325 White Tiger Shaman! (1/2)
The dark flamed Level 52 Boss Skelewing Dragon had wings, and specialized in long-ranged Magic Attacks! Warrior Classes did not even have a chance of getting close to it. This was because when attacking, the Boss kept itself airborne so warriors could not even touch it from the ground—due to this very reason, Skelewing Dragons were the most problematic obstacle for Qin Ruo ever since he joined Honor and Glory!
When Qin Ruo saw this monster from afar, the first thing that came to mind was to turn around and leave the damn place, change his battle plan, and look for other warp portals to enter the fifth floor of the Graveyard of the Gods.
However, Violet Orchid and Judge told him at the same time that this was not possible...
The warp portals nearby the Tomb Region were all quite a distance from each other, it would take about half an hour just to reach the next one!
Not only that, the Bosses guarding the Tomb Region's warp portals; Skelewing Dragon, Two-headed Skeletal Dragon, and Dark Lich, all three had the ability to fly! The scariest of them all was the Dark Lich—it had the ability to summon Tier 4 Boss entities... As for the Two-headed Skeletal Dragon, it was slightly weaker, but Qin Ruo would surely not be willing to go up against it.
From his experience with a Cerberus, the advantage of having three heads in a battle was clear to him, he swore never to even go near these damn creatures with more than one head. Additionally, the Two-headed Skeletal Dragon's battle power was of a Tier 5 Boss level!
Qin Ruo could sense that the Skelewing Dragon was everyone else's choice, he finally accepted his fate begrudgingly: Passing through the Barren Domain to the Tomb Region would surely have its gains and losses.
Even though they managed to save Violet Orchid, their successful and somewhat unpredictable progress into the fifth floor of the Graveyard of the Gods also indicated the sharp rise in level of difficulty…
With the three warrior Class players, Steel Dude, Subjugator and Judge, being unable to take part in the battle, Qin Ruo and Black Rock evidently had skills that were not up to par, even with the Amethyst Orc it was going to be difficult for them to display strong battle powers.
In short, this battle was going to be an interesting one!
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Around the Skelewing Dragon were a group of Tier 5 level Skeletal Dragons.
They were regular monsters that were often found in the Tomb Region but among all the Undead monsters, they were considered unusually strong. Aside from having close-ranged attack abilities, their successive attacks were powerful and dealt high physical damage.
It was considered unlucky for regular Tier 4 players to encounter even one Skeletal Dragon. To encounter a group of them could be described as a tragic scene waiting to unfold.
A group of Skeletal Dragons in addition to a Level 52 Skelewing Dragon Boss—they were practically invincible. Even for Supreme Champion players this would be considered an incredible feat to attempt.
After assessing the situation, Subjugator's eyes swept over the group of regular elites in the party and looked at Violet Orchid who was the team leader of the party, he then suggested, ”What if we sacrifice a few people to draw the Skeletal Dragons and the Boss away? Even if they were to make it to the fifth floor, they would not be of any use anyway…”
”...”
Subjugator's suggestion was ruthless, but that was the fact of the matter. With the Amethyst Orc unable to fully utilize its powers, there was no way to defeat the Tier 5 Skelewing Dragon Boss; Besides, even if the regular elites were to enter the fifth floor, they truly would not be of any use at all—Violet Orchid understood this point even more so than Subjugator.
However, her fellow comrades in the party had been by her side for a long period of time, even when Tiger Cub encircled and trapped them for more than two hours they never left her side. What they went through together made her unwilling to make such a request—they barely made it through that battle, yet having to sacrifice them even before they stepped foot onto the fifth floor was something that made her heavy-hearted… She just could not do it.
On the other hand, Violet Orchid knew better than anyone else that Subjugator's decision was the most viable one...
It was the first time ever that Violet Orchid was torn about what to do, silently she stood in front of the party, looking in the direction of the warp portal and the big group of Skeletal Dragons and Skelewing Dragon surrounding it, as she waged a war within herself.
When she logged off to seek for help, Violet Orchid found out that the fifth floor of the Graveyard of the Gods was in dire need of a Radiant Priest to escape from a desperate situation. With that in mind, she had to quickly enter the fifth floor and convene with Scarlet Bauhinia and his group to reduce the fatality of the Angel Faction's fifteen clans;
On the other hand, she really did not want to send her loyal comrades-in-arm to be sacrificial lambs in order to do that...
As she was deep in hesitation, Qin Ruo quipped from beside her:
”Is there a problem with Subjugator's suggestion?”
Violet Orchid heaved a sigh and lightly shook her head.
”He is right, but…”
”I know, you do not want the others to sacrifice themselves for this.”
Qin Ruo glanced at the dozens of Angel Faction players standing behind Violet Orchid and sighed to himself. 'If it were other monsters, the Bauhinia Clan members will surely not think twice and go into battle so that they can smoothly progress onto the fifth floor.'
As luck was not on their side, their opponent was none other than the highly intelligent Tier 5 Boss and a group of agile Wind-type monsters Skeletal Dragon. If they were to send out only a small number of people, they would be slain immediately. In order to draw the attention of the skeletal dragons and maybe even slow down the Boss, they needed at least twenty people to complete the mission.
Even Qin Ruo could not bear losing and sacrificing all the regular members—Sometimes the correct choice was not always the right one…