Chapter 241: Magic Piercing Slash (2/2)
At the same time, I was wondering if this was all part of the game developers’ design. Had we come without Xinran by our side, we would one hundred percent be killed already. Did this quest become available to me only because Xinran was my “pet”?
Before I could think any further, Murong Mingyue healed me thrice in succession to full health and prompted me to charge into the fray again. I kept swinging the Purgatory Sword left and right and dealing the most amount of damage to the enemies out of everyone. Even the pets were out in full force. Stat-wise they weren’t of much use at all, but they could hold off an enemy for a while and keep them busy. No one, not even me, could handle multiple minibosses attacking me at once.
Seven to eight healing spells later, some of the minibosses started ignoring us and charging toward Murong Mingyue. Our beautiful priest immediately turned pale. “What should we do? Any of these minibosses can break my shield in two hits! What do we do!?”
Beiming Xue replied calmly, “Sister Mingyue, back off for the moment while I draw their aggro!”
“Mn!”
While Murong Mingyue was running to the back, Beiming Xue raised her Purgatory Bow and fired an Evil Spirit Volley. It immediately became apparent that she was better than most archers out there. A Rank 7 Evil Spirit Volley discharged 9 arrows at random directions, but in Beiming Xue’s hands 6 of the shots hit her targets perfectly as if they were laser-guided or something. Four of the minibosses immediately switched targets again and charged toward Beiming Xue.
Again, I knocked back the mob blocking my way before yelling, “Beiming, leave the mobs to me!”
“Okay!”
Beiming Xue ran like the weightless wind until all four mobs appeared in front of me. The moment they joined the original group of mobs who were already attacking me, I immediately raised my sword and activated Thousand Mirage Slash!
Boom!
I successfully dealt a ton of damage to the minibosses and aggroed them all.
I kept moving around the hall while the Dark Wasp buzzed all around me, using good positioning and blocking to reduce the amount of damage I took as much as possible. As a result, only two minibosses were able to land a hit on me while the rest wasted their time chasing me all over the place.
To my surprise, He Yi was able to keep track of my movement and get in the way of the minibosses who were trying to reach me, buying me even more time and safety as a result. Her growth gladdened me greatly. He Yi was an intelligent woman in her own right, and today she proved that there was nothing in the world she couldn’t learn as long as she set her mind to something.
That being said, Beiming Xue was even more skillful than He Yi was. She kited the minibosses with me in mind, so while I was keeping the minibosses busy at the center, she ran rings around them and pumped them full of arrows!
……
About five minutes later, the generals finally dropped dead and turned into dust. They were all undead creatures who had somehow slipped into the human city through various concealment techniques. Words couldn’t even begin to describe how scary they were.
I didn’t expect the minibosses to drop anything good, so I didn’t even bother to gather the loot on the ground. I was only at 25% HP when I took out the last miniboss, so I said urgently, “Heal me to full, sis!”
“Got it!”
Murong Mingyue ate a Magic Consumable and waved her staff again and again. I was at full health again in less than 10 seconds!
Finally, it was time to take out Cardin The Third!
Boom!
Meanwhile, Xinran had thrust her spear forward and fired an energy beam. The energy beam pierced through a gem on the throne and hit Cardin The Third squarely on the chest, carving a black wound on his chest and eliciting a painful groan from his throat. His earlier confidence was all but gone at this point.
But Xinran wasn’t faring much better than him either. She had killed god knows how many hellhounds during the 7 minutes we had taken to clear out the generals, and even now Cardin The Third was still summoning more undead creatures. The armor covering her waist was completely shredded, revealing the smooth and pale belly. The armor covering her chest was also threatening to fall apart completely and revealing the glorious mounds beneath. Finally, her cape had been shredded into ragged cloth by the hellhounds, further indicating how worn out she was.
I locked onto Cardin The Third and activated Charge!
The corrupted king was swinging his scepter and chanting, “I, Cardilla, offer a contract to the soaring birds who dream of destruction—”
Unfortunately for him, I managed to stun him before he could finish his spell, the Purgatory Sword plunging deep into his chest. “You can stick that up your sister’s ass!”
MISS!
12894!
I wasn’t expecting to deal this much damage even though I had triggered a critical hit and hit a weak spot at the same time. The undead magus was this fragile only because Xinran had completely shredded his dark shield.
Thud!
Beiming Xue’s Freezing Arrow hit the boss accurately and greatly slowed both his movement and attack speed!
Shocked, Cardin The Third waved his scepter again. “I, Cardilla, offer a contract to the endless devils slumbering beneath the abyss—”
Once again, the poor bastard was interrupted by a blue slash between his neck. Magic Piercing Slash! The attacker was none other than our beautiful leader herself, He Yi!
Puchi!
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