Chapter 307: Evenly Matched (2/2)
”Mn, Eve, Sister Mingyue, will you come?”
”No.” He Yi laughed. ”I and Mingyue are going offline soon to the Suzhuo branch office. I haven't gone there recently and there's a pile of matters to address. I probably will be busy until night. If we don’t return by then, remember to go to the company to get us. We’ll get lost otherwise!”
I laughed. ”Don't worry, I won't lose our two beauties, that would be such a pity!”
”Haha....”
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I welcomed the fourth wave of the rescue quest at this time. This wave was more terrifying. Just outside of the town, I was surrounded by large numbers of Hellhounds. I had to leave the townspeople in the town, and fight with my sword by the entrance, like a lone general defending the fort against ten thousand enemies.
Boom!
Thousand Mirage Slash vented into the monster horde. The Hellhounds howled as they died. Countless white streams of experience flew over. Half of the experience to me, the other half to my obsidian wolf. Nevertheless, this leveling speed was still pleasing!
I fought for nearly an hour outside the town before finally finishing this wave. Then I escorted 100 townspeople NPCs to the temporary camp.
Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was very busy. Xu Yang led a five-hundred-person team to take over the Venomous Wasp area at the border of Sky Forest. Gui Guzi was leading a group of people to occupy a map called Blackwater Bog. These two areas were abundant in resources. Xu Yang's place produced a high-tier pet—Green Dragon Bee. It was the size of a large honey bee but designed as a green dragon. It had scales and could spit fire. Its growth was not any inferior to my Dark Wasp. It was a popular pet among the players. Gui Guzi's Blackwater Bog had Ghost Eye Alligators. This was a pet with relatively good growth. Its highest BN would be around 90, it would have high attack power, and it was the best choice for middle-rank pets!
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Soon, my escort quest reached its last stage!
The town mayor looked hopefully at me and said in a trembling voice, ”Young and brave warrior, your bravery has allowed us to see the eternal glory of the Sky Dynasty. With brave warriors like you here, our empire will never be destroyed by the Night Creatures. Come, this is the last hundred people. Send them safely to the temporary supply camp and Dry Town will be able to live on...”
I nodded. ”Mayor, what about you?”
”I am going to live and die with the town!”
The mayor looked like he would stay until the end. This statement alone caused his figure to look imposing.
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Bells started ringing around the small town. A guardsman shouted, holding a lantern, ”The damned Night Creatures have charged into the town! Those damned Hellhounds... They killed the patrol squad captain and are assaulting the town. They will fight their way in soon!”
I was shocked. Damn. Wasn't this an escort quest? How... how did it suddenly become tower defense?
I was speechless. In the darkness, the Hellhounds roared and charged in. They were killing quickly in the surroundings, those citizens without any weapons had their necks bitten by the Hellhounds. Blood sprayed, and the corpses were quickly torn apart and devoured. It was a terrifying sight!
Beep!
System Notice: Townspeople killed +1!
Beep!
System Notice: Townspeople killed +1!
Beep!
System Notice: Townspeople killed +1!
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I was completely dumbstruck. A few minutes later, nearly half of the townspeople had been killed. 37 were dead and I was unable to get aggro of all the monsters!
I was furious. The last wave of Hellhounds did not follow the earlier logic. They didn’t attack me and just attacked the NPCs. Wasn’t this a trap?
I looked back and saw a row of people. I immediately had a plan and kicked open a house. I said to the old mayor, ”Have everyone hide here, I’ll guard the perimeter!”
”Alright!”
Soon after, the surviving townspeople went into the small house, filling it while I stood guard outside. Fortunately, there was only one door. The Purgatory Sword swung down and streaks of sword energy fell into the monster swarm. Thousand Mirage Slash!
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To my joy, the fight went smoothly, but there were so many Hellhounds that I felt I could not finish killing them all!
I fought for nearly an hour. Piles of monster corpses were in front of me but I still hadn’t reached Level 93, driving me insane. After Level 90, it took too much experience to level up. It was too difficult to level up just by killing monsters!
I looked at my friend list. He Yi and Murong Mingyue's names were dim. The two of them clearly had gone offline. They should’ve gone to the GGS company. The two of them were among the company’s higher-ups so they couldn't just stay in the game and ignore the company all day.