Rain on the zombie who all but ignored me as Gage got off two or three more hits. The zombie roared and went after Gage and actually grabbed a hold of the small warrior as I walked over and struck the zombie with my weapon. The zombie crumpled to the ground as Gage finished it off. Another screen flashed in my face saying I leveled up again but I ignored this one as I noticed Gage had a blank look on his face. Gage was obviously looking over his stats and must have leveled up. I bent down to search the zombie as Gage shoved me aside and rifled through the goodie bag left behind himself and once again took all of the treasure.
“Fool your ability makes this cave easier than it ever has been before” the short warrior said as he led the way. “I could barely fight my way here but with you in my party I just killed an enemy 6 levels higher and only lost half of my life points. I have leveled up to five and I am 67% through until I reach level 6. I have heard other players talk about how hard this zombie was to fight so many of them gave up and planned on coming back when they reached level 10. Ahead of us there should be the dungeon boss, he is rumored to be a level 12 Armored Zombie. Let’s at least give it a try, if we die we can just heal up and come back later”.
I said nothing as Gage took out a red potion and drank it before he continued on. I followed behind him as the caved started looking more refined, almost like a stone corridor instead of a cave. We rounded a corner and could see a well-lit room of sorts with no door and a big red chest in the center. Unfortunately there was also a zombie that totally did not look as decayed as the one we fought previously. This guy looked recently dead and had on shabby armor and carried a rusty sword. As soon as we walked into the room the zombie attacked as I back into a corner. Gage met the zombie and tried to strike at the unarmored bits but it would have made no difference. In this game any enemies that are armored will still get the bonus even if an un armored area is struck. The zombie brushed off the blow and knocked Gage across the room where he slammed hard into a wall. I could see canaries floating in a circle around his head which signaled he was dazed. I cast Corroding rain, it only took off a small amount of health but it would be ultra-effective on the zombie’s armor. I watched as the zombie’s armor started to fall away and brought brought my weapon up to strike him just as he reached Gage. He struck Gage before I delivered my strike, sending the smallish warrior across the room again where he struggled to get up. The zombie now saw me as a threat as it turned in my direction. I struck it again with my weapon just as it hit me. My world went black as I felt myself flying before I impacted a wall hard. I had lost 98% of my life and could barely make out anything as it looked like I was seeing through a pair of really dark sunglasses. I could see the zombie kind of, as it’s armor completely fell off. It had 20% of its life remaining and was also barely moving as a small figure jumped on its back and brought his sword down on the neck. Suddenly my vision brightened as two notifications popped up informing me that I had leveled up twice from the fight, and luckily got the extra health that detailed. Every odd level up I was granted attribute points which I once again ignored. I was at about 9% life points so I wouldn’t be fighting anymore but at least I wouldn’t be dead. I went to search the armored zombie as Gage once again moved me out of the way and rifled through the belongings. I made my way over to the big red chest as fast as I could move which wasn’t much since I was injured. Just as I lifted the lid Gage was there in an instant and shoved me on the ground and took it all. I could see him smiling at whatever loot he received and decided it was time for me to end our party. At the end of every