Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Although the things dropped were very touching, they had not stopped Chu Ge from advancing into the Instance Dungeon.
After getting a bit of rest, Chu Ge removed the snap trap from the grizzly bear and placed it in his backpack. Then, he began to move forward again. Not long after he had walked further inside the cave, he arrived at the place where the bear had been lying down earlier. This place was also near the end of the cave. Further in was a wall that had apparent signs of been dug into. A gap-like door appeared in that area, surrounded by traces of stone walls. Chu Ge poked his head through the gap and saw a passage inside that was like an ancient crypt.
It seemed like this was the Horace’s Crypt that was mentioned in the introduction of this Instance Dungeon. Auguste had probably sneaked through this gap and into the crypt.
Chu Ge was thinking about this while he went through the gap and into the crypt. Auguste was probably hiding in the depths of this crypt.
One side of the passage was blocked by collapsed mud and rocks, while the other side led deeper into the crypt.
After walking for only a little bit, Chu Ge encountered the first small monster in this Instance Dungeon. It was a skeleton soldier.
While looking at this white skeleton, Chu Ge did not feel very scared. Although a walking human skeleton was kind of scary, Chu Ge was not the kind of person who lacked self-control and would be terrified by the sight of bones. He had played a lot of horror games in the past, so he was not very afraid of skeletons or zombies.
As Chu Ge walked toward the crypt, his eyes were filled with curiosity and not fear, because, in fantasy games, skeletons were probably one of the most commonly encountered types of monsters. In almost all fantasy games, skeletons were like fodder monsters, and their status was not much higher than that of the Kobold.
Therefore, Chu Ge was not very nervous. Looking at the skeleton walking towards him with a clattering sound while holding a rusty iron sword in its hand, Chu Ge immediately made a posture of preparing for battle.
Chu Ge wanted to test out his new skills he gained through his training over the last few days.
As the skeleton walked closer to him, Chu Ge became even calmer because the name of the skeleton was Fragile Skeleton.
With the name alone, Chu Ge was unable to feel the monster was a threat. It was clear that even such fodder monsters like the skeletons were divided into many different levels. The kind of skeleton in front of Chu Ge probably belonged to the weakest type. After all, this was a Noob-level Instance Dungeon, which meant strong enemies couldn’t appear.
However, Chu Ge still followed the content he had learned during combat training. He held a shield in one hand while placing the other hand that was holding the saber next to his body. Then, he slowly approached the skeleton.
When he was close enough, the skeleton swung its sword at him. Chu Ge immediately raised his shield to block. With a clanging sound, the iron sword landed on the bomb shield. The attack from the skeleton was completely blocked.
The moment the skeleton’s weapon bounced off the shield, the Tang Sword in Chu Ge’s right hand swept out. With a cracking sound, the weapon cut into the skeleton’s left arm. A crack had immediately appeared on its bone.
Seeing that the skeleton was swinging its sword towards him again, Chu Ge repeated his previous move and quickly blocked the second attack. Then, he turned his weapon towards the skeleton again at the same spot. However, this time the entire arm bone was cut off with a crack sound.
“So weak!” Chu Ge could not help but think. Strictly speaking, the combat strength of skeletons was not bad. At least, they were much stronger than Kobolds. Also, because the bones were extremely hard, it would not be easy to get rid of a skeleton. However, dead spirits seemed to be brainless. Every time they attacked, they swung their weapon the same way. Therefore, it wasn’t difficult for Chu Ge to block the attacks with his shield. This was much easier than when he was training with Wei Xinming.
Even without an arm, the skeleton continued attacking.
Chu Ge blocked again and then swung his sword into the skeleton’s waist area. With a cracking sound, the skeleton was immediately broken into two parts.
However, what was frightening was that despite being cut in half, the skeleton was still crawling towards Chu Ge.
“Sh*t! This dead spirit indeed has tenacious vitality,” Chu Ge marveled. However, this had not stopped Chu Ge from kicking the iron sword out of the skeleton’s hand. Then, Chu Ge stepped on the skeleton’s head. With a booming sound, the skull suddenly burst. A blue flame flashed in the air. With a clattering sound, the skeleton scattered into a field of white bones on the ground as it finally stopped moving.
Chu Ge kicked the white bones on the ground with his foot. There seemed to be no items that connected the skull to the skeleton. Once the blue flame inside the head had extinguished, the bones of the entire skeleton turned into ordinary bones.
From this, it seemed that the weakness of dead spirits was the head, while the blue fire in its eyes was the driving force that supported their movements. As long as the blue flame was extinguished, the dead spirits would die.
However, it seemed inappropriate to use a sword to smash the skull. Chu Ge was thinking of this as he put away his Tang sword. Then, he opened his bag and looked through it. In the end, he took out Gruff’s Club.
This big club was taken by Chu Ge a long time ago. Strictly speaking, this was not a very good weapon. It was mainly made of wood, which was covered with a layer of iron. The weapon weighed six to seven kilograms. This club was not very easy to use, but it was suitable for dealing with skeletons.
Chu Ge waved his hands a few times and felt that the weapon wasn’t bad.
It wouldn’t be beneficial to take care of these skeleton-like monsters, such as the skeleton soldier, with sabers and swords, these blunt instruments were more effective.
Chu Ge continued to advance. Soon, he saw two more skeleton soldiers. One was another Fragile Skeleton; the other was an Incomplete Skeleton. The one called Incomplete Skeleton was missing an arm and two ribs.
Chu Ge did not defend and counterattack this time around. Instead, he directly twirled the club in his hand and swung it onto one of the skeleton’s head. He had already experienced the combat strength of a skeleton soldier earlier, which was probably weaker than an ordinary person. Their main weaknesses were in force and their ability to resist attacks. Since they were made up of bones, a skeleton soldier weighed no more than 20 to 30 kilograms, and their ability to directly attack was extremely weak.
Also, although they were not afraid of sabers and swords, it did not mean that they were resistant to getting hit. Chu Ge swung his arm as the club in his hand headed towards the skeleton again. With a cracking sound, the skeleton was smashed into two parts. Then, Chu Ge hit the skull with the club, which instantly killed the skeleton.
“Haha, this is easy and fun!” As Chu Ge shouted, he swung the club in his hand towards the head of the second skeleton. It tried to fight back, but with a cracking sound, its entire arm was smashed to pieces.
Chu Ge continued to attack while moving forward, easily killing seven or eight skeleton soldiers. He cleared up this dark passageway of the Horace’s Crypt.
Looking at the white light all over the ground, Chu Ge began to touch the corpses.
Bronze coin × 9, Bone Powder × 1.
[Bone Powder (material).
Item Introduction: This is powder made from grinding bones. It can be used in alchemy or as casting material for necromancers.]
Bronze coin x 7, rusty iron sword.
Bronze coin x 11, Small Soul Crystal.
[Small Soul Crystal (material).
Item Introduction: This is a Small Soul Crystal. It has a soul sealed inside and can be used as a medium for casting spells or as a material for making magical items.]