Chapter 15 An Extremely Narrow Place

In such a narrow place, Nie Yan couldn't possibly summon the Golden Land Dragon. If he did, its massive body might crush the wooden structure of the house.

Nie Yan scanned through all his skills. Activating some of them to take down an elite in a short time wouldn't be a problem. His only fear was that they would call for backup. If these two spider-men summoned others, Nie Yan would be completely surrounded.

He had to kill them both quickly!

Nie Yan's gaze landed on the Holy Mercenary skill. An idea formed in his mind.

He returned to the second floor, opened the Holy Mercenary list, and after some consideration, hired a level 5 mercenary, Paladin Kriesi. Kriesi had about 3,600 HP, and his other stats were also very strong. The hiring price was 300 gold coins per hour, with any portion of an hour counted as a full hour.

A tall paladin appeared before Nie Yan. He was a head taller than Nie Yan, muscular and robust, clad in a full set of silvery-white metal armor, and wielding a silvery-white greatsword.

"Respected Demon Hunter, I am willing to serve you. What is it you require of me?" Kriesi said respectfully. Their mission was to be hired by Demon Hunters, and they held absolute reverence for them in their minds.

Nie Yan gained a new character panel, Kriesi's. He could control Kriesi to do anything, and Kriesi's powerful combat abilities were beyond doubt. Looking at Kriesi's skills, he had over twenty buffing spells and a dozen basic attack skills, including Holy Strike, Holy Sanction, Purification, and more.

Nie Yan controlled Kriesi to cast a series of buffs on him, a total of five, increasing his strength by about 20%.

Nie Yan entered stealth mode, climbed the stairs to the third floor, and carefully hid in a corner.

The two spider-man guards patrolled around, never noticing Nie Yan in the shadows.

After a while, he controlled Kriesi to climb up the stairs. Kriesi leaped up, jumping onto the floorboards and exposing himself to the two spider-men's vision.

An enemy attack!

The two spider-men spotted Kriesi and immediately charged at him.

Kriesi roared and raised his greatsword to meet them, Holy Strike! The greatsword swung down with powerful momentum.

Seeing the two spider-men distracted by Kriesi, Nie Yan moved, casting a series of powerful buff skills on himself.

Storm Assault!

Shadow Slaughter!

Cataclysm!

Nie Yan's stats were instantly maxed out. Like a gust of wind, he approached the spider-man Ilvich and landed a Backstab on him.

The flames on the Sword of Zennarde blazed even brighter, stabbing into the back of Ilvich's head. A Backstab, a Gouge, and a Rupture, blood spurted out.

-928, -939, -923...

Extremely high damage numbers floated above Ilvich's head, accompanied by bleeding and poison damage. Its health plummeted rapidly. Even the spider-man Israel next to him suffered, taking 30% of the Shadow Slaughter damage.

Nie Yan's nerves were stretched to the limit. He couldn't let them cry out for help!

The spider-man Ilvich, under Nie Yan's attack, tried to move, but Nie Yan used an Enhanced Distracting Blow, freezing him in place.

Kriesi also relentlessly attacked Ilvich, using basic attack skills like Holy Strike, constantly whittling away nearly half of its health.

Nie Yan's Sword of Zennarde continued to swing, a Detonate blasting Ilvich back several steps. Then, a chilling flame suddenly appeared at Ilvich's throat, a swift Throat Cut dealing over two thousand damage, and Ilvich collapsed.

Seeing the spider-man Ilvich fall, the spider-man Israel suddenly let out a shrill cry from its throat.

But just as it shouted, Kriesi swung his sword, knocking it back. It faltered for a moment, and almost simultaneously, Nie Yan pounced, using a Stunning Blow, his Sword of Zennarde hitting its forehead. The sound stopped abruptly, and it fell into a stunned state.

Nie Yan's Shadow Slaughter effect and Kriesi's attack damage had almost completely depleted the spider-man Israel's health. Nie Yan kept swinging his sword behind it, while Kriesi cast several Purifications in a row, his attacks dealing over a thousand damage, which was quite considerable.

The spider-man Israel just woke up from its stunned state, staggered, and fell to the ground.

Nie Yan picked up all the items dropped by the two spider-men. They were two Evil Order equipment pieces, but unfortunately, he couldn't use them. He could only take them back to sell.

Nie Yan looked out into the distance from the window. The fighting hadn't attracted any other spider-men.

