Musclebound Necromancer?! Are You Kidding Me?

Chapter 14 – Little Fairy Necklace

Aside from Qiao Yu having a Grade C Skeleton King Ring, everyone else was using the starting equipment issued by the Novice Village.

Not even the lowest Grade F, and without any bonus effects.

So no matter what equipment dropped, it was a huge gain for them.

Qiao Yu quickly retrieved the equipment from the Soul Core.

[Little Fairy Necklace]:

Grade: F

Effect: Increases skill damage by 5% (no cooldown)

Class Restriction: Mage

Qiao Yu's face fell instantly; he couldn't use skills at all.

He handed the equipment directly to Yang Xiangdi.

"Here, the Little Fairy Necklace, put it on."

Yang Xiangdi looked down at his nearly three-hundred-pound frame and prominent belly, several question marks appearing above his head.

"Little Fairy Necklace? Me? Little Fairy?" Yang Xiangdi pointed at his own face and asked.

"Put it on, this equipment increases skill damage by 5%, and it's restricted to mages," Qiao Yu said.

Zuo You, Zhao Ziyue, and Ma Fei's faces turned red instantly—holding back their laughter.

Finally, after Yang Xiangdi put on the Little Fairy Necklace with a dark expression.

"Pfft!"

Zhao Ziyue couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Yang Xiangdi asked with a dark face.

"Don't worry, Xiangdi, we've all been professionally trained. No matter how funny it is, we won't laugh!" Zuo You said.

Yang Xiangdi looked around at the others, seeing everyone holding a straight face, he let it go.

After a while, Zuo You spoke slowly.

"By the way, did you know? My grandma's dog just gave birth!"

"Really? Hahaha!"

"Hahaha, congratulations!"

Yang Xiangdi, with a dark face, didn't want to pay attention to this group of gloating people.

What's wrong with the Little Fairy Necklace? Do you have Grade F equipment?

But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.

"Roar!"

Four Nightmares had surrounded the five of them!

Even Qiao Yu's expression turned cautious. Although his attack power was high, he was quite fragile.

With only 6 points in Defense, if he got hit by the Nightmares two or three times, he wouldn't escape death.

"Don't panic, Ziyue, be ready to heal me at any time!"

Zuo You stood in front of everyone with a large shield.

Two Nightmares crashed heavily into Zuo You's shield, and her Health Bar began to drop rapidly. Fortunately, Zhao Ziyue behind her kept healing her.

Qiao Yu punched from the side, but the Nightmare had learned and dodged directly.

With only 9 Agility, Qiao Yu couldn't catch up with the Nightmare's 25 Agility, but Qiao Yu wasn't fighting alone!

"Yang Xiangdi! Control it!"

"Understood! Sand Entanglement!"

Yang Xiangdi waved his staff, and the two Nightmares in front were instantly trapped.

Qiao Yu seized the moment and took out the two Nightmares with a punch each.

Without time to collect the Soul Cores, Qiao Yu rushed to the back, as Ma Fei was also facing two Nightmares alone and was about to be overwhelmed.

"I'm coming! Stand tall!"

At the critical moment, Zuo You, carrying her shield, blocked one of the Nightmare's attacks for Ma Fei.

This was Zuo You's skill, allowing her to instantly appear beside a teammate to take damage for them.

"Hurry up! I'm almost out of Mana!"

Zhao Ziyue was sweating with anxiety; healers were the most Mana-consuming class in the Inner World, bar none.

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In essence, healers traded their Mana Bar for their teammates' Health Bars.

Once the Mana Bar was empty, the healer couldn't heal their teammates anymore.

"Alright! Armor-Piercing Sword Qi!"

With the experience of dealing with a Nightmare before, Ma Fei didn't try any fancy moves this time.

He steadily wore down the Nightmare's Health, and with Zuo You's help, he quickly killed one.

Ma Fei's Level also rose to lv4.

