Chapter 68 - Walking Through The Forest
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After dealing with a group of Kobolds who greeted him at the edge of the forest, Rudy began to rest his body in the shade of the tree's shadow in the forest. While resting, Rudy also made hundreds of Health Potion I and checked the previously acquired skills and titles.
"Breathing Power... is more like a technique than a skill, isn't it?"
Usually, if the form of a technique is changed to a skill like this in the game it should be a passive skill, Rudy had already considered that possibility. But what he saw in Breathing Power was an active skill that didn't require Energy and cooldown.
Unfortunately, this skill can only be used when the body is in prime condition. Three percent is not a high number, but if this skill increases to the main level two then the possibility will be even greater and terrible. Of course, this makes Rudy very motivated to use it as often as possible.
After checking his new skill, Rudy checked the Black Form which was the Bonus Skill of Blackstar Sword.
Black Form (Level 1-2)
Increases Str and Dex stats by 52% when used
Energy: 50
Cooldown: 2x duration of use
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Rudy subconsciously raised his eyebrows when he saw that his Black Form had leveled up. He didn't expect that the skill level would increase after being used for approximately five to six hours.
In addition to leveling up, Rudy can also see that the Black Form can be used again. It was to his advantage in this situation. The kobolds which are mob monsters on the outskirts of the forest alone can compensate for it, how about the monsters in the forest? The existence of the Black Form he really needed to complete these two interconnected quests.
"{Congratulations, Alchemy has leveled up!}"
Alchemy (Levels 1-3)
Can process certain plants into HP Potion I, HP Potion II, Energy Potion I, Poison I, Stun Potion, Antidote, Stimulant
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Once again, Rudy was surprised by one of his increased skills. Although not an attack skill, Alchemy is a skill that is the main source of income for Axie Online.
"I can sell Health Potion II then, okay?"
A curve was clearly visible on Rudy's lips, which looked very happy. Even though Health Potion Il requires twice as many ingredients as Health Potion I, the proceeds from selling this Potion will greatly benefit him in the real world as well as the virtual world.
He closed his eyes for a moment thinking about a skill combination that would be good for him.
By using Black Form and Breathing Power at the same time, Rudy's stats can be increased up to 55%. This percentage has not been added to Swords Arts which can increase attack power by 10% when using a sword, then the Advanced Swordsman title which adds 5% damage when using a sword.
Not to mention the passive effect of Black Form and Breathing Power will increase by 5% each. How much power up did Rudy get in total? Even then it still doesn't count if he uses Swing or Hollow Swords combined with his techniques that will strengthen his strength even further which is definitely increased thanks to the Skill Inventor title.
Rudy's strength and attack power will increase by 83%, while other states also get an increase of up to 68% when Black Form and Breathing Power are activated. That's a pretty crazy number for most Axie Online players of his level.
After resting for a long time, Rudy finally continued his journey to find the source of the problem in this forest.
During the trip, Rudy got dozens, no, dozens of attacks from the mob monsters that lived there. Not only Kobolds, but monsters with the Undead race also started to appear.
Undead monsters were at least level 15 for the lowest level, but in this forest, the Undead that Rudy fought were nowhere near that level. The mob monsters he fought in this place were on average level 65 to '70s. Even though he could keep up with level 80s players and NPCs when faced with a terrifying number he would still lose.
Rudy often met a group of Zombie Knights and Zombie Archers which numbered around seven to ten personnel. The Zombie group was indeed quite easy for Rudy to defeat, but the number and presence of Zombie Archers were very troublesome. He couldn't dodge the Zombie Archer's attack.
Of course, this made Rudy a little angry, and ended up using Breathing Power and Black Form at the same time. He raged and finally after struggling with hundreds of groups of Undead for hours, finally Rudy got the Undead Hunter title he was looking for.
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Undead Hunter
The title obtained for killing 300 Undead
Fame +10, Str +5, Vit +20, Luck +5
Attack on Undead +10%
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"Good, with this I can be more effective against the Undead."
While trying to catch his breath, Rudy braced his stance while looking at the three Undead Mages who were casting some offensive magic. Rudy smiled slightly realizing the attack aimed at him was a Magic Skill.
Rudy spun around on the axis of the leg, then slashed out as many magic attacks from the Undead Mage as possible using the Blackstar Sword. Of course, Rudy enthusiastically welcomed this attack because he had taken out all the Magic Skills he had stored in the Blackstar Sword against the Undead version of Hecatoncheires during the war against the monster army near Viredeta village.
Slash!
Slash!
Slash!
In order to pick up and s***h all the magic attacks, Rudy didn't need to exert much strength so he just swung the Blackstar Sword using the elasticity of his wrist. If other players saw his current action, they would be stunned to see Rudy swinging a sword like slashing a small twig.
After absorbing all the magic, Rudy immediately set foot on the ground and shot forward, and gave a Flash Swing with Breathing Power until the three Undead Mages in front of him were annihilated.
"Oh, quite an interesting drop."
Rudy saw one of the drop items dropped from the Undead Mage.
Ring of Flame
Def: 0
Allows the user to deploy bursts of fire that can burn living beings without having to have a magician's Job Class
Energy: 10/sec
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Rudy chuckled at the drop item he got this time. He already has the Ring of Ice, now the Ring of Flame? Two opposing elements? It was something that most players or even in the world of Axie Online didn't see quite often.
Rudy immediately put the Ring-shaped Item on the middle finger, while the Ring of Ice on the index finger. The two rings gave off a slightly different aura when worn by Rudy.
“With these two rings, at least my chances of completing the mission have increased!”
Rudy laughed happily before walking forward to continue his journey through the forest.
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