Free Web NovelChapter 1236: Chapter 51: Overlord-Level Creature
Could it really be bad luck for Gos? Draw the red paper by chance? That’s impossible; there’s no such thing as a coincidence like this in the world, especially when Su Xiao wouldn’t rely on probability to kill Gos.
In fact, the inside of all four notes is red. Before this, Su Xiao had prepared many similar notes to cope with this situation, but he hadn’t anticipated needing them today.
Before opening the notes, Su Xiao had switched all the notes, including A Mu’s, using storage space, which is why A Mu couldn’t open them—not because its fingers were too clumsy, but because it didn’t have storage space.
Such a simple trick, yet due to the lack of information, Gos couldn’t find any issue.
Gos’s expression kept changing. He looked at Elisa Herbert beside him; her eyes were full of concern, but she nodded at Gos, clearly giving him... encouragement?
Gos’s mouth opened and closed, provoked by Elisa’s encouragement, his heart was breaking, but faced with such a situation, he could only resign himself to fate.
"I can scout ahead, but Her Royal Highness’s safety..."
As soon as Gos finished speaking, Su Xiao placed one hand on Elisa Herbert’s head.
"You just focus on scouting. I’ll take responsibility for her safety."
"Get your hand off her!"
Seeing Su Xiao place his hand on Elisa Herbert’s head, Gos’s expression twisted.
"Hmm?"
Su Xiao’s hand rested on Elisa Herbert’s delicate neck, making her body stiffen and her breathing slightly hurried.
Gos clenched his fists; after a moment, he seemed to understand the futility of resisting, realizing that if things escalated, Su Xiao’s hand might indeed reach into Elisa Herbert’s clothes, given her naïve personality, which might result in ’futile resistance’.
Gos actually misunderstood Su Xiao’s intent; by putting his hand on Elisa’s neck, he was indicating to Gos that disobedience would result in Elisa Herbert’s neck being snapped. As they hadn’t ventured deep into the tomb yet, he didn’t mind spending some time to replace a royal descendant.
Clang.
Gos drew the knight sword from his waist, took a deep breath, and started moving forward slowly.
The sound of hammering grew closer. An intersection appeared in the stone corridor ahead; it was the source of the hammering sounds.
Nearing the intersection, Su Xiao felt the surrounding temperature rise continuously; Elisa Herbert was visibly sweating from the heat.
Gos leaned against a rock wall, stood at the corner’s edge, and extended the sword to observe the conditions beyond the corner through its reflection.
The reflection from the sword couldn’t compare to a mirror, but it still vaguely showed what lay beyond the corner. There seemed to be nothing beyond it, only a moderately long stone corridor.
Gos was the first to pass the corner, discovering that the hammering sound didn’t come from the end of the corridor, but from a door in the stone wall nearby.
With the hammering sound so close, Gos approached the door, while Su Xiao stood by the corner observing, mainly assessing Gos’s expression changes.
Gos reached the door; it stood two meters tall and one meter wide, with a clear hammering sound continuing unabated.
Gos peered inside, visibly stunned once he saw the interior; the hammering sound abruptly stopped.
"Seems... there’s no danger."
Gos looked puzzled, as if encountering something unexpected. Su Xiao indicated for Bubu Wang and A Mu to remain at their spots, then he headed towards the door.
Upon reaching the doorway, waves of heat surged towards Su Xiao, instinctively raising his left arm to shield himself.
Inside was a space of approximately several tens of square meters, fiery red throughout, with a forging platform and a very old melting furnace, alongside what looked like burning coals.
A stocky figure, about 1.5 meters tall, stood before the forging platform, where a half-finished horse-cutting blade rested.
The stout silhouette was clad in iron armor, or rather, he had iron armor embedded all over him. His shape was no different from a human, except for the absence of eyeballs; instead, two lenses replaced them, resembling old-fashioned telescopes, covered in rust.
The most peculiar thing about the stout silhouette wasn’t his eyes, but his head, seemingly cut into three sections then fastened together with rivets and large staples.
"Koner? (Undead Language: Human?)"
The stocky figure spoke, reflected in dark red by the surrounding flames. Realizing using undead language was inappropriate, he first laid down his iron hammer, then grabbed the top of his head with both hands.
Crack.
The stocky figure pulled off the sides of his head, shaped like two pieces of sliced watermelon, the exposed brain tissue clearly visible. He swapped the positions and pressed them forcefully.
Again, a crack sounded as the stocky figure shook his head.
"Human?"
This time he spoke in human language. His series of actions left Bubu Wang astonished, instinctively pawing at his own head.
Su Xiao stared intently at the stocky figure; the guy had an eerie presence about him. He silently took out the Eye of the Apostle to probe the stocky silhouette’s attributes.
[Matching Intelligence Attributes... Error, the other party is a Neutral Unit. You obtain the following information.]
The information is as follows:
Name: Tomb Guardian Reid
Tier Position: Neutral Creature · Overlord-level creature!
Category: Undead Clan (halved), Human (halved)
Life Value: 100%
Mana Value: 9860 Points
Power: ???
Agility: ???
Stamina: ???
Intelligence: 98
Charm: 53
Tip: This creature’s five attributes all are true attributes.
Skill 1, Overlord’s Authority (Passive Level 62): Life Value +100000 Points, Mana Value +7000 Points, Power +18, Agility +15, Stamina +20.
Skill 2, forging (Passive Level 58): Can forge white to legendary quality equipment.
Skill 3, Hammering (Active Level 55): With relentless practice, Reid’s hammering mastery has ascended. Each strike adds 200 true damage + target’s maximum life value 30% (effective below 95 stamina points) +1200 damage.
Skill 4, Neutral (Passive Level MAX): Reid belongs to a neutral camp, treating every race amicably.
Skill 5, Steel Body: ???
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Skill 7, Brutality: ???
Skill 8: ???
Skill 9: ???
Skill 10, Earth Shatter (Ultimate Ability): ???
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Seeing Tomb Guardian Reid’s data, Su Xiao’s eye twitched. Based on his judgment, he might withstand three strikes, no, at most two before being killed.
As for slaughtering Tomb Guardian Reid, don’t joke about it. Reid presented a remarkably strong impression, his entire body seemingly forged from diamond, impervious and unyielding.
Upon seeing Tomb Guardian Reid, Bubu Wang trembled slightly. If Duke Nick from the Undead Clan were to fight Reid, he wouldn’t survive more than two hammer strikes, turning Dunk Nik into a pile of crush meat.
