Chapter 1017: Duke Auneau (1/2)
While we were fighting, Beiming Xue shared the live feed of her own battle with us. 5000 Dragonlight Archers were utilizing the hit-and-run tactic to kite the f.u.c.k out of God’s Domain’s 50000-strong cavalry. The dark archer was already an intelligent woman in her own right, but she also had a wide vision that enabled her to always pick the best direction to kite the enemy. As a result, she was always able to hit the enemy where it hurt the most without being caught. There was also the fact that the 50000 cavalrymen God’s Domain dispatched was just a troop of mixed cavalry instead of their best Wildfire Riders.
Red Maple knew full well that China had begun their counterattack, and that any Wildfire Rider killed within their own borders couldn’t participate in the defense of their city anymore. Moreover, the Wildfire Riders were literally the strongest units God’s Domain, no, the entire Japan server, possessed. That was why he hadn’t deployed them.
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Chiang chiang chiang...
The sounds of blades smacking against shields filled the air as we fought. Despite my success with Purple Dragon Howl earlier, countless high-level NPCs were still blocking our way to the palace. They seemed to be aware that our final objective was to kill their king. After all, once their king was dead, we would gain the right to do whatever we want to this city!
”We just need to kill a couple hundred more enemies to get through!”
Li Chengfeng’s Dark Blade smashed into an NPC’s armor again and again as he growled, ”I refuse to believe that five thousand of our best elites isn’t enough to breach one tiny Ice River Canton!”
Instead of answering, I fought harder and dropped a couple of Icy Cyclone Domains on top of the enemies, slowing them and dealing ice damage to everyone within its range. Besides that, I unleashed Burning Blade Slash + War Crush combo that devastated even the Level 200 NPCs.
Many more Burning Blade Slashes later, I finally broke through the NPCs and became the first player to enter the palace. Li Chengfeng, Chaos Moon and Gui Guzi stepped over the dead Golden Guards and ran toward me. Outside the palace, countless Ice River Canton players were trying to kill us, and commander-level players were shouting on top of their lungs, ”Charge them! Kill them!”
Unfortunately, High Fighting Spirits, Du Thirteen, Xu Yang and more had stayed behind to keep them at bay. They mounted a couple of charges on their own and killed enough enemy players to intimidate them. After all, the so-called Dragonlight Cavalry was actually riding the Dragonscale Beasts,Earth Rank Boss mount whose stats were as good as my Armored Ice Qilin Horse’s. Anyone who tried to force their way through usually died without being able to do much damage at all!
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After we entered the palace halls, another group of NPC guards rushed toward us. They were led by a Level 220 Immortal Rank Boss called Shadow the Legend of Ice River. A general. He had to be the strongest or the second strongest NPC in Ice River Canton, and we couldn’t treat him as if he didn’t exist.
”Do we kill him or not?” Chaos Moon asked hesitatingly as she looked back at the hundreds of Dragonlight Cavalrymen that just entered the palace. We had to split our forces to deal with the dread-rank NPC guards, the endless stream of Ice River Canton players and now an Immortal Rank boss. Even for us, things were really starting to get dicey.
I fired God Binding Art at Shadow and successfully immobilized him. After I resummoned the Phantom Wolf King and sent it after the boss, I shouted, ”Ignore the boss and take out the mobs first! Just make sure that the right person has the boss's aggro! Chengfeng, Chaos Moon, you two come with me to kill the king!”
We raced up the stairs until we reached the throne room. We saw a dozen or so civil and military officers standing on the two sides of the throne, and sitting on the throne was a middle-aged man who looked to be around 40 years old. He was the king. He abruptly rose to his feet, glared at us and shouted, ”Who are you? How dare you attack Ice River Canton! Men, kill them all!”
”Kill yourself!”
I fired two Ancient Seals on the spot. Together with Li Chengfeng’s Dragonblade Revolution and Chaos Moon’s Rock Crush, we were able to one-shot the civil officers instantly. They weren’t combat NPCs, so of course they didn’t have the Defense or the HP to survive our attacks.
However, the 4 miniboss generals proved to be far more capable than their counterparts. Dozens of Dragonlight Cavalrymen surrounded them and hit them with everything they got, but they weren’t strong enough to penetrate the minibosses’ Defense, and vice versa. It would be a long while before a victor was decided among them. That was fine though. All we needed them to do was to keep the generals busy until we killed the king.
The king grabbed his sword and glared at us menacingly. A couple lines of shiny text floated above his head—
King of Ice River, Duke Auneau (Immortal Rank Boss NPC)
Level: 225
Introduction: Duke Auneau, the protector of Ice River Canton was one of the few true experts who ruled the eastern continent. During the decades he ruled Ice River Canton, its people prospered, and its army grew strong enough to keep even the Night Creature Legion from invading the land.
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Li Chengfeng and I activated Great Earth Transformation without hesitation and charged the king from both sides. The very first skill I used was Universe Break, locking the boss's aggro on me instantly. Universe Break had great damage and generated a ton of threat, so it was the skill to use when fighting against a boss. Also, I was more suited as a tank than Li Chengfeng because I had superior survivability and the Dragon God Shield.
”Chengfeng, you and Chaos Moon are the DPS, okay? I’ll be the tank!” I shouted.
”Got it. Be careful!”
Li Chengfeng dashed past Duke Auneau and stabbed his sides with a Dragonbone Flurry + Reverse Scale Slash combo, instantly dealing 300k damage. The boss let out a furious roar and tried to attack Li Chengfeng, but I easily drew his aggro back to me with a triple-hit War Crush. Then, I activated Dark Pupils and noticed a 3 cm long red line across the boss's right shoulder. It was his weak point.
While blocking an attack with the Dragon God Shield, I shouted, ”Chengfeng, Chaos Moon, watch where I land my attack! It’s the boss's weak point!”