Chapter 18: Nuked?


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    “Ding! yer Prideful Precepts has joined the party!”


    “Ding! yer Kindling Chest Hair has joined the party!


    After the battle, Floral Shorts had been urging Zhang Yang to re-invite the other two yers into the party or they would have lost the chance to bid for an equipment once somebody had touched the boss’ corpse.


    Zhang Yang gave a slight smile and sent the party invitation to the two of them. Before they could even start arguing, Zhang Yang preemptively said, “All of you Pride members, no one speak from now on! I will kick anyone who can’t keep their mouth shut. If all four of you can’t keep your mouth shut, I’ll kick all four out! We don’t even need that many yers in Normal Mode!”


    Stunned by Zhang Yang’s authoritative assertion, even though the four Pride yers held a grudging look, no one dared make a noise. If these words were toe from Zhang Yang had they first started the dungeon raid, they would have treated it as a passing joke. After experiencing 2 boss battles though, they knew that Zhang Yang was a pro yer, someone much more skillful than them!


    Other party members smiled, their anger subsiding. They began to think even more highly of Zhang Yang.


    “Touch the corpse!” Zhang Yang said casually.


    Although Floral Shorts had stayed silent, his reaction was incredibly fast, rushing to the boss’ side and with a touch, 3 equipment and a Roll-the-Dice window had appeared in front of everyone.


    In Roll-the-Dice Mode, for items higher than White tier dropped by the boss, each yer in the party could roll should they desire it. The system would then randomly generate a number between 1 – 100; the yer who had the highest roll would obtain the item they had rolled for. Of course, if there was no need for the item, one could pass.


    [Bloodstained Hat] (ck-Steel, Cloth Armor)


    Armor: +1


    Vitality: +3


    Intelligence: +1


    Level Requirement: 5


    Zhang Yang had chosen to pass and the others were quick in making a choice. A total of 5 yers rolled for the equipment.


    Prideful Precepts, 36 points.


    me Emperor, 87 points.


    Prideful Babysitter, 76 points.


    Floral Shorts, 27 points.


    Kindling Chest Hair, 92 points.


    “Ding! yer Kindling Chest Hair has obtained Bloodstained Hat!”


    The party boiled with anger again.


    “Why the hell did you roll for a cloth armor when you’re not even cloth ssed, motherf*cker! Where did this barbaric Pride Guilde from? All barbarians!”


    Those from Pride kept mum, be it due to having qualms about Zhang Yang’s warning or their arrogance which was keeping them from arguing. What was clear though, was that they were determined to be barbarous to the end. It did not matter whether the other two equipment fit them, they had chosen to roll for them anyway.


    Zhang Yang sent a private message to the other party members one by one saying, “Level 5 ck-Steel equipment are not much better than White-Wood rarity ones. Let them “Need”1 roll! Let us clear the Difficult and Hardcore Modester and show them what real loot is. Make them jealous, that’s the best payback!”


    The yers were thrilled. This would mean that Zhang Yang had intended on leading them to raid both Difficult and Hardcore Modes! After battling two bosses with him, they already had no doubts regarding Zhang Yang’s capabilities. Perhaps Hardcore Mode could be a problem, Difficult Mode though, there would be a big chance that they could clear it!


    Receiving such a promise, the party calmed down. To be honest, Level 5 ck-Steel equipment would have been insignificant to Level 10 yers. It would have been discarded after a few levels of use. The yers from Pride had humiliated themselves for temporary benefits and had also lost their chance to raid the Difficult and Hardcore Modes with Zhang Yang. It was obvious whether they had benefited or suffered a loss.


    [Hard Leather Chest te] (ck-Steel, Leather Armor)


    Armor: +2


    Vitality: +2


    Dexterity: +2


    Level Requirement: 5


    The rest of the party had fought back mercilessly in dealing with the Pride yers’ shameless act. All the yers besides Zhang Yang had joined the roll, Ocean Despair ended up obtaining the equipment. He then passed the equipment to the leather armor ssed yer, Defiant Monk, who had the second highest roll. Defiant Monk was utterly grateful.


    [Hard Leather Gloves] (ck-Steel, Leather Armor)


    Armor: +2


    Vitality: +1


    Dexterity: +1


    Level Requirement: 10


    This equipment, however, had fallen to one of the Pride members. The four of them had looked as contented as winning a 500 million dor grand prize. The others had already adjusted their emotions and had treated them as a joke. Only scornful smiles appeared at the corners of their lips, none of them saying anything.


    The Pride Quad thought they had put a halt to the other party members’ momentum, feeling all the more pleased with themselves.


    “Let’s move forward!” Zhang Yang said calmly after the equipment distribution.


    Bangar Crypt had a total of 3 bosses and another 7 waves of minions along their way to thest boss. The party had spent 20 minutes clearing the minions and had finally reached the ultimate boss after passing through a long tunnel.


    [Gnome Leader Dadarerda] (ck-Steel Boss)


    Level: 14


    HP: 42,000


    Dadarerda was a 5-meter tall giant gnome sitting on a in throne. By his side, 2 guards in duty were guarding seriously.


    [Royal Guard] (Elite)


    Level: 13


    HP: 6,500


    Zhang Yang set his mind straight and began to exin the strategy, “This boss’ battle is divided into 2 parts. First, eliminate the 2 guards. I will grab ahold of their aggro when we begin. Target the ‘star-marked’ one first and then the ‘sun-marked’ next. Then we follow-up with the boss.”


    “The boss has two skills. He will randomly ce fire pits on the ground for the first skill. I think it should be about 10 to 15 pits. You have to pay attention and avoid the pits, because each step will cost you 100 points of damage.”


