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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