CHAPTER 80: CHAPTER 80: SET EFFECT

When the thieves suddenly showed themselves, Ryan instinctively wanted to say something. But after a glance at Ethan, he kept his mouth shut.

His teammate couldn’t help blurting out, "Unbelievable—you can even do that!"

Ryan nodded. He hadn’t expected Ethan to think of this either: pretend to be poisoned and lure the thieves into the open.

The fight broke out in an instant. Shane swung a heavy black iron hammer like a beast. Any thief it touched spat blood and hit the ground, not moving again.

Ryan and the three remaining soldiers were just as fierce. Every strike landed cleanly on a vital spot.

Ethan stuck close behind Shane. Each time Shane’s hammer hit a thief, Ethan seized the moment and, before the target completely died, finished him off with the [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife].

It felt amazing. After barely ten seconds, Ethan felt a warm rush flow from his watch into his body.

He knew that meant his level had gone up.

But he didn’t check his stats yet. He kept his eyes on the fight, looking for any thief who had lost the will or ability to resist.

Soon, in under three minutes, the thieves who thought they could kill them while they were "poisoned" had turned into bodies on the ground.

Ethan felt that warm flow from the watch surge into him again. Only then did he lower his head to look.

[Name]: Windchaser

[Talents]: Pain Resistance (blue), Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward (unknown)

[Level]: Lv13

[Class]: Berserk Blood War God

[Status]: Normal

[Gear]: Cotton Underwear (Gray-quality), Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife (Blue-quality), Stealth Cloak (Blue-quality), Staying Power Necklace (Blue-quality), Ice-Core Belt (Blue-quality), Ice-Silk Gloves (Blue-quality), Bloodstained Bracelet (Blue-quality), Wolfskin Cap (Blue-quality), Wolfskin Pants (Blue-quality), Faceless Bird Feather Shoes (Green-quality)

[HP]: 100%

[Strength]: 18

[Speed]: 18

[Defense]: 15

[Energy]: 9

[Charisma]: 10

[Luck]: 1

[Attribute Points]: 3

[Inventory]: Hellblade Class Intel (Orange-quality) ...

From level 0 to 13, Ethan gained 13 attribute points. He also got 5 more from a special injection.

Right now, aside from his shoes being Green-quality and his underwear still Gray-quality, the rest of his gear is Blue-quality.

For most other class-changed players at this stage, having two or three Blue-quality items is already very good.

Ethan was happy with his stats. After thinking for a moment, he put all three new points into [Strength].

His [Strength] went from 18 to 21.

If Ethan uses a skill or triggers the Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife’s effect, his [Strength], [Speed], and [Defense] will rise even more.

Plus, he hasn’t looted the battlefield yet. If he’s lucky and finds pieces from the Wolfskin Set, he might get another boost.

Ethan was just about to move when Shane, who was cleaning up the battlefield, tossed him a few pieces of loot and said slowly:

"These are yours. Take a short rest—we’ll head out soon."

Ethan took the items and gave them a quick look. His eyes lit up right away, because there was a piece from the "Wolfskin Set" among them.

[Wolfskin Boots]

[Quality]:Blue-quality

[Equip Requirement]:Level higher than 10

[Effect 1]:+2 Speed

[Effect 2]:Jump boost. Slightly increases jump height and distance.

[Note]:Jump all you want, but watch out for cliffs ahead.

As for the other items, Ethan couldn’t use them, so he put them into [Inventory].

After putting on [Wolfskin Boots], the [Wolfskin Cap], [Wolfskin Pants], and [Wolfskin Boots] on him gave off a faint blue glow.

The lights gathered and formed a ghostly dire wolf, which vanished in an instant.

Ethan glanced at his watch and saw that he had activated the "Wolfskin Set."

[Wolfskin Three-Piece Set]

[Quality]:Blue-quality（Set）

[Equip Requirement]:Level higher than 10

[Set Effect]:Spirit of the Dire Wolf. Costs 4 Energy to summon the wolf spirit from the Wolfskin Set. Stuns targets lower level than the user for 3 seconds, against targets no more than 10 levels higher than the user, reduces Defense by 5 for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 30 minutes.

[Note]:What a pity about that vicious wolf—it could have been made into even stronger gear.

