Lu Ran pressed forward.
Although the Dwarf King had been to this place many times and had also visited the entrance to the cavern, compared to this journey with Lu Ran, it was like the difference between heaven and earth.
The group strolled along leisurely, not even pausing for a moment.
Wherever they passed, all the Titan statues were overwhelmed by the undead army, shattering into pieces. Their respawn speed couldn’t keep up with Lu Ran’s rate of clearing them at all.
Even if one did respawn, it would be instantly hacked to death by a flurry of blades!
And although Lu Ran’s undead army was suffering heavy losses, he didn’t feel a shred of pity. After all, as long as he had enough time, he could replenish their numbers.
In the Dwarf King’s original quest design, this second quest in the series was supposed to be extremely difficult.
Of course, that was from the perspective of other job holders.
If it weren’t for Lu Ran—even if it were the leaders of the four major guilds, or even Yu Qingcang himself coming here—not to mention how fast they could go, simply completing it would be harder than climbing to the heavens!
After all.
These Titan statues were level 70 monsters, and as mutated products of Titan creations, their stats were far more terrifying than other level 70 monsters!
There was no way the current guild leaders, who were just over level 60, could complete this quest.
That was also why the Dwarf King, Baron, had repeatedly tried to stop Lu Ran earlier.
After all, Lu Ran was someone the Elf Queen, Tina, valued highly, and she had even gifted him the Elf Wings. If he died during the Dwarf King’s quest, that would be really hard to explain.
But now.
Those problems were gone.
The Dwarf King, Baron, turned to look around him.
The dense undead army showed almost no visible decrease to the naked eye.
Mixed in among them, the ancient golems were rampaging like unstoppable tanks!
All the Titan statues in the entire Sand Sea Stone Forest were probably experiencing such terrifying suppression for the first time in their existence!
It was utterly brutal!
And as Lu Ran and his group reached the cavern entrance, his level was gradually approaching 39.
“At this rate, by the time we reach the cavern entrance, I’ll complete the quest, get the experience, and have more than enough to hit level 40. New skills and new traits should also unlock. I’m really looking forward to it.” Lu Ran licked his lips.
Unlike other job holders.
Lu Ran wasn’t too concerned about unlocking skills.
After all, they were just the standard Necromancer skills.
But the traits—each and every one of them was game-breaking!
Lu Ran was very curious about just how terrifying the effects of the new trait unlock would be!
He looked up.
Right in front of him was the cavern entrance.
It wasn’t like the cave Lu Ran had imagined.
This cavern entrance looked incredibly grand. Two rows of different Dwarf warrior statues stood on either side, their large hammers resting on the ground, giving them an imposing and majestic appearance.
They were clearly famous warriors from Dwarf history.
Although the Dwarf race also had mages, warriors still held the dominant position.
The huge stone gate in front was closed.
And it looked like it hadn’t been opened in a very, very long time. Cobwebs were everywhere, giving it a somewhat desolate appearance.
It didn’t look like a Dwarf cavern; it looked more like the entrance to some ancient ruin.
“This is the entrance to the Dwarf cavern?” Lu Ran turned to look at the Dwarf King, Baron, and asked.
“That’s right, this is the entrance.” The Dwarf King gazed at the stone gate before him, sighing with emotion.
Lu Ran felt a bit puzzled.
They had reached the Dwarf cavern entrance, so why wasn’t the quest indicating completion?
Were there still some steps missing?
Just as he was thinking about it.
Ding!
[Quest: The Continuation of Eternal Flame (Part Two) Completed!]
[Reward Received: 30,000,000 Experience!]
[New quest triggered, please check promptly!]
It’s done!
Lu Ran’s eyes lit up.
But before he could check the new quest,
He received another notification.
[Level successfully increased to 39!]
[Level successfully increased to 40!]
Up two levels in a row!
Lu Ran was a bit surprised. This felt a little strange.
Back in the Elven Forest, when he completed Queen Tina’s quest with an SSS rating, besides the Elf Wings, he was given 50 million experience.
He had gone up three levels back then.
Now, with his level higher, the Dwarf King’s second-stage quest gave him only 30 million experience, yet he could still go up two levels?
But then, it quickly dawned on him.
He had already been at level 38, practically touching level 39.
So reaching level 39 was only natural.
The 30 million experience then pushed his level up to 40.
But it was obvious that he only had a sliver of experience at level 40. Although it was technically two levels, it was essentially just filling up level 39’s experience bar and a little extra.
“So basically, it’s just 30 million experience for one level.” Lu Ran muttered to himself.
The higher the level, the more terrifying the difficulty and experience required to level up—it increases exponentially.
Lu Ran knew this well.
Now, having reached level 40 with just the second stage quest, he was still very satisfied!
Because there were more rewards waiting for him in the subsequent quest series!
Lu Ran even started to pray that this quest series would be longer!
Since each sub-quest offered such incredibly generous rewards!
This was way more comfortable and much faster than Lu Ran grinding through team dungeons over and over again!
Liu Xinxin and the others beside him noticed Lu Ran standing there blankly and found it a bit odd.
Liu Xinxin was the first to catch on and asked, “Leveled up?”
Lu Ran nodded.
Said, “Reached level 40.”
“Doesn’t that mean new skills and traits are unlocked?” Lei Tai immediately asked impatiently.
“Yes, yes, check it out!” Ye Hongyi urged excitedly.
Liu Xinxin didn’t urge him, but the anticipation in her eyes was clear.
They seemed even more interested than Lu Ran himself in his newly unlocked traits and abilities.
Of course, Lu Ran was curious too.
He licked his lips and opened the skill panel and trait panel to take a look.
Only the Dwarf King, the guards, and Annie were watching from the side, completely baffled.
Although they knew about the existence of human job holders, they didn’t know the specifics of their skills or characteristics.
Of course.
They also couldn’t possibly know that some people had something like traits!
The first thing Lu Ran saw was the newly unlocked skill:
[Skill: Summon Banshee]
[Cooldown: 10 minutes]
[Cost: 200 Mana]
[Effect: Summon 1 Banshee to assist in combat. The Banshee’s attributes are 50% of the player’s current attributes!]
Oh?
Lu Ran’s eyes lit up. Of course, it wasn’t that he had forgotten the Necromancer’s subsequent skills; he had just been so focused on the traits that he didn’t pay attention to the skills.
Seeing this skill now reminded him.
This was the third summoning skill for Necromancers, following Summon Skeleton Warrior and Summon Ancient Golem.
Banshee!
Or what job holders often called a Necromancer Witch.
That’s right, this thing was a ranged magic-based summon!
Lu Ran casually summoned one right in front of him.
It was clear that as a summoning skill unlocked at level 40, the summoned Banshee was much more detailed than the Skeleton Warrior or the Ancient Golem.
It had a curvaceous figure, a loose red Gothic dress, skin that was unusually pale, delicate facial features, snow-white pupils, and long white hair casually draped behind its back.
The Banshee hovered in the air, holding a gnarled wooden staff in its right hand, with a fist-sized blue gem embedded in the top of the staff.
It looked obediently at Lu Ran, awaiting orders.
Lu Ran looked at it, clicking his tongue in amazement.
Leaving aside its combat effectiveness, just its appearance alone was quite appealing!
“Oh right, and the traits!”
Lu Ran immediately shifted his gaze to the trait panel.
