Chapter 110: The Banquet Pt 6 (1/2)
”And you, young Dryad, will be the first to die by my hands!” The Tall Man cackles maniacally. There an evil gleam in the monster's eyes, it felt as if the monster was looking forward to tearing Xinya apart and devouring him with its razor-like teeth.
After the Tall Man spoke a notification appeared, the quest that Xinya was waiting for had finally come.
[Quest Created -Town Event pt1 ]
A monster called the Tall Man has infiltrated the town of Errinisworth in an attempt to bring it under the monster rule. After taking over this town, the Tall Man plans on spreading his influence to other towns, until all of Haven is under the monster rule. You need to destroy the Tall Man, only then will you be able to save this town and the world of Haven. *This quest is sharable up to five people.
[Reward: 2000000 exp / 5 gold coins]
Quickly Xinya shared the quest with the rest of his friends, even before they got the quest they were on their guard. They had their weapons out and ready, Wei had her guns cocked, Wandering Sound flute was already to his lips, and Melting Snow had his swords out.
He also called out his Flare Dog, with its white and black enormous body. Standing next to Melting Snow, it snarled at the monster in front of it, waiting for Melting Snow to command it to attack. Xinya couldn't help but approve of how fast they were ready for action.
Xinya moved back from the Tall Man, so he wasn't in reaching distance and said, ”Who's to say it won't be you dying by my hand.”
”Dying by your hand, little Dryad? I would like to see that,” Clapping his shadowy clawed hands, the Tall Man summoned tiny wisp-like creatures from the shadows. ”Go, my shadow children, and kill everyone in this hall, but leave these four to me.”
The wisp-like creatures started to scatter, heading to the scared NPCs that were huddled together by the wall farthest away from the Tall Man. Xinya and his friends were about to head over and help them when they saw the other players that were invited to the banquet had started fighting the tiny wisp monsters.
Seeing how the players had everything handled, Xinya and his friends turned their attention back to the Tall Man. What they didn't know was those players, once Xinya got his quest, received a quest of their own. They were tasked to protect the NPCs and would receive 100 bronze coins for each NPC that was alive by the end of the battle.
Checking to see how much health the monster had, Xinya saw that it was a little over 50k. It was way less than Wyatt's, much to Xinya's relief, but less health doesn't make killing a monster easier, which Xinya soon found out.
Opening the party voice chat, Xinya said, ”Alright guys, spread out. We don't know what type of skills the monster have.”
”Way ahead of you,” Wei said, already backing up from the Tall Man. Since she was a ranged fighter, she didn't need to be close to the monster for her attacks to work.
”Easier said than done,” Melting Snow said. ”I'm a close combat fighter, remember.”
Wandering Sound shot a glance to Melting Snow, saying, ”Well I hope your quick on your feet little puppy, I don't think this monster is close combat friendly.