Chapter 7: 007 The first to empower choice
"Didn't drop?"
On the Rotting Corpse Plain, atop a rock, Dean McKenzie stared at the bare dead body with no glow.
He was somewhat disappointed, but more excited.
"That's normal. The drop rate for proficients is generally low. Dropping twice out of three times is considered super high. It's impossible for every one to drop. The important thing is the tactics work.
As long as the tactics are right, continuing on, it will drop eventually!"
Saying this, Dean McKenzie inevitably looked towards Doggy Two nearby.
"Very little damage done at all, easier to keep alive due to the insignificant threat."
"Doggy Two, let's keep grinding!"
Upon receiving Dean McKenzie's command, Doggy two silently turned and headed towards the Corpse Swarm in the tiny broken house without any emotion.
Hmm, Doggy Two, this level 3 Little Skeleton truly has no emotions, nor any wisdom.
However, this Little Skeleton, though emotionless and witless, was very efficient.
He hadn't gone far before he returned with the corpses.
Strictly executing Dean McKenzie's command, obedient and efficient. The only downside was a little discrepancy in the number of corpses called.
Dean McKenzie's face went pale when he saw the number of corpses following Doggy Two.
"Five?"
Yes, Doggy Two had lured over five corpses this time.
Dean McKenzie's head was spinning!
If he dragged one over, Dean McKenzie would be overjoyed. If he dragged two, Dean McKenzie's head would be a bit big but he could still handle it. But bringing over five at once, isn't this pulling a monster?
This drag was clearly a funeral team coming over!
"This Doggy Two sure knows how to give me a hard time!"
Dean McKenzie looked at the corpses behind Doggy Two, hesitated for a moment, and then resolutely gritted his teeth.
"Bring them over and circle around the rock!"
After Dean McKenzie gave his command, Doggy Two led the corpses closer.
Dean McKenzie grabbed a fist-sized rock, aimed at a corpse, and threw it. Missed!
Threw again, still missed!
Threw again, hit Doggy Two, almost annihilated him.
Dean McKenzie took a deep breath and made a fourth throw, this time accurately hitting the third corpse.
Although Dean McKenzie's target was the closer first corpse, it didn't matter.
The important thing was that he had lured over a corpse.
Then, Dean McKenzie used his old trick and took advantage of the opportunity when the corpse was attracted and wanted to climb the rock. With a close-range Bone Fang, he took down the corpse.
[You have successfully killed a [corpse], for a total of 5 Experience Points!]
At this time, Dean McKenzie's level experience was already at 15/100.
But the third one didn't explode anything, and Dean McKenzie drained all his mana. At the same time, Doggy Two's situation was very bad.
Now, Dean McKenzie had two choices, one was to let Doggy Two lead the corpses away.
The other was to continue fighting.
Dean McKenzie gritted his teeth and chose the second one. He threw the rock in his hand again.
This time, after throwing three stones, Dean McKenzie successfully hit the target and attracted a corpse over.
The corpse was screaming again, trying to climb up the rock.
Dean McKenzie's mana was gone at this point, but he could only grit his teeth and fight back to the wall.
When the corpse was about to climb up, he held the Skeleton Wand and viciously stabbed the sharp tip of the wand into the corpse's eye.
"Puchi"
The skeleton wand burst the corpse's glasses, but because Dean McKenzie only had 0.7 strength and was in a state of hunger, he couldn't directly pierce the corpse's brain. So this blow didn't kill the target directly.
The corpse was still snarling and even grabbed Dean McKenzie's arm, pulling him towards it.
Dean McKenzie clenched his teeth, gripped the wand tightly, and refused to let go.
With a "puchi", under the corpse's power, Dean McKenzie paid the price of having his arm scratched and pierced the corpse's brain.
[You successfully killed a corpse, for a total of 5 Experience Points!]
As the system prompt sounded, a spot of light appeared in front of Dean McKenzie.
Finally, there was loot.
Dean McKenzie's eyes lit up, and he immediately reached out his hand to grab it.
[You have activated a point of light and received a [Mana Potion](Tiny)!
A pale blue potion appears in front of Dean McKenzie.
...
Name: Mana Potion (Tiny)
Usage Requirement: Level 1
Quality: Ordinary
Effect: Recovers 100 mana points within 2 minutes
...
After checking the properties, Dean McKenzie didn't hesitate and downed it in one gulp.
Potion consumed, strength surged instantly!
Mana started to recover at a second per second rate. Dean McKenzie was overjoyed and immediately started attacking with stones.
Perhaps because of the potion, Dean McKenzie's vitality also recovered a bit, and his aim improved; hitting two corpses with two stones.
After attracting the targets, more than ten seconds had passed, Dean McKenzie's mana had recovered to 16 points.
Four seconds later, two Bone Fang spell chants were successful, taking care of these two.
Meanwhile, Little Skeleton, on Dean McKenzie's command, lured the last one over.
Dean McKenzie raised his hand and another projectile was launched, taking down the fifth corpse.
After this wave, Dean McKenzie's experience points had risen to 40/100.
Regrettably, the remaining three corpses didn't drop anything.
In order to kill these three corpses, Dean McKenzie had used three Bone Fangs, consuming 24 Mana points. Only a short while after he had exhausted them, his mana was full again.
This was the first time Dean McKenzie encountered a situation where he had an abudance of mana that he could not fully use.
To avoid waste, Dean McKenzie quickly found a way to use it up.
[You used Talent [Extraction] on the corpse, successfully extracting 0.1 Attack Attribute from the target!]
[You used Talent [Extraction] on the corpse, successfully extracting 0.2 Agility Attribute from the target!]
[You used Talent [Extraction] on the corpse but failed!]
...
60 Mana Points allowed Dean McKenzie to successfully use the Talent three times.
Extracted a total of 0.3 Attribute points.
Once these attributes were extracted, two spheres of light appeared before Dean McKenzie's eyes.
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Name: Extracted Attributes
Description: These are the attributes you've extracted using Talent, please figure out how to use them on your own.
...
Looking at these attributes, Dean McKenzie raised an eyebrow.
"Figure it out on my own?
How do I figure it out? Should I try applying it to myself?"
As Dean McKenzie spoke, he pressed the two points of light towards his body.
The system notification refreshed again.
[You are using [Extracted Attributes]. Please note that at your current Talent Level, you can only enhance one target at a time. Please choose your target!]
With the system prompt, several choices appeared before Dean McKenzie's eyes.
[Strength, Agility, Physique, Spirit, Attack, Defense, Mana]
These are the first seven, Dean McKenzie's seven basic attributes.
Apparently, until Dean McKenzie's Talent Level increases,
he can only choose to enhance one attribute.
Looking at these seven attributes, Dean McKenzie was somewhat hesitant.
While pondering whether to enhance [Spirit] or [Mana], Dean McKenzie found out that there seemed to be a next page of the options.
Dean McKenzie clicked to the next page and saw two new options.
One was the skill [Bone Fang]!
The other was the skill [Summon Skeleton]!
Seeing these two options, Dean McKenzie's eyes lit up!
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone