8 Book 3 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Shenlong, Peter, Carly, Dubaku, Eboni, Ebba, and Amara all wore the best gear currently available in the tower. Jason, Olivia, Roy, and Cheslov's equipment was a few notches lower. If everything was sold, they would easily be billionaires.
Shenlong and Peter each brought one of their subordinates. Carly was a relatively new recruit to Peter's guild, but her talent was limitless. Her grasp over her allies health and the timing of her skills was incredibly high.
Shenlong's guild was filled entirely with his disciples. Back before the tower arrived, Shenlong was the master of a dojo for many decades. Everyone in his current guild are former members of that very dojo. The first disciple under him was only second in strength to Shenlong. His name was Zhen Hu.
In all they numbered twelve. Their combined strength was enough to crush any military force in the world. If they had any thoughts of world domination, it would be a simple matter.
Underground in a dimly lit tunnel, next to a glowing blue portal, stood Jason and his allies at fixed positions. In the center of their formation was Ebba. She no longer wore a cloak to mask her appearance. Her hair was dark, her skin pale, and her eyes black as night. At first glance she looked deathly ill, but she was anything but. Currently her eyes were unfocused, her mind in some far off place.
Ebba was the key to their confidence in clearing the floor, so they surrounded her as soon as they arrived on the floor. Since then less than five minutes have passed.
Everyone focused on Ebba when her eyes suddenly grew clear. Ignoring the attention, she pulled out a large piece of paper and began drawing a map. A few minutes later, she used a magic tool to copy and paste the contents onto other pieces of paper. Upon finishing, she handed out the crudely made maps and said. ”I explored as much as I could before my minions were killed.”
Jason and his group quickly inspected the maps. With their powerful stats, they easily memorized its contents in a few seconds.
Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
Shenlong turned to Ebba with a serious expression. ”What of the monsters?”
Shenlong nodded. This was the same as what Index's guide reported. Although this time, that was all Index had to offer. They would have to move forward blindly from now on. For Shenlong, this wasn't anything special. He had been ascending the tower blindly since the beginning. Slow and steady was his motto.
Shenlong turned to face the tunnel to the left and commanded. ”Take your positions, we're moving out. Amara, light up the path.”
For the week leading up to this operation, Shenlong learned everyone's abilities in order to assign them the best role. Hearing Shenlong's orders, everyone got into position. Jason and Zhen Hu took the lead, Peter and Dubaku took the left, Amara and Eboni the right, Carly and Roy in the center with Cheslov and Ebba just behind them, while Shenlong and Olivia took the rear.
Cheslov stood in front of Ebba and knelt down. Ebba hesitated before she reluctantly hugged him tightly from behind. While they walked, Ebba continuously summoned her undead minions and sent them wherever she could. Her role was a scout, albeit a unique one. She had a rare skill to see whatever her minions saw. Unfortunately, she had to see through all of their eyes or none. There was no inbetween. As such, all of her attention went to her minions, not her body.
Less than a minute after they began, Ebba announced. ”Two spiderbots, one dog. A hundred feet ahead.”
Shenlong promptly reacted. ”Jason, solo tank them and learn their skills and stats.”
”Leave it to me.” Jason responded.
A few moments later, an undead skeleton ran up to them with three monsters following behind.
(Elite) Mechanical Spider K-Series - Level 90
Health: 35,000/35,000
(Elite) Mechanical Dog C-Series - Level 90
Health: 50,000/50,000