The Great Thief - Chapter 1660

Chapter 1660: 1660

It was mostly just Lu Li answering the old man’s questions .

The old man was quite capable at speaking and alleviated Lu Li’s feelings of being interrogated . He didn’t ask about whether Lu Li had a car, a house or how much money he had . Instead, most of the conversation was just about trifling matters . He heard that Lu Li was recently beginning to listen in for some classes in the university, so they also talked about this .

As for the question when Lu Li would marry his granddaughter, that was more of a joke .

His granddaughter would not be that easily married away .

Lu Li talked about some of the things that he learnt from sitting in some of the classes, as well as the things that he couldn’t quite understand . What surprised him was the old man’s intelligence and understanding of different areas . He was able to give clear answers to Lu Li’s questions and also made it easier for Lu Li to understand as well .

The old man was just as surprised as Lu Li was .

It was already impressive enough that Lu Li, as someone without any academic foundation, could understand what was being said in the university . Furthermore, he even managed to ask complex questions which demonstrated critical thinking .

This was a young man who was capable at grasping new things .

He was only hindered by his life’s circumstances . However, he was putting in effort to fill in those gaps during his younger days .

Generally speaking, this interaction was a peaceful one .

Both Lu Li and the old man left great first impressions on one another .

Lu Li did an especially good job of it . He purposely hid the dark side of his youth and was successful in doing so . The old man thought that Lu Li was just a child who faced trials and difficulties when he was younger and used his determination to survive day after day, until the era of gaming arrived, where he blossomed .

The old man didn’t know that Lu Li had become a gangster when he was quite young .

Lu Li saw many different faces of the dark side of society . At the same time, this also formed the dark side of Lu Li . For the sake of survival, he had not been good person .

If the old man knew of Lu Li’s dark past, then it was likely that they wouldn’t be able to talk like this .

In the afternoon, Lu Li and Water Fairy ate lunch with her grandfather . They ate the kinds of food that the elderly people liked to eat, like porridge . It wasn’t a substantial meal, but it was healthy .

Unknowingly, the conversation topic shifted to the organisation of the club .

This opened a whole new can of worms .

In the time after, the old man used his expert mind and analysed Lu Li’s situation for him, then suggested some solutions . The lifespan of this topic lasted a long time, so they kept talking about it from afternoon to night .

Besides the toilet breaks, it was a cup of tea after another while talking .

What a wise man!

Lu Li realised that this old man’s intelligence was one of his defining characteristics .

Lu Li had to admit that during this process of discussion, he gained clarity on many of his questions and dilemmas and had answers to them .

In the end, it was Water Fairy who pulled her grandfather away .

 Again, this second interaction and discussion was extremely fruitful .

The old man thought highly of Lu Li, while Lu Li also felt that the old man was worth learning from . They even organised a time for their next meeting . After all, they both stayed in the same area .

After a few days, the System announced in the world channel that Glory Capital had gotten the First Clear for the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj . This woke Lu Li up from his beautiful dream .

How shameless!

Lu Li usually was the shameless one, but he was furious this time . He cursed Glory Capital for their lack of sportsmanship .

 Everyone agreed to enter the Instance Dungeon together .

“It was you who said it . No one else did . ”

Wandering wasn’t angry at all . There were two Instance Dungeons and the Ruins were the less important one of the two .

“Let’s go . Let’s go . ”

Lu Li immediately voided the agreement and commanded everyone to move for the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj .

The forty players were all familiar faces who were the strongest players from the three allied clubs .

The Main Tank was Azure Sea Breeze, without question . This was the reason as to why Lu Li gave him so much, so that he could handle situations like these . There were two vice-Tanks, which were Wandering and Deep Watersong . World’s Best Friend was outside as a backup .

The healing ranks included March Rain, Star Baby, Darkness, Hachi Chan and others .

The other players were either the pro players from the other clubs or more Ruling Sword players . Drizzle Court and Peerless City players were used to fill vacancies .

As for team composition, Ahn’Qiraj was much more extreme than Blackwing’s Lair . Some Bosses within the Instance Dungeon needed extremely high DPS, while some other Bosses required a defensive team . There were even Bosses that Warriors couldn’t guard against . However, all in all, they needed around 7 Warriors and 15 or 16 Healers . As for the other classes, four or five of each were needed most of the time .

