Chapter 4: The Skeleton Warrior I
Rod checked the sword he was holding in his hand. The stats are 4 damage and 5/10 durability. This sword is better than the one that was broken before, but it can only be said that it will be used.
Rhodes continued his journey, and then faced a single skeleton. At this time, Rhodes had already crushed the skeleton soldiers who fought by instinct in terms of skills, and the fighting skills of the skeleton soldiers without the control of the necromancer were really miserable, and Rhodes killed the skeleton soldiers without injury with pure swordsmanship, and it was 10 points of experience in the account.
Then Rod faced two walking corpses at one time in a relatively spacious passage, Rod did not choose to fight one against two in an open place, but led them back to the previous narrow passage, and only had to face one walking corpse for a while, and used his swordsmanship skills to consume the walking corpses one by one, gaining 30 points of experience.
Rhodes found that after learning elementary swordsmanship, he could easily find the opportunity to attack in battle, and the original opponent's attack was full of flaws in his eyes. This may be the hidden benefit of learning swordsmanship. In his previous life, Rhodes played a pure output mage stream, and he didn't particularly understand the hidden characteristics of combat special skills.
Although he is a pure mage, Rhodes' combat skills and awareness are still top-notch, after all, mages are very limited in the early stage, and Rhodes can only use his combat awareness to make up for his shortcomings in not learning special skills in the early stage, so that he can set aside skill points to cultivate invincible mages in the later stage.
In the current situation, even if Rhodes wants to set aside skill points for later use, there is no way. In order to deal with the unknown, you can only invest skill points in the most suitable skill at the moment.
Rhodes walked slowly, and the road ahead became wider. Continue ahead and come to a hall-like location.
At this time, Rod's pupils shrank, and his face was solemn. In front of it was a skeleton warrior wearing iron armor and holding a sword and shield, and there were two skeletons on the side near Rhodes around it, and two skeletons at the back of the passage, each of which was about five meters apart. These four skeleton warriors Rhodes can easily deal with them, but that skeleton warrior makes Rhodes find very tricky.
Skeleton Warriors are relatively strong first-order undead creatures. Compared to the Skeleton Soldiers, the Skeleton Warrior's strength and speed attributes have been further improved, and the combat skills have been enhanced, but the health has not changed.
Skeleton soldiers can become skeleton warriors by draining death energy. Living creatures emit a portion of their death energy when they die, meaning that an average skeleton soldier can become a skeleton warrior after killing enough creatures.
Powerful necromancers can also directly grant Skeleton Soldier death energy, transforming it into a Skeleton Warrior. Powerful professionals can also be directly transformed into skeleton warriors when they die due to the residual energy in their bodies.
Rhodes felt that the Skeleton Warrior was tricky, not because of how powerful its combat skills were, but because for his current self, the basic attributes of the Skeleton Warrior were too high.
The strength and speed attributes of the Skeleton Warrior far surpass the current Rhodes, you know, Rhodes's current basic attributes are not even comparable to the average skeleton soldiers, and it all depends on combat skills to solve the enemy. The huge difference between the two attributes of strength and speed made it difficult for Rhodes to deal with the attacks of the Skeleton Warriors, and he would basically be seriously injured if he was hit.
Rhodes decided to use his experience points to increase his character's attributes to the limit first, and then figure out a way.
"Consume 30 XP and 15 XP remaining. Raise your class level to Tier 1 Militia Level 4......"
"Get 1 free attribute point, get 1 skill point......"
"Consume experience points by 10, increase [Burst Lv1] to [Burst Lv2], and have 5 experience points remaining."
[Burst Lv2]: The next attack will consume half of your current energy and increase the damage dealt by 40%. XP required to level up: 30. ”
"Consume experience points 5, increase [Heavy Slash Lv1] to [Heavy Slash Lv2], and the remaining experience points are 0."
[Heavy Slash Lv2]: Consumes 10 energy, and the next attack will deal 125% damage to the base attack, and the damage will be increased to 170% when attacking weak points. Experience required to level up: 15. ”
Rhodes allocates free attribute points to speed, narrowing the attribute gap between himself and the skeleton warrior a little, and at the same time uses skill points to learn intermediate swordsmanship.
(Intermediate Swordsmanship: Years of sword practice have given you a new understanding of using swords, all moves seem to be integrated into your instincts, and you can maximize the damage of regular swords.) Your mastery of any sword technique is increased by 20% and the damage dealt by all regular swords is increased by 20%. )
The current panel properties of Rhodes are:
[Name: Rod
Hero Perk: Unawakened
Rank: Tier 1 Militia Level 4 (0/40)
Attributes: Strength 8, Speed 7, Constitution 9, Knowledge 2, Spirit 2
Health: 37/45
Mana: 0/0
Pneumatic value: 75/90
Experience Points: 0
Skills: Burst Lv2, Heavy Slash Lv2
Special Skills: Intermediate Swordsmanship, Primary Resistance
Spell: None]
Looking at his attributes, Rhodes frowned slightly.
"It's still hard to fight. The Skeleton Warrior slashed me and stabbed me and I had to lie down, and I couldn't do it like the Skeleton Soldier did before. The Skeleton Warrior's running speed meant that I couldn't get out of the tunnel by crossing it. ”
"There are a total of five undead creatures, can they only fight hard in the terrain...... Not right......"
Suddenly, Rhodes thought of something, and while it might be a little risky, it might be the only way to kill the Skeleton Warrior.
Rhodes waited on the spot until his strength returned to 80, and then slowly came to within five meters of them without being detected by the method of blocking the skeletons' blind spots, and then rushed straight up.
In the process of charging, the sound of Rhodes' loud footsteps attracted the attention of these undead creatures. Before the two skeletons in front of him could make a move, Rhodes rushed to their side, and at the same time as the charge, he also completed two heavy slashes, each of which accurately slashed the skeleton's neck.
I saw two silver lights crossing, and then two skulls fell, the incision at the broken cervical vertebrae was smooth and neat, and the soul fire in the skull's eyes slowly extinguished. Rod didn't look at it, and rushed at the skeleton warrior with his sword.
Seeing the enemy rushing towards him, the Skeleton Warrior's remaining combat skills told him that he should raise his shield with one hand while charging his sword with the other.
The soul fire that pulsed in the Skeleton Warrior's eyes was staring at Rod, waiting for Rod's attack to come and give him an unforgettable counterattack.
Rhodes had already charged in front of the Skeleton Warrior, and what the Skeleton Warrior did not expect was that the attack it was waiting for did not come, and Rhodes rushed directly past the Skeleton Warrior with a dodge. The target of Rhodes' charge from the beginning was not the skeleton warriors, but the skeleton soldiers behind!
Guided by the remnants of his combat instincts, the Skeleton Warrior slashed directly sideways. With the blessing of attributes far beyond Rod's, this sword slashed directly at the leather armor on Rod's back, making a sound of leather cracking.
However, fortunately, the speed of Rod's charge was fast enough, or this charge surprised the skeleton warriors, and he did not judge Rod's true intentions at the first time. Although this slash was in Rod's back, it was not slashed.
Rod was wounded, but not seriously.