Chapter 2: Skeleton Soldier
Rhodes surveyed the surroundings and discovered that he was in a corridor-like area with distinct passages ahead and behind him. The one on the side where the previous roars emanated was long and narrow, while the other passage had minimal illumination.
"Since the richer the death energy, faster it transforms the undead creatures, these corpses should be placed closest to the central tomb here. Then, this should be the place closest to the main tomb in the tomb."
"The apprentice will definitely place some of the undead in the entry passage as guards. The side where the roar comes from is the entry passage , and the other side leads to the main tomb. The necromancer will definitely think that no one can bypass the guards of the entry passage and enter tomb, so here should be no danger in the main tomb chamber."
"Let's go to the tomb first and see if there are any weapons. After all, you can't deal with the undead in the passage with your hands."
As soon as he thought of this, Rhodes started to move, carefully evading the corpses on the floor , and walked slowly towards the main tomb.
With the help of the dim light inside the tomb, Rhodes observed the situation inside the tomb. There were a large amount of materials piled on both sides of the tomb, including some valuable items looted from the village, enough for one person to eat dry food for half a month. , there are also several sets of old leather armor equipment, and there are several rusty iron swords stacked in the corner, which should be used to arm undead creatures.
There was an intact coffin placed at the end of the tomb. Although I did not observe it carefully, the death energy it exuded represented that a mid-to-high-level undead creature was sleeping inside.
Seeing this, Rhodes stepped forward to select and put on a set of leather armor that looked relatively intact, and then selected a relatively complete iron sword from the corner. Although Rhodes did not read the system's attribute panel carefully, just from the appearance of these items, Rhodes knew that their attributes were not very good.
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[shabby leather armor]
Equipment requirements: none
Basic attributes: Armor +3, Durability 13/20
Description: Rather than placing your hope on it, it is better to place your hope on your body.
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[Rusty Iron Sword]
Equipment requirements: none
Basic attributes: damage +3, durability 4/10
Description: The iron sword has been kept for who knows how long. It has been well maintained so that it can still fight for you for a period of time.
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Putting on the best equipment he can find, Rhodes was ready to take action. According to Rhodes' guess, since the attribute panel is still there and various equipment can still display attributes, the way to obtain experience points will not change either.
Putting on the equipment, Rhodes returned to the place where the corpses were previously displayed, and then slowly moved towards the passage to go outside the tomb.
Arriving at the exit passage, Rhodes observed the terrain and found that the road suddenly changed from spacious to long and narrow. In this case, this was undoubtedly good news, which meant that Rhodes did not have to face more than one enemy at the same time.
Continuing to move forward slowly, Rhodes could clearly hear some meaningless roars. Rhodes concentrated, gripped his weapon tightly, and looked toward the darkness in the passage.
Rhodes determined that the first enemy he would face was the Skeleton Soldier. Although the enemy has not been seen yet clearly but the skeleton body undoubtedly reveals its identity.
Skeleton soldiers are low-level undead creatures. Their attributes are slightly higher than those of adult men except for their physical constitution. They only retain the most basic fighting instinct. Without the control of a necromancer, they cannot defeat well-trained swordsmen. On a larger battlefield, It can only be used as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's physical strength, and together with the walking zombies, they are called the "two cannon fodder" on the battlefield.
Player forums have been constantly debating who is the rubbish undead creature, skeletons or walking zombies, but these are of no use to the current Rhodes, because Rhodes' body is still developing, and its own attributes are not even comparable to Average for adult men.
"I can only fight hard..."
Rhodes let out a sigh. To defeat the skeleton soldier, his only option was to beheade them, or beating them until they deplete all the energy of the Undead Fire, leading to their death.
Since he didn't know the number of enemies behind the passage or the strength of necromancer he might face, Rhodes was obviously unwilling to get too entangled with the skeleton soldiers in front of him. With his poor attributes, he need to find a way to behead them.
The main reason is that the basic attributes of this body are too poor. If it were the attributes of a normal adult man, Rhodes would be confident that he could use his fighting skills to kill the skeleton soldiers. But Rhodes won't complain. After all, the battle still has to be fought, it just needs to be done in a different way.
Thinking of this, Rhodes looked around at his feet, then bent down and picked up a stone the size of an egg, and then threw it towards the skeleton soldier in front.
Due to poor lighting in the tomb and his low attributes, the stone did not hit the skeleton soldier's skull as Rhodes intended to, but hit the skeleton soldier's upper chest. The impact brought by the stone made the skeleton soldier take two steps back.
The characteristics of the undead creatures prevented the skeleton soldier from being surprised by the sudden attack. Instead, after steadying the steps, it directly raised his sword and rushed toward Rhodes.
The skeleton soldier rushed in front of Rhodes, and then slashed at Rhodes with his sword.
It stands to reason that in order to deal with the Skeleton Soldier's impactful offensive, Rhodes should retreat to parry and look for opportunities to counterattack, but Rhodes did not do this. Instead, he faced the Skeleton Soldier's attack just as it was about to arrive. The sword in his hand thrust upwards sharply, while his body bent diagonally in an unnatural posture.
If someone was watching at this moment, they would find that it is not so that Rhodes' sword stabbed the skeleton soldier's neck , but that the skeleton soldier took the initiative to use his neck to meet Rhodes' thrust.
Bang!
With a crisp sound, a skull fell to the ground, and the soul fire in the skull slowly extinguished. At this time, Rhodes collapsed from exhaustion and rested against the wall to calm his violent heartbeat.
Although the previous battle was extremely short and the winner could be determined in just one moment, the cost was huge, Especially the exhaustion of his mental strength.
It looked like Rhodes simply killed the skeleton soldier with his sword, but there were many micro movements made in that instance.
The first is the timing of the attack. If the timing was wrong and the sword fails to hit or hits but fails to kill the skeleton soldier, then there will be no way to dodge the next attack from the skeleton soldier and you will only be injured. The second is to dodge the original attack after killing the skeleton soldier, which consumes even more energy.
he didn't know if it was due to mental exhaustion, but Rhodes felt that his physical strength was also consumed a lot.
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