Chapter 237: Infiltrator (1/2)
“Heavenblessed 7114… Heavenblessed 7114…”
I repeated the phrase thoughtfully.
He Yi turned to me and asked, “What’s wrong, Lu Chen?”
“Do you remember what year it was when we entered the game?”
“No, what year was it?”
“It was Heavenblessed 8124.”
“Ah?!”
He Yi’s mouth fell open. “Are you saying that Princess Karinshan has been dead for over a thousand years?”
“Exactly!” I nodded strongly. “Why would someone station an entire battalion of soldiers around a person who has been dead for a thousand years? This is seriously strange.”
Murong Mingyue said, “Let’s head over there and see for ourselves!”
“Mn.”
I nodded and pulled out the Purgatory Sword. Then, I led the party to Princess Karinshan’s tomb.
It was at this moment a file of guards ran up to us and blocked our way. The captain of the group pulled out his sword and declared loudly, “Who are you people? This is an important place to the royal family. Outsiders are not allowed!”
Everyone stopped in their tracks as I walked up to the captain. “Sir, we are the adventurers of Floating Ice City. There has been some unusual incidents in this area, so we were ordered to investigate Princess Karinshan’s tomb.”
But the guard captain shouted, “Cut the bullshit, there is nothing for you here! Now leave, or you will pay with your life!”
My eyes turned cold as I raised my own sword. “You’re not going to let us pass? It looks like our suspicions were right. You are hiding some dirty secret in this place!”
“Damn you, you insolent brat!” The guard captain raised his sword and shouted, “Warriors of Floating Ice City, kill these insidious adventurers and remove the threat to our city!”
Not only did the name of every NPC soldier around us suddenly become blood-red in color, it was changed to “Floating Ice City Infiltrator”!
Floating Ice City Infiltrator (Common)
Level: 75
Attack: 550~620
Defense: 500
HP: 7000
Skills: Slash
Introduction: The first war against the Night Creatures embroiled the entire Heavenblessed Continent and lasted for nearly a century. After the races and the empire joined forces to fight back against their common enemy, the Night Creatures retaliated by planting a devilish curse in countless brave warriors. Although the blood of humans still ran inside their bodies, their souls have fallen under the control of the undead mages.
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He Yi raised her own sword with a smile. “No wonder they wouldn’t let us get close to Princess Karinshan’s tomb. Let’s kill these traitors and get on with the quest!”
“Got it!”
I rushed toward the guard captain and slashed. Thousand Mirage Slash!
Clang!
The sword beam divided into seven and rained on top of the enemies, dealing massive amounts of damage.
3098!
3174!
3426!
……
The skill was powerful, but it was nothing compared to the splash damage. Entire files of soldiers collapsed to the ground and died because of how the splash damage stacked on all nearby targets. Murong Mingyue and He Yi were stunned by my successful attack. “Damn, your attack power is getting a little too ridiculous, Lu Chen…”
I gave them a smile before dashing into the mobs. There were about 300 soldiers in the area, and at this rate we should clear them out in less than ten minutes!
He Yi activated Rock Shield and protected herself in a circle of cyan rocks. At the same time, she swung her Abyssal Sword left and right and cut down the enemies attacking her where they stood. She never even bothered to dodge or block the attacks that went her way.
Besides that, Beiming Xue was getting stronger and stronger. She fired a round of Evil Spirit Volley into a group of soldiers, and the splash damage from evil souls was more than enough damage to make our enemies’ lives a living hell.
Murong Mingyue stuck exclusively to the back and healed us very conservatively. Our party really didn’t need that much healing with He Yi and I as the tanks, not to mention that careless healing would actually result in too much aggro, eventually bringing our party down.
“You damn traitors! I’ll kill all of you!”
The guard captain pounced toward us. He was the strongest mob of the group; a Level 75 Bronze Rank miniboss with average attack power and only 40k HP. He was nowhere strong enough to put even a drop of sweat on our faces!
I locked onto the guard captain and used Charge!
Whoosh!
After he was stunned, I followed up with an Ice Ray + Slayer Slash combo!
3298!
3181!
This miniboss was seriously pitiful. Its Defense was even lower than the normal players out in the wild.