Chapter 40: Siege
Arriving at a secluded corner, I looked around, and there was no one.
“Transform!”
The light faded, and Starry rushed out of the corner riding the Gray Wolf.
Starry’s consciousness hadn’t awakened yet, probably due to a significant energy drain, so she would have to rely on herself from now on.
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“Jingfeng, do you think those two will come back?” Yuhua Nianhua said.
“Who knows? If we could guess the thoughts of the experts, would we still be here guarding the entrance?”
“Sigh…” Yuhua Nianhua said resentfully.
“Look ahead, what is that?” Yuhua Jingfeng suddenly shouted.
“What?”
“The Gray Wolf! That’s a monster from the Grey Ridge Plain, how did it end up in Yunyou Valley?”
“Indeed! And it’s carrying a girl… Starry!?”
“At this speed… oh no, report to the boss! I’ll go intercept her!” Yuhua Jingfeng exclaimed hastily.
“Okay!” He opened his friend list.
Since the guild decree hadn’t been issued yet, even though it was called a guild, it was just a verbal formality; to contact anyone, it still had to be done through the friend list.
Yuhua Jingfeng dashed toward Starry, raised his iron shield, and shouted, “Shield of Protection!”
An enlarged image of the iron shield appeared before him.
It was a protective skill similar to the Withered Bone Shield, but the effect was a 25% damage reduction.
As a knight with all stats invested, he took pride in his 1500 health points, but his defense hadn’t kept up, only at 19 points, which he was lucky to have from this blue iron shield. Even so, he still considered himself somewhat tanky.
At least, that’s what he thought.
Then, the Gray Wolf galloped past, and Starry swung the Qiu Yue Sword, unleashing a cold light.
“Ice Moon Slash!”
At the same time, she triggered Autumn Strike by chance.
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The scarlet damage number floated up, instantly wiping out Yuhua Jingfeng’s entire health!
He collapsed in shock, despair written across his face, turning into white light and flying back to Yunshui City.
Yuhua Nianhua was stunned by this scene, exclaiming, “One hit took down a full-health knight!?? Brothers, stop her! She’s the First on the Level Leaderboard, Starry!”
However, it was already too late. Zane, in a sprinting state, had double the speed of a normal player, and without any crowd control skills, no one could stop them!
More than ten players from the prefix Yuhua attempted to assist, but could only watch helplessly as one person and one wolf sped past.
Back when they had just switched classes, they only had 2-3 basic skills available, and before level 20, the only crowd control skill they had was the knight’s taunt, which only had a range of 1 yard. They were helpless.
“What’s going on? On the second day after the server opened, mounts are already available? Are we even playing anymore? This is cheating!”
“Yeah, I’m going to complain, what’s the point of playing this!”
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“What? Starry got in? You guys couldn’t stop her with so many people? Knights should have surrounded her and taken turns taunting!” Yuhua Xuanlong roared.
“Boss, she has a Gray Wolf mount! We can’t keep up with her, and her attack power is ridiculous; she took down Jingfeng with one sword!”
“…Are you kidding me?” Although he knew his subordinates often shifted blame, did they think he was a fool to say something so outrageous?
“Really! Boss, trust me. At her movement speed, it won’t be long before you see her.”
“…” Yuhua Xuanlong hung up the communication with a blank expression.
He currently had 500 people at his disposal! And that didn’t even include the subsequent members stationed at the Glazed Edge Flower. Although Starry had shown a powerful presence in the Beginner Village and ranked first on the level leaderboard, there were too many against her in such a narrow location like Yunyou Valley! As long as they surrounded her, the opportunity to retaliate would not be a fantasy anymore.
“Dianhuo, take a team and circle around to the entrance! We’ll trap her like fish in a barrel!” Yuhua Xuanlong said with a cold smirk.
“Yes, Boss!” Yuhua Dianhuo evidently already knew about this matter.
…
“Swish”
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With a casual swing of his sword, a mage was instantly killed.
There was nothing he could do; Starry’s gear was far beyond that of the average player, and a mage wouldn’t learn the magic shield until level 20, sealing their fate as soon as they were approached.
As a ranged profession, they naturally had the initial advantage.
However, even the strongest offensive skill, Explosive Flame, was unexpectedly missed by Starry!
What kind of international joke is this? How did she dodge?
Thus, he died in the midst of confusion and self-doubt.
Deep in Yunyou Valley, players and green-skinned goblins were scattered everywhere.
Their eyes were filled with vigilance, but the battles with goblins kept them from dealing with this invader.
Club Goblin
Rarity: Black Iron grade
Level: 12
Health: 500
Attack: 30-38
Defense: 18
Skill: Club Strike
Description: The casual Club Goblin only targets those it dislikes.
Their attributes were extremely weak, yet this small squad still struggled to cope.
The reason was simple; Club Goblins did not act alone, often appearing in groups of three to four.
Moreover, the Club Goblin’s hate mechanism was chaotic; once the taunt duration ended, they would rush to strike the back row, and if one wasn’t careful, they could be knocked down in turn by several goblins.
Zane shook his head, too weak, not interested.
Logically, a massive goblin camp couldn’t just appear out of nowhere; there must be high-level goblins or other races driving these guys this way.
Otherwise, it would just be waiting for someone to wipe them out near Yunshui City, wouldn’t it?
So, at the very least, this trip had to find the boss to not be at a loss.
As for the members of Yuhua… kill as many as possible.
…
Zane stopped in his tracks, as there were over 50 players blocking the path ahead.
All ranged professions: mages, archers, and they were all buffed by bards, with constantly jumping musical notes around them.
Yuhua Xuanlong stood at the front, smugly saying, “Let’s see where you can run this time! You killed so many of our brothers, and you still want to escape?”
Behind him was a melee force led by Yuhua Dianhuo, a mix of swordsmen, brawlers, and knights.
The level of these players was noticeably different from those slaughtered before; each had 2-3 pieces of blue gear, with some even having black iron equipment! Though they were low-level, it was better than nothing.
The knights might be hard to take down; they should break through from the front!
Just then, there were ‘rustling’ footsteps approaching. Assassins?
By the sound of it, there were at least five or more assassins. Never expected Yuhua Xuanlong to think so highly of him and called over more than a hundred people.
“You occupy the leveling area; I’m just acting on behalf of justice. But you, do you really think these people can keep me?” Starry retorted.
“Hmph, quite arrogant! I know your Gray Wolf’s speed is particularly fast, but… it’s useless now. If you’re willing to join us, I can let bygones be bygones, and pay you a salary of 5k every month! If you’re willing to fly to ZZ, I can offer you 20k every month!” Yuhua Xuanlong persuaded.
“Bah, scum!” Starry spat.
“Refusing a toast and forcing a drink; let’s fight!” As soon as the words left his mouth, the assassins around Starry revealed themselves.
Backstab!
Zane was already prepared, leaping forward to dodge a row of attacks.
At the same time, Starry spun around, slicing through the leftmost assassin with her sword.
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Killed!
This wasn’t over; following up with Ice Moon Slash, she struck another assassin.
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Then added a normal attack.
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In an instant, half of the assassins had fallen!
Zane didn’t stay idle either, unleashing Venomous Claw on the right-side assassin.
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The target was already at low health.
Suddenly, a phantom of the Gray Wolf appeared and pounced on this assassin.
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Killed!
Yuhua Xuanlong’s face turned green, “Damn it, stop playing around, focus fire!”
