Chapter 294: Earth’s Fury (1/2)
We got off the walls and gathered inside the city. No one dared to go further than that.
Boom!
A sword beam erupted from inside the great hall of Skull Castle again and sliced it into four separate pieces. The sinister-looking structure quickly crumbled into ruins.
”Run, the boss is coming!”
A Level 84 mage with an active Magic Shield shouted while he was running away from the ruins. Judging from the emblem on his shoulder, he was a player from Daybreak City and a guild leader no less. He and his guild members managed to enter the royal palace first, but the boss surprised everyone by exiting its own lair. As a result, they encountered the boss just as they were entering the great hall.
Swhoosh!
A blood-red sword energy blast hit the mage and the players surrounding him, tearing his Magic Shield apart and one-shotting all of them!
……
”Fuck…”
Xu Yang growled. ”This is one OP boss!”
He Yi took two steps backward and grabbed my wrist as if she was afraid that I would let my impulsiveness get to my head and get myself killed. She was overthinking things. The boss was clearly powerful, and I had neither the intention nor the confidence to tank it. At most, I might take advantage of the chaos around me to do something.
Meanwhile, Lin Yixin was standing atop the edge of a shattered wall while surrounded by Purple Marquis, Clear Perfume, Shadow Chanel and other Snowy Cathaya experts. The Fruit Knife Goddess looked so impressive in her battle robes that a ton of players forgot their surroundings. Literally. I said that because some of them actually forgot to run away from the boss and got murdered by its destructive sword aura!
A cold wind blew against our skin as a high-level undead general finally came into full view. He wore a craggy dragonskin armor that glowed, and a white cape behind his back. He wielded a translucent sword, and a black metal helmet covered his face completely. The imposing boss coldly stared at the invaders with his blood-red pupils.
”Are you here to kill me, foolish human adventurers? Come at me then. My Arctic Storm will drink every last drop of your blood!”
The boss roared and raised his weapon. The sword was probably the ”Arctic Storm” he was talking about, and it seemed like a wind-based weapon. I had no doubt that it had insane attack speed, and it was at least a Purple Gold–grade weapon. How enviable!
After we got close enough to the boss, its stats screen entered our vision—
Iron Skull General Wind Fury (Epic Rank Boss)
Level: 100
Attack: 1320~1550
Defense: 1200
HP: 2400000
Skills: Nightmare Strangle, War Crush, Earth’s Fury
……
”Fuck…”
I sucked in a deep breath and shuddered after I was done reading its stats screen. He was an Epic Rank boss, putting him above Dark Gold Rank and Purple Gold Rank bosses, and his stats reflected this rank well. Not even I was confident that I could take a strong hit with 1550 Attack behind it, not to mention that its health was a ludicrous 2.4 million HP. How could we possibly take this boss down?
Stunned by what she was seeing, He Yi looked at me and asked, ”What should we do?” Clearly, this was one of those bosses whose stats were available for view regardless of the level disparity.
On another side, Xu Yang raised his weapon and growled, ”It doesn’t matter. Let’s kill it and complete this quest already!”
I glared at him. ”You’ll die if you go now.”
”But…”
Xu Yang gritted his teeth. ”What should we do then?”
”We wait for an opportunity to present itself.”
”Mn!”
……
Just because we chose to wait didn’t mean that everyone else had arrived at the same conclusion. A group of ten thousand players poured in from the north of Skull Castle and charged fearlessly toward the boss under the command of three guild leaders. Their emblems marked them as players from Samgharama City.
The first guild leader wielding a battle axe shouted on top of his lungs, ”Strike fearlessly my brothers, for your brave charge will earn a valuable attack opportunity for the rest of your comrades! For the honor of our guild and our mission as warriors, charge!”
The second guild leader wielding a bow also shouted, ”We will not be underestimated by the players of Floating Ice City and Dawn City! Let this battle be the battle that spreads the tale of our absolute strength to the world! Once the super cities officially open, the warriors of Samgharama City shall unite as one and conquer Heavenblessed together!”
The boss was glaring at us at the beginning, but he looked like even he couldn’t stand the sheer arrogance of the players from Samgharama City. He turned around angrily and fired a sword aura at them!