Loots

"Crap, where the hell am I? How would I even get out of here?

System: Player has discovered the Illusionary Realm of the Abyss Knight. Activated Hidden Quest 'No Undead Shall Remain'. All communications to the outside world are temporarily disabled.

Task 1 – Kill 20 Skeleton Warriors (Progress: 0/20)

"Huh, a quest?"

Upon reading the quest description, Zhao Yun looked around hoping to get a view of the said skeleton warriors. Seeing nothing around, he shrugged his shoulders and decided to inspect the drops left behind by Arcus upon dying.

Upon opening his bag, Zhao Yun immediately became dumbfounded. He was extremely surprised upon reading the descriptions of his gains.

In total there were 2 Fine-Gold Rank items, 2 Secret-Silver items, 5 Mysterious-Iron rank items, 2 skill books, 5 gold coins, 3 special items, an old notebook, and a large amount of ores.

[Ring of the Blood Pact] (Fine-Gold Rank)

Requires: Berserkers

Attack +25

Vitality +15

Critical +12

Lifesteal 5%

[Craftsman's Medal] (Fine-Gold Rank)

Unique Equipment

This medal is one of the highest Medal of Honor amongst Lifestyle classes. Upon equipping

• Success rate of all lifestyle classes increased by 5%

• Proficiency has a 10% chance to increase by 1 extra point

• There is a 1% chance to increase the produced item's Attributes

[Blood Armor] (Secret-Silver Rank)

Equipment Requirement: Berserker, Strength 20

Equipment Level: 5

Defense +30, Strength +8, Endurance +5, Vitality +5

[Gnome's Blessing] (Secret-Silver Rank)

Equipment Level: 5

All Attributes +7

Luck +3

[Eye of Truth] (Action-Type)

When activated, the player's eyes are able to see through disguises and concealed targets. There is a fixed chance to detect target's weak point. The success of this skill depends on the level difference between the player and their target

Cooldown time: 40 seconds

[Berserker's Call] (Active Skill)

Requires: Berserker

Taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack the user. Doubles the user's defense during the duration. Lasts for 3 seconds

Cooldown: 20 seconds

[Void Cloak] (Special Item)

Blocks observation skills used on the user.

[Book of Engineering] (Special Item)

• Increase the success rate of engineering of:

• Common items by 70%

• Bronze items by 50%

• Mysterious-Iron items by 30%

• Secret-Silver items by 20%

• Fine-Gold items by 10%

• Dark-Gold items by 5%

• Epic items by 1%

He also received an old notebook. Having no idea for its use, Zhao Yun stored it inside its bag, intending to find out its secrets.

And lastly;

[Philosopher's Stone] (Damaged)

Epic-rank Special Item (Dropped after death)

A sacred item for alchemy, the Philosopher's stone can be used to turn stone into gold, revive the dead, and has many more unfathomable uses. However, the Philosopher's Stone was damaged and broken into five pieces by the Sword Emperor, Schneider. Nevertheless, the Philosopher's stone possesses immense strength. As long as the five pieces are gathered, it will be able to recover all of its strength.

Active Effect: Due to being damaged, the Philosopher's Stone possesses less than a tenth of its original strength. It is only possible to use it for Alchemy Conversion and Elemental Refinement.

Zhao Yun can't help but shout upon reading the last item description. From what he remembered from the novel, this was definitely Shi Feng's item.

He immediately wrecked his brain trying to remember how this item landed in Shi Feng's grasp. He paced around, hoping to get an insight of how it happened in the novel. It was definitely not because of killing the Lord-rank gnome as he escap...

RIGHT!

In the novel, after completing the dungeon, Shi Feng and the others continued farming in Dark Moon Valley. In there, they encountered Arcus Maddox, who escaped using his rocket boots upon nearing his death. Fortunately for their group, Arcus dropped a box containing the map for one of the fragments of the Philosopher's stone.

