Chapter 266: Prayer Scepter (1/2)
”Please don’t enrage…”
Lin Yixin stared at her health bar—she only had less than 30% HP left—with a worried look on her face. It wasn’t an unfounded worry. If the boss chose to enrage now, we might not be able to defeat it.
Thankfully, despite the sadistic whippings the Root Protector had been delivering our whole party, it never entered an enraged state. The girls grew increasingly excited and expectant as its HP kept dropping.
I, Lin Yixin, He Yi, Beiming Xue; our party was made up of some of the absolute best damage dealers in Floating Ice City, but the tenacious plant was able to endure another fifteen minutes of beating before it finally reached its last legs. If the Root Protector didn’t count as a high-HP high-Defense boss, then I didn’t know what could possibly earn this title.
Swhoosh!
The Purgatory Sword shuddered in my grip for an instant before firing off Purgatory Slash! It penetrated the Root Protector’s trunk completely!
4783!
Finally, the boss that stopped us in our tracks for god knows how long let out its last scream as its gigantic body toppled to the ground with a loud thud!
Swhoosh swhoosh swhoosh...
Behind me, the girls all leveled. My own experience went up by 35%!
……
”Finally!” He Yi wiped the sweat on her face in relief. Then, she smiled at me and said, ”Can you check the loot for us, Lu Chen?”
”Yeah!”
I walked up to the boss's corpse and cut apart the tree trunk that was blocking my way. But to my surprise, there was a nest of angry little treants beneath the wood. Waving their arms and glaring at me, they charged me before my brain could process what I was seeing!
”Fuck!”
I jumped a couple of steps backward and unleashed Thousand Mirage Slash!
Boom!
One angry slash later, the little treants all died under my attack. And that was how the Root Protector’s lineage came to an end.
I walked up to the boss again and kicked away its broken limb. This time, I was greeted by the sight of many shiny items. It had dropped a couple of items and a dozen or so Phantasmal Magic Stones.
I tossed all the magic stones to the girls so that they split them among themselves. The Root Protector netted us three equipment drops in total: dark red leather wristguards, a silver scepter, and a golden ring. Besides that, it also dropped a high-quality purple skill book from the looks of it.
Not wanting to delay the suspense any longer, I carried all the loot in my arms, turned toward the girls and brought the gear drops’ stat screens one by one. First, the red leather wristguards.
Assassination Wristguards (Dark Gold–grade)
Defense: 105
Agility: +50
Stamina: +48
Passive: Increases user’s critical rate by 3%
Level Requirement: 80
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”I know…”
I threw the Assassination Wristguards at her and said, ”Beiming Xue is the only leather-armor player in our party, so this clearly belongs to her. I trust that everyone is okay with this?”
Lin Yixin, He Yi, and Murong Mingyue all shrugged. I was the loot distributor, it was my responsibility to distribute the loot. They were okay with my decisions as long as I didn’t make an unfair claim on a loot myself.
We moved on to the silver scepter. The shining item looked pretty good, and no one was disappointed when I brought up its stats screen.
Prayer Scepter (Dark Gold–grade, Outstanding★)
Magic Attack: 220~360
Intelligence: +55
Stamina: +48
Passive: Increases user’s Magic Attack by 10%
Passive: Increases user’s healing output by 25%
Outstanding Property: Reduces the cooldown of all healing spells by 50%
Level Requirement: 80
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”Heavens, an Outstanding weapon!”
Lin Yixin’s beautiful eyes widened. ”This Prayer Scepter is quite similar to Luo River God of the Capital’s Purgatory Scepter, and it's not even too far behind in terms of Magic Attack. Even better, this is a priest weapon with a 50% cooldown reduction for all healing spells, so it basically doubles the healing power of any healer. What an amazing Outstanding Property…”
I nodded. ”Yeah. This Prayer Scepter may only be a one-star Outstanding weapon, but its true value isn’t inferior to the Purgatory Scepter in the slightest. Hahaha, Sister Mingyue has finally entered her prime!”