Chapter 631: The Mad Warrior (1/2)

[Mengchuan’s Request (2)] was another SS-rank quest, but this time it was an assassination quest! I would have to kill a boss to complete this quest, so it definitely wouldn’t be as easy as the first one had been. Even though I didn’t know just how powerful this Mad Warrior Buffett was, our party consisted of two tanky DPS in He Yi and I, as well as a super priest in Murong Mingyue, so he would be manageable as long as he wasn’t a Heaven or Immortal Rank boss. It was almost impossible for any player to take down an Immortal Rank boss at this stage of the game. Even Thunder, one of the Nine Sovereigns of Hell, was an Immortal Rank boss, so it would be quite reasonable to assume that his lackey would be an Earth Rank boss at most.

I accepted the quest and called the two girls over. ”Eve, sis, I got a new quest. Let’s go!”

”Alright! Lead the way!”

The two girls giggled as they fell in behind me. Their current leveling speed had left them giddy with joy and they were still basking in the afterglow of satisfaction.

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The Phantom Wolf King was walking by my side as I strolled through the barren streets of the city. I hefted the Cyan Netherworld Sword in my hand as I stepped on the broken bones that covered the ground and raised my head to look at the murky sky. This city was once considered a jewel of the continent tens of thousands of years ago, but it had now been reduced to a barren ruin. A sigh of lament passed through my lips before I had even realized it.

Countless empires dotted the annals of history and every single one of them had gone through their so-called ”golden age”. The people who had lived in those times had clamored that their empire or dynasty would exist through the ages, last for all eternity, but in the end, the only thing that was left of them was old and withered bones waiting to be dug up by the people of the present.

Spring still came, just like it always had, but a thousand years had already passed since the fall of these kingdoms. Even though the kingdoms that succeeded these kingdoms had already fallen, the world still continued to turn on its axis. These people and their dreams had already turned to dust.

Perhaps, a thousand years after their passing, these people of the past would be mocked and ridiculed as fools when the ”kindly” hypocrites of the present sought to ”memorialize” them as an emblem of foolhardy idealism.

A group of pitiful people, dreaming ridiculous and pitiful dreams.

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I opened up my minimap to confirm that this was the right place. If we wanted to enter the palace halls, we would definitely have to kill all of these undead guardsmen in front of us.

I carefully crept forward, the Phantom Wolf King slinking alongside me. I stopped when I was about thirty yards away from the closest undead guardsman. The levels of these mobs were too high, making it all too easy to aggro one of them. A profound black light shone from my eyes as I activated Dark Pupils. After that, I shared their stats in the party chat.

Roland Imperial Guardsman (Ancient)

Level: 168

Attack: 2590~3050

Defense: 3200

HP: 250000

Skills: Heavy Slash, Dying Strike, War Zeal

Introduction: These brave warriors were infected by the curse of undeath after the fall of the Roland Empire. These valiant souls were twisted into the bloodthirsty puppets and accomplices of the dreadful undead, but they still possess all of the vaunted skills they had in life. They now fight with the implacable relentlessness of unlife, making them even more fearsome than they were in life.

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The attack power of monsters that weren’t bosses had finally reached 3000. These Roland Imperial Guardsmen were the elite of the elite and their stats were quite a fair bit higher than those ‘Undead Roland Soldiers’. They were going to be a lot harder to deal with, and it would be impossible for the three of us to clear them all unless we managed to come up with a foolproof plan.

”Jie jie…”

A few of the undead guardsmen brandished the swords they held in both hands, rotten and dried-out patches of muscle and skin covering their gruesome-looking skulls. Their exposed muscles resembled threads of fabric that had been worn away by the wind as they quivered and spasmed with every move these guardsmen made. However, their armor was bright and pristine, still glowing with a menacing light.

Magic staff in hand, Murong Mingyue followed tightly behind He Yi. She looked at me and said, ”Their levels are really high and their attack power is dreadful! If one of them starts chasing after me, I’m dead meat!”

I nodded my head and replied, ”Don’t worry. As long as our beloved boss and I are around, you won’t be in any danger of dying!”

An extremely sweet smile appeared on He Yi’s face as she came to a stop beside me. She pointed at a wall inside the palace. ”That place looks like it would be a good choke point. Lu Chen, go lure the mobs away. I’ll bring Mingyue over there first, and then you and your little wolf can bring the rest of the mobs to us after!”

I quickly surveyed the area. This would be no easy task. The imperial guardsmen were all milling about together and one wrong step would end with me being surrounded by a sea of these ancient undead monsters. I would be extremely lucky to make it out alive if that happened, but I felt fairly confident that I could pull it off with my mechanical skill. After all, the 80% movement speed boost granted by my Stormy Waves War Boots was nothing to scoff at. They didn’t lower my turning speed either, so I could still bring all of my skill to bear.

”Alright, I’ll go and lure the mobs. Eve, keep an eye on the rightmost imperial guardsman. I won’t be able to lure it away, so you will definitely attract its aggro on the way to the choke point. You need to keep it away from Sis Mingyue and make sure that its aggro is firmly latched on to you. We won’t be able to grind these mobs successfully if our priest dies.”

”Yeah, I got it!”