Chapter 239 - Blue Ring
Chapter 239 Blue Ring
Just when Abel thought that he could clear off a lot of these fallen with his “charged bolt,” he realized how weak it was against the dark hunters and corrupt spearwomen. It’s almost as if they were resistant to lightning attacks.
Before the fallen could get to Abel, Rib Bone no. 1 brought no. 2 and no. 3 to form a blockade. Abel realized how weak his attacks were, so he quickly adjusted himself by lighting the “fireball” spell on the tip of his sword. One by one, he started blasting at his enemies.
While Abel was clearing the wave of fallen in front of him, Rib Bone no. 3 was having a bit of a problem. It tried to block one of the spears with its shield, but as the golden spear made contact, a spark of lighting was conducted towards its body.
Rib Bone no.3 stopped defending immediately. As the electronic shock was too strong for it to handle, the enemies could almost completely destroy it with no resistance at all.
As Rib Bone no.3 went down, no. 1 and no. 2 were left with more pressure against their defense. Abel was firing his fireball one at a time. It wasn’t like he was slow at taking down the dark hunters and corrupt spearwomen, but every time he shot at them, the golden corrupt spearwoman would find a chance to struck another spear at him.
“Cooling enhancement, Rib Bones!”
The golden corrupt spearwoman came out again. It was trying to interrupt Abel’s attack with another corrupt spearwoman in front. As it stabbed towards Rib Bone no.2, it let out a terrible shriek.
Rib Bone no. 1 had a basic level of intelligence. After receiving orders from its master, it released a wave of blue ripples with its body as the center. Almost instantly, all the surrounding fallen slowed down their movements because frost started forming out of their body.
Even the golden corrupt spearwoman couldn’t escape it. As blue lights glowed from its body, Abel quickly killed the regular spearwoman in front of it with two fireballs. Once its meatshield was out of the way, he’s finally had a clear shot at it.
Abel released an “iceball” from the tip of his blade. Just when the golden corrupt spearwoman was about to regain its speed, the iceball quickly trapped it for a second time. In the next two seconds, Abel shot about seven fireballs at it. He was very short on mana at this point.
Abel didn’t do his calculation right at the start of this combat. The “charged bolts” didn’t have the effects that he thought they would have. If it wasn’t for this, he wouldn’t have to use up all his mana to use his fireball.
The golden armor of the spearwoman was starting to turn black. It was starting to move a lot slower. However, Abel couldn’t take much of this advantage. He was short on mana. When he went in to deliver the killing blow with his blade, Rib Bone no.2 came before him to slash at the corrupt spearwoman.
Another strike on its body. After letting out an excruciating scream, white light started flashing out of its body. It’s almost like if it was being burnt alive.
“Move back, Rib Bone!” Abel screamed. Since Black Wind’s mind was already connected to his, it was jumping back way before the Rib Bones did.
After hearing Abel’s call, Rob Bone no.1 quickly covered its body with ice. No. 2 wasn’t doing anything in response, though.
Actually, the one thing No. 2 did was to keep swinging the sword in its hand. Before the blade made contact with the golden corrupt spearwoman, the spearwoman started exploding from the inside out. And as this was happening, an electric ripple wave blasted out with its body as the center.
Rib Bone No. 2 was the first to be affected by electric shock. With the lightning zapping through its icy cold armor, its body shattered on the spot, leaving all the gears, shield, and sword dropping on the ground.
Rib Bone No. 1 did manage to neglect some of this lightning attack. However, it was also knocked down by the lighting ripple wave. If Black Wind didn’t jump back on time and let the lightning swept underneath its feet, it would’ve also suffered the same consequences.
“Lightning Enhancement!” Abel said softly. Right now, he was very certain that the golden corrupt spearwoman was buffed with lightning. When such a creature came to be, not only would all its attacks be strengthened with the element of lightning, it would also be highly resistant against lightning attacks. If it was in a group, it could buff the surrounding units to become lightning-resistant.
