5 My bad! I just got my first boss kill. (2/2)

Reading the comments I found a few that caught my eye.

-{Oh my god, I personally know how scary that NPC is. How in the world did that ranger get such a high favorability!? Brother ranger, if you see this, take me as your humble disciple!!!}

-{Being able to one shot Fang isn't a big deal, everyone knows that he's just a spoiled pay-to-win player.}

-{I bet anyone ten copper that the mysterious ranger is actually the top ranker Lynx. No, I'll even bet 20.}

My identity has been exposed. Let's just hope that no one believes him.

Someone called Lynx is the top ranker. Wait, isn't that my username?!?

…

That's cool, okay.

...

Now that I think about it, why is the seventh ranker so weak? And did someone just say that I'm the top ranker? … I'll just ignore this entire episode and look for information on that boss. Yeah, that's what I'll do, I never saw this post.

Searching up information on the King of the Forest that I was told to subjugate, I found a particular post that stood out.

[My entire party was wiped out by a giant mob in the beginner's forest?! Developers fix this bug!]

There was also a photo attached to the post and coordinates at where they died. I guess I'll head over and see if that monster is still nearby then.

Gracefully flying through the air, I grabbed onto a nearby branch and flung myself farther, repeating the action again and again.

If someone saw me they would probably think someone was a Tarzan wannabe. Once again I was reminded of how grateful I was to my precious cloak!

Quickly arriving where the boss was last seen I heard shouting and battle sounds resounding nearby.

Did someone get here before me? Tch, it would take too long to wait for the monster to respawn. I'll check the situation out first.

Hiding high up in a tree I peeked over at the fight.

There were around twenty players all attacking a giant orc at once.

Hey, isn't that a little overkill?

However, right after I had that thought I noticed how little damage each player was doing to the King of the Forest.

The Inspect skill that is given to every player is really useful in these situations.

Overall the boss had 100,000 health, and each hit from an average player only did 10 damage. That would mean that each player in the party will have to hit the boss 500 times to kill it.

I patiently watched them bring the health of the boss down slowly. If I was going to finish this mission I would have to play dirty, no way around it.

Once the boss was down to 3% only 6 players were still alive.

Alright, time to make my move.

Dropping down from my perch I sneaked behind a male mage who was busy firing off spells and was blind to his surroundings.

With my gloves equipped, I hooked my left hand around his mouth and quickly pulled him into a bush. Holding my rookie knife in my right hand I fluently swiped it across his defenseless neck, instantly killing him with a critical hit.

A clear sound rang out in my head and notifications popped up, but I didn't have time for that right now. I ignored the tabs and slid them to the side of my view.

One down, five to go!

The rest of the players were too preoccupied with trying not to get hit that they didn't notice their mage's unnatural death.

Choosing a female priest as my next target I crept up with the Shadow Walker skill, which lets me become invisible to everyone under my level for a minute. Too bad it had a cool-down of two hours.

I'm sorry for being so overpowered. My bad.

Standing right in front of the unknowing girl, I covered her mouth with my hand pushed her down.

Once again taking my knife I cut her throat in the same manner. The priest's low health instantly vanished, white particles covering her corpse. She didn't even have time to figure out how she died.

That's two down.

Jumping back up onto a tree, I scanned the four people left. It won't be long before they find out someone is trying to steal their kill.

Oh, there they go.

Their attacks became more rushed, trying to kill the boss as quick as they could, as they paranoidly looked around trying to find the mysterious killer.

There, the ranger was killed after becoming too hurried, good job boss.

Three players left!

Taking my beginner's bow I shot at the orc's left hand, where the tank of their team was struggling to keep aggro.

The knockback of the arrow moved the arm slightly back, conveniently helping the boss avoid the tank's charge skill.

Tank down, rest in peace.

With the aggro now focused on the defenseless thief and swordsman, the orc easily cut them both down, switching his attention to me, who was still perched in a tree.

His health was already below 1% so I charged forward with my knife, determined to finish my mission.

Sliding underneath his legs to dodge an overhead smash I turned and stabbed at his open back, leaping backward to avoid another sweep of his club.

Ah, I forgot how useless my rookie knife was…

The knife that I had supposedly stabbed into his heart had only penetrated his skin, barely damaging him.

Instinctively jumping into a tall tree to avoid another swing of his large club, I took out my bow and shot at his eye.

The giant orc roared at me in frustration, clawing at his busted eye while recklessly swinging his weapon at the tree.

Barely jumping out of the tree I quickly perched in another, aiming once again for his vital areas.

I shot another arrow, jumped to another tree.

And I did it again. Behold my grand kiting technique!

Don't make fun of me, if you want strategies, go to Toku.

Oh, while I'm doing this, were you wondering why a beginner like me could pinpoint the boss' exact critical areas?

That's cause Kai is a master at archery, and he teaches me during his free time.

You don't need to point it out, I know my family is pretty special.

Oh no, I ran out of arrows.

…

Am I supposed to punch this guy to death?

While busying myself with becoming Tarzan and thinking of how I would kill this orc, I suddenly spotted the knife that was still miserably stuck on its back.

Bingo.

Instead of retreating to another tree as I did before, I waited until the boss was close enough to touch before I made my move.

Pushing off the tree I somersaulted over the giant and landed on its shoulders, yanking out the knife and mercilessly stabbing it into its other eye.

The orc's angry roar shook the forest, in his rage it dropped his club and attempted to grab hold of me.

Deftly avoiding his grasp, I used its back as a springboard and leaped back.

Picking up the club that it had thrown aside, I used it against him and swung hard at the knife that was still buried in its face. The knife was forced through its skull, piercing its brain and finally finishing off the rest of the boss' health.

A sound once again rang through my mind, I ignored it and focused my gaze on the loot.

Whew, killing a boss sure is taxing on my stamina, I need to work out more.