448 The Pale Skeletal Ghoul (1/2)

”Such a shame…” said Air Marshal Rico after Jiang Fei was done explaining.

”Lord Ouma was a brave soldier and a hero of our time,” Jiang Fei added. Some the first few conversations he had with this NPC, he recognized that Rico was programmed with higher intelligence. If Jiang Fei's judgment was right, he'd better talked a little more about Ouma. Perhaps, if Jiang Fei got Rico to like him more, the end reward might be better.

”Sigh... Please leave us alone,” said Rico to the officers who had escorted Jiang Fei into his castle. Once they were alone in the hall, Rico turned to Jiang Fei and said quietly, ”This plot... is truly shocking even from my point of view. I need to know, who else besides you and Ouma knew about this?'

”No one. It was a matter of emergency. Lord Ouma could not afford to wait for reinforcement. There were only the two of us,” said Jiang Fei as he replied in the same manner of tone. He did not understand why Rico whispered to him like that even though they were alone in the hall. Either there were ears on the walls or something was wrong.

”I see,” Rico sighed, ”in that case, young adventurer, do you know what is this Gemstone for?””

Rico played with the black Gemstone in his hands as he showed it to Jiang Fei.

”I have no idea to what it is or what it does,” said Jiang Fei.

”You will…” said Rico as he smiled sinisterly. Jiang Fei quickly noticed something was wrong. He looked up to Rico and saw his eyes were glowing with the same hue that all Spectre had. The sinister green hue.

'Oh no,' thought Jiang Fei as he quickly jumped a few feet back.

Woosh!

A barrier was erected and sealed the entire hall. There was no way Jiang Fei was getting out of the hall.

”Sigh... What a waste of effort. Curse Ouma and you for ruining the plan! No matter... You have brought me this Gemstone and that is your price!” said Rico menacingly. He then forcefully stuck the gemstone on his forehead and began to merge with it.

His eyes glowed brighter before it burst into green flames. The sinister smile quickly turned vile when the flesh around his face and body rotted away. He was not the Air Force Marshal Rico.

Pale Skeletal Ghoul Rico (Spectre, Lord)

Level: 80

Health Points: 21,000,000

Attack Power: 35,000

Note: The corrupted form of Air Force Marshal Rico.

Jiang Fei understood by the description of his character that Rico was corrupted and had become the bad guy. The main problem was that he was Level 80 Lord tier Spectre boss.

”Ze hahahaha! The intruding Ouma is gone. Now it's your turn to join him in the afterlife! What a shame for you, adventurer!” said Rico.

”Level 80 Lord tier boss. Guess he was right about me dying,” said Jiang Fei to himself. Despite his calm composure, Jiang Fei was at the brink of going mad. The Hidden Quest was only a Blue tier difficulty. No way he was supposed to fight a Level 80 Lord tier boss and walk away to tell the tale.

After thinking it through, Jiang Fei felt something odd about the quest. He got anxious when he saw the boss's level but when he focused closely, he noticed the boss's name tag was not green or red. It was the neutral stance, yellow.