Damn it. It’s a large fish! After seeing the information about the Dreamland Demon Captain, Liu Ming immediately got that thought.
The Secretive Lord was one of the seven lords of the God Domain’s Darkness Camp, just like the Doomsday Lord. However, unlike the latter, who often wanted to destroy the world, the Secretive Lord was relatively less aggressive.
Of course, even then, the Secretive Lord would bring about lots of destruction and pain to God Domain whenever he took action.
Besides, the existences under the Secretive Lord had special abilities that were troublesome. The commotion they caused was no less than that of the Doomsday Devotees. It was even more difficult to lure them out. However, that was precisely why the rewards of the quests related to the Secretive Lord were generally more generous.
The one standing in front of Liu Ming now was not cult devotees that were like cannon fodder, but an actual demon under the Secretive Lord. Although the Dreamland Demon Captain was only a captain in the official introduction provided by God Domain, there were only six true direct legions under every lord.
Besides, there were usually 2,222, 4,444, or 6,666 members in every legion.
Generally, the lowest-leveled members of such Demon Legions were Level 50. Demon Captains could reach as high as Level 60.
Although Dator, who was in front of Liu Ming, was only Level 30 for some reason—perhaps because he was injured—the rewards on his body were definitely better and larger in number than ordinary Level 30 Leaders.
Dreamland Demon Captain Dator yelled at Liu Ming loudly with anger. “Horrendous Adventurer, you’ve ruined the Great Lord’s plan. I will sacrifice you to the Great Lord and give you a taste of being in a living hell.”
After saying that, Dator drew his weapon, which was a dark red battle-ax that was three meters long, and ferociously swung it at Liu Ming. Although Dator was tall and large, his movements were extremely agile. In fact, he was much faster than the agile swordsman, World’s Best.
In the blink of an eye, the battle-ax had landed on Liu Ming.
However, when the battle-ax struck Liu Ming, Dator was also slashed by Liu Ming’s sword.
A triple-digit damage indicator first emerged from Liu Ming’s head.
-423
Immediately after that, a four-digit damage indicator appeared above Dator’s body.
-4,803
Dator, who was only a Leader-level monster, actually managed to deal 423 points of damage to Liu Ming. His attack was clearly powerful. However, that was all Dator could do.
After all, even a Hegemon Boss-level monster like the Flaming Demonic Vulture was not a match for Liu Ming. Now that Liu Ming had successfully completed his second profession change and had even higher Stats, how could Dator beat Liu Ming?
In fact, Liu Ming couldn’t even be bothered to play a game of exchanging combat techniques with Dator. He simply resorted to the simplest and most straightforward method of dealing damage to Dator as well. This caused Dator to be infuriated.
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Dator’s HP dwindled, and soon, only a few Health Points were left. On the other hand, Liu Ming’s Holy Protection had thousands of Energy Points left, leaving Dator with no chance to turn the situation around at all.
In the end, Liu Ming caused Dator to lose his remaining Health Points.
At the last moment before Dator’s HP had been completely depleted, Dator left behind his last words indignantly. “Damned adventurer, the Great Lord will not let you off!”
After saying that, Dator’s body turned into a stream of light that disappeared, leaving behind drops that were strewn all across the ground, as well as a giant demonic head.
Liu Ming simply ignored Dator’s last words.
What a joke. Why would a player be afraid of being threatened by a Boss-level monster?
[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have obtained Demon Armor (Blue)]
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[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have obtained Raging Demon Battle-Ax (Purple)]
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[Congratulations, Adventurer, you have obtained Demon Captain’s Skull (Orange)]
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Liu Ming took a casual glance at the series of equipment and item information. He did not pay too much attention to them. However, he was surprised by the Orange Demon Captain’s Skull.
Demon Captain’s Skull (Orange): The head of the Demon Legion’s elite powerhouse. The powerhouse’s proof of existence. After obtaining a certain number of skulls, one may go to the City Hall to exchange them for high-grade equipment, Skill Books, and other items.
Although the Demon Captain’s Skull could not be exchanged for a piece of Orange equipment, the fact that it was an Orange item, along with its description, proved that it was definitely not simple.
After all, even Orange materials, which were of little use to players at present, could be sold to the NPC stores for a sky-high price, let alone some strange items.
As for whether or not the Demon Captain’s Skull was worth a piece of Orange equipment or not, Liu Ming would only find out once he returned to Lotter City and brought it to the exchange store in the City Hall.
Just as Liu Ming placed the last item into his backpack, the illusion that had lost the support of Dator’s mana finally disappeared. The original oasis campground finally appeared in front of Liu Ming again. However, this time, Liu Ming saw plenty of crooked and decomposed corpses in the oasis campground.
Clearly, the corpses were the warriors originally stationed at the oasis camp. However, they did not manage to hold on until Liu Ming’s arrival. They ended up being mutilated by Demon Dator and the monsters who were his underlings.
When Liu Ming returned to the campground, there were also new changes in his quest chain.
[Quest Update: Adventurer, return to Lotter City and inform the City Lord about everything that happened here.]
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By the time Liu Ming returned to Lotter City, it was already morning. However, it was also the reason Liu Ming managed to enter the City Hall easily.
After telling the City Lord about the warriors at the oasis campground being brutally killed by demons and taking out Demon Dator’s head as proof, the City Lord’s face became sullen.
After a while, the City Lord sighed and said, “Adventurer Floating Cloud, thanks to you, we managed to find out this. Otherwise, we would have been kept in the dark.”
“Once that demon is allowed to restore its strength completely and open the door of the abyss, I’m afraid the entire Lotter City will suffer a huge blow because of this. However, I can’t decide what happens next. I’ll contact the Celestial Court now. Please follow my butler to a room to get some rest.”
As soon as the City Lord said those words, a red system message appeared in front of every player’s eyes.
[System Announcement: The server will be updating God Domain’s first official data sheet in three minutes. Adventurers, please log off as soon as possible. Do refer to the official website for the details of the update.]
Liu Ming was initially still a little surprised by what the City Lord said, but the moment he saw the system announcement, he immediately understood that the City Lord told him to get some rest because the data was about to be updated.
Liu Ming, who had already stayed up all night, planned to go offline and get some sleep after completing the quest. It did not matter to him if the update was going to happen or not.
Some of the players who woke up early in the morning to come online and level up felt rather awkward now.