    “The boss will spin and spew a cone-shaped me for his second skill, and 300 HP will be taken once you’re burned! However, there’s a 2 seconds casting dy that can’t be interrupted but can be used as an indication of attack. The boss does not spin very fast, so as long as you follow its rotation, you’d be able to avoid the me. What you need to pay attention though is that you’ll have to also focus on the fire pits as you evade the spewed me. Keep your eyes on both dangers!”


    Zhang Yang paused and asked, “Is everyone clear? If you don’t understand, ask me now. I can repeat the strategy again.”


    Everyone remained quiet.


    “Very well, we shall start now!” Zhang Yang wielded his sword and ran forward. When he was within the casting range, Zhang Yang used <Charge> and stunned Dadarerda, shing it at the same time. “-52” damage text then floated across the boss’ head.


    When the battle began, the gate to the passageway would be closed automatically and would not open again unless the battle had ended.


    Both the royal guards immediately shrieked in their strange voice and charged towards Zhang Yang.


    “<Block>!”


    “-32!” <Block> reflected damage.


    “-92!” Zhang Yang used <Shield Bash> on the ‘star-marked’ monster.


    “-136!”


    “-142!”


    “-129!”


    Zhang Yang immediately chained <Horizontal Sweep> with his previous attack, causing yellow damage numbers to drift across all three monsters’ heads.


    Without further instruction from Zhang Yang, the party had initiated their attack on the ‘star-marked’ monster at once.


    “Ding! Dadarerda used <Lava Pit>. Lasts for 60 seconds!”


    10 fire rings with 1 meter diameter each then appeared randomly on the battlefield. Some had appeared right beneath the yers’ feet while some had appeared randomly across the battlefield.


    “Beware of your steps!” Zhang Yang reminded.


    Evading 10 pits was fairly easy. Everyone resumed attacking the ‘star-marked’ monster, killing it in just a short amount of time.


    “Ding! The party you are in has killed a Royal Guard! Obtained 700 EXP (50 points Party Bonus)!”


    “Next target! Continue!” Zhang Yangmanded.


    “Ding! Dadarerda used <Lava Pit>. Lasts for 60 seconds!”


    Another 10 fire pits appeared on the field and everyone started bing busy evading the pits.


    Suddenly, Dadarerda stopped attacking and raised its hands. A progress bar appeared on its head as it began chanting in a weirdnguage.


    “Get ready! The boss is going to spit fire! Be on your feet!” Zhang Yang turned and moved away from the boss’ front, pulling the ‘sun-marked’ monster with him.


    “Ding! Dadarerda used <methrower!>”


    Dadarerda opened his mouth and a me more than 30 meters long was spat. He then slowly twirled and began his rotating attack.


    “Take note of where you’re stepping!” Zhang Yang pulled the ‘sun-marked’ monster’s aggro while moving along with the boss, hiding by his side the whole time.


    Even with Zhang Yang’s reminder, a few yers had forgotten about the <Lava Pit> beneath their feet as they evaded <methrower>, causing damage text to float from their heads one by one.


    “Ding! yer Floral Shorts has died!”


    “Ding! yer Prideful Magus has died!”


    “Ding! yer Prideful Babysitter has died!”


    “Ding! yer me Emperor has died!”


    Good job, 4 members had died in an instant! On the other hand, if it were not for Kindling Chest Hair’s 700 HP amodating his damage from <Lava Pit>, he would have turned into a corpse already.


    “Continue the attack!” Zhang Yang did not want to criticize anyone. After all, since this had been everyone’s virgin battle against this boss, progressing in any way was inevitable. Furthermore, the boss would cast <Lava Pit> every 10 seconds. Since the fire pits wouldst for 60 seconds, it meant that there would have been a total of 60 fire pits on the fieldter on, making things even more chaotic.


    And this was only in Normal Mode. The fire pits in Difficult Mode would havested for 90 seconds with an extra 30 pits while Hardcore Mode’s wouldst for 120 seconds, covering almost the entire field with fire pits.


    “Ding! Dadarerda used <Lava Pit>. Lasts for 60 seconds!”


    30 secondster, there were 30 pits on the field. Fortunately, <methrower>’s activation rate was less frequent.


    “Ding! The party you are in has killed Royal Guard! Obtained 700 EXP (50 points Party Bonus)!”


    ‘Sun monster’ kept it up for a while but had eventually sumbed to the party’s nuke.


    “Hurry up and attack the boss!” Zhang Yang hollered softly.


    “Ding! Dadarerda used <Lava Pit>. Lasts for 60 seconds!”


    Almost simultaneously, Dadarerda stopped his attack and a progress bar appeared on its head once again.


    “Ding! Babarerba used <methrower>!”


    With 40 fire pits on the ground, all hell broke loose.


    “Ding! yer Snowy Death has died!”


    “Ding! yer Defiant Monk has died!”


    “Ding! yer Kindling Chest Hair has died!”


    “Ding! yer Hundred Shots has died!”


    “Ding! yer Ocean Despair has died!”


    Amidst the raging me, Zhang Yang became the sole survivor in his party!


    Trantor Note


    1 In Roll-the-Dice Mode, the options a yer is given is normally either Need, Greed, or Pass. yers who rolled Need will be given the highest priority, and so if you rolled a ‘1’ when you chose Need, it did not matter if someone rolled ‘100’ as Greed. You would still be the final winner of the item. In most cases, the game’s system would prevent a yer from rolling Need if the item could not be used by the yer’s character. However, this does not seem to be the case for ‘God’s Miracle’.