Storage Room?

--- Section I, Abandoned Mines ---

"This place is more brighter than what I thought it would be..." Bloody Harvest thought to himself as he passed through the hollowed out areas of the mine. It was weird since there were still torches that were lit up and blue specks of light coming from somewhere.

Bloody Harvest got curious what the blue specks of light were and when he got closer to it, he saw blue-colored pebbles.

"This must be the thing Jay asked us to collect." Bloody Harvest said softly and stored it in his storage ring. After that, as he kept moving forward, he collected every Azurite Crystal he found.

...

After walking a few steps, Bloody Harvest realized that the area he was in was getting wider and wider until he reached a large dome-shaped area. In front of him was mountains of gold and treasures, at the left and right side of the area were two steel gates.

"I reached the end of the section already? Weird... I never encountered monsters..." Just as Bloody Harvest was about to say that to himself, he detected a strong killing intent at his back.

Since that was the case, he immediately turned his back and moved away from where he was.

MOOO!!!

"A minotaur?" Bloody Harvest thought as he saw the monster that attempted to ambush him.

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[Crystalhide Minotaur - Common]

Health: 435,000/435,000

Shield Health: 100,000/100,000

Monster Description: A special breed of the Minotaur race. The skin and fur of Crystalhide Minotaurs are tempered and protected by different types of crystals. And for some reason, they are a bit smaller than the average minotaur.

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The sad thing was that there were four of these crystalhide minotaurs that surrounded Bloody Harvest.

MOOO!!!

The minotaurs did not even give Bloody Harvest a time to rest and kept on swinging the wooden clubs they were holding towards him.

"Is that all you can do?" Bloody Harvest taunted the minotaurs as he kept dodging their attacks. But he knew he did not have any time to waste with these guys so he unsheathed the two daggers on his belt and rushed towards one of the minotaurs.

'Shadow's Embrace'

Bloody Harvest immediately activated this and just as the minotaur he rushed towards to was about to headbutt him, he disappeared into the shadows and appeared at the minotaur's back.

'Shadow Reaper'

Shadow Reaper was a skill that 5th tier assassins commonly used. It is a skill meant to be used for instant kills but will only work if the assassin is at the backside of the target. What's more, unless the target is a complete fool, there is a chance that the target will react and perform a defensive countermeasure.

But sadly, the Crystalhide Minotaur underestimated Bloody Harvest and relied on its thick fur and skin to defend the skill. Sadly, before it can even think of its next move, it got decapitated.

MOOO!!!

The other Crystalhide minotaurs got enraged as they saw one of their allies instantly getting killed just like that and decided to take Bloody Harvest more seriously.

"What's the matter? Aren't minotaurs supposed to counter assassins? Where's the best defense and strength you cows are boasting about?" Bloody Harvest taunted the minotaurs again before he disappeared into the shadows.

MOOO!!!

...

Somewhere within the shadows...

"Damn. Seems like I won't be able to use shadow reaper anymore since they are on alert already. Why don't I try something else?"

After a quick timeout, Bloody Harvest came up with a new plan on how he should deal with the remaining three minotaurs.

...

The moment Bloody Harvest came out of the shadows...

~Poof, poof, poof...

He immediately threw some smoke grenades. He threw two of the smoke bombs directly on the minotaurs and another three on the ground.

MOOO!!!

The Crystalhide minotaurs was running out of patience and started swinging their wooden clubs wildly. One of them even managed to deflect the smoke grenade Bloody Harvest tossed at them.

But sadly for these Crystalhide minotaurs, Bloody Harvest jumped back into the shadows and suddenly used another skill.

'Smoky Detonation!'

The moment he used this skill, sparks of fire suddenly appeared wherever the smoke went, and after a few seconds, explosions happened wherever the fire went.

MOOO!!!

Caught by surprise, the Crystalhide minotaurs took the brunt of the damage from the explosions. And while they were trying their best not to stagger, Bloody Harvest appeared behind one of them and stabbed with his daggers repeatedly.

