novelraw Chapter 91: Giant Scepter Weapon
Chapter 91: Giant Scepter Weapon
Of the three options, the first was to fight head-on, and the second was to run away.
Only the third option looked remotely sane.
Unfortunately, the Three-Headed Lion was already dead. Otherwise, a fourth option to lure the enemy away might have appeared.
After thinking it over, Lin Xun decided to pick the third option.
He figured that later, when he remade the little lion, it would cost him some soul strength to send it to its death again.
If he could steal the scepter with the Theater Dancer Shell and avoid being detected, he would save that bit of soul strength.
[You keep your head down, staying invisible, doing your best to avoid looking at the towering, terrifying figure as you silently creep toward the throne…]
[A dense, almost tangible blood mist surrounds the giant stone throne.]
[Do you want to step into the blood mist and attempt to steal the chieftain’s scepter?]
Lin Xun frowned deeply. Could that blood mist around the Beastmen Giant Chieftain be some kind of detection mechanism?The way the game text phrased it made it obvious, if he stepped forward, the chances of dying were high.
He opened his Inventory to check his items. The two remaining Beastman Pills were not suitable here, and none of the other items seemed relevant to the current situation.
Unable to find a way to break through, Lin Xun steeled himself and gritted his teeth before clicking “Yes.”
“If I die, so be it. As long as I get the scepter, it’s worth it.”
[Fearless Apostle, you step into the blood mist without hesitation, moving closer to the giant stone throne.]
[Your figure is stained by the blood mist…]
[Your invisibility effect is broken. The form of your Theater Dancer Shell becomes visible!]
[A deafening roar of rage erupts from above you. The Corrupted Beastmen Giant Chieftain has spotted you!]
[Do you want to turn and flee for your life, or fight to the death to seize the scepter?]
The blood-red game text trembled furiously.
“Why are you even asking? Grab the thing already!”
Lin Xun quickly pressed to seize the scepter.
[Ignoring the Corrupted Beastmen Giant Chieftain’s furious roar, you crouch down, push off with both legs, and shoot toward the scepter beside the throne like an arrow…]
[A massive shadow looms over you. A terrifying gust of wind pressure crashes down from above!]
[You get closer and closer to the chieftain’s scepter. Just one more step and you’ll reach it…]
[The violent wind pressure makes it impossible to keep your balance. You are pinned to the ground by the sheer force of it.]
[Pressed against the cold floor, staring at the scepter just within reach, you stretch out your right arm, let out a furious roar of defiance, and push yourself forward by one last inch.]
[You touch the golden bone club scepter!]
[You have obtained the Chieftain’s Scepter of the Beastmen Giants (Rare).]
[The colossal hand crashes down with overwhelming force, instantly crushing you into minced flesh…]
[You hear the furious roar of the Beastmen Giant Chieftain once again.]
[You are dead!]
Lin Xun pumped his fist excitedly.
He had finally secured the key to open the tomb!
Although the Theater Dancer Shell had been tragically lost, it was a death well worth it.
Getting the Chieftain’s Scepter, even at the cost of some soul strength, was a trade he would happily make any day.
[The feeble wandering soul is reborn inside the cave in the Nameless Valley…]
Lin Xun quickly opened his Inventory to check the loot he had just won.
[Chieftain’s Scepter of the Beastmen Giants (Rare Weapon): A weapon crafted from the shinbone of a Mountain Monster chieftain, coated in gold paint to give the illusion that it is forged from solid gold. The chieftain’s scepter is not only a Beastmen Giant’s weapon but also a key to enter a forbidden area. This giant weapon is extremely heavy and difficult for ordinary Shells to wield.]
Lin Xun had thought the scepter was merely a key item, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a weapon used by the Beastmen Giants as well.
Reading the last line of the description, which stated that ordinary Shells couldn’t handle the weapon’s massive weight, he decided to test it out.
He possessed the Engineer Shell and tried to equip the chieftain’s scepter.
[This Shell lacks sufficient strength to wield this weapon.]
Not surprising at all. To the Beastmen Giants, the scepter was a small weapon, but for ordinary Shells, it was a colossal piece of equipment.
Thankfully, the game’s mechanics allowed items to be stored in the Inventory simply by touching them. If it required lifting the item to stash it, the process of grabbing the scepter would have been much more of a headache.
Now that both the Theater Dancer and the Three-Headed Lion were dead, Lin Xun put down his phone…
The next morning.
With the Theater Dancer Shell remade and the Three-Headed Lion resurrected, he set out for battle once again.
[The feeble wandering soul awakens inside the cave in the Nameless Valley…]
He possessed the Corrupted Yellow-Robed Bishop and once more wiped out the Corrupted Blood Beastmen tribe’s mobs for a bit of extra experience.
Then he headed straight for the Tomb of the Successive Beastmen Giant Chieftains.
[The giant log gate ahead has collapsed into rubble, with only a dried-out corpse of a Beastmen Giant left behind.]
[After climbing over the ruins, you spot a massive crimson figure in the distance. The Corrupted Beastmen Giant Chieftain, shrouded in a mist of blood, scans the area with its head down, seemingly searching for something. From time to time, it lets out furious roars.]
[Do you want to confront it in battle, or sneak around it?]
“Wow, these monsters really know how to hold a grudge.”
Seeing the massive boss still looking for him, Lin Xun decisively switched to the Theater Dancer Shell, activated the invisibility skill, and clicked to sneak around it.
[You stay invisible and quietly slip past the Corrupted Beastmen Giant Chieftain.]
The chieftain’s blood mist had a limited range. As long as he kept his distance and maintained invisibility, he wouldn’t be detected.
[You head toward the right side and soon arrive at the Tomb of the Successive Beastmen Giant Chieftains.]
[You pass through the colonnade. The shimmering barrier over the arched gateway glows faintly.]
[Carrying the Chieftain’s Scepter of the Beastmen Giants, you pass through the archway without obstruction.]
[Your eyes widen as you enter a vast hall, where dozens of massive stone sarcophagi are neatly arranged. These horizontal stone coffins are so enormous that even if you jumped with all your might, you wouldn’t be able to touch the coffin lids.]
The burial customs of the Beastmen Giants were quite unique. Instead of burying the coffins underground, they just left them lined up in the hall, saving Lin Xun a lot of extra work.
[Do you want to stay here or continue exploring deeper into the tomb?]
The giant stone coffins no doubt held the corpses of Beastmen Giant chieftains. Lin Xun wondered if they had a tradition of burying treasure with the dead.
After thinking it over, he chose to stay.
[You pause and look around. Other than the dozens of enormous sarcophagi, there is nothing of value in the hall.]
It seemed that the valuable loot was all inside the coffins. But the Theater Dancer Shell was too small to even reach the coffin lids.
Lin Xun smiled faintly. For him, this kind of problem was a piece of cake.
[You possess the Shell of the Corrupted Blood Beastmen.]
[You use the Beastman Pill!]
[The pill’s mysterious power spreads through the Shell. The Corrupted Blood Beastmen Shell’s eyes become bloodshot, veins bulge across its body, and its muscles swell like balloons.]
[In an instant, you grow to five or six meters tall, towering like a small mountain.]
[Do you want to push open the giant stone coffin lid in front of you?]