Chapter 51

After hanging up the long-distance call with Hongchen Yanyu, Li Huailin continued to explore forward. Of course, with Hongchen Yanyu's reminder, Li Huailin started paying attention to whether there were any treasure chests. However, the game's chests had no prominent highlights and were often hidden very well. The lighting here was also not very good, so Li Huailin searched for a long time without finding anything. Instead, he cut down a few more Fire Elemental Guards.

On the way, Li Huailin found that the Fire Elemental Guards had a very high drop rate for Flame Hearts. Not only did each one drop, but some even dropped three. He had just heard from Hongchen Yanyu that Fire Elementals had a chance to drop, but these Fire Elemental Guards seemed to drop every time, and even multiple times. After killing 5 or 6 Fire Elemental Guards, Li Huailin already had 11 Flame Hearts in his bag.

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With a "ding," as one Fire Elemental Guard fell, Li Huailin heard a metallic sound.

"Equipment dropped." Li Huailin, who had experience, immediately realized he had finally dropped some equipment. It wasn't easy; this was already the 7th Fire Elemental Guard. Wasn't it said that the secret realm had rewards? Why did it take so long? Li Huailin, who had never fought monsters outside, didn't know the drop rate outside, or he would have been laughing already.

Flame Guard Shoulder Pauldron (Bronze): Mail, Physical Defense 10-15, Magic Defense 8-8, Strength +8, Fire Resistance +14, Required Level 15, Classes: Warrior, Knight. Set (1/6).

"Huh?" Li Huailin was seeing a Bronze piece with two attributes for the first time. Wasn't it said that Silver pieces were the ones with two attributes? It added Fire Resistance, and it was part of a set. Could this peculiar attribute be the reward from the secret realm?

Since he had nothing on, Li Huailin directly equipped the piece. He could take it off and sell it after returning to the city. Wearing the shoulder pauldron, Li Huailin felt a bit out of place, mainly because he was wearing a full set of cloth, and then a mail shoulder. It looked very unharmonious, but it was fine.

Although he was wearing a Fire Resistance piece, Li Huailin didn't feel the Fire Elemental Guard's attacks were much weaker. The original 140 damage attacks were now around 130. Although Li Huailin was very careful, he inevitably got hit by a fireball from each Fire Elemental Guard, which led to his health not recovering, and he had already lost a third of his health.

Fortunately, the Fire Elemental Guards didn't cluster like in the Abyssal Dungeon. Each Fire Elemental acted alone; otherwise, Li Huailin would have been in danger if he encountered more than three.

"Ding," while cutting down a monster, Li Huailin heard the sound of equipment dropping again. He looked down and saw another piece of mail equipment.

Flame Guard Leggings (Bronze): Mail, Physical Defense 15-15, Magic Defense 10-10, Strength +10, Fire Resistance +18, Required Level 15, Classes: Warrior, Knight. Set (2/6).

"Hey, it seems this place only drops Fire Resistance sets." Li Huailin picked up the leggings and equipped them. The equipment slots for the shoulder pauldron and leggings flashed, and Li Huailin saw that the set effect was triggered.

[Set] Flame Guard (2/6): Constitution +10.

"Two pieces can trigger the set effect, I thought I needed to collect all of them." Li Huailin thought this was quite good. He was currently exploring here, and adding Fire Resistance was just right. He could also sell it when he returned.

Trying a Fire Elemental Guard, Li Huailin found that the fireball damage was now around 120. However, the burning effect that healed him seemed to have weakened. Originally, it was a fixed 8 points of health every two seconds, but now there were occasional "Immune" messages, and he didn't heal. Overall, the damage was still lower.

"Huh?" While fighting and moving forward, Li Huailin suddenly noticed what looked like a treasure chest behind a Fire Elemental Guard standing against the wall.

"Can't be in a hurry, bread will come eventually..." Li Huailin smiled sinisterly and walked toward the Fire Elemental Guard.

After a few seconds, the Fire Elemental Guard shouted, "Gelkin will punish you!" and then fell in front of Li Huailin. Without even touching the corpse, Li Huailin directly went for the treasure chest, muttering, "Deed, deed..."

The first thing he pulled out was a piece of equipment, and it was even glowing blue.

Guard Knight Shield (Silver): Shield, Physical Defense 35-40, Magic Defense 30-30, Block 55, Constitution +15, Spirit +10. Required Level 15, Classes: Warrior, Knight.

