Chapter 77

The battle against BOSS Haeja Fogerwitt had reached its final stage, with Haeja down to the last 10% of her health. The BOSS's skills hadn't changed; they were still the same few. Li Huailin's team had entered the final BOSS rush phase, no longer dodging the black spheres and instead focusing on dealing damage.

"Stop worrying about the black spheres! Full damage output!" Hongyue looked at the health bars and continued to boost morale.

"I'm out of mana!" Hongyan Heishui finally finished replenishing her magic points. If it weren't for Li Huailin's toughness, her equipment and level wouldn't have allowed her to last this long.

"Come and hit it!" Hongyue shouted, "Cuiwu, how much mana do you have left?"

"8%" Hongfei Cuwu replied, "I can heal three more times at most."

"Huailin, drink a red potion," Hongyue said to Li Huailin.

"I wish I could, but drinking it would just make me die faster," Li Huailin muttered to himself, but didn't say it out loud. He checked his health, which was down to 3000, and then looked at the BOSS's health, which was at 8%.

"President, don't worry about pulling aggro, use Heroic Strike," Li Huailin said.

"I'm already using it," Hongyue replied, "We have 8% left, speed it up."

"Damn debuff!" Li Huailin was still under the 100% strength reduction debuff, and his normal attacks were only dealing around 240 damage, which was frustrating. He looked up and saw the black sphere flying towards him, but it was actually heading for Hongyue beside him.

"Perfect, the BOSS is being considerate," Li Huailin was moved by the BOSS's apparent desire to end his life quickly, a model for him to learn from.

Without hesitation, Li Huailin charged at the black sphere, taking 420 damage but finally clearing the debuff.

"Another critical hit!" Li Huailin tried to use a voice control cheat, but this time it wasn't effective, dealing only 470 damage without a critical hit.

"The black sphere is chasing you, run or we might get hit by it," Hongyue, who had taken 440 damage from the black sphere, noticed it was heading towards Hongyan Heishui, who was about to use a staff to hit it, and immediately warned her.

"Okay," Hongyan Heishui nodded and quickly ran to an empty spot.

"Last heal, I'm out of mana," Hongfei Cuwu finally ran out of mana and couldn't do anything more.

"5% left, we can do it!" Hongyue checked the BOSS's health and said.

"3%," Li Huailin reported after a strike.

"2%," Hongchen YanYu said after casting an Ice Arrow.

"1%," Hongyue said after a critical hit.

"We did it!" everyone shouted together.

"No, this can't be..." Haeja Fogerwitt, with her health at zero, stopped attacking and knelt on the ground, looking severely injured. The black sphere that had been chasing Hongyan Heishui disappeared, and the BOSS battle was finally over.

"Great job, warriors," Duke Dehuarien, who had been on the ground for a while, suddenly stood up, "My Holy Light healing has worked, Maente is alive, but he can't fight for now."

"Although it's part of the story, I feel like this guy is just asking for it," Li Huailin scratched his head, "We just killed the BOSS, and he stands up."

"What can we do, it's a dungeon, the BOSS has to be defeated by us," Hongyue, now in a good mood after the BOSS, said with a smile.

Duke Dehuarien, after speaking to the players, turned to Haeja, who was kneeling on the ground: "Your life will end here. In the name of Holy Light, I will judge you."

"Holy Light? Judgment?" Haeja laughed, "Holy Light is just a lie, the Empire has deceived everyone, but not me!"

"Stubborn and delusional! I am disappointed in you!"

Duke Dehuarien said sternly, then drew his sword and walked to Haeja, "Accept the judgment of justice!"

"Justice?" Haeja suddenly smiled strangely and then quickly stood up, grabbing Duke Dehuarien, "You were careless. A single Holy Light strike could have killed me, but you came to my front."

Suddenly, Haeja burst into a powerful flame, turning the surroundings red.

"Watch out!" Duke Dehuarien's face changed, and he immediately shouted to Li Huailin and the others, "Run! She's going to self-destruct!"

"Damn!" Li Huailin thought the danger was over after the BOSS battle, but the final plot twist was unexpected. He immediately started running. Hongyue and the others reacted quickly, jumping down the stairs.

Sure enough, just a few steps later, there was a loud explosion, and two people fell. Li Huailin checked his health; although he was close to the explosion, he didn't take any damage. He received a system message.

