Chapter 95: Finished
Another magic projectile struck, hitting right next to him.
What’s up with this guy?
It’s too far to see his attributes; should I move closer?
Suddenly, Zane noticed that this mage was unnaturally blinking a few times, and his eyeballs were bouncing up and down, as if he was having a fit.
No, that’s too rude to say. Seeing this scene, Zane could be sure that this mage was up to no good!
Should I cooperate with him?
No choice.
Starry’s advantage lay only in her high physical defense, while her magic defense was almost zero.
If she took another magic attack with her current health, there would be no chance of survival. While she might be able to dodge single-target attacks, facing an AoE attack would be hopeless.
Charge was still on cooldown, so run!
Starry began to run aimlessly around the field, dodging magic projectiles, fireballs, ice spikes, and wind blades, various magical attacks striking around her, generating a flurry of misses.
Seeing this, Luer said, “Kimm, I don’t see you doing any better than me.”
The mage retorted with a smile, “I’m not the one getting hit so badly like someone.”
“You!”
“…” Leidisha’s eyes were sparkling; she could obviously see that Kimm was holding back.
…
Fifteen minutes passed.
Starry had almost run all over the first floor, and everywhere was littered with remnants of magic.
Hundreds of magic shots didn’t hit the target once.
Luer didn’t need to mention it; Viktar also sensed that something was wrong.
This little girl couldn’t possibly dodge 100%, right!?
“Kimm, time’s up!” Viktar urged.
00:14
“Ah? So quick! Damn ants, watch this move—!” Kimm exaggeratedly shouted, conjuring a purple sphere the size of his body.
With a gentle push, it flew out with incredible speed despite using little force.
Starry kept a close eye on every movement over here, focusing all her attention, even forgetting her main body on the other side.
This size… it’s hard to imagine how large the explosion’s radius would be.
Thousand Flash Step!
Swapped to Wind Chaser Boots and activated the chase!
Even so, she still didn’t run far.
Damn it, enough with the theatrics!
Feeling the energy surge exploding behind her, Starry reflexively activated Charge!
Finally, she managed to escape the radius before the explosion spread.
“Phew—! Phew—!” Starry gasped for breath.
00:01
00:00
The countdown in the air reached zero.
At the same time,
“Ding”
System Notification: Congratulations, your team has cleared the challenge on the first floor of the Tower of Forgetting, Evaluation Level: S+, Starry has obtained the team leader skill ‘Frosty Triumph’.
Frosty Triumph: Must… return safely! All team members have a 33% chance to become immune to fatal damage when taking lethal hits, effective once per day.
System Notification: Due to your team clearing the challenge, all members gain a reward of Level +1. Based on the overall contribution, rewards are as follows:
1. Starry: Evolution Stone x1, ‘Holy Healer’ trial proof x1.
2. Fengchen Yanhua: Sacred Demon Beetle x1.
3. Endless Sea: ‘Charge’ skill book x1.
4. At Water’s Edge: ‘Thundercloud’ skill book x1.
5. Princess Wencheng: Feather of Gentleness x1.
6. Prince Jiangxia: Wind Whisper Staff x1.
7. Chuxue: Light Knight’s Ring x1.
8. Youyoufen: Pet Egg ‘Electro Bunny’ x1.
9. Nangong: Black Iron Arrow x500.
10. Zanny’s cousin: Love Heart Necklace x1.
11. Unmarked Traveler: Dense Patterned Armor x1.
12. Cute Orange: Battlefield Score x1.
System Notification: Since your team is the first to clear the first floor of the Tower of Forgetting, do you want to send a world announcement?
No!
Starry was drawn to the suddenly popped-up system notification, not noticing the purple magic circle forming beneath her feet. The light surged, and in a flash, she found herself back in Yunshui City!
“Zane! Zane!” Brother Shiu’s voice called in her ear.
“Ah! What’s wrong?” Zane jumped in surprise.
“You scared me! You just stood there foolishly after coming out, and no matter how much I called, you didn’t respond. I thought something happened to you,” Brother Shiu said, looking much relieved.
“Fengchen, you already failed in less than an hour? That’s too quick!” Endless Sea joked.
“Shut it!”
“Why hasn’t Starry come out yet… Don’t tell me she got caught by the boss?” Cute Orange said anxiously.
As for why she called Starry ‘sister’… it was entirely due to her calm and collected demeanor in a crisis. She didn’t think about her own age; Starry was only 20!
“Don’t worry, before I was taken out, I cast a protection layer on the heroine. It’s not that easy to die,” Endless Sea proudly claimed, and thanks to his protection, Starry wasn’t thrown out of the tower.
“Zanny bro, you should check on her situation,” Zimei said worriedly. They all witnessed how terrifying that boss was; an AoE skill could deal over 10,000 damage! Not to mention her, even the sturdiest Star Cat was taken out in an instant. Fighting such a boss… was like dancing on a tightrope.
“It’s okay,” Zane smiled slightly. “It’s already finished.”
“What?” Everyone doubted if they heard wrong.
Then, a series of system messages popped up, and everyone’s expressions couldn’t help but become unsettled.
“Hey, is this for real? One person survived for 20 minutes, and got an S+ rating?” Nangong twitched her mouth. Even if her attack power was strong, her own survival ability was a different matter altogether.
Suddenly, a purple beam of light descended from the sky, and as the light faded, Starry appeared in the same spot.
At this moment, her hair was messy, her forehead was slick with sweat, and her delicate hands were pressed on her knees, breathing deeply. She looked utterly exhausted.
…
Finding a quiet corner, she briefly explained what had happened to everyone.
Everyone felt ashamed of Starry’s ability to kill a Gold Grade boss alone. Although it was a low-health boss, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse; it was a Gold Grade boss! Whether they could break through its defenses was debatable.
As for the mage, it remained unclear what he was up to. Any doubts could only be set aside for now because Zane had checked that the pass had a cooldown.
There were still 20 days until the next use; that was too long.
Next time they went in, would it be chaos?
However, the strength of the monsters in such maps should scale with player progression; otherwise, it didn’t make sense for such an impressive tower to have only Silver and Gold tier monsters on the first floor.
After returning everyone’s dropped equipment, Zane asked Nangong to bring out the items they had previously collected.
Along with what Starry had on hand, the Longyuan Knight yielded a total of 20 pieces of equipment for them.
Among them were 11 Silver tier items, 5 Black Iron items, and the rest were Blue equipment.
It was quite a bountiful harvest.
The first item was a silver and white cloak that fluttered gently in the breeze.
Silver Radiance Cloak:
Rarity: Silver Tier
Required Level: 27
Strength: 50
Agility: 50
Stamina: 50
Intellect: 50
Spirit: 50
Traits: Reduces all debuff effects received by 20%.
Description: A special cloak equipped for the Longyuan Knight, capable of enhancing warriors’ resistance to negative states, said to be crafted to combat evil curse mages.
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