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Chapter 45: Epic Plot Instance
Chapter 45: Epic Plot Instance
Indeed, the saying "a good man needs three helpers" holds true.
With the continuous stacking of numerous Bloodthirsty Goblins, the powerful Undead Knight was eventually overwhelmed and defeated.
The remaining Skeletons and Zombies, having lost the support and defense buffs from the Undead Knight, became completely helpless and were quickly dispatched by the Bloodthirsty Goblins.
[A Glorious Victory, You Gained 122,100 Experience Points]
[You Lost 16 Bloodthirsty Goblins]
[You Looting the Area, You Obtained]
[Common Resources:]
[Special Resources:]
[Gold × 400,000]
[Points × 40,000]
[You Obtained a Golden Treasure Chest (Hero)]
[You Completed the Advancement Quest, Your Lord Talent Has Undergone an Ascension]
"Me!!!"
Qin Muye barely managed to hold back his expletives. He realized that he did not receive the 122,100 experience points, but the advancement quest was completed.
That wasn't the main issue; the main issue was that Bloodthirsty Goblin, with 74,000 experience points, directly leveled up from level 9 to level 13, without getting stuck at level 10 like Qin Muye. Additionally, Evil Tongue also leveled up from level 5 to level 11.
In other words, he was the only one stuck at level 10.
Clearly, due to the quest judgment, the campaign was completed first, then the experience points were credited, and finally, the advancement quest was marked as completed. However, when the experience points were credited, Qin Muye's experience points were locked, causing them to be wasted.
He had considered finding a wild monster to grind, but unfortunately, there were no wild monsters left in the area, making it impossible to grind.
Fortunately, for Qin Muye, experience points were the cheapest resource. He noticed that the two goblins had only needed 74,000 experience points to surpass him, so it would be easy to level up again next week.
Now, he naturally needed to check his Lord Talent.
[Learning Ability: Gain an additional 100% experience points when obtaining experience]
[Academic Research: +5 Knowledge per level]
"Damn? Sigh~ Just 120,000 experience points, I don't need them!"
Looking at his talents, his Knowledge attribute was directly boosted by 40 points, bringing it up to 61 points.
The Academic Research talent did not grant 1 point of Knowledge per level-up; instead, it added 1 point per level, currently at 5 points. This was a passive skill, increasing with each level-up. If his level dropped, his Knowledge attribute would also drop.
Both talents had undergone a qualitative and terrifying transformation, making his learning and research abilities extremely powerful.
No wonder his Scholar profession seemed so lackluster; it was because his talents needed to grow.
"Then, how strong are the talents of the Lords on the leaderboard who have undergone two talent ascensions?"
Other Lords' talents were likely not all supportive like Qin Muye's.
He then turned his attention to Bloodthirsty Goblin and Evil Tongue. Besides their attribute increases, the most important part was their skills.
Bloodthirsty Goblin, having leveled up 4 times, gained 4 skills.
[Intermediate Resistance: Reduce 10% of received magical debuffs and damage]
[Intermediate Pathfinding: Reduce 20% of terrain movement penalties]
[Basic Logistics: Increase hero's land movement by 10%]
[Intermediate Logistics: Increase hero's land movement by 20%]
These four skills directly upgraded all his existing skills to the intermediate level.
Evil Tongue was similar, but he leveled up 6 times, gaining 6 skills.
[Intermediate Wisdom: Allow the learning of level 4 magic]
[Basic Necromancy: 10% of enemy units killed in battle become Skeletons on your side]
[Intermediate Necromancy: 20% of enemy units killed in battle become Skeletons on your side]
[Intermediate Wisdom: Hero's magic points cap increases by 20%]
[Basic Archery: Ranged units +10% damage]
[Intermediate Archery: Ranged units +20% damage]
Evil Tongue had learned the necromancy skill that Qin Muye had been longing for, which meant he would now have undead laborers at his disposal. However, he soon realized that the Red Wind Plains were entirely populated by undead creatures, with no living beings to use necromancy on. But it didn't matter; he would eventually find a use for it.
"Seems like 1st and 2nd tier skills only go up to intermediate and don't have advanced versions?"
Despite leveling up so much, no advanced skills had appeared. If they had, Bloodthirsty Goblin and Evil Tongue would have chosen them immediately.
[Lord/Scholar LV10 (0/17500)]
[Bloodthirsty Goblin LV13 (1360/28784)]
[Evil Tongue LV11 (5400/20600)]
The experience was not much, but the problem was the lack of wild monsters to grind, especially since his territory was relatively safe. Unfortunately, the resources were insufficient.
Qin Muye asked Bloodthirsty Goblin to open the Golden Treasure Chest for him, as he was too unlucky to do it himself.
Besides the resources and a class change token, there was one reward he found a bit confusing.
[Epic Plot Instance Scroll]
[Usage: Enter a random plot instance, complete tasks to receive rewards, Consumption: 24 hours]
He knew about instances and plots, but the combination of the two made him a bit anxious. It reminded him of script games from his previous life. However, marked as epic, it was definitely a valuable item, and he could use it, unlike the Elven Spider Queen class change token, which he couldn't. This one had rewards, too.
"I'll wait until tomorrow to see what new activities are available before using it. After all, this is 24 hours of time."
Once used, he would skip a day, although his territory would function the same with or without him. However, he was the goblins' spiritual pillar and leader, so even if he was weak, he was still the Lord.
There was also a rare class change token called the Nightmare Knight.
[Nightmare Knight Class Change Token (Rare)]
[Class Change Requirement: Elf]
This was better than the Elven Spider Queen class change token, at least in terms of the requirement being an elf without gender restrictions.
Well, it was still a waste, but Qin Muye could learn from it, as it was at least a humanoid beast.
With the Nightmare Knight, he now had three sets of humanoid beast experimental data.
The goblins were modeled after fire goblins, the Elven Spider Queen was a spider humanoid, and the Nightmare Knight was a centaur.
If Qin Muye could find a horse or a giant spider, he could create goblin spider humanoids and goblin centaurs, but he lacked these resources.
The only downside was that he only got these two items and not the Undead Knight unit building blueprint or treasure blueprint. Perhaps it wasn't Bloodthirsty Goblin's bad luck but the epic rarity of the Epic Plot Instance Scroll that made it so valuable.
"Alright, Bloodthirsty Goblin, Evil Tongue, it's not time to rest yet. While the undead forces are weakened, we must strike to eliminate them and prevent any future threats!" Qin Muye said.
The undead forces had always been a major concern for Qin Muye, and now was the time to capitalize on their weakness.
"Yes, Master, we will set out immediately."
The two of them led the Bloodthirsty Goblins toward the direction of the necropolis they had interrogated from the Spider Walker Hero.
(End of Chapter)
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