Chapter 45
Dr. Mei Jia's secret laboratory was the most valued, while Hu De, who managed the biological smuggling business, was the most trusted. In between them was Peng Si, who appeared to hold the highest position in the eyes of the junior staff, but in reality, his situation was awkward, and his true status was far below the other two.
The emergence of the myriad worlds presented an opportunity for Peng Si, and the hidden mission at hand excited him immensely. He was determined to seize this chance.
“Gather all our personnel in Tutu City! We must take down this hidden BOSS!”
After some arrangements, the remaining members of the Makur Group in Tutu City mobilized. To ensure the BOSS would appear, they formed teams spaced apart in a circular formation. If one team discovered the BOSS's location, the others could quickly converge and lock it down.
Finally, on the second day after triggering the mission, the members of the Makur Group, who had deliberately been active outside the city, encountered an ambush once again.
At the cost of an entire squad of eight lives, they gained an opportunity to kill the hidden outdoor BOSS, which Peng Si could fully accept, especially since one-fifth of their personnel had already been lost.
Soon, Peng Si led a group of members, all at levels 8 to 10, slowly closing in on the BOSS.
“Charge!”
The tactic had long been decided: rush in for close combat to draw aggro, using their bodies to block the enemy.
Before long, after losing over a dozen members, the gray-robed assassin was completely surrounded—
The assassin stood silently before them, holding a beautiful snow-colored longsword. The features beneath the cloak were indistinct, only a vague outline of the jaw could be seen.
Peng Si felt victory was within reach.
From their previous battles, they had learned that while the BOSS's spells were powerful, their damage range was limited. With their numerical advantage, as long as the BOSS couldn’t fly, they could overwhelm it with sheer health points.
As Peng Si gazed at the beautiful snow-colored longsword in the gray-robed assassin's hand, he began to fantasize about what high-level equipment it might be and what rewards the mission would yield.
But then, the frontline members of the group suddenly felt a heavy weight, their movements becoming sluggish, as if they were rusted machines.
【Slow Spell】
The members behind noticed the BOSS had cast a skill and were about to rush forward when they saw a long, thin object suddenly appear in the assassin's left hand, which was not holding the sword.
Accompanied by a faint glow, the object transformed into light and vanished.
In the next moment.
“Zii————”
All players present, except for the gray-robed assassin, lost their hearing. Only a sharp echo rang in their minds, accompanied by their bodies freezing in place, as damage numbers appeared before them.
‘-80’, ‘-80’, ‘-80’… ‘-80’
After a total of ten instances of fixed 80 points of true damage, there was not a single living soul left in the area, except for the gray-robed assassin. The temporary gathering of over three hundred core members, including the group director Peng Si, was completely wiped out.
The ‘outdoor hidden BOSS’ Ye Bai had lost one spell scroll from her backpack, which could unleash a high-level mind spell, 【Wail of the Banshee】—
Scroll Quality: Rare
Effect: During the casting period, it deals 80 points of true damage per second and performs a magic resistance check: greater than 50 grants a 50% slow effect; less than 50 results in paralysis.
Duration: Ten seconds
Spell Range: 100 meters
Ye Bai had long suspected she would be mistaken for an NPC; otherwise, at this stage of the game, who besides Bai Ye would be a trans-class player?
Without knowledge of the existence of faction relationships or the teleportation town in the inner city, how could the Makur Group consider that Bai Ye would ‘cross servers’ from the Blue Star realm to Tutu City to cause them trouble? The greater possibility was that they would treat Ye Bai as a BOSS to farm.
Everything that happened now confirmed Ye Bai's suspicions.
As for the mission triggered by Peng Si, it was indeed a hidden mission, a prerequisite for a faction quest that could be triggered upon discovering the assassin's whereabouts and reaching a certain favorability with other hostile faction NPCs.
