Chapter 341 (2/2)
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”Young man…”
Jon the Windchaser shot me a long look before saying, ”We're going to travel to Fort Iron Bull and meet up with the royal army. Would you like to come with us? Lord Arthas is a fickle man, it's not impossible that he may want to meet you…”
I turned apprehensive. This could only mean one thing: there was a continuation to this quest. Since I was mostly free right now, I decided to go with them.
I nodded. ”Okay. Let's travel to Fort Iron Bull together!”
”Good!”
I followed the four-man NPC party down the mountain together. No harm came to them thanks to me and my pet. This was especially true for the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf, whose stats were absolutely overwhelming after killing an innumerable amount of Armored Rhinos and gaining a ton of levels. It was now Level 94 and almost as tall as my shoulder. It had grown more mature than before, and it looked like a wolf king when it bared its fangs, looked at the sky with its cold-blooded eyes and howled. If I were to release this b.a.s.t.a.r.d to the forest, I was sure that it would be able to conquer a huge territory on its own. But by my side, it might just have a shot at conquering the entire continent!
I opened its stat screen to take a look only to be caught completely off-guard by what I saw.
Sky Obsidian Greed Wolf (Epic Rank Boss)
Level: 94
Attack:1880
Defense: 1692
HP: 18800
Agility: 2820
Skills: Flurry Dance, Greedy Wolf Howl
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As predicted, the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf was absolutely OP after it gained enough levels. It had almost 1900 Attack, and it had much higher Defense and HP than me. Besides that, it also had two powerful skills, Flurry Dance and Greedy Wolf Howl, making it a powerful offensive and defensive unit. I could probably throw it into a group of mobs and not worry about it most of the time.
As we were walking down the mountain, I suddenly received a message from Beiming Xue: ”Big bro, it's time to log out for dinner!”
I gave it the invitation some thought, but ultimately decided that the quest was more important. So I replied, ”I don't think I'm joining you two for dinner this time. Just bring me something when you return…”
”What do you want to eat?”
”I want a bowl of Pickled Hot and Sour Fish. Tell sis to carry it home herself…”
”Uh, o-okay…”
It wasn't long before Murong Mingyue sent me a message: ”Are you seriously going to make me run across the streets while carrying a bowl of fish soup? Alright, just you wait, I promise you'll get the meal you ordered!”
Murong Mingyue logged off immediately after sending the message. Aw, is she really going to buy me that dish? How nice!
I smiled a little before turning my attention back to the quest. I probably would be stuck inside the game until 10 pm at least, so anything she brought me would be completely cold by the time I was done.
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The good news was that the NPCs were moving fairly quickly. After we got off Dragonbone Mountain Range, we made a beeline for Fort Iron Bull, a location that was highly contested between the three major factions—the Night Creatures, Sky City, and Floating Ice City—and the locals.
I could hear animals howling from inside the forest when I stepped on a gra.s.sy plain. We were inside the territory of Fort Iron Bull right now!
Ding~!
System Notice: Please be informed that you have entered a new map, Fort Iron Bull!
Map Details: When the continent fell into chaos, the Night Creatures had enslaved the beastmen tribes and turned ten of their heroic chiefs into frontline commanders. However, a group of stubborn beastmen managed to escape the Night Creatures' clutches for freedom and a better life, and one of them was the excellent Tauren tribe. After many years of harsh battles, these brutal beastmen eventually regained their wild nature and built a fort in a gra.s.sy valley called Fort Iron Bull. All humans, elves, dwarves, succubi, barbarians or Night Creatures who intrude the land of Fort Iron Bull will be smashed without exception!
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That was about as threatening as a background introduction could get. I had no doubt that Fort Iron Bull was crawling with danger!
It was at this moment Jon the Windchaser pointed toward the south and said, ”Princess Karinshan's camp is set on that hill, and to the north of that hill lies the camp of Lord Arthas. He's holed up in there with two one-hundred-thousand-strong imperial legions, but he refuses to go into battle because he's supposedly ill. Because of this, Princess Karinshan had no choice but to delay her attack on Fort Iron Bull.”
I nodded. ”Let's go then. Let's meet Karinshan first before we do anything else!”
”Mn!”
Accompanied by the Windchaser and the beautiful a.s.sa.s.sin, I entered the commander's tent and found Princess Karinshan sitting on a sofa and resting her hand on the armrest. She was clad in her martial attire, and she was propping her chin up with one hand and wearing an annoyed look on her face. In that moment, she looked more like a troubled girl than the princess of an empire or the commander of an army.
”Your Highness, we've returned!” The Windchaser walked up with his staff in tow.
”Oh, you're back…” Karinshan didn't even look up to see them. Pulling out her sword and drawing a mark on the sofa, she asked, ”How goes your quest?”
The Windchaser answered seriously, ”We've carried out your orders as requested, and we've brought back an extremely powerful adventurer from Sky City that you must have an audience with!”
”Oh?”
Karinshan finally looked up. Her eyes lit up immediately when she saw me. Stepping on the sofa and pus.h.i.+ng herself off, a smile spread across her lips. ”You're finally here!”
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