The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 004: Cunning Monster
A foul-smelling wind blew in my face.
Roger jumped back calmly and easily avoided the monster's bone claws.
The Red Tide Corpse Queen attacked with a muffled sound, lunging forward again fiercely, and her bone claws grabbed Roger's vital points one after another.
Fortunately, Xiayin is good at dodging.
In just a few seconds.
Roger showed his agility and dodged this round of thrilling attacks. He successfully found a gap in the monster's attack and rolled on the ground skillfully to distance himself from the monster.
"The attack speed bonus is at least +5."
"The pus and stench on her body are both highly poisonous. Do not touch her."
"I can't determine its intelligence level yet, but it's definitely not a reckless monster."
Roger stared calmly at the Red Tide Zombie that had temporarily stopped, his brain working frantically, quickly analyzing the characteristics of the monster.
Thanks to his Qi skills, he can predict the attack routes of the Red Tide Queen to a certain extent, which often allows him to gain the upper hand in close combat.
In fact, in the last round of fighting, he had at least five or six opportunities to attack, and each opportunity had a 70% to 80% chance of causing considerable damage to the monster.
But he still didn't make a move.
Because for the Xiayin profession, no matter what weapon is used, building up momentum is the most important part.
In this profession's combat, the key is to remain silent or make a stunning debut!
In addition, Roger is a cautious person and will not attack easily unless he is 100% sure.
"We need to observe further."
As he was thinking this, the Red Tide Zombie Queen moved again.
This time, she did not launch a fierce attack at the beginning, but pressed forward step by step in an orderly manner!
Although the terrain outside the canyon is more open than the inside, it is still overgrown with weeds and piled up with rocks.
She seemed to want to use the terrain to force Roger to make a mistake.
Roger was not at all flustered.
With the help of the art of seeing qi and Xiayin's own agility, he simply played hide-and-seek in the bushes with the Red Tide Queen.
Twenty minutes later.
Roger stood on a scorched field, catching his breath.
Not far away, the Red Tide Corpse Queen let out a heart-wrenching roar, but the blue-green flames surrounding her were gradually disappearing.
The Qi-watching technique showed that her condition was deteriorating rapidly.
“It seems to be about the same.”
Roger gripped the sword tightly in his hand and concentrated his attention.
After more than 20 minutes of fighting, he had a comprehensive understanding of the Red Tide Queen:
This is a monster with great explosive power!
In her explosive state, her speed and strength are close to the peak of a first-ring profession.
Her commonly used moves include:
"Direct Pounce", "Claw Attack", "Enhanced Claw Attack", "Wisp", "Stun" and "Acid Mist".
Among them, direct pounce, claw attack and enhanced claw attack are all close combat skills.
The claws of the Red Tide Queen are filled with corpse poison. Once you are caught by her, the consequences will be disastrous.
And the spells she mastered are also very practical.
Whether it is will-o'-the-wisp or acid mist, it can limit the opponent's space for dodging and maneuvering to a certain extent, creating a perfect opportunity for close combat.
And the sudden stun spell can make the unsuspecting adventurer fall flat on his face!
Unfortunately, she met Roger.
Full spell resistance means that he is immune to the effects of all spells except when he is suppressed by a ring!
Roger was not afraid of the monster's magical skills at all.
However, in the early attempts, he was still trying to avoid the spells of the Red Tide Corpse, creating the illusion that he was afraid of will-o'-the-wisp and acid mist.
In fact, if he wanted, he could swim in a pool of acid mist with a higher concentration...
“The opportunity has come.”
Gradually, the Red Tide Corpse Queen's desire to attack diminished significantly.
However, Roger changed his previous evasive style and began to test the monster step by step along the edge of the blue-green flame.
This made the Red Tide Corpse Queen a little annoyed, and she waved her bone claws in a cowardly manner.
But both the speed and strength were much inferior to before.
Suddenly.
Roger took a sudden step forward, directly stepped over two layers of ghost fire, and got close to the red tide corpse.
The monster was startled and responded hastily.
A large piece of ghost fire rolled back and gathered around her.
Who knew that Roger just feinted, lowered his head to avoid the dense will-o'-the-wisp fire, and returned to his original position.
