Chapter 1386: I Am Tempted
Chapter 1386: I Am Tempted
"Of course!"
I said affirmatively, "We all know how powerful a Sovereign Rank boss is. Do you think Twelve Musicians have the quality of cavalrymen to tank it properly? Of course not. People are probably dying as we speak right now."
It was at this moment Hugging Bears in Silence and Zhou Ping walked up to us.
Zhou Ping gave me a nod. "Thank you, Lu Chen, everyone!"
I asked, "Where’s the boss right now?"
"About 800 meters from here. Even before the battle against Natural Flow, the boss had already taken out 5000 of my men. Please help us!" Zhou Ping begged me earnestly. "I’m worried that some other party will show up and raid us again while we’re fighting the boss. Sovereign Rank bosses will attract players like bees to honey!"
I nodded. "I understand. How about this: I’ll lend you Gui Guzi to be your main tank, and we won’t even ask to take the last hit or any of the boss's loot. Just mobilize 100 priests to heal him and make sure he doesn’t die."
Zhou Ping’s eyes shone with gratitude. "You’re such a nice person, Lu Chen…"
Gui Guzi complained, "OMG, all the praise goes to Boss Broken Halberd even though I’m the one who’ll be doing the hard work…"
Li Chengfeng clapped Gui Guzi on the shoulder with a laugh. "Stop complaining and go do your job already, lackey! The beautiful cavalrymen of Twelve Musicians are counting on you to save them!"
Zhou Ping snorted and asked half-jokingly, "Are you interested in our girls, Li Chengfeng?"
Li Chengfeng chuckled. "I haven’t found my future wife yet. I won’t say I’m not anxious about it."
"In that case, you wanna join Twelve Musicians for a couple of months? You can date whoever you want…"
"I’d gladly take you up on that offer, but Lu Chen would murder me if I joined another guild just to chase a skirt…"
I grinned. "How wise of you. Now stop wasting time and go get killing. Chengfeng, Chaos Moon, rally your men and guard the valley entrance with me. Zhou Ping is right, Sovereign Rank bosses do attract players like flowers attract bees, and it’ll be troublesome if they are allowed to make their way in."
"Yeah!"
……
While Gui Guzi went away to help out Zhou Ping, I took a moment to pack my stuff before setting up a perimeter around 2000 yards away from the boss. The Dragonlight Cavalry stood at the front, and the Dragonlight Archers and Holy Mages stood behind them. This time, we were the defenders, and everyone else, the attackers. Anyone who tried to attack us was guaranteed to bleed much harder than Natural Flow had bled us.
It wasn’t an impregnable defense, however. We had lost an entire 10000-man party and some more after the battle against Natural Flow, so there were only 30000 or so of us left. We would have to intimidate our enemies with our sterling reputation instead of beating them all to submission like we normally did.
Less than three minutes later, a great number of cavalrymen appeared from the horizon and charged toward us. They were Warsky Alliance, and they were led by Warsky, Laughing At the Heavens, Lin Bing Dou Zhe, and October Rain. They numbered around 30k men, and they were all Gold Cavalrymen.
My gaze turned steely as I ordered, "Beiming, show them the battle line!"
Swhoosh swhoosh!
Beiming Xue drew two blood-red arrows from her Infinite Quiver and shot them as basic attacks. They landed about a dozen meters in front of Warsky and forced him to screech to a stop. All around him, the Gold Cavalry came to a stop as well.
I took a few steps into the open and declared in a loud voice, "The ally of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Twelve Musicians, is currently fighting the boss inside. Please find another way forward or wait until the boss fight is over. We won’t stop you then."
There was obvious reluctance in Warsky’s eyes as he said, "Fuck, it’s a Sovereign Rank boss, isn’t it?"
I admitted, "Yes, it’s one of the ten bosses of the Ancient Chaotic Secret Realm, so give up. We won’t allow you to pass no matter what. If you try, not only will we fight you to the death, you have 10 minutes at most to kill us all. That’s how much time it will take them to kill this boss. Do you think you can pierce our defense line in 10 minutes?"
Warsky gnashed his teeth together. "Guard duty doesn’t feel like your style, Lu Chen."
I chuckled. "What do you mean? I’ve been guarding both Ancient Sword and the China server since day one! And what’s so bad about guard duty? Work long enough, and the pay gets awesome just like most other jobs!"
Warsky: "..."
This time, it was October Rain who spoke up, "Lu Chen, you dropped Ghost Armaments from the two Sovereign Rank bosses you killed, didn’t you? That’s how amazing their drop rate is. Are you really telling me that you aren’t tempted to take the boss for yourself? If you were the one who scored the last hit, there is a good chance it might even drop one of the Twelve Divine Armaments. I don’t need to tell you how valuable that is, do I? According to the devs, even the lousiest of them can be worth at least 1 billion RMB because all of them can undergo evolution. They will remain the apex of equipment even when the game reaches its endgame!"
I rubbed my nose with a chuckle. "There’s no point trying to sow dissension between me and Twelve Musicians, Little Rain. While wealth is covetable for a gentleman as well, he takes it in its natural course. I would never snatch something that rightfully belongs to our ally, and I will only be happy for them if they manage to drop something like the Axe of Pangu, Dead Wind Blade or Wind Severing Sword. Our way is the way to protect, not pillage!"
October Rain sighed. "Very well, you obviously haven’t changed one bit. I’m almost tempted to…"
She suddenly looked at Warsky and asked, "Will it be okay if I leave Warsky Alliance for Ancient Sword, Warsky?"