With [Wolfskin Boots] on, everything Ethan wore was Blue-quality now—except his underwear.

He checked the stats on his watch again and gave a satisfied nod.

[Name]:Windchaser

[Talents]:Pain Resistance (Blue), Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward (Unknown)

[Level]:Lv13

[Class]:Berserk Blood War God

[Status]:Normal

[Gear]:Cotton Underwear (Gray-quality), Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife (Blue-quality), Stealth Cloak (Blue-quality), Staying Power Necklace (Blue-quality), Ice-Core Belt (Blue-quality), Ice-Silk Gloves (Blue-quality), Bloodstained Bracelet (Blue-quality), Wolfskin Set (Blue-quality)

[HP]:100%

[Strength]:21

[Speed]:18

[Defense]:15

[Energy]:9

[Charisma]:10

[Luck]:1

[Attribute Points]:0

[Inventory]:Hellblade Class Intel (Orange-quality) ...

Just then, Shane walked up to Ethan, took a deep breath, and said, "Let’s go. We should keep moving. I’m afraid that damn scum, Sinclair, will slip away."

"Sinclair?"

Ethan thought for a moment. He figured "Sinclair" must be the name of the scarred man, the leader of the thieves.

As for whether he would run away like Shane said, Ethan thought that was unlikely. After all, they were almost at the place where the treasure was buried.

Sinclair, the leader of the thieves, shouldn’t be able to move the treasure in such a short time.

Even so, to be safe, Ethan, Shane, and the others rushed deeper into the cave as fast as they could.

Soon, the thieves who had lived in the cave for a long time kept using the twists and turns to bother them, popping out from cover and then pulling back.

Shane and his team were strong, and Ethan had a map in his hand, but the thieves still slowed them down.

About half an hour later, after killing another ten or so thieves, Ethan leveled up again.

By then, they were already near the spot marked on the map as the treasure.

Ethan was about to lead Shane around the buried treasure area so they could keep clearing the thieves in the cave.

But then something unexpected happened.

The ground under Ethan’s feet suddenly started to shake. Dust fell from the rock ceiling, as if the whole cave was about to collapse.

Shane’s face tightened and he shouted, "Get to the corner! It’s safer there!"

Ethan glanced down at the map and, with a helpless sigh, put it away. Between danger and treasure, he kept a clear head.

The most important thing now was to avoid being crushed by falling rocks.

The group hurried to a nearby corner. Just as they got there, the passage wall beside them crashed down.

A sharp, foul stench, mixed with drifting dust, rushed in and surrounded them.

Ethan looked toward the fallen wall. There stood the thieves’ leader, the scarred man, in a pile of Dawn Coins and all kinds of items, clutching a head-sized black box and scrambling to dodge the rocks falling from above.

Ethan’s eyes went straight to the box in the scarred man, Sinclair’s, hand, ignoring everything else around them.

He didn’t even need to think about it—the thing in Sinclair’s hand was the most valuable.

Ethan, Shane, and Sinclair looked at one another, and their eyes met in the air.

Sinclair cursed, "Damn it, that thing just had to wake up now. Fuck! Is my luck really this bad?"

Shane didn’t say a word. He gripped the big black iron hammer with all his strength.

Ethan, standing beside him, could even hear the spot where Shane held the hammer creaking.

It was clear that the fire of revenge had set Shane’s killing urge ablaze.

The next moment, under Ethan’s gaze, Shane’s figure vanished from where he stood. When he appeared again, he was already in front of Sinclair.

The big hammer smashed through the falling rocks above and, with unstoppable force, swung fast toward Sinclair’s head.

Facing Shane’s full-power strike, Sinclair instinctively dropped the black box, pulled the two knives from his waist, and raised them over his head to defend.

At the same time, the other soldiers in Shane’s squad quickly spread out to try to surround Sinclair.

No one noticed Ethan, especially with the ground shaking and stones constantly falling from above.

Ethan lowered his head a little and saw the edge of the [Stalker Cloak] draped behind him. A small smile lifted the corner of his mouth.

The black box Sinclair had been clutching a moment ago was his now!

As a stone fell in front of Ethan and kicked up a burst of dust, Ethan’s figure vanished on the spot!