Chapter 263: Powerful! The Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior is Powerful! (1/2)

Although the Players did their best, effort and numbers could hardly make up for anything when the gap in power reaches a certain level.

With a foe like the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior who was basically a natural disaster with legs, new Players who simply couldn’t fight it could only keep their distance and occasionally throwing a handful of long-range skills—even so, there was not much chance of the skill hitting the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior, with most evaporating into thin air either because of the extreme heat or the distorted air around it.

Second-rate Players above Level 20 who had partially completed their class change could help fight to some extent, but even these Players were basically Holy Lancers who acted as tanks or only running interference.

Only first-rate Players who had risen above Level 40 and had learnt the ultimate skill of their respective class could lead the fight against the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior.

Still, there were too few of them and most had their own objectives, and as such wasn’t interested in this group which the Players organized on their own. Few of them, like Edward came to join even though the quest wasn’t an event.

“The Mountain Tigers around us could tell that we are being wrong-footed by the Boss. That’s why they are attacking and interrupting the second-rate Players around us. We won’t last against such a monster without their interference and cover!”

Gou Dan, who was charred all over but still looking spirited reported in to Edward. “Eleena’s MP is almost gone, and she had too much Pepsi (mana potion) that she is almost becoming immune. Our numbers are going to drop hard without her resurrection skills, so we should retreat to ensure we don’t lose EXP!”

It wasn’t just Gou Dan who was having a hard time-even Edward was left fuming.

Though he was still in command of the battle, the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior’s immunity towards fire meant that he could only attack with spells he learned before changing class, which effect was no better than newbies…

Looking around, he then noticed that there were signs of wanting to withdraw on the faces of other players around him.

It was the first time that the Players would pull back even though they were fighting in a group.

“No, now is the most critical moment!” Edward shook his head, refusing Gou Dan’s suggestion. “I am frustrated with the fight, but it also cooled my head: this fight isn’t about the System or an event our god is holding, but about Zonyan’s group. And unlike fishmen or skeletons, the enemies are actually alive…”

“So, the Boss is no different. Don’t you think that it knows it would self-destruct if it keeps fighting? That much is clear since it was keeping itself locked in that basement that was full of ice blocks.” Edward took a deep breath. “It is fighting with its life on the line for its tribe’s survival!”

The God of Games had set eight doctrinal tenets for his church-memorizing it and keeping it at heart was one of the rare few requirements for his believers.

And there was one part in the eight tenets that read: so remember, that slaying monsters is just a means-slaughter is not your goal.

Edward never cared for that particular tenet since he could kill all his previous enemies that were fishmen, fleshless skeletons or unscrupulous bandits without any psychological burden. In fact, he took slight pleasure from it.

On the other hand, he sensed something clearly different when he fought the Tigermen.

Even though they looked unusual, they remained alive and not monsters entirely. They were struggling to survive as well, to live and to do whatever they could so that their tribe survived.

‘I see… the God of Games didn’t assign us any quest because he wanted us to fully experience this? Even the item drops are much thriftier than usual, so as to warn us not to drown ourselves in the slaughter?’

In other words, the enemies he had slain in the past had actually worked in the world’s favor