Luke saw notification passing by at his side
Greater Experience Gained by killing an enemy of higher level X3
You Level UP!
Swiping away the notifications, he went for the mace which had now fallen on the ground clearly not being stuck on the dead body because the dead body of the zombie had already disappeared in white light.
"Ha! Not even a single drop at all "said Luke while sighing.
Luke went for the broken sword next because that sword still has 1 durability left which can be used in crucial times, like it did now. As soon as Luke bent down and his hand gripped the handle of the blade, he felt strong wave air passing above him, looking up while being in the same position he saw two trees that were standing in front of him had a 5 inch deep cut mark on their trunk.
Luke from the same position instantly rolled away 3 times to get to the nearby tree to find cover because he did not know the number of enemy he was fighting and they can attack him while he was turning around looking for them leaving gap in his defense.
Luke peeked while hiding behind the tree within the tree's cover, Who was his enemy? who managed to leave such a deep scar on the trunk of the tree because if Luke was standing, he would certainly be long dead from that attack which was aimed at him and with sheer luck he managed to escape his death because he was picking up his fallen sword.
Luke's HP Bar was also below 30% due to the attack of zombie from back then and he was still not 100% sure of surviving such attack even at full health.
Luke saw his enemy which was an undead holding a long sword in his hand, the undead has a green colored fire flickering in place of the normal hollow eyes and since the undead currently stood on the forest's floor means he is different from the undead Luke fought till now.
'Inspect' casted Luke upon the Undead
Undead Swordsman
Grade: Semi-Elite
Level: 15
HP: 350/350
MP:70/100
"Shit! Why is there an Evolved undead in a newly formed undead hunting area marked on the map given by the Adventurer's Guild" cursed Luke inwardly while storing away the broken sword in his Inventory.
"The attack earlier contained the Wind element. Hmm! 'Wind Slash' if I am not wrong, a basic skill of the Elemental Swordsman Class(a advancement of the Swordsman Class) used for compressing wind elemental mana in the air, around the sword and slashing the sword will release the compressed mana dealing damage to enemies within the range till the wind loses its force." thought Luke while pondering about the attack from earlier.
Luke was currently taking cover behind a tree around 20 to 25 meters away from undead swordsman.
"He is not blatantly charging at me and waiting for me to make a move means, he contains some intelligence and that Semi-Elite Grade is not a lie after all. This could be seen in another way because even though he is a Semi-Elite, he should not contain more than 1 skills because only Elites have 2 to 4 skills depending on their evolution process and other factors. His skill 'Wind Slash' can only be used 2 more times based on his remaining Mana and the skill should must be on cooldown now" thought Luke while peeking at the Undead.
Luke was continuously thinking about his chances to win against the Undead Swordsman because he still has not gotten a single good piece of loot in his hand even after hunting for about 1/4th of the day and this Semi-Elite did have an increased chances of dropping loot.
The category of Monsters as per the grades in the world of Avernus are:
1. Common (such as Slimes, Horned Rabbits, Normal Undead, etc. monsters that Luke have encountered till now are all under common grade)
2. Elite
3. Rare
4. Rare Elite
5. Bosses
6. Hidden Bosses
7. Area Bosses (Monster boss of a specific area)
8. Raid Bosses (Monsters who with lucky encounters have managed to evolved themselves above their limits).
9. World Bosses (Raid Boss who have not been defeated over a specific period of time and the monster has managed to became even stronger to pose a threat to the Continent are titled as 'World Boss').
10. ??? (A/N:A small spoiler that there is something stronger than the World Boss in the category of Monsters).
Note: 1. Among the grade there are monsters with type such as Mutant or Variant. A Mutant happens when a bloodline of two monsters mixes giving birth to a stronger one who possess the abilities of both the bloodlines and new abilities from the mixture. While a Variant is a entirely new set of Development in an existing Bloodline.
2. Every grade above Elite Grade has 100% chances of dropping loot. While the Elite grade has about 65% to 70% chance and common grade being mere 10%.
"I can defeat him surely, If I somehow manage to take away his greatest strength" thought Luke while finalizing the plan that came to his mind.
Taking his Lyre out of the Inventory while hanging the mace at the waist belt. Luke waited for about 30 seconds. Then calling 'Sound Healing' he played a Lyre and began running from his hiding spot to behind another tree while closing the distance between him and the monster.
The skill was used by Luke increase his HP because the undead has not evolved that much that a sound can distract him.
Luke looked at the monster while running and saw that he was slowly moving towards him closing the distance between them and was still not going for the skill which should have been off cooldown during the time Luke waited.
Luke hiding behind the second tree thought "Looks like I have to provoke him to use the skill".
Luke ran towards the third tree this time calling 'Mana Wave' and playing his Lyre. The released wave hit the monster and due to Inspect skill now being at Level 3 he can see the damage he dealt to monsters which shows on top of their heads for a second
[-10]
Luke hiding behind the tree muttered what is to be expected "My skill deals a damage of around 26 per wave but due to the level difference it got diminished to mere 10 but still I managed to achieve what I wanted"
Luke while peeking behind the third tree saw that the sword in the hand of the Undead was slowly shining green in color indicating that Undead Swordsman was charging the skill being angered from Luke's attack.
"The next time I run I will have my life betted upon that run" muttered Luke with a slight smile appearing on his face clearly, he was enjoying such scenario. Yep, Luke personality had two traits cold headed and war-junkie.
Luke ran towards the next tree while focusing on his normal hearing as much as he can, because either being a Bard Class who is close to music and have a good hearing or a hidden effect of 'Sound of All' passive skill, he clearly heard the sound of sword slashing the empty air, he rolled on the floor at the right time dodging away the 'Wind Slash' aimed at him, getting up he fired another 'Mana Wave' trying to decrease the monster HP even by a bit while charging towards the Undead Swordsman.
[-9]
A damage lower than the previous one popped above the monsters head but Luke not waiting for the number of the damage because no matter of how much the damage the skill it was not even near to enough to kill the monster.
Luke while charging towards the monster with equipped the mace in his hands while the Lyre went into his Inventory.