If Peng Si and his group had truly killed Ye Bai, based on her current kill count, they would have received all her drops, including the gray-robed assassin's, which they could either use to replace Ye Bai's identity in the assassin guild or turn in to the town's forces for a bounty.
In this way, they would have fallen right into Ye Bai's plan.
Killing one by one was too inefficient; she had no idea how long it would take. Others would realize they couldn’t retaliate against her and would know to hide. However, if they knew she was a player, their approach to dealing with her would change entirely.
Only when Ye Bai was mistaken for a BOSS could no player resist the temptation of ganging up on an outdoor BOSS.
With the enemy appearing within a 100-meter range and completely unprepared, Ye Bai's 【Wail of the Banshee Scroll】 unleashed its maximum damage effect.
After all, even if Peng Si and the others thought Ye Bai was a hidden BOSS, they would never expect a BOSS to unleash such a deadly ultimate move before its health bar even appeared!
Especially since 【True Damage】 directly deducted health points, ignoring any defenses and resistances, it was devastating against players who hadn’t even undergone their first class change.
Of course, it was supposed to be devastating; after all, this was a one-time item worth 4 gold coins!
High-level spell scrolls were luxuries only professionals could consider. For first-class players, they were items that only the wealthy could afford to keep as a last resort, while current players were like the former Day Cliff, unable to even enter the doors of the magic item shop.
Despite the deaths of over two hundred players, the total value of their drops might not even reach 1 gold coin.
However, once out of the state, Ye Bai's first task was to start collecting the drops scattered on the ground.
Even a mosquito is meat!
Having killed over three hundred people, her drop rate was already at 100%. The elite members of the Makur Group had almost dropped their underwear.
To prepare for this ambush, Ye Bai had deliberately rented a warehouse in the inner city of Tutu City for 1 silver coin. Before heading out, she stored her previous loot and items she wouldn’t need for the time being in the warehouse.
If the plan went smoothly, she would have space in her backpack to collect the spoils. If an unexpected misfortune occurred and she was counter-killed, at least she would still have a safety net to fall back on.
Ye Bai diligently collected the drops under the night sky, making three trips back and forth to switch identities until she had gathered all the loot and stored it back in the inner city warehouse.
Finally, looking at the nearly full warehouse, Ye Bai revealed a satisfied smile, for she was well aware—
Could everything have gone so smoothly just because of luck?
No, no, no, that would be failing to see the essence of it. Looking back, one would realize luck only accounted for 1%, while the remaining 99% was all about money!
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Chapter 31
“You’ve surprised me; perhaps I should commend you as a born hunter.”
When Ye Bai returned to the assassin guild in the Black Street, the voice of the faction NPC couldn’t help but reveal a hint of astonishment.
【Your faction level has been upgraded to ‘Black-Robed Assassin’】
The assassin guild faction also had member levels. To upgrade from a gray-robed assassin to a black-robed assassin, one needed to hunt a hundred prey, and upon returning to the assassin guild, the upgrade would occur automatically.
To prevent the Makur Group from failing to recognize the ‘BOSS’, Ye Bai had deliberately refrained from upgrading.
At the same time, becoming a black-robed assassin would unlock the faction shop.
“Come, let’s see if there’s anything you need here…”
As the words echoed in the darkness, a faction reputation panel appeared before Ye Bai.
Character: Bai Ye
Faction Level: Black-Robed Assassin
Faction Reputation Points: 38
Reputation Level: Neutral
Honor Points: 376
Beneath this attribute, a variety of unique items were displayed, which constituted the faction shop of the assassin guild.
The items sold here could not be purchased outside and needed to be exchanged for honor points, which corresponded to the number of kills made after becoming an assassin.
At this moment, the items in the back rows of the faction shop were all in a gray locked state, indicating that Ye Bai's level was insufficient; only the items in the first row could be purchased normally.
Ye Bai directly spent 150 honor points to buy the most expensive item in the first row—a skill, 【Shadow Step】.
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