Chapter 266: The Revived Nightstalker (2/2)

Not only was he Level 55, it also has the overlord template—which was a higher level compared to the elite template!

It’s not even funny.

They were almost wiped out by the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior who was below Level 50. There was just no winning against an enemy of his class, and they have to wait until every other first-rate and second-rate Player rush to the scene after receiving the quest.

“Ahem—”

That was when Taiga, who was still dangling over the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior’s hand coughed out a mouthful of blood, his eyes clearing once again. “W-what have I done…”

“Chief?” The Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior carefully controlled the heat over his hand so that Taiga wasn’t baked by the flames. “Have you finally come to your senses?!”

“I have hurt the Mountain Tigers… I have dragged our tribe to a new low where we couldn’t hope to recover from…” Taiga appeared to remember being manipulated, and firmly grasped the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior shoulder with a distorted look, his voice at once a bellow and a mourning. “I killed Nina by my own hands, and used her flesh and blood as sacrifice… I hate this!”

“Chief…” The Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior watched him, troubled.

“It’s good that you’ve killed me… I can’t bear to face our ancestors… But in the very least, before my journey to the underworld… I… cough… Would have that thing come with me!”

Taiga glared at the Nightstalker, who was still standing in his stone coffin.

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In the distance, Rangka of the Long Ears was showing a look of empathy.

While the Players had a part to play in the fall of the Mountain Tigers, Taiga merely disliked the Players and did not hate them.

He had provoked them first after all, and the Players didn’t retaliate with any underhanded measures-instead came knocking on their doorstep and dished out an almighty beating on the Mountain Tigers.

Moreover, they were not so cruel that they would wipe out the tribes’ women and children, which was compassion in a war between two tribes.

On the other hand, the Nightstalker had manipulated Taiga into killing every last child of the tribe, directly destroying any possibility of the tribes’ survival. Couple that with the indescribable tragedy of having the chief kill his own flesh and blood, and such level of hate only made sense.

Rangka even felt that he would already have been driven to madness by the cruel reality if he had been in Taiga’s position.

“Leave it to me.” The Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior nodded in immeasurable solemnity, while Taiga smiled in gratefulness and release in return.

In the next split second, the flames covering the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior’s body raged again while Taiga, who was still hanging limply over his hand was promptly reduced to ashes.

However, it did not happen out of the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior’s desire to dignify his chief with a cremation—the truth was that a mysterious power had poured within the Tiger Warrior’s body, causing his power to go haywire for a moment.

The Players were unaware of that, and simply didn’t have the attention to spare with a great foe before them, and simply considered that the Tiger Warrior was venting his frustration through the flames.

And yet, Xi Wei who had been watching the show from his divine kingdom was stunned by that turn of events.