Chapter 211 – Invincible (1/2)
Chapter 211 – Invincible
After so long, I’ve finally gotten my hands on a Slaughter Fiend Medallion! Nie Yan’t couldn’t help but feel a little excited, as the two supplementary skills for the Thief version of the medallion were both really good.
Slaughter Fiend Medallion (Thief)Rank: Junior (Owner must kill 1,000 players at least 2 levels above them to upgrade to Intermediate.)
Description: Can be upgraded through slaughter. However, the owner will grow more vulnerable with each subsequent upgrade.
Properties: Attack +20%, Defense -20%, Dexterity +20, Ignore Level +3, Armour Pierce
Junior Berserk Transformation: Enter a berserk state when health drops below 50%. Increases Attack and Movement Speed by 30%. Gain 10 Attack for every enemy slain.
Cooldown: 30 seconds
Junior Mind Immune: Defends against all Mind Magic for 3 seconds.
Cooldown: 30 seconds
Restrictions: Can only be used by the original owner. Bound after being picked up. Cannot be traded or dropped. Can be destroyed.
The Thief version of the medallion was a bit different from the Mage version. Its properties weren’t bad, but it was the two supplementary skills that really made the item so great. Berserk Transformation would give a substantial boost to the player’s offensive power when health fell below 50%. However, the most important was Mind Immune. Any Thief who frequently engaged in PvP was very clear on what type of skills posed the greatest threat to them—crowd control skills! In the previous timeline, the official website once did a study of what Thieves died the most to during PvP: 52% Warrior’s Tendon Break, 35% Mage’s Control Magic, 9% high burst damage….
The Tendon Break skill of a Warrior ranked at number one. Warriors restrained Thieves, this was without a doubt. Whenever a Thief suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of a Mage, it was almost always because of Control Magic which posed a far greater threat to them than frightening burst damage.
Whether in large-scale wars or group battles, Priests were a favourite target of Thieves. As a cloth-armour support class, they were the most vulnerable. Not to mention they possessed annoying skills like Glimmer Mark and Illuminate. It was no surprise the vast majority of Thieves chose to take them out right off the bat.
And the type of Control Magic that Priests were most proficient with was precisely Mind Magic! So having something like Mind Immune would give an immense advantage when dealing with them.
Another reason Nie Yan wanted the Slaughter Fiend Medallion was that between Black Heaven and Black Hell, one was a Holy Priest and the other was most likely a Shadow Priest. He couldn’t discount the possibility of them having Mind Control Magic. With Mind Immune from the Slaughter Fiend Medallion and Holy Descent from the Medal of the Ten Holy Paladins, he didn’t believe the two of them could pose any sort of threat to him.
Nie Yan had already made preparations for his encounter with Black Heaven and Black Hell. Since Black Heaven was one of the Seven Archbishops in the previous timeline, he still hadn’t abandoned his goal of recruiting them into Asskickers United. Although they were currently members of Dark Hero, it was in a state of decline, so that would probably change soon. However, if he mobilized a force to snatch the Chapter of Harmony away from them, it was the same as gifting an Archbishop to another guild. He assigned some subordinates to track Black Heaven and Black Hell down, but those two were exceedingly cautious, changing location every hour or so. His subordinates had no way of finding them at all.
Since Black Heaven and Black Hell couldn’t be found, Nie Yan could only wait for them to come knocking at his doorstep. He had already prepared a response for them, and the Slaughter Fiend Medallion emerged at an exceedingly opportune time.
The two gems that dropped were both Fortune Gems. Nie Yan examined the skill book—Poison Mist Cloud. It was an area-of-effect spell for Arcane Mages. All creature caught within the spell would take 10 damage every second. With a range of 3,030 meters, its effects were very potent.
This skill book would definitely be given to a guild member who signed a contract.
“Aside from the Thief version of the Slaughter Fiend Medallion, a skill book dropped,” Nie Yan announced before sharing the properties of the medallion for everyone to see.
Sun’s eyes sparkled. “If I kill over a hundred players, will I be able to get a Slaughter Fiend Medallion too?”
“You’ll have to spend a long time getting your kill count up to 100, then coming back here to farm a Slaughter Fiend Medallion. Even then, it’s not a guaranteed drop, and if you don’t get it, you’ll have to start all over again. Can you imagine how much time you’d be wasting? You’re better off levelling up some more and collecting better equipment during that time.” Nie Yan poured cold water on any ideas Sun might have gotten in his head.
“Oh, I guess that’s true. Forget it, then…” Sun said in disappointment.
“The guild has many sets of Level 30 Gold equipment for Thieves. You’ll get to wear them when you get to Level 30, so you should hurry and level up!” Nie Yan said. Although Sun was a bit childish, his talents were absolutely unmatched. Even so, he still needed careful guidance.
When Sun watched how Nie Yan killed the Lord-class Scaled Frog alone, he had a profound realization. Deep in his heart, Nie Yan became even more of a goal he secretly strived towards. He wanted to be a godly Thief just like Nie Yan!
“Alright, everyone, let’s get in a bit of extra levelling before the servers shut down for the day,” Nie Yan said. They still had about half-an-hour of game time remaining.
Nie Yan and the others continued hunting the Scaled Frogs.
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Calore Transfer Area, two figures stepped out of the transfer point.