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Surrounded by mounds of snow, I finally arrived at [Chilling Wind Forest]. In the distance, I spotted the level 4 herbs – Chilling Wind herbs, glowing against the pure white snow. This is gonna make me a fortune!
I carried my Bramble Thorn Sword, and pushed forward against the tough wind the treacherous snow. The arctic chills mercilessly lashed against me; I was shivering all over, after all, how was it possibly resist the cold with a thin white robe?
I wrapped my Silver Feathered Cloak tightly against me. It helped, to a certain extent, but it’s still freezing! However, I will sacrifice my own well being for the glittering herbs that were waving in the wind, as if they were saying hello to me.
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But before I could pluck the herbs from the ground, I hear a growl, monsters! On the minimap, at my right, was a large bright red dot. Looking over, I took a few steps back involuntarily. Hidden between the trees was an undead soldier with a broken steel sword. Its flesh had long since decomposed, revealing disgustingly green bones. The soldier’s helmet had obviously undergone many battles, broken off at parts and showing the soldier’s green skull.
[Green Rock Skeleton ] (Ordinary monster)
Level: 29
Attack:? ? ?
Defense:? ? ?
Health:? ? ?
Skills:? ? ?
Description: The Green Rock Skeletons are the guardians of Chilling Wind Forest. These powerful skeletons were once famous guardians of the kingdom, but because of evil spirits that were slowly corroding their spirits, they became blood thirsty, seeking blood from friend or foe. Before the skeletons died, they were trapped in a mountain and after “resting” with rocks within the mountain, they have rock-like defense and durability. Because of how tough they are, they have wandered Chilling Wind Forest for thousands of years and no one has been capable of thoroughly defeating them.
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The skeletons obviously have an immense amount of defense, but thinking from another angle, the skeletons are probably lacking in attack. This is great for me! Baby Bobo has 5 stars in attack growth with a 97 degree of excellency. Together with my healer abilities, we easily counter the high defense of the Green Rock Skeletons!
“Oh, here I come, easy experience!”
In a great mood, I draw my sword and command Baby Bobo to attack. He rushes forward and uses [Stinger] and [Combo] in conjunction causing loud rock-like “clang clang” sounds. How high is it’s defense?
110!
74!
69!
71!
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I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry looking at those numbers, the Green Rock Skeleton should have about 1400 heath. This is going to be a looong fight. After those continuous attacks, the Green Skeleton instantly retaliated, hitting Baby Bobo for 144 point of damage. Its attack power truly wasn’t that high compared to its level, even the level 27 Undead Hunters hit harder. All I had to was cast a [Hemostasis] to completely heal Baby Bobo’s health and then I joined the fight.
Ding!
21!
My damage is… so low. Sniff*
After a bit more of fighting, the Green Rock Skeleton collapsed and dropped 45 Copper Coins. Quite generous, but unfortunately it didn’t drop any equipment.
Afterwards I turned around to pick up the Chilling Wind herb, I got 3 stalks from one herb thanks to my herb picking skill. With the herbs in my hand, I felt like I had accomplished something great, but there weren’t any system rewards. Maybe I held my expectations too high.
I continued my hunt for Chilling Wind Herbs, at the same time, I kept dueling Green Rock Skeletons. I’m incredibly grateful for Baby Bobo, without him, I would have to hit the Green Rock Skeleton more than 73 times and it would take around 3-5 minutes, factoring in health regen, to simply kill one skeleton! With the help of Baby Bobo, it would only take around 30 seconds to defeat one. An Overlord Bee with a 97 degree of excellence is the greatest gift that I could ever ask for.
I continued killing and collecting herbs for almost 3 hours, skipping dinner, simply to continue the hunt.
I had lost count of the number of Green Rock Skeletons that I had killed. But when Baby Bobo’s level 3 [combo] finished off a Green Rock Skeleton. A “pata” sound accompanied it’s defeat. The slain skeleton had dropped 2 items. One was a dark green illustration card, while the other was a shining two edged spear, oho seems like I’m about to switch weapons!
Full of excitement I picked up the illustration card, it was a Green Rock Skeleton illustration!
【Green Rock Skeleton】
Attack power:★★☆
Defense power:★★★★★
Vitality:★★★★☆
Agility:☆
Magic power:★☆
Skills:【Cleave】【Rock Shield】
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Gee, the Green Rock Skeleton was an absolute defense pet with a 5 stars in defense and 4.5 stars in health. If you distributed its stats points to further strengthen theses stats it would truly be useful for tanking, especially in boss fights, it might even be better than a tank monk, especially right now when most players don’t have decent equipment.