"The Philosopher's stone in my hand must be different from the one in Shi Feng's hand. Arcus Maddox most likely already had this one and was searching for the fragment in Shi Feng's hand." Said Zhao Yun

"From what I remembered, Arcus was supposed to become a Grandmaster Engineer who built a sky fortress. Now that Arcus died under my hands and with the things I obtained upon his death, I could, in theory, build something similar or build something far greater than the sky fortress." Daydreamed Zhao Yun

He then continued. "Speaking about building, I should maximize the use of this item, [Craftsman's Medal]. With the Craftsman's Medal in my hand, I could proceed with leveling my Cooking skill as well as the three major Lifestyle classes; engineers, forgers, and alchemists. I also have the Forging Genius title as well as this Book of Forging which will increase my success rates. I would not need to worry too much regarding the resourced I need as I also have the Philosopher's Stone."

As a different form of enjoying the game, players are able to pick from a different list of professions available in the game. These professions are called Lifestyle Classes. Most of the known professions are production types, while others would be gathering types. Players are not restricted to only one profession, although most decide to specialize in one as it takes much effort and resources to reach Master Rank and Grandmaster Rank.

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Zhao Yun immediately changed his equipments with the items he received from Arcus. Additionally, now that he reached level 5, he was able to equip the Gray Giant Axe, greatly increasing his damage. He also learned the skills dropped by the boss.

Upon completing his preparations, he immediately decided to roam around and find the monsters he needed to slay.

After 5 minutes of walking, Zhao Yun noticed several skeletons wearing tattered robes and holding rusty weapons. Counting the monsters in vicinity, Zhao Yun found 5 Skeleton Warriors roaming around the wilderness.

Zhao Yun slowly approached one of them and inspected it.

Skeleton Warrior (Undead)

Level 2

HP 300/300

Seeing the low level monsters, Zhao Yun immediately dashed towards the monster and activated Berserker's Call, attracting the monsters' attention. He then made short work of the monsters, seeing as they are 3 levels lower than Zhao Yun.

The skeleton warriors dropped a total of 5 silvers and 2 blueprints which were filled with various diagrams

[Basic Shrapnel Grenade] (Blueprint)

Requirements: Advanced Engineer Apprentice

Effective against monsters (and players) below level 30

Deals 400 damage in a radius of 10 yards

[Basic Sonic Grenade] (Blueprint)

Requirements: Advanced Engineer Apprentice

Effective against monsters (and players) below level 30

Deals 200 damage in a radius of 10 yards, and confuses enemies for 5 seconds.

Zhao Yun was overjoyed seeing his gains. Not only does this map drop 1 silver per monster, there is also a high probability of dropping blueprints upon killing the monsters.

Now that he knows of the rewards available in this realm, Zhao Yun continued hunting monsters with his newfound excitement.

After 30 minutes of searching and fighting monsters, Zhao finally completed his task. He also collected 3 additional blueprints of [Basic Shrapnel Grenade] and [Basic Sonic Grenade]

Hidden Quest 'No Undead Shall Remain'

Task 1 – Complete! You have received the Basic Undead Slayer title.

Task 2 – Kill 50 Skeleton Soldiers (Progress: 0/50)

Seeing that he received a title, Zhao Yun immediately checked the title which appeared in his status bar.

[Basic Undead Slayer] (Title)

• A brave warrior who slays undead

• Reputation in all human nations +1

• 1% increase in attack damage in attacking undeads

• 1% increase in defense in attacking undeads

After checking his newly gained title, Zhao Yun immediately equipped it and once again resumed his journey.

After some time, he encountered a group of five skeletons wearing a rusty armor and was wielding rusty swords.

He quickly inspected the monsters upon nearing the group

Skeleton Soldiers (Undead)

Level 5

HP 300/300

Seeing that the monsters he was required to slay in the second task, Zhao Yun face grew solemn.

Before he could rush at the group, Zhao Yun noticed that the Skeleton Soldiers were already rushing at him.

He immediately used Thunder Strike and Death Stare to reduce the monsters' movement speed. Afterwards, he used Whirlwind Slash, reducing the skeletons' HP by -50.

He then dealt three consecutive slashes against the group. His axe moved in wild manner, hitting the skeletons in its way. He slashed vertically twice then slashed diagonally. After slashing diagonally, he let the momentum of the axe carry him, allowing him to follow up his attacks by swinging the axe around him.

As the last of the Skeleton Soldiers was finished, Zhao Yun wiped the imaginary sweat at his forehead and exclaimed

"Whooo, that was tiring."