Chapter 197: Dark Magic

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“Let’s go,” After Gilian consumed the bread and plain water, both her health bar and mana bar increased by one-tenth volume, but it stopped there. She sighed softly and shook her head. When she stood up, she suddenly seemed to realize that her words didn’t quite suit her current status. She made a slight bow. “My Master, we should go now.”

Lin Jie acknowledged her words with a brief nod and motioned to Gilian to lead the way.

One hour after they left, there was a rustle among the bushes. 50 plus Druids who were in the form of light-purplish color leopards charged out and ran away!

Light purple was the symbolic color of Night Elves, or more accurately, Night Elf NPCs.

Their eyes brimmed with fear, and even the mad rush could not calm themselves down. The female Druid who was at the back of the group suddenly tripped over her own legs and fell hard onto the ground, moaning painfully.

“Lisa…” A male Druid who was running in front stopped abruptly and came back to her. He returned to his Elf form, and green light surrounded his hands as he started using the Healing Spell on her.

At this moment, a net dropped down from the sky! It caught the Druid who was in Elf form—the net seemed to be extremely robust, no matter how hard the Druid thrashed around, he was unable to get out of it! The wounded “Lisa” was also caught, and amidst their angry cries, the net was being towed away.

“Bring them back,” A low voice commanded as a stout figure appeared. He looked at the campsite which was being destroyed and saw the footprints on the ground. Narrowing his eyes, his expression turned cruel and gruesome.

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Whoosh—

Great wind was brought up, and the surrounding temperature decreased. Snow floated down from the skies. Lin Jie frowned—Thana Great Forest was divided clearly into different sections, the snowing area signified they were around the Level 40 or above map.

“Come with me,” said Gilian as she proceeded forward.

Lin Jie was about to follow her steps when the Silver-Feathered Eagle started screeching anxiously in mid-air. Through the Spirit Vision skill, Lin Jie finally discovered that there actually were other monsters on this white, snowy landscape—the Chillwind Yeti, which was a Level 40 creature. Though it couldn’t use any skills, it had one of the strongest Stats among Level 40 monsters.

Lin Jie held his breath, and avoiding the areas which the Chillwind Yetis moved about, he hurried after Gilian.

The outer appearances of the creatures spawned in the snowy region, like the Yetis and Alaskan Dogs, could trick people easily, especially since it was snowing. Normal people would not be able to identify them within the snow. If not for the fact that the Silver-Feathered Eagle saw the symbolic fur of the Yetis and the Alaskan Dogs’ wagging tails, Lin Jie would long have been gobbled up by some wild beast on this terrain.

The Secret Techniques of Clomaros gave off faint glimmers in Lin Jie’s backpack as if urging him to continue on. However, Gilian wasn’t a good guide. She walked on fast in front, and at times, Lin Jie couldn’t see her within the snow.

Fast-forwarding two hours…

The snow fell down more and more heavily. Lin Jie found it harder to identify the monsters within the region, and his expression turned grim. He looked at the direction Gilian was walking in and double-checked it against the map he was holding in his hands. If the snowing did not stop, he wouldn’t be able to catch up with Gilian anymore, and he would have to continue exploring after it stopped snowing.

At this moment, Gilian finally stopped—perhaps she observed what Lin Jie was thinking about, or perhaps they had really reached their destination. Lin Jie brightened up and ran to stand beside her, panting heavily as he used the Silver-Feathered Eagle’s vision to avoid the monsters along the way.

A huge cave which led to a deep cavern was in front of them. There was a series of strange murals carved upon the cavern’s walls: a decent looking nun hugged a man’s corpse and knelt down praying on the floor. Darkness fell upon them and covered both their figures. When it turned bright again, both the nun and the man were gone. Instead, a petrifying Spider Queen with a Dead Knight who was enshrouded in black mist replaced them.

“Is the Secret Techniques of Clomaros found here?” asked Lin Jie in anticipation.

Gilian shook her head. She pointed a lean finger at a Yeti which was pacing around the grounds before the cave, and she licked her lips.

“I am hungry.”

Lin Jie rolled his eyes. He rummaged through his backpack, then discovered that he had used up all the raw meat he had as bait to lure and kill the Experimental Monster. He had no meat left now.

Lin Jie checked the Yeti’s Stats.

[Yeti Victor]: Level 40 Elite, Health Points: 160,000.

“Madame, do you mind to change to another dish? Just look at its furry leg hair and armpit hair, how can you even dare to eat it?” Lin Jie screwed up his face in exasperation. This was a Level 40 Elite which could make use of its high levels to suppress 40% of Lin Jie’s Stats. It was too difficult to kill such a monster.

“I want to eat the Yeti.” Gilian shot Lin Jie a look.

“A Yeti tastes much better than those coarse and thick-skinned wild beasts!”

“How about getting it by yourself?”

