Chapter 344 (1/2)
Chapter 344: Treasure Chest
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The mechanics of Edward – Dunkirk’s skill, the {Mountain of Treasure} were really complicated. There was no fixed interval to it. It could be as frequent as once a minute, or it wouldn’t even occur after a certain period of time. If Zhang Yang had not been lucky enough to stumble upon the Mythical Turtle, he would have already been gritting his teeth, thinking of a thousand ways to defeat the boss. As expected from an open-world boss. The game developers had turned off their common sense while designing open-world bosses. There was only one strategy, to take as many players as you can, and to overpower him with numbers! If 10 was not enough, bring a 100. If 100 was not enough, bring 1,000! Or even 10,000!
Edward – Dunkirk was supposed to be defeated via such a crude, inefficient strategy. However, even attributes designed for such numbers were shattered with the appearance of a single Violet-Platinum battle mount! It should have taken more than a thousand players to take on the boss, and yet Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue were able to fight the boss. Just the two of them!
As the boss’s HP slowly, but steadily dropped from 100% to 80% and 60%, the boss would roar shout out the same old line over every 10% HP loss. “Give up! The booty shall be mine and mine alone!” and after the line which was quickly getting old, he would wave his metallic hook arm and throw sharp hooks with chains in all directions. An iron hook did up to 10,000 damage, and the boss actually sent three waves of hooks out per cast. If players did not have any life preserving skill active, they would surely be killed! Not even the current tanks with their best equipment could survive after taking that huge amount of damage, let alone the other more fragile classes!
Luckily, Han Ying Xue had the Crimson-Gold Crab at Level 58 now and having the rare, Yellow-Gold battle mount had pushed her HP up from 14,320 to 31,240 HP! Coupled with Zhang Yang’s {Vitality Aura}, Han Ying Xue HP had surpassed 35,000 HP, enough for her to endure attacks from the “Meteoric” iron hooks!
Even though there was already the existence of tiers among items, monsters, and bosses, bosses alone were separated by yet another category! Edward was a Yellow-Tiered boss, AND the final boss of a map. A player might able to defeat a Yellow-Gold tier boss in any random field, but if they think that they could defeat Edward – Dunkirk without paying the blood price, they will only be mopping the floor with their own blood!
It was different for Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue. They had underwater battle mounts! It was natural for them to be able to handle a boss such as Edward!
…
After some time, Zhang Yang managed to bring down the boss to 5%! Edward – Dunkirk’s green emerald eyes suddenly burst into bright red flames. His entire body was dyed in red as if someone has just showered him with blood. The deep red color of his entire body emitted some kind of ancient power that was not to underestimate.
‘Ding! Edward – Dunkirk has berserk! All damage increased by 100%!’
“Crap! The boss has gone berserk!”
In his normal mode, Edward was already overwhelming, now that his attacks were doubled, that would only spell instant doom for them!
Frantically, Zhang Yang reached out to Han Ying Xue. “Use {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}!”
“Okay!”
Shush! Shush!
Two shadows emerged from both Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue and headed straight to Edward. The shadow morphed itself into two humanoid warriors, wielding two swords and tore into Edward’s body!
‘-10,000!’
‘-10,000!’
…
“GRWAHHH!” The boss bellowed with so much rage that it released a shockwave that pushed them back a few inches. In a flash, the boss waved his hands and cast the “meteor” iron hook skill. It now had a 100% buff to it!
Zhang Yang turned with such speed and cast {Sacrifice} on Han Ying Xue. He then activated {Shield Wall} and protected both of them. 10 seconds after the {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}, the boss had still over 150,000 HP. {Shield Wall} ended at the same time!
‘-17,345!’
Edwards sliced Zhang Yang with a quick stroke and dealt the strongest damage Zhang Yang had ever received!
“WTF!? The boss is just too strong!” cried Zhang Yang in horror. “B*tch! You best stay close to me! If the boss throws another iron hook out, I will use {Vanguard Aggression}!”
As expected, during berserk mode, the boss did not follow his original pace. Just 10 seconds after the first iron hook skill, he cast the same skill over again. Luckily, the boss skipped {Mountain of Treasure}. If he had used both skills at the same time, they would have been dead!
Zhang Yang frowned. His brows were furrowed as he concentrated extremely hard to survive and attack at the same time.
{Turtle Shell Defense}! 90% damage reduction for 10 seconds!
The boss had 100,000 HP left!
…
50,000!
{Turtle Shell Defense} ended. {Rearm}! {Shield Wall}, {Vanguard Aggression}!
40,000! 30,000! 20,000! 10,000! 0!
“NOOOO! Curse…ye…” Edward growled his last as he tumbled down to the cabin floor. His lifeless body floated aimlessly around the cabin like a dead fish.
“Fuah! We did it…” Zhang Yang let out a breath. He had used up all his skills in the process, and if the boss had still survived for a few seconds, the bodies that would be lifelessly floating around the room will be theirs! Anything could have happened! The boss could have done something to turn the table around at any point when he had his last 1% of HP!
Zhang Yang stretched his body and was happy that he survived the entire ordeal. On the extreme end, Han Ying Xue was extremely disgruntled. With a face that could have sent shivers down anyone’s spine, she turned to Zhang Yang and said, “…The boss had just attacked us with a room full of gold coins. Yet after his death, he had only dropped 8 gold coins…WHAT.IS.THE.MEANING.OF.THIS!?”
Zhang Yang swallowed his saliva and said, “Calm yourself, woman. I’d rather he dropped a couple of equipment than a few more coins. One Yellow-Gold equipment could be sold for at least a few 10,000 gold coins! Think about it.”
“Having equipment is not the same as being drowned in a sea of gold coins!”
“…I think the only two people who would love that would be Scrooge McDuck and you.”
Han Ying Xue glared angrily at Zhang Yang but suddenly burst into huge laughter. The two of them happily waltzed towards the loots to collect them. They had collected a total of three Yellow-Gold equipment, eight Gray-Silver equipment. All of them were Level 80. There was one more item, and it was a piece of Treasure Map!
When Zhang Yang noticed the piece of [Treasure Map] he knew immediately that it was the most valuable item that the boss had just dropped. Since Edward – Dunkirk would only drop three pieces of [Treasure Map] in his own “life”, the first map will lead to the best [Treasure Chest]!
[Earth Spirit Gauntlet] (Yellow-Gold, Heavy Armor)
Defense: +40
Vitality: +134
Strength: +54
Dexterity: +27
Equip Effect: Absorbs 104 damage upon being attacked.
Level Requirement: 80
Among the three Yellow-Gold equipment, Zhang Yang had obtained a pair of gauntlets. Han Ying Xue had obtained a magic staff. Even though it was not as strong as a Violet-Platinum tier, it was still fairly powerful!
[Bloodstone Staff] (Yellow-Gold, Magic Staff)
Magic Attack: 1,198 – 1,598
Equip Effect: Increases your magic critical rate by 1%
Level Requirement: 80
The last piece of Yellow-Gold equipment was a Leather Armor hat. However, despite being a Yellow-Gold tier, its attributes were not too good. The bonus Vitality was too much, while the Strength and Dexterity boosts were too little. It was not suitable for any attacking class. Zhang Yang just placed it together with the rest of the Gray-Silver equipment and kept in his inventory, ready to be sold in the Little Merchandise Shop.