“Hahaha! Boom! Boom! Boom! I’ll blow all of you to hell!” The Ghost was thrilled.
A Ghost’s self-destruction ability was only available near death. After the explosion, the core, which was the weakest part, would be exposed and with a few holy attacks, the Ghost would be dead for real.
Other Ghosts would only choose to self-destruct near death, unlike this one who ignited himself and blew up everyone madly.
He had never been this thrilled, blowing up and killing a dozen players together.
More importantly, he did not have to worry about his own safety. All he needed to do was listen to the boss’s order and those threatening attacks would never hit him.
“That’s enough. We will continue this somewhere else. You must at least reach Level 13 today.” Mohai stopped the Ghost from chasing the fleeing players.
They were close to Guggenheim and had lingered for more than half an hour. It would be dangerous if they stayed any longer.
The news about the Ghost’s appearance must have spread like wildfire and it might attract the attention of the big guilds. If the big guilds came over, it would be dangerous even if Mohai had the Ghost with him.
A moment ago, a Priest used the holy element skill to attack the Ghost, but he missed. If the big guilds had two or three of the same Priests, the Ghost’s usefulness would be severely restricted.
“Yes, Boss!” The Ghost obediently flew back to Mohai’s side.
‘Good boy. He will have a bright future.’ Mohai was quite happy with the Ghost’s performance.
Although there were already Priests who possessed holy element attacks to Mohai’s surprise, they were still a minority, and with Mohai’s command, the Ghost could self-destruct and kill players just to level up.
With the Ghost around, Mohai and his group of bandit leaders would gain a considerable amount of XP today.
In order to prepare for the fight with the Magma Golem at night, Mohai did not waste a single second. He led his 16 bandit leaders and started to sweep the Monolith Stronghold clean.
The players who were leveling in the Monolith Stronghold were unlucky.
Even when the Ghost was not around, Mohai and his bandit leaders were already powerful enough. With the addition of the Ghost, wherever they went, the players died.
The Ghost had not met his bane at the moment, so he was not afraid of anything. He exploded every 30 seconds, and with each explosion, the least he could kill was a single party and the most was 20 to 30 players.
The players in the Monolith Stronghold finally experienced how powerful and sick the monsters in the area were.
“F*ck this sh!t! We can’t stay in the Monolith Stronghold anymore!”
“Yeah, those Elites are running rampant! Can anyone do anything about them?”
“What about the three big guilds? Their men should be in Guggenheim as well. What are they doing?”
“The three major guilds? I’d tell you not to put your hopes on them. The Elite monsters can almost fly when they activate their skills. Unless the three major guilds work together and surround the entire Monolith Stronghold, it is a waste of time chasing the Elite monsters down. The Elites monsters can only be killed by overpowering them, but the three major guilds aren’t interested in their loot. They aren’t that stupid to utilize that much manpower for a goose hunt.”
“It’s not just that. The Elites are very smart as well. They never engage the players from the three major guilds and will even run away from them. Since the guilds aren’t losing anything, they won’t do anything about the Elites either.”
The Monolith Stronghold was being dominated by the bandit leaders and a lot of players were complaining in the game forum.
However, they still could not do anything about it other than venting their emotions.
The group of Elites was unlike other Bosses, who would only move around in a certain area. They ran all over the Monolith Stronghold. With almost no guarantee of benefits and everyone busy leveling, no one, or at least no powerful guilds, was willing to spend their resources to take the Elites out.
Since nothing was being done to the bandit leaders, the players died changed their leveling spot. Even if their XP increased a lot slower, it would be better than running and dying in the endless chase.
…
“Boss! I leveled up!”
After killing players for a whole day in the Monolith Stronghold, the Ghost finally leveled up to Level 13 around 7 p.m.
The Ghost was thrilled when he leveled up and he believed that he had followed the right person. No one knew better than him how important his level was. The reason why he had been neglected by all the previous recruitments was that his level was too low.
“Not bad, nice job. What can Ghosts be equipped with?” Mohai asked after a little compliment.
With the Ghost around, the number of players that they killed today surpassed those in the previous two days combined.
Not only did the Ghost level up, but all the other bandit leaders received a fair amount of XP, so the bandit leader with the lowest level was Level 11.
“We Ghosts can’t be equipped with any protective gear. We can only use weapons and ornaments,” said the Ghost.
“Weapons and ornaments…Here are some ornaments. You can also have this staff. It’s the best I’ve got for now. Don’t lose it.”
Mohai had gained some good items from all the killings, so he gave the Ghost a staff and a set of Black Iron ornaments with decent stats.
“Thank you, Boss!” The Ghost was exalted when he received the items.
[Activity log]:
[Ghost Loyalty] +1
‘Hehe, not bad. It’s easy to win the little guy’s fondness.’
Mohai felt like his evil plan worked when he saw the Loyalty value in the Ghost increase.