I applied the Illustration Card to my Illustration Book, why not? I would continue hunting and gathering around here anyways. In fact, I accidentally killed a level 1 Green Rock Skeleton a few minutes ago, now that I think about it, I was really stupid for killing that level 1 skeleton.
I picked up the dull green spear. As soon as I touched the spear, a slight chill sneaked into my palms. Luckily, my strength is enough to wield it, although with a slight difficulty. This gave me a good feeling, the attributes of this weapon definitely wouldn’t disappoint me…I reached out, and called forth its properties, and immediately grew wild with joy when I saw them! Several hours of killing Green Rock Skeletons has finally paid off.
【Ancient Shining Spear】(Bronze tier)
Attack:100-125
Strength:+14
Passive:Increases the attack power of the user by 0.5%
Level requirement:24
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I was grinning from ear to ear, the spear had a 125 attack damage upper limit! What I needed the most were weapons, my Bramble Thorn Sword was becoming a under leveled item, it’s attack was barely high enough to hurt other players. In addition, the Ancient Shining Spear was a Bronze Tier item! It would definitely have a huge value, even after I stop using.
I immediately equipped the Ancient Shining Spear, although I had to give up the 10% damage boost from my [Turmoil Sword], it was still worth it. This is actually the first non-sword weapon that I’ve equipped, but it would appear that the attacking patterns, stabbing, hacking and slashing, is similar to with a sword.
After equipping the Ancient Shining Spear I displayed my status. Yeah, I’m once again a healer with some insane (not in a normal way) stats.
【Xiao Yao】(Healer)
Level:24
Attack power:230-255
Defense:80
Health points:424
Mana points:320
Charm:12
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Although my attack is still nothing compared to Baby Bobo’s attack power, I should be able to break through the Green Rock Skeleton’s defense and do a reasonable amount of damage now. And that’s enough to satisfy me.
I gripped the Ancient Shining Spear, full of joy. I waved the spear wildly in the air leaving flowery trails of light, gorgeous.
Enough fun and games, I had to look for my pet Green Rock Skeleton.
Around 7 pm I finally succeeded in finding a second level 1 Green Rock Skeleton in the Chilling Wind Forest. I immediately started to capture it, and after 9 Monster Seals I finally succeeded. A Green Rock Skeleton holding a broken sword and making silent roars, appeared in my pet menu. It’s a great catch!
【Green Rock Skeleton】
Level:1
Attack power:★★☆
Defense:★★★★★
Vitality:★★★★☆
Agility:☆
Magic power:★☆
Skills:【Cleave】【Rock Shield】
Degree of excellence :75%
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It’s so good, I’ll easily get rich on this, after all a 75% of excellence pretty much means that it’s a high grade pet.
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I had received a good pet, yes, but I still continued to hunt with Baby Bobo and rose to level 25 before the end of the day. Although I’m not yet an outstanding player, I’m not even near the top at Ba Huang, I have the help of the Ancient Shining Spear and Baby Bobo, with these two, keeping my position as the best damage dealer/healer combo shouldn’t be too hard.
I continued hunting until around 9 pm, when the third level 1 Green Rock Skeleton appears!
This time it took 11 Monster Seals in a row before I successfully sealed it.
This being my third pet, my pet spaces were filled. The third Green Rock Skeleton had a 49% degree of excellence, thereby it was a medium grade pet. I don’t know what price it will fetch, but without a doubt it wouldn’t be as valuable as an attack pet that can help its owner raise levels more efficiently, like the Killer Bee.
Looking at my inventory, I had gathered enough Chilling Wind Herbs to make the cost of a Return Scroll.
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I had just pulled out my Return Scroll when I suddenly heard faint sounds of skills being used; the metallic sound of warrior combos especially stood out. Before I knew, I had arrived at the border between the Chilling Wind Forest and an area called Wild Cemetery. In the direction of the Wild Cemetery there should be players killing boss monsters or maybe PK’ing, I decided to have a look at the fun…
With my Ancient Spear, I crossed out of Chilling Wind Forest and hid behind a particularly large cluster of grass. I got startled when I came into viewing range of the fight, there were at least a hundred people engaged, fighting a boss with 15% health left. It looked as if there two guilds that were competing for the boss. Wait! One of the guilds is Prague
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“Zheng Zheng Zheng”
The boss used a combo, but Yan Zhao Warrior’s steel armor withstood the blows, and then he muttered: “Peerless Strike!”
Huaaa
He surged forth, making a huge jump upwards,