Skeleton Mage

The bronze treasure chest sat quietly in a dark recess at the corner of the mine, most of its body shrouded in darkness, making it virtually unnoticeable unless one looked closely.

Jiang Yan was able to spot it at a glance because there was an exclamation mark above the bronze treasure chest, like a firefly in the dark, making it hard to miss!

only……

Jiang Yan stared at the exclamation mark on the bronze treasure chest, where a line of text appeared: "Treasure chest containing bronze equipment requires a key of bronze grade or higher to open!"

"Dude, are you kidding me?!"

Jiang Yan spent almost half an hour getting here, and you're telling me he needs a key to open the box?!

Fuck you!

Jiang Yan couldn't help but step forward and kick the box.

The box remained completely still.

you are vicious!

Jiang Yan thought for a moment, then immediately opened the game forum and searched for bronze treasure chests and bronze-level keys.

Yet, out of tens of millions of posts, not a single one mentioned the Bronze Treasure Chest!

"Could it be that the bronze treasure chest was hidden too well, and the beta testers in China didn't find it, or they found it but kept it a secret?" Jiang Yan thought for a moment and felt that the latter possibility was more likely.

After closing the forum, Jiang Yan stared at the bronze treasure chest, wondering where to find the bronze key.

After hesitating for more than ten seconds, Jiang Yan decisively turned around and left.

He couldn't give up the entire forest just because of a bronze treasure chest. The magic equipment in the second mine on the left was still waiting for him to get, and the bronze BOSS mutated tiger king in the western forest was still waiting for him to kill. He couldn't waste his time here!

Jiang Yan returned along the same route, and after exiting the third mine on the right, immediately entered the second mine on the left.

The environment of the second mine on the left is almost identical to that of the third mine on the right, except that the direction of the branch tunnels is slightly different.

Moreover, along the way in, not a single poisonous rat or bat could be seen; instead, mining players were everywhere.

Holding a bronze staff, dressed in a magical leather coat and a tiger cloak, Jiang Yan attracted the attention of many mining players as he went.

"Bro, where did you get your gear?"

"Hey bro, wanna team up? I can help you lure the mobs!"

"Big brother, I'm a priest. I can heal you, and I'll give you all the ore I've mined. Can you help me level up?"

The constant attempts to flirt with Jiang Yan were incredibly annoying, so he quickened his pace and, following the hidden information at the fork in the road, ran straight towards the location of the mining accident.

Most players were disappointed to see Jiang Yan run away, but they didn't say much and just continued mining. However, some players were greedy and couldn't help but follow him. The number of them kept increasing and soon there were seventy or eighty people!

At first, they followed stealthily, but seeing that they outnumbered Jiang Yan, their confidence swelled to an unbridled degree, and they charged at him without any attempt to conceal their intentions.

"Bro, can I borrow your gear for a bit?"

"Brother, can I borrow a couple of silver coins to spend?"

"Hey bro, is your gear bronze? It looks pretty good. How about you sell it to me for a discount?"

They shouted and yelled, their arrogance was rampant, and their eyes gleamed with greed, as if they wanted to devour Jiang Yansheng alive!

Jiang Yan sneered, but continued to increase his speed.

The two sides chased each other for more than half an hour. After turning more than twenty bends, the mine ahead suddenly opened up, forming a huge enclosed space.

The space was about the size of a football field, filled with huge, strange rocks that had fallen from the collapsed area. Torches were burning around it, but the light was dim and could only faintly illuminate the space.

"This is it." After entering, Jiang Yan looked around warily, but did not find a single skeleton.

But the hidden information in the mine is definitely correct!

Jiang Yan leaned against the wall and slowly went deeper.

At this moment, the seventy or eighty players who had been chasing him also arrived. They were overjoyed to see this huge enclosed space!

"Could that be the magic gear that dropped from monsters here?"

"I was wondering why there were no monsters in this one of the nine mines; they were all hiding here!"

"Damn, there are no monsters here."

