Chapter 117 – Skeleton Kodo (1/2)
Chapter 117 – Skeleton Kodo
After numerous attempts and losing several dozen Skeleton Soldiers, Nie Yan had still not managed to succeed.
It seemed Undead Rite’s success rate was also influenced by the level discrepancy between the caster and target. Wracking his brain to no avail, he finally decided to check the game’s official website to see if there was any information regarding this skill. Surprisingly, he did find something, which was quite a rare occurrence. According to the information there, Undead Rite had a twenty percent chance of controlling the targeted undead if it was equal to the caster in level. For every level the undead exceeded the caster, the chance of success would fall by one percent. The success rate would further diminish when facing Leaders, Sub-Elites, and so on. In short, if the target surpassed the player by twenty levels or more, the success rate became nil.
Since this was the first time he had come into contact with this type of skill, he wasn’t too knowledgeable regarding its intricacies. Apparently checking the official website every once in a while still held some benefits.
He was only Level 9 while the Skeleton Kodo was Level 23, not to mention a Leader-class monster as well, so his low success rate thus far was to be expected.
However, if he was incapable of controlling a Skeleton Kodo, he wouldn’t be able to proceed with the next step of his plan.
As time gradually ticked away, Nie Yan grew increasingly impatient. The only consolation was that his experience was steadily rising. Killing the undead in this area also wasn’t a bad way to level.
At this point, he had forgotten exactly how many Skeleton Soldiers died as he didn’t care to name them anymore. Was it twenty-seven or twenty-eight? Regardless, he ordered one of them to get a Skeleton Kodo’s attention while he circled behind to cast Undead Rite.
The Skeleton Soldier gradually approached the Kodo. Once it got in range, the Skeleton Soldier brandished its battle axe and charged forward.
Upon being struck, the Kodo violently lashed out in a rage fueled stupor.
「Bang!」The Skeleton Soldier was knocked flying away.
Taking advantage of this moment, Nie Yan cast Undead Rite!
As per usual, he began backing off after using the spell but halted his retreat when he noticed a change occurring in the Kodo’s appearance. Did I succeed?He quickly pulled up the system announcements to check and soon found his answer. I did succeed!
He mentally commanded the Kodo to move, and almost immediately, it trembled and then began lumbering over to him.
“Haha! I finally succeeded!”
Having obtained his first Kodo, he was finally able to move on with the next step of his plan.
Undead Rite’s duration on the Kodo was relatively long, so after thinking for a bit, he decided that he might as well do a bit of levelling.
「Where are you right now?」Nie Yan asked, sending Tang Yao a message.
「I’m levelling with Yu lan (Blue Feather) and the others. Why, what’s up?」Tang Yao responded. Since their first encounter several days ago, he had become much more familiar with Yu Lan and her team, even occasionally running a dungeon or two together with them. Furthermore, thanks to Nie Yan’s guidance, their team’s equipment progressively improved. They were even able to run Fallen Shaman Camp now.
「Return to the city,」Nie Yan said. He could only bring Tang Yao alone and not Yu Lan and the rest.
「Alright, let me say goodbye to them first,」Tang Yao said.
Several minutes later, Tang Yao sent Nie Yan a message:「I’m back in the city. Where are you right now?」
「Head to the transfer point and teleport to Hems, Dead Field Gate. The transfer fee is twenty silver. Do you have enough money?」Nie Yan asked.
「Hems, Dead Field Gate…? Wait, isn’t that a Level 20 zone!? Why are you all the way over there?」Tang Yao cried out in alarm. Why was he in a Level 20 map at his level? That was practically suicidal!
「You’ll know when you come over!」Nie Yan said.
「Ugh… Alright, fine… give me a minute. I don’t have enough money on me right now,」Nie Yan had asked him to come over alone, so it definitely meant this was important. Since he had full trust in his brother, he didn’t ask anymore questions.
「If you don’t have enough money, I can send someone over to cover the rest」Nie Yan said. If Tang Yao wasn’t able to gather up the funds, he could only ask Sleepy Fox to borrow some money.
「No need, I’m only short by a little bit. I’ll just ask my father’s aide to lend me some.」
「Alright, then hurry up. I’ll be waiting.」
Afterwards, Nie Yan sought out another Skeleton Kodo. He still used the same tactic of distracting them with the Skeleton Soldiers while he got into position to cast Undead Rite. If he made Kodo #1 fight, it would make short work of the other Kodo, meaning there wouldn’t be any time to cast the skill.
However, without at least several dozen attempts, the probability of him succeeding was very low.
Undead Rite!
Thanks to the Skeleton Soldier drawing its attention away, the Kodo didn’t notice him approaching from the rear. After he had used the skill, the Kodo trembled before its bones slowly transformed into a deep metallic black. He successfully took control of another Kodo with Undead Rite.
A feeling of pleasant surprise washed over his mind. Against all expectations, he succeeded. No one could ever be certain when it came to chance; sometimes a person would fail several dozen or even hundreds of times over, but other times, they would prevail after only one or two tries.
And so, Nie Yan obtained his second Skeleton Kodo, which he named Kodo #2. These two Kodos resembled dinosaurs from the ancient past as they possessed thick, sturdy forelimbs, an immense frame, and three sharp horns at the top of their heads, while pale cyan flames flickered in their eye sockets.
With two Kodos at his side, his levelling speed would improve significantly.
「I’m at Hems, where are you?」Tang Yao sent a message asking.
「Stay put, I’ll be there in a minute,」Nie Yan replied, bringing the pair of Skeleton Kodos and Skeleton Soldiers with him as he headed over to the transfer point.