Amid the dazzling colors, Xiao Yang saw his talent.
Dungeon Delver (Rainbow): Every time you conquer a dungeon floor, you'll receive a small gift. Every ten floors, you'll receive a big gift. The gifts vary depending on the dungeon type and difficulty. People who like dungeons are never bad people. Keep pushing forward—the goal is one hundred floors!
At that moment, the smile on Xiao Yang's face froze. This rainbow-colored talent didn't seem all that powerful. It looked like it might not even measure up to Understand Forever.
That was, until three rewards suddenly appeared before him.
Dungeon Delver activated. You have received three unknown blessings. Please make your choice as soon as possible!
Two items and 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 make flesh-and-blood enemies bleed. Description: This is a rusty one-handed hatchet. It's rusted and dull, but it might make someone bleed profusely. A piece of Sweet Cake Quality: Fine Type: Food, Medicine Effect: Restores twenty health, then restores five health per minute for the next half hour. Description: This is a piece of Sweet Cake, so sweet it makes your head spin, and so rich it makes you tremble!
Well, Xiao Yang had changed his mind. No matter how much potential something had, he could only benefit from it if there was a future to begin with. Dungeon Delver, on the other hand, could help him right away.
Of course, the most important thing was that it was a rainbow-tier talent.
What a flex!
The Rusty Hatchet and Sweet Cake would both be extremely useful to Xiao Yang. One was a weapon, and the other was a lifesaving treasure.
Xiao Yang only had ten health right now. Eating this cake would be enough to get two of him back on his feet instantly, never mind its effect of restoring five health per minute for the next half hour.
In the end, though, Xiao Yang chose the last of the three gift boxes without hesitation—the only blue item.
The box was unknown, which meant the thing Xiao Yang got from it was unknown too. If he wanted to explore this Skeleton Dungeon as efficiently as possible, the Rusty Hatchet was undoubtedly the best choice.
Unfortunately, the hatchet's extra effect was bleeding.
He was in a Skeleton Dungeon, and the monsters inside were mostly skeletons.
Now, here was the question: would bleeding even work on skeletons?
The cake was certainly powerful too, but it still fell a little short. After all, it was a consumable.
Once he made his choice, the unknown blue Gift Box opened before Xiao Yang. An image appeared in front of him: a little skeleton wearing a tattered cloak and carrying a large sack.
Skeleton Rogue
Quality: Superior
Type: Follower
Health: 5
Effect: Hold the Skeleton Rogue's little hand to summon it as your own. It will randomly scavenge the surrounding area and monster corpses. When its health reaches zero, it will return to cooldown, waiting for you to summon it again.
Description: This is a wicked, shameless skeleton thief! Wait, isn't it your summon? In that case, never mind. Let it follow you around. It'll bring you some little surprises. Oh, and remember to summon it often. It seems a bit afraid of being lonely.
A tiny skeletal arm appeared in front of Xiao Yang. It looked like he had acquired a rather peculiar little fellow.
It wasn't quite what he wanted, but the quality was better, at least. His gamble had only been a minor failure.
"Hmm..."
Oh, well. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing.
He put the little skeletal arm into his Personal Backpack. Later, all he had to do was open his backpack and choose to summon it, and he'd be able to call out the Skeleton Rogue.
If the little fellow died in battle, he could summon it again through the tiny skeletal arm.
Next, next he had to choose a name for himself. After that, a Beginner's Gift Pack would be waiting for him.
But what should he call himself?
Xiao Yang fell silent. Maybe he should just use his real name. After thinking it over, he decided against it. Even though God Game wasn't a real game, using his real name still felt kind of strange.
Looking at the gloomy surroundings, and remembering that he was still trapped inside this Skeleton Dungeon, Xiao Yang thought of a name that suited the atmosphere.
Screaming Emperor
That was the name Xiao Yang had given his necromancer character in a game he used to play. Since he was in a Skeleton Dungeon now, the name fit perfectly. Once he settled on it, the prompt from God Game rang out.
Name confirmed. Congratulations, player Screaming Emperor, on entering God Game. The countless wondrous and beautiful worlds will soon open their doors to you. God Game awaits your exploration!
Those words filled Xiao Yang with excitement, almost making him forget that he was a poor soul trapped inside with no way home.
He stood up and, through the gate, used Probe Skill on the Great Axe Skeleton in the corridor behind him.
Dungeon Guardian (Heavily Worn) Race: Bone Undead Rank: Elite Level: 14 Health: 20 Attack: 64 Defense: 31 Agility: 5 Assessment: An unbeatable enemy
Xiao Yang looked at his own stats, almost all of which were threes, then at the Great Axe Skeleton's whopping sixty-four attack. Good grief, he only had ten health. That thing could kill six of him with a single swing.
It really was an unbeatable enemy.
He'd better play it safe for now. The absurd gap between them had sobered him up.
This wasn't a real game. If he got chopped to death, he'd be dead for real.
A gift pack icon had appeared in Xiao Yang's Personal Backpack. When he opened it, he received three items.
Wilderness Hatchet Quality: White Type: Weapon, One-Handed Attack: 6 Description: This is a hatchet, and not even a new one. It's mostly meant for chopping firewood, though you could just about use it to chop other things now and then. A set of Minor Health Potions Quality: White Type: Medicine Effect: Can be divided into five bottles of Minor Health Potion. Description: This is a set of Minor Health Potions. There are five bottles, more or less. Minor Health Potion Quality: White Effect: Restores ten health over ten seconds. A Basket of Bread Quality: White Type: Food Effect: Keeps you from getting too hungry. Description: You might need some water too.
It really was a Beginner's Gift Pack in the most literal sense of the word—extremely beginner-friendly. Still, it wasn't bad. He did need a weapon, some potions, and some food.
That wasn't all. Before setting off to explore, Xiao Yang figured the things in this dungeon couldn't all be as ridiculously powerful as that Great Axe Skeleton.
On a long table in the corner of the room lay a letter and a lantern.
Before you continue