A Rare Moment of Leisure

In a spacious, circular room, chains and shackles hung from the walls. In the center of the room stood the final boss of the Skeleton Dungeon's first floor: a tall skeleton wielding a broken greatsword, a Skeleton Warrior.

[Skeleton Warrior

Race: Bone Undead

Rank: Normal

Level: 14

Health: 40

Attack: 16

Defense: 8

Agility: 6

Traits: Bone Physique, Undead Mind, Heavy Weapon Mastery]

The scene and its arrangement were quite atmospheric. The Skeleton Warrior's stats were also quite deceptive; they represented a generational leap compared to the normal skeletons and skeleton warriors that roamed the first floor.

But for some reason, it didn't put much pressure on Xiao Yang.

It could only be said that after clearing the hidden area, navigating the zombie corridor, and even witnessing an elite boss at its full potential, after experiencing all of that.

The Skeleton Warrior no longer seemed as imposing to Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang had originally planned to play it safe, intending to wait until after the second Myriad Worlds Trading event, boost his Strength to five, and equip the Blackrock Prison set before attempting to challenge the final boss of the Skeleton Dungeon's first floor.

However, circumstances rarely go according to plan. In just two days, Xiao Yang had completely cleared out all enemies before the first-floor boss, or more accurately, it only took him a day and a half.

With time to spare, he found himself with nothing to do, so Xiao Yang decided to face the first floor's guardian boss ahead of schedule.

It seemed this attempt was made, and it could be said that the encounter was not very satisfying, but in the end, Xiao Yang decided to retreat and revert to his original plan.

It was simply that his weapon was too weak.

It wasn't easy for Xiao Yang to fight this Skeleton Warrior Knight. The Wilderness Hatchet, with its six damage, barely chipped off one point of health from the boss with a forced damage notification, but it couldn't break its defense at all.

And if he tried to circle the boss like he did with the Skeleton Warrior before, darting around like a nimble monkey, then this Skeleton Warrior's Agility was a bit too high.

Although there was still a five-point difference in Agility between them.

But how to put it, it was possible to fight, but not that easy, and the margin for error was too low. It would be better to wait until his Strength reached five and he equipped the Blackrock Prison set before trying again.

At that time, he would probably be able to crush this Skeleton Warrior directly.

"It's better to be cautious."

With that thought, Xiao Yang slowly retreated towards the outside of the boss room. The Skeleton Warrior in the circular prison still wanted to pursue Xiao Yang, but it was pulled back by the thick iron chains binding it after taking only a few steps.

Clearly, this guardian boss had some restrictions placed upon it. At the very least, it couldn't be truly unleashed until Xiao Yang fully entered the arena.

Xiao Yang left without engaging the boss.

Alright, now things were back to a stalemate, and he needed to wait. Through days of hard work, Xiao Yang and Little Bone, one person and one skeleton, had almost single-handedly cleared the entire first floor of the dungeon with just a beginner's axe.

During these days, Xiao Yang took some time to return to the Zombie Prison. As usual, Xiao Yang was chased around by the Bone Ball.

The Zombie Prison was also empty now. Except for a very few extremely crowded cells that still contained some Prisoner Zombies, there was almost nothing moving in the areas Xiao Yang could explore.

Xiao Yang returned to the Zombie Prison to confirm if the Corpse Mushroom he had dug up was still there. From a distance, cautiously, Xiao Yang saw the tip of a mushroom peeking out from the storage room.

It was still there, which put Xiao Yang's mind at ease.

The day before the second Myriad Worlds Trading event, a bored Xiao Yang turned his attention to the Prisoner Zombies he had previously overlooked, luring out and defeating those that were too crowded to handle.

After defeating these Prisoner Zombies, Xiao Yang returned to the upper level of the dungeon and back to the initial Safe House, collapsing onto a pile of miscellaneous items.

Xiao Yang decided to bring more items to the Myriad Worlds Trading Area this time, especially the Gold Coins that had sold for a high price last time, and some items he had collected that might be considered antiques.

He hoped that this time, a kind Dragon Girl would come to clear out the goods!

This time, Xiao Yang was even prepared to enter the boss room and attack the boss with his Wilderness Hatchet's six damage, not solely because there were fewer skeletons, but also because the dropped materials were fewer. After all, in the last trade, his main source of Spirit Coins came from those green-quality Large Bone Clubs.

But now that all the skeletons were cleared, he only had about five or six green Large Bone Clubs.

This time, his main merchandise should be these Fine quality Zombie Flesh Boots. Oh, and also a white Heavy Strike skill scroll.

Due to concerns about a lack of merchandise, Xiao Yang had held onto this Heavy Strike skill scroll.

Since entering the Skeleton Dungeon, Xiao Yang had twice lamented that the monsters in the Skeleton Dungeon didn't respawn like in games.

The first time was when he first entered the dungeon. He had cautiously cleared out the skeletons that suddenly rose from the ground, feeling fortunate that these monsters wouldn't respawn like in games.

And then there was now, looking at the empty Skeleton Dungeon with great distress, lamenting with a sigh why these monsters didn't respawn like in games.

Of course, it wasn't necessarily that they wouldn't respawn; it was possible they just needed more time.

Suddenly finding himself idle, during this rare moment of leisure, Xiao Yang realized he suddenly missed home. Of course, he wasn't actually far from his home, just a corridor away.

However, returning wasn't that easy. It wasn't due to any overly complicated reason, but simply because a terrifying skeleton dragging a massive axe was roaming back and forth in the corridor, always ready to strike down anyone who dared to enter.

Frankly, the reason he was swept into this Skeleton Dungeon felt quite strange. He was forced into a monster-filled, undead-infested Skeleton Dungeon while cleaning his basement, and then became a Player in this God Game.

In this sudden pause, Xiao Yang thought randomly while lying on the pile of miscellaneous items.

Meanwhile, a small figure had appeared at some point, crouching in a corner of the Safe House, making no sound, just silently watching Xiao Yang lying there against the pile of junk, the soul fire in its eye sockets flickering.

One had to admit, this was truly a rare moment of leisure!