Warsky’s facial muscles twitched. "Please don’t slap my face in front of so many people, Little Rain. Do you think you can remain a vice leader if you go to Ancient Sword? I’m sure you understand the saying ‘to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond’ exists. Also, it’s not like I haven’t been showering you with the love you deserve for the past couple of years…"
October Rain beamed. "But I prefer to be showered with the love of a man I actually like, and that man is Lu Chen… I would be happy even if I was demoted to just a basic archer…"
Warsky: "..."
Me: "..."
……
Tiger Leopard Knight commented, "Wow, October Rain seems to be really interested in you, Lu Chen!"
I let out a non-committal chuckle before replying in a low voice, "You think she’s actually interested in me? The reason she’s saying all this nonsense is to distract us from her real ploy!"
I then said to Beiming Xue, "Beiming, take 5000 Dragonlight Archers and 3000 Holy Mages with you and reinforce the inner defense at the boss location!"
"Ah? But why?" Beiming Xue asked in confusion.
I shot the distant mountain range a glance before replying, "I caught a flash of golden light to our right earlier. I suspect that October Rain has sent some men to sneak through the nearby mountain ranges and launch a sneak attack on the boss. As for the proof, you don’t see Farewell Song anywhere among them, do you?"
"Understood. I’ll head over immediately."
……
Very soon, Beiming and 8000 men had withdrawn from the frontline to reinforce our inner line of defense. While she did this, I casually walked dozens of steps into October Rain and Warsky’s attack range and chatted idly with them about everything.
Warsky was obviously fuming.
October Rain was blushing a little. "Warsky, I think Lu Chen found out our little trick. He’s such a smart, lovable boy. I really want to join Ancient Sword now…"
Warsky: "Please, Little Rain…"
Suddenly, a much bigger group of players arrived at the scene. They were none other than Purgatory Mad Dragon. Wang Dongliang, Roaming Dragon and Coldmoon Rose were with them as well. Their new vice leader, Ray of Sunshine was present as well. He was wearing half a set of S5 equipment, a couple of top-tier equipment, and the Ghost Armament Heaven Suppressing Necklace. His strength was nothing like what it was before.
"We have a new guest…" October Rain commented indifferently.
Purgatory Mad Dragon stood next to Warsky Alliance and watched us from a distance.
Wang Dongliang asked first, "Is the boss behind you?"
I nodded. "Yep."
"Please step aside, Ancient Sword. We wish to meet the boss," Roaming Dragon said.
I replied in a much cooler tone, "You want the boss? Then why are you even talking? Just pull out your sword already."
Roaming Dragon grew a bit angry. "The fuck does that mean?"
I gripped the Chill of the Nine Provinces and summoned the undead energy. Then, I erupted, "I just don’t like Purgatory Mad Dragon is all. What, you wanna fight us? Come on then! We’re all waiting!"
Li Chengfeng joined in on the smack talk while caressing his mount’s forehead. "Exactly, stop wasting your breath and attack us already. We haven’t waited all this time just to listen to your nonsense!"
Roaming Dragon shook with anger. "You’ve gone too far, Ancient Sword!"
I replied arrogantly, "Gone too far? GONE TOO FAR? You dare say that after what you did, you human scum? Actually, scratch that, you don’t even deserve to be called human anymore!"
Lu Chao: "..."
Warsky laughed. "Interesting, interesting! I’ve never seen Lu Chen acting like this. Did you do something terrible to Ancient Sword, Lu Chao? Or did you do something that is actually less than human?"
"Who the fuck do you think you are to meddle in my business?!" Roaming Dragon exploded uncontrollably.
Pissed off, Warsky pulled out his Immortal Blade and said, "The fuck did you say, you intellectually subhuman bastard? Allow me to teach you a lesson!"
However, October Rain grabbed his arm before he could try anything. "The fuck are you getting so excited for, man? This is between Purgatory Mad Dragon and Ancient Sword, not you! Don’t you dare throw away what little Gold Cavalry we have left…"
……
Suddenly, the sound of battle erupted behind us. We turned around and saw about 10000 Gold Cavalrymen galloping down a hill and making a beeline toward the boss's location.
Li Chengfeng looked a bit worried. "Damn, October Rain really did send a strike force. What do we do, Lu Chen? Do we help them, or?"
I shook my head. "No need. Trust in Beiming and our Holy Mages. There’s no way they can’t stop just 10000 Gold Cavalry after all the resources we’ve spent on them."
Chaos Moon chuckled. "Yeah. Beiming Xue has Bow God and her Ancient Divine Skill, and Gui Guzi is tanking the boss. He can assist Beiming and the others with his Shennong Tastes Grass if necessary."
……
I returned my attention to the front and said, "So, are we fighting or not, Purgatory Mad Dragon? Don’t be a pussy, Lu Chao. We’re waiting!"
Roaming Dragon shook with anger, but Wang Dongliang urged, "Stay calm, Brother Chao!"
Ray of Sunshine simply remained where he was and said nothing.
Suddenly, a battle cry erupted from behind Purgatory Mad Dragon and Warsky Alliance. A great number of red names were pouring out from two sides of the mountain ranges and charging toward Purgatory Mad Dragon. They were none other than Dark Mercenaries. So far, Little Piglet hadn’t broken his oath. Wherever Purgatory Mad Dragon went, Dark Mercenaries would haunt them like a ghost. They would chase them to the ends of their beds, follow them into their toilets, and find them in their bathtubs. They would stop at nothing until they were finally destroyed!