntarily, and she clasped her hands together in prayer.

Specks of white light appeared out of nowhere above the fat cat's head, and then fell like snowflakes.

"You see, there is a strong sense of ritual in using skills."

[Health value recovery: 10]

You need to maintain the prayer action for 3 seconds during the casting, and it is only suitable for use in non-dangerous situations.

"A useless skill... No, my intuition tells me that there will definitely be a suitable occasion to use it in the future."

"That's right Fat Cat."

"You said."

"I have to go abroad for some business recently. Can you help me tell my parents the news? They never go online."

"You went abroad without your cell phone? Did you commit a crime and run away from the country to hide from the spotlight?"

"My situation is more complicated..."

Hearing Wang Yue's hesitant tone, she did not continue to question her.

The internal experience of this game is almost over, and Fat Cat received the message to gather.

The testers all returned to the church entrance, and Fat Cat walked over to discuss the results of this experience together.

"How is the result?"

“The physics engine is working fine, and the collision part uses the latest algorithm.”

"The image is rendered perfectly and looks like the work of my friend."

"There are no loopholes in the monster's logic so far. The creator is an old acquaintance, so there won't be any mistakes on this issue."

"Except for some details I'm not very satisfied with, it's generally OK."

"I'm very happy with this game, I think it's perfect."

"No doubts."

The six testers have reached a consensus and the initial test has passed.

"Next is the event and task test, and the second internal test will be conducted the day after tomorrow."

Dolly said to a man next to her, he nodded, and immediately called up the email system to reply to Wang Yue with the test results.

Wang Yue couldn't help but be excited when she secretly saw the result.

"See? Xiao Nuo, this is our first step."

"A small step for us, a giant leap for the game."

With the success of the first internal test, as long as there are no major problems in the second internal test, the game will enter the closed internal test to the outside world.

By then, more players will join in, and the map they experience will be larger and have more content.

(End of this chapter)