Cathulhu Online, MUNYA!

Chapter 45 – Cat Dad: “THIS IS MUNYA!”

Xiaomao wasn’t worried about the gnoll general, who had been climbing the cable.

The monster wore heavy armor. At a glance, Xiaomao estimated that the gnoll might weigh about a couple thousand pounds. With that kind of weight, it would have been a miracle if the gnoll managed to reach the top of the tower.

However, the general steadily made his way up. He had already climbed 5 meters high, and his speed didn’t slow down at all.

Xiaomao scoffed at the Gnoll General’s threat. He turned around and deposited all items that he had automatically obtained from the dead gnolls into the Spatial Bank Warehouse.

Unfortunately, none of the gnoll shamans was killed. Xiaomao hadn’t gotten any spellbook yet, but he was confident that he would get one soon.

Then, he checked his health bar.

HP: 700/900

MP: 200/900

Satiety: 30%

Xiaomao deeply exhaled as the legendary crossbow drained his HP and MP. His satiety bar also rapidly decreased because of the two cursed gauntlets.

At this rate, after 15 more attacks, Xiaomao’s satiety bar would be depleted, and the Fish Gourmet Skill would be reset.

He took his time, drinking potions and recovering his lost HP and MP. Then, Xiaomao walked back toward the main cable, where the boss monster was climbing.

He aimed at the damaged cable and fired a bolt.

The bolt pierced the cable 10 meters away from Xiaomao. It exploded, but the cable did not catch flame.

Xiaomao lost 100 MP and his satiety bar decreased by 2%.

He looked up, checking the long red HP bars again. Earlier, Xiaomao attacked this cable and decreased its HP by 63%. But now, the main suspension cable’s HP bar indicated that only 30% of its HP remained!_.

What would happen if the suspension cable’s HP reached zero?

“NYAHAHAHAHA!!”

Xiaomao mocked the gnoll general as he had this fight in his palm… paw… or tentacle.

Normally, environment objects in-game, such as bridges or caves, could not be damaged by ordinary weapons or skills. However, the game left some leeway for players to exploit.

Most environments and buildings in-game were destructible if the player used the right method. A siege engine or a legendary weapon with ignoring defense properties, such as the rental weapons from the dungeon store, could handle every structure with ease. And in this case, the bridge was one of the destructible objects in-game.

This information was discovered during the Heavenly Dao Era when alien cultivators and cultivator class players reigned supreme.

At that time, many flying cultivators raided towns and demolished buildings and defensive structures of player guilds, but they couldn’t destroy NPC buildings and NPC cities. However, one day, a cultivator-class player was fed up with an NPC fortress in a dungeon, which he couldn’t put a dent in it. He decided to rent a legendary weapon and used it to slaughter every player and NPC for a laugh.

During the slaughtering fest, he accidentally destroyed the fortress walls and the entire fortress in the process!

Ever since that incident, players discovered the hidden feature of this game. They began investing in rental weapons, legendary weaponry, and siege engines. Every guild got more creative as they destroyed a few bridges, buildings, and other structures of NPCs during fights.

Some of them got even more creative. They attempted to kill the dungeon shopkeepers!

Unfortunately for them, the game protected the majority of NPCs in town and dungeon shopkeepers with a defensive mechanism. Any assailant would be struck by tribulation lightning and die on the spot. Unless an event involved the NPCs, such as a war or monster siege event, nobody could harm them.

This dungeon’s bridge was one of many destructible structures. An agent once infiltrated this dungeon and destroyed the bridge, killing all occupants and the gnolls.

The destruction frenzy of players forced the game company to launch a hotfix patch later on, but that was a story of another time.

Today, Xiaomao mimicked an incident from the past. He had damaged the main suspension cables before he started the fight. Xiaomao kept shooting at the cable on the same spot while waiting for the gnoll general to get closer.

After five more shots, the cable’s HP reached zero.

And the entire cable chain snapped!

Meanwhile, the gnoll general was a dozen meters away from the severed cable. As soon as the cable snapped, he screamed in shock.

