Axie Online

Chapter 19 - Lafos Cave

After his brief fight against the Stone Golem, Rudy immediately opened the internet to investigate what really happened. Once he found out, he could only sigh heavily while holding his forehead.

"I didn't think, it turns out that his eyes are Fatal Zone."

Fatal Zone, a zone similar to the Critical Zone but more terrifying. If the Critical Zone is attacked can give the opponent a critical status, then the Fatal Zone will give a fatal status. This status can reduce 60 to 80 percent of their total Health Bar or even give certain death.

This buff is indeed really outrageous, but not all Mob monsters let alone all boss monsters have a Fatal Zone. Every mob monster has a Critical Zone, but not a Fatal Zone. In addition, fatal is also a rare status that has ever been found. Even high-level veteran players rarely got fatal attacks.

This fatal status is still a mystery how to get it so many players don't really care. They should target the Critical Zone to provide critical status than to look for the Fatal Zone which is not even well known. However, the location of the Fatal Zone on the Stone Golem has been known for a long time.

Rudy heaved a sigh of relief when he found out that he had indeed attacked in the right place. Even Rudy had time to think whether he has a hidden power that is overpowered like the main character in most isekai stories?. Isn't that impossible? The game differs from the parallel world as in other isekai themed stories.

“Alright, I guess I was lucky enough to give that Stone Golem a fatal stat.”

Rudy slowly got up and walked into the forest intending to complete the Elise Rescue Quest from Nezile. He is also curious, how difficult is a Quest that has difficulty B actually? Then, what is the Gnome Bandit like? And also Rudy wanted to know if there was some kind of treasure in the Lafos cave at the foot of Mount Mauren.

While walking forward, Rudy also made a few more Stun Potions in his hand. Although not too much, but still his hands can hold two to three bottles of Potion at once. Rudy also had time to meet a fruit-shaped mob monster, which of course he immediately slashed. Rudy also gets quite a lot of useful item drops from the kill.

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Pineapple

Materials that become certain foodstuffs by players who have a Chef Side Job Class.

Eating a full fruit will restore 20 lost Health Points.

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Red Apple

Materials that become certain foodstuffs by players who have a Chef Side Job Class.

Eating a full fruit will restore the lost 10 Health Points.

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Yellow Watermelon

Materials that become certain foodstuffs by players who have a Chef Side Job Class.

Eating one full fruit will restore the lost 50 Health Points.

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Bananas

Materials that become certain foodstuffs by players who have a Chef Side Job Class.

Eating a full fruit will restore 5 Health Points and 20 Energy.

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Apple Seeds

The material in the form of Apple seeds can be developed into an Apple Tree by a Player who has a Side Job Class as a Botanist.

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Banana Seeds

The material in the form of Apple seeds can be developed into an Apple Tree by a Player who has a Side Job Class as a Botanist.

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After seeing it all, Rudy immediately ate a Banana and an Apple to restore the Health Potion and Energy he used earlier when fighting a bunch of fruit mob monsters earlier. Although the enemy is not too heavy, he has used the Swing which is strengthened with additional moves. In short, he was experimenting with his current skills.

“I see… any additional moves that can roughly increase attack power and speed will double the attack damage to how strong and fast we move. This game is too real.”

Rudy smiled slightly knowing the results of his experiments so far. It was also possible that it was not only the Swing skill but also all the skills related to direct attacks from weapons. He could only nod in satisfaction feeling happy that there was something he could do in this world besides fighting, doing quests, walking, and making potions.

Ten minutes passed, finally, Rudy could see a cave mouth located at the foot of a towering mountain. He looks happy that he has achieved his goal, but at the same time, Rudy also feels a little unsure because he saw the explanation of the cave.

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Lafos Cave

Gnome bandits' nesting ground

Level: 25

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After fighting many Mob monsters for a day, now the game character Rudy is at level 23. Even though it's not too much different, he still has to fight a bunch of enemies who are two levels above him. On the other hand, Rudy also felt happy because by fighting them all his levels would increase drastically. Likewise with status points and strengths.

With a little worry and nervousness, Rudy started to take the +4 Iron Sword from his back and stepped into the cave.

