Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 5 Proficiency Level
"explain?"

In the gray and white space, the little devil representing Wang Yue clasped his arms, and opposite him was a fox, which was the image of the game system "Xiao Nuo".

"According to the update log for version 0.2, in order to prevent players from cheating, you added the BOSS room shielding system function in that version."

"So, you mean my problem?"

Wang Yue looked at the fox with a sullen face. After being reminded by "Xiao Nuo", he remembered that he had used such a one-size-fits-all technique in order to prevent cheating in attacking the BOSS.

However, it would be embarrassing to admit it directly, so he decided to put the blame on the system.

"Why didn't you remind me when I entered the room? If the players didn't know this when they entered the BOSS room for the first time, wouldn't they write us a bad review?"

"I'll update it online right away."

The fox took out a small notebook from behind his back and started writing on it while holding the pen in his mouth.

"I have another question. How come there is a dragon in the castle you gave me? Wouldn't it be harmful to me to put a sixth-level monster next to me?"

"According to the database records, this monster was automatically moved here after the plot was deduced."

A video appeared in front of Wang Yue, playing at 16 times the speed. It showed the blue dragon being driven away from the north of the continent, crossing the sea storm to the ancient castle, and finally taking the place for itself.

"I am the owner of the castle. Please help me drive her away now. I just need a bed to sleep in."

"Sorry, I don't have permission to directly modify the test account data."

Wang Yue looked at the fox's innocent big eyes, and the two of them just stared at each other for a long time.

"I just scanned the task library. Completing the designated tasks will earn you the favor of the blue dragon. When the favorability reaches 60, you can take it in as your guardian."

Hearing this, Wang Yue frowned.

Love strategy games were the area he was least good at. He had lived for so long and didn't even have a girlfriend, so how could he possibly seduce a dragon?

"What's up with the favorability system? I didn't put anything like that in the game."

"Since ACG games have been very popular in recent years, the favorability system is a feature I borrowed from them."

Wang Yue thought again and realized that it would take several months for an ordinary player to upgrade to level 60. Due to the experience penalty, it would probably take him a year to defeat the blue dragon by his own strength.

"If I can really capture her, I'll have the castle guards."

After weighing the pros and cons, he finally realized that "living off a gigolo" was the future he should grasp, so he immediately asked the system how to increase the other party's favorability.

"Go to the next room and find the key NPC Sith, who will guide you to uncover the secrets of the castle."

As the system prompted Wang Yue, an electronic sound rang in his ears.

[Resurrection countdown: 10, 9, 8…]

……

The countdown ended, and accompanied by a white light, Wang Yue returned to the game world.

But his condition at the moment was not very good. He looked dazed, his head was buzzing, and the mental power in the upper left corner of the interface was only 10%.

[Resurrection penalty: forced resurrection makes your emotions unstable]

[Effect: Weakness]

[Duration: Permanent]

"The side effects of forced resurrection... the effect is too strong..."

The skull icon that appeared in the lower right corner of the interface reminded Wang Yue that he was now cursed with forced resurrection punishment.

Ordinary players need time to wait for resurrection after death. If they are forced to resurrect on the spot, they will enter a weak state.

Now the curse has begun to affect Wang Yue's spirit, and he must adjust his state immediately.

"I want to think about how to increase my mental strength..."

If you are an ordinary player, you just need to wait where you are and do nothing, and your mental strength will automatically recover.

But Wang Yue couldn't bear it anymore. He felt as if there was a piece of ice on his chest, which was a sign of depression.

"Xiao Nuo, tell me how to restore your mental strength."

There are skills and items in the game that can restore mental strength, but Wang Yue at level 1 has nothing, so he can only find unconventional means to help himself.

“Invoking positive emotions can instantly increase mental energy.”

Hearing the system's prompts, he began to recall some funny movie scenes.

There are many funny movie scenes, and the first one that Wang Yue thought of was the dance between the Mask and the beauty.

"It turns out that the charm of old men never goes out of style."

The game system did not lie to him. Relying on this memory, his mental power increased by 50% and the [Resurrection Penalty] also disappeared at the same time.

"Saved. Thank you, Xiao Nuo."

After recovering from his shock, he began to check the items on his body.

The only weapon [Bone Spur] was still on his waist. Looking through the backpack, the rare item [Fifth-Level Bone Fragment] that he had exchanged his life for was not missing.

