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Abyss Domination – Chapter 450

Chapter 51: Ancient Mummy

2015-06-06

Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)

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Wanderers are actually a profession that can easily cheat.

Although spellcasters have various perverse means, and warriors are tough and tanky, wanderers, who are naturally proficient in multiple skills and have the most basic skills mastered, also boast impressive achievements that appear to be on par with cheating. For example, they can engage monsters over 10 biological levels higher, sneak into dungeons with a challenge level above 12 alone to steal treasures, or utilize high agility and item combinations to perform astonishing acrobatics, ending up dragging down an entire party of professionists.

Such occurrences are not rare.

Wanderers are a profession system that easily allows people to showcase their strengths.

They can stealth, launch sneak attacks, conduct assassinations, dig traps, unlock doors, steal, practice alchemy, create poisons, possess a decent knowledge base, perform well, listen keenly, and are very adaptable in the wild.

Among comprehensive basic skills, no profession is more versatile than the wanderer. (Wanderers have the most primary skills.)

So, after bypassing the ancient mummy and obtaining what he wanted, Soren had a new idea in mind; he planned to take down this legendary ancient mummy, as the killing experience it provided would not be much less than that of an adult white dragon. With less than two hundred thousand killing experience left to reach legend, holding the ‘Anti-Detection Cloak,’ even facing powerful enemies, as long as they did not have [True Sight], he could leave whenever he wanted, and no one could stop him.

The ancient mummy is not easy to deal with!

Its most troublesome aspects are mainly two points: first, as a high-level undead, it is quite resistant and belongs to the tank-level undead species. Second, it possesses the class spell-like ability ‘Ghoul’s Touch,’ which can trigger negative energy erosion on normal attacks. This can paralyze targets with insufficient saving throw resistance right in their tracks and it may even steal a portion of their attributes through negative energy erosion.

“Ghoul’s Touch [Second Circle Spell]: After hitting the target, trigger a mandatory fortitude saving throw. If the target fails, they will enter a paralyzed state. When activated, it emits a horrible odor that nauseates nearby enemies, causing slight effects. The save difficulty of Ghoul’s Touch is affected by the caster’s spell level or biological level.”

Vampire’s Touch, Ghoul’s Touch.

Both of these spells are low-level but very useful abilities. The most annoying thing about the ancient mummy is that its normal attacks automatically come with ‘Ghoul’s Touch.’

Soren is not particularly afraid of this spell.

After all, his constitution is very high, and his fortitude is enough to rival many warriors. Among the people he brought with him, everyone except the Eastern Dance Maiden had a good chance of making their saving throws.

Swish!

Soren did not approach the ancient mummy; instead, he took out the elven longbow. After creating some distance, he shot an arrow.

Whoosh!

A strange sound came as the ancient mummy, upon being attacked, instantly detected Soren’s location and rushed over with astonishing speed.

“Prepare for battle!”

Soren stored the elven longbow, quickly switched to the Battle Master’s gloves, and drew the Curved Blade “Ice Death.” As his figure burst forth from the shadows, a creature wrapped entirely in bandages appeared behind him. The ancient mummy was different from other mummies; the bandages on it had almost merged with its body, its dry skin adhered to the wrappings. Its entire body seemed like it had an extra layer of skin.

A foul odor began to waft through the air.

The Eastern Dance Maiden couldn’t help but wrinkle her nose, but the others were not significantly affected.

“It’s the ancient mummy!”

The Desert Warrior, knowledgeable about mummies, immediately turned pale upon seeing the creature behind. “Be careful not to let it touch you; its attacks can paralyze!”

In any case, he was still a bit slow with his warning.

The ancient mummy was seen chasing after Soren when, as a qualified tank warrior, the Dwarf Heavy Armored Warrior raised his shield and charged.

——”Shield Charge!”

Bang!

The ancient mummy’s figure was forcefully blocked, and the shorter dwarf warrior stood firm like a wall, pushing it back a step.

——”Shield Bash!”

The moment both sides collided, the Dwarf Heavy Armored Warrior felt a brief shiver as though he had gotten a chill upon making contact with the ancient mummy, but he quickly recovered and swung his heavy battle axe down, shouting, “Damn undead! What the hell is this thing!”

Saving throw successful.

Among everyone present, the Dwarf Heavy Armored Warrior had undoubtedly the highest fortitude.

Seeing this, the Desert Warrior couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, then swung his curved blade to join the battle. Soren had been keeping an eye on the movement behind him, and upon noticing that the Dwarf Heavy Armored Warrior could withstand the saving throw, he felt reassured and turned to join the fray. As long as the tank was not afraid of the effects of ‘Ghoul’s Touch,’ it would be much easier to take down the ancient mummy.

——”Shadow Assassination!”

——”Sword Intent [Decapitation]!”

Soren lunged from the left side, instantly drawing his blade towards the ancient mummy’s head. The enemy’s body was exceptionally tough, giving him the sensation of striking a piece of dry ironwood, and just as he made contact, a bone-chilling cold seemed to wash over him; this was its negative energy field.

——”Gale Slash!”

