Inside the Dark Hall.
The Dark Clan leader, Goya, looked at Zhang Yue and spoke solemnly, "For thousands of years, we have been preparing for one purpose: to one day defeat those hypocritical Light Clan and claim dominance over Dragon Valley!"
"But the Light Clan has a powerful guardian, the Holy Light Dragon. Unless we kill that dragon, our plans will always fall short."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue seemed thoughtful. "So, you're asking me to slay the Holy Light Dragon?"
"No." Goya shook his head. "I want you to go to the Holy Light Dragon's domain and eliminate their Dragon Knight Guards! That guard unit is the Light Clan's most powerful weapon!"
"However, as it is a restricted area of the Light Clan, none of our Dark Clan members can enter."
"But you," Goya continued, "have once had the blood of the Light Clan flowing through you. You can bypass this barrier, making you the only one in our Dark Clan who can enter the Light Clan's sacred land!"
As soon as Goya finished speaking, a system prompt echoed in Zhang Yue's ear: "Ding! Congratulations on triggering the unique hidden quest [Honor of the Dark Clan]. Do you accept?"
A hidden quest, and a unique one at that!
A unique quest meant that since the Otherworld's descent over 110 years ago, no one had ever accessed this mission.
It also meant that once Zhang Yue completed it, no other professionals would ever have the chance to take it on again!
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue accepted the quest.
[Honor of the Dark Clan] (Unique Hidden Quest)
Difficulty Factor: 750
Description: Represent the Dark Clan and go to the Light Clan's restricted area to eliminate the Holy Light Dragon's Knight Guards. Bring glory to the Dark Clan!
Quest Reward: Unknown
Time Limit: 10 days
Failure Penalty: Level -3, Goya's trust level reset to zero (Realm mission must be restarted)
The failure penalty was terrifying.
Then again, the greater the risk, the greater the reward!
At that moment, Goya placed a hand on Zhang Yue's shoulder and said, "Warrior, the honor of the Dark Clan rests with you!"
"Don't worry. Before you go, I'll hold off the Holy Light Dragon to stop it from entering the Light Clan's restricted area!"
"Understood."
With the quest accepted, Zhang Yue immediately followed the map's guidance, leaving the Dark Hall and heading to the Light Clan's restricted area.
Meanwhile, Goya issued orders to his troops: "All Dark Clan soldiers, march with me to the Holy Light Hall!"
Before long, Zhang Yue arrived at a vast open forest as indicated on his map.
In the middle of the forest was a massive golden barrier, standing over ten meters tall!
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue stepped through the barrier.
Whoosh!
The scene shifted, and he found himself in a sprawling valley.
Above him, countless Light Clan dragons circled in the air.
The deafening roar of dragons echoed across the valley!
At that moment, another system prompt appeared—
"Ding! Welcome to the special map: Level 35 Light Clan Restricted Area! Note: You will be unable to leave this area during the mission. This area will serve as your temporary login and logout point. If you die or attempt to leave the restricted area, the mission will be marked as failed!"
"I can't leave this map?"
Zhang Yue checked his inventory and noted that his supply of potions was running low. He frowned slightly.
Forget it, I'll just have to make do!
With that, Zhang Yue lifted his gaze to lock onto the dragons hovering above. These weren't ordinary dragons; they wore silver dragon armor, a clear sign they were different from regular Light Clan dragons. He cast an S-Class Detection Spell at them.
[Light Guardian Battle Dragon] (Lv35 Physical-type, Common Monster)
Physical Attack: 1120
Physical Defense: 880
Magic Defense: 920
HP: 18,000
Skills: Dragon's Breath, Holy Light Shield
Description: Trained by the Holy Light Dragon itself, the Guardian Battle Dragon is the main force of the Light Clan's Dragon Knight Guards, possessing unmatched power…
"That's some high defense and health."
But with his 1198 Magic Attack stat, paired with the Necromancer Set and S-Class skills, taking down these Guardian Dragons shouldn't be too difficult.
With that thought, Zhang Yue raised his Necromancer's Staff, locked onto one of the Guardian Dragons, and launched an attack!
Boom!
His S-Class Heaven's Fury spell summoned a massive fireball that smashed into the Guardian Dragon.
-1792!
The Guardian Dragon's health dropped, and it began taking an additional 269 burn damage per second. The dragon roared as it dived toward Zhang Yue in retaliation!
Roar!
A stream of silver-gray dragon's breath shot directly at him.
Reacting quickly, Zhang Yue cast an S-Class Blink, teleporting out of the dragon's path in an instant.
He hadn't expected to see a Light Clan Dragon Knight, fully armored and riding the dragon's back, nock three arrows and fire them at him in rapid succession.
Each arrow dealt over 1000 damage, nearly breaking the S-Class Divine Shield (which provided a magic shield for himself and one ally, its strength equal to 400% of the caster's Magic Attack) Zhang Yue had cast on himself!
Zhang Yue realized that the Guardian Dragons had such high health precisely to protect their riders!
The Level 35 [Light Guardian Dragon Knight] had exceptionally high attack power and damage!
Low health was indeed the fatal weakness of a Beast Tamer, and even as a Necromancer, Zhang Yue wasn't exempt.
Without the Divine Shield, his 3162 HP would have left him vulnerable to a single multi-shot attack from the Guardian Dragon Knight!
In response, Zhang Yue summoned his Dark Skeleton King and Skeleton Warriors.
The Skeleton King, still capped at A-Class level due to not yet reaching the Level 30 advancement, used Deadly Taunt to draw the Guardian Dragon Knight's aggression.
Whoosh! Roar!
Arrows and dragon breath hit the Skeleton King, but the combined 50% damage reduction from Dark Sovereign and Deadly Taunt allowed him to withstand hits ranging from 500 to 800 damage each.
With the Skeleton King locking down the dragon and knight, Zhang Yue's Skeleton Warriors charged in with their axes, hacking away at the dragon's body, each hit dealing a modest eight or nine damage. But they didn't let up, striking relentlessly!
Meanwhile, Zhang Yue himself, serving as a one-man magical artillery, unleashed a torrent of S-Class spells!
Frozen World!
Thunderstrike!
Divine Fire Cataclysm!
-2325! Freeze!
-2740!
-1012! -1518 Critical! -1518 Critical!
As expected, the Guardian Dragon Knight's HP was noticeably lower!
Zhang Yue focused his attacks on the knight.
With the Holy Light Shield provided by the Guardian Dragon now shattered, the Dragon Knight's health plummeted!
Working together with the Skeleton King's deadly strikes and the Skeleton Warriors' relentless assault, they quickly took down the Dragon Knight first!
The Guardian Dragon, now weakened and alone, was much easier to handle.
Without much difficulty, Zhang Yue used his 2-second cooldown S-Class Heaven's Fury to finish off the dragon.
"Ding! You have killed a Level 35 [Light Guardian Battle Dragon], EXP +360, Power +350,000!"
"Ding! You have killed a Level 35 [Light Guardian Dragon Knight], EXP +360, Power +350,000!"
Zhang Yue picked up the 28 copper coins that had dropped from the dragon and knight, then locked onto his next target.
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