Chapter 475: Returning to the Winst Castle


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    That got Zhang Yang’s attention, so it might really be true that there was a treasure chamber deep within the Territory!


    He smiled and said, "Alright, seeing that you are so sincere already, I shall help you one more time!"


    "You! You only agreed to help because you heard about the treasure chamber!" Messick was annoyed, "You are even more shameless than I am!"


    "Don’t you dare say something like that to my big brother!" Felice was annoyed by Messick’s words, so she raised up hernce and jabbed the sharp tip straight into Messick butt. Previously, Zhang Yang wasn’t aware of any of the arrows had really gone straight into Messick’s anus, but this time, he was very positive that thence totally prated Messick’s ‘vital’ spot. Messick was in much pain that he kept howling towards the sky as he jumped about 3 meters high, with his hands pressed against his face! His face had turned really pale!


    After recovering from the pain, Messick began to whine andin, "I’d say you, my friend! You must educate this foul littledy friend of yours over here! I might just die thanks to her, before the underlings of that Duchess b*tch can get to me!"


    Zhang Yang faked a cough and told Felice with a serious face, "Felice, you really should not do that. This fellow is just too d*mned dirty. You will just taint your hands by poking him with yournce! So just use your {Fire Missile} next time, if he tries anything weird again!"


    "Roger, big brother!" Felice readily agreed to Zhang Yang’s words.


    Messick rolled his eyes and frowned, "I’d say you, my friend. You must not mislead little girls! You see, I have more time than you do, so why don’t you let me aid you in educating her for a few days..."


    Boom!


    Felice had immediately turned into a magnificent Dragonhawk and had coughed out a st of {Fire Missile} straight at Messick’s face. Messick let out a miserable cry once more, his face ckened with soot once again. So, hey down on the ground, pretending to be dead.


    Zhang Yang kicked him back up the Serpent and jumped on as well, "Felice, let’s get moving!"


    So, the Serpent and Felice fluttered their wings and shot up into the sky in the same instant. The scene was beautiful, and spectacr! They flew towards the direction of the mountains.


    Just like the Morning Town, the Winst Castle was right in the middle of the only route to travel in and out of the Ten Barren Seas from the Japan-Korea server. In other words, the only way of getting into the Ten Barren Seas would be through the Winst Castle! However, possessing a [Flying Mount] changes that. Zhang Yang and Messick could ride the Serpent and simply fly over the mountains and other obstacles on the ground. After about 10 minutes of soaring through the sky, they had crossed over mountains and arrived at a vast and snowy icend.


    The Serpentnded and lowered its head to let Zhang Yang and Messick dismount it.


    Messick let out a yawn and stretched his back right after he got down from the ‘transportation’. Then, his eyes began to ‘lurk’ around, trying to seek for a chance to escape.


    Zhang Yang gave a signal to Felice, and that littledy understood. She immediately opened up her beak and spat another {Fire Missle} straight towards Messick.


    "Argh ---" Messick had lost count of how many times he had shouted in misery as he was once again standing in the middle of a sea of mes, like a rat, without a ce to run.


    Zhang Yang nodded at Felice again before she stopped her attack, and transformed back to her Humanoid Form. Heughed and said, "Phony tailor, it’s your turn to hold up to your end of the deal!"


    Messick was at the end of his rope, so he resignedly said, "My friend, your littledy over here is too ‘hot’ for me! But, I like it!"


    Zhang Yang frowned immediately because this fellow here was definitely on the same ‘level’ as Fatty Han and Endless Starlight! If Fatty Han takes him as a Battle Companion, then... well, things would surely get ‘merrier’!


    Theoretically, yers could pick any creature with limited A.I. as their Battle Companions. That would include monsters, NPCs, and even bosses! But, signing the Contract Bond to acquire a Battle Companion would be extremely difficult. The yer must get the ‘consent’ of the monster or the NPC first, and they had to agree on their own ord!


    As Felice was basically the first Battle Companion in the entire game, so her situation was slightly different. Normally, yers would need to purchase a [Book of Contract Bond] in order to ‘persuade’ a monster or an NPC to be the yer’s Battle Companion. Only after the yer and the monster or NPC have both signed the Contract Bond, then only the process would beplete. That way, yers would be able to store the Battle Companion into their personal Battle Companion Slot. After that, yers would be able to summon these Battle Companions at will.


