Chapter 516 - Instakilling the Guard (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Lin Jie never thought that he would meet those two there.

It was understandable for Charming Smile, as despite not being known, she was well-versed with the working of an Elemental Shaman. Hardworking Pants was capable of casting Runes, with their cooperation, it wouldn’t be a problem for them to kill the Boss.

The guarding Boss was the Skeleton Demon Sword Artist, Mirod. He was a Level 60 Gold Overlord. However, the lack of monsters in front of the tomb had decreased the Boss’ attacking power critically. For Overlord monsters, monsters were their strongest attacking force, but they were all being cleared away by the players.

It wasn’t difficult to kill Mirod from a distance, they just had to make use of the Elemental Shamans’ Lightning Magic. Furthermore, Lin Jie’s [Lightning Vortex Gun] was capable of conduction as well. It could transform those players into the vortexes to attack Mirod from far away.

“Let’s get ready, unlike the usual Bosses, this guarding Boss will not explode out the loot. Instead, it will send the keys straight to the players’ backpack. The three of us will pocket all 100 keys, and raid the tomb. The rest will have to wait 2 hours for the Boss to respawn before coming in,” explained Lin Jie.

Hardworking Pants understood the plan, so he held numerous materials and situated himself in front of the cavity. Hardworking Pants was an Enchant Master and was capable of enchanting players’ equipment. Currently, this skill was mediocre, but it would become rather powerful in the future. A middle-grade enchantment could increase 10 Attack Points to a weapon and wasn’t as powerful as an enhancement. Furthermore, there was a limit to the number of enchantments that could be cast, and every equipment could only be enchanted once.

Enchant Master was the slowest job to grow amongst the Living jobs, and would only rise to prominence during the later part of the game due to its versatility.

Hardworking Pants was a pretty unique presence amongst the Enchant Masters as his research was mainly on Runes, instead of Enchantment Runes. The effect of Runes was to enchant many items at once. If enchantment was a detailed process, Runes would be a mass-produced one. Furthermore, players that practiced Runes could have some attacking power if they were able to combine the right materials.

Lin Jie had been cheated—great time—by Hardworking Pants back at the Frozen Tundra.

However, it seemed that Hardworking Pants wasn’t the kind to be extremely loyal once he joined a guild. His reason for joining the Xuanyuan Alliance had been simple—a large guild would provide unlimited raw materials that would speed up his enchantment proficiency greatly.

Lin Jie tempted him with an even simpler reason—his curiosity peaked when Lin Jie told him that it was possible for a Living job to fight like the battling jobs.

“Source of magic, under my control!”

Hardworking Pants rubbed his right hands, and sand-like particles fell into the shape of a Lightning Rune. These particles were [Washed Lightning Sand], materials that had been quenched by lightning. They could be used as channeling materials for lightning-based magic, as well as to draw runes.

Sizzle—

As the sand got into contact with the ground, a loud boom was heard. As Hardworking Pants drew, he tossed a variety of enchantment materials such as Arcane Dust and Herbal Powder into Runes. This process lasted for about 10 minutes before rumblings sounded, and a silvery-white glow was emitted, signaling the successful Rune creation.

This Rune was called the [Overloading Rune]. When it was attached to equipment, there would be a 20% chance that the target would be cast with overload. When it was used to slay enemies, 3 Judgements would be made to all targets within the Rune, and there would be a 50% of casting overload.

Boom—

The Runes were blasted from the ground and flipped over, they then engulfed the entire cavity. The players that were stacked on top of each other were immediately infected with the Overload Runes.

“My turn! Power Totem, Lightning Chain!” Charming Smile pointed a finger at Lin Jie, referring to the ‘one spell is equivalent to one gold coin’ deal, before waving her hands and 4 totems were unleashed.

Totems were the Shamans’ special attack. Shamans were able to cast blessings onto their teammates through totems, create confusion amongst the enemy, or even attack them. Totems were able to sustain for an infinite amount of time, but there was a limit to how wide they covered. Furthermore, they had 10 health points and would vanish upon contact.

Charming Smile had set up the Power Totem (Increase Magic Attack by 5%), Heat Totem (Cast 50 points of damage to a random target per second), Harden Totem (Before this totem is destroyed, all the other totems will be invincible), as well as Rage of Air Totem (Increase lightning attacks by 5-15%)

Lightning chain!

Charming Smile raised her iron hammer, and a lightning snake zoomed out from within and found its target on the player situated at the top. He was fried to bits instantly and conducted the lightning chain downwards. When Charming Smile’s lightning chain was in contact with an overloaded target, its cooldown period and channeling time would be zero. She fired out lightning blasts one after another, electrocuting all the players.

Lin Jie followed suit and raised his right hand, Lightning Spear Strike was unleashed. As compared to how cautious Charming Smile tried to be but still managed to hit the player’s head, Lin Jie seemed to be bolder as he swayed the 6 spears with ease. They hit the players right in their heads.