Inside the catacombs, there was a lack of light, so time became difficult to gauge. Damien counted each second inwardly to himself, patiently waiting for the skeleton to move.
Not for a moment did his eyes wandered off this lone skeleton.
Finally, after a long wait, it moved toward his direction.
"Kuk! Kuk!"
Its footstep was hollow, echoing in the hall. With each step taken, its jaw would clank up and down, producing a cog-like sound.
Just as it walked past Damien without noticing this shadowy figure, the skeleton suddenly stopped.
Its head turned toward Damien's location.
"Kuk Kuk?"
'Is it different from the game? Did the skeleton became more intelligent since its real life?'
This cause his blood to boil and a rush of adrenaline surged his heart. But Damien held back, still somewhat confident that the skeleton hasn't spotted him yet.
'It must be a coincidence… These skeleton intelligence are still as hollow as their skull.'
Exactly to his understanding. The skeleton was slow witted and mindless, even Damien, who has no skills relating to stealth remained concealed.
Then, it began walking away, turning its back facing Damien.
'A chance!' With this opportunity, he couldn't pass on it.
Damien leaped forward like a mad hound, his eyes congealed a cold light.
The instant he made a sound and moved, the skeleton stopped to turn its head.
Seeing Damien's sudden appearance, it quickly raised the bone in its arm in attempt to retaliate. The red dot in its eye socket flickered, followed by a familiar sound.
"Kuk Kuk?!"
Bang!
However, it was too late because Damien already smashed its head with a wide swing using the pebble in his hand.
[Ding! You have dealt critical hit to Skeleton x1!]
Due to Damien's sudden attack, as well as being disoriented by having its skull smashed in, the skeleton couldn't move and remained stunned.
[Skeleton x1 is Stunned for five second!]
[-16 Damage]
'Critical hit and cc!' He exclaimed in joy. His hand didn't stop swinging, he swung and swung, as though the skeleton stole his life's saving.
[-6 Damage]
[-5 Damage]
[-7 Damage]
[-7…]
'No health bar?' Damien noted, recalling that even in [Nebula Online], there was also no health bar UI to common enemies.
This feature became another reason why the game was so difficult.
"Kuk! Kuk!"
At this moment. The skeleton hp steadily decreased. Seeing its mouth open to struggle, Damien gripped tighter onto the almost crumbled pebble and wore a wide smile.
Bang!
He swung the pebble in an arc overhead, shattering the skeleton jaw, making it unable to even make a sound.
Finally, the only thing it could do at this point was wailed with its bony hand and feet. Damien could feel its pointy finger tugging at his side.
[-2 hp]
[-4 hp]
[-3 hp]
After another session of beating, it stopped moving.
[Ding! You have killed Skeleton x1]
[Ding! Exp Gained +132]
[Ding! Level +1]
[Stats point available to allocate + 8]
Seeing the series of notification flashing in front of his eyes, as well as the ding sound, he let out a deep breath.
'My first level!'
At this moment, his adrenaline completely wore off. He is left exhausted and fatigue.
'This is too exhausting!' He exclaimed, tossing away the shattered pebble aside and laid down on the ground next to the battered skeleton.
In real life, his physique and physical condition wasn't that great, not to mention, Damien spent most of his living under the influence of the toxic fog in the under city. Thus, his health isn't the greatest.
Despite his exhaustion, the joy of getting his first level filled him with energy.
Immediately, he pulled up his stats and pressed on the two abilities he had.
[Corrupted Holy Blessing] (Level 1)
Effects: Increase EXP earned by 50%
Debuff: Increase all damage taken by 25% while effect is active
Range: Self and nearby ally
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Duration: 5 minutes, 30 seconds
✦HP Cost: 10% of Max HP
[Corrupted Resurrection] (Level 1)
Effect: Revive dead ally as intelligent undead
Undead Stats: Retains 80% of original stats
Duration: Permanent until dismissed or destroyed.
Range: Touch
Cooldown: 5 seconds
Mana Cost: 100
[✦Limit: Maximum 2 active undead]
Reading through the descriptions of [Corrupted Holy Blessing] and [Corrupted Resurrection], Damien is baffled.
'Isn't this just the support buff of a [Saint], and the summoning ability of a [Necromancer]?!' This is basically having both legendary class combine into one.
How is this possible?
At the same time, Damien grasped a crucial piece of detail.
'Corrupted'.
Normally speaking, a [Saint] ability usually have 'Divine' attribute to it. If a [Saint] were to cast any of their spells, for example, a [Holy Blessing] buff.
It would damage an Undead instead of granting them a buff. This is how the rule of the game work. Divine and Undead are naturally opposing attributes.
Yet, his class [Corrupted Divine Saint], have the ability to buff undead? Resurrect living and undead being? He can't help but wonder what's next.
Healing Undead?
'The skeleton I just killed!' He quickly recalled and sat upright, staring at the corpse which hasn't disappeared.
'This is a perfect opportunity for me to raise my first Undead skeleton!' Damien thought as he raised his hand to touch the skeleton bones.
Damien was once a Necromancer who managed to reached the peak of the [Nightmare Tower], a tower with hellish difficulty. So he quickly adapted to his new class.
Upon recalling the reward from the tower, he realized.
'Most people get to choose their class at level 10, but I start at level 1 with a [Mythical Ranked] class, this is a great advantage!'
At this moment, Damien voice softly whispered.
"Corrupted Resurrect!"
[Ding! Resurrect failed x1.]
[-100 Mana.]
[Note: The higher the level gap, the less likely Resurrect will succeed.]
'I already knew this,' He said to himself, his face tense with uncertainty, then focused on the skill again. The skill is put on cooldown for five second.
After waiting for the cooldown to refresh, he tried again.
"Corrupted Resurrect!"