“Ranged classes including healers, be aware of your surroundings! Make sure that there’s at least 5 meters of distance between each other!” Zhang Yang commanded as he pulled aggro, “The 3 melee attackers! Snowy Death, you stand on boss’ left and Phantom Day on its right. Crimson Fire, you’ll attack from behind it! F*ck, Snowy Death, can’t you differentiate left from right? Go to the other side!”
“Alright! All out, ramp up the DPS! The aura effect might seem to cause only a little DoT but every 3 seconds drains away 30 HP per character which would lead to 300 HP in total. Healers might not be able to handle that much healing once it’s dragged on!” said Zhang Yang.
The party nodded in agreement. Everyone performed at their best and attacked the boss with all their might.
All 6 bosses from Hard and Hardcore Mode had given Zhang Yang and the party a total of 18 equipment, which was about 2 equipment per player on average. Compared to when they had first started the dungeon raid, it was a huge improvement! Especially those who had obtained new weapons, their damage dealing capabilities had increased by leaps and bounds.
With both Phantom Day and Fatty Han already in possession of strong damaging power, their attack power had risen to a whole new level after swapping in new weapons, enough to allow them to be on par with Zhang Yang!
“Zhan Yu, check out the stats, I’ve already caught up to you!” said Phantom Day delightedly.
It was true. According to the damage statistics, Zhang Yang, Phantom Day and Fatty Han were in a rat race for the top 3 places in the list. With their miniscule difference in damage output, any first strike would have allowed that player to place first.
Zhang Yang laughed, “Aren’t you a little shameless to be competing damage output with a Guardian?”
“F*ck! Are you really a Guardian?” Phantom Day bemoaned.
‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Defiant Monk!’
During the intense fight, the boss had suddenly turned its head around as he directed a blood-red mist towards Defiant Monk! The mist flew at such an incredible speed that Defiant Monk was not able to react in time. His entire body suddenly shone with a crimson glow, expanding to at least double of his original size while his HP increased to 3,000 points!
“Ranged players including healers, quickly get away from Defiant Monk and nuke his HP!” commanded Zhang Yang.
Hundred Shots and the rest of the ranged players switched their targets immediately and fired towards Defiant Monk.
Being controlled by the boss, Defiant Monk had lost control over his own character and could only watch helplessly as his character proceeded slowly towards Silky Snow who was the closest to him.
‘-52!’
‘-47!’
A chain of damage figures landed on Defiant Monk and his HP was briskly reduced to 0. His body then returned to its normal size and his HP rewound to its original value.
“Stop! Resume attacking the boss!” Zhang Yang multitasked while maintaining his watch on the situation with Defiant Monk all along.
Still, Hundred Shots and the rest of the ranged attackers were a little slow in reacting, allowing their fireballs and arrows free rein and damaging half of Defiant Monk’s 300+ HP!
“You beasts! Couldn’t you guys be a little gentler?” Defiant Monk hurriedly consumed a red pot to reduce the healer’s load.
Another 10 seconds or so had passed.
‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Phantom Day!’
Zhang Yang swiftly took off and pulled the boss away. “Ranged, attack Phantom Day. Melees, don’t even try. You’d be wiped out instantly!”
“Shitty boss, why the hell would you pick me?! Did I ever offend you?” Phantom Day was pissed, as his damage output was a close tie against Zhang Yang’s and Fatty Han’s but now that he was demonized, he could only watch as his name plummeted down the damage statistics.
“My fellow comrades, fire upon me!” Phantom Day shouted, “Kill me! Hurry!”
With their initial experience, the ranged attackers became quicker in halting their attacks after depleting Phantom Day’s HP. It was fortunate that they did it in time as he would have been killed by his own teammates with his measly HP that was less than 300.
“Fatty, have you seen the crystal yet?” Zhang Yang asked Fatty Han just as he saw the boss’ HP drop to 80%.
“Mm, I saw it!” Fatty Han replied just as quickly.
“Okay, don’t hit it yet! Wait for a little longer!” Zhang Yang said as his eye locked onto the boss’ HP bar.
79%, 78%, 77%...
“Fatty! Unleash your attacks upon the crystal!”
“Alright!” Fatty Han changed his target immediately, firing his arrows toward the crystal that was half a person in height.
76%!
‘Crack!’
The crystal broke and a blue, translucent, hemispheric light shield about 3 meters long in diameter appeared in its place.
75%!
“Momorermo is going to show you the real demon!” Momorermo had suddenly stopped attacking to chant something in an odd language, a progress bar appearing on its head.