Only one Nightmare was left on the field, gnawing at Zuo You's shield, her Health fluctuating.

Finally, Zhao Ziyue collapsed to the ground.

"No way! I'm out of Mana!"

With the healing cut off, Zuo You's Health began to plummet. She gritted her teeth and silently continued to take damage.

At this moment, Qiao Yu finally arrived. The Nightmare, seeing this, lunged with its sharp claws at Qiao Yu's neck.

If such a critical area was attacked, there would be no escape from an instant kill.

With 25 Strength, in a dungeon full of newbies, it was practically invincible unless five or six newbies worked together.

Otherwise, in a one-on-one situation, few could take on a Nightmare.

Unfortunately, this Nightmare encountered Qiao Yu, whose Strength was close to a hundred, with attack power equal to twice his Strength.

If it had paid attention to its fellow's plight, it might not have chosen this attack method.

Qiao Yu reached out and grabbed the Nightmare's claws with his hands.

The Nightmare's claws instantly cut into Qiao Yu's skin, and his hands were bleeding profusely.

Qiao Yu remained unfazed, calmly demanding.

"Speak! Where is the Heart of Nightmare?"

Nightmare: ?

"Hmph! Not talking, huh?"

Qiao Yu exerted force, tearing off the Nightmare's claws, instantly halving its Health.

Then Qiao Yu grabbed the Nightmare's head, lifting the last Nightmare into his hand.

"Speak quickly, where is the Heart of Nightmare? If you don't tell me, I'll crush your head!"

Nightmare: ???

The Nightmare felt utterly wronged; it wanted to speak, but Nightmares couldn't talk!

The one Nightmare that could speak using the Bewitch skill had already been killed by you!

"Alright, if you won't talk, I respect you as a man."

Qiao Yu applied force, and with nearly eighty points of Strength, he crushed the Nightmare's head.

The poor Nightmare turned into a small Soul Core.

The Nightmare Village fell silent, and Ma Fei's Adam's apple bobbed as he asked.

"Uh, has anyone ever tortured Inner World monsters like this before?"

"Probably... not..." Zuo You said uncertainly.

Compared to the Nightmare, they suddenly felt... Qiao Yu seemed more like the big boss of this hidden dungeon.

Qiao Yu rummaged through the Soul Cores left by the four Nightmares, disappointed that no equipment dropped this time.

But then again, if the drop rate were that high, everyone would have a piece of legendary equipment by now.

"Come on, what are you all standing around for? Let's go kill more Nightmares!"

After killing four Nightmares in a row, Qiao Yu's Strength attribute had reached a terrifying 88 points, and his Experience Points were at 40/50.

Just one more Nightmare, and he could level up to lv6, earning five more free Attribute Points as a reward, delightful!

Yang Xiangdi stared at Qiao Yu for a moment, as if looking at a monster.

"Qiao Yu, if I remember correctly, the hidden quest is to steal the Heart of Nightmare, right?"

"Of course I know, the Heart of Nightmare must be on the Nightmares, killing them can't be wrong, trust me!"

Qiao Yu led the group to search for isolated Nightmares in the Nightmare Village.

However, no matter how they searched, they couldn't find a single Nightmare in the village.

The entire village was eerily silent, not even a mosquito, as if only Qiao Yu and his team were the only living beings left.

"Damn it, where have all the Nightmares gone?"

Frustrated by the fruitless search, Qiao Yu exclaimed.

As soon as he spoke, the expressions of Zuo You and the others turned strange. Listen to that, does it even sound reasonable?

"Since there are no Nightmares, let's split up and look for the Heart of Nightmare, but be careful, there might be other dangers, so don't stray too far!"

Zuo You instructed.

The five of them fanned out to search. Just as Qiao Yu was frowning, pondering why he couldn't find Nightmares to farm experience, a scream suddenly rang out!

"Ah!!!"

Qiao Yu's expression changed; that was Zhao Ziyue's voice!