Battle Log: Your team has defeated the hidden BOSS Haeja Fogerwitt in Boron, losing 750 experience.

"Everyone okay?" Hongyue asked.

"No, no health loss," Hongchen YanYu replied, "It seems to be part of the story."

Looking at Duke Dehuarien, Haeja had turned into a charred black corpse, lying on the ground. Duke Dehuarien also looked bad, with his front completely burned black, and he was lying on the ground, unconscious.

"Did he just get blown up?" Li Huailin looked at the situation and couldn't help but think, "Good riddance."

"It seems the final BOSS still needs us to defeat it, the system just helped him exit the scene," Hongyue smiled.

"Finally over, it was really tough," Li Huailin felt that fighting the BOSS was a physical task, and the two healers had used up all their mana.

"Whatever, let's loot the body, let's loot the body," Hongyan Heishui couldn't wait, as this was the first time the BOSS had been defeated in the entire server, and there would definitely be good loot.

"Sure, let's loot the body," Hongyue nodded, "Who wants..."

"Me!" Before Hongyue could finish, Hongyan Heishui had already raised her hand.

"No need to be so eager," Hongyue smiled, "You can loot it."

"Yay." Hongyan Heishui immediately ran to Haeja's corpse.

As expected, the first touch revealed a golden light, and a golden piece of equipment appeared in the selection list.

Secret Blue Robe (Gold): Cloth armor, chest, physical defense 15-15, magic defense 25-30, intelligence +25, constitution +10, spirit +15. Equipped: Increases spell damage by 57. Required level 20, classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest.

"Golden cloth armor!" Hongyue was finally happy, as cloth armor was the best, especially since three out of eight classes use it, and many players wear cloth armor, making it always in high demand. In their guild, about 80% of the members wore cloth armor (most of them were priests).

"Alright, this armor is clearly for a Mage, it doesn't increase healing but only spell damage, and it adds 25 intelligence and 15 spirit, making it a spell damage set. Yan, you take it," Hongyue immediately assigned it. For priests, spirit is the primary attribute, increasing mana regeneration and maximum mana, which is what they need. Intelligence only increases spell damage, which is useless for priests.

"Actually, I think selling this armor now would be the best way to profit," Hongchen YanYu started to analyze economically, "Currently..."

"Guild loot stays in the guild," Hongyue interrupted her before she could finish, "The guild doesn't need money right now, and wearing it will benefit us more. Take it."

"Okay," Hongchen YanYu nodded.

"How come everyone only wants the gear they don't need?" Hongyue was frustrated, "Let's see what else is there."

"Oh," Hongyan Heishui was a bit disappointed not to find any priest gear and continued to loot.

Unyielding Will (Skill Book): Using it immediately removes all immobilization and control effects and makes you immune to these effects for 5 seconds. Instant cast, costs 15 mana. Required level 20, classes: Warrior.

"Skill book?" Li Huailin was immediately interested, having just been thinking about finding ways to learn new skills.

"It seems to be more useful for PvP, but it might also be slightly useful in dungeons," Hongyue looked at it and said, "Huailin, do you want it?"

"It's mine," Li Huailin said without hesitation.

"Sure, you take it," Hongyue, who had already received two pieces of equipment, one of which was golden, gave it to Li Huailin since he needed it.

The rewards from this hidden BOSS were quite generous, a golden piece of equipment and a skill book. Surprisingly, there was still more to loot.

Field Medic's Gloves (Silver): Cloth armor, chest, physical defense 5-5, magic defense 10-15, intelligence +5, spirit +15. Equipped: Increases healing by 37. Required level 15, classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest.

Although all three cloth classes could equip it, it was clearly for priests. Hongfei Cuwu didn't take it, saying she had just joined the team and felt uncomfortable. Hongyan Heishui, being a senior member, insisted on taking it and immediately equipped it.

"Nothing left," Hongyan Heishui looked at the corpse and said, a bit disappointed.

"That's enough," Hongyue smiled, "A BOSS gave us two pieces of equipment and a skill book. What more do you want? Let's go, there's still a final BOSS inside, let's try to clear it in one go."

"Okay," Hongyan Heishui nodded.

Just as they were about to leave, a weak voice came from the ground: "Brave warriors, wait."

"Damn, how are you still alive?" Li Huailin looked at the moving Duke Dehuarien, "Do all NPCs do this, giving a surprise before dying?"

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