As for team composition, it was likely that it would be different for every stage of the battle, so Lu Li arranged for twenty backups outside of the Instance Dungeon .

Ahn’Qiraj was already overcrowded during this time because the First Clear that Glory Capital took ignited a fire in everyone . Players flooded into the area, but they found that they could only do the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, while the higher-tiered Temple of Ahn’Qiraj had the quest requirement of Opening the Door .

There needed to be at least one player who had completed the quest to enter the Instance Dungeon .

From what Lu Li knew, there were probably around ten clubs who had completed the quest .

Upon entering the Door of Ahn’Qiraj, you would find two pathways . The green door on the left side led to the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, while the green door on the right side led to the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj .

In Lu Li’s eyes, the shameless Glory Capital had betrayed everyone’s trust by secretly taking the First Clear for the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj . However, they were not as shameless as Blood Red War Flag, who had completed the dungeon on Elite difficulty instead of Nightmare . This was engraved into Azeroth’s history books .

If only these people were immortalised as a shameless bunch .

“Start to collect your own potions and elixirs that you need . Squads 1 to 8, enter the Instance Dungeon . As for the rest, just stay outside and wait for instructions . You guys can grind for Reputation outside . There are some officers from our guild in the area, so they will prevent you guys from getting attacked by other players .

The group of Ruling Sword officers were led by Her Tears and were a group of PVP-focused players .

The main group selected Nightmare Difficulty and all forty of them successfully stepped into the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj .

The Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj was just a 20-man Instance Dungeon, with six Bosses in total, while the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj was a 40-man Instance Dungeon, with nine Bosses in total .

The main rewards from this Instance Dungeon were T2 . 5 set items, as well as some other things .

Quests associated with the Instance Dungeon were all received by participating players, even if they were not needed .

Similar to the Ruins, every class’ set of five quests were received and finished within Ahn’Qiraj . This was at the back of Skeram’s room .

All participating players in this Instance Dungeon had also participated in the war against the insects for at least 10 hours .

Therefore, Reputation was not a problem at all .

However, no one would complain about having excess Reputation . It wasn’t difficult to obtain more Reputation anyway .

In the Instance Dungeon, every Boss would drop one Qiraji Lord’s Insignia . This would be given to the NPC at the back of Skeram’s room called Kandrostrasz . The reward of turning the Insignia in would be 500 Broods of Nozdormu Reputation .

Monsters within the Instance Dungeon also could drop an ‘Ancient Qiraji Artifact’ which could be looted over and over again . After receiving the quest ‘Secrets of the Qiraji’ and giving these Artifacts to Andorgos, 1000 points for the Brood of Nozdormu Reputation would be awarded .

Every Boss could drop ‘Imperial Qiraji Armaments’ and ‘Imperial Qiraji Regalia’ . On the left side of C’Thun’s room, there were three Dragons sealed away . Of course, they looked like humans, similar to the three NPCs from before . These Dragons were the ones who went missing in the War of the Shifting Sands – Merithra, Caelestrasz and Arygos .

Three Elementium Ores, as well as Imperial Qiraji Armaments and Regalia could be exchanged powerful weapons .

These quests would all be completed during the battles within the Instance Dungeon .

After entering the Instance Dungeon, they would see a patrolling Obsidian Eradicator . According to how Instance Dungeons had been in Dawn, no one dared to underestimate the guardian monsters anymore .

The guardian monsters in the Molten Core had taught everyone a lesson .

Under normal circumstances, after entering the Temple of Ahn’Qiraj, they would wipe once or twice

 while fighting the Obsidian Eradicator .

These stupid-looking monsters were not to be underestimated .

As magic-based elementals, they had 0 Mana at the beginning of the battle .

Azure Sea Breeze immediately underestimated it and laughed . The damage that was dealt by the Obsidian Eradicator was less than the insects outside, so he might not even need a healer to heal him .

Lu Li could have prevented a tragedy from happening, but Azure Sea Breeze’s arrogance caused Lu Li to forego that notion .

They might as well just wipe once just to teach them a lesson .

After a little over ten seconds, a wave of energy surged through the battlefield . Besides a few players who survived, the rest were killed .

Lu Li used Gale Steps to save himself .

He knew what was about to happen and also knew when he should use Gale Steps .

Other people had no idea .