“Everyone stop and follow me!” Zhang Yang turned and dashed towards the light shield. “This boss’ skill has a 3-second cast time! Make haste, everyone!”
The party members had formed some sort of spontaneous reaction to Zhang Yang’s order and had ran with him into the light shield.
“Flame Emperor! Snowy Death! The both of you are too slow! Hurry up and run!” As he got into the shield, Zhang Yang turned and saw both Flame Emperor and Snowy Death being left behind. Even with Zhang Yang leading the party, each player’s response speed still varied.
‘Ding! Momorermo has casted <Shadow Blast>!’
A dark light with Momorermo as its core blasted out, its range reaching more than 200 meters!
‘Ding! Player Flame Emperor has died!’
‘Ding! Player Snowy Death has died!’
Two enormous ‘-1,000’ damage text appeared on their heads as both Flame Emperor and Snowy Death succumbed to the blast.
“Get out of this shield and go back to your original positions! Continue the attack!” Zhang Yang rushed out of the shield and used <Charge> on the boss, stunning it.
The shield then faded after a few seconds.
Everyone spread back out to their positions and resumed the original attacking momentum but the loss of two members had greatly reduced their attacking power. Luckily the two who died were not the main damage outputs so the impact was not as disastrous. Since two of the players died, the healers also had a lighter load in healing the remaining team members.
“Hundred Shots, be my slave!” Demonized Momorermo let out a deafening growl and flung a blood-red mist towards Hundred Shots.
‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Hundred Shots!’
“Ranged attackers, fire towards Hundred Shots!” Zhang Yang instantly commanded.
Under Zhang Yang’s instructions, the battle progressed smoothly.
‘Ding! Demonized Momorermo has demonized player Slim and Handsome!’
Less than a minute later, the boss had turned and threw the mist towards Fatty Han.
“Melees stop what you’re doing! Ranged, nuke Fatty Han back to our side!” Zhang Yang commanded swiftly. The boss had 53% HP currently. If they had dropped it to 50%, <Shadow Blast> would be triggered and with the demonized players still on the field, it would have been extremely chaotic, resulting in more deaths!
Once Fatty Han was released from demonization, Zhang Yang said quickly, “Fatty, quickly break the crystal!”
“Got it!” Fatty Han hurriedly fired at the crystal.
52%!
51%!
‘Crack!’ With the crystal broken, the blue, translucent shield reappeared.
50%!
“Haha, Momorermo will show you the real demon once more!” Momorermo stopped its attacks and began casting <Shadow Blast>.
“Sprint your way to the shield! Don’t insist on attacking! Only living players can deal damage!” said Zhang Yang as he sprinted towards the light shield.
‘Ding! Momorermo has used <Shadow Blast>!’
A wave of dark light pulsated through the entire field.
“Carry on the attack!” Zhang Yang dashed towards the boss and brandished his sword, dealing significant damage.
“Silky! Ocean! How’s your MP?” Zhang Yang’s main concern was still the healers’ healing endurance due to <Dark Halo>’s existence which would drop everyone’s HP to their deaths once the healers ran out of MP.
“I still have 40% MP but my blue pot cooldown is almost done!” said Ocean Despair.
“I only have 30%. I just consumed one MP pot!” Silky Snow had also hurriedly replied.
Silky Snow had expended her MP much faster than Ocean Despair as she had to make sure everyone had <Regeneration> on them.
[Regeneration]: Restores target’s HP to the equivalent of 200% Magic Attack every 3 seconds over 15 seconds.
The boss still had 50% HP, this would be a little difficult!
“Keep up the effort! We can do this!” said Zhang Yang.
40%, 35%, 30%… the boss’ HP continuously dropped.
“Stand strong! Just one more <Shadow Blast> and there’ll be hope for us to clear this!” Zhang Yang encouraged the entire party. “Fatty! You can break the crystal now!”
“Roger that!” Fatty Han immediately drew his bow to shoot the crystal. After a chain of attacks, the crystal shattered and the blue, translucent light shield appeared once again.
‘Ding! Momorermo has used <Shadow Blast>!’
“Zhan Yu! My blue pots are out!” declared Silky Snow.
“I can do a few more!” Ocean Despair reported.
“Mm, got it!” Zhang Yang used <Charge> on the boss and said, “Fatty! When the next crystal spawns, break it right away!”
“Okay!”
22%, 19%, 16%…
Without Silky Snow’s <Regeneration>, the entire team’s HP began to drop significantly, leading Ocean Despair to frantically spam <Holy Light>. His MP bar that did not have much to begin with flashed in alert.
“Little Yang! The crystal has spawned!” Fatty Han yelled and immediately fired.
