"Human?"
"No, just an undead creature that looks like a human."
Su Mu was momentarily stunned when he saw the figure.
It was a shadow cloaked in tattered black robes, but beneath the torn fabric, some rotting flesh wriggled weakly.
Or rather, what remained of a skeleton frame was barely holding up the black-robed monster's body.
Though it looked like a flickering candle in the wind, Su Mu sensed a threat far beyond the Crimson Boar King.
Most importantly, the system identified it not as a boss, but as an elite monster —
an elite so powerful it was hard to imagine how many times stronger it was than the Crimson Boar King boss.
Even Su Mu was surprised after glancing at its stats:
[Necromancer: Blackblade]
[Level: 15 Elite Monster]
[Traits: Ambush Blade, Undead Resurrection, Self-Healing, Crimson Counter.]
[Note: Ambush Blade can strike any enemy within range — please be extremely cautious.]
[Within its casting range, all undead creatures have a chance to resurrect — make sure to finish them off in time.]
[Thanks to self-healing, this enemy has a very thick health bar.]
[Crimson Counter means all Crimson attribute equipment and skills are suppressed.]
[Description: Once attempted to assassinate Crimson, but was severely wounded and has since hidden in this water cave, never daring to venture outside again.]
Reading this long attribute list, Su Mu took a deep breath.
You call this an elite monster?
Su Mu felt this thing could probably defeat three Crimson Boar Kings without breaking a sweat.
Forget the Crimson Boar King.
At first, Su Mu thought the Crimson Boar King was a boss, but now it seemed like just a training dummy.
He had slacked off when dealing with the Crimson Boar King in the morning, and now he'd have to make up for it against this monster.
The name and description also caught Su Mu's attention:
[Necromancer: Blackblade]
[Once attempted to assassinate Crimson.]
This undead obviously had a story.
Su Mu decided to call it Blackblade for now.
Necromancer seemed to be a major monster class, and Blackblade was one of the elite members within it.
While Su Mu studied Blackblade, the creature seemed to move its stiffened body beneath the black robes.
"Human? Why?"
"Why are there still humans in this world?"
"What happened outside?"
A voice, almost human in tone, echoed from Blackblade's mouth.
Su Mu was stunned.
This was the first monster he had met that could actually speak.
If Su Mu guessed correctly, the world must be automatically translating languages.
So people from all over could communicate fluently via the world chat.
In this world, it was only a matter of time before some high-IQ monsters could talk with humans.
Still, hearing Blackblade speak human words was shocking.
"Forget it. Human is human."
"Plan or no plan, the responsibility must continue."
The voice sounded like it came from a gloomy underworld.
Then, from beneath the black robes, Blackblade slowly pulled out a long blade.
"Maybe you really are strong — stronger than any boss I've seen."
"But you're an undead creature!"
Undead meant it would be countered by the Demonbreaker Crossbow.
The reason Su Mu had to fire several bolts at the Crimson Boar King was because it wasn't undead and had thick, tough flesh.
Dealing with Blackblade wouldn't be that troublesome.
Even though it was level 15, Su Mu's Demonbreaker Crossbow was now upgraded.
One bolt should be enough to take down Blackblade.
But when Su Mu fired his bolt, Blackblade swung its blade like a scepter.
Suddenly, a Skeleton Hound emerged from the ground to block the attack.
The Demonbreaker Crossbow had a piercing effect, especially at level 3, and Su Mu was level 3 as well.
Even if Blackblade summoned the Skeleton Hound as a shield, the bolt would pierce through and hit Blackblade.
But clearly, that wasn't the only trick Blackblade had.
It swung its blade again like a scepter, and a big-headed Skeleton fish appeared, taking the bolt for Blackblade this time.
"So that's what the Necromancer class does — uses undead minions as bullet shields?"
Su Mu wasn't surprised that his attacks were blocked.
If a level 15 Blackblade could be easily one-shot by the Demonbreaker Crossbow, that would be unbelievable.
"Dangerous thing."
"If Crimson had this, the whole plan would fail."
"It must be destroyed."
Watching the bolts that posed a strong threat, Blackblade swung its blade again.
The shattered skeletons began to assemble, forming a Skeleton Lizard in front of Su Mu.
Su Mu checked the Skeleton Lizard's level — only 6, nothing to worry about.
What Su Mu cared about more was the lingering willpower in Blackblade.
He casually launched an attack, but Blackblade instantly started complaining.
That made this tricky monster much easier to deal with for Su Mu.
"Sometimes, intelligence can actually be a disadvantage."
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