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"I hope there's no monsters inside," muttered Yuan Tai as he snuck past the vines and into the cave.
The cave was damp and cold, and there was a light echo in the cave of stuff rattling and some clanking.
'People?'
Yuan Tai began to move slowly and prepared himself to use his Sneak skill. He hadn't used it ever since he received it, nor his other class skills, keeping them at level 1. His plunder skill was at level 3 and his Observe skill was at level 10 after using it on everyone and every item he came across.
"I should focus on them as well," muttered Yuan Tai as he continued moving forward and to the clanking sounds.
Pickaxes!
It was surely the Sound of a pickaxe hitting stone and some minerals. Clearly not the sound a monster would usually make.
The cave was dark, but further ahead was some fire that lit up a small area ahead around a corner.
Carefully inching forward, Yuan Tai peeked around the corner and was shocked by what he saw.
What he saw weren't humans mining, but DWARFS!
Dwarfs are one of those Rare ranked humanoid monsters that are stronger than the average Rare ranked monster.
There isn't much known about humanoid monsters other than the fact that every humanoid monster is in a Frenzy state. It is still unknown if there are humanoid monsters that aren't in a Frenzy state and can hold a conversation.
For now, many Explorers are traveling around every spot of World's Dungeon to find intelligent life forms.
'Dwarfs are still monsters, right? Can I take their skills as well?' Yuan Tai looked at the Dwarf with some hope as he activated his observation on the dwarf.
[Frenzy Dwarf Miner
Rank: Rare
Level: 12
Title: Pickaxe of Mythril (Increased Mining speed and pickaxe strength.)
HP: 1,700
MP: 60
CON: 34
STR: 45
DEX: 38
INT: 3
WIS: 0
Skills: Tier 1 Mining (13/20) , Tier 1 Miner's Intuition (4/20) , Tier 1 Miner's Fortune (1/20) , Tier 1 Mineral Master (6/20), Tier 1 Item Repair (18/20)]
Yuan Tai almost let his soul fly out of his body as he looked at the ridiculous stats of the Dwarf before him. Even the four skills the Dwarf Miner has are each amazing.
Even the title it has is amazing, which he had never seen on a monster before!
'Can I steal it's skills?'
Getting greedy about the monster's skills, Yuan Tai was itching to take one of the Dwarfs' skills.
Clank!
Bu-Bump!
Clank!
Bu-Bump!
Each time the pickaxe of the Dwarf struck the stone, Yuan Tai's heart would speed up.
'I'll risk it!'
Losing his body and getting ready to sprint, Yuan Tai took a deep breath and activated his Stealth the instant he ran out.
Whether it was luck or expected, Yuan Tai's stealth skill even muffled his footsteps and made him invisible. It was as if he had become an assassin.
All Yuan Tai needed was one small touch to take one of the skills! Just one touch and he can run back to wait for the stealth and plunder skill Cooldowns to end.
Plunder Successful!
[Gained Miner's Fortune Skill!]
[Skill Cooldown: 15 seconds.]
Quickly running back to the corner to wait for the Skill Cooldowns to end, Yuan Tai checked the information of the Skill he just took.
[Miner's Fortune
- x% of mined mineral doubling. (x = 2 * level of skill)]
'This is a cheat Skill!'
Yuan Tai looked at the skill with shock, amazed at its peculiarity. He even went as far as to wonder whether one day the minerals won't double but rather triple or even multiply by ten.
Holding back his greedy urges, Yuan Tai steadied his breath and calmed his mind.
'I can't think of that right now. I need to deal with this Dwarf Miner first.'
Looking at the Cooldown of the Stealth Skill, Yuan Tai only needed to wait a couple of seconds for it.
After waiting, Yuan Tai ran back to the Dwarf Miner using not only the Stealth and Plunder skills, but also the Increased Speed skill.
[Stealth level up!]
[Level 2 Stealth!]
With the Stealth skill leveling up, Yuan Tai can last a whole ten seconds longer in stealth mode. A second was also shaved off the Cooldown, making it only 29 seconds.
After arriving before the Dwarf Miner, Yuan Tai took one of it's other skills, Tier 1 Level 18, Item Repair.
[Gained Item Repair skill!]
[Cooldown 15 seconds…]
Before Yuan Tai began going back to the Dwarf Miner once again to take one of it's skills, Yuan Tai pulled out the Black Steel Pickaxe and repaired it with his newly acquired skill.
[Item Repaired!]
[90% Durability Recovered!]
[Black Steel Pickaxe
Durability: 9,237 / 10,000
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Nodding at the amazing effects of the skill Item Repair, Yuan Tai wondered about the skill's effects in the following Tiers.
'I must first get stronger!'
Yuan Tai turned to look at the Dwarf Miner with a resolute gaze as he put away the pickaxe into his inventory.
'I must take the other skills…' thought Yuan Tai.
Activating Stealth and making use of the passive Increase Speed, Yuan Tai rushed over to the Dwarf Miner and repeated his previous actions two more times until the Dwarf Miner only had a single skill left.
Yuan Tai successfully Plundered four skills and was looking at the level four Plunder which allowed him to steal skills from those two meters away from him. He no longer needed to touch to steal skills, which was great since there are rumors about some monsters not having physical bodies.
As long as his Observe Skill can read the skills of the monsters, he can freely steal them.
'One more skill and I can start looking for a way to kill this Dwarf Miner,' thought Yuan Tai as he prepared to use his level three Stealth and his recently leveled up Increased Speed Skill, now level 14.