Rioneed: VRMMORPG
Chapter 81: Village Stele Test part 2

That skill was really helpful. Although it wouldn't add any stats to his Strength or Attack but it made him evade any target defense. That meant he would deal 1000 damage to his enemy even he was in level 400.

The second most important point was that this skill was a passive skill. That meant it would be active all the time without any CD. That also meant that he could use any other skill with it.

That was incredible. He pictured some of the most ordinary swordsman class skills that he could turn into overpowered skills using this passive skill. He regretted he wasn't a pure swordsman. He took the stele out of his Inventory then he said in a loud voice:

"I choose to learn the skill."

He used this way as he noticed this game used the loud voice to issue orders. He immediately felt warmth in his body. He had learned the skill.

He checked his profile page and found the skill was already there. It was also active as it was a passive skill. Ibro was now ready to start his hunt in the jungle. He took out his sword and moved straight into the jungle.

'Dronil, can you use your scout ability here?'

'Yes, I can.'

'What about other abilities?'

'I can still use them.'

'That's good. Tell me, can I use my Rune Master profession here?'

'Sorry, it's locked by the game.'

'I feared that too. Ok, I have already many good cards up my sleeve. It's ok if I lost one or two cards of my own.'

Ibro then looked at the tall trees that were blocking his way forward. This jungle was very dense as the trees were related together with uncountable green branches. Ibro held his sword and muttered:

"When I finally got a sword, I use it to cut trees, how ironic!"

He couldn't move forward one step without striking down these branches. Every hit from his sword was enough to cut all the branches in front of him.

While moving forward he had instructed Dronil to scout the road for him. He wanted to replace the highest grade monster in this place. Also, he wanted to observe the nature of this game.

After a few hundred meters he met his first monster. After observation of this monster, he concluded there was no big difference between this game and Rioneed game according to monsters.

From his judgment, he thought this monkey-like monster would be an Elite one. He knew he could kill it with two or three strikes most. That would be a waste for his god-like skill.

He needed a stronger monster. He evaded this monster from far. That was the credit of Dronil. After a few more encounters with weak monsters, Ibro finally met a worthy opponent.

'I believe this monster will be a hard target for you Ibro.'

Ibro looked to that huge monster with nearly three floors height.

It was like a giant gorilla with more six pairs of extra hands. Ibro felt threatened by this monster. Was this a level1 monster? That was a crazy monster!

'What do you think its grade would be?'

'I don't know, such a monster must be at least legendary grade or even a platinum grade monster.'

'They may have another classification for monsters here.'

'I'm talking about the grading system I know.'

'Let's hunt it down.'

'You are insane. Anyway, let's hope it didn't have any lethal skill.'

Ibro didn't bother Dronil's comment. He wanted to try his new skill on this monster. He didn't feel afraid, but rather thrilled. That monster was sitting nearly one kilometer away from him.

The whole area around him was devoid of any obstacles at all. It seemed like that monster was inviting him to enter its turf. Ibro didn't make his excitement cloud his mind, as he instructed Dronil:

'I want you to be ready to use your seal function and upgradeability function at any notice.'

He then held his sword and moved straight inside this area.

Once his foot touched the ground, Ibro was noticed at once by this monster. At once that three floors monster stood up from his place to turn into five stories height.

'Ibro I believe we both misread this monster. From his body only I can assure you he is above the platinum grade.'

Ibro felt astonished and asked at once without stopping even for a second in his tracks towards that huge monster:

'Are there any higher grades than Platinum grade?'

'There is quasi mythic and then mythic. I hope this monster is level 2 or level 3 or else it must be a quasi mythic monster.'

'Good, the higher the better.'

'You don't understand. Mythic monsters are called like that because they all have a unique ability.'

'What is it?'

'The ability to revive after being killed! Each monster has a certain number of his extra life! You can't beat this monster, let's retreat.'

'No. you can use your seal function to weaken his abilities.'

'My seal won't last for five minutes on such a monster. I would take another one hour at least to be able to seal it again.'

'How come you need another one hour to seal it?'

'The game added CD option to my functions.'

'You are kidding! Why didn't you tell me before?'

'It seemed irrelevant before.'

Ibro looked at that monster which was still standing in its place without any movement. Ibro thought about it. Would he go back and search for another weaker monster?

But he knew he was in unfair competition in this game. He wasn't the strongest one here. He also didn't have the power of knowledge, by contrary; he knew nothing at all about here.

He had Dronil but what guarantee others didn't own their own advantages too? He felt he was like an ordinary player. This feeling reminded him of the old him.

He didn't bother by his lowly place back then but now he felt like he was suffocating. He didn't want to be an ordinary person, these days were gone. He didn't pass through all this to live just like any normal player. He took his decision and said to Dronil:

'What is the CD for your second function?'

'1 minute.'

'That means we have only one chance to use the seal function and I have to stall for one minute to pass to be able to use your upgradeability function. Ok, I will kill it.'

'Are you crazy?'

'Yes, I'm.'

He then moved without any hesitation. This monster was eyeing him like he was seeing an ant. Ibro moved in a big circle around him. That monster's body was covered by thick scales that pulsed with purple color.

Those 7 pairs of hands weren't they for decoration. Ibro guessed if he neared this monster then he each hand would have a different type of weapon or ability.

That meant this battle wasn't attack or defense battle, it was an agility battle. The faster would evade better and would win. The first Ibro thought of was getting more info about that monster.

He missed his observation skills. If he had such skill here he would know how strong that monster was. He wasn't thinking about how thick was this monster blood but he was thinking about the weird ability that Dronil just spoke of.

Ibro didn't dare to attack blindly on such a huge monster, so he used his second-best option, ranged attacks.

'Dronil, I want you to upgrade this rune for me please.'

'Do you want me to upgrade it now or when you throw it.'

'Upgrade it now.'

'As you wish.'

Ibro held one of his Odd runes in his hand. He felt a huge strength was injected into it.

That cold rune turned suddenly to a very hot rock that made Ibro feel pain. He knew he couldn't hold it for so long, but every second counted.

At this moment he knew he underestimated the Endurance stat very much. He should have raised it even a bit. Seconds passed and that monster was still at its place without any movement.

Ibro felt it wasn't concerned by this rune. If he knew how devastating it would be then it might change its mind. Ibro knew this monster had a very terrible defense so he had to raise the power of his rune to cause the desirable effect.

After 30 seconds, Ibro couldn't take it anymore, so he threw that rune towards that monster. It didn't move except his one hand to catch this rune. It thought it was a little toy. Once it caught it the rune exploded at once with a mighty power.