Chapter 1101: Tomb of the Death Gods (1/2)

I suddenly felt a couple of water droplets on my cheeks. Rain had begun to fall in Bonecrush Forest.

Hickey hugged her sword, closed her eyes and faced toward the sky, enjoying the soothing sensation of cold water wetting her cheeks. A while later, she looked toward me and asked, ”What is your goal, Lu Chen? Are you trying to bring all the tribes in Iron Skull Wilderness together so we can resist Elephant City and Cyan Earth City?”

I smiled and nodded affirmatively, and Hickey smiled back.

”That’s fine at all, but I must warn you that some of them are not worth your trouble, ever. Take Black Crow Tribe for example, their entire guild is made up of thieves, gangsters, criminals, swindlers and pimps. As a whole group, their total prison sentence is over ten thousand years…”

”I’m well aware. I’ll stay away from Black Crow Tribe as much as possible.”

”Heh, good.”

……

Beside me, Warscar planted his axe head-on the ground before asking, ”We’re pretty strong now, aren’t we, guild leader? Should we head to the northmost entrance of Iron Skull Wilderness now and block the Indians from coming in?”

For a time, I couldn’t help but stare at him in astonishment.

Hickey burst into a giggle before saying, ”You truly are a simple oaf, Warscar. Why would we need to do that when we’re the ones who have the home field advantage? We know Iron Skull Wilderness better than any foreigner. There’s absolutely no need for us to move all the way to the north entrance and block Cyan Earth City, not to mention that Breeze and Rain is far trickier than you think.”

I nodded in agreement. ”According to forum rumors, a large-scale 10000-player battle happened between Cyan Earth City and Purple Grape City last night. The entire east side of the continent is bubbling with restlessness right now, and the cityless Japanese are plotting to vent their anger somewhere.”

Hickey blinked once before replying smilingly, ”I know you’re the Little Heavenly King of China, boss. I spent the whole night brushing up on my knowledge of the China server yesterday, and you have my full sympathy regarding your exile. However, you’re the one who destroyed Purple Grape City, and because of that the Japanese are attacking the Indians. It’s very possible that Breeze and Rain, God of War and Flowing Cloud will target you specifically and vent their frustrations on you, you know that right?”

I grinned. ”So what? I’ll deal with it as it comes. Iron Skull Wilderness’ monster level is ridiculously high, and its map size is almost 4 to 7 times bigger than Purple Grape City’s. Even if Cyan Beast and Natural Flow enter Iron Skull Wilderness in full force, we can just avoid them until we find the right strategy to defeat them. It’s not a problem.”

Hickey shrugged and returned her sword into her scabbard. The western girl then crossed her arms and smiled like a load was taken off her shoulders, ”That’s good. It looks like I can rest a bit easier with the so-called unrivaled warrior of China on our side.”

Warscar asked, ”Do you have a plan to share with us, guild leader?”

I shook my head. ”Of course not. I don’t even know when Breeze and Rain is returning. When he does though, we’ll make sure to bury him here. We’ll teach the India server that Iron Skull Wilderness is neither underpowered nor masterless.”

”Mn mn! I like the sound of that!”

Hickey nodded smilingly. ”By the way, boss. Are you in China right now?”

I nodded back. ”Yes. What’s wrong?”

Hickey shot me a meaningful smile. ”Oh, I was just thinking that I should visit China when I’m free. I heard that Guilin’s scenery is famous throughout the world, and the pictures I saw on the internet certainly live up to its reputation. If you happen to be free at the time, would you be interested to accompany me to Guilin and be my tour guide?”

I shrugged. ”I haven’t been to Guilin myself, so we’ll see when the time comes. What about you, Warscar? Are you interested in touring China with us?”

Warscar smiled like he was onto something. ”Nah, maybe some other time. For starters, I have no interest in becoming you and Hickey’s third wheel. Two, I may be dumb and one-track-minded, but I’m not that dumb that I couldn’t recognize the signs when I see them. Am I right, Hickey?”

The former guild leader immediately started punching Warscar. ”Pooh! Like hell you do!”

I grinned. ”Come on, have some manners, people!”

Hickey giggled. ”I’m currently using a Chinese translator to converse with you, but I promise I’ll learn as much Chinese as I can before my visit. I don’t want to meet you in person only to find that we are completely unable to communicate with each other.”

”Don’t worry, my boss speaks excellent English. She can be our translator if necessary…” I replied while thinking about He Yi. The so-called genius girl of GGS might not be the vice president of GGS anymore, but her skills had only improved since. From my point of view, her mastery of the spoken language of English was practically native. She had done business with countless foreigners.

Hickey’s eyes widened. ”Your boss? Oh, you’re talking about the guild leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, From Water, right? I recognize her! She’s an incredibly beautiful eastern woman~~”

Warscar interjected, ”The boss of our boss? So she’s like the empress dowager, huh…”

I laughed. ”Alright, we’ve wasted enough time. Let’s see… Warscar, you’ll continue grinding with Godkiller. Hickey, we’re going to grind the S2 instance, so I want you to choose two priests and one archer to join our party. The goal is to get you a full set of S2-exclusive equipment. Once you’re done, we’ll do the same for Warscar.”

Hickey’s eyes widened with pleasant surprise. ”Really? We’re actually going to challenge the S2 instance? Also, did I hear you right when you said to bring two priests instead of a priest and a mage?”

I gave the Purple Ying Sword a wave before declaring confidently, ”Of course! Why would we need a mage when I’m all the DPS the party needs? I want two priests because I’ll be tanking and dishing out the majority of the damage, and an archer to keep the boss CC’ with Freezing Arrows and Shock Arrows. Trust me, the S2 boss is going to go down like nothing!”

”Mn mn!”

”One more thing, Hickey.”