The Great Thief - Chapter 377

Chapter 377

Chapter 377: Elites Were Not Easy Pickings

Translator: Halcyon Translations  Editor: Halcyon Translations

In the storm of arrows that were fired, some of them would slip through and hit them . However, most of the arrows were blocked by the Grass shield .

After they moved a little closer, Lington commanded the archers to shoot fire arrows . After a few arrows hit the grass shield, it caught on fire . Everyone was choking from the smoke and the fire was dealing a lot of damage to them .

"Change the shield!" Lu Li shouted while coughing .

Azure Sea Breeze threw away the big grass shield that he was holding onto and equipped a new one from his bag .

Braving the barrage of arrows, the Xin Xin Mercenary Group slowly inched towards the archers .

Could they have directly attacked them?

Sure, but it would have placed a huge burden on the healers . Lu Li had set the dungeon on Nightmare Difficulty, which meant that the monsters had 50% more attack power than they did at Elite difficulty . They also had Armor Break, Piercing and other attribute debuffs that would have inevitably resulted in some of them dying .

Azure Sea Breeze would hold the shield, so that March Rain only needed to occasionally heal him . The others just had to stay low and follow behind him .

They couldn’t help but admire his prudence . Following him into Instance Dungeons was always an eye-opening experience . He did things that no one else would think of and it would work so effectively .

Eventually they were receiving attacks from all directions .

"Breezy, you keep their aggro . Everyone else, attack the archers . " Lu Li’s voice was steady as the battle begun .

In reality, he didn’t need to say anything . Everyone knew that they needed to attack the archers first; they only had 800 HP after all . However, compared to other level 30 elites, they had a ridiculous amount of damage .

For an Elite to have such little HP and Defense meant that they had exchanged it for a very high Attack . As such, if they couldn’t quickly kill these archers, they were done for .

If they didn’t kill the archers first, the whole group would be killed .

Twenty archers had died and Lington hadn’t done anything about it yet .

It didn’t matter how powerful he was as his strength was in his commanding ability .

Given the fact that he wasn’t a proper Boss, Lington’s own strength was actually quite mediocre . It only took them a few minutes to kill him on the spot .

Although he was weak, he still yielded a large amount of EXP . After all, this was an Instance Dungeon at Nightmare Difficulty .

Lonesome Flower also received quite a bit of EXP and managed to level up . He had become the second person in the party to reach level 30 . He was also the second person in Dawn to do so .

The rest of the group were all level 29 . Azure Sea Breeze, Sakura Memories and March Rain were the exceptions that had almost reached level 30 .

Sakura Memories and Azure Sea Breeze were both levelling madmen . These two didn’t do anything else apart from Instance Dungeons and farming . As long as they had time, they would spend it on levelling, which is how they had made it to fifth on the level rankings .

Azure Sea Breeze spent most of the time pulling the mobs towards Lonesome Flower, who would then cast his area of effect skills while being healed by March Rain . This was quite an efficient strategy .

When Lonesome Flower was pressed for time, he would charge into a group of level 32 mobs and rely on his resistances . He looked for mobs that had high attack and low HP to bolster his EXP gain . It was also quite efficient for him to farm on his own .

Unfortunately, this time, no one received any Skill Points . They only had the equipment drops to look forward to .

Officer Lington had dropped three things . The first was a Warlock Skill Book; this was given to Sesame Rice Ball .

The other two were equips with decent attributes . The first equip was a pair of Gold Priest Healing Gloves which allowed a Priest’s next skill to be cast instantaneously .

This was an exquisite effect for saving a critical situation .

For Magic Professions, the longer it took to channel a skill, the stronger it was . The Priest’s healing skills worked the same way .

If there was a longer channel time, then more health could be restored . March Rain could use these gloves to instantly heal up dying teammates .

The other equip was a level 30 Silver Cloak that was for Hunters . Not only did it increase movement speed, but it also increased range by 20% . Although it was very useful for a Hunter that liked to kite with their bow, Remnant Dream was unlikely to make use of it .

However, as a level 30 Silver equip, its attributes were much better than that of a level 25 equip . As such, there was no question about whether to equip it or not .

After Lington died, a door in the courtyard opened up .

When they passed through, they found themselves in another courtyard, facing Dog Trainer Roxi . This was where she trained the hounds .

There were many Scarlet Monks patrolling the courtyard . Dog Trainer Roxi’s work was very important to the Scarlet Crusade, as they intended to use the hounds to fight the Ccourge . They also had the added benefit of being able to tell who had been affected by the plague .

These Scarlet Monks didn’t seem difficult to deal with . They didn’t have much HP and instead had higher than average attack .

However, this dungeon was still at Nightmare Difficulty, so inferences couldn’t be drawn from the knowledge they had gained from the previous dungeon . If they treated the monks as some kind of fodder, they were likely to clear out Lu Li’s entire party .

Fortunately, Lu Li was well aware of how hard it was to deal with these Scarlet Monks .

"Remnant Dream use your bow and arrows . Breezy and Wandering, you guys draw aggro . Let’s divide them into two groups before attacking them . Do not let more than two Scarlet Monks stand together," Lu Li said seriously .

"What happens if more than two of them are standing together?" Wandering asked .

"The three monks will cast a flame storm together . It has a wide range and deals a large amount of damage . It could clear us all out instantly," Lu Li explained .

With that possibility in mind, Azure Sea Breeze and Wandering acted cautiously, and Remnant Dream didn’t dare to do anything that might transfer the aggro .

The monks were similar to the Paladins, but they were even more devout . Their way of life could only be described as ‘bitter’, and regardless of whether it was a time of peace or war, they just drank water, ate rough dry bread, wore linen cloths and wielded simple weapons .

As they were fighting them, Lu Li made sure to instill a particular lesson into his teammates .

He did so especially for Azure Sea Breeze and Wandering, who would often command other teams . The lesson was this: do not underestimate level 30 elites .

The Elites were not easy pickings!

Perhaps they were not the most powerful, but they usually had their own unique ability .

Take these monks for example – the Xin Xin Mercenary Group could easily take out a lone monk . However, if three of them stood together, they could easily exterminate ten players .

The idea was simple, but most other players could only recognize it after they had been slaughtered by these monks .

They had spent an hour clearing out these monks, but Lu Li didn’t become impatient .

At that time, the Ruling Sword’s Elite group had destroyed the Scarlet Cemetery’s hidden grave guards and had started on Bloodmage Thalnos .

The Elite Group had 100 players which were split into parties of ten . With Lu Li’s secret strategy, they managed to clear out the hidden grave fairly easily, which yielded equipment and high spirits .

Ruling Sword’s Elite group turned out to be stronger than they had expected .

The other guilds had many parties as well, but no one else had found the hidden grave!