Part 30: The Demeanor of an Expert
StormGoddessNiNi wants to die when adding the party.
After setting it up, StormGoddessNiNi suddenly feels a surge of HP (energy) just from looking at the list of IDs in her party.
Just like the old saying: when one NiNi is struck by lightning, tens of thousands of NiNi’s will stand under the sound of thunder and lightning! It’s all for the sake of gossip! Fists up!
StormGoddessNiNi stares at her computer screen with eyes burning at a million watts. Her left hand presses the print screen button firmly as she thinks inside her head: come! Let’s see some sparks fly!
Unfortunately, as the clock ticks by, the “sparks” that she hopes for never comes.
The Underworld Cave is actually a six stage tree cave. The Underworld Cave boss, more precisely—–is the Underworld Demoness and her boy toys >__o<
The Underworld Demoness is powerful and has many twisted skills:
“Yin-Yang Chaos” spell, doctors cannot use their abilities.
“Blow Deflection” spell, a certain proportion of your attack backfires at everyone in the team.
“Couple Feud” spell, an attack that only occurs when there are couples in the party, and its effect is similar to the “blow deflection” spell.
“Collect from males to nourish females” spell is very twisted. A male player’s blood level will be decreased, which will then be multiplied and added to the Underworld Demoness.
To conclude, this boss is a big test for doctors. Due to this, the boss is not that difficult for ASmileNaiHe’s team; the Great Master is very strong at dodging attacks.
After battling to a certain point, the Demoness calls for her boy toys who ran away from their fights in previous stages; they start to group fight.
Wei Wei wants to get rid of one of the boy toys first because he has a very annoying skill called, “Divine Path at Turtle Speed,” which slows down attacks. Just as she changes her position, NaiHe reminds her.
[Party][ASmileNaiHe]: “Master.”
Wei Wei knows that he is telling her to fight the Underworld Demoness; leave the little boss immediately and focus on attacking the Demoness.
NaiHe quickly explains: “After defeating the quest, the rewards will be in the same ratio as the number of survivors.”
Wei Wei remembers now. When they were talking to Nie Xiao Qian, she did mention that it was the Underworld Demoness who ordered her to lure the boy toys to her. Since their mission is to save them, they obviously can’t kill them.
Wei Wei can’t help but feel embarrassed. She has been living off of him too much, causing her decision making skills to decrease~~ Wei Wei starts to think seriously while fighting the boss; between her and the Great Master, who is really living off of whom?
Of course, she doesn’t forget to lead the team.
[Party][ReedWeiWei]: “Archer”
Before Wei Wei finishes her sentence, the Underworld Demoness interrupts her with an attack. Although she hasn’t found an opening to type the remainder of her sentence, RealWaterIsScentless seems to have understood.
[Party][RealWaterIsScentless]: “OK.”
Wei Wei is a little surprised. She then sees RealWaterIsScentless take position and attack like how she had in mind.
[Party][StormGoddessNiNi]: “Haha, you guys collaborate quite well.”
StormGoddessNiNi sure is the queen at causing awkward silences. Every time she speaks, everyone stays silent. Thankfully, they’re almost done fighting the boss, so they can leave soon. But before they know it, they’re faced with a new situation. LittleRainYaoYao, who has locked focus on RealWaterIsScentless to help replenish his blood level, suddenly starts replenishing ASmileNaiHe’s blood level instead.
As the main doctor in the party, NaiHe has been the Underworld Demoness’s target of focus. Now that LittleRainYaoYao is replenishing his health, the Underworld Demoness shifts her hatred and charges towards her. LittleRainYaoYao obviously can’t compare to the Great Master’s dodging skills, so she dies after one attack.
RealWaterIsScentless also falls to his death for losing all his health and not getting replenishment.
Wei Wei is dumbstruck from the chain of events. She just can’t figure out why LittleRainYaoYao would replenish NaiHe’s blood level all of a sudden. Does she not even know how to lock her focus on RealWater?
Her fingers can’t help but slow down. If she sends out her big attack now, the Underworld Demoness will die immediately, but then RealWaterIsScentless and LittleRainYaoYao won’t have enough time to come back to life. Although Wei Wei doesn’t really care about whether they’re dead or not, she’s the leader nonetheless. If half of her team dies from this, it’ll seem like it’s a problem with her leadership skills.
Wei Wei feels a bit angry inside. Due to LittleRainYaoYao’s miraculous move, the Underworld Demoness earned time to heal herself.
Just as she is thinking of the next strategic move, she sees a dazzling move emit flashing lights. The musician stabs the Underworld Demoness with his ultimate killing attack emitting an elegant stream of light. At the same time, a pure white healing glow brings RealWaterIsScentless and LittleRainYaoYao back to life.
In the speed of lightning.
Time stops.
The Underworld Demoness collapses to the ground.
The white robed musician stands carrying his guqin; his clothes swaying in the breeze.
Everything happened too fast. In the midst of being dazed and confused, Wei Wei feels her heart stop. StormGoddessNiNi, who is usually talkative, also seems to be stupefied, but then she explodes.
[Private][StormGoddessNiNi]: “Oh my God, Wei Wei, your husband is too cool!”
[Private][StormGoddessNiNi]: “How did he do all this in such a short amount of time?!”
[Private][StormGoddessNiNi]: “He actually brought RealWater and YaoYao back to life. He has such a top expert demeanor, so benevolent and manly!”
Wei Wei’s hands pause on the keyboard; her heart shivers.
Executing an attack and bringing members back to life in lightning speed is close to being impossible and an extravagant miracle. The musician, who is usually calm and composed, suddenly looks as if he is shrouded in silent arrogance.
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A long, long time later, when Wei Wei remembers this, she asks the Great Master why he brought RealWater and LittleRainYaoYao back to life. After all, the Great Master doesn’t seem like a person who would repay evil with good (idiom).
Xiao Nai grumbles and says, “Don’t you think that it’s even more humiliating for them to be brought back to life by me?”