"Huh… Ok, I don't really mind. I will try to remember, but no promises here!" He says. "Then you should call me by my player's name. I prefer it to the Champion's name."
He wants to be called by that lame nickname? Well, fine by me. "But it's a little long… Do you mind if I call you Bald Sage?"
"Oh? If you shorten it like this, it actually sounds like the nickname of one of those hidden hermits that teach the protagonist hidden techniques in anime, don't you think? I like it!"
He's fine with the name. So good for me. But I do think it is even worse than the full nickname… How can he like it?
"As you can see, I bring with me two Skeleton archers as ranged units and two Specters that will join me in melee. Don't worry about the specters, because they won't take damage from my Ice Aura with the skills I gave them. Oh, and I already told you, but my Champion is a Revenant. You should take a look at the Return from Death innate skill."
Return from Death - Lv 2 (Innate triggered skill)
After 30 seconds of dying, return to life with 100% HP. From that moment, your maximum HP is reduced by 1% every 5 seconds. Can only be triggered once per Dungeon Invasion or Dungeon Battle.
UpgradesResilient: reduce the amount of maximum HP lost every 5 seconds to 0,5%.
"That's why I told you I'm bringing a tanky unit. Even if I die, I return to battle fully recharged. And with the upgrade it takes more than 15 minutes for the HP reduction to put me on 0 maximum HP. Of course this isn't the only tank skill I have."
"Isn't this innate skill a little too op?" I ask.
"Hahaha! It's a 450 cp unit, and the stats the Revenant has are very low for a unit on that cp range. So one thing compensates the other."
"Still, returning from death with 100% HP…" I have 572 HP right now, so with this skill it would give me an almost 600 HP boost AFTER being killed. So it's both a 'return from death skill' plus a 'massive hp recovery' in one.
What a shame it comes from an undead unit, because otherwise… just imagine what kind of units I would be able to create! My delusions are getting out of control. If I ever got a dragon… A dragon boss that returns from death with 100% HP after being killed… The despair caused to the invading players…
"Huhuhu! Hahaha!" I can't avoid the creepy laughter from escaping my mouth. "Fufufu!"
Ricard looks in my direction with a worried expression. "Hmm... Are you ok? Because you suddenly stopped talking and now are laughing…"
"Huh!? Ah? Oooh, yes, I'm ok. I was thinking about important stuff. Very important stuff."
"Important stuff…?" He stares at me with a weird expression. He didn't read my mind, did he? Because I would die of shame if he knew.
"Well, anyway! Let's start the dungeon invasion already! Oh, and my mobs will stay close to me so they don't get exposed to your aura. Just try to not kill this stitched here if it comes close, because it's the one in charge of capturing units during combat."
"I'll do my best! I must demonstrate my skills to the new player, so don't worry! I'll keep it safe the best I can!"
We finally start advancing. Far away, about 100 meters, we can see the first enemy group. It's composed of ten goblins and three orcs.
"By the way, what is the level of the player who owns this dungeon?" I ask.
"The level? It's level 11."
"Whaaaaaat!? Level 11! Are you crazy!? I'm only level 3! And as far as I know, you are level 5! They're gonna destroy us!"
"Naaah, don't worry! This dungeon is a farming dungeon. It has lots of mobs but they are placed in a way that isn't too deadly. And almost no traps or ambushes. Oh, and I'm level 6. Just leveled up today!"
"If you say so… I'm just interested in their bodies, so as long as I can get some… But I still need to see if it's true that we can beat this dungeon."
The enemies have spotted us and are rushing in our direction. We both prepare to start the combat. Ricard is in front with the two specters.
"Please, allow me to capture as many orcs as possible. I want a lot of their bodies for my future, uh… experiments."
"Do we get the same reward if they are captured instead of killed?"
"Yes, the same cp for each."
"Then it's fine." He says. But he suddenly remembers something and complains. "But then I won't get the souls because they aren't killed…!"
