Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The wave of [Fireballs] from the Elemental Tower was as destructive as a bombardment from mini bombs. It caught the Playboy members off-guard and inflicted an immense amount of damage.
Other than DeepSea, who Mohai pulled towards his side, and a few lucky members, all the members died in the blast.
The fiery red Magma Zone was blanketed with bodies.
WindTraveler and MoonInMirror survived because they had better equipment on them, but they were not that far off from turning into a soul.
“Stay away from the lava crevice. There’s something wrong with their [Fireball]!”
WindTraveler was no common player since DancingSandstorm had ordered him to lead the party. He responded swiftly and quickly spotted what had gone wrong.
The Elemental Tower’s [Fireballs] were not going for the players. Instead, they were aiming at the magma crevices.
When the [Fireballs] were hurled into the magma crevices, the spewing lava would react to the explosion and cause tremendous damage to everyone around it.
On second thought, the Elemental Tower did stop Playboy on the spot by blanketing them with magma crevices. It was obvious that the location was part of the Elemental Tower’s trap. They provoked WindTraveler and MoonInMirror and bombarded Playboy’s members while they were distracted.
DeepSea also realized the situation as soon as it happened, but her party was already wiped out, including little Ruri.
If not for the bandit leader who had pulled her aside, she would not have escaped unscathed either.
She was shocked when the bandit leader tugged her all of a sudden. She wanted to resist, but it seemed like he knew that the situation would be going south even before the Elemental Tower attacked, hence his sudden action.
As for why the bandit leader had not warned them beforehand, DeepSea chuckled bitterly. He must have saved her because of the contract they signed.
“Retreat!” shouted WindTraveler.
More than 90% of the Playboy members were wiped out. The Elemental Tower was unharmed and still had some killer moves under their sleeves. Should the battle continue, Playboy would suffer a total wipeout.
“Run? It’s too late!” HundredLivesAsMen did not plan on sparing the survivors. Since a battle had broken out, he ought to kill everyone of them so that none would cause anymore trouble.
By the time Playboy came back to their dead bodies in the form of souls, the Elemental Tower would have gotten the Bovella Fire Stone.
The Elemental Tower did not even need to move or give chase to wipe out WindTraveler and the survivors.
WindTraveler already expected this after the first wave of bombardment. This particular location had been handpicked by StreetRoamingRat himself. No matter how fast a player was, he would not be able to outrun a dozen [Fireballs] together. Even if the [Fireballs] landed a direct hit on them, they would be hammered to the ground due to the difficult terrain, what more if they exploded in the spewing lava to cause a bigger area of damage. WindTraveler and the survivors had no chance of escaping.
After another wave of assault and dazzling fiery flashes, all the members from Playboy were officially wiped out.
“Huh? There are two more survivors.”
It seemed like someone had survived the second wave of bombardment.
When the fiery flashes faded, StreetRoamingRat and HundredLivesAsMan sized up the two standing figures with shock on their faces.
The two survivors were not just alive, but they did not seem hurt at all.
Surviving two waves of attacks was possible as it could be explained by luck but not receiving a single point of damage was impossible!
After all, those were two waves of attacks that covered large areas! Even StreetRoamingRat and HundredLivesAsMan, the two players who had an outstanding battle strategy, might not have walked away unscathed from the depths of Magma Zone.
“What should we do?” StreetRoamingRat asked HundredLivesAsMan. The two survivors should not be a threat to the Elemental Tower but they did seem a little different than the others.
Some thought later, HundredLivesAsMan came up with a decision. “FireWolf, bring 10 men with you and chase them down. Kill them if you can, stall if you can’t.”
HundredLivesAsMan might be a battle maniac, but those from the Elemental Towers who were familiar with him knew that under his rampant personality was a cautious and meticulous heart. He simply did not want to care most of the time and tended to speak with his strength before deciding on anything.
“Roger. Leave them to me. They won’t escape my grasp!” A young Assassin came out from the party, grinning as he cracked his fists.
“Be careful,” reminded StreetRoamingRat.
“Take it easy,” FireWolf cautioned before he then led ten men away and chased the two survivors.
