Chapter 118 Orb of Deception (1/2)
Kaboom—
Boom—
Fire magma condensed into blood-red fireballs, as though a pot of boiling water was bubbling continuously.
The scorching hot temperature burned the skin that was wrapped under the armor until it was bright red. Lin Jie immediately drank a bottle of Fire Resistance Potion, and his body felt slightly more comfortable.
That was the Dark Iron Castle!
Dark Iron Castle was the castle of the race of the smithing talents, Dark Iron Dwarves. If one was able to fly to the sky and look down from there, one would discover that the castle looked like a melting pot.
The Dark Iron Castle was extremely big. As a dungeon, it even hid a level 40 team dungeon within it. It was at the bottom of the Dark Iron Castle and was filled with magma, which was good material for smithing as it greatly reduced the forging time, so much that during the mid-game, many Blacksmiths would move there.
The dungeon was split into a total of three floors, every floor spawned one Guardian Boss.
For the mission to find the Four Sword Saints, only one Sword Saint was left, but he had no idea of his whereabouts: Earth Sword Saint Andros!
The reason he was given that title was not because of his swordsmanship but due to his technique—yes, that's right, Andros was a Dwarf Swordsmith. With superb smithing skills, he had received recognition from the ”Earthly Core”, forging it into a great sword. Therefore, becoming the Earth Sword Saint.
Every profession produced its own topmost masters!
After the Earth Sword Saint sealed the Devils Fork, he retired into seclusion, becoming a nameless Blacksmith. Every day, he would forge weapons for humans from alternate realms, he was pleased and happy with his life.
Meanwhile, the condition for the Earth Sword Saint to join the War of Light was to find an Earthly Core!
Earthly Core, as divine equipment for smithing, naturally belonged to the race of Dark Iron Dwarves who were specialized in smithing. That was the aim of Lin Jie's trip this time.
Once the Dark Iron Castle's first clear was taken, the Earthly Core would never respawn again. If he wanted to get that item again, he would have to wait until the release of the expansion pack at level 70.
In front of Lin Jie were three roads. Directly in front of him was a huge number of Dark Iron Dwarves Guards, level 25, Health Points 17,000, with five Dwarves as a team.
It was definitely impossible for Lin Jie to get past them all by himself, he could only find a chance in the future to form a team and clear the path.
The right path led towards the prison area. If players saved the fugitives, they could obtain their help, or if one even had good luck, they could obtain treasure chests that were left behind and so on. Lin Jie took a look around but got nothing.
On the left path were endless cage doors. After killing the Boss on the first floor, one could obtain the key, and thus open the door which led to the next floor.
There was another way to directly open the door, and that was the Bandit's Lock Picking Skill.
Besides those, there were basically no other ways.
Lin Jie was the exception, that was because he had a good item that far surpassed the key—Heritage Broken Blade! Although the Broken Blade's attributes had not totally recovered, its quality was extremely high, slicing through a lock was no problem at all.
After a few slashes at the door lock, Lin Jie headed into the passageway.
The design of the passageway was like duplex buildings. They were extremely short and small to suit the Dwarves' bodies. Lin Jie's head could touch the top of the passageway, so he could only bend over slightly while moving.
”Old Jack, be careful, I feel restless, there may be some danger.”
”Hahaha, you really are oversensitive.”
From a corner, a conversation could be heard. Lin Jie's eyes lit up, and he silently hid at another corner. The two Dwarves slowly walked towards Lin Jie's direction.
[Dwarf Team Leader Old Jack (Rare Elite)]
Level 25
Health Points: 21,000
Attack: 284-355
Defense: 150
Note: The Dark Iron Dwarves' patrol leader, has powerful strength and endless desire for sleep.
[Dwarf Speaker Old Muda (Rare Elite)]
Level 25
Health Points: 19,000
Magic attack: 175-285
Defense: 75
In the entire ”The New Age”, only the first player to enter the Dark Iron Castle would meet these two Rare Elites, the Two Dwarf Brothers!
Lin Jie was elated, he instantly remembered a very practical and famous item in his previous life—Orb of Deception! These two would definitely drop it! If he could kill these two fellows and get the orb, then it would be much easier to execute his plan afterward.
If players came to clear this dungeon, then they would not meet those two Rare Elites but just normal patrolling elites which would not drop anything, only providing experience. Naturally, the later players would not obtain the Orb of Deception and could only depend on the team's ability to clear it by themselves.
Lin Jie immediately drank a low-level Berserker Potion and used Forward Charge while aiming at Old Jack, Army Obliteration landed on his head repeatedly as if slapping his face!
-848!
-412!
-455!
Old Jack's Health Bar instantly decreased by 1/15, Lin Jie's attacking output was still awesome. Old Jack pulled out his axe with his backhand and slashed towards Lin Jie's head.
-218!
The Level 25 Rare Elite's damage value was too frightening! It shocked Lin Jie so much that he immediately drank a Slow Restoring Potions, and clamped another Health Potion between his teeth just in case his HP dropped too low. He then turned and hacked his dual swords towards Old Jack's head.
”My comrade, I will provide help to you! This human that intruded into the castle is as weak as an ant, you can crush it with just one leg.”
—'Old Jack has been influenced by [War Encouragement], his attack speed has increased by 5%, Critical Hit Damage has decreased by 10%.'
Old Jack slashed towards Lin Jie but it went past Lin Jie's pauldron, the attack had missed!