Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Similar to when Jiang Ran conquered the second-level boss, a treasure chest also appeared this time, and it was upgraded from a copper box to a silver box.

Adela cheered like a child, while Jiang Ran calmly took Adela aside and summoned a shadow clone to open the box.

This time, the box contained not only precious water and food, but also a beautifully hammered bone dagger.

The blade of this dagger is straight and double-edged, and the end of the handle is carved into the shape of a skull, which looks a bit scary.

When Adela saw the dagger, she was so excited that she wanted to pick it up to admire it, but Benning suddenly spoke up and stopped her.

"Adela! Don't touch that dagger!"

8.122 - Fourth Estate

"Eh?"

Adela was startled and stood there in a daze... It was the first time she saw Banning suddenly scream so loudly.

Before she could figure out what was going on, Banning rushed over and pulled her away from the silver box.

During this period of time, with her shoulders being hugged and her hands being held, Adela's heartbeat became a little irregular.

However, she was embarrassed to say it out loud because it would seem like she was the only one who cared about it.

"This dagger is cursed. Once you get your hands on it, you can't get it off without fighting to the death."

At this time, Benning's explanation temporarily diverted the attention of the upset Adela.

It's supposed to be a 'reward box that appears after clearing a level', but inside it is cursed equipment used as a trap? Isn't this too disgusting?

"What do you mean by 'I can't take it without fighting to the death'...? Wait, how did you know this dagger is cursed?"

Adela suddenly became interested. After experiencing the almost monotonous daily life these days, this silver box and the cursed equipment now all seemed so interesting.

"I've seen it in an atlas before."

Banning briefly mentioned the reason for knowing the secret, and then explained it concisely.

"This dagger is called 'Life-Chasing Doom'. Once it is in your hand, it will force the wearer to attack surrounding living creatures. If there are no other living creatures, the wearer will be forced to attack themselves until they die."

Despite the horrific effects of the curse, Banning spoke so calmly.

After hearing this explanation, Adela's face turned as pale as the skeleton monster's bones. This was more than just cursed equipment, it was a suicide tool!

If someone picked up this dagger without knowing it, the result would most likely be a tragic end with the whole group wiped out.

"This is too horrible, isn't it? How could someone create such disgusting equipment?"

Adela couldn't help but take two steps back, fearing that the dagger would grow legs and jump into her hands.

Unexpectedly, Banning took a step closer to the dagger at this time.

"It's not that he's just disgusting."

Banning was seen muttering some meaningless numbers while speaking, and then he asked the black figure he summoned to walk to the front of the silver box.

When Banning counted to "23", the black figure took a sack from him, opened it, and then picked up the cursed dagger, Doom Chaser, with extreme swiftness.

The moment he grasped the "Misfortune Chaser", the black figure who had been obedient to Banning immediately showed his aggressiveness...!

However, just as the black figure was about to take action, it turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared, leaving only the dagger falling into the cloth bag.

"See, we've taken 'it' out of the silver chest. Adela, you can come and have some food and water without worry."

Banning smiled and picked up a piece of brown bread from the box and started eating it. Such a "bold" way of eating was really a luxury for them.

But at this time, Adela was not so concerned about water and food. She just wanted to know what Banning would do with the cursed dagger after he packed it up.

"Don't be in a hurry, just do the experiment slowly."

Benning sat on the ground and motioned for Adela to rest with him.

After the ups and downs of the battle just now, they really need to recover.

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Jiang Ran waited until Adela had eaten and fallen asleep before he began to study the newly acquired "Skull Dagger: Life-Chasing Doom".

First of all, he did not lie to Adela. This dagger did carry an extremely dangerous curse. If Adela had really gotten hold of it just now, Jiang Ran didn't know if there was any way to remove the equipment status except cutting off her hand.

Secondly, this cursed dagger cannot be used as a "trap" against monsters in this tower, because it will only force the wearer to attack "living things". In other words, the skeleton monsters, which are "dead things", are naturally immune to this curse.

However, even so, this "Skull Dagger·Fate Chaser" is still useful to Jiang Ran, because it can double the overall attributes of the wearer (limited to level three and below), which is an extremely powerful effect.

That's why Jiang Ran took some effort to put it into a cloth bag.

By experimenting with shadow clones, Jiang Ran confirmed that as long as the 'Skull Dagger: Doom Chaser' was kept in a bag, picking it up indirectly would not be considered as equipment and would not trigger the curse. This allowed him to carry the dagger around with confidence.

As for when there is a real need to use this dagger, it will definitely be used on the shadow clone.

As long as Jiang Ran lets the shadow clone wield the dagger, he can perfectly avoid the curse of "Skull Dagger·Fate Chaser" that requires him to fight to death.

·

(Now let’s see what’s waiting for me on the last floor… No, what’s waiting for us…)

Jiang Ran glanced at the sleeping Adela, then went up to the fourth floor of the "Tower" alone.

According to the rules engraved on the black stone tablet, the fourth level is Jiang Ran and his friends' "escape level".

In this fourth floor, there is still a huge maze. Jiang Ran relied on the effect of the "Black Jade Ring" to hide in the shadows and saw many monsters.

He identified a fourth-order Skeleton General, a Skeleton Berserker, a Skeleton Ice and Fire Mage, and a Skeleton Archery Master, all around level 115. Each one of them would be very difficult to deal with individually.

Even the Skeleton General with the weakest attack ability, just the huge amount of blood is enough to make Jiang Ran and others tired.

To be frank, Jiang Ran didn't think Adela had the ability to deal with any of these monsters one-on-one.

As for the unknown fifth-level monster hidden in the room of the class leader, Jiang Ran did not investigate it, because the black jade ring can only allow the wearer to hide in front of the target of "wearer level + 1" at most.

