Skeleton Cavalry
Zhao Yun immediately checked the drops left behind by the Skeleton Soldiers.
The five skeletons dropped a total of 5 silvers and two damaged blueprints.
[Basic Flash Grenade] (Blueprint)
Requirements: Advanced Engineer Apprentice
Effective against monsters (and players) below level 30
Blinds enemies for 5 seconds in a radius of 10 yards.
[Basic Frost Grenade] (Blueprint)
Requirements: Advanced Engineer Apprentice
Effective against monsters (and players) below level 30
Deals 200 frost damage in a radius of 10 yards, which freezes targets for 5 seconds, then reduces Movement Speed by 60% for a duration of 12 seconds.
"It seems like the monsters here drops all kinds of Engineering Blueprints. No wonder, with this place, Arcus Maddox would have all kinds of knowledge available to him to reach Grandmaster Engineer." Said Zhao Yun
Zhao Yun happily stored away the blueprints in his bag. The drop rates of blueprints were, normally, rather low. This makes each one of them very valuable. Especially considering the blueprints were incredibly useful until level 30. In the future, if he opened a shop and hired some Engineers, then he would be able to craft the items in these blueprints. They would be able to earn him quite a sum of gold.
However, in this map, blueprints appeared one after the other, causing Zhao Yun to constantly thank his luck.
"Well, I guess, being given the chance to be live in a fictional world, I can be considered a very lucky person. After all, not everyone can be given this experience." Murmured Zhao Yun
About an hour later, Zhao Yun cleared the second task.
Hidden Quest 'No Undead Shall Remain'
Task 2 – Complete! You have received the Intermediate Undead Slayer title.
Task 3 – Kill 20 Skeleton Cavalry (Progress: 0/20)
[Intermediate Undead Slayer] (Title)
• A brave warrior who slays undead
• Reputation in all human nations +2
• 2% increase in attack damage in attacking undead
• 2% increase in defense in attacking undead
Upon walking for some time, Zhao Yun encountered several skeleton knights riding ghastly, skeletal warhorses roaming around the wilderness. They wore full suits of pitch black armor and carried three meter long pikes. The only thing uncovered by their armor is their skull.
Zhao Yun inched slowly moving towards one of them.
Skeleton Cavalry (Undead)
(Elite Rank)
Level 5
HP 1,200/1,200
Seeing its Elite Rank, Zhao Yun became much more cautious. The difference between Elite Rank and Normal Rank monsters are quite huge. Since he can't do anything else, Zhao Yun decided to probe things out. He consumed one of each prepared food items which he prepared. The karaage gave him some kind of regen, while the dried fruit bread gave him some bonus stats.
After preparing, he first approached the Skeleton Cavalry within 70 meters, trying to gauge its aggro range. Seeing no reaction, he continued moving towards the monster.
60 meters... 50 meters... 40 meters...
As soon as Zhao Yun approached the Skeleton Cavalry within 35 meters, the skeleton suddenly prompted its skeletal horse to charge at him. Its powerful charging speed kicked up a whirlwind of dust.
The monsters explosive is very high as it was able to arrive in front of me in just a couple of strides.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun nearly jumped up in fright. He immediately dived at the side, managing to avoid being skewered by the monster's pike.
He stared at the Skeleton Cavalry from afar, growing increasingly vexed. The faster the enemy's charge, the more damage it would deal.
After failing to hit Zhao Yun, the Skeleton Cavalry stood in place for a moment before urging its horse to turn back. As an undead, their joints were extremely stiff. Therefore, when turning around, their movements were slow and difficult.
Seeing the Skeleton Cavalry struggling to turn, Zhao Yun suddenly had an idea. He circled behind it as the Skeleton Cavalry begun its charge.
After multiple attempts to dodge the monster, he was finally able to confirm that it would take ages for it to turn its horse around to face him.
Zhao Yun faintly smiled. Now this would be much easier to deal with.