    When he saw Felice getting furious, he quickly stopped her and said, "If you don’t want to turn into a roasted pig, you start talking, we had a deal! So, stop whining and get to the point! Now!"


    "Alright! I’m not going back to Winst Castle to see that crazy b*tch anymore anyway!" Messick got to his feet and activated his {Light of Life}, and the burn marks on him vanished in an instant. He moved his arms and legs around a little bit and said, "You better empty out her Treasure Chamber, so that she learns well! Get her angry and run! Haha!"


    Finally, Messick has told Zhang Yang about the hidden location of this Treasure Chamber and the method of operating the mechanism of it to enter the chamber. Right after he was done talking, Messick hurriedly left, as he noticed Felice staring at him murderously, yet again! As she had transformed into her Dragon-hawk Form again while he was still talking, that wretched Messick could not help but feel a chill down his spine! Fearful of being burned yet again, he had taken his leave in a hurry


    Zhang Yang turned his sight towards the direction of Winst Castle, and said, "Felice, let’s go back to Winst Castle now!"


    The Serpent took flight again, and under the cover of the lightless night, he managed to get back into the castle without being noticed!


    Following the instructions that Messick had given him, Zhang Yang arrived at the tallest building of the entire castle. It was the same, conspicuous tower with the g, that had gotten Zhang Yang’s attention when he first got here. Four statues of ancient gods were ced right outside the pce. Each of the statues held up a different kung-fu pose.


    Zhang Yang began to lead Felice and the Serpent into the pce as the Serpent was struggling to fit its long andrge body into space.


    "Who goes there!" two heavily armored guards withnces in their hands suddenly leaped out from behind the pirs! Theirnces flew at Zhang Yang, before he could even retort.


    [Pce Guard] (Normal, Humanoid)


    Level: 115


    HP: 17,800


    Defense: 100


    Melee Attack: 5,103 - 6,103


    These Normal Tiered monsters had no skills of their own whatsoever. They only knew regr attacks!


    Felice answered them with her ownnce. sh! sh! One sh at a time, she took out the two Pce Guards with ease! Having such a powerful Battle Companion, Zhang Yang became much more rxed. Against normal monsters, he no longer needed to raise a finger. Felice would easily wipe the floor with them! Even if the monsters survived the first hit from Felice’snce, the Serpent would finish them off! So, it did not matter, even if Felice does not manage to take them out with a single blow.


    Proceeding forward like an unstoppable train, Zhang Yang ventured deeper into the pce. He stopped at a towering statue.


    ording to Messick, there would be a switch mechanism right on the back of this statue. All Zhang Yang needed to do to get the entrance open would be to turn the switch button 3 times to the left, 4 times to the right, and 2 times to the left. After Zhang Yang did what he was told, he heard a sound - ‘Click cluck!’. A door appeared right behind the statue, and the path that leads down to the underground seemed eerie and spooky.


    Zhang Yang went down the stairs swiftly, Felice following closely behind. Meanwhile, the Serpent attempted to squeeze itself into the entrance, however, got its body stuck in between two walls beside it! The big fellow was unwilling to admit the fact that it was no longer a cute, little thing, but a giant beast. It blinked its two little eyes pitifully at Zhang Yang, trying to wriggle its butt in, as if it wanted to prove that it still had a slim, small body! Well, it looked more cute than pitiful.


    As Zhang Yang could feel the dust falling from the ceiling, he could not help but to get worried that if Serpent continues forcing its way through, the entire underground tunnel might just copse! So, he quickly unsummoned Serpent and continued his way deeper into the Treasure Chamber that he had been promised. As hoped, he did arrive at the Treasure Chamber! That Messick may not be all bad, after all!


    The chamber was vast, and torches hung on the walls, illuminating the entire chamber. There was arge number of Treasure Chests lying around the sides of the room where Zhang Yang stood. Some of the Treasure Chests were open, and there were countless jewelry, gold, silver and other kinds of treasure within those chests! Illuminated by the torches, the treasures looked like a scene from a fairytale!


    "Who dares to trespass into the Treasure Chamber of the Winst Family! Whoever you are, you must die!" Suddenly, a guard with a full set of Heavy Armor came out of nowhere and swung his sword towards Zhang Yang!


