Chapter 381 - Magic Tower (1/2)

Chapter 381 - Magic Tower

Bladelight and Yi Yan worked together to lock down the Black Mammoth. It bellowed furiously but all of its struggling was futile.

Since the Fighters were coordinating perfectly and the Priests had no trouble keeping up with the healing, the Mages could let loose without worry. Tang Yao in particular was firing out spells like a gatling gun and dealing an astonishing amount of damage.

Nie Yan was thoroughly impressed. This sort of team was practically unrivalled. He couldn’t help but recall his experiences in the previous timeline, where Fighters would fail to properly secure the boss’ aggro, Mages would carelessly generate too much aggro, and Priests would fail to keep up the healing when the boss went berserk. All of these scenarios would lead to a wipe. It would take five or six attempts to defeat a Lord-class boss on a good day.

However, this team was making it look like child’s play!

About half a minute later, the Black Mammoth bellowed out mournfully before crashing down to the ground.

Flawless!

Nie Yan gazed at the 11 corpses scattered on the ground, all of which were Warriors and Thieves who had been instantly killed by the Black Mammoth.

“Priests, start reviving the fallen. Everyone else, rest up!” Nie Yan ordered as he walked toward the Black Mammoth’s corpse.

Bladelight picked up a total of five pieces of equipment. It was a huge harvest.

“Find anything good?” Nie Yan asked. He was looking forward to seeing what kind of loot the Black Mammoth dropped since the drop rates were much higher than normal when capturing a stronghold.

“Yeah, take a look,” Bladelight replied with a smile, then shared the drops in chat.

As Nie Yan scanned through the pieces of loot, a greatshield caught his eye. It was rectangular in shape and covered in mysterious runes.

Mammoth Greatshield (Sub Legendary)

Requirements: 520 Strength

Properties: Defense 1293–1392, 57% Block Rate, Shield Bash Level +2, Demoralizing Shout Level +1, Damage -10%, Magic Resist +50

Greatshield Bash: Bash the enemy with your greatshield for 120% damage, and generates additional aggro. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Restrictions: Fighter

This Mammoth Greatshield was worth well over 10,000 gold. No one expected such a superb shield to drop from the Level 50 Lord-class Black Mammoth. The supplementary skill, Greatshield Bash, was especially useful for Fighters whose main role was to secure aggro. It could greatly reduce the risk of wiping to a boss.

The Mammoth Greatshield was undoubtedly a piece of top-quality Fighter equipment. It would naturally be given to the best Fighter in the guild.

“Are you satisfied with the shield you have right now?” Nie Yan asked. He recalled Bladelight was using a Dark Gold-grade shield.

“Although my current shield is a bit worse than the Mammoth Greatshield, it’s part of the Everlasting Dark Gold Set. I’ll lose out on some important set bonuses if I switch it out, so I don’t think the trade-off is worth it,” Bladelight considered. “Give the Mammoth Greatshield to Lofty Shadow. He just so happens to be lacking a good shield. It’ll put him roughly on par with me in terms of tankiness.”

Needless to say the competition between Fighters in any guild was fierce. The position of Main Tank was especially coveted since they received priority on Fighter equipment. It wasn’t strange for Fighters to end up bruised and battered striving for this goal. Some of them for the sake of hindering their rivals would even go so far as to snatch away equipment they didn’t need. However, Bladelight wasn’t blinded by greed and selflessly gave the Mammoth Greatshield to Lofty Shadow.

“This Mammoth Greatshield is too important. There’s no way I can accept!” Lofty Shadow hurriedly refused. He was deeply moved by Bladelight’s kind gesture. This was a Sub Legendary greatshield, the only one of its kind in Asskickers United!

Lofty Shadow was an outstanding Fighter, and only second to Bladelight in terms of importance to Asskickers United. During the battle with the Black Mammoth he had saved everyone from a potential crisis when Bladelight was sent flying back.

“Don’t be modest, Shadow. You’ve definitely earned it,” Nie Yan said. After giving it some thought, he believed Lofty Shadow was indeed the most suitable candidate to receive the Mammoth Greatshield.

Fighters generally didn’t get a final say on what equipment they wore, so Lofty Shadow had no choice but to accept the Mammoth Greatshield for the benefit of the guild.

The other four pieces of equipment were all Dark Gold-grade.