Chapter 237 Raven’s Claw

Rib Bone no. 2 was way too keen to make that attack. Abel didn’t even have the chance to rescue it before it was surrounded by those corrupt spearwomen.

Well, at least he still had Rib Bone no. 1 with him. In fact, Rib Bone no. 1 was still right next to him. It wasn’t going to do anything until Abel gave it clear instructions.

So, just because Abel’s got two skeletons with him, the Dark World didn’t just become safe all of a sudden. If Abel was hit by a creature from the underworld, he would be neutralized from making any responses. Once that happens, he would have to take in an endless stream of attacks from these spawns of hell. He could add the attribute “instant recover” to one of his equipment, but that would have to wait till next time.

He still had to be careful. That was the only way he could survive. As Abel contemplated this, he stopped waving the sword of Victory in his hand. A bolt of lightning then appeared in front of him. He decided to fire his second “charged bolt,” and a third and a fourth one, and so on...

Soon, several tens of “charged bolt” were fired towards the ground in front of him. Abel just created a lightning floor for the corrupt spearwomen to step on. As every second passed by, there would always be a few spearwomen who were knocked to the ground.

Not all of them, however. Some of the corrupt spearwomen still went past the wave of lightning Abel created. They were going straight for Abel’s head. Abel could step back and deal with them as slowly as he wanted, but Rib Bone no. 1 was right next to him.

Rib Bone no. 1 was very important to Abel. There was no way that he would allow it to be killed like Rib Bone no. 2.

A blue light emerged from Rib Bone no. 1’s body. Abel just summoned an ice armor around it. After that, a wave of blue ripples started spreading from Rib Bone no. 1’s body. The wave wrapped the incoming spearwomen in ice, which slowed them down from attacking any further.

Abel used up all his mana on firing the “charged bolts” just then. After sending a telepathic command to Black Wind, he slashed at one of the spearwomen’s necks. Since Black Wind was carrying him at the same time, the combined force of the two made the spearwoman’s head fell off right away.

Abel stabbed another corrupt spearwoman three times. He was aiming for the same spot as last time. Within an instance, dark, foul blood began pouring down the spearwoman’s head. She fell to the ground before the pour finished pouring out of her.

Abel could feel the mana recharging quickly inside of him. He quickly waved the sword of Victory, then shot another “charged bolt” towards his enemy. After his enemies were stunned by the bolt, Black Wind would rush in for him to deliver the finishing blow.

On the other hand, Rib Bone no. 1 was taking it slow and steady. As it followed Abel from behind, it went to finish all the corrupt spearwomen that were immobilized by Abel’s charged bolts. Every once in a while, it would release a wave of cold ice to help Abel clearing up his enemies.

With Rib Bone no. 1 fighting beside him, the fight became very easy for Abel. Since the spearwomen could not use their spears, Abel could just kill with about two or three slashes of his sword. For every five spearwomen he’s killed, he could gain enough mana to release four more “charged bolt.’

Abel was just starting to enjoy fighting as a wizard. Unlike the fallen he encountered before, the corrupt spearwomen didn’t just flee after one of them went down. He didn’t like the fact that he had to keep killing more of them to recharge his mana, but at the end of the day, he was the one winning the fight from start to finish.

When the fight was over, Abel summoned two skeletons from some random corpses he found. He named them Rib Bone no. 2 and Rib Bone no. 3. Because of how mana-inefficient it was to summon a skeleton (9 mana to summon one), he would rather fire a few more charged bolts than to do that in the middle of a battle.

Abel thought about it. If he wanted the skeletons to be as intelligent as Rib Bone no. 1, he would have to use the soul enhancing potion on all of them. Obviously, he didn’t have enough now. He was using the amount that he had on himself, White Cloud, and Black Wind.

Whether Abel used the soul enhancing potion on Rib Bone no.1 or any other one of his skeletons, he would always receive extra EX points for his “resurrection of skeleton” spell. That being said, instead of using the potion on a bunch of average skeletons, he might as well just buff the really strong and smart Rib Bone no. 1.

