The Great Thief

The quiet Wandering soon lost some guild points. He didn’t seem to think that he would be named, or perhaps he thought he was tanky enough. However, he didn’t run to the designated area, which resulted in a few players getting killed and he also died in the process.

Although Baron Geddon was known as a Baron, he wasn’t a gentleman at all.

He was a typical villain that would cast skills without indication and had attacks that ignored defence. He was simply horrible.

“We don’t have much time left. Let’s save some of our energy to fight the first Stronghold, but don’t think that my threat to deduct your points was an empty one. Hachi Chan was the first so she didn’t count, but the next two people who exploded lost 5 points each. 5 points is one Dark Gold item and if you lose another 5 points, you would have lost an Epic item…”

Lu Li hadn’t spoken just to scare them; he really did follow through with deducting their points.

This was quite a tricky technique to employ, but it could be handled well if care was taken. The deduction of points often woke people up, especially after Lu Li illustrated what kind of equipment they would have lost. This made the loss feel even more real for those who lost points and jolted the others awake.

“As long as we handle the human bombs, we still have a chance of beating the Boss today,” Lu Li said after calming down.

“Let’s fight again. This time, if someone makes a mistake, they don’t lose points, but they have to wash the toilets for a weak,” Azure Sea Breeze suggested slyl., “If you like washing the toilets then make as many mistakes as you want. This way, we can allocate someone to wash the toilets for the whole year…”

Most of them were elites and lived in the Ruling Sword headquarters. There were so many toilets in the apartment building that even thinking about that was terrible…

It seemed that this threat worked. The two players who were later chosen didn’t have any problems. They didn’t die, nor did they cause anyone else to die. They were making progress towards a successful finish. This gave Lu Li a new understanding, because he didn’t really understand the horror of washing the toilets at first. When he was young, washing the public toilets was the most risk-free and rewarding job.

“Dammit, I got picked!” Azure Sea Breeze cursed.

“Breezy, don’t move. Everyone else, run!” Lu Li cried out almost instantly when he heard Azure Sea Breeze speak. Lu Li was a melee player and had been paying attention to Azure Sea Breeze. He knew that the Boss could name the Main Tank.

If it did, the procedure would be different.

The Main Tank couldn’t run away, because no one else could tank the Boss. The other Main Tanks didn’t have enough time to draw its aggro. As such, if the Main Tank was chosen, the other players had to run away.

In fact, most of the players and Main Tanks were far away, except for the melee players.

“Breezy, pay attention to your HP,” Lu Li said as he took the lead to run away and succeeded in escaping. The others also fled.

Most of the melee players managed to escape. Almost all of them had some escaping skill, and Lu Li had shouted the order just in time. Other than Wandering, no one else was bombed.

When Azure Sea Breeze fell from the sky, he would be dead if no other measures were taken.

Fortunately, he chugged all kinds of potions in the air – anything that could give him HP. After he landed, he didn’t have much HP left, but he survived. The person in charge of healing immediately rushed over to regenerate his HP.

As for Wandering, taking 3000 damage was enough to kill him. When Azure Sea Breeze fell, he didn’t run but simply used his Invulnerability.

It was a fortunate thing that he was a Paladin.

In that critical moment, they actually suffered no casualties.

“Fight with all you’ve got; I want to clear this Boss. This time, it’s not just a penalty for making a mistake, but you will be replaced. There are many players out there waiting to join us,” Lu Li said, suddenly regaining his confidence as he moved back into position. He commanded everyone to reposition and even sacrificed some of his damage to pay attention to the others.

“Darkness!”

Darkness had a good awareness, so she didn’t need Lu Li to say anything. She immediately started running.

“Dreamy, run!”

“Water Fairy… oh, you’re already running. Your reaction time is pretty good…”

“Hachi Chan, innervate March Rain. March Rain, watch your mana. Machine Bro, watch everyone’s HP!”

“Alright, the Boss doesn’t have much HP left. Watch out for his Berserk. Breezy, pay attention to your own HP. Foggy Grass, you’re dying. Wandering, pull the monsters. World’s Best Friend, you’re taking some aggro, so stand a little further from Breezy,” Lu Li instructed. He did not dare to relax at all.

Baron Geddon was not a very strong Boss. As long as you knew how the mechanics worked, even a second-rate team could defeat it if no one made any mistakes.

“This is the last time Baron Geddon will serve the Firelord,”Baron Geddon sighed softly as he ran out of HP.

In that moment, he seemed quite graceful – this last sentence sounded quite touching. He was loyal to his master even to the last moment of the battle, but…

“Self-destruct!”

Gale Steps!

Lu Li shouted a warning while casting Gale Steps.

It was a mess. There were dead bodies everywhere. Most players died, but there were some who were fast enough. Water Fairy also cast Gale Steps and the two Paladins cast Invulnerability. There were some that managed to run far enough to be safe.

“Paladins, go and resurrect everyone. This is a pretty major loss,” Lu Li sighed.

Even so, he couldn’t do anything. Before then, no one could have known that Baron Geddon’s final stand would be a self-destruct. This was one of the more annoying skills in the Molten Core.

The players who died didn’t receive any EXP, but that didn’t affect their chance to gain Skill Points. Two players managed to gain a Skill Point reward.

“Hahaha, I didn’t die, I didn’t die and now I’m level 60!”

Azure Sea Breeze was dumbfounded at first, but he was now overjoyed. Unlike every other similar situation they had faced before, he didn’t die. Lu Li had told him to hide and this order saved his life.

Too add to this, he was also one of the players to acquire a skill point.

“I won’t be distributing the gold coins this time. Everyone, just take what is yours, repair your equipment and get ready for the Stronghold,” Lu Li said.

Remnant Dream nodded and looted the gold coins first. If he was distributing them, then it would just be split among everyone.

There were three gems. One of them was for Fire Resistance, which was the most exquisite of them all. This kind of item couldn’t be auctioned, and was directly assigned to Darkness. Her Fire Resistance was a bit lower than normal, and as the Main Tank’s healer, she needed to have higher Fire Resistance.

The other two were a physical attack increase and a fire damage increase.

The fire damage one was for Fire Mages, and Lu Li intended to leave it for Fat Monkey. That hard-working master wasn’t allowed to enter the Instance Dungeon because most of the Bosses were fire Bosses. This meant that they had high fire resistance, so he would be on the bottom of the damage output rankings.

There were also some skill books and rare materials that needed to be distributed.

When the equipment started dropping, the Dark Gold items were casually divided among them. There wasn’t much demand for them; those that were wanted were bought at a low price.

The first Epic that was dropped was the Mana Igniting Cord, which was a very good item, especially for players lacking in Critical Hit. This was simply an exquisite item, as very few equipment provided so much Critical Hit. In addition to the critical bonus, this could be said to be one of the best belts for a level 60 Mage.

Just because two items held the same name didn’t meant they had the same attributes.

The same Mana Igniting Cord could be found as a Dark gold or Gold item.

Deadly Green Orange actually had this item.

Several of Drizzle Court players had joined the team and received quite a few points. They acquired some of those points by contributing gold coins and potions.

The second Epic item was a T1 set Shoulderpad, which was exclusive to Shamans.

Sakura Memories took it away at a low price, because no one else wanted it. Sometimes, it wasn’t so bad to play a profession that was slightly less popular.