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Three golden hexagons appear on my Jade City Sword, allowing me to confirm that the combo this time would consist of three attacks - the number of hexagonal stars appearing indicates the number of attacks the combo will do, a rule which I have understood with practice.
"Hua!"
"311!"
"327!"
"334!"
......
The damage efficiency is still not too bad, with just a combo, I have already removed almost a thousand of his health points. The level 40 dark dwarf, originally possessing over 2000 health points plummets after getting violently stung by Baby Bobo who was dancing at his sides. Then, with a direct stab from my sword, the job is done!
Hmm, the effectiveness of a surprise attack is quite good, the level 40 Dark Dwarf didn"t even get a chance to retaliate and was wiped out in just a few seconds.
By ending the battle fast, my health potion and mana potion consumption was reduced. Bringing Baby Bobo along, I rushed towards the Dark Dwarf that"s sharpening the edges of the war axe. Unfortunately, at the moment when I closed the distance between him and me, the other two Dark Dwarves immediately got aggro-ed by my actions. 1V3, I guess I"ll have to go all out, otherwise I don"t a chance completing this quest!
"Shua!"
As usual, the combo has a short cooldown time of 6 seconds. I sent a second combo attack towards the second dwarf as soon as the cooldown came off. At the same moment, I lower my body and my iron fist crashes into the ground. Pah, ?Binding Chains? was immediately evoked and rose from the ground, chaining the feet of the third dwarf. At the same time, Baby Bobo went on the offense. I try to finish him off but I was slightly late, the Dark Dwarf had already begun his attack. His battle axe floated with crimson red flames, its the level 40 close-range skill - ?Flame Blade?
"Boom!"
"397!"
There was a loud ringing sound on the Dawn Breastplate and I felt a surge of pain. the offensive capability of ?Flame Blade? was definitely not just for show. Now I understand why this quest is ranked A.
Immediately retreating back a step, I send Baby Bobo up to attack, dealing the coup de grace on the second Dark Dwarf. The next moment, weng weng, it flew towards the the third Dark Dwarf to intercept it but got attacked by ?Flame Blade?. Ka cha, the war axe immediately tries to decapitate the head of the Overlord Bee, displaying a damage amount of 474.
Controlling both my pet and myself, while Baby Bobo retreated, I immediately rush forward to take his place and positioning my sword, I lower my body position and in an instant, a flash of white light surges from my feet, activating my chain combo attack, ?Strength of a Thousand Men?!
A flurry of furious attacks lands on the body of the fourth Dark Dwarf, bringing out a whole string of damage numbers-
"231!"
"244!"
"217!"
"274!"
"809!"
......
As expected, the Dark Dwarves are overwhelmingly powerful in their offensive power. However, their defense is extremely weak. With a 5 hit combo, I was able to remove a big chunk of his health. With another attack from me and Baby Bobo, done! However, at that point, the third Dark Dwarf managed to free himself of my ?Binding Chains? and charges towards me with yet another ?Flame Blade?.
"778!"
It was a critical hit!
I was stunned for an instant, I had 1 point of Hp left! I had 1176 Hp, how can this be!?
I immediately set my hands moving, ?Heal?!
"+600!"
That was alarmingly dangerous. I definitely should not underestimate the monsters here, the attack power of ?Flame Blade? is pretty powerful and not something most players can endure. Next time, I must make sure to block it or dodge it. If I were to keep taking these attacks, I could be KO-ed within two hits.
While still in a panic, I coordinate with Baby Bobo to get rid of the last Dark Dwarf. Only when all of the dwarves are lying on the floor did I realize that my heart was thumping out of my chest. However, my experience bar brought me some comfort. After killing 4 of these Dark Dwarves, my experience points immediately increased by 1%. By my calculations, killing 400 of them would allow me to level up once. Looks like if I were to complete the quest by today, getting to level 38 wouldn"t be impossible!
......
Picking up the silver coins from the floor, I note that level 40 human-like monsters were actually quite rich. On average, each of these Dark Dwarves drops 3 silver coins each. After killing 2000 dwarves, I would have 60 gold coins. To be honest, even if I were here only to farm for money, it would be quite profitable!