He hoped he could get something useful from the Dark Gold Treasure Chest. Nie Yan walked to the treasure chest, squatted down, and began to open it.

Time passed by, and after about half a minute, the treasure chest clicked open.

Nie Yan reached into the treasure chest and pulled out two items.

Gnome Ring (Dark Gold): Special Item.

Stats: Stealth +20, with the skill Gnome Transformation. After using this skill, you can shrink your body to one-third of its original size, granting greater stealth and making you imperceptible. Lasts for one hour, skill cooldown is one natural day.

Usable by: None.

Gnome Ring! Seeing that it was a special item, Nie Yan raised his eyebrows. Special items usually had special uses. The skill of this Gnome Ring was quite magical, allowing him to shrink his body.

In special situations, this item would definitely come in handy. One-third of his size would only reach his mid-thigh. He could imagine that after his body suddenly shrank so much, he could hide in some unimaginable places.

Moreover, after using Gnome Transformation, it would also increase his stealth and make him imperceptible.

A good item for saving his life! Nie Yan concluded. As for other uses, he would study them later. He put the ring into his backpack as a backup item.

Besides the Gnome Ring, Nie Yan also got another item. He took it out and was shocked. It was a hand bone.

Cursed Spider-man Hand Bone: Fate Item.

Stats: After using this item, you can gain a 16-point stat die roll. 1-8 points will result in a curse, 9-16 points will result in a blessing.

If not used, the item will disappear in twenty seconds.

Another Fate Item!

Fate Items were quite common in the Evil Order, because necromancers had a skill that could influence the number of points on the die. Therefore, many necromancers liked to take risks with Fate Items, with great rewards and terrible risks.

Nie Yan felt a headache when he saw Fate Items.

Gambling on luck was easy to lose everything.

If the stat die roll landed on a middle number, it would be fine. The rewards and punishments wouldn't be severe. But if it landed on a smaller number, such as 1 or 2, the danger would be extremely high.

If he had a necromancer's skill to increase his chances of winning the die roll, Nie Yan might try it. But he thought it was better to avoid this kind of 50% chance thing. Even necromancers often had to delete their accounts and start over again after playing with Fate Items.

The cursed bone hand jumped, filled with a strange rhythm, as if summoning something.

Just as Nie Yan was about to give up, the ball of light beside him floated up, jumping on the cursed bone hand, circling and dancing on it.

Nie Yan suddenly remembered something. He didn't know who he heard it from in his past life, but only souls could decide the unknowable die roll. Necromancers were the closest to spirits, so they could change the number of points on the die. Looking at the ball of light beside him, Nie Yan wondered if Bennet's soul could change something?

Just as the cursed bone hand was about to disappear, Nie Yan chose to use it. Suddenly, the surrounding time froze, everything was still, and a huge white die with sixteen sides appeared in front of him. The numbers on it were covered in blood, eerie and strange.

Bennet's soul floated around, unaffected by the frozen time.

Nie Yan's heart stirred. It seemed that the news about carrying souls could increase the chances of winning the die roll was not groundless.

The white die spun rapidly, dazzling the eye. The numbers changed quickly, making it impossible to see clearly.

Time passed, Nie Yan stared at the die, took a deep breath, it was impossible for him not to be nervous at this moment.

Nie Yan suddenly thought of something and shouted, Eye of Truth!

A divine light flashed in his eyes, locking onto the constantly changing die. The numbers in the die were still complicated, and he could only see a little blurry image. The changes in the die seemed a little slower.

It turned out that the die was not uncontrollable, and players could increase their chances of winning in various ways.

With his intuition, Nie Yan reached out and touched the die.

"Stop!" Nie Yan whispered, and the die came to a halt.

Nie Yan's gaze focused instantly, seeing the number displayed on the die.

15, an astonishing number!

It was 15! Nie Yan's heart beat wildly, excited, the die disappeared into thin air.

System: You have received a fate reward, HP +20%.

A terrifying increase!

Nie Yan looked at his own HP, which had reached over 3000, making him a tank-level thief! It was a pity that he was a leather armor class. If he was a heavy armor class, this high HP would be invincible at this level.

Time continued to flow, everything returned to its original state, Nie Yan's excited mood could not be calmed for a long time. He had made a big profit this time, 500 HP, how many levels would he have to level up to add up!

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