335 Death Mountain, A Simple Map (2/2)

Qin Ruo nodded. ”I forgot to pass it to all of you earlier on. Let me share it out now.”

The five of them quickly accepted the shared info. Though the map remained incomplete, numerous paths were obviously linked, and the general layout of Level 5 was apparent to the viewer. In contrast to the pitiful, lone earthworm-like path just now, this newly-received map was as informative as a satellite image.

”Damn you Qin Ruo, you should have shown this to us earlier.”

Black Rock yelled again and pointed at the map before he turned his head joyfully to the hill in front of them. ”There's a cave here?”

Qin Ruo smiled and nodded while he shared his thoughts, ”These past two days, there have been a lot of pathfinders scattered all over Level 5. However, most of them never ventured deep into the caves. My guess is they were hindered by monsters that were patrolling nearby, so most of the parties were unable to go farther in. I believe these untouched caves still contain a great amount of loot left to be explored.”

”Agreed!”

Black Rock and Fateless raised their hands at the same time—one being a natural optimist while the other preferring adventure. They would certainly not let such a fun opportunity slip by. It was, in fact, the only purpose they entered the dangerous Level 5 of the Graveyard of the Gods.

”But according to your Sister Violet, not every cave on Level 5 has treasure in it. The classification seems rather strict here. Tier 6 Minibosses or even Elite Minibosses aren't allowed to keep treasures to themselves…”

”That's right. So, before we decide to ransack the cave, we have to first confirm if it's guarded by a Miniboss or Megaboss,” Qin Ruo explained.

The five other members in the party looked at each other and smiled bitterly after they heard Qin Ruo out. 'It's easier said than done.'

If it was a Tier 5 monster, then the four Level 49 players in the party could still differentiate a normal monster from a Boss as they had access to data of monsters up to Level 54. But when it came to Tier 6 monsters, they were not given any useful information (level, ability, name, etc.) even if it was only a minion, let alone one that was of Boss Tier.

Were they supposed to judge with their naked eyes? It was impractical.

However, it was even more absurd to try to judge a monster's tier based on its strength! The weakest Tier 6 Miniboss was still 10 times more horrible than a Tier 5 Overlord. Asking them to go up against a Tier 6 Demigod Boss was nothing but a suicide mission.

They needed the help of 10 main attackers, two Tier 5 Minibosses, and several Field-Commander players to take down a single Tier 5 Boss previously. Now with only six of them left, even fighting a Tier 6 Miniboss was suicidal, much less a Tier 6 Elite Miniboss, Tier 6 Boss, or Tier 6 Elite Boss…

Even worse, the movement speed of a Tier 6 Boss was beyond imagination. Hence, scouting the cave itself was already a deadly task. One could possibly pay with his or her life simply by going near the cave.

”Qin Ruo still has one Sealed Mana Core left, right? Can we first send in a Tier 5 Miniboss to lure the Tier 6 Boss out, then send Fateless in to confirm if there's any treasure hidden inside the cave…” Snowleaf suggested.

That sounded like a good plan, but unfortunately, it was still not feasible.

Qin Ruo frowned. ”This is the last Soul Stone, and our only hope left. I wish to use it only when necessary… like after we've confirmed there's treasure inside the cave. Or else, we'll completely waste the final Soul Stone.”

The others nodded consensually.

'It is indeed unwise to ask the summoned Boss to be a scout.'

First of all, Bosses summoned from Mana Cores had a time constraint of 180 minutes. If the monster in the cave was not a Tier 6 Boss but only a Miniboss or an Elite Miniboss, it would take them a lot of time to detour to another cave. They would then need to take care of the Tier 6 monsters around the area, which was very troublesome and time-consuming. One or two instances of unsuccessful probing would exhaust the usage time of the monster for nothing.

More importantly, a Tier 5 Miniboss may find it difficult to escape unharmed under a Tier 6 Miniboss' pursuit. Though both were Boss level monsters, they were still one tier apart—a considerably big gap in terms of power and ability.

Besides, it also remained questionable whether the Tier 5 Miniboss could successfully lure the Tier 6 monster out of the cave as well as create an opening for Fateless to enter and survey the grotto safely.

Until they could come up with a flawless plan, Qin Ruo refused to simply activate the final trump card in his hand. Without this trump card, they would completely lose the leverage to stay competitive on Level 5 of the Graveyard of the Gods.