Chapter 214: One True Love (1/2)
Beep!
When I entered the party, I saw exactly Gui Guzi, Beiming Xue, Du Thirteen and Yamete in the party list. It was the return of the original five Bloody Mercenaries.
“Haha, hey boss!” Gui Guzi asked after a laugh, “So, how was your trip home yesterday? I heard that the leader went home with you as well. Did you make any progress?”
Slight embarrassed, I answered, “Nope. Where are you guys anyway?”
“We’re at Cyan Wolf Boneland, a small map at the northmost part of Frost Forest. A Level 75 Dark Gold Rank boss just spawned there recently, and lucky for us we found it before anyone else. We’re watching it right now, but it’d be better if you made haste and got here as quickly as possible. We’ll engage the moment you arrive!”
“Got it!”
I gripped the Purgatory Sword and ran at full speed. It would take about half an hour for me to reach Cyan Wolf Boneland from where I was, and I was fairly confident that no one would dare snatch a boss from right under Beiming Xue and Gui Guzi’s noses during these 30 minutes.
Half an hour later, I passed through Frost Forest and saw four tiny orange dots on my mini map immediately. The dots represented Beiming Xue and the others. The map they were in was a cyan-colored region full of death and gloominess. There were a ton of wolf carcasses on the ground, each the size of a goddamned elephant. It looked like the wolves here were ridiculously huge.
There were both old and new carcasses. I saw maggots crawling inside the older ones and swarms of flies flying around the newer carcasses. The buzzing noise caused an uncomfortable churn inside my stomach.
Crack crack...
My Death Shade War Boots crushed a bone beneath my feet as I strode into the map in a straight line. But suddenly, I sensed someone ahead of me!
I slowed down and trod carefully. Soon, I saw a group of ten people appear at the edge of a hill. They were clearly in a party, and the unique symbol that identified a player as a party leader was floating around the shoulder of a red-haired barbarian warrior. He wielded a battle axe, and his equipment looked pretty good. Level 64 was pretty good at this stage, and the ID floating above its head was:
One True Love LV-64 Warrior
Guild: Flower Room
Guild Position: Corps Commander
……
It was someone from Flower Room? What a small world we live in! Technically speaking, there was no river of blood between Bloody Mercenaries and Flower Room that could only be quenched with death. The problem was that there was a complicated relationship triangle between Lin Yixin, Li Le and I, and our guilds were caught up in the mess as a result. These days, we were practically sworn enemies.
Beside him, a Level 61 archer asked, “One True Love, are you sure we can beat them?”
“Of course. There are ten of us, and we have three third-promotion archers and two third-promotion mages. We’ll one-shot their archer with Ice Dragon Howl while two of our warriors keep Gui Guzi busy. Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand isn’t here anyway, so there’s nothing to worry about! Let’s kill the boss first and deal with the aftermath later!”
The archer licked his lips vulgarly and said, “I heard that the dark archer of Bloody Mercenaries, Beiming Xue, is incredibly beautiful and sexy. Leave her to me, I want to exchange shots with her, if you get what I mean!”
One True Love smiled disdainfully at him. “That woman is mine. Don’t you even think about touching her.”
“What? Do you know her?” the archer asked in astonishment.
One True Love replied with a sneer, “Know her? I’ve been searching for her for god knows how long! Anyway, get her in the red but don’t kill her. I want to confirm if she’s the one I’m looking for first!”
“Okay!”
……
I was caught off-guard by the conversation. What are they saying? How did this One True Love know Beiming Xue?
I asked inside the party channel, “Beiming, do you know a guy with an ID called One True Love?”
“No. Why are you asking, boss?” Beiming Xue answered in a surprised tone.
“You don’t? Oh well, never mind then!”
“Why aren’t you here yet, by the way?”
I sucked in a deep breath before answering, “A ten-man party from Flower Room has had their eyes on you. They have 3 archers, 2 mages, 2 warriors and 1 priest. Beiming, be careful. They have you down as their number one target.”
Beiming Xue replied, “Okay, got it. We’ll hide ourselves and ambush them here.”
“You do that. I’ll follow them from behind and catch them in a pincer when you’re ready!”
“Okay!”
……
I followed the Flower Room players closely, but made sure not to get too close. If I used Earth Escape there was no way I could catch up to them, but if I followed them too closely the chances of being exposed were much higher. Thus, I chose to maintain around 100 yards of distance between myself and the enemy party. This way, I could reach them in 15 seconds at most if a battle were to break out!
I also used the opportunity to inspect their gear closely. All of the archers had above-average equipment, and the two mages were even stronger than they were. One of them was Level 68, and the other Level 69. On average, they were all high-level players. Maybe I would be able to tank a couple of Ice Dragon Howls to the face and still fight, but there was no way Beiming Xue and Mamate could do the same!
The battle broke out ahead of me while I was still in deep thought. Gui Guzi had charged out of his hiding spot and thrust his spear into the chest of the foremost warrior!
Puchi!
1748!
It was a critical hit, but unfortunately it still wasn’t enough to one-shot the enemy warrior. The guy probably had around 2000 HP, and after chugging a health potion he regained 1200 HP.
One True Love looked pissed. He rushed toward Gui Guzi and hit his shoulder with his battle axe!
1274!
+445!
Undying Shield was truly impressive. 35% of the enemy’s damage was negated just like that!
At the same time, a green number +884 appeared above Gui Guzi’s head. Man, Mamate’s healing power had been improving a lot lately!
One True Love sneered disdainfully and clashed blades with Gui Guzi. His party’s gear was pretty good, and he still had the number advantage. Despite the successful ambush, it was still unclear who was going to be the final victor.
It was at this moment Beiming Xue fired her Evil Spirit Volley!
Boom boom boom boom boom!