After a few blows, there was little flame left on the Red Tide Queen's body.
"Completely exhausted?"
Roger wasn't entirely sure of that.
But he knew that all the groundwork had been laid.
It's time to kill the opponent.
After a thought.
He lowered his center of gravity and attacked with his sword.
At that moment, his speed and momentum reached their peak.
He moved as fast as lightning, completely ignoring the will-o'-the-wisp and acid mist on the monster's side, and rushed in front of her.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The sword wind whistles.
A simple chopped blow.
Amid the sharp howls of the red tide corpses.
Roger's sword was like cutting tofu, cutting her bone claws, forearms, shoulder blades, chest, and pelvis into two halves!
Suddenly, the ghost fire went out and the acid mist dissipated.
The Red Tide Corpse Queen was cut in half by a single sword.
But Roger frowned.
"No kill prompt!"
A strong sense of crisis came over me.
The body he chopped off made a strange crackling sound, and a little ghost fire was jumping on it.
"It's the Corpse Explosion Technique!"
Roger dropped his weapon and rushed out regardless.
But it still seems a little late.
With the monster's corpse as the center, an explosion spread without warning.
For a moment, sand and rocks flew everywhere, and weeds were flying everywhere.
The horrific explosion caused a long-lasting roar to echo across the canyon.
A huge hole appeared at the place of the explosion.
“Hehehe…”
"What a tough opponent."
"Fortunately, I have a trump card."
An indistinct voice was heard in the smoke.
Along with the sound, a skeleton covered in black was pieced together surrounded by ghost lights.
Not only that, but on her empty skeleton, flesh granulations filled with yellow pus were growing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Not far away.
Roger half-knelt on the ground, squinting his eyes as he looked at the cunning monster.
…
"Red Tide Queen Lv5 (Elite) HP 79 Defense 15 Weak to Thunder"
"Skills: Direct attack, Claw attack, Enhanced claw attack, Will-O-Wisp, Stun, Acid Mist"
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He blinked, and the data obtained by the Qi-gazing technique changed.
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"Red Tide Queen Lv6 (Elite) HP 99 Defense 18 Weak Thunder"
"Skills: Direct attack, Claw attack, Enhanced claw attack, Will-O-Wisp, Stun, Acid mist, Corpse explosion"
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He blinked again.
The granulation tissue on the Red Tide Corpse Queen's body is growing faster!
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"Red Tide Queen Lv7 (Elite) HP 109 Defense 21 Weak to Thunder"
"Skills: Direct attack, Claw attack, Enhanced Claw attack, Will-O-Wisp, Stun, Acid Mist, Corpse Explosion, Red Tide Sky Curtain"
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“Fuck!”
"What a disgusting monster."
Roger swore angrily.
"Huh?"
"He's not dead?"
The Red Tide Queen, who had risen two levels in a row, finally noticed that Roger was alive.
"Who are you?"
There was a hint of doubt in her tone.
"Your final farewell."
Roger stood up, dusted himself off, glanced at his data panel with a little displeasure, and finally pressed the confirm option.
"hehe……"
The Red Tide Corpse Queen laughed contemptuously.
However, she soon discovered to her horror that every time she laughed, this seemingly mediocre adventurer would become stronger!
She suddenly stopped laughing.
But something even more desperate happened to her.
Although she stopped smiling, Roger's strength and momentum continued to rise!
"No, that's impossible."
She rushed over in hysterics.
"What's impossible..."
Roger stretched his muscles, walked quickly over to pick up his sword, turned around and struck with his sword!
"Who doesn't have a trump card these days?"
…
On the data panel, lines of information kept skipping.
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"Your level has been raised to Lv6"
"Your attributes have been improved."
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"Your level has been raised to Lv7"
"Your attributes have been improved."
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"Your level has been raised to Lv8"
"Your attributes have been improved."
“You’ve acquired new skills.”
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"You killed the Red Tide Queen."
"You gained 5 XP"
"You have achieved a new milestone by killing an elite monster for the first time. Try your hand at it."
"Your pain resistance is slightly increased (Red Tide Queen)"
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