Chapter 15: Harvest
His heart was on fire, and the expression on his face remained cold, Raven's eyes were half-squinted, and the expression of the thief was like looking at a dead man. "Humph! Is there really a shadow orb, and your teacher didn't take it himself? ”
"I say! I say! There are a lot of Shadow Steel Golems hovering around the orb! At least two groups of eleven. My teacher is only a beginner in the Silver Rank, and we can't find anyone to get those golems. ”
Made entirely of a metal mined and forged entirely in the shadow plane, the Shadowsteel Golem is a silent and powerful guard. Necromancers, lichs, and vampires like to use these plane golems to guard their dungeons, dealing with invaders like priests or paladins who are unlikely to be pinned down by undead minions.
Shadowsteel golems can easily be mistaken for the undead, as they have a gloomy appearance and move quietly like a ghost. Unlike other constructs, the Shadowsteel Golem is very good at concealing itself, and is free to blend in any vague shadows.
"You're kidding me? The Shadowsteel Golem is at least silver-tiered. Can your teacher come back with a silver primary? Raven's expression became fierce.
"No, no, no...... Those Shadow Steel Golems seem to have not replenished their energy for a long time, and most of them have been wasted. At most, the strength is only the peak of the bronze rank. ”
When the thief said this, Raven was somewhat convinced.
"No other monsters?"
"I swear in the name of the god of thieves, Mesk, that there may be a discrepancy in numbers, but I really haven't found any other monsters."
Raven's face froze: "Are you kidding me?" I'm a little assassin of the Black Iron Rank, how can I get so many Shadowsteel Golems!? ”
The thief glanced at the strangled golem waiting by the side, and said with a bitter face: "Don't laugh, my lord." You're obviously a warlock master, not to mention anything else, just use this strangulation golem to clean up all the Shadow Steel Golems inside. ”
Theoretically, a strangled golem with a challenge level of up to 52 can certainly handle a Shadowsteel golem with a challenge level of only 44.
In reality, it is not at all that the senior must beat the low-level. There are too many unexpected situations, just like now, a bronze-level thief can't handle Raven, a black-iron assassin. Not to mention the most troublesome assassin-type golems like the Shadowsteel Golem.
Speaking of which, if this news is true, this Shadow Orb is worth at least 500,000, or even millions of Continent Gold Coins. For the Assassin profession, its value cannot be measured in monetary terms.
However, the thief did not realize that his secret could not save his life.
Five minutes are almost up.
Raven turned to the Strangled Golem in Neras language, "I'm done with all my questions, can I execute this traitor with my own hands and get back what he stood?" ”
The rope that strangled the golem twisted out his reply, "Yes." ”
Raven plunged a short sword into the thief's chest, and blood splattered Raven's face.
"You ......" the thief's face was full of disbelief. His eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that there were still assassins in this world who dared to break his oath to kill him at the risk of being punished by Ciric.
"I'll tell you a little secret, Ciric won't have a chance to validate my oath, as I never intended to advance to the high-level Assassin class that is unique to Cirek. One of my biggest wishes in life is to beat that son of a son of a shit! ”
"Bastard...... You're a blasphemous! ”
"Blasphemers? No! I'm going to be a godslayer! I will only keep the oath made in my name. Raven smiled and replied, "Besides, I never let go of anyone who wants my life!" From the moment you attacked me, I didn't plan to let you go. ”
"You...... ...... ruthlessly" burst into his eyes, and the thief finally choked.
The thief is dead. Unless he is a high-ranking priest or divine attendant who completely surrenders his life and soul to the gods, any believer will only be thrown into the arms of the god of death after death.
The pleasant system prompt is here again: "Extract the target's soul energy and gain 2100 points of killing experience." ”
Sure enough, even if it's just a mending knife, the experience brought by a bronze rank professional is still a lot!
Raven was in a good mood and added his killing experience to the Assassin class, so that he would become a level 9 Assassin. The level 9 assassin strengthens the sneak attack skill, which is actually not very high.
Raven was looking forward to the arrival of level 10, which was a small leap in the novice period.
In addition to gaining a lot of killing experience, obsidian thorns and other things to return to their original owners, Raven also gained a good dagger.
Item Name: Black Etched Dragon's Tooth +1
Type: Dagger
Weight: 0.5 kg
Item Level: Bronze Excellent Equipment
Damage: 2-6
Item Description: This is a dagger made from fragments of black dragon teeth, which has been soaked in venom from its former owner for a long time, and is sharp, highly poisonous, and slightly corrosive.
Equipment Requirements: None
Equipment Effect: Sharp trait, +1 Sharp, +2 Armor Piercing.