"It's unavoidable so stop complaining and focus on the battle!"
The battle starts and the front line is immediately surrounded by the horde of goblins and orcs. I manage to inspect a few of the goblins and orcs during the chaos. The goblins are level 6, and the orcs are level 7.
"Wow, wasn't this supposed to be a farming dungeon?" I imagine myself being surrounded by the horde and being torn to shreds. I shudder. "Even with the champion's buff, I don't think I would last very long if I were in the Bald Sage's position." It's still very weird to say this name aloud.
What surprises me is that, even without me or my mobs intervening so far, he's managing the fight quite well. The revenant, with the champion's buff, takes very little damage from the enemies.
But what is impressive are the two specters. I inspected them before, and they manage to shut the whole horde down with only two skills: Draining Touch and Etherealness.
Draining Touch - Lv 2 (Active skill)
Cost: 20 EP and 20 MPReduce the target's HP by (2 + 0,5 * SPI) and heal by 50% of the HP reduced.
Perfect Drain: Increase the heal to 100% of the HP reduced.
Etherealness - Lv 2 (Innate passive skill)Receive 50% less damage from non-elemental attacks.
UpgradesIce Soul: Negate all ice damage you receive, but increase damage from all other elements by 20%.
Even if the goblins and orcs don't stop attacking, the specters barely take any damage. And when the damage starts to accumulate, they use Draining Touch and 'Bam!' full HP again!
And meanwhile, the skeletons keep shooting arrows from far away, eliminating the enemies that get low HP from the Ice Aura.
Ricard is incredibly prepared for this dungeon. Unlike me. Shame on me! But I won't fall behind any more than what I have already fallen!
The battle has developed to the point where most goblins are at 1 HP, and the orc's innate skill has already triggered. One orc and three goblins are already dead, their corpses being stepped on by their comrades. The remaining pesky goblins are still alive because Ricard's Eternal Chill makes it so that the enemies can't die from the Ice Aura.
"I'm coming! Please don't kill the two remaining orcs!" I say as I run towards the melee taking place in front of me.
I cast Chain Lightning. As usual, the lightning strikes the first goblin and immediately jumps to the closest one. Then it continues to jump until it has already hit all the enemies, which are all clumped together. But things start to turn crazy due to the Shared Voltage skill.
Because they are very low on health, every time that the Chain Lightning strikes an enemy, it triggers the Shared Voltage skill and creates another lightning streak, effectively multiplying the amount of lighting chains. By the time the original Chain Lightning disappears, for each enemy, there is an extra lighting streak that keeps jumping between the enemies, stunning them again, triggering Shared Voltage again, and again, and AGAIN. They are locked in a never-ending stunning lightning chain.
Now, the whole battlefield looks like a lightning field, the electricity jumping from one enemy to another without stopping.
I must save this replay and upload a new video called 'Everlasting Lightning Chain'. This is too good and crazy to not save the replay, because… with a single cast of the Chain Lightning skill, I managed to permanently stun eight enemies. And I'm sure that if another enemy came close enough to the lightning chain, it would join the ranks.
"Wow! I can't see the amount of damage accumulated in the Shared Voltage triggers… but I'm sure that if I could add all of it into a single attack, it would deal more than 1.000 damage! Hahaha!" I say, exhilarated. "Leave four of the goblins alive, too. I'm going to capture them. You can kill the rest if you want!" I say.
"Ok. Then I'll kill them right away!" Ricard says in response.
After managing to capture two orcs and four goblins in only the first battle, we proceed to move forward.
"Hahaha! Already have half of my objective in only the first battle! I'm looking forward to seeing what else I can capture!" I merrily say.
"Aha… Good for you." Ricards talks in an indifferent tone. But then suddenly his expression and tone change and he says. "See what I was telling you? It's thanks to me that you got so many bodies! Now, praise me! Praise me and call me your master! You need to respect your teacher and superior!"
Please spare me from talking about this again…