Chapter 148: Basic Hammer-series Skills
The high priest’s search for the two was still ongoing. For Xiao Lin and Lilith, although the battle process has become a little easier, they were on the run every single day and had to keep their guard up for any possible attacks.
The scope of the city was not large and there was no city gate. After a few days, the two of them stood on the edge of the city. They looked at the towering city walls but did not have the slightest intention of leaving because of the endless gray storms outside the solid city walls. They went on throughout the day without a moment of cessation, and the billowing storm was like a chaotic black hole, especially during the day. Any person or object that accidentally came into contact with it would be swallowed instantly.
However, the storm was limited to outside the city walls, as those walls were engraved with densely-packed strange runes. The runes shone in a gray light, the force which protected the city from the storm.
Xiao Lin and Lilith could only return to the central area of the city. They took advantage of the night to circ.u.mvent the enemy forces, seizing the skeleton soldiers’ slumber to go deep into the hinterland. That way, the skeleton soldiers had to search the whole city again after waking up during the day.
It was a game of hide-and-seek. For Lilith, she enjoyed the fighting process every single time. What she felt was, without a doubt, enjoyment. After days of interacting with her, Xiao Lin had a more intuitive understanding of the legendary Demon Queen. In a nutsh.e.l.l, she had a mad love for fighting.
Lilith’s battles were unsystematic, disorderly even. Although she mentioned that she only used her Red Lotus Blade to effectively exert a very strong destructive power against the skeleton soldiers, Xiao Lin did not see it in action during the few battles. Lilith’s fighting method was very unique, similar to that seen in the virtual character battle simulation. Through the combination of various skills, she temporarily strengthened herself to achieve a more powerful final blow.
Lilith’s weapon originated from the bracelet on her right wrist, and Xiao Lin guessed that it was some kind of a storage s.p.a.ce.
Lilith was the main fighting force while Xiao Lin wielded a heavy hammer and happily provided support. Most importantly, there was someone covering for him in front, so he did not need to draw any more of the dragon power, using only a very limited amount each time for strengthening. His main purpose was to train the hammer to master the skills, and at the same time, he monitored the surrounding streets and warned Lilith if he discovered other skeleton soldiers approaching.
When Lilith finally had her hands full, she immediately used her Red Lotus Blade to end the battle as quickly as possible. If the number of skeleton soldiers exceeded the amount she could withstand, Xiao Lin no longer worried about saving the dragon power. He would then release a power equivalent to that of the real golden dragon.
Two or three skeleton squads could be dispatched with ease under the combined effort of their combat strength. They then quickly left the streets before the other squads surrounded them.
After several occasions, Xiao Lin even began to feel a little happy.
“The ancient Thunder Kingdom’s high priest clearly has no understanding of what guerrilla warfare is. I think we can take advantage of this,” Xiao Lin had a simple exchange with Lilith when they rested. Although the girl could speak fluent Chinese, she did not understand ‘guerrilla warfare’.
“The essence of guerrilla warfare is that we retreat when the enemy advances, we sabotage when the enemy is at rest, we fight when the enemy is exhausted, and we attack when the enemy retreats.” For Xiao Lin, who had been brainwashed by anti-j.a.panese dramas despite being an otaku, had a good cursory grasp of that theory.
Lilith thought about it calmly for a moment and said in earnestness, “No. The undead creatures don’t get tired. The feature of undead creatures is that their individual combat power is low, but they come in huge numbers and are tireless like machines.”
Xiao Lin cleared his throat awkwardly. “Basically, our tactic is to delay time. It’s impossible for us to kill the entire skeleton army.”
Based on a calculation of killing 10 to 20 skeletons each day, the number would only total up to a few thousand a year. There are tens of thousands of skeletons in each legion, and no one knew how many legions were present in the entire city.
As for when things would finally come to an end, Xiao Lin did his best to focus on the hammer training instead of dwelling on that issue. The hammer had higher requirements for arm strength and strength in general, and if not for the dragon power’s influence, he would find it absolutely difficult to even swing it.
Relatively speaking however, using the Slashing with the hammer increased its power even more shockingly. At full strength, he was able to smash a big hole right in the chest of a skeleton.
Battles of that sort lasted for nearly a month, and time pa.s.sed faster than imagined. Xiao Lin even wondered how many hours a day there were in The Final Land. Since there was no clear concept of time, he started counting how many times the blood moon showed up in order to judge whether a month had pa.s.sed.
Xiao Lin had just mastered the Holy Light Blessing a day prior. The skill was not difficult to learn, as long as the basic learning requirements were met. After observing a few key movements repeatedly used by Lilith, he gradually figured out the principle behind it, and was able to master the skills quickly after repeated attempts.
When he lifted the hammer high and was blessed by the light, Lilith showed yet another look of surprise.
It took a month for him to upgrade his Basic Hammer skills to LV4. To be more precise, less than a month, because Xiao Lin spent a lot of time studying the Holy Light Blessing too.
Xiao Lin had never expected that his daily high-intensity combat, coupled with the pa.s.sive effect of the Academic Genius talent, allowed him to master the new basic weapon skill so quickly.
On that matter, Lilith simply said ‘very interesting’ to express her feelings. The fighting madwoman only said that after nearly a month or so.
Xiao Lin’s basic combat strength was very poor and he was well aware of that. Whenever he encountered a skeleton soldier, Lilith would often tell him to move aside. In nicer terms, it was for his safety, but if one were to be direct, he was actually a hindrance because his strength was too low.
There was only one occasion when they accidentally encountered more than four teams of skeleton soldiers and Xiao Lin had to use the dragon power. That made Lilith look at him a little differently. Later, Xiao Lin asked whether Lilith knew the reason why his attributes increased with the dragon power, as he still did not understand why the golden dragon that could be summoned in the past had suddenly disappeared.
Lilith thought about it for a long time, but said with regret, “It looks like I can’t fight your golden dragon.”
Xiao Lin was speechless. That lunatic was still thinking about fighting his golden dragon! Notwithstanding the lack of means to summon it, he would not allow her to do so, even if it could be summoned, because the dragon power was steadily decreasing.