Chapter 42: Chapter 42: The Dying Fire Mage
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The response to it was the swift close-quarters approach of three Wolf Cavalry, slashing at its body with their war blades.
The three Wolf Cavalry simultaneously used the combat skill, Cavalry Saber Slash!
Three silver-white arc-shaped blade lights appeared, directly slicing onto the back of the Mutated Ghoul.
The three instances of slashing damage, amplified by 1.5 times, instantly appeared above its head.
[-85]
[-85]
[-85]
It directly caused massive damage of 255 points, and this was because the Mutated Ghoul had 10 points of armor value.
Otherwise, these three slashes would have been enough to instantly kill the Mutated Ghoul.
Now, the Mutated Ghoul was left with only a sliver of life.
"Let me finish it!"
Zong Shen shouted, stopping Tiezhu who was about to launch an attack from the shadows.
Just kidding, finishing it off himself would earn him half of the experience, and the soldiers participating in the battle would also share half.
He quickly stepped forward, aiming a sword slash!
[-36]
The Mutated Ghoul’s life value was directly emptied.
It transformed into several clusters of light, appearing at the original spot.
Among them was actually a cluster of blue light.
Additionally, there was a man completely covered in mucus, already dying.
This guy must have been directly devoured by the Mutated Ghoul earlier.
That’s why the Mutated Ghoul’s stomach was so bloated.
Now that the Mutated Ghoul has been eliminated by Zong Shen, this lucky guy was also thereby saved.
[Defeated lvl 16 Mutated Ghoul]
[Acquired 880 experience points]
[Acquired Mutated Ghoul’s Sharp Teeth ×10]
[Acquired Complete Green Soul ×1]
[Acquired Ghoul Ring (Blue) ×1]
[Acquired Basement Construction Blueprint ×1]
[Key of the Rune Iron Gate ×1]
Five streaks of white light flashed simultaneously.
Tiezhu, Zong Shen, and the three Wolf Cavalry along with their Giant Wolves, all leveled up.
The Wolf Cavalry leveled up to lvl 11, Tiezhu also reached lvl 5, while Zong Shen himself was lvl 6, and just a little shy of lvl 7.
Zong Shen glanced briefly; Tiezhu added attribute points to Agility, while the Wolf Cavalry all added to Strength.
Their strength had increased slightly.
As long as they go through prolonged battles.
Soldiers can also gain sustained enhancement in strength through leveling up and changing equipment.
Next, Zong Shen focused his attention on the equipment.
There was actually Blue quality equipment.
This was the first time he had acquired it.
The other items weren’t urgent; equipment needed to be checked first.
[Ghoul Ring (Blue)]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Effects: Strength +3, Agility +3, Life Value +50]
[Skill: Summon Ghoul lvl 10 (Summon 2 ordinary lvl 10 Ghouls to fight for you, duration 10m, cooldown time 8h)]
(Congratulations, Blue quality, Excellent level, you deserve it)
Zong Shen directly put the ring on his hand.
After wearing it.
His strength increased to 21 points.
Agility increased to 11 points.
Life value also soared to 253 points.
Attributes were significantly enhanced.
It’s truly worthy of Blue quality equipment.
It seems to be a tier better than Green quality, but not as precious as Purple quality.
So far, Zong Shen had discovered six ranks.
Damaged (Gray), Ordinary (White), Refined (Green), Excellent (Blue), Rare (Purple), Legend (Orange).
There was already a preliminary quality ladder here.
As for above Legend, whether there are even better qualities, would require Zong Shen’s continuous exploration.
Zong Shen routinely put away the other rewards first.
He turned his gaze to the man wrapped in the cluster of mucus.
He was wearing a mage robe with flame runes, holding a short staff, with a fiery red gemstone on it, looking quite valuable.
Zong Shen wondered whether to strip this guy’s equipment first.
[Dying Fire Mage: Favis]
[Talent: Excellent]
[Level: lvl 10]
[Attributes: (click to expand)]
[Hunger Level: 80]
[Loyalty: 0 (Owner deceased, ownerless state)]
[Occupies 2 Command Value]
[(click to rescue and recruit)]
It seems this guy was a soldier of that unfortunate lord earlier.
He was a Fire Element mage.
Unfortunately, he was devoured by the Mutated Ghoul.
Without strong soldiers, that unfortunate one naturally couldn’t be a match for the Mutated Ghoul and was quickly taken out by the ghoul.
Ordinary lords would find it hard to reach Zong Shen’s level of personal strength.
The current battle strength of Zong Shen was already close to that of the Wolf Riders without mounts.
This had a lot to do with initially choosing the Strength Stream.
Then this dying mage could be recruited by him.
Zong Shen pondered for a moment before expanding the attributes.
[Fire Mage: Favis]
[Strength: 13]
[Agility: 12]
[Wisdom: 30]
[Charm: 9]
[Life Value: 13/285]
[Mana: 27/385]
[Magic Damage: 46～49]
[Blunt Damage: 18～21]
[Head Armor Value: 0]
[Upper Body Armor Value: 19]
[Lower Body Armor Value: 9]
[Magic Resistance: 9]
[Skills: Fire Rain (chanting time 10S, summon 10 waves of fire rain to attack a designated area, each wave causing fixed magic damage of 80 points and 8 points of burn damage, mana consumption 100, cooldown time 30m), Magic Effect Amplification (magic value recovery speed increased by 20%), Small Fireball (chanting time 2S, mana consumption 20 points, fires a small fireball, causing 1.2 times magic damage and causing burning damage for three seconds, each second 0.1 times magic damage), Explosive Fireball (chanting time 5S, mana consumption 50 points, fires an explosive fireball, causing 1.5 times magic damage and 1.5 times explosion damage, as well as sustaining burning damage for 3 seconds)]
Very strong, this output was simply off the charts.
Especially the Explosive Fireball.
Magic damage + explosion damage + burn damage.
In terms of skill output, this guy was even stronger than Tasuya.
This was also a characteristic of Fire Mages.
Fire element magic had exceedingly high lethality.
Among all mages, it can rank in the top three.
It was a fortunate find.
Faced with such a powerful Fire Mage, Zong Shen naturally had no reason to refuse.
Decisively chose to rescue and recruit.
[Please first restore Favis’s health value above 50]
"Guys, lift him up."
Zong Shen called.
The next moment, several burly men surrounded him...
Then, Zong Shen took out a wooden bucket with about 80ml of Moon Spring Water inside.
These were taken out by Zong Shen for trading in the morning, leaving exactly 80ml, which he brought out for backup.
Zong Shen had Korby pry open this fire mage’s mouth, then poured in half of the Moon Spring Water directly.
"Cough cough..."
After a light cough from choking,
Favis slowly woke up.
But his expression was still a bit confused.
"Did you save me?"
"Where is my lord?"
Zong Shen leaned toward his face.
Unexpectedly, he was a handsome blonde with blue eyes.
But the smell on him was truly unbearable.
The mucus emitted a strong putrid and sour odor.
Zong Shen looked at him, revealing a smile.
"Brave mage, it was indeed I who saved you..."