While killing these Dark Dwarves, I browse through the forums and find many guilds or studios, whether big or small, recruiting new members -
?Recruiting(Posted by:Mischievious Rock)?:Mischievious Rock studio is currently recruiting new personnel, only limited to mages, swordsman and players with strong solo-ing abilities. We provide lodging and food and only request for players to farm at least 5 gold coins each day. Wages are up for discussion!
?Recruiting(Posted by:Black Flame)?:In Ba Huang City, the Black Flame Guild is currently recruiting expert players that are above level 32. We will be organizing a hundred-man party to hunt down a level 50 gold-rank boss seven days later to obtain a gold-tier equipment as well as our guild"s Guild Creation Card!
?Recruiting(Posted by:Wandering Wolf Spirit)?:The Victorious studio is currently recruiting new players. We require a high level healer possessing at least 30+ heal boosts. The job of the healer would be for treating the wounded and preparing the meals. The wage every month would be at least 5000RMB. We would prefer a female healer and if she has good looks, we can add in bonuses.
......
I frowned, I can tell that this wasn"t a poster to recruit new players, it was a poster to recruit a girlfriend. Quite creative...
"Pa ta!"
While deep in thoughts, suddenly, as a Dark Dwarf was killed, a round metal helmet drops. Picking it up from the grass, it was a green-rank equipment and had decent defense stats. It increases the equipper"s strength by 14 but it doesn"t have any additional effects. It could be considered as a middle-tier equip. In the 3 main cities in the China server, everyone seems to be more concerned with leveling speed and the top players in each of the main cities are going mad from training. When everyone is of high level, there would naturally be more good equipment. Currently, just counting Ba Huang city, there are already at least 20+ gold-rank equipment, 500+ silver-rank equipment and needless to say, the green-tier equipment would be countless. Especially more so, these equipment are not actual end-game equipment, smart gamers would know not to spend too much capital on these equipment. Of course, this is excluding people who are remarkably rich like Tyrant of Western Chu who would guard my corpse for an entire night for a black iron equipment; that isn"t what most people are able to do.
After killing for a while, I look at my current quest progress, it was already at 87/2000. In general, the Dark Dwarves gather in fours, thus the killing speed is actually quite fast, though it could prove to be quite dangerous as well. Fortunately, I possess a LV-4?Heal?, which is equivalent to having a high level healer by my side. Also, the damage output from Baby Bobo is also quite high, otherwise I really wouldn"t be able to complete this quest.
Time passes quickly and soon, it"s already 4PM. My quest progress was at 741/2000 and I have already reached level 36 with 74% experience. My leveling pace was quite rapid, far beyond my calculations. I estimate that by the end of today, I can probably reach level 38 or perhaps, if Dalin was generous and gave me good rewards, I can reach level 39!
In my bag, there are 10+ black iron equipment, seven to eight green-tier equipment and five bronze equipment. My 29 charm provided me with rather abundant loots and this mission on the frontlines will definitely reward me with even more charm. I could already imagine, after completing this mission, my strength will rise rapidly! But of course, what I still value most now is still reaching level 40, the two new skills ?Ice Blade? and ?Swordsmanship Specialization? are simply too powerful!
......
Accompanying the two beauties for dinner, I didn"t even bother to chat with them, I rushed through my meal and went back online!
All the way until 10PM at night, I kept hammering away at my quest and finally I reached my target of 2000/2000. My level is at 38 with 52% experience, it"s still a long way from reaching level 39 but, what was most exciting is that for the first time, in a very rare case, I"m the top 10 players list in Ba Huang City!
1?Yan Zhao Warrior?Level 40?Job:Swordsman
2?Jian Feng Han?Level 39?Job:Swordsman
3?General Li Mu?Level 39?Job:Swordsman
4?Yue Qing Qian?Level 39?Job:Assassin
5?General Bai Qi?Level 39?Job:Berserker
6?Yue Wei Liang?Level 39?Job:Assassin
7?Soaring Dragon?Level 38?Job:Mage
8?General Wang Jian?Level 38?Job:Swordsman
9?Fierce Tiger?Level 38?Job:Berserker
10?Xiao Yao Zi Zai?Level 38?Job:Scavenger of Dragon City
......
