Adventurer's Armguard

[Skeleton Warrior

Race: Bone Undead

Rank: Normal

Level: 5

Health: 30

Attack: 6

Defense: 6

Agility: 3

Traits: Warrior Instinct, Pierce Immunity, Undead Mind, Body Reassembly.

Description: A dead warrior has risen again. It still remembers some of its past battle memories, gripping its rusty shortsword.]

This Skeleton Warrior gave Xiao Yang a slight headache.

A large part of the reason he could easily bully the normal skeletons was his advantage in agility. Agility, Xiao Yang preferred to call it a combination of reaction speed and flexibility.

With normal skeletons generally having only two agility points, their movements felt somewhat sluggish to Xiao Yang, who had three agility points. Xiao Yang could easily dodge these sluggish movements.

This advantage made him feel like a fish in water when bullying normal skeletons.

Could he use the same method to bully this stronger Skeleton Warrior compared to the average skeleton?

Xiao Yang decided to try. Moreover, he had leveled up during his exploration.

His level had increased from one to two, granting him one attribute point. Xiao Yang directly invested this point into agility, and his stats were no longer that of a weakling with all threes.

In the early stages of dungeon exploration, Xiao Yang felt he should prioritize attributes that would allow him to gain an advantage.

This was the correct strategy. This extra point in agility played a far greater role than other attributes during his exploration of the Skeleton Dungeon.

Relying on his superior agility, Xiao Yang managed to exchange a few blows with the Skeleton Warrior wielding the rusty shortsword, even though he was dodging frantically left and right.

He moved around the Skeleton Warrior like a monkey, occasionally landing a sneak attack.

Although his attacks were weak and ineffective, his Wilderness Hatchet with only six attack power dealt almost no damage to the Skeleton Warrior, whose defense was a solid six. It could only manage a pathetic one point of damage.

The gap between Xiao Yang and the Skeleton Warrior was quite large. After all, he was level two fighting level five. In this real world, the difference brought by levels was even more pronounced than in games.

However, it wasn't without hope. Thanks to the great adventurer Robert, his hint gave Xiao Yang a chance to win.

Even with higher defense, this Skeleton Warrior seemed unable to escape the weakness that ordinary skeletons possessed.

He struck the joint of the Skeleton Warrior's hand again, causing its arm to tremble.

That's it!

Based on the experience gained from the normal skeletons, when the Skeleton Warrior's arm trembled like this.

It wouldn't take many more hits.

Breaking the arm holding the rusty shortsword was Xiao Yang's only chance of victory.

With another backward dodge, the Skeleton Warrior's rusty shortsword swung and missed again in the dimly lit dungeon room.

Performing such a large dodge was not easy for Xiao Yang; he felt like his waist was going to break.

He raised his hand and heavily swung his axe again at the joint of the Skeleton Warrior's sword-wielding arm. The Wilderness Hatchet dealt a pitiful one point of damage.

But fortunately, damage wasn't the most important thing right now.

After another heavy strike, the arm finally couldn't hold on any longer.

A bony hand, along with the shortsword it held, fell to the ground.

An opportunity!

The Skeleton Warrior tried to swing its sword again, but the arm holding the sword had already broken and fallen.

Seizing the chance, he lunged forward! He slammed into the armless Skeleton Warrior in front of him.

He staggered it, and during this process, he was also hit hard in the face by the Skeleton Warrior's other hand. The punch made Xiao Yang see stars and a notification popped up.

[Health -3]

This single hit nearly took half of Xiao Yang's life, but he had grabbed the broken hand.

With a clumsy roll, he grabbed the severed hand and moved away, giving the Skeleton Warrior no chance to regenerate its limb.

After rolling, Xiao Yang found a pale red potion in his hand. He pried open the stopper and poured it into his mouth.

It was a Minor Health Potion.

Hmm? The taste was strange, like sour lizard urine, but the effect was real. Xiao Yang's health began to recover, rising second by second. About six seconds after drinking the Minor Health Potion, Xiao Yang's health was full.

Now, the situation had finally changed. Xiao Yang looked at the Skeleton Warrior, which had lost a weapon and an arm, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

He should be able to embrace victory now.

Not long after, the bony skull rolled to the ground.

With Xiao Yang's gentle smile, the Wilderness Hatchet was raised high.

With one axe swing, then another, accompanied by a grating sound, the skull that tumbled to the ground shattered completely, its soul flame extinguished along with it.

The Skeleton Warrior was completely still. Xiao Yang had defeated it, a victory achieved by overcoming a higher level.

Opening his personal status screen, Xiao Yang glanced at his experience bar. This single Skeleton Warrior had contributed nearly half his experience. And that wasn't all; a treasure chest awaited his attention in the room.

But he had to wait a moment longer. Just a little longer. Behind him, at the entrance to the dungeon room, several skeletons shakily rose from the ground once more.

These were the skeletons Xiao Yang had just dispersed. Since he hadn't shattered their life flames, they had gotten back up.

After another fierce battle, Xiao Yang finally managed to defeat all the skeletons in the room. He was panting, exhausted. Alright, alright, it might not seem like much to defeat a skeleton, the weakest type of undead, wielding a Rusty Shortsword.

But Xiao Yang had still fought hard. After all, just a few days ago, he had been a fresh graduate, a fragile university student.

His experience increased again, and he was close to leveling up.

On the ground, the fallen skeletons had dropped some materials glowing with a faint white light.

Xiao Yang ignored them. At this moment, nothing else was as important as opening the treasure chest!

With an excited expression, Xiao Yang eagerly approached the wooden chest. Raising the Dark Dispelling Lantern, he happily pushed open the wooden chest before him. Inside the decaying chest lay a pair of dull leather armguards.

[Adventurer's Armguard

Quality: Fine

Type: Light Armor, Armguard

Effect: Increases Defense by 2, Agility by 1.

Description: A pair of leather armguards favored by adventurers, lightweight yet offering some defense.]

These leather armguards were perfect for Xiao Yang. Both Defense and Agility were stats he needed. Xiao Yang excitedly put them on his arms, accompanied by a flash of soft green light. They fit perfectly.

He had been battling in this Skeleton Dungeon for several days, and this was the first proper piece of equipment he had obtained.

His current stats were:

[Player: Screaming Emperor ID: 1 Affiliation: Plane 33214 Race: Normal Human Level: 2 Experience: 320/400 Health: 10 Strength: 3 Defense: 5 Agility: 5 Talent: Dungeon Delver. Follower: Skeleton Rogue Items: Wilderness Hatchet, Dark Dispelling Lantern, Adventurer's Armguard. Evaluation: A weakling.]

This status screen wasn't flashy, but it was enough for Xiao Yang to comfortably face ordinary skeletons now. Even Skeleton Warriors were now opponents he could put up a fight against.