    [Treasure Chamber Guard] (Elite, Humanoid)


    Level: 115


    HP: 1,150,000


    Defense: 1,200


    Melee Attack: 8,123 - 9,123


    Skill:


    [Heart Pierce]: Inflicts a massive blow to the target. The attack depends on the duration of the charge. Inflicts a basic damage of 100% melee attack. Damage will increase by 100% for every 1 more second of chanting period. Can stack up to 500% of damage. Chanting time: 1 - 4 seconds. Range: 30 meters.


    Note: Loyal Squire of the Winst Family, guards the safety of the Treasure Chamber. Anyone who dares trespass the Treasure Chamber bes their target for elimination!


    This {Heart Pierce} was something to watch out for!


    It was still manageable for Zhang Yang as there was only one monstering at him with {Heart Pierce}. But, what if a few more monsters charged at Zhang Yang with {Heart Pierce}? What that was more impressive the fact that this monster was supposed to be a melee-type monster, but its {Heart Pierce} was actually a ranged attack! What the hell is this!


    As he thought about this, Zhang Yang had already charged up to the monster, with his [Sword of Purging Devourer] drawn! He swung his sword across the air and the sharp edge of his sword cut through the armor of the monster. The sound of metal shing into each other nged across the area repeatedly, as Zhang Yang continuously shing the monster without mercy.


    Felice had also transformed into Dragon-hawk Form and had begun tounch her skill - {Fire Missile}!


    The existence of this elite monster was definitely a nightmare to every other single yer in the current stage of the game! Its normal attack was already 8,600 damage! yers would normally only have about 30,000 HP, even if the yers are equipped with a full set of Yellow-Gold equipment. They would most probably die after four to five hits from the monster!


    Zhang Yang was no such yer, however.The normal attack of the Pce Guard could only deal about 3,000 damage, due to his ridiculously high defense. Even though the Pce guard had a terrifyingly long health bar of 1,150,000 health points, Zhang Yang and Felice working together was another different matter! It would only take about 1 minute for them to y this monster.


    Not long after the battle started, a progress bar suddenly appeared right above the head of the Pce Guard. Zhang Yang saw it with his sharp eyes and he reacted almost immediately. He smacked the Pce Guard with his shield and threw him off his bnce. The progress bar of the monster was interrupted before it could even beunched!


    Shoof!


    However, the monster was still able tond one attack on Zhang Yang, inflicting Zhang Yang with a damage of 2,842 points!


    Well, it was a Skill attack, and as long as the monster can lock onto a target, then the monster would definitely be able to hit its target! However, because the progress bar of the monster was interrupted by Zhang Yang’s ‘Supporting Attack’, the monster could only inflict Zhang Yang with 100% Basic Damage, and Zhang Yang did not feel a thing at all!


    The battle raged on, with the sound of the metal shing into each other. Zhang Yang had fully exerted the potential of ‘Supporting Attack’. He oppressed the monster with his crazy and powerful moves, to the point that the monster could not even regain its bnce! Out of 5 of his poorly swung normal attacks, it would be considered to be very lucky if one of its attacks could evennd on Zhang Yang!


    In just a brief moment, the Pce Guard nked to the ground, dead, dropping a pair of Gray-Silver Tier gloves. Unfortunately, Gray-Silver Tier equipment were no longer worth a penny at all! Maybe the gloves, shields, and nes could still be sold for hundreds of gold, but the gloves and chest tes of this tier would only sell for about 50 gold, at best.


    Zhang Yang continued to push deeper into the Treasure Chamber. Naturally, Pce Guards would cut in and interrupt his process,ing in one after another. However, every single one of them fell quickly under his sword, providing a substantial amount of experience points.


    As Serpent was too big to move freely in the Treasure Chamber, Zhang Yang summoned Whitey instead to move faster. Why didn’t he summon Mythical Turtle? The reason was simple, it was because the Turtle was simply too slow! Unless Turtle had a pair of rockets strapped behind it’s back, it would not be able to keep up with the rapid pace that Zhang Yang had set.


    After pushing forward for a while, Zhang Yang found himself in arge hall. And finally, there was a more powerful monster in front of him!


