Chapter 3: Unknown Monster

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Crack!

Crack!

York left quickly.

With the experience of succeeding twice, he became even more adept at sneak attacking.

After killing five more Skeletons, York set his sights on a three Skeleton squad.

These Skeletons were of higher levels than York, around level 5 to 6.

However, York had absorbed seven Skeletons already.

At this moment, his stats were already ahead of the three Skeletons.

Moreover, York had another important weapon, which was his experience and intelligence as a human player.

Without hesitation, York swung his bone hammer and killed a Skeleton monster with lightning speed.

When the other two Skeletons saw that their companion was dead, they instinctively swung their bone hammers at York.

York dodged to the side and sent a Skeleton monster flying with a swift kick.

The Skeleton monster fell to the ground and struggled for a long time.

After fighting with York for a while, the other Skeleton monster was killed.

York walked back to the struggling Skeleton monster and smashed its skull.

Within a few minutes, York killed the three Skeletons.

“You have killed a Skeleton monster and received 10 experience points.”

“Congratulations, you have reached Level 2. Your Constitution has increased by 1 point and Intelligence by 1 point.”

Though York had leveled up, he wasn’t very excited. The bonus provided by the level up was of little use to him.

York pressed his hand to a Skeleton the way he did before.

“You have absorbed the essence of the Skeleton. Strength increased by 0.5, Agility increased by 0.3.”

York sighed when he saw the numbers, “As expected.”

York had discovered it when he absorbed the Skeletons earlier.

As he absorbed more and more Skeletons, the attributes he obtained gradually decreased.

The attribute increase he had obtained from absorbing a Skeleton was less than one point now.

The benefits obtained by [Devour] were gradually decreasing.

Actually, this was easy to understand.

This was the first level of the catacombs. Skeleton monsters were active here, and they were the weakest existences in the entire Skeleton Race.

Though York was only level 2, his strength had already far surpassed that of ordinary Skeletons.

York’s [Devour] talent was essentially absorbing the essence of the Skeletons he killed to strengthen his Skeleton Body.

When York was weak, the Skeletons were outstanding when compared to him.

Their bones were stronger than York’s.

The essence of their bones could strengthen York’s Skeleton Body.

The manifestation of this strengthening was the growth in stats.

When York’s attributes increased, his bones became stronger and sturdier than the Skeletons.

The essence of their bones was not enough to make York stronger quickly.

If it was displayed on the characteristic panel, it would show a decrease in the growth of attributes.

It wasn’t because Devour was useless, but because the Skeletons couldn’t keep up with York’s growth.

After confirming his guess, York wasn’t discouraged.

After absorbing the bone essence of the other two Skeletons, his characteristic panel had already changed.

[Name]: York

[Race]: Undead Race – Skeleton monster (0 / 200)

[Level]: 2

[Status]: Health Points 34, Magic Power 43

[Attributes]: Constitution 6, Strength 8, Intelligence 10, Agility 7

[Talent]: Devour

[Skill]: None

York immediately set off to look for new prey.

Although his gain from killing the Skeleton monsters had decreased, his farming speed had increased.

Killing and devouring were done swiftly in one go.

He had to improve his strength as soon as possible before the necromancer returned.

…

At this moment, in the Overlord Residence thousands of kilometers away, Necromancer Andre suddenly felt a pain in his head.

He suddenly noticed that several consciousnesses that were connected to his soul had disappeared.

Thinking of a possibility, Andre shivered.

“Could it be that the monsters in the catacombs have escaped?”

Overlord Braussmond, sensing Andre’s odd behavior, asked, “What is it, Andre? Has something happened?”

Andre stood up and thought for a while before replying, “My lord, I’m thinking that the development process for the first catacombs is basically complete. When should we organize adventurers to continue exploring the lower levels of the catacombs?”

Braussmond was silent for a while, then said calmly, “The death aura in the catacombs is very dense, so it produces many rare resources and also nourishes countless undead creatures.”

“The lower the level, the stronger these undead creatures are. Therefore, developing the catacombs is a long-term process. We need more patience.”

“Yes.” Andre bowed his head.

He felt helpless towards this. Braussmond spoke very clearly. He had no intention of developing the lower levels of the catacombs anytime soon.

He had to deal with the unknown monster himself..