'Flicker Blade'

'Instant Shatter'

'Knife Mastery'

Bloody Harvest immediately used these three skills in succession everytime he stabbed with his dagger. As for Knife Mastery, which was a passive skill that 3rd Tier assassins or thieves all had, it just increased their attack speed when using knives and daggers.

After just 2 short seconds, the minotaur Bloody Harvest stabbed over and over again died.

MOOO!!!

The two remaining Crystalhide minotaurs finally returned back to their normal state. When they saw another one of their allies dead, both of them activated their berserk mode.

They suddenly increased in height and their body suddenly glowed in a reddish light. There was smoke coming out of their noses and they let out a very loud war cry.

MOOO! MOOO! MOOO!!!

"Sh*t. A fear effect?" Bloody Harvest thought since the moment the war cry of the minotaurs ended, he found himself unable to move. While he was trying to break free from the Fear effect of the war cry, the two Crystalhide minotaurs threw their wooden clubs at him.

'Shadow Double!'

Bloody Harvest exclaimed and used this skill. The moment he did, two shadowy hands pulled him into the shadows and a shadowy figure that looks exactly like him came out and went to the spot where he was.

...

Inside the shadows..

"Whew, that was close." Bloody Harvest said as he saw his shadow double dissipating after it got hit with the wooden clubs.

"No choice. I should get serious and use it now." Bloody Harvest said as he sheathed his daggers and took out a long-barreled shotgun from his storage ring.

...

~Bang!

The moment he came out of the shadows, he immediately fired the shotgun directly on one of the minotaurs. Of course, Bloody Harvest did not expect this to damage the minotaur in any way at all. He just wanted to piss it off and follow him into a trap.

MOOOO!!!

The Crystalhide Minotaur he shot blocked the bullets from the shotgun using its beefy arms. Then after that, it suddenly went on all fours and charged towards Bloody Harvest.

MOOO!!!

"Haha.. baited." Bloody Harvest chuckled and stored the shotgun. He then replaced it with what looks like a rocket launcher.

The moment the minotaur got close to him, he immediately fired it and directly aimed on the minotaur's head. But what was weird was that instead of an explosive rocket coming out of his weapon, it was blue-colored laser beam.

Not even having any chance to dodge the laser beam, the minotaur's head got burnt until it turned to ash. As for its body, it just slumped on the ground.

MOOO!!!

Just as the last Crystalhide minotaur was about to make its move, Bloody Harvest aimed at it but this time, instead of a laser beam, two heat-seeking missiles came out from his weapon.

~BOOOMM!!

Sadly though, even if it was a direct hit, it did not finish off the Crystalhide Minotaur since it used its skill called 'Crystallize.' This skill let it cover its whole body with hard crystals that grants 80% damage reduction for 2 seconds.

"Damn." Bloody Harvest cursed and stored the 'rocket launcher' back in his storage ring since it was out of ammo. So he unsheathed his two daggers again and decided to fight the minotaur directly since it was the only one remaining anyways.

MOOO!!!

The Crystalhide Minotaur punched, kicked, stomped, and used headbutts over and over again but Bloody Harvest kept on dodging and everytime he dodged, he also managed to stab the minotaur a couple of times before dodging again.

...

After a few moments later...

"Whew. The monsters here are a piece of work. I even had to use the 'Pew Pew Blaster.'" Bloody Harvest said as he took out a bottle of water from his storage ring and drank some of it.

"I should store all of the treasures away before any monsters show up again."

After this thought of his, he immediately walked towards the mountains of gold and treasures in front of him and stored it in his storage ring. Sadly, there was just too much of the stuff and his storage ring cannot store any more items. Of course, he can actually store a bit more of the treasures, but he needed to drop some of his equipment and that was not a good option right now.

"I wonder how everyone else is doing?" Bloody Harvest asked as he went back towards the entrance of the abandoned mines since he was done here.