Axie Online

Chapter 73 - Silent Strike

Clank! Clank!

After realizing the shift from the Ambora Temple Dungeon to another Dungeon, Rudy and Dunk were forced to run for safety while fighting against several humanoid creatures that filled this place.

It had been more than half an hour since the two of them had been thrown into this mysterious Dungeon called Chaos Lair and their HP had decreased a lot. Their opponents were high-level monsters over level 100, while Rudy himself was still around level 50 to '60s. How could he overcome an opponent who was twice his level?

Dunk himself was still level 50s, but his battle experience was greater than Rudy's. It could be seen from how he fought some of these demonic-looking humanoid monsters. Meanwhile Rudy? He had almost run out of Energy from constantly deploying Hollow Swords and Swings for his safety.

They were currently hiding in a small room in the Dungeon to rest. Rudy, who is famous for his calm among his friends, seems to be starting to panic and worry now. Of course, he never expected that the room in Ambora Temple earlier was a terrible trap.

"Dunk, do you know how this happened?"

"Hmm, it's possible that the door to the Ambora Temple room is a door that can transfer anyone who enters it into this place. I've seen a few times of similar traps in other high-level Dungeons."

"Then how do we get out of here?"

"Death."

Rudy's face turned gloomy instantly when he got a short answer from Dunk. Rudy already knew that death was the only way out of this place. It's just that every time a player runs out of HP and dies, they will be revived in the last city they visited for a certain amount of experience and items from their inventory.

Rudy sighed heavily feeling stupid for asking Dunk. At least he wanted it to be the last resort they could use, but it didn't seem possible at the moment considering the huge difference in level and status of Rudy and Dunk with the mob monsters in this place.

'Even though I used Breathing Power and Black Form against them, still I couldn't beat them-not even one. There are quite a number of them and the way they fight is really troublesome!'

Rudy had previously fought against these monsters, but he could not defeat any of them. Even after using Black Form and Breathing Power at the same time. If it was one on one then Rudy could still beat him, but how could he beat one of them if the five creatures attacked simultaneously?

Even though in Black Form mode Rudy's Str and Dex status increased drastically, his opponent's speed could easily adapt to his increased speed. The opponent this time was not Undead, therefore the effect of the Undead Killer title had no effect.

'If I'm not mistaken the race name is Chaos, isn't it?'

Asking this in his head, Rudy opened a browser and searched for information about the Chaos race in Axie Online, or the name of the monster race they were facing now. While Rudy was looking for information about the Chaos race, Dunk was guarding around the door of the room with extreme vigilance.

Considering their enemy this time was very strong, even for a mob monster level. No wonder Dunk really took it seriously. He looked completely different from when he fought the Undead before.

After a while of surfing the internet, Rudy found some facts about the Chaos race in Axie Online.

The Chaos Race is the first monster race to exist in the world of Axie Online. As the world's first monster race, they could be said to be the strongest monster race and the mother of most of the existing races. They have the ability to think like humans, but cannot speak human language and only a small proportion are able to communicate with humans.

The weakest Chaos race has a level of at least above 110 and has an innate skill that is quite troublesome, namely Power Cry which allows them to increase all stats by 20% for 10 minutes except for Strength status which is amplified by 30% without side effects. This race is also predicted to be the main antagonist of the Axie Online story scenario.

Seeing this fact, Rudy's brow furrowed, not liking his current state at all. Even though until now he and Dunk had managed to survive their deadly attacks, it was still thanks to the dozens of HP Potions they consumed every five to ten seconds.

'Should I buy the Silent Strike Emblem Skill which Job Class Assassin usually uses from the Axie Forum?'

Rudy looks confused about his choice. Silent Strike is a skill that is usually used by players with Job Class Assassin or the like. This skill is an active-passive skill that will be useful if the user attacks suddenly from silence and the attack can increase his attack by 30%.

Of course, for Rudy, this is a pretty tough choice. This skill will be very useful in the current situation considering that if he can activate Black Form and Breathing Power at the same time, then Enchant Blackstar whose stab attack is multiplied by 100%, of course with the help of Silent Strike his attack power will be very helpful.

He had opened the Axie Forum in his browser and immediately searched for the Silent Strike Emblem Skill, but his hands immediately stopped and covered his mouth which almost screamed hysterically when he saw the price tagged. The Emblem skill he was looking for was the cheapest at 680,000 Byl while the most expensive was labeled 1,200,000 Byl under the skill's name.

If only he wasn't in such a dangerous condition he might have screamed as loud as thunder.

Come to think of it, after all, Rudy still thought that this world was a game world, but this world felt like the world he was supposed to live in. He feels a lot of pleasure and satisfaction that he rarely feels in the real world, but he is still aware that this world is just a fake world.

Wasting money of 6,800,000 just for the game was a big decision, but on the other hand, he could buy this Skill Emblem and if he managed to kill some Chaos race creatures and get drop items that he might be able to sell on the Axie Forum, he could benefit more.

But for that, he also had to think about his Luck status which was so low compared to other statuses.

After a few minutes of pondering these two decisions, Rudy with trembling fingers pressed the button for this transaction worth 6,800,000 Federation Currency. In an instant, the Silent Strike Emblem Skill entered his Inventory which he immediately used to absorb the skills in it with teary eyes.

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Silent Strike Skill Emblem

Contains the Silent Strike skill

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A few seconds later the Emblem Skill emitted a faint light and finally broke into thousands of pixel particles and disappeared. Rudy immediately checked whether this Emblem Skill had been successfully used or not.

Silent Strike (Level 1-1)

Increases user's attack randomly when attacking an opponent suddenly in silence by up to 30%

Energy: 5

Cooldown:-

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Although it does not require a cooldown, this skill costs 5 Energy points each time it is used. For Rudy 5 points of Energy are not that big and very economical in terms of saving Energy when fighting, but he can't hold back his tears anymore that drip one by one while covering his mouth so as not to make a noise.

"I spent this much money just for the sake of the game."