"Fortunately, there is a chance that equipment and props will drop after death."

After checking all the items, it's time to continue exploring the unfamiliar map.

Wang Yue stood at the birth position, with the doors on both sides closed tightly, as if everything was starting over from scratch.

"The resurrection punishment is too painful. Be sure to remind me next time there is danger."

He held the rapier in front of him, ready to check out the two rooms at the other end of the corridor.

"Please proceed with caution."

The corridor was spacious, the atmosphere was deserted, and the sound of footsteps on the ground was extremely obvious.

Wang Yue walked slowly like a cat. The name of the castle was always displayed on the interface. Even when he got closer to the stairs, he found that there was still no movement around him.

"Am I being careful enough?"

After countless games with the air, Wang Yue successfully arrived at the third room. He looked at the wooden door with trepidation.

[Boneyard: The birthplace of dark power, you should try this place]

"Since I've been reminded like this, what reason do I have for not going in?"

Wang Yue pushed open the door and found the room was pitch dark. Even the light from the corridor could not enter.

Just as he was hesitating, a pair of skeleton hands emerged from the shadows. The skeleton hands pushed Wang Yue's back hard and sent him into the [Bone Burial Ground].

……

"I was so scared. What pushed me?"

"Hidden monster in the staircase, strange shadow."

After Wang Yue was pushed into the bone cemetery, she fell into a pile of bone fragments.

When he stood up, he found a green light above his head. The map was surrounded by high mountains and the only exit was shrouded in fog.

"If no emergency battle is triggered, then this is just a wilderness."

The name of the new map is Bone Graveyard, and the ground is full of the [Basic Bone Fragments] he saw in the storage room. In addition to the garbage materials all over the ground, the figure of a monster can be vaguely seen in the pile of bones.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. There are so many places to operate in the wild."

After regaining his composure, Wang Yue explored forward, and a monster prompt box appeared in the interface.

[Skull Claw: A monster more complete than Skeleton Fingers]

【Level: 3】

[Skeleton Fingers] are just two pieces of bones put together, but [Skeleton Claws] are made up of five fingers connected together.

The bones were ghastly and half the size of a person, and looked extremely dangerous.

"It's a two-level gap, but it's not a big problem."

Although the target looks scary, it is just an ordinary monster. As long as you identify its weaknesses and attack steadily, nothing will go wrong.

The claw is a red-named monster. Wang Yue knew that she had to be careful to attract monsters. If she attracted two, she would be sandwiched between the monsters.

"Let me attract the monsters, Summon the Dead."

The third time he cast the spell, he was more familiar with it. He once again used up his mana to summon a skeleton.

"See the enemy who broke away from the organization? Bring it to me."

Wang Yue pointed at a lone claw in the distance, and the skeleton cannon fodder obeying the order immediately walked towards the other side.

As soon as its footsteps stepped into the 30-meter warning line, the [Skeleton Claw] immediately turned around, and its five flexible fingers moved alternately on the ground, and soon collided with Wang Yue's [Basic Skeleton].

[Summoned creature receives damage: 2]

[Your summon has died]

With just one strike, the skeleton he had just summoned was shattered. The claws that had lost their target aimed at the owner of the skeleton and began to move towards Wang Yue.

"Poor little skeleton, I will help you get revenge."

The little skeleton only attracted one monster and successfully completed its mission.

Wang Yue did not retreat but advanced, expending his energy to start sprinting, and with his faster speed, he went around the monster from the side.

"I remember your weaknesses very clearly."

After getting close to the monster, he raised his weapon and inserted the rapier into the connection between his five fingers, which was the palm of his hand.

[Damage caused: 6 (weak point)]

This attack directly reduced the claw's health by one-fifth, but Wang Yue wanted to save his energy, and this attack had already used up half of his energy bar.

"Simple, I'll give it a try."

The monster was enraged, and before it turned around, one of its claws had already freed up a finger, and the bony finger shot backwards.

Wang Yue placed the blade of the rapier in front of his chest, trying to block the finger attack.

[Damage received: 2 (block)]

"Such a thin sword has passed the blocking judgment. If I had a shield, I would definitely be able to block all the damage."

There are many ways to deal with attacks, such as dodging, blocking, parrying, resisting, and absorbing. As long as the conditions are met and the judgment is passed, the damage can be reduced or even completely offset the attack.