“Let’s go full speed ahead and clear the mission quickly. We’ll be able to go back to leveling after this!” HundredLivesAsMan shouldered his black greatsword and headed towards Bovella Manor.
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While DeepSea sized up the bandit leader ahead of her, the curiosity in her gaze was brazen.
During the second wave of bombardment from the Elemental Tower, everyone from Playboy was wiped out, but she was free from damage after standing behind the bandit leader.
On second thought, she suddenly realized that ever since the party ventured into the Magma Zone, which ground was blanketed with magma crevices, the bandit leader intentionally altered his route.
DeepSea did not pay attention at first and followed quietly, but after she recalled what happened, she realized that he had done it on purpose.
Looking at the terrain from a higher viewpoint, only the route that the bandit leader took easily avoided all the attacks from the Elemental Tower.
Therefore, the moment the Elemental Tower appeared and stopped them, the bandit leader already expected the [Fireballs] to come from the opposite side as well as how the battle might turn out, thus he had secured his own retreat.
DeepSea’s guess was right. After Mohai learned that the Elemental Tower was the enemy, he was certain that Playboy would be annihilated from this battle.
In the past life, the Magma Zone’s Fireball Bombardment tactic had once been famous among the players because many players had suffered great losses to the magma crevices, and the first to utilize this tactic was none other than the Elemental Tower.
In Guggenheim, there was an NPC that would give out missions to collect items and the reward was a pack of Fire Phosphate Power. When casting [Fireball], one could choose to consume a pack of Fire Phosphate Powder and mix it together with the [Fireball]. Once the [Fireball] hit the spewing lava, it would cause a huge explosion and inflict high splash damage to anyone around the area.
Back then, Mohai had gone to Guggenheim for some quest. That specific NPC would only appear once in a while after he collected all the materials he was looking for. Therefore, Fire Phosphate Powder actually became quite rare and Mohai had to go through the mill to get some for research purposes.
If Mohai reminded Playboy, the entire party might escape annihilation. However, it would not fit his current identity and Mohai believed the Elemental Tower heading to Bovella Manor would benefit him and DeepSea even more.
Bovella Manor was a unique place that was filled with traps and interactive objects, but they would only be triggered once. Once triggered, no matter how many times Bovella’s clone spawned within, the traps and interactable objects would not appear again.
Mohai felt that it was a slight pity because based on a certain reliable source, he believed that Bovella Manor had some interesting things.
Since he did not have the chance to explore it in his past life, he surely would not miss it after being reincarnated.
However, if it was Playboy and DeepSea’s party members who explored the manor first, Mohai would have a harder time making his move. On the other hand, if it was the Elemental Tower, things would be different. He could do whatever he wanted and be brazen about it.
Therefore, Mohai let everyone else other than DeepSea die under the bombardment just so he could save himself some trouble.
Cheating others for his own convenience or for gaining more benefits was probably his forte.
“Stop running! You won’t be able to run from me!”
Behind the two of them was the ferocious FireWolf.
DeepSea was a Sorcerer, hence the speed of her natural movement was at a disadvantage. Meanwhile, FireWolf was an Assassin which was the occupation with the fastest speed.
FireWolf was gaining on them. There were only two targets, and on his side were 11 elites from the Elemental Tower, him included, so FireWolf did not want to waste any time.
He wanted to kill the two of them quickly and return to the party so that he could see the Bovella clone’s skillset to increase his own experience.
“What should we do?” DeepSea asked when she saw the pursuers on their tail.
It was only a matter of time before FireWolf reached them, and if she was travelling with a player, she would not be able to escape. However, Mohai was an Elite monster, so killing the pursuers was not that difficult.
“Try to draw as much distance from him as possible,” said Mohai.
DeepSea nodded. Although she did not know what Mohai was trying to do, she did not question him. Her interest was piqued when this bandit leader gave his perks up for his den. His action of saving her earlier shocked her even more.
Although the bandit leader claimed that he would abandon the contract once they were in danger, judging from this, it was obvious that he wanted to complete the mission stated in the contract.
DeepSea really wanted to know what the bandit leader would do against so many elites from the Elemental Tower.