Upon entering the Lafos cave, Rudy was confronted by a swarm of black and red bats from the ceiling above the cave. Fortunately, Rudy managed to conquer all of them with the help of several Stun Potions and Health Potions I. Of course, he also cursed loudly because he got a sudden attack from the most hated enemy type, namely the small animal type.

In addition to unexpected ambushes from hordes of Bats and Red Bats, Rudy is also repeatedly hit by simple traps such as the Rope Trap that pulls him upside down above the ceiling, the Hole Trap, a trap in the form of a large hole covered by light soil or leaves. He can only scream in annoyance because so many traps have been installed in this cave.

“Just watch… Just you wait, Gnome bandits. I will definitely finish you off for making me lose a lot of money."

Rudy could only swear after seeing so many wasted Potions just to escape from the Trap made by Gnome bandits.

Overwhelmed by anger, Rudy had forgotten the difference in levels between himself and Lafos cave so he wanted to kill the Gnome Bandits who had most likely set various traps in this cave. Even though Rudy's vigilance was very high, for some reason he couldn't detect a trap. Weird, right?

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Mirage, a High Mage class player, Elf race, and female gender. Her character is in the form of an Elf woman who is 150 centimeters tall, has blonde hair in a double ponytail, purple eyes, and looks like a real witch. A large purplish-black robe, a black purple-striped hat, and a straw broom that he had were his striking appearance.

High Mage itself is a Silver-Class Job Class, a level above Bronze-Class that uses magic as the main attack. Generally, all Job Classes that rely on magic as a weapon have very high Intelligence and Luck statuses, of course, this also applies to High Mage.

“Mira, are you sure you want to take this quest? The rewards of this quest are unknown….”

"Of course. After all, our job is only to help someone who has already taken this quest. Although the rewards are unknown, the quest which is located in the Lafos cave on Mount Mauren is suitable as a place to test my new powers. Isn't that right, Ed?"

"Well, Lafos cave does have low-level mob monsters, but don't use large and large-scale magic if you don't want to be crushed to death by the rocks."

"Listen to Edmund's words, because you usually act alone even though you're a High Mage."

“Fira is like that too, right?! Why only me?"

"Not only Edmund and Fira but Kuro and I think so too."

"Violet!"

"That's the truth."

"But I...."

Being the subject of ridicule from her groupmates, Mirage pouted slightly and started to set foot into the cave while puffing out her cheeks. Violet and the others laughed lightly at Mirage's cute appearance when she was annoyed.

The five of them are a group traveling together.

Edmund, a human player with short black hair and red eyes, had the Job Class Dual Swordsman. A Silver-Class Job Class that allows its owner to wield two swords while fighting. The superior status points of this Job Class are Vitality and Dexterity.

Next is Kuro, a player who also takes on the human race, with black hair and eyes, Job Class Samurai. A Job Class that relies on a long one-handed sword. His body was protected by bright red armor like the Japanese samurai of the Edo period. The superior status points of the Samurai Class Job are Strength and Vitality.

Fira, one of the three female players at the party. He had the appearance of a short Dwarf, short brown hair, and chose the Blacksmith Side Class Jo as her focus. It was one of the production Job Classes that most players and NPCs avoided. He armed with a one-handed ax with two sharp edges, the ax weapon forged by himself. The superior status points of the Blacksmith Class Job are Strength and Luck.

And finally, there was Violet, the last woman among the five of them. She is beautiful, has dark purple hair and bright purple eyes, has a pair of white wings on her back, and is armed with a pair of silver pistols that are slung around her waist. She is one of the players who chose the Celestial race and chose the Job Class Gunner. Job Class Gunner has superior status points, namely Dexterity and Luck.

"Violet, how much longer do we have to walk?"

“According to my observations from the surroundings we are in are half an hour away!”

"Long time!"

“Oi Mira, don't scream!”

As soon as Edmund's warning was given, not even ten seconds later the five of them were surrounded by hundreds of fruit-shaped mobs and other small animals such as rabbits, raccoons, foxes, and several others.

Annoyed by the numbers, they formed a circular formation and readied their weapons. Mirage smiled wryly at the number of enemies that had surrounded them all.