RoleplayNovel Chapter 66, final level
Chapter 66, final level
Chapter 67, the final challenge
"Thump!"
With a muffled thud, the squad leader of the wandering archers, wielding a longbow and sporting a debuff icon longer than his health bar, plummeted from the top of the tower and crashed heavily onto the floor at the entrance.
He struggled with all his might to get up, but in the end he could only let his arms hang limply.
You Che then led Qingling down the stairs inside the tower, squatted down next to the squad leader, and began to search the corpse.
"Oh? Finally, something good came out?"
You Che looked at the black short bow in his hand, his expression shifting slightly.
Blackwood Short Bow
Category: Bow
[Quality: Rare]
Attack Power: 12
[Special Feature: When this bow hits consecutive targets, attack power is temporarily increased]
[Usage Requirements: Agile 12]
The one in front of me is the last squad leader in this area. Although the previous few dropped a few Echo Crystals for You Che, they didn't drop any useful equipment. It wasn't until here that I finally got something decent.
The ability to increase attack power when a series of attacks hit is a very powerful trait. The key is that this trait appears on weapons, which means it can stack with the effects of amulets and accessories with the same trait.
However, this weapon also requires a high level of agility, so You Che casually handed it to Qing Ling: "Put it away for now."
As for the minor flaw that the Wandering Archer Squad Leader was using a longbow but the item he dropped was a shortbow, Yu Che didn't care. As long as the item was useful, that was fine.
With the last squad leader dead, the area is considered cleared.
To be honest, this section of the road is quite challenging. Even with Youche's experience, he had to use skills and items like Blood Chains and Invisibility Powder several times to complete the level without taking any damage.
After all, the six towers are connected one after another and vaguely form an incomplete ring, and each tower has a fixed range of enemy detection, so when passing through the middle section, you will naturally be attacked from multiple directions.
Fortunately, You Che's skills were superb, and Qing Ling played a perfect supporting role, even using vines to block several attacks that might have hit You Che.
With their cooperation, the two successfully passed through the area.
At this moment, the surrounding scenery changed just as it had when the scout captain fell, eventually transforming into the structure and shape of an arrow tower atop an ordinary fortress.
Luna also came to You Che and the other person's side. Looking at the huge crystal that had emerged, she was no longer surprised at all. She simply asked, "The usual procedure? Go straight to the next area?"
You Che nodded: "Yeah. There's still time. We can also take the opportunity to see where the other three went to slack off."
Luna: "
Although she still felt somewhat unfamiliar with You Che's choice of words, she could still understand what he meant.
So what she really wanted to say was, "You can't blame others for slacking off; it's just that your completion speed is completely illogical."
But thinking about the two extra Echo Crystals that were already in her bag, she swallowed all her complaints.
No matter how idiotic You Che is, following him at least ensures that I'm well-fed and haven't encountered any major risks, and that's enough.
So she simply replied, "Okay, whatever you say."
So the three of them headed towards the next area.
Half a day later.
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The second section of the maze, the Iron Wall Corridor.
Deep within this fortress lies a wide pass, guarded by a towering knight wielding a large shield, flanked by crossbowmen on the walls.
The levels are very familiar.
The conventional solution is self-explanatory: some members of the team hold off the BOSS while the others go up the spiral staircases on both sides to clear out the crossbowmen. Then they can surround and kill the BOSS's great shield knight, and even reuse the city defenses used by the crossbowmen.
After a long battle, the three-person team finally made it to the entrance of the BOSS room.
The three discussed it for a while and felt that their current situation was okay, and Lin Fan said that he had experience dealing with this BOSS before, so he should be able to hold the BOSS's aggro for a short time.
Since that was the case, the three of them felt they could give it a try, so they started the BOSS fight.
Then—then the plan was going quite smoothly at first. Lin Fan temporarily held off the LV24 Tower Knight by dodging the BOSS and avoiding fighting him. Meanwhile, Liss cleared out the crossbowmen on the left side of the city wall.
As it turned out, things went wrong for Sean. He held his crossbow and exchanged fire with the crossbowmen on his right, but after shooting for a long time, neither of them managed to inflict any effective damage. It wasn't until Lin Fan couldn't withstand the BOSS's attacks that the three of them had to retreat.
The three retreated to the guard room outside the BOSS room to rest. Lin Fan and Liz didn't say anything, but their silence was even more unbearable for some people.
Sean suddenly slammed his fist into the ground: "Don't blame me! I'm a crossbowman, and so are they. How am I supposed to quickly take down so many enemies when we're outnumbered?"
Lin Fan and Liz just glanced at him without saying anything.
What he said actually makes sense. Liz is a professional assassin, so it's easy for her to take out ranged enemies who can't fight in melee. But in a shooter fight, it's easy for them to just shoot each other in the air, not to mention that Sean is alone.
"—We'll try again later. This time, don't worry about me. After the assassins take care of the guys on the left, they'll go support the soldiers. I'll hold off the guys on the right!"
Sean proposed a revised plan.
Liz didn't speak, but Lin Fan said, "However, that greatshield knight has very high defense and health. If we only have support from one side, I won't be able to hold out until he falls and I'll have to retreat first, which will end up like before."
Sean fell silent for a moment before gritting his teeth and saying, "If there were a prayer master in the team, it wouldn't be this troublesome! It's unbelievable!"
No one responded to him. After a moment, Liz finally spoke up: "Let's try again, using the crossbowmen's plan. Even if we can't defeat the BOSS, those crossbowmen will keep appearing, and they might even drop loot—we haven't collected enough materials in this area yet."
"However, this would put more pressure on the soldiers."
Lin Fan replied, "I have no problem with that. I'm a defensive warrior, so it's only natural."
"However, we might need to hurry. If the bosses in other areas are defeated and this boss gets stronger, it will be harder for me to deal with him."
Sean, already holding his crossbow, scoffed, "The highest level among those three is only a Prayer Master. They think they can clear the level faster than us? None of the remaining areas are even close to their reach—"
However, before he could finish speaking, a long echo suddenly came from the sky, somewhat like the sound of a bell, but more like the sound of a horn coming from a distant place.
As the echo spread, the remaining enemies in the area were all enveloped in a red glow, and the BOSS Greatshield Knight guarding the front slammed his shield heavily on the ground, letting out a high-pitched battle roar!
"roar--!!"
All three men's expressions changed immediately, with Sean's being the most interesting.
"How is this possible?! No—damn it, does this mean we're unable to defeat this boss?"
"Those three lucky bastards, why did they have to come at this time—"
"
Did I hear someone saying behind my back that I'm handsome?
Just as Sean's facial expression was fluctuating, a voice rang out from behind. The three of them turned around and saw You Che leading Qingling to the BOSS's door.
"What are you doing here?" Even Lin Fan and Liss looked surprised. "Where's the Prayer Master?"
You Che smiled and said, "Don't worry, I had her stay in the next area, Zone 4, to activate the crystal. I came here first."
"District Four?" Lin Fan was slightly taken aback. "But that's where I came from. I didn't see anyone there—"
"Of course, because the Prayer Master was teleported to Zone 1 with us," Yu Che replied. "It's just that we've already cleared the game, so we came over here."
Sean frowned: "You mean, you guys cleared Sector Four in such a short time? With the three of you like that?"
You Che glanced at him and laughed, "No, that's not what I meant."
"I mean, we've already cleared all five areas except this one, so we came to check on things."
The three people: "!?"