Chapter 52 Part 2) Yo Ho (Patreon)

[You Defeated A Massive Sand Worm]

[Experience Points Gained….]

“Each platform has had different monsters, and each one just blindly attacks me…” Desaray couldn’t help but sigh. She had not even attacked yet herself and they died to her aura.

Desaray walked over and tapped the frozen worm causing it to shatter. Sadly, there had been no drops yet. Not that she would expect much loot from a worm or shark thing. “This was the last platform. I wonder where this door will lead me too next.”

Desaray passed through the door in front of her and looked at the massive platform in front of her. She was still in a desert, but the platform this time was about a few hundred times bigger than the previous one.

“Yo… Ho…” A sound came from off in the distance. “Yo… Ho…”

Desaray squinted her eyes as she saw the dark clouds rolling in. The wind began to pick up, and the sand dunes seemed like waves as they began to roll. “Hmm? I guess this will be a boss?”

“Yo Ho… Yo Ho… A soul for the taken, come and give it to me….”

“Now, this is very interesting,” Desaray exclaimed in excitement. She was not scared at all but what made her so excited was the fact that a ghostly looking ship made of metal being pulled by two skeletons that seemed to be sand worms had appeared.

The ship seemed to be made of metal and had cannon hatches. The giant tattered sail had the image of a skull and crossbones. Desaray almost wanted to shout out, " You're missing your straw hat!”

She held it in as she waited to see just what she would be fighting. The ship finally reached the platform and seemed to have docked. A rope ladder fell from the side of the ship, and then hundreds of ghostly beings suddenly descended onto the platform.

“Yar! Get her soul and bring it to me!” A baleful voice was heard aboard the ship but Desaray did not see where the person was. She did wonder though, could ghosts be frozen?

“Attack!” The ghosts yelled at, and with their ghostly blades, they all charged at Desaray.

Desaray did not move she wanted to see just what would happen if they got into range of her aura.

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[You Defeated Ghost Pirate.]

[Experience Points Gained….]

[Level Up!]

“Oh! These guys are worth a lot of experience!” Desaray smiled and sat down. She watched as those who came into her aura froze, fell, and then shattered on the ground. “Hmm? The experience seemed to be dwindling.”

Desaray frowned. She noticed she was not gaining as much experience as before. She could only sigh. All good things come and go so quickly. She wondered if this was what it was like to have a hot fling with someone and then suddenly break up because they did not both put the same amount of sugar in their coffee. Desaray’s thoughts were really wandering around into all kinds of strange scenarios.

“Yar! Useless! I will take care of the!” The voice rumbled across the sky, and as if on cue, lightning also streaked across the dark clouds. A ghostly figure in tattered pirate clothes appeared. He had a long beard and a wooden leg. Even his right hand had a hook on it. But what really set the bar was his massive pirate hat. It was three times too big for him! At least the brim of it was.

The ghostly pirate captain drew his rusty, broken sword and charged at Desaray. One step, two steps, three….. Steps…. The pirate captain froze and fell to the ground and shattered.

“Really!?” Desaray was so disappointed. Why did this guy die so easily!?

“Whatever…” Desaray stood up and walked over to the treasure chest that had appeared. She opened it to find two rocks. Confused, she quickly used appraisal.

[Item: Intermediate Skill Stone ]

[Rarity]: Rare

[Consume to gain a random skill]

“So these things can give different skills? I wonder if they are locked to specific skills or what. At any rate, I will check them out when I leave this dungeon. The door is now open.” Desaray was in no rush to use the stones. She did not even know what kind of skills she would get or if something stupid would come out, like a passive skill that made it so her mana was sealed away. If she got something like that then she would want to cry.

After passing through the door, Desaray was met with an entirely different scene in front of her. “Snow as far as the eyes can see. Luckily my ice affinity is not something to laugh at or else I would not survive for a second here.”

The wind whipped, kicking up the loose snow that was stacked up around the platform that was guarded by a barrier. “A normal person would probably never want to come to this kind of place. Just to survive they would need to wear enough layers to keep them warm. But this place would probably still freeze them in a matter of seconds.”

While Desaray was fine with the chill in the air, she was really wondering just how ice-resistant these monsters would be.