adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 95 introduces the new skills 'Physical Barrier' and 'Affinity Disguise'.

The next second, Louis appeared behind a snake-like monster. His longsword did not reflect any light in the dim environment, completely blending into the darkness.

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Like a hot knife through butter, the snake-like monster was sliced ​​in two almost silently, without the surrounding monsters even noticing.

Louis moved like a shadow around the invading monsters, silently taking their lives.

About five minutes later, when the sewer team members returned, they only saw the corpses piled up like a small mountain.

If it weren't for the fact that one after another living monster was being harvested right before their eyes, they wouldn't have even been able to find Louis's whereabouts.

Dana stared in astonishment at the scene and whispered, "Louis has gotten stronger again. His progress is so fast—"

Nora patted the blue-haired girl on the shoulder: "Don't just stand there, go help him. Let's hold off the enemies inside the sewers for him."

Louis took charge of external affairs, while Dina and others managed internal affairs, making the situation increasingly stable.

After annihilating the monsters that had been there for an unknown period of time, light gradually flowed into the sewers from outside the drain outlet; dawn had arrived.

As the sun rose, all the monsters exposed to the sunlight slowed down.

Of course, this doesn't mean that monsters can't be active during the day. For them, daytime is like nighttime for humans—it's a time to rest. Forcing themselves to stay awake will only cause their combat power to continue to decline.

As a result, the overall offensive of the demonic tide slowed down, and even the number of demons invading the sewers decreased significantly.

At the same time, the influence of the demon realm on the native demons of Blackrock City's sewers also decreased, leading to a more peaceful situation in the sewers.

"Louis—aren't you tired? Go and rest for a while."

Dai Na leaned on her sword, the glass lenses of her gas mask were heavily fogged up, and she was clearly soaked in sweat.

The monsters she dealt with were all low-level, and she could easily kill them without using any skills.

But even the most ordinary swing will get tiring if repeated so many times.

Moreover, slaying monsters is different from swinging in the air during training. The resistance to cutting bones and the force required to sever flesh, after countless repetitions, is also a severe test of a professional's physical strength.

Moreover, her sword was chipped and bent, so she had to replace it with a new one.

Nora was also exhausted. Controlling the undead soldiers required a continuous drain on her magic. Although she had achieved more results than Dina, the cost was that she had exhausted all her magic. Moreover, disposable items such as bone bullets and grenades had costs.

Merry is in relatively good condition. He has enough magic power and only uses it to maintain the rune barrier to amplify his teammates, without directly fighting the enemy.

But after all this time, even the most potent magic is about to run out.

"Oh? Is it over?"

Louis also snapped out of his mechanical swinging.

Looking around, besides piles of corpses, there were only a few living monsters left, and they all looked at him with fear, cowering and not daring to approach.

His sword was not badly damaged thanks to the protection of the magical light blade, but constantly using Shadow Sword Techniques depleted his magic power.

Nora said, "The ten soldiers we sent back have already reported the information about the sewers to the Blackrock Legion."

"The pressure on the city's defenses will be greatly reduced after dawn, and a group of soldiers should come in to support us and clear out the monsters that have slipped into the sewers."

"After all—the other forty-odd sewage outlets have already been completely breached, and no one knows exactly how many monsters have slipped into the sewers."

Louis nodded. He couldn't care less about the current situation in the sewers; looting the corpse was the priority.

He placed his hand on the pile of monster corpses that had already formed a small mountain, and a series of attribute pickup notifications sounded.

From this pile of corpses, Louis quickly acquired 0.9 in extraordinary attributes, 1.6 in demonic attributes, and several level 0 skills with high proficiency.

From this pile of level 0 skills, Louis selected three skills related to physique and incorporated them into "Physical Enhancement," while the rest of the skills were incorporated as experience points.

After a series of actions, a brand new level 1 skill appeared before Louis.

【未命名（1级：1/5）：发动后力量+3，生命力+3，清除一切与肉体相关且等级不超过1级的负面状态，恢复力大幅提高。

[During the skill's activation, the user is immune to all negative physical effects.]

[This skill consumes 3 mana points to activate and lasts for 30 minutes.]

Skill Proficiency: Perfect (100/100)

Looking at the new level 1 skill, Louis nodded in satisfaction.

However, with so many new features, it's somewhat inappropriate to still call this skill "physical enhancement".

Louis thought for a moment and came up with the name "Physical Barrier," meaning to build an all-around barrier around his body.

In the future, in addition to enhancing his own strength and recovery ability, Louis also plans to continuously work on improving his defensive capabilities in the development of this skill.

In the future, once the five level 1 skills related to physical strength and defense are merged into one skill, its power will be unimaginable.

At this point, the only level 0 skill left by Louis was "Affinity".

After thinking for a moment, he found four skills related to disguise among the many level 0 skills he had plundered from monsters and incorporated them into his collection.

[Unnamed (Level 1: 1/5): Allows for customized affinity disguise after activation.]

[This skill consumes 2 mana points when activated. It can be maintained for a long time with only a small amount of mana, provided it is not interfered with by external forces and the disguise is not actively broken.]

Skill Proficiency: Perfect (35/100)

Louis named the new skill "Affinity Disguise".

The reason why this skill's proficiency wasn't maxed out was because Louis's level 0 skill pool had been exhausted.

Louis was very pleased with the effects of the new skill.

The so-called custom-designed approachability disguise is something similar to a new persona created for the start of the school year.

Louis can freely adjust his affability, personal temperament, personal strength, and other aspects. No professional below level 2 can see through this disguise unless they have a particularly strong appraisal skill.

As you continue to incorporate level 1 skills related to disguise, the disguise effect will be further enhanced.

Recently, Louis's attributes have been increasing, and if he doesn't conceal it, it's easy for someone with ulterior motives to notice something.

With the Affinity Disguise, he can disguise himself as a harmless, newly promoted ordinary Shield Guard.

He disguised his approachability according to his own wishes and activated the skill.

After his two points of magic were consumed, Louis felt as if a thin veil had been draped over his body.

He eagerly turned to the blue-haired girl beside him and asked, "Dina, have you noticed anything different about me?"