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“Ding!”
Right when Wang Jian swung his sword, the two Princess’ Guards in front of him activated their skills. A series of golden hexagram stars appeared along their steel swords, Lv 6 [Combo]s!
“Pu pu pu…”
As they slashed at him furiously, damage numbers appeared consecutively above Wang Jian’s shoulders–
412!
447!
471!
396!
……
Just 8 strikes were enough to kill him!
“Damn it…” Wang Jian’s eyes almost widened to big round circles. The speed at which the monsters launched their attacks surpassed his assumptions, leaving him with no time to drink his Health Potions at all.
Distance-wise, I was the closest to him. With the flick of my wrist, I hurriedly cast a Lv 5 [Heal] on him!
+750!
“Attack me!” I shout.
“What?” Wang Jian becomes stunned for a moment.
Quickly, he woke from his daze and stabbed my shoulder, causing 256 damage. This transferred away all of his aggro and the three Princess’ Guards immediately rushed towards me with their steel blades.
……
With another flick on my wrist, I activated a Lv 5 [Defense], increasing my defense by 5%. Peng, a surge of air surged from my feet and I sent a whole series of frenzied attacks from my [Strength of a Thousand Men] towards the chest of one of the Princess’ Guards, dealing a total of 2200+ damage. Then, I immediately followed up with my own [Combo]. With another two attacks from Baby Bobo, the Princess’ Guard falls to the ground while screaming in agony.
Li Mu was shocked, “Damn it, just what kind of attack do these monsters have. To think that just two of them together would be enough to kill Wang Jian in a flash, Wang Jian’s defense is above 800!”
Gripping my Frost Rain Sword, I shouted, “All of you, be careful. The rank which was given to this quest is slightly too low, the monsters in this map are similar to those of S-rank quests. The strength of the final boss would probably be much stronger than what you all previously expected.”
“Okay!”
……
Swiftly, we cleared away the Princess’ Guard in the region and obtained several Black Iron Tier and Green Tier equipments which were, practically speaking, useless. Advancing forward, the passage in front was dark and damp. The Princess’ Guards attacked in waves. Initially, there were around 30+ monsters in one wave. However, the number of monsters in each wave increased till there were roughly 100+ Princess’ Guards in a single wave. Fortunately, the abilities of the players in Valiant Bravery were above average and the only casualties were 7-8 of the heavy armor players that were in the front-line and they were revived instantly, sparing them of the hassle to run all the way back to their body. The true way to ensure the team’s safety is through having a large number of Healers to ensure that the health bars remain at a high level.
“Ka cha!”
Killing another Princess’ Guard with my Frost Rain Sword, my experience bar jerked forward a little. I am already at Level 48 with 94% experience, just a little bit off from level 49. Soon, I would be able to reach level 50. At level 50, my skills could get to Lv 6. With my Lv 6 [Wind Blade], [Fierce Ice Blade], [Combo] and other skills, my offensive capabilities would rise significantly. After all, the most important factor in a fight is the sudden burst of damage one can deal!
“Boss…” General Bai Qi suddenly lowered his voice and said, “The situation isn’t good!”
“What happened?” Li Mu frowned.
Bai Qi gritted his teeth, “The Assassins that we left in the maps nearby have detected large numbers of [Flying Dragon] guild members coming over. They are definitely up to no good. We suspect that they are intending to sabotage our quest.”
Li Mu was shocked, “[Flying Dragon]’s guild members… Are they trying to prevent us from obtaining the Princess’ Soul?
“Yeah, it seems like that is the case…”
Carrying my Frost Rain Sword, I walked over, “What happened, Soaring Dragon is still trying to bully others?”
“Yeah, after the incident at Ferocious Demon Canyon, Soaring Dragon has been harboring hatred towards us of the General Family…” Li Mu sighed and continued, “The [Flying Dragon] guild has a total of 38,000 players under their name and have over 10,000 players in Ba Huang City. Although we have 1000 guild members in our [Valiant Bravery], in a head-on battle we are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Furthermore, the number of players that are actively online for long hours in our guild only numbers to 800 while the number of people who are able to fight against them is 500. We are at too much of a disadvantage.”
“Princess’ Soul, what is that?” I ask.
LI Mu was slightly embarrassed and laughed, “Actually… this quest is separated in two stages. The first stage is A-ranked, which is entering the Princess’ Tomb. As for the second stage of the quest, I hid it from the others. It is about killing the general who guards the Princess’ body and retrieve the Princess’ Soul to bring back to the Ba Huang City’s owner. This stage is S-ranked…”
I reply, “So you lied to me so that I could be here as cannon fodder? Liar…”
Li Mu laughed and said, “It’s not like that, I simply forgot to mention it to you… Now that things have gotten complicated, if [Flying Dragon] were to send in their full force to suppress us, this mission could be a gone case…”
After pondering over what he said, I smiled and replied, “What are you scared of? Call all of the [Valiant Bravery] members into the Princess’s Tomb. The Flying Dragon may have the superiority in numbers but the passageway leading towards us is quite narrow, allowing only 10 people to stand shoulder to shoulder in it, thus we don’t really have to fear them. Furthermore, although we may lack the numbers to fight a frontal battle, the average ability of the guild members of [Valiant Bravery] is quite high so we should send half of the players to kill the boss while the other half guard the entrance to the tomb. After killing the boss and retrieving the Princess’ Soul, we’ll retreat. Soaring Dragon is no fool, he wouldn’t fight a battle once he knows that there are no benefits from it.”
“Yeah, I guess this is our only option!”
Li Mu continued, “Wang Jian and Bai Qi, both of you stay here to lead a group of players to guard the entrance to the Tomb. Xiao Ya