With increased Loyalty, even if the Ghost really died in battle, recruiting him back from the Reincarnation Pool would be a lot easier.
“Huh? Faith +1?”
Mohai scrolled through his activity log and realized that his Faith value had increased after all the killings.
He had lost count of how many players he had killed the last two days. He killed a big portion of them while his bandit leaders killed the rest. The combined number was more than he could count.
How many players must he kill to gain Faith value?
Mohai was clueless as it remained an unsolved question.
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“Boss, are we going after them next? There are so many of them. Can we win?”
The Ghost saw a big group of Adventurers leveling in front. He could not help but wonder about the odds. He remembered the boss telling them to stay away from such a big number of players.
“We will be fine. You just have to follow my orders.” Mohai’s eyes gleamed coldly.
The group of players was the leveling party of the Fortune Alliance. With the Ghost around, dealing with them would not be a problem. Mohai did not go after them during the day because it was not time.
The real leveling happened during the day. Now, the players were only doing it conveniently. Besides that, killing the players from the three major guilds had to serve a purpose rather than just killing them for XP.
“Yes, Boss, I’ll listen to whatever you say!” The Ghost did not doubt Mohai at all.
After a whole day of leveling, he knew that this new boss of his was great.
The bandit leaders were not that ridiculously powerful, but under the boss’s command, they were able to perform outstandingly.
“Be careful! It’s that group of bandit leaders!”
“Damn it! Are they coming after us instead?”
“Sorcerers, on my command! Silencers, on standby!”
The Fortune Alliance had more than 200 players in a single leveling party. They were not frightened or afraid of Mohai and his group of bandit leaders, even with the Ghost around.
With the commander of the party’s orders, the 200-odd players split into smaller groups and charged towards Mohai.
The players from the three major guilds were not mere John Does. If it was not for the addition of the Ghost, Mohai would have really stayed away from the guilds at the current stage.
Without the Ghost, he could win against the 200 plus players although some of his bandit leaders might die in the process.
Unlike the other individual players who dared not attack the bandit leaders with spells, the Fortune Alliance commander sent the Sorcerers on offense the moment the bandit leaders got in range.
“Sorcerers, attack!”
20 to 30 [Fireballs] rained down on the first two bandit leaders at the front.
“No. 8, three steps to the left. No. 11, two steps to the front!”
Mohai dared not use them to tank the first wave of attack. The Sorcerers from the major guilds could inflict 70 to 80 damage points on the bandit leaders and if he chose to tank the attacks, they bandit leaders would die in a few waves.
No. 8 and 11 dodged on order but still managed to be struck by 5 to 6 attacks.
There was no way the two of them could dodge all the attacks. Bandit leaders had a taller physique, and Mohai could not precisely control every step they made, hence they were unable to escape unscathed from the concentrated attacks.
No. 8 and 11 raised their weapons and wanted to unleash [Powerful Sweep].
“Silencers, silent…. Wait! F*ck! It’s a fake!”
The commander of the Fortune Alliance had just told his Silencers to prepare [Silence] when No. 8 and 11 raised their weapons, but before he could finish, he realized that there was no yellow flash from the attacks. The bandit leaders had tricked him!
He tried to stop the Silencers but two of them had already cast [Silence].
“No. 8, 11, step back,” said Mohai.
A tiny engagement was able to bluff the Fortune Alliance to waste two [Silence] skills and also preserve No. 8 and 11’s [Powerful Sweep].
After a bandit leader received damage from multiple magic attacks, he would automatically use [Powerful Sweep] within three seconds. However, there were almost 20 Silencers in the opposite team and there was no way the two bandit leaders could cast [Powerful Sweep]. The casting would be disrupted and the skill would be forced into cooldown mode.
However, the two bandit leaders tricked the Silencers with a fake move and were silenced in advance. The skill would be sealed temporarily and [Powerful Sweep] would be blocked after the three-second duration.
After the five seconds of [Silence] faded, if No. 8 and 11 got hit by magic attacks again, they would be able to use [Powerful Sweep] for real this time.
“Sorcerers, keep up your attacks!”
Both sides were closing on each other. The commander from the Fortune Alliance ordered the attacks to continue.
Two more bandit leaders became the target again and they were hit by six to seven magic attacks.
The commander would not fall for the trick twice. This time, he waited for the bandit leaders to unleash the yellow flash before he told the Sorcerers to attack, “Be careful of the fake! Wait, it’s real this time! Attack!”
However, what happened next shocked him. Despite the attacks being aimed at the two bandit leaders, the other bandit leaders jumped in and stood in front of the two of them.
The two Silencers lost their target and miscast [Silence] on the blocking bandit leaders.
As [Silence] failed once more, two powerful yellow flashes swept across the players from the Fortune Alliance.
‘Shi*t! What is wrong with these bandit leaders?’
The commander got nervous and started to sweat profusely.