Chapter 105 – Phantasm Leg Bones (1/2)
Although Wang Er was a rogue, which did not possess extremely powerful attacks, he was still able to easily shield Fatty as they jumped into the fray especially with the assistance of other NPCs. Furthermore, it wasn’t like all monsters could actually see through Fatty’s stealth.
When they met up with the other NPCs, three patrols stepped forth and blocked off the area behind Fatty, allow Fatty and Wang Er to meet face to face with the others.
“Captain,” Wang Er walked in front of the patrol captain with tearful eyes.
“Wang Er, you… Ahh,” the patrol captain didn’t say much. He merely reached out for the Holy Spirit Stone. As he chanted an inaudible spell, a soft white light rose from the stone and scattered in the surroundings. The NPCs immediately felt energy surge through their bodies and even Fatty felt warmer with the 30% decreased stats disappearing. Furthermore, the monsters all back off by a little.
“It has that sort of function as well?” Fatty asked in shock. He was merely treating it as a heater that protected him from negative effects. He didn’t expect the Holy Spirit Stone to be able to shield an entire area.
“Little brother, I don’t know how to trigger the Holy Spirit Stone’s power either. Sorry about that,” Wang Er said apologetically.
“Haha, our commander taught me the chant so that it can be used for the whole squad. I didn’t teach Wang Er because I expected him to be alone,” the patrol captain forced a smell. “I am Hamlet, the captain of this patrol squad. Little brother, you said something about being able to get us out of here?”
“Haha, it’s easy.”
Disdain appeared in some of the NPC soldiers’ eyes when they heard Fatty’s words. It was as if they were thinking “You’re just a puny assassin that couldn’t even get in here without Wang Er. You actually dare to brag that it’s easy to get us out? You’re just mocking us!”
“Then please tell us how you are going to do so?” Hamlet forced out. He had already lost the ability to walk due to all his injuries.
Fatty knew that the NPCs did not believe him, but he did nothing to retort. Instead, he took out a pigeon-egg-like jewel. From the surface, it seemed like a fiery ruby with red smoke spiraling within. Yet, as heat seemed to rise from the jewel, it formed what looked like clouds on it as it brought a bit more warmth to the dark environment.
This was a Thunderfire Powerbomb, something the Flame Ruler gave Fatty to deal with the advance boss monster, the Ancient Camphor Tree Spirit. Fatty had gotten seven of them in total. He already used one to kill the Horned Thundertiger and gave his little sister three, leaving three with him. It might be something very rare, but Fatty felt like using it to find out where to get Holy Spirit Stones was a good deal.
“What is this..? It seems very powerful,” the patrol captain could feel the jewel’s power with a single glance even though he didn’t know what it was.
“Captain, we have to find a safe place to detonate this Thunderfire Powerbomb,” Fatty said seriously. This was an explosive that might cause them to get dragged into the explosion if they remained too close.
“Oh, that’s easy,” Hamlet nodded. He remained sitting cross-legged on the floor and clasped his the Holy Spirit Stone between his hands, then uttered a chant. Soon, the Holy Spirit Stone let out an even more brilliant light in the form of a barrier that spread outwards.
The squad originally had their backs to the wall, while being surrounded by monsters from all other sides. Yet, the barrier caused the monsters to scramble away frantically, instantly making a large distance between them. Yet, the monsters were now more dispersed, meaning that a single Thunderfire Powerbomb would be unable to kill all of them.
“How many of those do you have left?” Hamlet asked Fatty after fully activating the Holy Spirit Stone’s powers.
“I only have this single one,” Fatty thought about it briefly, then decided to lie. He needed it to fight the Ancient Camphor Tree Spirit, and could not use it freely elsewhere. The truth was that he was already able to complete Gaia’s mission after meeting Wang Er, but he was willing to go as far as using a Thunderfire Powerbomb was because he needed Holy Spirit Stones; and also because the NPCs’ bonds were truly admirable.
“Captain, since the Holy Spirit Stone is so powerful, can’t we use it to retreat?” Fatty immediately felt a reluctance to part with his Thunderfire Powerbomb when he saw the Holy Spirit Stone’s light push the monsters away.
“It won’t last a long time,” Hamlet shook his head. “All the Holy Spirit Stones given out are near useless ones that were nearly out of holy energy. It will completely run out of energy before we get out of here.”
“I see,” Fatty looked back towards the tunnel and came up with an idea. Judging from the smoothness of the walls, this tunnel’s clearly man-made. It’s around three meters tall…
“Captain, you guys retreat first. I’ll cover our rear,” said Fatty.
“I can’t allow that. I shall do it!” Wang Er shouted.
“Brother Wang Er, don’t worry, it’ll be easy for me,” Fatty pointed at the Thunderfire Powerbomb, then at the ceiling.
Wang Er immediately understood what Fatty planned to do.
Two NPCs carried Hamlet between them and led the others slowly walk out. With the light of the Holy Spirit Stone blocking the way, the monsters were unable to attack and could only follow closely.
The light began to dim down as they walked. When Fatty felt that it was going to be out of energy very soon, he told the others to run quickly, then tossed out the Thunderfire Powerbomb.
An earth shattering commotion exploded. The Thunderfire Power Bomb’s explosion was limited in the trap, so Fatty did not see it with his own eyes, but this time, he got a good understanding of just how strong the item was.
The tunnel trembled; rocks flew everywhere, pebbles seemed to rain down from the ceiling. All of a sudden, Fatty began to worry about whether the Thunderfire Powerbomb would collapse the tunnel. It’ll be terrible to get buried alive.