"What use do I have for this?" Li Huailin couldn't help but say. Although he was a full Strength Warrior and was using a one-handed sword, he thought for a moment and equipped the shield. He would take it off and deal with it when he returned to the city.

Continuing to reach in, he pulled out another piece of equipment, and it was another part of the Fire Resistance set.

Flame Guard Belt (Bronze): Mail, Physical Defense 8-10, Magic Defense 5-5, Strength +6, Fire Resistance +8, Required Level 15, Classes: Warrior, Knight. Set (3/6).

Li Huailin equipped it, and now he looked even more peculiar: mail shoulder, mail leggings, mail belt, and a cloth shirt...

The three pieces of the set didn't trigger any set effects, so Li Huailin continued to reach in. On the third try, he finally pulled out a piece of paper. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked at it.

Recipe: Delicious Turtle Stew

Usage: Teaches you how to cook Delicious Turtle Stew, requires Advanced Cooking.

Delicious Turtle Stew: Increases health regeneration by 30 points for 40 seconds. If you spend at least 15 seconds eating, you gain Constitution +20% and Spirit +20% for 30 minutes.

"How is it a recipe? What about the deed?" Li Huailin was a bit disappointed. Although this seemed really good, especially the 20% Constitution reduction, he knew it was useless since he needed Advanced Cooking. This was another frustrating thing.

Fortunately, the secret realm was large, and Li Huailin hadn't explored it all. Thinking there might be more chests, he wasn't too discouraged. He boosted his spirits and continued forward.

With an additional Fire Resistance belt, Li Huailin felt his health pressure was a bit less. The fireballs now only dealt around 100 damage. Although the healing burn effect was reduced, it was still better than before. However, he was still being whittled down by the small monsters, and his health was down to a quarter.

He found that Fire Elemental Guards didn't drop anything good, just Flame Hearts and Fire Resistance sets. On the way, Li Huailin killed a few more Fire Elemental Guards, and two more Bronze Fire Resistance pieces dropped.

Flame Guard Leather Greaves (Bronze): Leather, Physical Defense 10-10, Magic Defense 10-10, Agility +10, Fire Resistance +14, Required Level 15, Classes: Rogue, Hunter. Set (1/6).

This was a leather Fire Resistance piece, so Li Huailin put it in his bag.

Flame Guard War Boots (Bronze): Mail, Physical Defense 5-10, Magic Defense 5-5, Strength +5, Fire Resistance +10, Required Level 15, Classes: Warrior, Knight. Set (4/6).

Another Bronze Fire Resistance piece for Warriors, Li Huailin equipped it and triggered the set effect again.

[Set] Flame Guard (2/6): Constitution +10.

[Set] Flame Guard (4/6): Fire Resistance +20.

The four pieces added even more Fire Resistance. Li Huailin calculated his Fire Resistance and found it was already over 70 points. He tested it on a nearby Fire Elemental Guard and found that the fireball damage plummeted. However, the healing effect also decreased rapidly. Now, a fireball dealt about 70 damage and healed him for 16-24 points. Overall, the damage was reduced by half.

However, Li Huailin also found that he couldn't last much longer. His health was almost at the bottom. Although the damage reduction was good, the continuous whittling could still drain him.

"Let's see how much I can take. At least the experience loss will be recovered after one death." Thinking this, Li Huailin continued forward. He soon discovered a new area, completely different from the previous one. It was a circular cave connected to the previous hall by a passage.

The circular cave was surrounded by lava, with a circular platform in the middle made of rock. There were some patterns on it, like a magic array. The main feature was a huge Fire Elemental in the center, about three times larger than the Fire Elemental Guards, and its armor was much more detailed. Two Fire Elemental Guards were around it, reaching out to the huge Fire Elemental, their bodies glowing red, as if they were charging it.

The passage led directly above the circular platform. Jumping down would land him right on the platform, but it seemed he couldn't go back up, like a closed-off boss fight.

Standing at the entrance of the passage, Li Huailin hesitated a bit. He had just found a chest, and there might be more. If he went down, he might miss something.

"Whatever, maybe the boss will drop something." Thinking he was almost drained, Li Huailin decided to try the boss. He looked down at the boss and used the Scout skill.

Chadmanes: ?? Level Elemental Elite, Health ??, Physical Attack ??, Magic Attack ??, Physical Defense ??, Magic Defense ??, Skills ??.

"Huh? Isn't this guy called Gelkin?" Li Huailin was a bit puzzled.

The level was too high, so he could only see the name. Li Huailin had no choice but to try. He took a deep breath and jumped down the passage.

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