Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Purple crystals were shattered one by one, and then these strange human soldiers released another…
Although Angus no longer had blood pressure, he still felt a surge of nausea and revulsion!
“I don’t believe you have countless more of these mysterious crystals!” Angus roared in the Deathly Shadow Cloud.
At the same time, he commanded the Champion Level Skeletal Knight to charge towards the new purple crystal.
“The Skeletal Knight is coming again. Its objective is to smash the crystals. It’s here again as soon as we place one!” a Player shouted loudly.
At this point.
The Skeletal Knight had carved a bloody path through the Players.
Meanwhile, the Undead on the front lines were still fighting back and forth with the Players.
“Let it come… I have over fifty left anyway, and Leisurely Moment has a hundred or so…” Nobody Does Human Things, who had put down a Temporary Resurrection Crystal, observed the Skeletal Knight.
His gaze fell upon a slowly decreasing gray energy bar beneath the Skeletal Knight’s HP Bar.
“What is that…” he was a bit puzzled.
It was the first time he had seen such an energy bar.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
At this moment, a string of fire magic struck the Champion Level Skeletal Knight, but it still dealt no significant damage.
However, Nobody Does Human Things carefully noticed that the barely discernible gray energy bar below the Skeletal Knight’s HP Bar had decreased slightly.
“All Mage Players, focus fire on the Skeletal Knight immediately!” Nobody Does Human Things quickly ordered, his gaze fixed intently on the gray energy bar.
The Mage Players did not dare to dally upon hearing this.
Many Mage Players who were fighting ordinary Undead on the front lines turned around as well.
They unleashed fire spells, locking onto the Skeletal Knight that was still striding towards the Resurrection Crystal.
The wind rustled fiercely beneath the Mage Players’ robes, their mage robes billowing as if they had gained a life of their own.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
More fire magic struck the Skeletal Knight, and its HP Bar remained unchanged.
But Nobody Does Human Things was now completely certain.
The Players’ fire magic was reducing the Skeletal Knight’s gray energy bar.
“I think I know what’s going on,” Nobody Does Human Things murmured to himself.
“What did you discover?” Leisurely Moment stood beside Nobody Does Human Things, deflecting an incoming bone arrow with his sword.
“Look closely, there’s a very thin gray energy bar below the Skeletal Knight’s HP Bar,” Nobody Does Human Things explained.
“And I’ve found that the Players’ fire magic causes this gray energy bar to decrease.”
Upon Nobody Does Human Things’ reminder, Leisurely Moment also saw the gray energy bar, which was virtually invisible unless one looked closely.
“So, you mean we can’t damage the Skeletal Knight because we haven’t broken this energy bar yet?”
“Highly likely…” Nobody Does Human Things nodded.
“I suspect this gray energy bar is something similar to a Qi Shield. Once we break this shield, we’ll be able to damage the Skeletal Knight, instead of being so powerless as we are now.”
While the two were discussing, the gray energy bar had already depleted by a quarter.
The Skeletal Knight casually grabbed a handful of Undead and held them in front of him. He opened his mouth and absorbed the deathly fire from the Undead’s skulls into his mouth.
Immediately, the gray energy bar grew back.
The Undead in his hands turned into a pile of bone ash and scattered in the wind.
“This gray energy bar can recover. What do you plan to do?” Leisurely Moment’s expression turned grim as he turned to ask Nobody Does Human Things.
“I plan to lure it to the rear of the Players, so it can’t come into contact with the Undead. That way, it won’t be able to recover the gray energy bar by relying on the Undead.”
“Lure it to the rear of the Players?” Leisurely Moment was taken aback. “How will you lure it?”
“With a Temporary Resurrection Crystal.”
Nobody Does Human Things smiled slightly, pointing into the distance. There, the Skeletal Knight was wielding its great axe and smashing at a Temporary Resurrection Crystal like a pile driver, making loud “clang! clang! clang!” sounds.
With that, Nobody Does Human Things changed all his heavy armor to leather armor, put on a pair of shoes with agility attributes, and then darted towards the rear of the Players.
The Skeletal Knight currently takes about thirty seconds to destroy a Temporary Resurrection Crystal, but this speed is not constant.
After all, as a crystal, a Temporary Resurrection Crystal’s durability varies depending on the impact point.
Once the Skeletal Knight masters the pattern, it will be able to destroy Resurrection Crystals even faster.
Therefore, he had to seize the time.
He traveled all the way to the rear of the Players.
The Players here seemed somewhat bored.
After all, they couldn’t reach the Undead at the front, and the Skeletal Knight had gone to the front.
Now, they could only watch with wide eyes.
Only Mages could cast spells from a distance; Warrior Players were inevitably bored.
Seeing Nobody Does Human Things return alone and abandon his command at the front, the gathered Players were somewhat surprised.
“Why is Brother Nobody Does Human playing over here?”
“Has Brother Nobody Does Human eaten yet?”
Nobody Does Human Things glanced at the Skeletal Knight in the distance, which was close to destroying the Resurrection Crystal.
He couldn’t afford to greet the surrounding Players.
He quickly took out a Temporary Resurrection Crystal from his backpack and planted it on the ground.
“Cheer up, you’ll have something to do soon! That Skeletal Knight specifically targets Temporary Resurrection Crystals to smash. It’ll be here soon.”
Nobody Does Human Things informed them and then quickly ran in another direction.
Temporary Resurrection Crystals must be planted in different locations to attract the Skeletal Knight to run all over the rear of the Players. This would buy time and increase the chances of chipping away at the gray energy bar on the Skeletal Knight.
This kind of operation is common in ARPG games and is called “kiting.”
However, today, the kiter was not a tank Warrior with a taunt skill, but individual, crystal-clear Temporary Resurrection Crystals.
Upon hearing that there was a fight, the surrounding Players all stood up from the ground. They stopped playing Gwent and chatting, taking out their long swords and shields. Mages began to replenish their Magic Power using Magic Cores.
As expected, the Skeletal Knight, having just smashed a Temporary Resurrection Crystal, turned its gaze towards them.
“Holy crap! It’s true! This damn thing only targets our resurrection points to smash!”
“Brothers, it’s time to get to work!”
“Grab your gear! Grab your gear!”
Compared to the excited Players, the scene within the Deathly Shadow Cloud was entirely different.
“Damn it! Damn it!”
“These cunning humans! How can they still have more!?” Ghost Dragon Angus cursed furiously.
He controlled the Skeletal Knight, having just smashed a mysterious crystal.
The Human had placed another one in the rear.
Moreover, there were many Mages among these humans. The fire magic had not stopped, continuously depleting the Skeletal Knight’s skeletal energy.
