Chapter 23
Hidden Boss
After finishing exploring the village to the west, Roger continued his journey towards other places.
However, it seems that there is nothing special in other places.
Roger walked for a while, and all he saw were identical bone houses and leather puppets, with nothing new.
Along the way, he encountered some monsters, which Roger easily defeated, but the items he obtained were useless.
There are still many places to explore on this level.
But outside the village, there was a fierce wind, so Roger decided to finish exploring the village first.
On the way, during his leisure time, Roger checked the items given by the Blood Mud Giant.
[Scarlet Fruit]
[Type: Consumable]
[Quality: Blue]
[Special Effect: Consuming it will restore a large amount of health in a short time.]
[Description: The Blood Mud Giant likes to wear it on his head, but it actually comes from a mysterious part.]
Oh? Blood Medicine Fruit? Not bad.
Roger put it away.
But when he saw the description, he couldn’t help squinting his eyes, looking skeptical.
What mysterious part?
[Steel Sword]
[Type: Weapon]
[Quality: Green]
[Attack Power: 20]
[Special Effect: None]
[Description: A well-crafted sharp steel sword.]
It’s not a Transcendent weapon, but the attack power is quite good.
[Rock Ring]
[Type: Accessory · Transcendent]
[Quality: Green]
[Special Effect: Slightly increases the wearer’s defense.]
[Description: Perhaps this slight increase in defense is just a psychological effect?]
Roger likes accessories like this that have no negative effects.
It’s just a pity that, like weapons, you can only wear one ring on each hand, at most two…
Otherwise, I’d definitely be the Lord of the Rings…
Roger thought to himself.
Then he took out the muddy chainmail and iron boots, and cleaned off the mud from them.
[Chainmail]
[Type: Equipment]
[Quality: White]
[Defense: 8]
[Description: A lightweight chainmail that provides a little defense or prevents you from being naked.]
[Iron Boots]
[Type: Equipment]
[Quality: White]
[Defense: 4]
[Description: Once belonged to a certain hero, it has good defense capabilities and can prevent you from getting your toes stepped on, but be careful not to get athlete’s foot.]
…Such things shouldn’t be written in item descriptions.
Roger was speechless.
After having the game character wear the chainmail, Roger hesitated for a moment and decided to keep the iron boots in his inventory.
It’s better to go back and clean it before wearing it again…
The remaining ancient coins and dirty potions have nothing special about them, so Roger directly threw them into the inventory to gather dust.
One thing worth mentioning is this black crystal.
[Black Crystal]
[Type: Material]
[Description: It contains a hint of mysterious power. Perhaps using it to make a staff would be a good choice.]
It seems that this thing can be used to make Transcendent equipment.
However, for now, Roger doesn’t have any way to use it, so he can only keep it in the inventory to gather dust.
The Blood Mud Giant contributed a lot of equipment to Roger.
However, these equipment do not possess Transcendent properties, they can only be considered as well-crafted normal equipment.
After counting the harvest, Roger has almost completely looted the entire bone village.
Along the way, he encountered many skeletal monsters, but they were not controlled by the skeletal secret witches. With just a touch, they shattered, and Roger easily got rid of them.
Then, Roger began to explore the outskirts of the village.
Huff, huff…
As soon as the game character left the village, instinctively, he raised his hand to shield his eyes, and the speed of advancement instantly slowed down a lot.
“Such a strange place, there must be other treasures.”
Roger thought to himself.
…………….
“Where’s the treasure?”
A few hours later, Roger began to feel a bit skeptical about life. He had spent so much time searching the outskirts, but he hadn’t come across any treasure or even a single monster. He had no idea where that skeletal centipede had gone.
This place is nothing but wind.
Roger was going crazy. “There must be something good here, I just haven’t found it yet.” He refused to give up and continued his search.
However, sometimes giving up early, although shameful, can be a way to cut losses in time. After carefully searching this layer again, Roger still found nothing. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that he found something.
Crackle…
The skeletal centipede let out a silent roar towards Roger. His mouth twitched, and anger surged from his heart. “Since I haven’t found anything, I’ll take it out on you! I’m at such a high level, I don’t believe I can’t defeat you!”
Roger drew his newly acquired steel sword and charged towards the skeletal centipede. Within moments…
Bang!
The skeletal centipede’s giant pincers came crashing down, creating a large crater in the ground. As mist formed, Roger couldn’t help but swallow his saliva. What kind of creature is this skeletal centipede? And it has a second form???
At this moment, the skeletal centipede had transformed from a centipede-like creature into a tall and skinny skeletal warrior with eight legs. It had multiple long appendages on its back and was covered in a dark gray, hard exoskeleton.
[Skeletal Centipede · Eight-Legged Warrior]
[Type: Monster]
[Quality: Boss]
[Level: 5]
[Rank: Transcendent]
[Biological Description: In the skeletal centipede population, there is an extremely small probability of individuals being born in the form of Eight-Legged Warriors. They possess incredible strength, and clearly, you’re lucky.]
“Lucky my foot! How did it suddenly become a boss from an elite monster? Clearly, it’s a hidden boss, right? Skeletal secret witches, come out and pay homage to your boss!”
As curses filled Roger’s mind, he quickly used Mist Flash to escape. Although this special skeletal centipede would most likely drop some treasure, you must first have the ability to defeat it. And obviously, Roger didn’t.
After transforming into its Eight-Legged Warrior form, the skeletal centipede’s desire to attack skyrocketed, and its speed became incredibly fast. Roger almost lost his life due to a careless mistake. And what was even scarier…
It ran exceptionally fast!
Its slender appendages moved tirelessly like a machine, relentlessly chasing after Roger. Its speed was only slightly slower than Roger’s Mist Flash form.
“Big brother, I was wrong, can you stop chasing me?” Roger looked at the skeletal centipede behind him, feeling helpless.
If only he hadn’t provoked this skeletal centipede when there were no others of its kind around. He should have realized something was wrong…
Fortunately, even though the skeletal centipede was fast, it couldn’t catch up to Roger in mist form. After putting some distance between them, the skeletal centipede finally gave up the chase.
This made Roger breathe a sigh of relief. This incident once again made him realize that the game “Mystic Seas” doesn’t play by the rules at all.
Moreover, its routine is the kind where “you know I have a routine, I know you know I have a routine, so I’ll add some abnormal routine to the normal routine…” It’s hard to guard against.
After escaping from the pursuit of the Skeletal Centipede, Roger breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the sky outside the window, his face couldn’t help but darken.
Today, in order to scavenge the first layer, not only did he spend a lot of time without finding anything good, but he was also chased by a hidden boss…
Well, I take back what I said earlier. This thing is not just a pure fun game.
Roger thought to himself.
However, being messed with like this actually ignited his fighting spirit.
When playing a game, there should be some difficulty to feel the sense of achievement when successfully strategizing.
It would be too boring to just breeze through the game.
Alright, you Eight-Legged Warrior, I’ll have a meal and a sleep, and next time I’ll come and take care of you.
Roger noted down the hidden boss, Eight-Legged Warrior, in his little notebook.