After made his decision, Abel thought that it was time to sweep up the battlefield. There were a lot of dead bodies on the ground. As he carefully picked up a spear with his sword, he realized that it was already too rusty to be used. Its user died many years ago, and without the power of the devils, it was just another spear that eroded over time. With a mere shake of the sword in his hand, the spear shattered into several pieces and fell to the ground.

There was no need to clean up, so it seemed. All the weapons Abel found was junk that belonged to history. There was nothing good for him to loot. Truth be told, it was a little disappointing for him. After picking up the equipment from Rib Bone no. 2 (the one that was destroyed before), he had the new no. 2 equip them instead. For no. 3, he took out another set from the kong kong spirit beast bag for it to use.

Three days later, Abel found a pathway made of black stones. He kind of knew where it led to. Yes, it was probably the Sister’s Burial Ground.

Abel felt cold when he walked along the pathway. It was even colder than the Ice Plains, actually-not in a temperature kind of way, but more in a similar-to-death kind of way. This was just a spooky place.

Black Wind was walking rather fast. During the entire course, they hadn’t encountered one creature from the underworld. When they were on the path, they began to an iron gate in front of them. Because of how old the metal was, they could easily go past it if they wanted to.

Without much effort at all, Black Wind jumped over the fence with one leap. After it had done so, Rib Bone no. 1 took the other two skeletons to go in as well. They did so by squeezing themselves through some cracks they found near the edges.

This was the burial place of many rogues. There were damaged gravestones. Some of the coffins were even laid on the ground. Some of them were even opened, and the bodies inside were nowhere to be seen. Maybe the demons already did something to them.

Abel carefully observed the holes he found on the ground. Creatures from the underworld could come out at any moment. Yet, despite how ominous this place seemed, he didn’t find any creatures that were waiting to fight him. As it turned out, this was truly a lifeless place.

As Abel went passed the graveyard, he found a pathway made of dark grey stones. As he looked towards the end of it, he could see a giant tree that had died for who-knows-how-long.

That must be where Blood Raven was. Abel tightened the grasp of the sword in his hand. Something felt wrong to him. Was he in some sort of trap? If not, why were there no enemies here?

Abel slowly walked towards the giant tree. When he was close enough to touch its bark, he found two dead bodies that were hung by a golden arrow. They were piled next to each other.

Despite the many years that passed, not a lot happened to these corpses. The one on the front was wearing a silver armor for women, as well as a torn cape on its back. The one at the back was wearing a set of blood-red armor.

So that’s what Akara meant. “Kashya went to Sister’s Burial Ground to die with Blood Raven, her beloved sister.” As the combat leader of the rogues, Kashya had spent her entire life training women to become fighters. When she lost the hope to live on, she chose to find her sister, Blood Raven, who became a corrupted warrior after being tempted by Andariel.

After coming to the Sister’s Burial Ground, Kashya sacrificed her body to conceal Blood Raven along with her. They were together for a very long time and died after a very long time. Because of how strong Kashya’s body was, both she and her sister’s body were relatively well preserved.

Abel chose not to disturb the two sisters. After jumping down from Black Wind, he quickly gave the corpses a slight bow. While doing so, he accidentally discovered a bow that was hidden amongst the grass.

Abel quickly dug up the bow to check on it. Due to its wholly red appearance, he didn’t even to examine it to know what its name was.

This was the “Raven’s claw.” Or, if it was referred to by its nickname, it could also be called the “legendary weapon for noobies.” Almost every Diablo player knew about the kind of attributes that it had.

Raven’s claw

Required agility: 19

Required strength: 22

Damage with both hands: 5-17

% damage increase

Special effect: adds explosive fire damage to the bow itself or the arrows shot from it

% increase in attack precision.

+3 strength

+3 agility