This injury only made Wang Yue feel chest tightness, but his fighting power was not affected. He picked up the bone spur and continued to attack.

“I poke, I poke again.”

After two consecutive attacks, [Skeleton Claw] turned around and pointed five fingers at Wang Yue.

Having lost his weak attack position, frontal attacks will no longer enjoy double damage. He can only retreat temporarily and use his speed advantage to create distance.

"It seems that I don't have enough physical strength. I must take the risk and give it a try."

There are still too many restrictions at level 1, both health and stamina are very lacking.

Wang Yue had already started to breathe heavily while he was avoiding the fight. He knew that if he wasted any more time his body would become stiff, and it would be embarrassing if he was beaten to death by the monster because he could not move.

There are spaces between the fingers, and the spaces between the fingers become larger when the claw moves.

[Warning: Bone finger ejection]

"Take my lifelong skill, sliding tackle."

Wang Yue sprinted at full speed, and suddenly knelt down in the face of the tense and popping fingers. He relied on the inertia of moving forward, and at the same time pressed the smooth bone fragments with his knees, and his whole body slid on the ground, brushing past the attack.

[Damage received: 0 (Dodge)]

“That’s the beauty of the operation.”

With 99 percent control and 1 percent luck, he managed to dodge the attack and slip under the claw.

Seeing the target suddenly disappear before their eyes, even the monsters came to a standstill.

[Damage caused: 6 (weak point)]

"Click, click."

Two sounds of rapiers being inserted came from under the claw, and the five fingers trembled and separated, falling to the ground and breaking into five pieces of bone.

[Experience gained: 1]

"Phew, I'm exhausted."

At this point he no longer cared about the loss of experience, but was satisfied with killing the monster.

Wang Yue sat down to rest while reaching into the pile of monster corpses.

"First-person combat is so exciting. It's much better than playing on a computer."

Compared to [Skeleton Fingers] which relies on mechanism to bully enemies, [Skeleton Claws] is both challenging and not too strong.

"Since I'm the creator, please give me some armor so I can fight hard. It's really tiring to fight monsters like this."

Perhaps Wang Yue’s prayers moved the gaming world, and he actually found the equipment among a pile of broken bones.

[Old buttons: iron buttons connected together, although rusty but still usable]

[Effect: Defense +2]

"Finally I have protective gear. I don't have to spend so much time trying to block attacks anymore."

He tied the button around his waist as a belt and continued to wait for his strength to fully recover.

"The drop rate of ordinary quality equipment is only 10%. It seems that my luck is not bad."

After waiting until his physical strength was fully restored, Wang Yue held the bone spur and prepared to continue clearing monsters.

He looked around and saw that the remaining Skeleton Claws were very close, all gathered in the center of the Bone Burial Ground.

"My mana hasn't fully recovered yet, so I can't summon cannon fodder to pull monsters."

It was too dangerous to approach the monster in person, so he had to find another way.

"This prop should be able to be thrown out."

Wang Yue picked up the bone fragment on the ground and threw it casually. The bone fragment really flew quite far.

So he chose a piece of bone of appropriate size and smashed it at the target, causing 1 point of damage when it hit the target.

"No matter how good your kung fu is, you will still be afraid of bone fragments."

There are special throwing weapons in the game, but compared to regular weapons, no matter how rare the item is, it only causes 1 point of damage when thrown out.

The injured [Skeleton Claw] attacked Wang Yue alone, and Wang Yue immediately retreated to create more space for the battlefield.

"If I have enough physical strength, I can keep throwing while running, and let the monster know what torture is."

However, with the armor, Wang Yue no longer needs to work so hard. He now only needs a one-on-one safe space.

Seeing that the other monsters were no longer in sight, Wang Yue stopped and waited for the monsters to approach.

"My eyes have seen too much."

The battle just now made Wang Yue familiar with fighting with a rapier, and also allowed him to see clearly the order of the opponent's attacks.

When facing the enemy head-on, [Skeleton Claw] will give priority to using [Bone Finger Catapult]. This attack is extremely powerful, but easy to dodge.

When the player appears in other directions, it will choose to hit with its fingers, which is easy to hit but only causes normal damage.

The basic attack power of a level 3 monster is 3 points. Taking into account his own defense, Wang Yue only needs to dodge the [Bone Finger Shot] from the front and then take the opponent's 1 point of normal damage.

"Come on, fight like a real man."

