Chapter 167 – Mountain of Bones (2/2)
“My God, Ah Lei!” I quickly shouted, but it was already too late.
Dong Cheng Lei instantly pulled all the aggro and the first Hun Tribe Horseman immediately went berserk, raising his spear and charging after Dong Cheng Lei. Old K, worrying that Dong Cheng Lei couldn’t handle it alone, quickly followed behind “Ah Lei! I’m coming to help you!”
“Shua!”
The metal horseman suddenly sped up, leaving after images behind him. This was the effect of [Charge]!
“Peng!”
Dong Cheng Lei was pushed back around ten meters and entered a state of dizziness. At the same time, the Hun Tribe Horseman raised his long sword and delivered an arced blow, hitting both Old K and Dong Cheng Lei with the same strike.
“1472！”
“1621！”
……
“My God, these two don’t fear death…” Yuzi Chengshuo quickly healed them as she commented in an exasperated tone.
I hurriedly rushed over to help. Hitting the ground hard with my fist, I used [Binding Chains] to restrict another Hun Tribe Horseman. At the same time, I lunged at the one in the front, yelling, “Ah Lei! What are you waiting for?! Start the counterattack!!”
“Hua!”
Dong Cheng Lei’s reaction wasn’t bad as he quickly used the skill [Reflect], resulting in the Hun Horseman tasting his own [Flame Blade]!
“Dun!”
“2187！”
Directly taking his own attack, I bet that horseman felt a lot of sadness and despair.
As six golden hexagrams shone brightly, my Frost Rain Sword activated [Combo]. Baby Bobo also followed up quickly, along with a fireball spell from Dong Cheng Yue. Together we instantly finished off the first horseman!
I then raised up my sword and rushed towards the horseman that I bound earlier, finishing him in an instant as well. Right before dying, this horseman roared his last words, “With an impossible situation upon us, even the lowest people trample over us!”
“Pa Cha!” With one more strike, the horseman and his horse both fell to the ground. He had also dropped a pair of beautiful glittering shoes. My eyes glittered as I grabbed it. Nice! It was a Silver Tier drop, so I stored it away to sell for money later.
Standing beside the horseman’s corpse, Lin Wan Er blinked her big round eyes a few times and laughed “What was that? ‘ With an impossible situation upon us, even the lowest people trample over us!’ What does that even mean? Some kind of Hun tribe dialect?”
TL: That part was spoken with ancient chinese wordings that were quite obscure
I nodded. “Yea, it must be! Don’t worry about it!”
Fox’s mouth twitched a bit before saying, “If I’m not mistaken, I think it’s a cussing term from the Su Bei or Nan Jing region. Right?”
Surprised, I asked, “As expected of the wise brother Fox. What does it mean though?”
Fox quietly translated, “You son of a bi*ch, I’ll punch you so that your eyes start bleeding….”
Everybody instantly fell to their knees after listening to the translation!
TL: Falling to knees = figure of speech = horrible translation
……
Our group continued onwards. After killing ten or so Hun Tribe Horsemen, Matcha furrowed her brows and said, “Boss, we’re clearing monsters too slowly. We can’t maximize the use of Dong Cheng Yue’s [Thunderbolt Finger] like this. Plus my Illusionary Butterfly Queen is already Lv 42 with 1400+ magic attack. Her [Abyssal Flames] will hurt them quite a bit. Let’s find a suitable spot to lure a bunch of the Hun Tribe Horsemen and kill them with AoE spells!”
(TL Note: AoE is a term used in games that stands for Area of Effect)
I pondered. “The idea is good…but we need people to guard the outer perimeter to keep them within the AoE. The Hun Tribe Horsemen’s [Arc Moon Slash] slash is too painful. Old K and Ah Lei won’t be able to handle it unless we have the most ideal and advantageous location.”
“But we do, Boss!”
Matcha flew up into the sky and pointed her finger behind us, “Look over there…”
I looked over and my whole body trembled. There was a mountain of bones in addition to piles and piles of decomposing clothes. From its color, it seemed that the clothing ought to have belonged to women. The pile of bones conveniently formed a pathway with the cliff, just enough for one person to push through.
Blinking her eyes, Matcha said, “If everyone can all go through that passage, and you, Boss, remain here to block the way and defend against two to three Hun Tribe Horsemen with the support of the Healers, then Dong Cheng can fully express the power of [Thunderbolt Finger] and [Pillar of Fire & Ice]. It can elevate our leveling speed by at least 70%!”
I nodded, “Sounds reasonable, what do the rest of you think?”
Fox also nodded, “I approve.”
Wan Er laughed lightly: “Sure!”
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After everyone agreed, we immediately began the operation.
Drawing near to the mountain of bones, Wolf, Lin Wan Er, and the others entered through the passage one by one. Dong Cheng Yue remained closest to the outside, while I remained in front of her to cut off the passageway. Matcha then flew into the air and laughed lightly, “The Hun Tribe Horsemen can’t attack targets in the air. Boss, I’ll go and start aggroing them, so wait for me…”
“Okay, be careful Matcha!”
“Yea!”
Matcha flew out gracefully. Not long after, the ground started shaking, and skulls rolled down the mountain of bones unceasingly. I furrowed my brows without saying anything.
Wan Er’s pretty eyebrows knitted as well, “These bones, could it be……”
I hastily nodded, “Correct. According to history, these remains belong to the Han women that were boiled alive by the Five Barbarian tribes in the past.”
TL: Han is not Hun – Han = mainland chinese, Hun = tribe of the five tribes
“So many, over 10,000…….”
“Yeah.”
A hint of hatred flashed across Lin Wan Er’s beautiful eyes, “It’s settled, we definitely have to slaughter this floor’s boss!”
……
In the distance, a dense cluster of the Hun Tribe Horsemen cavalry thundered over with Matcha lying at the very front with her longsword. Her face was full of excitement, “Beauty Dong Cheng Yue, manage your mana. From here on out, it’s up to your magic output!”