Zhang Yang scanned the area and located the crystal’s location, hastily making his way towards it while pulling the boss. “Everyone gather at the shield!”
“What about the boss’ random demonization?”
“The shield makes us immune to it, no fear!”
‘Crack!’ Again, the crystal broke and the hemisphere appeared.
Zhang Yang withdrew himself to the very border of the shield and had the boss blocked outside of it. This way, he was immune to damage yet it allowed him to continue dealing damage to the boss.
“Ocean! Silky! How long till you can consume another blue pot?”
“24 seconds.”
“14 seconds.”
“Alright, after you consume the blue pots, focus your healings only on Fatty, Phantom Day and me. Ignore the rest of the team!” [Beginner Mana Potion] could only restore 100 MP, forcing Zhang Yang to make sacrifices.
15%, 14%, 13%, 12%. Just as quickly as it appeared, the shield vanished and everyone began to lose 30 HP every 3 seconds once again.
“Ocean Despair, become my slave!” With the boss’ demonization, Ocean Despair’s body expanded and he became the boss’ underling.
“Don’t mind him! Focus on the boss! Just half a minute more and we’re through!”
Zhang Yang dragged Momorermo away from Ocean Despair.
“What a waste! If only he could consume one more blue pot to heal us for a little longer before being demonized!” Fatty Han murmured.
11%, 10%, 9%, 8%!
Silky Snow kept her eyes on the blue pot’s cooldown time. Once the time was up, she quickly consumed one and her MP went up by 100 points.
Immediately, she casted <Regeneration> on Zhang Yang, Fatty Han, and Phantom Day, expending her MP. A ‘-30’ red damage text floated across her head, depleting her last drop of HP and killing her.
‘Ding! Player Silky Snow has died!’
7%!
‘Ding! Player Crimson Fire has died!’
6%!
‘Ding! Player Hundred Shots has died!’
‘Ding! Player Defiant Monk has died!’
5%!
4%!
3%!
‘Ding! Player Phantom Day has died!’
2%!
‘Ding! Player Slim and Handsome has died!’
Momorermo still had 1,747 HP left but Zhang Yang only had 124!
“You can do it!” everyone cheered.
Just in the nick of time, a crystal spawned!
Zhang Yang was thrilled, using <Charge> towards it and slashed his sword repeatedly against it.
Even though the crystal pillar had 1,000 HP but since it had 0 defense value, its HP had dropped rapidly.
The boss came up to him!
“<Block>!”
Zhang Yang swiftly activated <Shield Bash> on the pillar, depleting its remaining HP. He jumped right into the shield as soon as it had appeared, stopping his HP from dropping further at a worrying 4 points remaining. He then immediately turned and attacked the boss!
1%!
0%!
With a loud, enraged growl, the red-skinned monster had finally fallen.
‘Ding! The party you are in has killed Demonized Momorermo. Obtained 45,050 EXP (50 points Party Bonus)!’
“We did it!” everyone shouted in celebration.
Ocean Despair had immediately recovered after the boss had been defeated.
“Brother expert, you’re my idol from now on! You do not know how much I admire you!” Snowy Death shouted in the party channel.
Zhang Yang said, “Don’t release your bodies yet. I'll be looting the corpse so that all of you can revive at the dungeon entrance after that to save time!”
“Okay!” the crowd agreed.
“Holy Spirits Abracadabra, please give me the shield recipe!” Zhang Yang rubbed his hands together and went towards the boss’ corpse.
[Resurrection] (Skill Book)
Use: You will learn <Resurrection>.
Class Requirement: Sacred Knight, Priest.
“Wow brother, you have the Lucky Hand!” Phantom Day yelled.
“Have a talk with the Sacred Knight, we must get our hands on this skill book!” Crimson Fire quickly sent a private message to Silky Snow. <Resurrection> would be extremely useful in dungeon raids, greatly reducing the time consumed to revive oneself and therefore boosting the efficiency of dungeon raids!
“Okay!” Silky Snow replied and sent a private message to Ocean Despair, “Ocean, can you let me have this <Resurrection> skill book first? I can pay you. How about 100 gold coins?”
After a while, Ocean Despair replied, “I want to learn this skill too, let’s roll together and see our luck!”
Silky Snow was in the middle of persuading Ocean Despair when Zhang Yang said, “Both healers roll for it!”
Silky Snow thought about it and decided to roll first. If her roll was higher then she could save herself the trouble of persuading a hard headed person. Even if she had rolled a lower number, it was still not too late to strike a deal with Ocean Despair.
The rest of the party had passed, leaving both healers to roll.