    [Guardian Tenbardu] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)


    Level: 115


    HP: 5,750,000


    Defense: 2,000


    Melee Attack: 9,820 - 10,820


    Skills:


    [Ground Crusher]: Cracks the ground open with extreme power, causing the floor to break, creating rocks that will beunched at its target, inflicting 200% Physical Damage to the target.


    [Meteor Summon]: Summons a wave of meteors that will rain down upon an area of 10 X 10 meter square, inflicting 20,000 Physical Damage every second! Lasts for 5 seconds.


    [Bleed]: Target will bleed continuously while being struck in the head, neck, chest and other vital parts of the body, inflicting an amount of health loss, equivalent to 1% of the target’s maximum HP.


    Note: The left-hand man of the Duchess Winst.


    This boss waspletely bare-chested, only wearing a pair of trousers. He was simrly bare-footed, and he wore a pair of punching gloves on his hands. Vague, cold, light beamed from in between his fingers.


    Zhang Yang had no worry of facing a Yellow-Gold boss, however, there were 5 fully-armored Elite Tier Pce Guards, standing right behind Guardian Tenbardu! Those were the deadly Pce Guards who were capable of using {Heart Pierce}! If they ever activated their skills at the same time...


    Zhang Yang took a deep breath, preparing for a tough battle ahead, awakening his full potential!


    "Felice, just follow my lead! Whichever monster I take, support me with everything you’ve got!"


    "Roger, big brother!" Felice nodded.


    With a throw of {Spear of Obliteration}, the battle finally began!


    "Where did the rate from? How dare you trespass the Treasure Chamber! Allow me, Tenbardu, to be the one who ends your life!" Tenbardu was not particrly tall, but his muscr body packed a lot of power. Those bulging, explosive muscles would twitch and jerk about whenever he moved.


    His footwork was extremely swift, as he charged up to Zhang Yang at supersonic speed! He raised his fist and threw a punch at Zhang Yang’s head!


    The Physical Attacks of the boss had a {Bleed} effect. Zhang Yang did not dare to let the boss hit his ‘vital’ parts! So, he quickly raised up his shield when he saw the fist flying at him! It would really be troublesome, if Zhang Yang ever lets the boss touch any of his ‘vital’ parts!


    Kaboom!


    The fist of Tenbardunded on the shield solidly, pushing Zhang Yang two to three steps back! Obviously, the boss slightly overpowered him!


    Zhang Yang already has a full set of Violet-tinum equipment over his body, so he would have enough strength to literally crush a Yellow-Gold boss! But, his [Titan Wall] was just a Level 80 Violet-tinum shield. It would not be a problem for him to crush a Level 80 Yellow-Gold boss! But, Tenbardu is a Level 115 Yellow-Gold boss! Those numbers made a lot of difference!


    Furthermore, Zhang Yang was geared up for defensive battles. Naturally, he would becking in the offense department.


    "Kill!" The five elite ce Guards also joined the battle. They started to surround Zhang Yang in a circr formation.


    Zhang Yang picked one of the Pce Guards, and began tounch his assaults aggressively, with his [Sword of Purging Devourer].


    Felice was unlike a [Mount] which would require Zhang Yang’smand to act, this littledy had a high amount of autonomy, which would allow her to adapt and act in various situations. She immediately joined the battle and supported Zhang Yang with her {Fire Missile}.


    The moment that Zhang Yang had been waiting for finally arrived! The Rage Points that Zhang Yang umted was enough for him to strike! With a stomp on the ground, Zhang Yang activated his {Thunder Strike} and caught all 5 Pce Guards with slow down effects. He quickly ran out of their formation to minimize his injuries. But, the boss was not affected by his {Thunder Strike}. He continued punching at the face and neck of Zhang Yang, trying to inflict Zhang Yang with his {Bleed} effect!


    Zhang Yang was not able to evade the swift punches of the boss, but he could at least put up his best efforts at preventing the boss from punching the ‘vital’ points of his body! His main aim was to avoid being afflicted with the {Bleed} effect!


    The attack power of Felice was extremely powerful! With just a few strikes, she had already managed to hook over the aggro of the Pce Guard. However, Zhang Yang activated his {Provoke} to hook the monster back to him as a temporary measure.


    After a short while, the five elite monsters suddenly stopped their assaults. Progress bars appeared on their heads, all of a sudden!


    They were about to activate their {Heart Pierce} together!