As I looked at the panicked Qingzhu and her helpless expression, I was filled with great anxiety. The Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King had already exceeded my attack range, and my speed was no match for it. I could only watch as the imposing Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King flew towards Qingzhu.
"No!"
My heart cried out. I absolutely could not let Qingzhu get hurt. Suddenly, I felt the "Divine Emperor Art" within me starting to activate. A huge surge of power rushed out, and with my faith as my guide, I vigorously swung the skull blade in my hand towards the fierce Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King.
"Squeak!"
The Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King suddenly let out a pitiful, long wail and fell from the sky with a crash, lying motionless on the cold ground.
I was stunned by the situation before me. What was going on? But just as I was about to figure out the situation, a series of prompts from the system left me dizzy and disoriented.
"Ding! Congratulations to the player for comprehending the advanced skill 'Fierce Strike'. Reward: 100 reputation points and 1000 gold coins."
"Ding! Congratulations to the player 'Stone City' for being the first player in 'King of Glory' to comprehend a skill. Reward: 100 reputation points, 2000 gold coins, and one randomly gifted skill book from the system."
"Ding! Congratulations to the player 'Stone City' for obtaining the skill book 'Knight's Prayer'."
"Ding! Congratulations to 'Stone City' for leveling up. Current level: 28. Health and magic increased by 10, and 5 attribute points can be allocated."
"Ding! Congratulations to the player 'Stone City' for killing the Golden BOSS Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King. Reward: 100 reputation points and 2000 gold coins."
I did it! I successfully killed the Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King. But I didn't have time to check the rewards from the system. I quickly ran to Qingzhu's side.
"Qingzhu, are you okay?"
"Mmm, Stone, I'm okay."
"That was close."
"Stone, with you here, I knew nothing would happen. I'll be safe with you."
Although Qingzhu spoke very softly at the end, because I was right in front of her and staring at her, I heard her words loud and clear. A sense of male pride filled me with enthusiasm. This beautiful and delicate woman, Qingzhu, made me feel so good.
"I'll go and see if that's 'Cloud Root Water', and you go and see what loot the BOSS dropped," I said.
My intense gaze made Qingzhu nervous, and she quickly made up an excuse and turned away from my gaze, heading towards "Cloud Root Water".
"I thought this stone was a good person, but it turns out to be a villain, staring at me so fiercely," Qingzhu complained. But despite her complaint, she didn't get angry. This knight was so audacious, yet she didn't dislike him. Instead, she felt a sweet taste that she had never experienced before.
"Oh," I realized my blunder and embarrassedly rubbed the back of my head, giving Qingzhu a smile and walking towards the corpse of the Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King.
I used the "Gathering Skill" on the corpse of the Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King.
"Ding! Congratulations to player Stone City for collecting a Mid-level Wind Attribute Gallbladder. Your Gathering Skill proficiency has increased."
Mid-level Wind Attribute Gallbladder: A gallbladder that can only be spawned by monsters level 30 and above. It contains energy from monster cultivation and is a mid-level material that can be used to forge weapons and refine medicine.
"Ding! Congratulations to player Stone City for collecting a Bat Fang. Your Gathering Skill proficiency has increased."
Bat Fang: A mid-level material that can be used to forge weapons and has a blood-sucking effect.
Opening the corpse of the Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King, I found a single-handed sword emitting black light, a pet egg, and two Dream Gems.
I was pleasantly surprised to see a pet egg. Looking at the pet ranking list, I realized how rare pets were. I quickly picked it up to take a look.
Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King's pet egg: Originally able to hatch a level 10 Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King, but due to an influence, it did not fully evolve and can now only hatch into an 8th level Three-Winged Dark Gold Bat King.
I was going crazy with frustration. It was probably because I had attacked the Dark Gold Bat King before it had fully evolved, causing the pet egg to be affected and missing out on a level 10 pet. I was super annoyed.
"What's wrong, Stone? You look strange," Qingzhu asked, holding the "Cloud Root Water" in her hand and seeing my peculiar expression.
"Take a look," I handed her the pet egg of the Nine-Winged Dark Gold Bat King.
"You defeated a pet, Stone. How lucky. What kind of pet is it? Let me see," Qingzhu happily took the pet egg from me.
"Nine-winged Dark Golden Bat King, ah, a level ten pet that can only hatch at level eight. It's a pity. Stone, are you lucky or unlucky?" Qingzhu smiled and looked at me, also feeling a bit sorry.
"Depressed. If only I had waited for it to evolve before attacking it, but level eight is not bad either. Luckily, a sword also dropped. Let's see what it does." I took out the one-handed sword that was emitting black light.
Batsword of the Clouds: A black fairy weapon, a one-handed weapon, requires level 30, 30 agility, effects unknown, cannot be applied.
"A fairy weapon? How can there be a fairy weapon? Didn't the system say there are only normal, blue, gold, ghost, and divine equipment? I said in surprise.
"Don't you go to the official website? The fairy weapons were added to the system a few days ago. They are between gold equipment and divine equipment. The ghost equipment is separate. In the future, those strange equipment with attributes will be ghost equipment," Qingzhu looked at me as if she saw an alien.
"Oh, hehe…" I could only laugh foolishly. Isn't it just because I didn't go to the official website? There's no need to look down on me.
"I also got two Dreamstones. Qingzhu, I'll take this Batsword of the Clouds, and you can have the Dreamstones and the pet egg. How about that?" I proposed the distribution of the spoils.
"I don't want it. This is only an eight-level pet, it's too precious. I can't take it," Qingzhu protested upon hearing my proposal and quickly handed me the pet egg.
"Why do I need a sword? I'm not a knight, and these things are what you've earned. They should be yours, not mine," I said, misunderstanding her intentions.
"Beauty, I just helped you complete a task. It's your hidden mission, so these things are at least half yours," Qingzhu corrected me quickly.
"Yeah, you helped me complete the task, and that's already a favor to me. These things should be yours," I said.
"…" What kind of thinking was this?
"But without you, I wouldn't have come here, let alone completed this task. I wouldn't have seen these things either. These things should be yours," I continued.
"…" This was an eight-level pet, and others would fight over it. But here, no one wanted it. If I told someone else, no one would believe it.