CHAPTER 92: CHAPTER 92: MASTER TECHNIQUE INTEL

[Master Technique: Draw Slash Intel]

[Quality]: Purple-quality

[Requirement]: Warrior-type class

[Note]: In the Ice City settlement, there was once a powerhouse famous across Xuanwu Main City. His master technique, Draw Slash, made countless people wary. But for some reason, he lost all his power and hid in the Ice City settlement. Use this Intel to get his detailed info.

Ethan was a bit stunned. "Ultimate Technique: Draw Blade Slash"? What was that supposed to be?

He suspected that this so‑called "ultimate technique" was probably something even stronger than a normal skill.

Up to now, Ethan only had two skills, and both were class skills from [Berserk Blood War God].

Everything else was from gear effects, like the Wolfskin Set’s [Spirit of the Dire Wolf]. If he took the set off, he couldn’t use it.

He was very curious about this Purple-quality Intel. He had a feeling that Master Technique: Draw Slash would be stronger than regular skills.

Just as he was about to use [Master Technique: Draw Slash Intel], a sudden chorus of harsh screeches burst around him.

Ethan suddenly snapped his head up and looked around. At some point, a dozen or so [Ice Spiders] had appeared behind the ice pillars around him.

Their black-and-red eyes were fixed on him, full of Bloodthirst, as if they were about to charge in the next second and tear him to pieces.

He remembered the screech the [Ice Spider] he killed had made earlier.

So it wasn’t a cry of pain—it was a call for help.

While the [Ice Spiders] were still a bit away, he quickly pulled up all their info.

His ability [Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward] gives him a monster’s info after the first kill.

[Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward (Unknown quality)]: On your first monster kill, you always get an Intel reward. The stronger the monster, the bigger the bonus. You also get all info about the slain monster, including but not limited to: distribution, weak points, traits, preferences...

Sure enough, the [Ice Spider] he killed had been calling its allies.

[Ice Spiders] are group-living monsters. When a strong enemy threatens them, they screech to call others, then use numbers to fight back.

Ethan took a deep breath. He was level 17, and killing that [Ice Spider] hadn’t leveled him up.

Right now, Ethan was surrounded by a dozen or so [Ice Spiders], and he wasn’t panicking at all.

On the contrary, he felt a little excited.

As long as he killed these [Ice Spiders] that had appeared, he would definitely level up.

He acted right away.

Before they could fully surround him, Ethan charged forward with his [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] in hand.

When you face many enemies, standing still is the dumbest move.

Strike first if you want to kill them all.

Ethan picked the side with only two [Ice Spiders]. It was the best spot to break through.

His long knife flashed through the air as he shot toward them like an arrow.

When he got close, he didn’t slow down. He used his speed to drive the blade into the [Ice Spider]’s head.

That was its weak spot.

"Squelch!"

The sound of steel piercing flesh rang out, and cold blue blood sprayed over Ethan.

He didn’t pause. He yanked the blade out cleanly. Without even looking at the [Ice Spider] he’d pierced through the head, he lunged at the other one.

But the other [Ice Spiders] were already swarming in, almost on his back.

Ethan acted like he didn’t notice the danger behind him and kept attacking the one in front.

When his [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] hit the [Ice Spider]’s hard leg, sparks flew.

He could tell the legs were very tough. Only the joints had low defense and were easier to damage.

But he wasn’t trying to chop off its leg. He used the clash to make the [Ice Spider]’s body stall for a moment.

In that brief pause, his [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] drew a curve through the air and came down again.

"Squelch!"

The blade chopped into the [Ice Spider]’s head, sinking deep into flesh.

This time, Ethan didn’t pull the knife out. He twisted his body and dove to the right without hesitation.

The next moment, a wad of white web dropped onto the dead [Ice Spider].

Right then, Ethan quickly pulled the long-unused [Frostblade] from his [Inventory].

He spent 2 energy to trigger the [Frostblade]’s gear effect.

At once, a pale blue glow spread around him.

The [Ice Spiders] trying to get close suddenly slowed down.

After taking down two [Ice Spiders], Ethan gripped the [Frostblade] and didn’t charge straight at the rest.

He turned and ran behind a huge ice pillar, using the terrain to block the [Ice Spiders’] line of sight.

The webs the [Ice Spiders] spat were all stopped by the ice pillars.

Then, while darting back and forth, Ethan looked for openings and quickly cut down one [Ice Spider] after another.

Three minutes later, covered in blue blood, Ethan sat on an [Ice Spider]’s corpse.

He stuck the [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] in the ground beside him and slowly caught his breath.

[Name]: Windchaser

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

[Level]: Lv18

[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)...

[HP]: 90%

...

Ethan was now level 18, just two levels away from using the Orange-quality [Ice Calamity] Intel.

Even after killing so many [Ice Spiders], he only gained one level.

Looks like leveling will get harder the further he goes.

He thought for a moment and put all the new stat points, plus the unused ones from before, into Speed.

Even without the [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife]’s [Bloodthirst] and the class skill [BloodthirstRampage], his Strength was already enough to deal with these [Ice Spiders].

In the last fight, he couldn’t avoid getting nicked by one [Ice Spider], losing 10% HP.

His Speed still wasn’t fast enough, otherwise he could’ve killed them all without taking a hit.

After a short rest, Ethan checked around to see if the dozen or so [Ice Spider] corpses had dropped any items or gear.

Soon he let out a helpless sigh and said:

"Looks like this is the normal drop rate in Dawnfall Online. Killed more than a dozen [Ice Spiders], and nothing dropped."

He couldn’t help but miss the thieves in the Frost Valley underground cave.

Those thieves were better—their drop chance was way higher than these [Ice Spiders].

Still, the low drop rate in Dawnfall Online also works in Ethan’s favor. With the high-quality Intel from [Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward], he can keep getting resources others can’t.

Ethan stood up and headed deeper in.

He still had more [Ice Spiders] to kill.

...

Deep in the Ice Pillar Zone, Winter Guild’s Guild Leader Serena had completely lost hope.

She had tried everything, but she still couldn’t get off this ice pillar.

Even just now, because she was careless and made a tiny bit of noise, a lot of [Ice Spiders] went on alert right away.

She was scared half to death, but luckily those [Ice Spiders] only stayed wary for a short while, then went back to normal.

Serena looked at the info on her wristwatch and let out a sigh.

[Lucas]: [Serena, how are you doing? Are you okay?]

[EarlyToBed]: [I’m about to die. I’m ready to take a suicide pill.]

[Lucas]: [Don’t, Serena! I’ve finished my class change. I’ll bring people to rescue you in a bit! Please hold on!]

Serena glanced at the densely packed [Ice Spiders] below and replied to Lucas right away.

[EarlyToBed]: [By the time you bring people here, my corpse will probably already be rotting.]

[EarlyToBed]: [Also, there are a lot of monsters here. I brought more than a dozen people and they all died. We’re no match for these monsters at all. I’ve thought it through—since I’m going to die anyway, I’d rather make it quick.]

[Lucas]: [Serena, after you die, won’t it still take a lot of time to travel from Safe Zone 9527 back to there?]

[Lucas]: [Sigh, if only Ethan happened to be near you. He’d definitely have a way.]

[EarlyToBed]: [Him? Is Windchaser really stronger than the dozen players I brought?]