Chapter 17: Bear Gnome Knight
Editor: Atlas Studios
The bandits were shocked because one of them was instantly killed upon appearing.
Before the bandits could recover from their shock, a blinding light instantly illuminated the entire valley.
Shortly after, the bandits saw a giant energy sword—which emitted white rays of light—descending from the sky and landed on them.
Soul-Breaking Sword!
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A series of ultra-high damage indicators darted out of the bandits' heads as the attack instantly killed most of the bandits.
Only a few insignificant bandit leaders—who had been standing at the back and did not rush forward—managed to stay alive because they were not within the energy sword's attack range.
Now, the insignificant leaders had already been shocked motionless.
That was not all. Liu Ming also saw a few swaying figures on the mountains on both sides of the valley. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared.
Such situations could be considered a flaw of the highly-intelligent humanoid monsters.
After all, the highly-intelligent monsters' intelligence was no different from that of normal people. After encountering a life-and-death crisis, they would naturally escape in fear.
Of course, there were also those who were fearless and brave enough to defend and die for their beliefs in reality. Likewise, fearless and highly-intelligent monsters also existed in God Domain. Otherwise, how could God Domain's creators claim it to be an ultra-realistic virtual game?
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Liu Ming casually decapitated the insignificant bandit leaders before turning around and hinted to the coachman that the crisis had been resolved.
The coachman only recovered from his shock after hearing Liu Ming's reminder. While he stared at Liu Ming's figure, he wanted to speak but hesitated to do so.
The coachman was only a Level 1 NPC, which was the lowest level. Hence, he had never seen such a scene before.
With the amount of knowledge that the coachman had, he could not say anything much about Liu Ming. Hence, he could only watch.
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Liu Ming and company cleared the obstacles and made their way to the periphery of a large jungle.
Liu Ming subconsciously slowed the horses down when he saw the silent jungle.
More than an hour had passed since he annihilated the first batch of bandits. In that past hour or so, Liu Ming managed to eliminate four groups of humanoid monsters like bandits and robbers.
After being attacked by the previous monster groups, Liu Ming was certain that a batch of monsters would definitely be in the jungle.
Besides, during the journey, Liu Ming had already found out from the coachman that the jungle was the largest one they would pass through before reaching the main city.
In other words, according to normal logic, a Boss-level monster would definitely be waiting in the jungle for this escort mission.
Although Liu Ming definitely wasn't afraid of a Boss-level Leader that was Level 10 at most because he was competent, the coachman, Gillen, and his family were all normal NPCs that did not have any combat power.
In such a situation, it was better for Liu Ming to play it safe.
Just like Liu Ming had guessed, he immediately heard the sound of wolves howling and wailing after they entered the route that led to the jungle.
Immediately afterward, a group of green-skinned monsters rushed out from the jungle on both sides, obstructing Liu Ming and company's path.
The green-skinned monsters were all tall and burly. There were more than ten monsters that rode on giant wolves. The green-skinned monster that was leading the rest was clad in iron armor. In terms of appearance, it looked much stronger than the bandits.
The monsters' information bars had also proven that fact.
Bear Gnome Warrior: Level 10
Health Points: 1,100/1,100
Introduction: Evil creatures mutated from gnomes. Compared to their skinny relatives, they are beyond just strong. Even a few burly men might not be their match.
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Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry: Level 10 (Elite)
Health Points: 3,000/3,000
Introduction: Only the tribe's bravest Bear Gnomes can sign a contract with Jungle Wolves and become Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry, the most ferocious of all Bear Gnomes.
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Bear Gnome Knight Polu: Level 10 (Leader)
Health Points: 15,500/15,500
Introduction: Polu is different from ordinary Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry. He can learn human knowledge, and has mastered many of the Raiding Knights' Skills. He has also killed many human Knights.
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Even the most ordinary Bear Gnome Warriors had much more HP than the insignificant bandit leaders. As for the Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry, they were Level 10 Elites with more HP than that of the Doomsday Devotees and Father Bert.
Although Bear Gnome Knight Polu did not have as much HP as the Fusion Corpse Demon—which was also a Level 10 leader—Liu Ming could tell that he could be treated as a highly-intelligent humanoid monster from the introduction.
The combat power that could be exerted by a highly-intelligent humanoid Boss-level monster and a strong group of ordinary and elite monsters was definitely more than just their individual combat strength added up.
However, Liu Ming was filled with battle intent regarding this matter and got into a battle stance.
After seeing Liu Ming's reaction, Bear Gnome Knight Polu immediately said, "Human… kill them all… the one who kills them… will get double… the amount of food!"
Under Bear Gnome Knight Polu's order, the other Bear Gnomes immediately raised their axes, maces, and other weapons.
Upon seeing this, Liu Ming activated Holy Protection without hesitation and charged towards one of the Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry.
Long-range Raid!
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A high damage indicator exploded from the Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry's head, instantly causing a large portion of its HP to be removed. However, that was not all. The unlucky Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry and his wolf had an extra string of spinning stars above their heads, triggering the Skill's vertigo effect.
But before Liu Ming could continue to launch more attacks, a Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry charged out from each side of the unlucky monster in a bid to attack Liu Ming.
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The damage caused by the two Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry was insignificant to Liu Ming. However, the wolves' impact made Liu Ming take a few steps back.
Despite having missed the chance to stab them a few more times, Liu Ming was not bothered at all. Instead, he smiled after seeing the Bear Gnomes gathering. He then activated Soul-Breaking Sword's Skill icon.
A long energy sword that emitted endless light slashed through the night sky before landing on the Bear Gnomes hard, resulting in massive damage.
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With Liu Ming's current Critical Hit rate and his extremely high luck, he would basically achieve one Critical Hit in every three to four slashes.
It was alright for the Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalry. Even though Liu Ming had scored a Critical Hit, it could at least retain one-third of its remaining health bar.
Besides that, the Bear Gnome Warriors—which originally had 1,100 HP—were only left with a tiny amount of Health Points after Soul-Breaking Sword struck them once. Once a Critical Hit struck them, they would be finished.
For a while, nearly a third of the Bear Gnome Warriors became Liu Ming's EXP.
Upon seeing such a situation, Bear Gnome Knight Polu began wailing in infuriation. "Split up… split… up! Silly…"
The group of frightened Bear Gnome Warriors finally dispersed and attacked Liu Ming from all directions.
On the other hand, the Bear Gnome Wolf Cavalries were still fearlessly charging at Liu Ming…
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