[Wolf Pack Adventurer Guild]
[Duke: In the direction of Rising Plains, newbies have encountered a special Magic Beast, Three-Headed Goblin King.]
[Kuro (Vice Leader): Goblin King? This is a brand-new sighting report. The news will probably spread quickly. All members on Floor 1, finish this fast!]
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[City of Wrath Floor 1 – Public Channel]
[West Coast Flower: Help! We ran into a Three-Headed Goblin King!]
[West Coast Flower (2): Is anyone coming to save us? Will that Wolf Pack group that was collecting money at the entrance come?]
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[Wolf Pack Guild]
[Duke: Boss, the news has already spread. The newbies are asking for help in the public area again.]
“Fuck, didn’t I say not to let these newbies publicly ask for help.”
In front of the battle line shrouded in dark clouds, a bald shield guard irritably rubbed his own bald head.
“Newbies are like this. Easy to trick, sure, but they are not stupid either. Looks like this business will not last much longer.”
Beside him, Indis, the leader of the Wolf Pack Adventurer Guild, held a coffee cup, her gaze profound.
As the head of a guild, if she did not open up a new operating path soon, this guild would probably not hold on.
Ever since the Crimson Moon descended and adventuring became a one-time death, the guild’s members had drained away severely, expenses soared, income plummeted. If she kept running the guild the old way, her time as leader would be over.
Fortunately, the empire had given them room to breathe.
Led by the Minos Guild, the Dungeon conquest plan guided by various Chosen Ones had given these veteran guilds a slender chance to cling to life.
As long as they scored enough kills in the three Dungeon regions and held their frontline ranking, they could receive the guild’s bonus.
Of course, guaranteeing kill counts among a pack of Chosen One teams was truly too hard.
Three continents, three divinely granted Beginner Villages, twelve Chosen in each Beginner Village, thirty-six Chosen Ones in total. Although not all had gathered in Soronwell, even just a portion of them made securing enough kills in front of these monsters as hard as ascending to heaven.
But it was not entirely without opportunity. The Miasma of these Dungeons had little effect on ordinary adventurers like them, yet it seemed different for the Chosen Ones.
Indis quietly turned her gaze to the neighboring side. There, a four-person team with gloomy faces watched the approaching Floor 12 lord in silence.
“Everyone… is waiting for our next mistake…”
Ao Li An Na gently clasped her hands and withdrew her sweeping gaze.
Mei Fei Er held her head and showed an indifferent smile. “Ao Li An Na, are you afraid?”
“I kind of miss Li Si…”
Wei Ya supported her staff and silently looked toward He Zi.
He Zi toyed with a dagger, standing alone to the side, watching her teammates in silence.
It was only that Nvshen’s power was fading, yet these teammates already looked ready to cry. How were they supposed to continue the battles ahead in this state.
“She… will never come back, right…”
Wei Ya looked a little forlorn.
He Zi stopped flipping the dagger, furrowed her brows tightly, and suddenly said coldly, “This is pre-battle preparation. Wei Ya, put away your weakness. Ao Li An Na, stop bothering Nvshen. Tell me where we should appear next. Mei Fei Er, take this seriously.”
“Didn’t you all think you were so strong? Didn’t you all believe that Li Si without Nvshen’s power was not worthy of being with you?”
“He Zi, I wasn’t”
“Huh? I never did”
“I didn’t either”
He Zi cut them off with a cold look. “Don’t rush to explain. I only want to tell you that if Li Si were here, no matter how low her level or how big the power gap, she would only do one thing and say one sentence.”
Everyone froze and subconsciously looked toward the same position.
That spot, in a distant time before, would always hold a warrior wrapped in armor.
At this moment that warrior seemed to reappear there. She drew her sword, she gazed afar, she spoke the words she always said before every battle.
[Received a new friend message]
He Zi froze for a moment. Seeing the sender pop up on the panel, she could not help trembling all over.
They had only been apart a few days, yet He Zi felt as if an entire era had passed.
Looking at that long-missed reply, He Zi subconsciously read it out to the whole team. “Absolutely do not die.”
That single sentence instantly pulled everyone back to the period in the Beginner Village.
Ao Li An Na took a deep breath, slowly lowered her hands, turned, and stepped forward to take that illusory warrior’s position.
“Hah, this sentence always gave me a headache before.”
Mei Fei Er scratched her hair. The dragon horns that had been fading on her forehead bloomed with a final radiance.
“Actually.. I..”
Wei Ya gripped her staff tightly and did not continue the words of missing her.
“Looks like you finally understand. Li Si never left.”
He Zi drew her dagger and stepped into the darkness in one move.
Ahead the Miasma swirled. A beastly roar descended from the dark clouds. Battle was about to erupt.
“Wait, what’s going on with those four?”
“Life Vine… isn’t their power about to completely disappear just like the Flame Hero’s? How dare they go so wild…”
“Is this the final carnival? Heh, the Chosen teams from Border Town, aside from Honeysuckle the rest are nothing special~”
On Floor 12 of the City of Wrath, the moment the battle against the lord ‘Thunder Beast’ began, everyone sensed an unprecedented ferocity.
The Life Vine team that had originally been timid and afraid of overusing Nvshen’s power had this time abnormally unleashed their full strength.
They all poured out Nvshen’s power as if it cost nothing.
The holy elemental mage who had been the most hesitant before even directly summoned the enormously costly Elemental Colossus.
The massive colossus was nearly as tall as the Thunder Beast.
A few stamps alone pulled the kill count that had lagged these past few days back to average.
Then the Holy Shield Dragon Girl who had only known how to charge around actually restrained herself unexpectedly, transforming into a giant dragon to guard the mage’s side while using dragon fire to guide the path for the Shadow Assassin hidden in the shadows.
In just a few breaths, the Thunder Beast’s health under the vast Nvshen power was forced right to the critical point.
“Second form!”
The only other Chosen team on this battle line gave the warning.
Everyone immediately retreated.
The next instant countless vines rose from the ground, instantly wrapping the lord that had switched into its second form and tightening hard.
“Sizzle——”
The lightning around the Thunder Beast was instantly squeezed dry by the vines.
[Life Vine team successfully broke ‘Thunder Beast’ protection]
[‘Thunder Beast’ has entered dying state]
A dark sword aura fell from the sky. Vast Nvshen aura enveloped the Thunder Beast and rapidly cleared the remaining health.
[Team ‘Soya Dark Blade’ killed Floor 12 lord ‘Thunder Beast’]
[City of Wrath Floor 13 passage opened]
Above the battlefield the dark clouds scattered. A staircase slowly appeared.
In an instant, celebratory cheers rang through the skies.
Ao Li An Na stood in the crowd, staring blankly at the last bit of radiance fading from her hand, and finally let out a helpless sigh.
“Hey, He Zi, where are you going? Your power is all gone too, right? Wandering around is dangerous.”
Mei Fei Er touched her smooth forehead and called toward the shadows.
In the shadows, He Zi flashed several times in succession and raced toward the next floor.
She had never been like this before, so urgent, so anxious, so longing, wanting to see Li Si again, to hear her voice again, to speak with her again, to be with her again.