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[Gain the target's most prominent attribute—Strength +100!]
[Gain the target's most powerful skill - Casual Strike, increases the durability of the staff-wielded weapon by 10%]
[Obtain all items dropped by the target—orc hide, orc teeth, orc shinbone, orc...]
Another skill!
Eugene felt the broken rod in his hand, which seemed to have hardened a bit, and sighed inwardly.
Leaving aside the dropped items.
From an adventurer's perspective, imps' skill in leaping and ambushing, and orcs' use of trees as weapons, are all commonplace traits, not worth delving into.
But "plunder"—it even snatched that trait!
A true uprooting, like a locust swarm! Everything of value is packed up and taken away!
Absolute evil, without any bottom line, and without the slightest mercy!
If the first three options provided by the system all represent justice, knowledge, and value.
Then the monsters in the dungeons are absolute chaos and violence!
Your gear is great? Then let's steal it!
Your skills are great? Then let's steal it!
Your magic is very good, then...
"Hiss, what will happen with magic?"
Thinking of this, Eugene frowned.
He remembered that in the DanMachi setting, no matter how strong you are, the maximum number of magic slots you can have is only three.
The only exceptions are Riveria, known as the "Nine Demon Princesses," and Lefia, the "Thousand Fairy."
Apart from these two, there is no one else who can use more than three spells.
Let alone three, even having two is rare.
"If we plunder people who possess magic, won't that take up space?"
Eugene was thinking like he was in an RPG game.
He wanted to ask the system, but deep in the thick fog, he heard faint explosions.
And a long, drawn-out roar.
That must have been the roar of the strongest monster in the upper levels, the "Young Dragon".
"An adventurer?"
Eugene gazed into the distance, and after a moment made a decision.
Practice proves everything.
Niu Tou Ren started walking towards the source of the conflict.
His body was surrounded by a faint black mist, like a messenger from hell.
"We have to take this step eventually, to make enemies of others."
……
4 Enemies meet on a narrow road
The other end of the twelfth level of the underground city.
"Go for it, you idiot! What are you chickening for!"
"Damn it! Didn't you see how thick that thing's skin is?!"
"It's impossible to penetrate!"
On the pale grassland, angry curses rose and fell.
A group of adventurers wearing tattered plate armor and wielding various weapons were fleeing in a sorry state.
Behind them, a giant orange lizard with a long neck, crawling on all fours, was hot on their heels like an enraged elephant.
"This is a baby dragon? It's so ugly."
Huddled behind a relatively secluded thicket of trees, Eugene carefully observed the distance.
As a rare elite monster in the floor, the young dragon's running speed is completely inconsistent with its huge size. Its thick scales are impervious to blades and spears, and its heavy body looks extremely oppressive.
For adventurers at least at level 1, this is already a monster of nightmare difficulty.
"These people... seem familiar?"
Eugene was somewhat puzzled.
As the adventurers drew closer, he immediately understood what was happening.
This squad was the same group of adventurers he had beaten to death in his original form, "Ah Jin"!
Akin had some connections and traded dungeon gadgets, so he approached these guys who spent all their time bragging in the tavern.
As a result, the business deal fell through, and instead, they were ripped off for a large sum of money.
Because his opponent attacked too hard, he didn't even last until dawn and died on the street corner.
"What a small world..."
Eugene's lips curled up in a smile.
Even if he's cold-blooded, it's still a bit hard to accept that he has to kill someone on the very first day of his reincarnation.
But it's fine now.
Having absorbed Akin's memories, Eugene felt restless all over, with veins bulging on his forehead.
Confronting the murderer, he felt no guilt whatsoever; on the contrary, he was incredibly looking forward to this reunion.
Roar--!
With a roar, the chase and escape pattern was finally broken.
But it was not the fleeing adventurers who were caught in the crisis.
It was that young dragon that had been so aggressive just moments before!
Its thick limbs, which were galloping just a second ago, are now bound by large swathes of ice and can no longer break free.
One of the adventurers stood before the immobilized young dragon, his face contorted in pain, holding a deep blue dagger that radiated a chilling aura.
That's a "magic sword," a consumable weapon that has magic inscribed on it and can be used without magic power, probably equivalent to a modern hand grenade? But it can be reused several times.
In short, the price is quite high for low-level adventurers.
"Damn it! They've forced me to hand over all my savings!"
The bearded leader looked at the struggling young dragon with lingering fear. Seeing that the dragon could not move forward for the time being, a smug look immediately appeared on his sweat-covered face.
"Luckily, that hoodlum gave me a hand, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to afford this!"
"That guy saved the day for us, hahaha!"
The group looked longingly at the demonic sword; given their limited resources, they clearly needed to pool their money.
And Ah Jin, like a foolishly handed-over wallet, contributed nothing to these people's carefree lives.
"Men! Charge! Take this thing down!"
It turns out that this group of people came for the baby dragon in the first place.
The strongest elite monsters in the upper levels are so rare that the magic stones inside them and the items they drop can fetch a very high price.
While it won't make you rich overnight, the returns are still quite tempting.
Although the process may be dangerous, who doesn't risk their life when going down into the underground city?
Instead of spending months battling through mobs and lowly monsters, why not take a gamble?
However, the carefully laid trap was easily broken.
In the end, they had no choice but to use the magic sword to save their lives.
This one shot is worth 100,000!
Thinking of this, the bearded man and his companions felt their hearts bleed.
They frantically pulled out ropes and threw them out, lassoing the young dragon's neck, and then began to wrestle with it!
It took six of the seven members of the team their combined strength to barely subdue him.
As the captain, the bearded man naturally had to deliver the final blow.
He drew a gleaming short sword from his lower back and carefully circled around to the back of the young dragon's head, which was being pulled.
That's its weak point.
Simply pierce it with this sharpest weapon, and you can end it!
"Heh heh, die!"
The bearded man, completely absorbed and with a ferocious expression, raised his weapon, ready to stab.
But in that instant, a swift, blurry figure flashed past him from the side like a swallow.
Snapped!
One of the ropes binding the baby dragon snapped!
"what's the situation!?"
All seven people were simultaneously shocked!
After losing their balance, the immense force from their hands instantly lifted them off the ground!
Roar--
The young dragon's eyes blazed with fury. It swung its neck violently, sending at least three adventurers spinning through the air before crashing them to the ground!
Crack! The dull sound of bone breaking was chilling.
"Quickly, help them up!"