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The Great Thief - Chapter 372




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Chapter 372
Bloodmage Thalnos was from the Kirin Tor faction and was an absolute asshole .


Kirin Tor was a Mage organisation dedicated to researching and documenting all forms of human magic, and had existed for over a thousand years .
A long time ago, most Wizards and Magi resided in Stormwind City . However, the ruler during those times was afraid of magic and sorcery and thus, began setting up restrictions and limitations to control the powers of these Mages . Most of them fled to the North and built the City of Dalaran with the help of the High Elves .
As time went on, more and more came to seek shelter in Dalaran, which became a paradise for Mages .
However, as their numbers and power grew, more and more magi began to practice their arts . This caused the fabric of reality around Dalaran began to weaken and tear, allowing the demons of the Burning Legion to enter the world .
The Burning Legion were too overwhelmingly powerful for the Dalarans to deal with and so, the Kirin Tor was founded to defend against them .
Unfortunately, Kirin Tor could not alter the fate of these Wizards . While Prince Alsace Minnel led the Scourge and swarmed the land of Lordaeron, Kel'thuzad summoned Archimonde using the Book of Medivh .
The arrival of Archimonde left the city in a pile of nothing but ashes and sorrows .
Thalnos, who was a mere Magi Disciple at the time, watched as the great City of Dalaran become nothing but ruins .
The irony was that he never resented Kel’thuzad, Archimonde nor the leader of the Scourge, Alsace . Instead, he envied how strong and powerful they were .
Through the years, Thalnos hid in the camp of the Crusaders and explored the world of Necromancy .
He tortured the spirits of the weak and the poor, and even the spirits of dead Crusade soldiers .


His job in the Crusaders was to quarantine and execute those that were plagued with diseases . As such, he could freely acquire spirits and demons for his Necromancy .
Based on his background lore, Thalnos sounded like he would be too powerful for a group of level 30 players to defeat .
However, over the years, he had suffered injuries and contracted the plague of the Undead, turning him into a fearsome, skeletal being . He now prowled the Scarlet Monastery graveyards as a much weaker version of his old self .
Lu Li approached the largest tomb stone in the graveyard and pushed opened the door .
Two large bats appeared and began attacking them . These were the guards of Blood Mage Thalnos and were responsible for dealing with uninvited guests .
Azure Sea Breeze managed to aggro one of them, while the other one aggroed onto Lu Li .
Everyone focused on the bat that was aggroed by Azure Sea Breeze . These bats had higher HP than Elite monsters but were relatively easy to deal with .
When the two guards were defeated, the Blood Mage sensed the intruders .
He slowly appeared from the graveyard, with his red, glowing eyes threatening to suck them into an endless abyss .
Bloodmage Thalnos: Level 30, 150,000 HP . He wore a dark green Mage robe and a tall Wizard hat . His face appeared blurry and no one could see his expressions clearly .
In his hands, he held a long staff which was topped with a skull .


The eye socket of the skull was flickering flashes of a gloomy shade of green . The mouth was distorted and let out disturbing, mournful laughs .

"Azure Sea Breeze, don’t just stand there! You can attack him! Wandering, stay put near the entrance and make sure Thalnos doesn’t leave the dungeon room . If he tries to escape, then use Taunt to lure him back into the room," Lu Li commanded .
This was one of the strategies to defeat Thalnos . If he escaped out of the room, he would resurrect the corpses and souls which would just create more problems for Lu Li and the others .
Fighting Thalnos inside the dungeon room decreased the difficulty by at least 20%, which could be the difference between a successful or failed run .
The other teams that were attempting to complete the First Clear for this dungeon were struggling because of the small mobs . They were extremely difficult to deal with and they greatly increased the difficulty of the dungeon .
The mobs that Thalnos summoned were at least 10 times stronger than the Zombies summoned by the Tomb Guards . These mobs were on a completely different level and they also received healing from Thalnos .
Of course, besides this strategy, there were other factors that made this dungeon difficult .
As the final boss of the Scarlet Monastery, Thalnos was extremely annoying to defeat .
The room for the boss battle was quite cramped and the lighting was dim, which made the fight much more difficult and confusing than it would have been otherwise . Because of the dim room, the flashes of magic and animations of skills were very distracting for players . They also gave Lu Li a headache .
"Everyone space out and keep at least two yards from each other!" Lu Li yelled .
"My skill will be out of range!" Remnant Dream shouted back .
"You don’t have to go so far – just stand next to March Rain . When she moves, you move with her . " Lu Li was speechless at her lack of common sense .
"Sister March Rain, can you guide me later?" Remnant Dream was slow to react but was clever enough to ask for help .
"Ok . " March Rain smiled at the young Hunter .
After some shuffling around, everyone was finally in the correct positions .
No one knew what Lu Li was up to, but they all followed his commands anyway . Wandering was the only person that didn’t blindly follow Lu Li’s arrangement . Instead, he figured out that this formation allowed the team to react quickly under any situation .
"You underestimate my powers," Thalnos laughed as he pointed his staff towards them .
"Riceball, move 2 yards in any direction! Quick!" Lu Li yelled .
Sesame Riceball was a dungeon veteran and knew that he was in a bad position . He quickly shifted to his left by a couple of steps and stood near Lonesome Flower .
After 10 seconds had passed, Lu Li made him move to his original position .
Sakura Memory was targeted next . Since she was a melee class, there wasn’t enough space for her to move around . As such, Lu Li, Moonlight, Sakura Memory and Azure Sea Breeze all had to shift two yards away from where they were originally standing .
There was a reason for the 2-yard spacing between each player .
If it weren’t for Lu Li orchestrating the movement and positioning of everyone, anyone that stood still for three seconds would be affected by a debuff that stopped time .
The debuff wouldn’t cause any damage to the player, but for two minutes, they would be unable to cast skills, move, or even blink .
A two-minute window where a player could not deal any damage did not not seem like much, but Thalnos casted this skill every 30 seconds . This de-buff was an area of effect skill that had a radius of 2 yards and was casted randomly in the dungeon room .
This was the reason why Lu Li had arranged the formation in such a way .
All Lu Li had to do was watch the attack patterns of Thalnos and keep an eye on where his staff was pointed towards . Then, he would command the corresponding person to reposition accordingly . This required great foresight and intense judgement skills .
Many other Elite groups of the big guilds were struggling greatly to deal with this skill .
Even Sorrowless was clueless about this dungeon . Glory Capital had been trying to defeat Thalnos the entire afternoon the day before but were annihilated countless times . After many runs, they had devised a number strategies to deal with the de-buff skill .
Their strategy however, only had the accuracy of around 50% .
This meant the 50% of the time, a party member would be hit by the de-buff .
According to Sorrowless’ calculations, you needed an accuracy of 80% to defeat Thalnos .





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