The Great Thief - Chapter 371

Chapter 371

Chapter 371: Hidden Boss

Translator: Halcyon Translations  Editor: Halcyon Translations

Dungeon difficulty: "Difficult mode" .

This dungeon was easy as long as players understood the mechanics behind it . As such, there was no need for the team to attempt Heroic mode; they went straight for the Difficult mode .

As for the Nightmare difficulty, the Bloodmage in this mode would be able to cast a fearful spell – Death and Decay . This skill would instantly kill any players, including the main tank .

If the skill was casted on the main tank or healer, the team would wipe . If other people sacrificed themselves, the rest of the team would be able to pass through . This meant that the Nightmare mode relied heavily on luck, but Ruling Sword really needed a First Clear right now to maintain their popularity . There was no need for them to test their luck .

In Dawn, many Instances were either dungeons or chambers . Spider Lair, Death Mines, Howling Caves, Blackfathom were all good examples of this .

However, the graveyard was an exception .

After they entered the dungeon, they found themselves in the chilly night .

The night sky was clear and the stars were incredibly bright, but no one would come here for stargazing, because this was where the dead rested .

Cemeteries stood on both sides of the path, as if they were soldiers waiting to be inspected .

The two young girls, Hachi Chan and Remnant Dream, didn’t express a single bit of fear on their faces .

They had grown up happily and had never experienced a lonely and hopeless night .

One time, Lu Li had been beaten-up by others to the point where he couldn’t stand up . It wasn’t until the later part of midnight when he was finally able to drag himself back home . Ever since then, Lu Xin had been scared of the dark . Until she was ten years old, she needed the company of her brother to have a good night’s sleep .

"This place is strange . If you guys don’t have any objections, I’m going to engage," Azure Sea Breeze said as he raised his shield and took two steps forward .

"Wait," Lu Li stopped him, "Let’s do it another way this time . "

Everyone waited when Lu Li spoke; they all had blind faith towards him . As long as Lu Li said something, there would definitely be a reason for it .

"We’ll take all of them down in one wave, which means that you’ll have to drag all of the monsters behind you in one go . Make sure to not miss any of them, not even a single one," Lu Li instructed, as he pointed towards the monsters in the dungeon .

"Why?" Azure Sea Breeze didn’t understand and the others were all confused too .

Why did they have to kill all the monsters in one go? Why not follow the usual procedures?

There were two types of monsters within eyesight - Frenzied Spirits, that looked similar to a white shadow, and a corpse-like zombie .

The entire graveyard was filled with these two types of monsters . There were a few dozen of them in total .

A few dozen elite monsters wasn’t a small number at all, and there were some level thirty elites mixed within as well . Although level 29 and level 30 was only a one level difference, the strength of monsters would greatly improve at every ten-level mark .

"Hmm, according to the books, there’s a Graveyard Keeper in this graveyard . Of course, when all the monsters are asleep at the same time, he’ll come out . Before the Scarlet Monastery was established, this place was actually just a graveyard," Lu Li said .

He chose a reasonable excuse; the descriptions for Scarlet Monastery did mention something similar .

"Hidden? Is it strong?" Wandering, who was the smart one, immediately understood what the Graveyard Keeper was .

"Should be alright . We’ll be able to manage," Lu Li replied vaguely .

The Graveyard Keeper wasn’t hard and it dropped good loot as well . The Ghost Shadow Cloak was known as the best cape for level 30 magic damage classes, but hidden bosses were rare . The Graveyard Keeper had an extremely low chance to appear .

Only Lu Li knew that if you killed all the monsters at the same time, there was a hundred percent chance for the Graveyard Keeper to appear . This was a secret discovered by others in Lu Li’s previous life .

However, it had only been discovered a long time after the game had been out . Most people wouldn’t drag so many monsters in one go anyway, and the average players wouldn’t even have the capability to do so .

At this point, only Lu Li knew about this .

The method was simple – Wandering pulled the left side, while Lu Li pulled the right side . After bringing all the monsters together, Azure Sea Breeze would use his damage reduction skills and taunts .

The task was slightly easier for Lu Li . As soon as the monsters followed him, he ran away . His movement speed was fast, so the monsters were unable to catch up to him . Wandering, on the other hand, was having a bit of trouble dragging the monsters behind him without a healer . Fortunately, Lu Li went over to help him, and both of them managed to pull all the monsters together .

Azure Sea Breeze was already waiting; he activated his damage reduction skills first, then used his group taunt at the entire pack of monsters .

The monsters immediately turned their heads to target the person who had taunted them . As soon as Azure Sea Breeze casted his taunt, the others immediately began to deal damage to the monsters . They had to kill all of the monsters before the main tank used up his damage reduction skills, otherwise, there was the possibility of Azure Sea Breeze dying .

Fortunately, they had two strong magic damage dealers on the team – Lonesome Flower and Sesame Rice Ball . Remnant Dream’s Volley was also quite useful in group fights, and everyone managed to wipe out the entire pack of forty to fifty monsters .

The total time spent on this was less than three minutes .

"I’ve been dreaming for too long . "

After a sigh, the Graveyard Keeper slowly crawled out from the center of the Graveyard .

When the Scarlet Crusaders first arrived, they claimed that the Graveyard Keeper had been infected by the natural disaster . They killed him, a man who was only interested in investigating corpses, and buried him in the Graveyard . Little did they know that the Graveyard Keeper had turned into a zombie .

"Go! Priests, make sure to de-buff the plague status in time," Lu Li said briefly as he announced for the fight to begin .

The Graveyard Keeper had three spells .

One of these spells was Throw Poison, which caused players to be infected by the plague . It was mostly thrown onto the main tank, but as long as the Priest removed the effect in time, it wouldn’t be much of a threat .

The second skill was Summon Undead which would spawn a few monsters . However, with a taunt from Wandering and a Blizzard from Lonesome Flower, this skill wasn’t too hard to deal with either .

The third skill was Devour . After casting this, the Graveyard Keeper would sit on the floor and devour the Undead that the players had previously killed . This would heal a certain amount of his health, but the skill only slowed down his death timer . The maximum he could heal from this was about 10-20,000 HP out of a total of 90,000 HP . In the end, he would still be killed by the players .

As a level 30 boss, he gave quite a bit of experience .

Remnant Dream went up to loot the corpse, but she only found one Silver grade equipment .

Everyone was disappointed, apart from Lu Li .

Ghost Shadow Cloak (Silver): Armor 24, Intelligence 20, Mana Regeneration +20%, Mana Cost decreased by 20%, Magic Critical Strike Chance +10%, Level Requirement 30, Durability 42/42 .

After Lu Li displayed the attributes of the Cloak, there was no surprise that Lonesome Flower and Sesame Rice Ball’s eyes lit up .

Any equipment that had a 10% bonus attribute for Critical Strike chance would be regarded as classical . This was without even mentioning the mana regeneration and mana cost reduction that allowed the owner of this Cloak to battle on for longer .

This meant that the time spent on eating and recovering would be greatly reduced for the player during their leveling-up process .

"Flower, you take it . His skills cost a little more mana," Lu Li said as he handed the Cloak to Lonesome Flower .

Although Sesame Rice Ball wanted it too, he didn’t ask for it . He knew that as long as he followed Lu Li, Lu Li wouldn’t mistreat him .

They could always get another one – there was a 100% chance of fighting the Graveyard Keeper after all .

It didn’t really matter who received the Cloak .

In this dungeon, there was only one boss in the graveyard, not including the Graveyard Keeper . Since all of the monsters had already been cleared, the team went straight for the territory of Bloodmage Thalnos .