The cables and the boss monster fell from the sky. The metallic wires scattered and disappeared along with Gnoll General to the abyss.

“NOOOOOOO!!”

Just like that, the guardian of this floor was a goner.

Xiaomao sneered and walked back to the dungeon shop. Then, he waited for the game’s confirmation messages.

He didn’t need to wait long.

DING

<You have slain Gnoll General Level 50!>

<You have killed a boss monster by using the environment for the first time!>

<You have earned a new title, THIS IS MUNYA!>

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Title: THIS IS MUNYA!

This title is given to any brave catopus, who defeated a stronger foe by dropping the monster off a cliff. By having this title, every NPC will see you as a charismatic valiant cat.

Effect: NPCs who love battles and wars respect you. Their favorability and intimacy with you will never be lower than 2 stars.

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A strange title was always nice regardless of how weird it was, but that was not what Xiaomao had been waiting for.

<You have gained 5,000,000 EXP!>

<Your level has risen by 2!>

<You have received Unidentified Black Stones x 9.>

<You have received G1 Crystalized Wood Qi x 15.>

<You have received G1 Crystalized Metal Qi x 15.>

<You have received G1 Crystalized Dark Qi x 15.>

<You have received G1 Mana Fruit x 15.>

<You have received G1 Health Fruit x 15.>

<You have received Gnoll General Card x 3.>

The Mana Fruit and Health Fruit were other red-named items that could drop from the Gnoll General. Each fruit permanently increased a player’s HP or MP by 10. Just like the Crystalized Qi, Xiaomao could eat it to increase his permanent stats.

But the item drops so far were just an appetizer.

<You have received Gnoll Lord Breastplate x 3.>

<You have received Gnoll Lord Helm x 3.>

<You have received Gnoll Lord Leggings x 3.>

<You have received Gnoll Lord Gauntlets x 3.>

<You have received Gnoll Lord Greaves x 3.>

<You have received Gnoll Lord Vambraces x 3.>

Another equipment set showed up. It was a level 50 heavy armor set that Xiaomao couldn’t use. However, Slave One might be able to wear it when he needed to become a tank for Xiaomao again.

However, the equipment items were not the main course of the boss’ rewards.

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Arcane Blade x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Serpent Thrust x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Flying Sword x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Chameleon x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Mountain Smash x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, One Man Thousand Arrows x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Repeating Shot x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book, Homing Snipe x 3.>

<You have received a Super Rare Skill Book…>

Xiaomao drooled as he watched the long list of spell books appearing in his inventory one after another. His pupils turned into $ symbol as he calculated how much money he would get from auctioning these super rare skill books.

At a glance, most of these skills were active ones. Some required a blade to trigger while some required a spear. Several skills were applicable to a bow, crossbow, musket, or gun.

The list went on. Xiaomao stopped counting when 50 lines of system messages were all super rare skill books. Instead of worrying about how he would sell these books, Xiaomao was concerned about his available inventory slots instead.

Without hesitation, Xiaomao stopped looking at the system notification messages or his inventory slots. He opened the Spatial Bank menu and moved as many skill books to his premium warehouse.

The spam went on for two minutes. Xiaomao ended up filling 200 types of super rare skill books in the premium warehouse.

600 Super Rare Skill Books!

Xiaomao was rich!

He had the urge to put one of the useless skills on an NFT auction platform right away. However, the last item from the boss monster distracted him.

<You have received an Ultra-Rare Mysterious Ultimate Manual x 3.>

“Munya?”

Xiaomao had never heard of this ultra-rare ultimate manual before. In his previous life, nobody put an Ultra-Rare skill book or spellbook for sale. No one revealed where they got their ultra-rare abilities.

Everything about Ultra-Rare skills or spellbooks was a mystery.

And now, Xiaomao suddenly got three of them!

The cat stared at the last message in a daze. He slowly pressed the glittering bamboo scroll icon, checking the item detail.

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Ultra Rare Mysterious Ultimate Manual

Upon using this book, your character may learn a random ultimate skill that fits your class and race. One character may only learn up to three ultimate skills or spells.

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“Ultimate move, munya?”