Chapter One Hundred Seventeen: Fairy Tale Forest
In the chaos, explosions echoed from the intersection behind and the passages on either side.
“Damn it, the goblins have sealed the exit!” Kainel exclaimed in a panic.
The mist had no way out and lingered in the cave.
In the next moment, the Ice Flow shield’s duration ended, and the protective barrier around Starry was gone.
However, the Battle Puppet seemed unable to use Thunder Fist consecutively too many times; faint sounds of a fist crashing could be heard.
Suppressing discomfort, Starry stood up and lightly jumped on the ground to evade the boss’s attack.
One miss flew high.
Star Cat heard the commotion and hurriedly unleashed Ice Cone, but unfortunately, it barely made an impact on the creature.
This guy is really tough!
…
“Those old geezers… Are they trying to blow me up too!” Pori gritted his teeth in secret, waiting for the Battle Puppet to deal with this group of outsiders before trying that thing! By then, let’s see how they defend!
Suddenly, he shuddered; something touched him!
“Strange… Why is this stone so soft…” Libri said, rubbing his dizzy head.
The explosion from before caused serious damage, he had almost lost half his life, and if it weren’t for his natural toughness, he would already be dead.
Just now, debris from the previous explosion fell on him, nearly knocking him down; now, in this dim and choking environment, Libri struggled to hold onto the stone to stand up.
Pori held his breath, afraid this goblin would notice something was off.
Exposing himself now would be too risky!
“Looks like it can still move?” Libri wondered.
This stupid pig!
Pushing down on the suspicious spot, the confused goblin pressed down.
“…” Pori almost cried out, his stomach was pressed by this guy!!!
“So springy, I want to see what this is.” Libri poked at it absentmindedly.
“…”
Unbeknownst to him, such actions caused great distress to others.
Pori suppressed the urge to strangle him and reached into his pocket, planning to take this idiot out first!
“Libri! What are you doing there?”
Suddenly, another goblin’s voice came.
“Oh! It’s Kainel! I found a very springy stone, come over and take a look!”
“Forget about that, the terrifying puppet hasn’t fallen yet! We need to go help; if the hero can’t hold them off, we’ll all die!”
“Uh… Okay.” Libri nodded and left.
“Hah… hah,” Pori gasped as if he had escaped death, almost got discovered.
…
After about half an hour of travel, several Lava Spiders appeared along the way and were easily dealt with.
However, they also lost over 10 Gray Wolves.
The current survival count was 124/489; hopefully, nothing else would happen.
As they continued moving, the temperature gradually dropped; it seemed like they were nearing the end.
By the way, this team oddly hadn’t seen the Mother of Fiery Blaze mentioned by Pashou.
She was probably hiding somewhere during a vulnerable period, and the Lava Spiders that chased after them wouldn’t refresh so quickly. No wonder the monsters on this map were painfully few; only due to the perilous terrain did they lose some Gray Wolves.
Unknowingly, the ground was no longer as scorching as before, and weeds appeared a few hundred meters away.
And— a group of seven-player teams.
They arrived so quickly!?
No, even if they delayed a lot of time fighting here, it was impossible for players’ moving speed to catch up.
So, there were only two possibilities.
First, these players were using high-speed mount pets to take a detour and lying in wait. But at this stage, pets were in high demand, not to mention rare high-tier pets; it’s highly unlikely.
Second, they were top players exploring a new map, taking a chance where the Gray Wolves had vacated.
“Achen, what should we do?” Brother Shiu asked.
“The Traveler should go ahead and see who they are. Be careful!” Zane said after pondering for a moment.
“Okay!”
The Traveler leaped off the Gray Wolf, and his figure gradually became blurry, perfectly blending into the surroundings. Although he wasn’t exactly a master, he believed he was quite skilled in stealth.
After all, he usually kept a low profile.
The players ahead also showed no intent to approach; it seemed they were discussing strategies.
But Zane wasn’t worried. Currently, he ranked second on the level leaderboard in Yunshui City; if an assassin got close, he’d detect them instantly.
Three minutes passed.
“I saw them!” the Traveler sent a snapshot.
The leader was a girl with a graceful appearance, standing in the center holding a staff, her ID above her head showing ‘Fairy Tale Forest.’
“Fairy Tale Forest!?” Endless Sea exclaimed.
“You know her?”
“Of course! She is the vice president of Drunken Fairy Tale!”
Drunken Fairy Tale… sounds a bit familiar. Right, weren’t they the ones who scared off Yuhua a few days ago!?
“The others beside her are core members of their guild; we’ve likely run into a top-tier team!” Endless Sea said seriously, never this panicked even against a dreamlike life.
“Are they really that powerful?” Cute Orange asked.
“Not just powerful. Fairy Tale Forest is a renowned master mage of Drunken Fairy Tale; even among mages in the national server, she’s at least in the top 50!”
“Uh… I remember you’re only 30, right?” Nangong wondered. 30 is scared of 50? Plus, they have so many people; it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll lose!
“No, the top 30 solo players cannot be compared with the top 50 mages.” Brother Shiu replied, as he had gathered considerable information about Glazed Dreamflower these past few days.
It’s tough for lone players to thrive, especially in the mid to late stages of the game where various resources are controlled by large guilds.
At that time, solo players had already become extremely rare.
Every guild would try to gather and cultivate players with strong awareness and skills, leaving others feeling offended by certain guilds; they had to either join or quit.
Some had their small groups or directly opposed these guilds, but basically, no one succeeded.
Thus, the rankings outside the top 5 for solo players held no real value compared to other leaderboards.
However, under the strong promotion of Dream of the Mists, Glazed Dreamflower’s ranking had also gained attention, but unfortunately, most players only saw the superficial rankings.
“That’s right, these people are different from Yuhua’s weaklings; it’s best to avoid combat.”
Just as Endless Sea was halfway through saying this.
A warning prompt sounded from the team; a teammate was attacked!
Upon closer inspection, the health bar of the nameless traveler was left at half; he had been discovered!
In the next moment, that half of the health bar was completely emptied, and the exposed assassin was almost certain to meet a tragic end.
“Damn, we have no choice now!” Endless Sea cursed inwardly.