Every time the skeleton charged at Zhao Yun, he would constantly circle behind it. There, he would unleash his skills, greatly damaging the monster.
Upon being attacked from behind, the Skeleton Cavalry urged its horse to turn around.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun naturally wouldn't stay motionless. He constantly circled around it, firmly staying at its back.
No matter how the Skeleton Cavalry moved, it was unable to turn to directly face Zhao Yun. All it could do was continuously turn in place. From beginning to end, it was never able to damage Zhao Yun. With its low intelligence, it simply had no idea how to respond!
Three minutes later, it finally collapsed to the ground.
Perfect! Zhao Yun walked up to collect the items that the Skeleton Cavalry dropped, 2 silver and a blueprint which was filled with various diagrams.
[Intermediate Frost Grenade] (Blueprint)
Effective against monsters (and players) below Level 70.
Deals 800 frost damage in a radius of 12 yards, which freezes targets for 5 seconds, then reduces Movement Speed by 60% for a duration of 12 seconds.
Requirements: Basic Engineer
"The items dropped in this map are really luxurious." Said Zhao Yun
While he was pondering over his plans for the future, Zhao Yun happened to glance at the quest bar positioned at the corner of his vision. He then murmured to himself. "I should focus on completing the quest first. Who knows… there might be some sort of reward at the end."
After grasping hold of a suitable strategy, slaying Skeleton Cavalry became as easy as one-two-three. Without receiving even so much as a scratch, they were all slayed under his axe.
About 40 minutes later, he finally finished his task
Hidden Quest 'No Undead Shall Remain'
Task 3 – Complete! You have received the Advanced Undead Slayer title.
Task 4 – Kill 200 Skeleton Cavalry (Progress: 0/200)
[Advanced Undead Slayer] (Title)
• A brave warrior who slays undead
• Reputation in all human nations +5
• 5% increase in attack damage in attacking undead
• 5% increase in defense in attacking undead
Zhao Yun was rendered speechless upon reading his new task.
This quest line was starting to become more and more frightening. However, for the sake of finding out what the reward was at the end, he decided to persevere through.
As he explored further into the map, he gradually began to discover that Illusionary Realm of the Abyss Knight was far larger than he originally imagined. It could even be described as vast and boundless. After walking in a straight line for several hours, there was still no end in sight.
After two hours or so, Zhao Yun was finally able to kill the required amount of monsters.
Task 4 – Complete! You have received the Demon Hunter title.
Task 5 – Kill 2000 Skeleton Cavalry (Progress: 0/2000)
[Demon Hunter] (Title)
• A brave warrior and an exorcist of demons who is revered by others. Wherever you go, you will possess a status equal to a Noble. You are the grim reaper who is feared by all beings affiliated with darkness.
• In a 100-yard radius, monsters affiliated with Darkness will have their Attributes reduced by 10%. At the same time, attacks you deal towards monsters affiliated with Darkness will have a 10% increase in damage.
Zhao Yun was growing increasingly annoyed because of how absurd his quest turned out to be. Without any way to exit the map, he had no choice but to proceed with slaughtering the Skeleton Cavalry.
He had toyed with the idea of just killing himself to return home many times. If an ordinary player were stuck in his circumstances, then they would have chosen to commit suicide long ago rather than continue on with this quest line. However, he also can't let go of the possible reward he may get at this place.
His method of killing became more and more brutal as he vented his annoyance to the monsters he encountered.
Slash! Kill! Slash! Kill!
He repeatedly and constantly killed those monsters for three hours. Because of this experience, Zhao Yun became more adept at handling a heavy weapon. His actions became much smoother after slashing his axe for more than thousands of times.
Another thing to note of is that, at some point in time, multiple Rare Elite and Special Elite Skeleton Cavalry popped up. When Zhao Yun was fighting an elite ranked skeleton, he was nearly skewered to death by one, making him aware of their existence.