"It definitely hasn't refreshed yet! Just wait."

"How about we get rid of that guy first?"

"Let's put aside whether it's clear or not, brothers, do you still remember the way you came?"

"Damn, this mine is so winding and twisting, who can remember it all?"

"It's okay, we'll just camp outside from now on, and follow him as soon as he comes in!"

"That's right, hahaha, brothers, this time it's finally our turn to get rich!!"

The loud noises echoed back and forth in the enclosed space, as if awakening a sleeping demon. Accompanied by a tooth-grinding thud of bones colliding, hundreds of skeletons quickly crawled out from the ground!

"Something's weird... Damn, it's a skeleton?!"

"A level 6 skeleton? I'm only level 2, and you expect me to fight a level 6 one?"

"We outnumber them... Damn, why are there so many skeletons here?!"

"Brothers, run!!"

Seventy or eighty people ran back as fast as they could, but unfortunately, these skeletons were not ordinary skeletons!

Skeleton Mage: lv7

Health: 900

Skills: Dark Fireball (a variant of Fireball that deals significant burst damage), Resist Fire Ring (can forcibly push away nearby targets).

That's right, the skeletons here are all ranged mage-type attackers. No matter how fast a player runs, they can't outrun a skeleton mage's Dark Fireball!

Boom boom boom...

In an instant, hundreds of dark fireballs engulfed them. Amidst mournful howls, they were annihilated in a flash, vanishing in seventy or eighty streaks of white light!

"roar!"

"drink!!"

The skeleton mage roared in protest, then wandered aimlessly around the enclosed mine.

Jiang Yan hid behind the strange rock, secretly relieved that he had hidden himself as soon as he came in, otherwise that wave of fireballs would have hit him on the head.

After waiting for a few minutes, Jiang Yan silently poked his head out from the strange rock to observe the skeleton mage.

At this moment, the skeleton mages had scattered in twos and threes, and those closest to Jiang Yan were already within his attack range.

Although the Skeleton Mage is a higher level than the Skeleton Warrior, he doesn't have as much health. Jiang Yan's current critical hit damage is 1140, so he can easily take down the Skeleton Mage in one hit.

Without further hesitation, Jiang Yan immediately began chanting a lightning spell.

One second later, a brilliant bolt of lightning tore through the dim space and struck the skeleton mage on the head with a loud bang.

-1140!

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing the Skeleton Mage, who is of a higher level. Experience +150]

The crimson critical strike instantly killed the skeleton mage, dropping a piece of equipment that emitted a white glow.

"The equipment dropped!!" Jiang Yan was overjoyed when he saw the white light, but he resisted the urge to rush out!

Because the lightning spell had just been cast, it had attracted the attention of the nearby skeleton mages, who were now clattering and crawling toward him.

"One, two, three, four..." Jiang Yan counted, there were five in total.

Fight!

After the cooldown ended, Jiang Yan and the others hid behind the strange rocks again and began chanting lightning spells.

boom!

-1140

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing the Skeleton Mage, who is of a higher level. Experience +150]

Under the crimson critical strike damage, another skeleton mage was instantly killed, but this time only two silver coins were dropped!

"roar!!"

At this moment, the other four skeleton mages had already locked onto Jiang Yan's location and swung their bone staffs to throw four dark fireballs at him!

These fireballs, about the size of basketballs and completely black, resembling hellfire, struck the strange rocks in front of Jiang Yan and caused violent explosions!

Amidst the flying debris, the strange rock in front of Jiang Yan was on the verge of shattering, and at the same time, his skill cooldown ended!

"Lightning Bolt!"

boom!

-1140!

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing the Skeleton Mage, who is of a higher level. Experience +150]

The massive crimson critical hit took down another skeleton mage. Jiang Yan didn't even have time to see what it dropped before he quickly retreated and moved to a different position.

The next instant, three dark fireballs landed on the spot where he had just been, blasting the broken boulder to smithereens!