As Wang Yue observed, the monster that was facing the enemy head-on suddenly stopped and its fingers began to bend and accumulate power.

[Warning: Bone finger ejection]

Unfortunately, Wang Yue turned around and ran back, completely forgetting the real man's words.

"Too young, too naive, this is the limitation of AI."

After dodging the first attack, Wang Yue once again used his speed advantage to go around to the side and slipped under the monster.

[Damage caused: 6 (weak point)]

The vigilant claws began to fight back, the five fingers moved closer to the palm, and the fingers alternately tapped Wang Yue under him.

[Damage received: 1]

The tapping of the fingers was still powerful. For Wang Yue, whose health was only 10 points, each strike was like a heavy punch, but he managed to hold it in.

"When it comes to tickling, Master Claw, your technique is not good enough."

Four consecutive "click" sounds were heard under the monster. It was Wang Yue who stabbed four swords at the weak points.

These four swords made him very satisfied, because each of his swords hit the monster's weak points accurately, and was not deflected at all by being hit.

After four swords, the monster's health bar disappeared, and its body turned into bone fragments and fell on Wang Yue.

[Rapier proficiency improvement]

[Current proficiency level: 2]

Weapon proficiency is designed specifically for melee professions. Frequent use of weapons can improve the corresponding proficiency level. After reaching certain proficiency levels, the skills of the corresponding weapons will be unlocked.

Improving proficiency level is a probabilistic event, which is related to the player's fighting style and the monsters they fight. It is a relatively complex system for identifying unlucky players and European masters.

"It seems I have a talent for fencing."

The experience Wang Yue gained was still unbearable to look at. There was no special loot this time. The only gain was an increase in proficiency level.

"Alas, there are still ninety monsters to level up. When will it end?"

Now that the weapon proficiency levels have risen, but his own level is still at level 1, Wang Yue feels sad.

"It would be nice if there was a kind NPC who could give me a quest and help me reach level 2."

He continued to sit on the ground, waiting for his strength to recover, while calculating the upgrade efficiency.

To kill a monster, he needs to stab it with at least 5 swords. It takes half a minute to lure the monster and move around, plus 1 minute to rest. It takes at least 2 minutes to deal with a [Skeleton Claw].

"It's not a good idea to keep fighting like this. We can't really kill 90 monsters here."

Wang Yue looked towards the only fog that looked like an exit. There should be the NPC that the system asked him to find, but there might also be stronger monsters appearing.

And in the bone cemetery, there are only 5 [Skeleton Claws] left.

"It's so hard to defeat a level 3 monster. I'm sure I won't be able to do anything if I encounter a higher level monster."

Now his only progress is weapon proficiency. Wang Yue dances with the rapier, carefully feeling the difference of proficiency level 2.

After slashing and stabbing twice in the air, he did not feel that he had become stronger except that he was no longer unfamiliar with using the bone spurs.

Wang Yue continued to pull monsters by throwing bone fragments. She would rest when she was tired and continue when she was full of energy.

"Am I really a necromancer? The kind that goes to the front line with an army of skeletons?"

After cleaning up all the [Skeleton Claws], Wang Yue sat on the pile of bones and inserted the bone spurs beside himself.

[Rapier proficiency improvement]

[Current proficiency level: 3]

The weapon proficiency level was Wang Yue’s only gain. He could now hold the hilt of the sword firmly in any posture and stab with force.

"Huh...huh..."

Wang Yue was panting. His voice was the only one in the bone cemetery. Purple mist filled the periphery of the dim venue.

A green light was lit in the center of the venue. The light was hung in the air, and above the light was a dark purple with no visible boundaries.

"No wonder some people like to fight. It feels so good to have such a surge of emotions."

Sitting on a high pile of bones, Wang Yue has discovered the joy of fighting.

He learned in battle, paying attention to his footing, keeping his vision sharp, and trying to catch the enemy off guard.

"Don't wait for the monsters to refresh yet, it's time to explore other places."

Wang Yue noticed that her stamina bar could no longer be fully restored and she felt hungry.

"Hunger? I'm actually hungry from playing?"

"Please absorb the energy in time."

Not only was my stomach growling, but even the system gave me a prompt.

"How can there be food in a place with a pile of broken bones?"

Wang Yue had cleared the center of the venue, so he could only jump off the pile of bones and move forward towards the unknown purple mist.

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