Even though everyone had the best items now and all had relatively high HP, not many exceeded 6000 HP . Even Moonlight, who was a Berserker, only had over 5000 HP .

Only death awaited those who dared to face the Obsidian Eradicator’s AoE attack with under 6000 HP .

This elemental that had no mana would constantly absorb the players’ mana . Once the mana bar was filled up, an AoE skill that dealt 6500 Nature damage would be unleashed . This monster was similar to the Obsidian Eradicator in the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj .

However, they didn’t enter the Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj, so they obviously did not know this mechanic .

Actually, fighting it was quite simple . Before killing the monster, they just needed to prevent the mana bar from filling up again . Warlocks and Priests had skills to absorb mana, so this was a viable option . Since the Obsidian Eradicator could absorb mana from players, why couldn’t the players absorb its mana?

After realizing the tactic, this monster was a piece of cake to deal with .

After killing the Obsidian Eradictor, everyone was faced with a group of four of Anubisath Sentinels .

Anubisath Sentinel!

Upon seeing the monsters, everyone shivered in fear . The war with the insects had left a mark on the hearts of the participating players . There were even some people who were still dreaming about fighting Scarabs .

The Anubisath warriors were elite monsters in the war against the insects . Their strength and power left a deep impression in everyone’s hearts .

“Don’t be afraid . Let’s go!” Lu Li exclaimed as he pushed Azure Sea Breeze forward .

It wasn’t that these monsters had become weaker . The truth was that these four Anubisath Sentinels were much, much stronger than the ones outside . Squad wipes were only a matter of time .

However, staring at it wasn’t going to deal damage . You couldn’t stare a monster to death .

Everyone killed the first one . This monster had the AoE skill of Shadow Bolt . That attack was like rain, falling down on the players . If they didn’t kill it first, the pressure on the Healers would be too great to handle .

This monster was quickly disposed of . After all, it was only a normal monster .

However, its death didn’t bring relief to the team . Instead, it brought great devastation . This was because after its death, the rest of the three monsters would all begin to use the same skill .

Each of the four Anubisath Sentinels had their own individual skills . Mages could see which Sentinel had which skill . The skills would be learnt by the rest upon the death of one of them . This meant that once the first one died, it would distribute its HP and give its skills to the other three . According to this logic, the last Sentinel would have four skills, which would be the four skills of the original four monsters .

The four monsters would have a different skill each time the battle was reset .

Just then, the one that they killed was the one that knew AoE Shadow Bolt . Upon its death, the other three monsters also knew how to use AoE Shadow Bolt . Furthermore, the HPs of all three remaining monsters skyrocketed .

AoE Shadow Bolt would not be used every time . It was likely for it to be another skill the next time they battled .

The tactic was simple . The Sentinel with the most difficult skill to deal with would be left last to fight . This was because if this Sentinel was killed first, then the other three would gain the skill as well .

After discussing the order of killing, this was the conclusion:

Firstly, it was Fire/Arcane Reflection, Ice/Dark Reflection, then Periodic Knock Away .

The Fire/Arcane Reflection couldn’t be detected by Mages (because it was also arcane magic), so they deduced that if they couldn’t detect it, it would be this skill . Naturally, Magic Reflection meant that they couldn’t use those elements to fight it, while Periodic Knock Away couldn’t be Taunted . They needed to be cautious to survive . These three skills were considered as the easier ones, so the Sentinels with these skills were prioritised .

The next skills were Mortal Strike, Mana Burn and Thorns .

Mortal Strike was also easy, since there were so many Healers here . Mana Burn was to be handled by the melee classes while Thorns was to be handled by the long-ranged attackers .

The next was Recover Wounds .

This was a more difficult skill to deal with, since it provided self-sustainability, so they left it to the end .

Lastly, there was Thunderclap and AoE Shadow Bolt .

These two were AoE skills . Thunderclap had the attacking range of 0-15 metres, while AoE Shadow Bolt had the attacking range of 15-45 metres . Therefore, they needed to watch their positioning . If they dealt with these skills properly, they would be able to minimise the casualties . No matter what, these skills were definitely left to the very end . If more than two Sentinels had these AoE skills, the team would not escape the damage no matter where they stood .

These skills appeared randomly, so they just needed to figure out which Sentinel had which sets of skills and kill them in this order .

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