owlsbooks Chapter 4 Ruthless Iron Hand, Slaughtering All Sides
Chapter 4 Ruthless Iron Hand, Slaughtering All Sides
Looking at the impressive attribute panel and the powerful force surging within him, Miao Meng couldn't help but curl his lips upwards. Even though he tried his best to control his expression, he couldn't hold back in the end.
"Hmph—hahahaha! It's time for revenge! Take this!"
While saying he was going to draw his knife, Miao Meng actually used his left hand to frantically press the trigger of the musket and fire all 14 shells.
-2, -2, -5, -8...
However, the string of damage numbers that jumped up told him that this kind of output was not very effective; pure physical attacks were still too weak against undead monsters.
Those who were merely grazed on the arms by shells need not be mentioned, but even those who were hit in the chest, causing open wounds from both sides, were not killed.
Seeing such a harvest, Miao Meng clicked his tongue lightly, then used his psionic weapon skill to add a layer of positive energy enhancement to his Swift Sword. He then tucked the musket into his waistband, grabbed the sword with both hands, and charged forward.
-14, -20, -18...
The weapon with the targeted enchantment dealt significantly more damage, and even the level 5 undead pirate closest to him was sliced into pieces as easily as a hot knife through butter.
[Ding! You have killed a level 5 undead crew member. You have gained 45 experience points. Due to your dual-class nature and superior race, the experience gain is reduced by 300%, so you have actually gained 15 experience points.]
The experience notification that popped up after killing the undead only made Miao Meng pause for a moment, but he quickly put the notification out of his mind. After all, he was in the middle of a battle and not a time for distraction.
Moreover, he could accept such a high experience penalty. If such a powerful body could level up easily without any cost, it would make him worry about whether there would be even bigger pitfalls in the future.
Miao Meng's mastery of swordsmanship made him wield the swift sword with ease, allowing him to fight his way in and out of the monster horde even without prior combat experience.
Moreover, the construct has no concept of fatigue. If it weren't for the slight mental exhaustion, Miao Meng would have truly felt that he had become a ruthless killing machine, T-1000.
Class: Psionicist Lv1 (1107/1000)
After clearing out the entire treasure cave, Miao Meng's experience bar was filled up, with over 100 experience points remaining. If it weren't for the high experience penalty, he might have leveled up twice in one run.
"It should be said that these undead pirates are all dried corpses with no excess blood, which saves them the trouble of cleaning themselves, so it's actually a good thing."
Miao Meng patted the dust off his clothes and then bent down to collect the rewards dropped by the pirates.
The total number of disaster coins collected on the network is over 1200, including +15, +22, +18, etc.
There's a whole bunch of miscellaneous equipment, including gray and white quality pirate scimitars, belts, and leather armor.
Miao Meng didn't care about the monsters' loot, partly because the quality was really bad, and partly because his current body couldn't equip it.
It's not that these weapons and swords can't be used, but as a Heroic Spirit construct, many of its equipment slots are locked, making it impossible to synchronize with the equipment.
Equipment without magical attributes is not as useful as the weapons he carries. Equipment with magical attributes requires synchronization, but due to his innate armor, he can only equip some accessories or oddities.
Therefore, what was more attractive to Miao Meng were the treasures scattered on the ground deep inside the cave.
Unfortunately, the big head could not be removed because the ship had been transformed into a body, so he could only pick up some of the gold and silver scattered outside the ship.
"Silver coins are fine, they don't fetch much price, and the designs on them are more likely to attract attention, but gold coins are different."
Miao Meng picked up the hundreds of gold coins scattered on the ground, ignoring the patterns on them, and directly pinched them into small gold balls with his hands.
For ordinary people, the effect that would require tools can be achieved with just a gentle pinch, thanks to the power of the construct.
He already had a plan for these gold coins. Selling them untouched would not be a good thing for an orphan, so it would be better to turn them into pure metal ingots.
After all, gold bars are easier to sell if they have no casting marks or imprints. And since I can change my appearance now, I can also cut the two apart.
The only thing to be careful about is how to get the money back into your original identity in a legitimate way.
It only took less than three minutes to kill the monster, but it took more than an hour to clear out this treasure cave and sort and collect the dropped items.
After checking twice more to make sure there were no gold or silver coins left on the ground or in the water, Miao Meng clicked the "End Dungeon" button to begin the dungeon settlement.
《海盗的藏宝洞》：总计用时1小时35分，洞穴清理程度100%。海盗击杀数66/66.
Overall, it is rated as perfect, but most of the original essence of the dungeon has been extracted, resulting in a decrease in the rarity of the treasure chest rewards.
The difficulty of this instance has been reduced, the duration has been shortened to fifteen days, and the rewards can only be obtained once per day.
Your current completion reward chest is an Elite-level chest: "Pirate Ship Domination".
Seeing that his treasure chest rating and rewards had dropped a level, Miao Meng's lips curled down slightly, but considering that he had taken the most important ship from the treasure cave, he had no choice but to accept his fate.
Then, with a light kick, he knocked over the wooden box that appeared in front of him, causing its contents to spill out.
Captain's Treasure Map: Dungeon Key. Use it to unlock the "Tales of the Sea" dungeon.
66 Cursed Gold Coins: A cursed item that, once obtained, will activate the quest "Crew's Revenge" (bound to Miao Meng). Upon completion, you will receive help from undead crew members and unlock new ship equipment feats.
300 Disaster Coins, 1 Captain's Cloak (Enchanted Equipment), 10 barrels of Rum (50 kg each)
Looking at the pile of mission supplies, Miao Meng had no choice but to put them all into his backpack first, and then take out the cloak to examine it carefully.
Captain's Cloak: An enchanted piece of equipment of rare quality that gives the captain a unique charm and style, making him a powerful assistant in social interactions and robberies.
附魔：二环暗示术（1/1日），二环震慑术（1/1日），一环魅惑人类（3/3日）。
Above these spells is a line of small print explaining their corresponding effects. These three spells are all bewitching spells, which have the effect of bewitching the minds of others.
The art of suggestion goes without saying; it involves inducing others to carry out your orders based on your own desires, or to make them ignore unreasonable aspects.
Charming Humans, also known as the Art of Human Friendship, is a technique that makes someone regard you as a good friend and lower their guard against you. However, it is not limited to humans but refers to humanoid creatures in general.
This one intimidation spell is unique. It can intimidate life within a certain range based on one's own will and charisma. Those who fail the test are considered to have been affected by the immobilization or fear spell.
Even if the check passes, there will still be a slight effect for a certain period of time, making the hands and feet stiffer and the thinking slower. Unless the opponent is completely immune to the spell with a value more than twice the check value, the effect will not be affected.
Upon seeing the powerful magical effect, Miao Meng immediately switched back to his original body and equipped the garment, as it was not only magically effective but also extremely stylish.
Especially with its own height of 1.9 meters, and the way it grabbed the tail of the cloak and swung it backward, Miao Meng felt that all he needed to do was have a pipe in his mouth and a parrot in his hand.