Silky Snow, 86 points.
Ocean Despair, 91 points.
The skill book immediately went into Ocean Despair’s inventory. Without hesitation, he immediately patted the skill book on his body and gained the <Resurrection> skill. Silky Snow had still wanted to private message him, but who could have guessed that Ocean Despair had acted so quickly?
“Ocean, you can use your new skill to save them now. I’ll continue to loot the corpse!” Zhang Yang laughed and said.
With a hum from Ocean Despair, he began chanting to resurrect the party members.
[Smithing Recipe: Earthen Round Shield] (Smithing Recipe)
Use: You will learn to smith Earthen Round Shield.
Requirement: Beginner Smithing Skill.
“That’s it!” Zhang Yang’s eyes radiated and said, “Everyone, I won’t be courteous now!”
They had a deal previously, that if a smithing recipe dropped, it would be given to Zhang Yang. The entire party had passed on rolling and Zhang Yang patted the recipe on his body at once. A golden light flashed, adding Earthen Round Shield to the initially empty smithing list.
[Earthen Round Shield] (Green-Copper, Shield)
Defense: +40
Vitality: +20
Level Requirement: 10
Holy cow! The shield alone had provided 200 HP and 40 defense points. Even if the boss had high attack, it could reduce an ample amount of physical damage, significantly boosting one’s survivability! Furthermore, most players only had White-Wood equipment now and they were definitely going to be unable to break past this 40 points of defense!
“Big bro Zhan Yu, post the shield description, let us witness its power too!” Phantom Day could not help but ask when he saw Zhang Yang’s foolish grin.
Zhang Yang smiled and posted the shield’s description to the party channel.
“Wow, such high defense! I object! Objection! High dexterity and low strength classes like us Thieves would definitely be unable to break your defense with just normal attacks!” Snowy Death was shocked.
“Brother Zhan Yu, please smith a few more for us if you have enough materials. Our guild will buy them from you!” Crimson Fire sent a private message to Zhang Yang. He could imagine that with tanks equipping this shield, their survivability would definitely be raised to another level!
“Okay!” His main purpose in obtaining this recipe was to sell the shields for money anyway, so Zhang Yang had agreed readily, “500 gold coins each!”
“Damn, you have no mercy!”
“Haha, your guild is so wealthy that a mere 500 gold coins is nothing for you!”
Crimson Fire hesitated a while before saying, “Okay, I’ll book one for now. Mail it to me via cash on delivery when you’re done!”
“Okay, pleased to be working with you, big boss!” Zhang Yang laughed. The primary materials to smith this shield were [Iron Bar] and [Rare Copper Bar]. [Iron Bar] could made from [Iron Ore] which was worthless, while [Plain Copper Bar] came from [Plain Copper Ore] where a spawn point was available at the third boss. Each time Hardcore Mode Bangar Crypt was cleared, he could collect 2 to 4 Plain Copper Ores. Basically, he was doing a zero capital business!
“Little Yang, hurry up and loot the corpse, I can’t wait any longer!” Fatty Han expressed his impatience.
Zhang Yang laughed and extended his arm to loot again.
[Shiny Silver Pendant] (Green-Copper, Necklace)
Physical: +3
Intelligent: +2
Equipped Effect: Target receives an additional buff of <Magic Shield> each time a healing spell is casted. Shield disappears after absorbing 20 points damage or after 30 seconds. Shield effect cannot be stacked.
Level Requirement: 10
“Wow! Even though the attributes are nothing much, there’s a special effect!” Phantom Day exclaimed.
“All necklaces and rings have special effects. That’s why the drop rates are so low!” Zhang Yang nodded and said, “Healers, roll for it!”
Ocean Despair and Silky Snow helped themselves and rolled, Ocean Despair winning the roll at the end.
[Shadow Collar] (Green-Copper, Necklace)
Vitality: +3
Strength: +1
Dexterity: +1
Equipped Effect: Each attack on the target will inflict 1 stack of <Shadow Wrath>. When 3 stacks of <Shadow Wrath> are achieved, 20 points shadow damage will be inflicted onto the target.
Level Requirement: 10
“All physical attack classes can roll for it. Let’s roll together, no need to give it up to anyone. Let’s see our luck!” Zhang Yang said laughing as he rolled first.
Those who had initially wanted to give up their rolls changed their decisions and tried their luck after hearing what Zhang Yang had said. Even if they could not get it, it was still for the fun of it.
As a result, Zhang Yang overshadowed everyone with a mere 76-point roll.
“Haha, what sh*tty luck you guys have!” Zhang Yang shook his head and equipped the necklace.