Weapon characteristics: Highly poisonous, after this weapon pierces the opponent's body and touches the blood, it will force the opponent to do a toxicity exemption test, if it can't pass the test, it will cause the opponent 5-8 points of damage every 5 minutes, and the toxicity lasts for half an hour.
This dagger is actually okay, slightly worse than Pure White Frost Dance, but Raven plans to use this dagger as an over-equipment and give Pure White Frost Dance to Karin instead.
The poisonous dagger is cheap, and there is no distinction between friend and foe. There was once an unlucky ghost who was cut by his own poisonous dagger, and he couldn't find the corresponding antidote for a while, so he was poisoned alive. This thing is better for professional assassins with high toxin immunity to use.
In addition, a piece of leather armor was harvested. It's a cuirass made of the dragon skin scraps of a two-legged wyvern, and it only provides +4 armor, but it's better than being light enough to talk about nothing, and it's better than the burlap coat on your body that has no defense.
Raven directly put on the bipedal wyvern breastplate.
Just as Raven put away the dagger, he was stunned to find that the strangled golem was in front of him at some point.
What's going on!?
Raven was shocked, he quickly reviewed the process of his conversation with the golem, he should not have made any mistakes.
An accident beyond Raven's imagination occurred.
The Strangled Golem twisted out the following passage with a rope: "Rope One failed again and again. Golems that fail in their missions have no value in existing, but I hope that Your Excellency will give me another chance. ”
Give it another chance!?
Raven's heart jumped wildly, and he knew it was the joy of ecstasy.
The system's prompt also objectively proved Raven's guess.
"The strangled golem rope is in a state of confusion because of the loss of its owner. It wants to recognize you as Lord. You can choose to refuse, and the strangled Golem Rope will become a permanent neutral monster after half an hour, fulfilling the guard mission given to him by the previous master until the soul flame is extinguished or destroyed. ”
You can also choose to accept it. The rope will perform a composite test of your ancestry and knowledge. After passing the test, you will become the owner of the rope one. If the test fails, it will be regarded as a deception of Rope One, and he will be chased by Rope One endlessly. ”
Raven, who had received countless missions in the game, had never been more entangled. He understood all the prompts of the system, but he was not sure.
Golem Knowledge: Raven is absolutely proficient.
What made it difficult for him was the bloodline. Most of the mid- and high-level golems circulating on the continent of Ultron today are the work of the warlocks of the Empire of Nairas, who have perished.
As the richest and most blood-conscious of the eleven basic classes, the Warlock is pitifully rare today. After all, most of the warlocks have died out in time. There are also very few players who can successfully inaugurate warlocks in the game, and they are regarded as national treasures by major guilds.
Raven opened the stats panel, staring once again at the question mark behind his half-elf race.
He sighed.
It's definitely a serial gamble.
First of all, he had to bet on whether he had warlock blood, and if he didn't, he would be immediately hunted down by the Strangled Golem.
Second, if you really have Warlock blood, then you have to bet on whether you are a Warlock or not. If you weren't a warlock, it would be a great loss to accept the strangled golem. For example, if you are a dragonborn warlock and rely on the bloodline of the dragon clan, and suddenly accept a construct golem, it will become a place to take up your own summons. Although the strangled golem can still be upgraded to the gold level, once he steps into the legend, it will become the chicken rib of the chicken rib.
Finally, even if you really have the Trap Warlock bloodline, you can't confirm whether the bloodline is thin or not. If the bloodline is thin, and rashly accepts a silver-level golem at the time of the black iron rank, it will deal a devastating blow to the already thin bloodline, and it is likely to directly cause you to be unable to use the warlock as a deputy or part-time job for the rest of your life.
In short, the risk is too great.
Of course, behind the high risk is the high reward.
A silver-tiered strangled golem will keep you safe from the most dangerous of your rookie periods. When you reach the silver level, your life-saving means will definitely be several times more than now.
This...... What to do?
Raven's head was too big, and after thinking about it again, he decided to refuse. Unlike activating shadow energy, which had to be done, strangling the golem wasn't a necessity for him. It's really not cost-effective to take such a big risk in exchange for a golem that can't advance to the Legend.
Raven said in the Naras language imitating the Warlock of the Trap, "We are most interested in equivalent exchange. I haven't done a bloodline awakening yet. Accepting you now will have a significant impact on my bloodline. So my answer is 'no'. ”
After saying that, Raven didn't look back and walked out of the house.
He didn't dare to turn back, he was afraid that if he couldn't resist the temptation, he would really agree.