Jiang Ran, who is currently only at level three, cannot perform the trick of turning a dead person into a living person in front of a level five enemy.

(There are only two days left... I must find a way to conquer the boss room on the fourth floor within these two days...)

·

Currently, after the battle in the boss room on the third floor, Jiang Ran and Adela have both reached the maximum level of level 90 on the third stage, which means that Jiang Ran must find new ways to become stronger besides increasing his level.

His previous method of training Adela was certainly good, but time has become a scarce resource now, and there is no way he can come slowly anymore.

Therefore, Jiang Ran will switch to a quick-learning method. He believes that Adela, who has accumulated a certain amount of experience, should be able to apply what she has learned to other situations.

(Okay, let me figure out what tricks you all have…)

Jiang Ran looked at a skeleton archery master who was not far away from him. This guy was alone and was wandering around alone.

This was undoubtedly the perfect guinea pig for his needs.

8.123 - Step by Step

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October 187, 8

〖3:18 am〗

"Tower countdown remaining: 44 hours, 58 minutes, 3 seconds"

[Confession death countdown remaining: 4 days]

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After being busy for most of the night, Jiang Ran finally completed the complete mastery of the fourth-level general monsters.

There are four types of monsters on the fourth floor. Among these four monsters, the Skeleton General is the least threatening in a one-on-one situation. Its skill configuration is still the same as that of the team. The only thing you need to be careful about is its "Thunder Strike". This move has a "knockdown" effect. If you are hit, you will reveal a huge flaw.

Next is the Skeleton Berserker. This guy uses two long-handled battle axes and can fight remotely, but it's a bit stupid that he has to pick up the axes himself after throwing them.

However, with the skill "Duration of Light", the Skeleton Berserker is still quite threatening.

The effect of the "Dying Light" skill is that when the Skeleton Berserker receives a critical hit, he will not die immediately, but will be able to survive for ten seconds, and all attribute values ​​(excluding those added by equipment) will be doubled during these ten seconds.

If this skill is not handled properly, the Skeleton Berserker will become very troublesome. After the fourth-level attributes are doubled, the strength will be at least that of the fifth level.

This guy who pounces on you like a mad dog without caring about his life is extremely dangerous.

Next is the Skeleton Ice and Fire Mage. The trouble with this guy is that he has a large-scale control skill. Once he is frozen, Jiang Ran will be forced to use the "Shadow Escape Step" to escape. This will greatly limit his use of the "Shadow Escape Step". At least he must keep the "Double Shadow Escape Step" to save his life at the critical moment.

The last and most threatening one is the Skeleton Archery Master, this guy is a real killer.

The biggest difference between a fourth-level Skeleton Archery Master and a third-level Skeleton Sharpshooter is that it has two more hands.

When an archer has four hands, he can always keep the bow drawn, and then the other two hands can continuously provide arrows. Without activating any skills, he can achieve the effect of "rapid shooting". It can be said to be a "humanoid self-propelled chain crossbow".

In addition, the Skeleton Archery Master can also shoot two special arrows: "Tracking Arrows" and "Refracting Arrows", which makes its intensive attacks even more difficult to defend against.

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In a one-on-one situation, Jiang Ran has defeated each of these four monsters once, but if these four monsters are combined together, it will be hard to say.

As for Adela, it will be even more difficult.

How can we conquer this final fourth level in less than two days?

Jiang Ran put this thought aside for the moment and returned to the third floor to sleep.

No matter how tight the time is, a healthy body is always the most important thing.

·

When Jiang Ran returned to the third floor, his footsteps woke up Adela, who was in a light sleep.

At this time, Adela was still feeling the sense of accomplishment of defeating the boss of the third level, so she was quite puzzled as to what Benning was doing in the middle of the night.

——(Banning is such a hard worker...)

Watching Benning take off several pieces of equipment and put them on the ground, Adela vaguely realized that this guy had gone to explore the fourth floor alone.

Adela sighed in her heart, if it weren't for Benning, she might have died in this "tower".

But why would Banning, the savior, be the enemy of that idiot second brother?

If he hadn't taken this stance, Adela would have gained her first...first friend in her life.

—(If…if there isn’t some deep-seated hatred between him and that idiot second brother…then after we get out of the tower…let’s help him…)

The drowsiness came over her again, Adela yawned loudly, and then fell asleep again in a daze.

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The next morning, having received plenty of food and water, Adela and Banning had a proper breakfast after a long absence.

Taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere during breakfast, Adela took the initiative to ask Banning why he had such a deep grudge with Kenroshi Okami.

Banning did not hide anything and told the truth directly: their good friend "Ice Star Shirley" was captured by Kenroshi Okami, so they had to rescue their companion.

——(So it was because of that woman...)

Adela immediately understood that this was all related to the "unknown plan" that her idiot second brother was carrying out.

In order to fulfill the "unknown plan", the idiot second brother must capture "Ice Star Shirley", and Banning and his people aroused the murderous intention of the idiot second brother because they wanted to take back "Ice Star Shirley".

Adela didn't want to just watch Benning being killed by her idiot second brother, but she also couldn't betray her idiot second brother and go against him.

After considering it carefully, Adela felt that there was only one thing she could do.

——(If I just help them survive, it shouldn't have much of an impact on my brother's plan...right?)

"Banning, if... I mean if..."

After careful consideration, Adela took the initiative to propose a cooperation plan to Banning.

"If we can get out of the Tower alive, I'll cooperate with you and become your hostage. How about that? However, I can only help you escape from Kenroshi Okami. I can't do anything else."

For Adela, this was the limit of what she could do, but what she didn't expect was that Benning didn't appreciate it.

"No need, you are my hostage anyway."

Benning coldly rejected Adela's proposal, which made her furious.

——(I’m trying to help you out of kindness, what do you mean…?!)