[Archer’s Ring] (Green-Copper, Ring)
Vitality: +2
Dexterity: +3
Equipped Effect: Ranged attacks have a fixed rate of activating <Wind’s Blessing> effect. Effect increases attack speed by10% for 10 seconds. This effect cannot be stacked.
Level Requirement: 10
“Hunters, roll for it!” Zhang Yang selected to pass.
“Oh yeah!” Defiant Monk was very lucky to have rolled 100 points, instantly winning Hundred Shots and Fatty Han.
[Amber Ring] (Green-Copper, Ring)
Vitality: +3
Strength: +1
Equipped Effect: Each successful dodge of attack have a fixed rate of increasing 20 points Strength for 10 seconds. This effect cannot be stacked.
Level Requirement: 10
“D*mn, why is the trigger condition by dodging and not attacking?” Phantom Day was angry. This effect would be useful in PK or solo grinding but for dungeon raids, he would have no chances of evading attacks as a damage dealer!
“Fine if you don’t want it!” Zhang Yang laughed as he said.
“Who says I don’t want it! Come on, let’s roll!” Phantom Day said quickly and tapped the roll button.
Zhang Yang was aware that he had gotten more than enough and decided to pass. The result was Crimson Fire winning the roll.
“D*mn, guildmaster, you a thief class need dexterity, not strength! Don’t snatch it from me!” Phantom Day cried.
“F*ck, more nonsense and I’ll throw you out!” Crimson Fire laughed as he said. Phantom Day immediately went speechless.
Zhang Yang looted again but there were only gold coins left. However, they had hauled 4 equipment, a skill book, and a recipe, it could already be considered as a jumbo loot!
“Ding! You have received 10 silver coins after distribution!”
After every item was distributed, Momorermo’s corpse too had disappeared.
“Alright, all done. Everyone can now go back to the capital and complete the quest. There should still be a Black-Steel equipment reward!” Zhang Yang took a Teleportation Reagent from his inventory and asked Fatty Han, “Fatty, you have Teleportation Reagent?
“Teleportation Reagent? What is that?” Fatty Han returned Zhang Yang a lost sheep expression.
Zhang Yang shook his head and traded a Teleportation Reagent over and said, “This will teleport you to the nearest friendly town, saves you the journey!”
“There’s such a thing?” Fatty Han quickly confirmed the trade, “Little Yang, don’t be so stingy, give me a few more!”
“F*ck, this thing costs 1 gold coin each! It’s expensive!” Despite his complaint, Zhang Yang had still traded a few more reagents with Fatty Han. He still had 20 plus gold coins anyway and Crimson Fire had still owed him 10 thousand more!
“Brother Zhan Yu, why not reserve your dungeon entry tomorrow for our guild? I’ll hire you, what do you think of 1000 gold coins per Hardcore Mode raid? And if the equipment looted are of use to you, you’ll have the highest priority!” Crimson Fire sent a private message to Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang pondered, leading dungeon raids would undoubtedly be a good way to earn a fortune. Not only could he get equipment, he could also earn lots of gold coins! It would only be for now though. When he had finally established his own guild, he would not need to work for others anymore!
“Okay, tomorrow morning at 9 am. We’ll gather at the dungeon entrance!” Zhang Yang quickly sent back a private message, “But I want to reserve an attacker spot for Fatty!”
“Deal! See you tomorrow!” Crimson Fire agreed readily.
“Big brother, please approve as friend!” said Snowy Death as he sent a friend request.
Snowy Death had acted as a prompt for the rest of the party and they too had sent friend requests to Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang smiled and approved each friend request. Ripping Teleportation Reagent, a magic circle glowing with a white light appeared under his feet. With that, he quit the party and said, “Goodbye everyone, see you!”
“Big brother, bye!”
“See you!”
Since Teleportation Reagent was overly expensive, the others were not willing to spend it. Other than Fatty Han who had also torn one of the reagents, the rest of the party members went by foot.
10 seconds later, the magic circle was formed completely and a white light enveloped Zhang Yang. With a flash, the white light dissipated and Zhang Yang had appeared in the portal of White Jade Castle.
Another white light flashed and Fatty Han too had appeared next to Zhang Yang.
“Little Yang, since when did you become so powerful?” Fatty Han had been Zhang Yang’s buddy but his outstanding performance made him felt like Zhang Yang was a complete stranger.
“Since when was I not outstanding?” Zhang Yang laughed.
“F*ck!” Fatty Han booed but did not ask further. Regardless of what had happened, Zhang Yang would always be his brother and that was enough for him!
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