On the top players rank board in Ba Huang City, the most magnificent person has finally appeared. Although he"s currently lagging behind in the tenth place, at least he is now on the board and on top of that, my popularity in Ba Huang City is not too bad. In any case, I"m the man became famous a few days ago after being hunted down by the Wrath of Heroes and yet still coming out alive. A person who"s able to achieve that must be exceptional!
Tightly clinging onto my Jade City Sword, I looked towards the front, the Dark Dwarves" camp that has been largely cleared by me. Moving forward anymore would bring me a blood-red coloured tent on top of a large rock. By the side of the tent, there are two dwarves who are holding metal swords. There"s no doubt that the person in the tent must be one of the leaders behind the Dark Dwarves!
Yup, the quest requires me to kill him!
Bringing Baby Bobo along, I step on the green rock with my Silver Locked Battle Boots and rush forward. After getting my health back to full, Baby Bobo lures the two guards towards me. Both of them were level 42 guards, but currently, I"ve already reached level 38, the difference in our levels is a mere 4, thus I don"t feel much pressure facing them both. Furthermore, Baby Bobo is also level 38, and his stings are sharper than ever!
In a dizzying confusion, the two guards fell to the ground dead and looking at the faint light in the tent, I grabbed my long sword tightly. Hehe. it"s time for a one-on-one!
......
"Shua!"
My blade fiercely cuts through the cloth of the tent. In the night, the interiors of the tent felt warm but the scene that appeared before left me shocked -
On the bed, there were two female, both in their twenties, being bounded there with their arms tied behind their backs. Their arms were filled with blood red wounds. Both of them are wearing blouses and by their side, there are two magic staffs, indicating that they are probably either mages or healers. Their mouths were stuffed with cotton and upon seeing me, they began to shout agitatedly.
......
My heart sunk for a moment, I was completely speechless. Why are there human women in this tent, could they be captured?
Moving forward, I stretch my hand and remove the cotton from the two female NPC"s mouth, and surprisingly, they kept their cool. Looking at the signet on my arm, one of them says, "I really didn"t expect it, to think that there would actually be brave souls coming from Ba Huang City to save us!"
I ask, "Who are you?"
The other lady replies, "We are rangers from Ba Huang City and we were under orders to impart magical skills and healing techniques to the children from the surrounding villages. However, we didn"t expect that we would get lost and ended up getting captured by this bunch of despicable Dark Dwarves in the Fire Stone Canyon."
"Hurry..." The woman on the left perks her ears and says with an anxious tone, "That demon is coming back. You... you better leave quickly, otherwise he would slaughter you!"
"What demon?"
I hold my sword in front my chest and while looking outside, laugh, "Watch as I get rid of that demon..."
Chapter 72 - Killing His Highness
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"Shua!"
With a flash of the Jade City Sword, the ropes binding the two ladies are severed and fall to the ground. In the game, my perception of distance is pretty accurate.
The two ladies immediately go into action, each of them grabbing their staffs. When one of the ladies grabs her staff, the tip of her staff morphs into a shape of a medicine pot. Indeed, she"s a healer, there is finally hope!
......
"Hua!"
The curtains of the tent are forcefully pulled apart. A man with a black skin tone, carrying a war axe, walks in. Jie jie, without even looking, he laughs and says, "And here I was wondering who it was that dared to enter my tent, and it turns out to be nothing more than a timid little mouse! You two beauties over there; your boss has finally returned. Now we can finally get started..."
I look at the two beautiful NPCs, the clothes on their body are torn apart and their skin is bruised. Then I count with my fingers. I"ve been grinding here for ten hours, and in ten hours, he was actually unable to dominate two women, what kind of efficiency is this!?
Holding my sword in front of my chest, while Baby Bobo dances around my shoulders, I take a closer look. The burly dwarf leader who just walked in is indeed different from the rest. He is fully dressed in shining golden armor and his long beard, perhaps afraid that it might shed, is held in place by gold band. In short, the dwarf in front of me must be some kind of royalty within the Dark Dwarves tribe. Looking at his name, it is indeed as I expected -
?Prince of Dark Dwarves - Ming Jie?(Gold-rank Boss)