Chapter 40 (1/2)

Elite monsters appearing in groups? It was never heard of, yet these players encountered such a thing! Had their luck run out?

The Shield Knight was on the verge of collapsing. No wonder his party members would give up at such a critical moment.

If another bandit leader came by, or two if they were extremely unlucky, there was still hope to turn this around by utilizing the bait-and-stall tactic. They could have killed the bandit leader with the lowest HP first and then escape the other. The worst-case scenario would be to sacrifice one or two party members.

However, with 11 bandit leaders appearing all of a sudden, even if each member lured one away, they were still outnumbered by the bandit leaders. They would not even have the chance to escape.

It was not about misfortune anymore.

Killing a single bandit leader was difficult enough. The Shield Knight really hoped that the group of bandit leaders was just passing by. However, when he saw the group of bandit leaders jump on his party members and tear them to shreds easily, he knew it was wishful thinking.

“A group of Elites has appeared in the Monolith Stronghold!”

Soon enough, the video of 11 bandit leaders running rampant in the area appeared in the game forum. Players in Guggenheim who were browsing the forum noticed the thread right away.

“Holy sh*t! This is grand! I’ve never seen this before!”

“I wonder how many items will they drop if we can kill all of them?”

“Keep dreaming! You will be lucky enough if you can escape alive!”

“Speaking of which, isn’t the bandit leader in the Monolith Stronghold a little too strong? He’s a lot stronger than the other Elite monsters of the same level.”

Everyone was in awe when they watched the video in the thread. The players that Mohai killed for XP commented furiously and complained about the imbalance of strength.

In other places, whenever players discovered an Elite monster, they would be eager to take it down for better loot, but in the Monolith Stronghold, everyone would run for their lives.

Now, with a group of Elites appearing, most of the players gave up on the thought of killing them because being able to escape in one piece was lucky enough.

“The one at the front, is he the one?”

As for WhiteNightFirefly and the others who had made multiple contacts with Mohai and lost something in the process, they could not help but wonder when they saw the video.

“It’s him! I’m sure it’s him!”

Only FallenMoon and LadyDragon, who had witnessed Mohai’s evolution from the start, were sure of it. After all, Mohai had left a deep impression on them. Even though all the bandit leaders looked more or less the same, the ladies were able to quickly recognize him.

‘Are all the other Elites under his command?’ They could not help but wonder.

As they pondered about this bandit leader, who was once hired by other players to ambush GrayFox, maybe the two of them were able to understand something different.

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[Activity log]

[Bandit goon No. 14’s template has leveled up]

[Loyalty]: +2

After 13 bandit goons evolved into bandit leaders, the Ruler ability also reached Rank E.

[Ruler]: Rank E. You have a better ruling over your men. Number of subordinates increased by 30%, HP of subordinates increased by 20%, Physical and Magical Attacks of subordinates increased by 20%.

Rank E Ruler! Mohai did not know whether to cry or laugh at the ability after he read through the description.

It was not because the ability did not meet his expectation. On quite the contrary, Rank E Ruler was so powerful that it rendered Mohai speechless. The reason why he had a mixed feeling about the ability was the 20% increase in his subordinate’s HP. After the 20% increase, No. 13’s HP was already better than his own.

If Mohai’s gears were any worse, his Attack would be behind No. 13 as well.

A subordinate being stronger than the leader? Something as ridiculous as this could probably only happen to Mohai in the whole game.