Chapter 51: Overlord-Level Creature
Could it really be that Gos was just unlucky and happened to draw the red slip? How could that be possible? There’s no such coincidence in the world, and Su Xiao certainly wouldn’t rely on chance to kill Gos.
In reality, all four slips were red on the inside. Before this, Su Xiao had prepared many similar slips specifically for situations like this, and he never expected to actually use them today.
Before opening the slips, Su Xiao had already swapped his own and Amu’s slips using his storage space. Bubu Wang did the same. This was also why Amu couldn’t open the slip—not because his fingers were too thick, but because he had no storage space.
It was a simple trick, but due to the information imbalance, Gos couldn’t find any flaw.
Gos’s expression shifted constantly. He looked at Alisa Herbert beside him, whose eyes were full of worry, yet she nodded firmly at Gos, as if… encouraging him?
Gos’s mouth opened and closed. Alisa’s encouragement only made things worse. His heart was shattered, but faced with such a situation, he had no choice but to accept it.
“I can scout ahead, but the princess’s safety…”
Before Gos could finish, Su Xiao placed one hand on Alisa Herbert’s head.
“You just focus on scouting. I’ll take responsibility for her safety.”
“Take your hand off!”
Seeing Su Xiao’s hand on Alisa Herbert’s head, Gos’s expression twisted.
“Hm?”
Su Xiao’s hand slid down to Alisa’s slender neck. Her body stiffened, and her breathing became rapid.
Gos clenched his fists. After a moment, he seemed to realize that the arm couldn’t beat the thigh. If the situation escalated further, Su Xiao might even reach inside Alisa Herbert’s clothes. With her naive and sweet personality, she would at most put up a “fierce resistance.”
Gos actually misunderstood Su Xiao’s intention. Placing his hand on Alisa’s neck was a warning: if Gos didn’t obey, he would snap Alisa Herbert’s neck. Since they hadn’t yet entered the tomb, he didn’t mind wasting some time to replace her with another royal descendant.
Clang.
Gos drew his knight sword from his waist, took a deep breath, and slowly walked forward.
The knocking sound grew closer. The stone corridor ahead turned a corner, and the sound came from just beyond that turn.
Before reaching the corner, Su Xiao already felt the surrounding temperature rising steadily. Alisa Herbert was sweating profusely from the heat.
Gos pressed his back against the rock wall, standing at the edge of the corner. He extended his longsword around the corner, using its reflection to observe what lay beyond.
The reflection from the sword couldn’t compare to a mirror, but it still gave a vague view. There was nothing behind the corner—just another short stone corridor.
Gos was the first to round the corner. He noticed that the knocking sound didn’t come from the end of the corridor but from a doorway in the stone wall beside him.
The knocking was right next to him. Gos approached the doorway, while Su Xiao observed from the corner, mainly watching Gos’s expression.
Gos reached the doorway, which was about two meters high and one meter wide. The crisp knocking continued without pause.
Gos peered inside. After seeing what was there, he was clearly stunned. The knocking inside abruptly stopped.
“It seems… there’s no danger.”
Gos looked puzzled, as if he had seen something unexpected. Su Xiao signaled Bubu Wang and Amu to wait where they were, then approached the doorway.
As soon as Su Xiao reached the doorway, waves of heat hit him, forcing him to instinctively raise his left arm to shield his face.
Inside the doorway was a space of about several dozen square meters, glowing red. It contained a forge and a very old furnace. Beside the furnace were some burning materials that looked like coal.
A sturdy figure about one and a half meters tall stood before the forge, on which lay a half-finished horse-slaying blade.
This sturdy figure wore iron armor—no, it was more accurate to say he was embedded with iron armor. His form was identical to a human’s, except his eye sockets held no eyeballs. Instead, two probes replaced them, resembling old-fashioned telescopes, rusted and worn.
The most peculiar part of this sturdy figure wasn’t his eyes but his head. The top of his skull seemed to have been split into three sections at some point, then fixed back together with rivets and large staples.
“Kona? (Undead language: Human?)”
The sturdy figure spoke, his body glowing dark red from the surrounding fire. Realizing it was inappropriate to speak in Undead language to Su Xiao and the others, he first put down his hammer and grabbed his head with both hands.
Crack.
He pulled down the sides of his head, shaped like two slices of cut watermelon. The brain tissue at the cross-section was clearly visible. He swapped the two pieces and pressed them down firmly.
Another crack, and the sturdy figure shook his head.
“Human?”
This time, he spoke in human language. This series of operations left Bubu Wang utterly stunned. The dog instinctively touched its own head with its paw.
Su Xiao stared intently at the sturdy figure. This guy gave him a chilling feeling. He quietly took out the Apostle’s Eye to scan the figure’s attributes.
[Comparing intelligence attributes… Comparison error. Target is a neutral unit. You obtain the following information.]
Information as follows:
Name: Tomb Guardian · Reed
Rank: Neutral Creature · Overlord-Level Creature!
Category: Undead Clan (1/2), Human (1/2)
Health: 100%
Mana: 9860 points
Strength: ???
Agility: ???
Stamina: ???
Intelligence: 98
Charm: 53
Note: All five attributes of this creature are true attributes.
Skill 1, Overlord Authority (Passive): Health +100,000 points, Mana +7000 points, Strength +18, Agility +15, Stamina +20.
Skill 2, Forging (Passive): Can forge equipment from White to Legendary quality.
Skill 3, Hammer Strike (Active): Through relentless practice, Reed’s hammer technique has been elevated. Each strike deals 200 true damage + 30% of target’s maximum health (effective if Stamina is below 95) + 1200 damage.
Skill 4, Neutral (Passive): Reed is of neutral alignment and will treat all races kindly.
Skill 5, Steel Body: ???
Skill 6, Pressure: ???
Skill 7, Brutality: ???
Skill 8: ???
Skill 9: ???
Skill 10, Shattered Earth (Ultimate Ability): ???
Seeing the data for Tomb Guardian · Reed, Su Xiao’s eyes twitched. Based on his judgment, he might be able to withstand three of Reed’s hammer strikes—no, at most two, and he would likely die.
As for killing Tomb Guardian · Reed, don’t joke. Reed gave off a very solid feeling, as if his entire body was forged from diamond, unbreakable.
When Bubu Wang saw Tomb Guardian · Reed, its body trembled. If Duke Nick of the Undead Clan were to fight Tomb Guardian · Reed, he wouldn’t last more than two hammer strikes before being pounded into a pile of minced meat.