Chapter 214 (2/2)
Three of the shots. .h.i.t One True Love squarely on the chest and dealt around 1200 damage in total. His HP hit rock bottom in just an instant!
Here's our chance!
Gui Guzi charged him and executed Blaze!
However, One True Love surprised us by a.s.suming a defensive stance!
Ding!
127!
The warrior managed to defend himself perfectly from the skill. What a tragedy!
Gui Guzi's mouth fell open. “f.u.c.k, it looks like I need to get a defensive skill book as soon as possible…”
“Gulp!”
One True Love drank a health potion and readied himself for the next bout, but a series of bloodcurdling screams suddenly rang from behind him. “Aaaaah…”
……
It was me swinging the Purgatory Sword like lightning and unleas.h.i.+ng Slayer Slash, Ice Ray and a basic attack at three different archers in succession!
1742!
1831!
1290!
All three archers collapsed after taking fatal damage. Their pets also vanished automatically and returned to their pet s.p.a.ce.
Right now, my attack was so high that there was no leather armor cla.s.s in the world who could take a hit from me, not unless they could gather a full set of Dark Gold–grade leather armor. Even then, they were still going to die in two hits at most!
I ran after a mage while my Dark Wasp zoomed toward another. I swept my sword horizontally and launched another basic attack!
Crack!
The attack failed to deal any damage, but it did tear down the mage's Magic s.h.i.+eld. Not letting the opportunity slip by, I followed up with a b.l.o.o.d.y Desperate Gambit!
Puchi!
The attack almost cut the poor player in half. A huge damage number floated above his head—1987!
……
The enemy was completely caught off-guard by my appearance. One True Love turned around in a hurry while shouting, “f.u.c.k! Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand is here!? Who's the f.u.c.ker who collected the intel? How can you make such a fundamental mistake!?”
Before he could say anything else, Gui Guzi pounced toward him and swung his spear horizontally!
Clang!
The attack hit One True Love's head and knocked his helmet to the ground. His red hair spilled into the air as he glared at Gui Guzi hatefully. “Come at me if you have b.a.l.l.s, b.a.s.t.a.r.d! I'm not afraid of you!”
I had just finished cleaning up the rest of his party, and I was about to end his life myself. Suddenly, Beiming Xue let out a cry of astonishment and stared at One True Love with a complicated expression on her face. Gritting her teeth and breaking into tears all of a sudden, she grabbed her bow and aimed at One True Love, shouting, “Die, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”
Swhoos.h.!.+
One True Love smiled the moment the Devil Piercing Arrow left its bow. “Beiming Xue, you really are at Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls…”
Pu!
The arrow took away his last bit of health and killed him on the spot!
……
It was a perfect victory even though it was 5 versus 10. However, I wasn't able to take joy from the success at all. It was because Beiming Xue's spirit had suddenly taken a nosedive, and her eyes were lacking her usual spirit.
“What's wrong, Beiming? Do you know him after all?” I asked gently.
Beiming Xue bit her lips and gave me a nod. But she shook her head right after that and said, “It's nothing, boss. Let's finish the quest, shall we?”
“Okay…”
Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen exchanged looks with each other, but none of them said a word. There was no point in prodding if Beiming Xue wasn't willing to tell us about it.
We hit the boss with Gui Guzi and I as the tank. Everyone was stunned by my Defense. Killing the Level 75 boss was almost too easy since there were five of us, and its HP dropped incredibly quickly.
However, I noticed that Beiming Xue wasn't doing too well. Normally, she would find ways to improve her DPS, but now she was just pulling her bow mechanically.
The boss died. A Dark Gold Rank boss was practically a G.o.d at this stage of the game, so everyone was delighted by the kill. Besides that, the boss dropped a Gold-grade s.h.i.+eld that we gave to Gui Guzi, Level 70 Gold-grade leather wristguards that we gave to Beiming Xue, and a Dark Gold–grade ring that increased its wearer's max HP by 18%. It was absolutely one of the absolute best rings out there. They were going to give it to me, but I turned it down and gave it to Gui Guzi instead.
……
After we killed the boss, Beiming Xue pulled out a return scroll and smiled at us. “I'm going to head back first, okay? I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable today…”
I returned back to the city as well because I noticed that Beiming Xue was acting a bit unusual. I was the one who made her come here all the way from Wuxi to join us, so it was my responsibility to protect her wellbeing. If something happened to Beiming Xue while she was staying in Suzhou, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life.
After I logged off, I walked to Beiming Xue's door and gave it a light knock. I called out to her softly, “Beiming?”
Creak...
The door opened. Beiming Xue's eyes looked a bit reddened and wet. She greeted me weakly, “Boss…”
……
I glanced down and saw that her knees were covered in dust. There were water stains on the floor at the corner of her room.
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