“No… I am hungry, I don’t have the energy to do that…”

Lin Jie sighed. He had no choice but to relent in to this absurd-but-true excuse. ‘Okay, fine, you are an NPC, you win!’

This time round, Gilian seemed to be more understanding of Lin Jie’s difficulties though. She waved her hands and placed a Blessing Spell which gave off black halos upon Lin Jie.

[Demonic Armed Blessing]: This can increase 15% of your weapons’ Attack Power, and your attacks will be transformed to Dark-type attacks.

Lin Jie was pleasantly surprised. This was such a powerful Blessing Spell! Other than increasing 15% Attack Power, it could actually transform one’s attacks into Dark-type attacks—that’s a Mana Attack. Mana Attacks could only be countered by Magic Resistance and Mana Defense, and these were normally the monsters’ weakest points! This was also the reason why Mages could always level up so fast.

Dark Blessing Spells were rarely seen around in the Guild of Light—considering that it still was a branch of Dark Magic, these type of skills were generally being scoffed at by the authorities of the Guild of Light who were mostly the Holy Church’s followers. After all, as members of the Holy Church and Guild of Light, it wouldn’t appear nice to become all shriveled up due to practicing Dark Magic.

After bestowing the Blessing Spell, Gilian’s Mana points decreased by yet another one-fifth of her remaining Mana bar.

“Do you have other Blessing Spells that you can use on me? Like those which could increase my defense?” asked Lin Jie smilingly.

Gilian waved her hands again, and the Kiara Beast King Armor was being enshrouded in a black mist.

[Demonic Armor Blessing]: This can increase your Defense by 15%, and increase your Defense against Dark spells +30.

Lin Jie’s Attack Power had increased to 455-718, and his Defense had increased to 546 now! Wow, if only he could make Gilian stay by his side all the time, just by making her bestow Blessing Spells on him… He would be a winner! Moreover, if he could learn those Blessing Spells himself… This thought made Lin Jie salivate.

“Are there more Blessing Spells? Like those which could increase your health points, increase Critical Hit chances and Movement Speed…” The greedy Lin Jie decided to squeeze every ounce of power from Gilian.

Gilian looked at him coolly. “You better stop here.”

“Er…”

Sighing, Lin Jie took up his weapons then. He activated Wind Rider Blade Aura Executioner, and Flame Boost—eh, no, perhaps Flame Boost wasn’t the best name to address this skill now, looking at how Broken Blade was enshrouded in black flames…

‘Army Obliteration!’

-2,018!

-1,162!

-1,103!

-1,365!

Broken Blade made four bloody holes on the Yeti’s body, and its blood flowed out, turning the while snowy plains red. The Demonic Armed Blessing Spell was indeed powerful! After transforming to Dark-type attacks, Broken Blade was now able to totally bypass the Yeti’s Defense capabilities. Or else, each attack would be less than 400 points!

Awww—

The Yeti was enraged! It had initially thought that those two people were a couple and they were just touring the place. As it had been influenced by the Elvish Druids to be accepting and kind to other lifeforms, it had pretended that it had never seen this couple and was about to let them off. Yet now, its kindness was being taken for granted!

‘You disgusting human beings, you totally are unworthy of my kindness!’

As the Yeti did not own any skills, its attacks were all normal attacks, and it had pwned its enemies by sheer force and high Stats. In any case, its attacks were originally higher than all Level 40 creatures—and it was an Elite at that too, so how could it be any weaker? Its speed was no less slower than Lin Jie’s who possessed the Flying Feather Gem, and huge forceful punches landed upon the Thunderbolt Sword which Lin Jie held up.

-404! (Critical Hit)

Lin Jie’s health bar decreased by one-sixth—that meant the monster only needed six punches to finish him! Drinking a health potion, Lin Jie activated Weakness Exploit and Blood Light Multi-Slash. There was no one who could identify him as Codename Lone Wolf here anyway, so he concentrated all his energy on depleting the monster’s health bar!

However, the Yeti’s Stats was still too strong. Coupled with its fast attacks, Lin Jie was unable to avoid any of its attacks even if he made use of his superb positioning techniques! He took out a health potion and carried it in his mouth while attacking the monster. However, three punches from the monster still depleted half of his health bar.

At this moment, Gilian waved her hands, and a black aura descended upon Lin Jie.

Dead Spirit Healing Spell!

+1,185!

Lin Jie’s health bar was filled up again! However, he felt soreness around his arms and legs. This was the system’s way of notifying him that there’s debuff for this spell!

[Dead Spirit Possession]: The evil Dead Spirit possesses you and shall perform the Dead Spirit Healing Spell for you every five seconds. However, when you are dead, your punishment for being dead will be increased by 100%.

Lin Jie looked at the punishment timing for being dead: 12 hours.

‘What! Dark Magic is really…’