The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 705 - 519: The Most Handsome Mount

Chapter 705: Chapter 519: The Most Handsome Mount

The Scholar Ancient Ruins are located in the central region’s middle area, and reaching them successfully requires passing through layers of danger.

Overcoming the smell-ridden Fallen Beast Nests, these creatures with grey, thick-scaled skin were the first to mutate after the Ring of Magic shattered.

Bone spurs grew at their key joints, their lower bodies were somewhat slender, but their upper limbs were robust.

They occupied most of the critical paths, blocking any enemies that tried to approach, sometimes undistinguishable from friend and foe.

Beyond that lay filthy campsites.

Not only did the Ring Knight’s Sealed City have Soldiers, but other regions roamed with many Soldiers, differently, all of the Ring Knight’s subordinates remembered their "mission," and even if their minds fell into madness, they would still prioritize defending the Seal as their main duty.

Whereas those roaming Soldiers, wearing the "Sunless City Armor," kept their detestable habits from when they were alive, wandering everywhere.

Thankfully, all of this could be avoided.

Moon Slash Blade and his two good friends formed a standard fixed team, with other team members often changing.

When following the troops toward the central part, Moon Slash Blade stopped.

"Black Tortoise Shield, Dragon Scale Sword, shall we take the main line or grind some side quests?"

The main line task was the Destruction Abyss released by Lind; [Black Knight Unrest 2.0] would definitely conclude with this.

And the side quest was to attack Misty Rain City.

The quest was from Magdalena, who led the Undead in the Newbie Village. Forgive the Undead, for they had almost forgotten her—always hiding in Newbie Village, she repeatedly issued the same orders to attack Misty Rain City, making many Undead treat it as a side quest that could be done along the way.

Incidentally done.

Dragon Scale Sword spoke up: "Since we’re here."

The three fell silent.

"But Lind’s forced march seemed to be heading straight for the Scholar Ancient Ruins."

They were unclear about what the Scholar Ancient Ruins were, with no NPC to explain directly, but it was probably related to the Abyss.

"Will we miss key plots?"

"Probably not."

"If all the Undead don’t do the main line and go for side quests instead, maybe we won’t miss out, but if some dislike side quests..."

Indeed, many players despised the countless question marks during gaming, choosing not to accept any and focusing entirely on the main quests and then grinding their gear. A high percentage of players were like this.

Others were good at calculating, liked to increase their stats; side quests could be completed at any time. Going for main quests to level up and then completing side quests was more beneficial for them; maybe they would abandon side quests and look for more convenient instances to farm materials and experience.

Everyone was unsure, but clearly, quite a few were willing to give side quests a try.

Moon Slash Blade saw the lead NPC disappear into a path as sharp as a blade and decided to search for a strategy online before heading with his teammates to the nearest camp.

The reconstructed Misty Rain City, by magic and manpower, was established atop this broken wasteland.

This land was once the territory of the Magic Land people, the vast continent once guarded by countless powerful knights, until the apocalypse arrived, turning this land into a battlefield.

Without high walls to contain them, every building was a part of Misty Rain City, just forced to scatter into countless points.

After dodging the Fallen Beasts and the roaming Soldiers in Sunless City Armor, they agilely entered a castle ahead without walls.

War had ravaged this place, the nameless castle wore a thick cloud overhead, obscuring the light, creating a heavy feeling in the heart upon approaching.

Feet stepping on the floor.

Moon Slash Blade looked up, seeing a grey shrouded sky.

His gaze moved left and right: "This place seems to have been a hall, probably a key structure of the castle."

A toppled bonfire basin seemed to answer his question.

"Light it up!"

A flame shot out, igniting the bonfire, the leaping flames casting the visibility-low abandoned site in red.

Boom!

A massive noise came through.

No heavy object hitting the ground, just a streak of golden light that descended, but the Gale that blew made the three stagger.

It was a person in a splendid golden Magic Armor, wearing a helmet that completely covered the head, obscuring the face.

There were rings of shimmering energy on both the left and right shoulders.

"Here comes the monster!"

Moon Slash Blade quickly entered combat mode, focusing intently on the foe daring to show its Life Points bar.

[Ring Knight·Dusk Lord, lv70]

[Life: 95000/95000]

"The Life bar isn’t long."

The three sighed in relief, grateful the enemy’s Life Points weren’t too extensive. If they were like Lind with 170,000 Life Points and a 190,000 Shield, there’d be no point in fighting—if they couldn’t be taken down in one hit, there’s no point in being an enemy.

"We three definitely aren’t a match; this is a BOSS level."

Moon Slash Blade caught a trace of unease in the air; the foe appeared to be skilled in speed or Magic, and with such a lengthy Life bar, it could be very challenging.

But considering this was a side quest BOSS, the strength should be appropriately relaxed.

"Call for help?"

"It’s already attacking us."

Next moment, the three were Resurrected.

The news of finding the BOSS couldn’t be concealed, so the Undead quickly organized an impromptu task force. Anyway, Lind’s team wasn’t moving that quickly, so they had enough time to grind a side quest BOSS, split the loot, and then decide their next steps.

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