The primary damage dealer remained Soren and the Eastern Wanderer, while the Desert Warrior served as the secondary tank. If the Dwarf Heavy Armored Warrior couldn’t withstand the fortitude saving throw and get paralyzed, he would need to temporarily take on the role of the primary tank. The only person on site who dared not get too close was the Eastern Dance Maiden; it was unclear whether it was a psychological reason or her low fortitude, but any slight touch from the ancient mummy made her face turn pale.

Having only landed one hit on the enemy, the Eastern Dance Maiden switched to harassment attacks, seemingly too afraid to get too close.

However, it was precisely her actions that made the cunning ancient mummy designate her as the primary target because she seemed the most vulnerable among them.

——”Touch of the Undead!”

Suddenly, the ancient mummy abandoned defense under Soren’s onslaught. Its entire body shrank dramatically, and the bandages on it shot out like snakes!

In that instant,

everyone was unable to evade. Whether Soren or the Eastern Wanderer, all were enclosed by the flying bandages, sealing all paths of retreat.

A line of data flashed before Soren’s eyes:

“You have been attacked by the ancient mummy!”

“You have been subjected to the ancient mummy’s spell-like ability [Touch of the Undead]! …You have sustained significant negative energy erosion effects!… Fortitude saving throw failed!… You take 42 points of negative energy erosion damage!… You have temporarily lost 2 points of strength, 2 points of constitution!…”

Damn!

It is a spell-like ability that drains attributes.

All four melee professionists present were hit, each losing four attribute points, instantly reducing their combat power significantly.

However, the ancient mummy did not continue attacking them; instead, it turned its gaze toward the roaming Eastern Dance Maiden. It lunged at her, with its bandages wrapping around like whips.

——”Misty Dance!”

The Eastern Dance Maiden’s face turned pale; her body split into three phantoms as she desperately retreated.

But it was too late; her fakes were all struck by the bandages, and she soon fell rigid in place as if paralyzed.

Just as expected!

Her fortitude could not save her from the effects of ‘Ghoul’s Touch.’

A tinge of despair surfaced.

Seeing the ancient mummy charging towards the completely immobilized Eastern Dance Maiden, she couldn’t even close her eyes.

Legendary monsters always possess some abilities that overwhelm enemies below the legend tier!

The shadow of death descended.

Just when others were unable to rescue her and thought the Eastern Dance Maiden would die at the hands of the ancient mummy, Soren’s figure suddenly vanished from sight.

——”Hide from Sight!”

——”Shadow Travel!”

At this moment, he had no way to conceal his strength. Although Soren and she were mutually exploiting each other, he did not wish for her to die like this.

Bang!

In the moment of despair for the Eastern Dance Maiden, Soren’s figure suddenly appeared from behind her shadow, colliding directly with her body, gritting his teeth as he braced himself to absorb a hit from the ancient mummy.

——”Stone Skin Spell!”

The freezing and chilling negative energy surged forth along with a foul smell, and Soren, with his attributes already reduced by four points, instantly failed the fortitude saving throw, standing rigidly in place.

Bang bang bang!

A series of attacks rained down on him like a storm.

The others obviously needed a little more time to come to his aid. Under these circumstances, Soren’s only means of survival relied solely on the ‘Stone Skin Spell’ to endure.

After just two attacks, the Stone Skin began to crumble.

With every touch from the ancient mummy, Soren was affected by negative energy. Its attacks would additionally inflict nearly 10 points of negative energy erosion damage.

Even with Soren’s over two hundred points of vitality, he was suddenly plunged into a severely injured state!

After all, they were not long-term teammates.

The speed of others rushing to rescue was evidently slower by a beat, especially the Eastern Dance Maiden, who seemed completely taken aback, not having anticipated that Soren would save her in such a situation, even staring blankly for a second.

That foolish woman!

A surge of fury surfaced in Soren’s heart; under the paralysis from ‘Ghoul’s Touch,’ the chances of his teammates saving him were less than 30%.

The paralysis effect would not dissipate quickly!

If he did not reveal his trump card, there was a high possibility he would die at the ancient mummy’s hands.

Finally!

Soren decided no longer to hide his strength.

His pupils instantly filled with bloodshot veins, his originally stiff body made crackling sounds, and an aura of fury erupted from him, forcibly lifting the paralysis effect of ‘Ghoul’s Touch.’

——”Slayer Form!”

……………

Indeed, he couldn’t be too soft-hearted; he had pushed himself to the brink, forcing a transformation into a slayer. (To be continued…)

Abyss Domination

Abyss Domination

AD, ShenYuan Zhuzai, 深渊主宰
Score 8
Status: Ongoing Type: Author: , , Released: 2014 Native Language: Chinese
He doesn’t know why his mind has been transferred into that of a petty thief named Soran within the VRMMO . The new ‘Soran’ though possesses both the body’s previous occupant’s memories and his own. Using his experience as a Legendary Rogue who had reached the apex known as the Realm of Legends, he will now have to survive in this world which had once been a game to him. Soran will have to grow stronger while avoiding the upcoming dangers and protect his younger sister, Vivian, from the chaotic times which will soon devastate the world. He shall eliminate everything and everyone that threatens them. When the demons of the Abyss rise and the gods fall, a massacre will take place across the world. Divinity has fallen, and evil is surging from beneath. The Time of Troubles has begun.

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