Chapter 101: Beginner Agility Potion

They were like dominoes—if Lake disturbed even one of them, the remaining twenty or so would all target him, toppling toward him one after another.

If he couldn’t escape in time, just a few hits from each of those twenty-odd ghostly skeletons would be enough to finish him off. After all, ghostly skeletons had a decent attack power—20 points each.

Although Lake was equipped with some gear, sheer numbers would overwhelm him. Having equipment just meant he wouldn’t die instantly, not that he wouldn’t die at all.

“Take this. If you find you can’t outrun them, drink it right away. Don’t try to save it—your life is more important than anything else.” As she spoke, Su You handed Lake the Beginner Agility Potion she’d been keeping for emergencies.

Seeing Lake’s curious look as he held the potion, Su You briefly explained, “It’ll boost your speed for five minutes.”

【Beginner Agility Potion】(Ingredients: Wind Millet Grass*1, Greenheart Herb*5, Water, Container)

Type: Potion

Quality: Green

Effect: +100 Movement Speed (Duration: 5 minutes)

Description: The main ingredient of the Beginner Agility Potion is Wind Millet Grass. When consumed, it can temporarily unlock the body’s potential, greatly increasing movement speed. Due to the strength of its effects, do not use consecutively. After each use, you must wait about one hour for the remaining effects to wear off (translation: 1-hour cooldown). If you use it again before the effects have fully worn off, you do so at your own risk.

So, what does a 100-point movement speed boost actually mean?

Here, a normal person’s walking speed is about 300, running is anywhere from 500 to 800, and only those with special talents or skills might reach 900. If you can hit 1,000… that’s fast enough to dodge attacks from some high-level non-human creatures.

So, a 100-point speed boost is actually quite significant. As long as nothing unexpected happens, if Lake drinks it in time, he’ll definitely make it back safely.

As for the potion’s ingredients, Su You had previously mentioned Wind Millet Grass—she kept one stalk as a seed, and used the other three to make just this one bottle of agility potion.

Greenheart Herb, on the other hand, is a special plant with no medicinal effects of its own, but it can enhance the properties of other herbs.

Not just agility potions—strength potions, healing potions, mana potions, and so on—all can use Greenheart Herb to boost their effects and reduce the amount of main ingredients needed.

Otherwise, the basic recipe for a Beginner Agility Potion would have been: [Wind Millet Grass*3, Water, Container].

But thanks to Greenheart Herb’s special properties, Su You was able to substitute it for some of the Wind Millet Grass in the recipe.

“Understood, my lord. Don’t worry.” Lake carefully took the potion. To make sure he could use it quickly, he didn’t even put it in his pocket—he just held it tightly in his hand.

With Lake’s task settled, Su You turned to Duoya. “How’s it going?”

Duoya, already at the top of the arrow tower, nodded at Su You, then demonstrated her skill by shooting an arrow that pierced three falling leaves in a row.

Lake, who had been about to leave, saw this and couldn’t help but blurt out an uncultured exclamation—

Lake: “That’s badass!”

Su You: “...” Did the system accidentally mix in some other data templates during import?

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Although Lake had always admired Duoya’s skills because of the Black-striped Tiger incident, he’d never truly witnessed her abilities firsthand, so his admiration wasn’t all that deep.

But with that arrow, not only did Su You see that Duoya could handle the arrow tower perfectly, Lake also got a real sense of her strength, which boosted his confidence for the task ahead.

After watching Duoya’s display, Lake didn’t waste any time. Clutching the potion, he dashed behind the stone gate, then led a group of ghostly skeletons around the area three times—

This was the monster-pulling technique Su You had taught him.

Normally, to pull monsters, you’d just rush in to get their attention and then lead them back. That works, but the problem is it draws all the monsters at once, making them too densely packed and putting a lot of pressure on Su You and Duoya.

It’s best to take them out one by one—not scatter your attacks all over the place. But if the monsters are too tightly packed, even the best aim can’t prevent certain situations—for example, monsters crowding together and accidentally shielding each other.

Even with Duoya’s archery skills, she couldn’t avoid that.

But if you circle the area a few times with the ghostly skeletons in tow, their numbers will naturally thin out due to various factors.

There are many reasons for this—differences in movement speed, environmental obstacles, or even the monsters tripping over each other and knocking their companions down...

The goal is simple: to break up the dense mob into smaller, more manageable groups.

It sounds easy, but it’s actually quite difficult—especially since ghostly skeletons come with a “physical stealth” buff. Lake had to be extra careful when pulling them and planning his escape route.

Otherwise, if he tripped over a ghostly skeleton lying in wait, he’d be done for.

Luckily, nothing went wrong. After about three laps, Lake managed to bring five or six scattered ghostly skeletons to the front of the arrow tower.

To avoid friendly fire, Su You didn’t attack, but Duoya was different—she was confident enough to strike first, targeting one of the ghostly skeletons.

Although Lake was the initial aggro target, the hatred generated by an attack is always greater, so the skeleton Duoya hit naturally broke off from chasing Lake and started attacking the sturdy wooden barricade Su You had set up, trying to break through and reach the arrow tower and its occupant.

For her second shot, Duoya didn’t aim at the skeleton attacking the barricade, but instead targeted the remaining ones still chasing Lake. Just like before, her attack drew their aggro, luring them all to the barricade."

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