Chapter 45 (1/2)

As he tried to hide his figure, Fatty slowly leaned toward the party of players.

Because he was far away and in the back, they did not realize Fatty was there. After they looked around and confirmed that there were no players around, they were ready to kill the monster.

In the Chaotic Era, the respawning location of Bosses was generally random. However, there were certain rules, which was that they usually did not respawn in other areas. For example, the Quagmire Monster roamed around the swamp. Thus, the Quagmire Boss would respawn anywhere in this swamp but could never respawn in the desert.

When the Boss respawned, there were usually one or two Elite monsters around it. However, when Elite monsters respawned, they might not necessarily be next to the Boss. A single elite monster might be alone.

This was a huge Boss that was clearly different from other Quagmire Monsters and had two smaller Elites by its side.

A Quagmire Monster was a strange creature covered in black mud. These creatures did not have hands or feet and looked like a muddy mess. They squirmed, so their movement speed was average. Although these creatures did not have a high attack power, they had an annoying feature, which was speed reduction.

The speed reduction effect was very powerful. Once a player was hit by the mud spit-out during their melee attack, their movement speed would be reduced by at least 30%. The melee attack class was not really affected, but the range classes that relied on speed to keep a distance from them had trouble. This was also the reason that it was difficult to see a leveling party at the spawn point of Quagmire Monsters.

When facing one big and two small Bosses and Elites, this party used the method Fatty had used in the bandit camp, which was to first draw away the Boss and an Elite monster while the other players focused on killing another Elite. After killing the Elites, it would be their turn to fight the Boss.

When they started killing the monsters, the Undead Thief in the party drew away one Elite while the Dark Hunter, who had attacked Fatty earlier, was responsible for containing the Quagmire Boss.

There was nothing wrong with this tactic, as after killing an Elite, the Thief could join the attack and kill the second Elite. The output ability of a Thief was higher than that of a Dark Hunter, so they could kill the Elite faster.

However, they probably didn’t expect that Fatty, who had turned into a coward because of their scolding, was now staring at them from not far away…

Everything went well and the Dark Hunter launched a normal attack against the Quagmire Boss along with a Dark Arrow that could corrode armor. Thus, he successfully attracted the Boss’s hatred. When the Quagmire Boss wriggled toward the Dark Hunter, the Dark Hunter turned to run.

As he sat in front of the controller, Fatty couldn’t help blinking. Why was this guy running toward him? Did he want him to act on behalf of Heaven?

When the Poison Dart Frog had been killed earlier, the Dark Hunter had first attacked Fatty, which had been an active PK. The counterattack time in the Chaotic Era was relatively longer, so it was 15 minutes. Even after Fatty trailed behind them to this place, this counterattack time had yet to end.

How could Fatty miss such a good opportunity? He was hiding behind a stone. When he saw that the Dark Hunter was about to rush toward him, he suddenly jumped out!

The Dark Hunter, who was taken aback, subconsciously stopped. Before he could respond, Fatty had waved his staff to give him a taste of the Poison Sting Skill!

Yes. Fatty didn’t attack the Quagmire Boss. He attacked this guy first.

The Poison Sting Skill had a 10% speed reduction effect. Usually, a Dark Hunter would not mind that. However, the problem was that there was a Boss chasing after him! Plus, it was a Quagmire Boss!

Therefore, this guy felt miserable at once. His movement speed had been reduced and he stopped for a moment while the Quagmire Boss was chasing after him, so he was hit by its attack!

“-102!”

When the damage value floated above him, the Dark Hunter’s speed was also reduced. Due to the 30% speed reduction from the Quagmire Boss and the one from Fatty’s Poison Sting, there was an overall 40% speed reduction. This was almost half the speed of the Dark Hunter player!

As a result, he became as slow as a tortoise…

Everyone could imagine what happened next. After slowing down, the Dark Hunter could not break free from the Quagmire Monster’s attack. Thus, when the Boss chased and hit him twice, it killed him!

Fatty, who had released the Poison Sting Skill, ran far away. After the Boss killed the Dark Hunter, he was not within the alert range of the Boss. Thus, the Quagmire Boss that had lost its target went back to kill the rest, planning to teach the people who had bullied his two little brothers a lesson.

The Dark Hunter had been killed by the Boss, and the other four players had seen the system prompt. Before they could wonder why the Dark Hunter had failed to contain the Boss, the Boss had returned to kill them!

This was like a tragedy. When the Boss suddenly joined them on the battlefield, it launched an unbearable power, even though this group of players was still fighting an Elite monster!