My Basement Connects to a Skeleton Dungeon
Chapter 2

Dungeon Delver

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Amidst the embellishment of colorful light, Xiao Yang saw his talent.

Dungeon Delver (Colored): For every dungeon layer conquered, you will receive a small gift. For every ten layers conquered, you will receive a large gift. Gifts will vary based on dungeon type and difficulty. Those who love dungeons are never bad people. Press onward, the goal is one hundred layers!

At this moment, the smile on Xiao Yang's face faltered. It seemed this colored talent wasn't as powerful as he thought, perhaps not as good as Understand Forever.

Then, three rewards suddenly appeared before Xiao Yang.

[Dungeon Delver activated, received three unknown blessings. Please make your choice quickly!]

Two items, one box.

Two green, one blue.

The two green items were:

[Rusty Hatchet

Quality: Fine

Type: Weapon, One-Handed

Attack: 12

Special Effect: Attacks have a chance to inflict a bleeding status on flesh-and-blood enemies.

Description: This is a rusty one-handed axe. It's become dull with age, but perhaps it can cause unending bleeding.]

[Sweet Cake

Quality: Fine

Type: Food, Medicine

Effect: Restores 20 Health and an additional 5 Health per minute for the next half hour.

Description: This is a sickeningly sweet cake, so sweet it makes you dizzy and so rich it makes you tremble!]

Alright, Xiao Yang changed his mind. Future potential is only valuable if you have a future to begin with. This Dungeon Delver, however, could help him immediately.

Of course, the most important thing was that it was a five-colored talent.

Talk about making an entrance!

Both the rusty axe and the sweet cake were very useful to Xiao Yang. One was a weapon, the other a life-saving artifact.

Xiao Yang's current health was only ten points. This cake alone would be enough to revive two of him instantly, not to mention the effect of restoring five health per minute for the next half hour.

In the end, however, Xiao Yang unhesitatingly chose the last of the three gift boxes, the single blue item.

This box was unknown, meaning what Xiao Yang would receive was also unknown. If he wanted to explore this Skeleton Dungeon more efficiently, the Rusty Hatchet would undoubtedly be the best choice.

It was just a shame that the Rusty Hatchet's special effect was bleeding.

He was currently in a Skeleton Dungeon, and the monsters within were basically skeletons.

Now, a question arose: would bleeding work on skeletons?

Besides the Rusty Hatchet, the cake was indeed powerful, but it still lacked something, as it was a consumable.

Having made his choice, the unknown blue gift box opened before Xiao Yang. An image of a small skeleton wearing a tattered cloak and carrying a large sack appeared before him.

[Skeleton Rogue

Quality: Excellent

Type: Familiar

Health: 5

Effect: Hold the small skeleton hand to summon your own Skeleton Rogue. It will randomly scavenge the surrounding environment and monster corpses. Upon reaching zero health, it will return to cooldown and await your re-summoning.

Description: This is a wicked, shameless little skeleton thief! Wait, is it your familiar? Never mind then, keep it by your side. It will bring you some small surprises. Oh, and remember to summon it often; it seems a bit afraid of being lonely.]

A small skeleton hand appeared before Xiao Yang. It seemed Xiao Yang had acquired a rather peculiar little companion.

It wasn't exactly what he wanted, but its quality was better. A slight loss for the gambler.

"Hmm..."

Never mind, perhaps it wouldn't be a bad thing.

He put the small skeleton hand back into his personal inventory. Later, he would simply need to open his inventory and choose to summon it to bring out the Skeleton Rogue.

Furthermore, if this little guy died in battle, he could re-summon it using this small skeleton hand.

Next, it was time to give himself a name. After naming himself, a novice gift package awaited him.

What name should he choose?

Xiao Yang fell into silence. Should he just use his real name? After thinking about it, he decided against it. Although this God Game wasn't a real game, using his real name still felt a bit strange.

Looking at the eerie surroundings, and finding himself trapped in this Skeleton Dungeon, the atmosphere made Xiao Yang think of a suitable name.

[Screaming Emperor]

This was the name Xiao Yang had given his undead mage character in a game he used to play. Since he was currently in a Skeleton Dungeon, he decided to go with this. Once confirmed, the God Game's prompt sounded.

[Name confirmed. Congratulations Player Screaming Emperor on logging into the God Game. The myriad worlds, beautiful and magnificent, will all open their doors to you. The God Game awaits your exploration!]

After such words, excitement made Xiao Yang forget that he was a pathetic soul blocked from returning home.

Standing up, Xiao Yang cast a probe spell from across the door towards the Great Axe Skeleton in the corridor behind him.

[Dungeon Guardian (Highly Worn State) Race: Skeletal Undead Rank: Elite Level: 14 Health: 20 Attack: 64 Defense: 31 Agility: 5 Evaluation: Invincible Enemy]

Xiao Yang looked at his attributes, which were almost all threes, and then at the Great Axe Skeleton's attack power of sixty-four. Good heavens, his own health was only ten. This guy could kill six of him with one swing.

Truly an invincible enemy.

It was best to play it safe for now. Such an outrageous difference brought a sense of calm.

This wasn't a real game for him. If he got killed, he would actually be killed.

A gift package icon appeared in Xiao Yang's personal inventory. Upon opening it, Xiao Yang received three items.

[Wilderness Hatchet Quality: White Type: Weapon, One-Handed Attack Power: 6 Description: This is an axe, not even a new one. Its primary use is likely for chopping wood, though it can barely be used to hack at other things occasionally.] [A Set of Minor Health Potions Quality: White Type: Medicine Effect: Can be separated into five Minor Health Potions Description: This is a set of Minor Health Potions, containing five bottles. Roughly like this.] [Minor Health Potion Quality: White Effect: Restores 10 health over 10 seconds] [Basket of Bread Quality: White Type: Food Effect: It can make you less hungry Description: Perhaps you also need some water.]

This was literally a beginner's gift package, extremely basic, but still decent. He really needed a weapon, some potions, and some food right now.

It wasn't over yet. Before he set off to explore, Xiao Yang felt that not everything in the dungeon could be as outrageous as the Great Axe Skeleton.

On the long table in the corner of the room, there was also a letter and a Waist Lantern.

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