The Great Thief - Chapter 686

Chapter 686

This was the set up that players usually followed in a dungeon .

When they come across a new monster, they would send someone to scout it out and come back with some information in order to come up with the right way to deal with it .

Lu Li did not stop him because he was confident in his teammate .

Losing him would impact the dungeon run negatively, but he trusted in Cain's Left Hand's mechanics and game sense . In Ruling Sword, Cain was arguably within the top 3 Thieves in the guild . There were only a few that were better than him and they would constantly practice against one another to determine who was on top .

Since Lu Li was the number one Thief in the game, many of the top Thieves joined Ruling Sword to train under his guidance .

Cain's Left Hand aggroed the monster and stopped in his tracks as a few spears were thrown towards him . He also noticed that there were a few spears that had flown right past .

If he didn't react, then at least two spears would hit him directly . There were also three more spears being thrown from different directions, forming a triangle that would cut off his escape routes .

He tumbled and dodged the two spears coming directly towards him, but was hit by one that landed deep in his left shoulder .

-348HP!

The damage was a considerable amount; these were Lv40 monsters after all .

Lu Li was very pleased with Cain's performance because he did exactly what he would have done . Cain then immediately got up and charged towards the two Maraudine Scouts .

He had tested out their attacks, but hadn't tested our their Defense .

If he had used Gale Steps while he was being attacked before, he wouldn't have taken any damage . This showed that he still had some way to go as a monster scouter .

He activated his speed boost and appeared next to the monster almost immediately, then used Ambush .

His positioning was on-point because it allowed him to attack one of the monsters while blocking the others because he wasn't in line of sight . This way, only two monsters could attack him at once .

The Completion on his Ambush wasn't very high . At 71%, it dealt around 170 points of damage .

"We can defeat it . Should we go and clean them up?" Deep Watersong asked Lu Li after running the numbers through his head . Even though Water Fairy was his leader, Lu Li was clearly the commander of this dungeon run .

"Of course not – let's stealth past them . Cain, come back," Lu Li said .

Deep Watersong was confused with Lu Li's logic and reasoning, but he wasn't a whiny type of guy and did not argue against the call . However, he was still interested as to why Lu Li chose to make this decision .

Cain's Left Hand Stealthed away and the aggro on the Centaurs was reset .

When they crept past the group of Centaurs, Deep Watersong quickly realised why Lu Li had instructed them against fighting .

There were countless Centaurs in sight!

There were more than ten kinds of Centaur units all clustered around the same area . They were all in groups of more than 10, with some of them even huddled together in groups of 100 .

However, no matter what type of unit they were, they all carried the same spear on their back .

There were five savage Centaur Tribes in Barrenlands that dominated all the other races with their sheer numbers and took control of the entire map .

Each tribe had their own individual leader who was revered and respected by the whole tribe . These tribes were differentiated by their colors – black, brown, green, red and yellow – which were marked on their weapons and their faces .

The tribal leaders would rarely interact with each other unless it was for a war .

The Centaurs that were guarding the door to entrance of Maraudon were all warriors that excelled at both long range and close combat . Their culture was built on a strong foundation of trampling over their enemies in wars . In the Centaur community, only the strongest and most vicious individuals could survive, which resulted in a race that could endure any hardship and overcome any obstacles .

This was why Lu Li wanted a team of Stealth players . It was impossible to get through the swarm of Centaurs by defeating them one by one .

Lu Li did not want to explore the dungeon and eventually get run over by a bunch of Centaurs .

If they were able to Stealth past these monsters, then none of this would be a problem to them .

The monsters here were all Lv40 and the players in the party were all at least Lv40 . As such, the Centaurs were unable detect them .

With a guide that detailed the dungeon inside out, Lu Li quickly led them to the entrance .

There was a large statue here with a sinister expression that was lying down on the ground . When they saw it, a chill ran down everyone's spine . There was a group of monsters that patrolled the area, guarding over burial grounds of Zaetar .

"Clear out these monsters," Lu Li ordered .

Deep Watersong transformed from a Cougar to his Bear form and roared as he charged towards the Mauradine Priests .

Bear form was one of the many forms that a Druid could transform into . In Bear form, they were much tankier with increased Armor and HP, as well as many defensive skills to help them excel as a Main Tank .

It was impossible to complete a dungeon with a team full of Thieves . As such, Lu Li had brought along Deep Watersong and Hachi Chan who could both Stealth and provide utility .

The Maraudine Priests began summoning Mauradine Maulers to help them fight, but they were interrupted by a stun .

There were three Thieves, and all three used their Stuns on a different monster .

After a few seconds, the group of three Centaurs were defeated . With a healer and a Main Tank, they could easily take down groups of five to ten Centaurs without too much trouble .

There could only be so many monsters around the entrance of the dungeon and they were cleared out quite quickly .

Lu Li took out the dungeon pass in his inventory and ripped it in half . The eyes of the statue began glowing bright-red and its mouth slowly opened up .

"Let's go; this is the place . Remember to stealth," Lu Li said as he transformed into Cougar form and jumped in .

The others were creeped out about the way the dungeon entrance had opened, but followed Lu Li into the dungeon .

Lu Li instructed everyone to Stealth because they would encounter monsters as soon as they entered the dungeon . These monsters were the ghosts and spirits of the deceased Centaurs .

Even the dead continued to guard over the burial ground of their Demigod Father Zaetar .

This was something peculiar about their lore . The Centaurs killed Zaetar, who fathered the five Centaur tribes . However, they revered and worshipped him, built him a magnificent altar and guarded over his burial grounds .