Du You was being extremely careful as he continued on his way, testing slowly. To his dismay, however, his results were discouraging. For the Zombie Plague was unavoidable by any means, and took effect once entering melee combat, making him feel as weak and miserable as having a severe flu. Not only did Du You feel dizzy, weak and fatigued, but his condition also began to deteriorate over time. The effects vanished only a minute later, leaving him wondering if there was an antidote. He did own an antidote fruit, but using it here was too wasteful. Each Plague effect made Du You feel that his vitality was decreasing. Deep down, he calculated that he might even die here if enduring this for an hour. At this point, Du You regretted not bringing a bow and arrows from the Goblin territory. If he had one, he could have launched remote attacks. The only range option Du You had now was the Magic Missile. "I cannot let these things get any closer, it’s unclear whether this plague would stack up. If so, I may be incapacitated," thought Du You, proceeding with even greater caution. His Dreamy Butterfly, he found, was utterly useless; as zombies did not rely on vision to perceive objects, it had no impact on them. Its Dreamy Powder ability was also ineffective against zombies. The primary issue was that zombie’s lethargic speed hardly threatened Du You, unless they were in vast numbers. "Forget it. Let’s assume it’s my pet for the time being; I should be able to replace it tomorrow." As Du You cautiously moved forward, the guiding arrow was still working. Whenever he encountered zombies along his path, he would hit and shatter their heads with Magic Missiles unperturbedly, considering their sluggishness allowed him plenty of time for precision aiming. At present, the Dreamy Butterfly had become a scout for Du You. It was able to deliver some simple intel to him without alerting the zombies. For example, whether or not zombies were lurking around the corners could be determined just by watching the flying trajectory of the Dreamy Butterfly. In this way, Du You was mitigating the risk of zombie ambushes. These slow creatures posed no major threat unless they were able to ambush him. Thus, he only needed to periodically replenish his magic power. "Damn it, how long is this cave, and why do these zombies never drop anything," Du You grumbled. He had been walking for a long time and had killed quite a few zombies, but none of them had dropped anything. There were not even some Crystal Coins, making them poorer than beggars. But there was nothing he could do; he couldn’t afford to abandon this job change quest. Du You kept going. Suddenly, he noticed his Dreamy Butterfly circling in the air, signifying the presence of zombies. But there were so many circles, could there be an army of zombies? Du You pondered and instructed Xiaozi to wait where it was while he ran ahead. Although Xiaozi’s Thunder and Lightning could counteract the harm of the Zombie Plague on him, its combat power was limited here. Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝘯𝘦𝘵 "Damn, why are there so many of them!" Ahead, there was a large cave, teeming with zombies. Du You estimated there were no less than a hundred or so. With his current magic power, he could only eliminate half of them at most before he ran out of Magic Missiles. As for the rest, he was reluctant to confront them with his sword and get too close. Yet, he couldn’t give up, "Regardless, I can sense the stone platform in the middle is my destination." Du You contemplated, backed off a few steps, carefully surveyed the ground, then turned to unleash a Magic Missile. The Magic Missile accurately hit a zombie’s head, pulverising it. The surrounding zombies, detectnig an attack, started roaring. However, by this time Du You had retreated far enough, and hence remained unseen by the zombies. Subsequently, only a dozen or so zombies ventured out heading towards him. "As long as I can lure them out, dealing with them will be a cinch," thought Du You. He then commanded his Dreamy Butterfly to show him the situation and felt uplifted. Once the zombies were sufficiently drawn away from the majority, he initiated his attack. He fired one Magic Missile after another, and Xiaozi also flanked them, pecking one to death after another. Xiaozi utilitsed its Electric Current Coiling Skills, neutralising some of the Plague, yet still getting affected, but considerably less than Du You. It only needed rest and then it was fine again. Du You had to do the same to restore his magic power. Thus, Du You gradually disposed of all the zombies, nothing more than live targets. In less than two hours, Du You had cleaned up all the zombies. "Thankfully, the zombies, once killed, cause no harm. They create neither Plague Poison nor a real plague; otherwise, I’d inevitably die here," Du You thought, the stench of decay around him made him frown. After stepping over the zombies, Du You finally reached the interior of the colossal stone room. The very stone platform ensconced by the zombies earlier. Upon it lay a skeleton, irrecognizable due to rotting. When Du You touched it, it crumbled into fragments strewn all over, impossible to piece back together. "I intended to give you a decent burial, but now it seems impossible." With a shake of his head, Du You opened his status panel, which informed him that the first phase of the quest was complete. Apart from the skeleton, a book also lay next to it on the platform. Du You moved forward to pick it up. "Use one Crystal Coin to activate the Translation feature available for one month?" "This feature also exists? Affirmative." Du You took out a Crystal Coin which incinerated instantly. Du You found himself capable of reading the words in the book. "The Dark Shaper, a summoning-type profession, utilises Dark Element Stones and the appropriate animal carcasses to create dark element creatures, each occupying a skill slot. I wonder how powerful this profession is. Hmm, it requires Summoning Class and Dark Attribute, I never imagined it would have prerequisites. Good thing I possess both." When he first awakened, Du You came into contact with the Black Dragon which endowed him with the strong Dark Class attribute. Job-change Quest: Dark Shaper – Phase 2: Find Dark Element Stone. Then, the quest updated itself. "Strange, the arrow in the orb changed its direction," Du You noticed abruptly. Could that mean...