When fallen like these were on the brink of death, it would use the very dangerous, radioactive spell “newborn star” to bring down all its surrounding enemies.
Just now, Rib Bone No. 1 stood up from the ground. While it was still shaking because of that lightning attack, it wasn’t quite dead yet. As long as it wasn’t dead, it could still generate to its best condition using its frighteningly-fast regenerative ability.
There weren’t a lot of dark hunters and corrupt spearwomen left on the battlefield. Without the golden corrupt spearwoman to lead them, they would lose all advantage with their stats.
Abel managed to finish the fight fairly smoothly after the mini-boss was defeated. When all the enemies were cleared off, he jumped down from Black Wind and came to the spot where the golden corrupt spearwoman died.
By this point, the golden corrupt spearwoman’s armor plate was already blown into pieces. The only thing Abel was able to recover was the spear that it was using. Even so, there wasn’t anything special about the spear. It was old, rusty, and had no special effects on it whatsoever.
Abel shook his head in disappointment. As it turned out, it wasn’t easy to find dark gold weapons in the dark world. Forget about regular fallen; if he couldn’t find any valuable loots from golden rank mini-bosses, there really wasn’t much hope for him to find a lot of the good stuff.
While Abel was signing to himself, Black Wind started digging on the ground somewhere around ten meters from him. It then barked towards Abel’s.
“You found something, Black Wind?”
Black Wind had a very keen sense of smell. Even the most unnoticeable scent could be caught by its nose. After all, a mount wolf’s nose was the best tool to find something that didn’t belong to the environment that it was in.
Abel quickly walked to where Black Wind was at. There was a snapped finger among the bushes on the ground. When Abel looked closer, he could see a grey ring on it.
Abel lowered his body to pick up the ring. He picked up the finger and carefully removed the ring off it. The ring was kind of grey was because of how dusty it was. Also, because of how dirty its owner was, there was also a layer of filth on its surface.
After cleaning the ring with some water cloth he had in the portal bag, Abel began to see the real form of this ring. The center of it was an unknown blue gem, and the ring itself was silver with thin engravings of flowers on it.
Abel then scanned the ring with his Horadric Cube:
Silver Bat’s ring
+73 attack precision
3% mana could be stolen from an attack
So this was a mana-sucking ring. Unfortunately for Abel, his attack point wasn’t quite high yet. He would have to attack several times before he could make some use of the 3% mana stealing effect. Overall, it was better nothing. At least he’s got himself his first blue equipment
Attack precision was very important in arrow shooting. Using the ring and Raven’s claw together would make a deadly combination.
After resuming the skeletons from two random corpses he’s found, Abel helped them to get into their armies and shields. Since the power of the skeletons was at rank four, the summoned Rib Bones no. 2 and no.3 were durable the withhold the mass of regular gears. As for the better gears Abel had since even he himself wasn’t good enough to wear them, there was just no way he could let the skeletons try them out.
It had been about seven or eight days since Abel came to the dark world. It was now time to head home. That being said, Abel wasn’t going to let the skeletons stay here like last time. Unlike Bloor Moor, the Cold Plain wasn’t quite “cleansed” yet. Letting the skeletons fight the fallen here was the same as sending them to die without making them any stronger. Abel didn’t want to let Rib Bone no.1 to be destroyed without any purpose. Besides, its ability to freeze multiple enemies was just too convenient for him to let go of.
After teleporting himself back to the Rogue’s Encampment, the first thing that Abel did was to check on his Horadric Cube. There were about eleven bottles of the soul enhancement potion inside. He took one out and threw it at Rib Bone no.1, which was his no. 1 target to buff.
After catching the bottle of the soul enhancement potion, Rib Bone no.1 cracked the bottle on top of its head. As the dark gold liquid poured into its skull, the soul flame burning in its eyes began to spark brighter. Its bones were also growing thicker. Eventually, the whiteness of this skeleton became almost like white jade. It looked pure, like an art piece, and not the scary, spooky skeleton that it was.