Chapter 459: Chapter 272: Duel of Justice (Part 2)_1
Accompanied by a colossal roar, the Skeleton King emerged from the ground.
Its towering frame nearly three meters tall, it swung its massive axe, mixed with a gust of wind, at Xiemen Waidao, ready to chop the foolhardy little challenger, who dared to provoke it, into pieces.
But a burst of white light struck, hitting the formidable Skeleton King and petrifying the point of impact. This petrification spread rapidly, solidifying the Skeleton King into a motionless statue.
After delivering a kick, Xiemen Waidao watched as the creature’s body crumbled apart, dropping a hoard of items.
Pocketing these items, Xiemen Waidao sorted through his gear and turned to the bored Mukuai 1234, who was idly plucking weeds behind him, “Let’s go check out the second-level dungeon.”
“Oh.”
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Looking at the lethargic Mukuai 1234, Xiemen Waidao asked with curiosity, “Aren’t you excited? It’s such a fun game, why aren’t you playing with a smile?”
“You think this is a card game?”
Mukuai 1234 sighed, feeling like all the preparation she had done beforehand was in vain.
She had hoped to join Xiemen Waidao in battle and wanted everyone to play the game in a normal way.
But to her surprise, Xiemen Waidao thrived in this environment, making her feel somewhat useless.
However, Xiemen Waidao completely missed her subtle hints, leaving Mukuai 1234 feeling a bit unhappy.
But then, seeing Xiemen Waidao excitedly dragging her towards the second-level dungeon, she thought maybe that was alright too.
After all, Mukuai was a tool person, there to serve the players; as long as the players were happy, it was enough.
With that thought, Mukuai 1234 cheered up again.
After jumping into a second-level dungeon first, Xiemen Waidao discovered a very tragic truth.
The Snake Demon was dead.
It wasn’t clear whether it was because he used the rays too much or if he was too rough when choking it, but the Snake Demon that had earned him great merits lay dead in his arms, looking rather unsightly in death.
“Go in peace, Snake Demon, I won’t forget you.”
Mourning for a while, Xiemen Waidao used a special action: Cooking.
This action automatically generated flames in front of the player. Once the flames rose up, Xiemen Waidao skillfully skinned, bled, and removed the innards of the Snake Demon and managed to cook it into grilled Snake Demon before its body disappeared.
Admiring the crispy exterior and tender interior of the delicacy, Xiemen Waidao exclaimed, “New discovery, monsters don’t disappear when turned into food, this is a brand new bug!”
“There are quite a few bugs summarized on the forum, but I think no one would bother to exploit this bug,” Mukuai 1234 said helplessly. “I mean, surely nobody would be insane enough to eat this stuff.”
“Really? I thought trying a bite of everything we see was one of our race’s innate talents,” he replied.
“Your race’s talents are far too many. And you’re really going to eat it?”
“Why wouldn’t I eat it after all the effort to cook it. Hmm, it’s quite tasty. The game capsule is really amazing, I’ve been wanting to taste the delicacies in the game for a long time.”
Mukuai 1234 frowned as she watched Xiemen Waidao eat with gusto, feeling that he was rather odd.
But it did smell really good.
Sitting down, she took the drumstick passed by Xiemen Waidao, cautiously took a bite while covering her mouth, and her eyes instantly widened.
It was indeed quite delicious.
Xiemen Waidao’s cooking skills weren’t bad; the grilled Snake Demon tasted good, but after eating it, she felt a bit weak.
Wait, weak?
Opening her panel, Mukuai 1234 found that she had acquired a poisoning effect and was losing health every second.
“Stop eating, it’s poisoned!”
“It’s fine, just rest a while and the health regenerates automatically.”
“Don’t be so perverse! I don’t want to drag your corpse back to town!”
At Mukuai 1234’s insistent request, Xiemen Waidao eventually reluctantly tucked the remaining grilled Snake Demon into his pocket and then proceeded to explore the second-level dungeon.
From the second level on, dungeons would randomly generate stories and events.
The dungeon they were in was a tower that grew upside down, extending downward for about thirty floors.
Monsters in this dungeon were primarily plant-based, and the fierce Tree Monsters attacked as soon as they saw them, ready to tear the two adventurers apart the next second.
Gripping the Decisive Short Sword, Xiemen Waidao discovered the Tree Monsters were of quite a high level and that the Decisive Short Sword had no effect.
Quickly switching to an axe, he hacked at one of the monsters, to no great effect.
Ignoring the axe still embedded in its body, Xiemen Waidao dashed with Mukuai into the narrow entrance of the stairs, while the large Tree Monsters couldn’t squeeze through and could only roar helplessly at the entrance.
Seeing Xiemen Waidao finally at a disadvantage made Mukuai 1234 smile contentedly, then she advised, “Tree Monsters need weapons with fire attributes, but you probably don’t have one. I suggest we…”
“Let’s cook.”
“… Eh?”
“Cooking automatically starts a fire, and monsters dumbly track players. So, if we simply set the fire at the entrance, we can grind them down without taking any damage.”
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“… You can’t be serious?”
But when Xiemen Waidao indeed started a fire, Mukuai 1234 watched as the Tree Monsters stupidly approached and, despite their bluster, failed to dodge the flames below.
One by one, they burned to ash, leaving behind only a pile of dust and the items dropped by the monsters.
Pleased with the fruits of his labor, Xiemen Waidao nodded and said, “I think I’ve figured out the real way to play this game. It seems riddled with bugs, but actually, it’s suggesting something – that you don’t need to get through in the normal way.”