Chapter 15

"Wow, it's beautiful..." Banzhuan muttered in the team chat, but Fang Yi frowned: Why does this outfit look so familiar?

"Respected Elven Lady, we have been entrusted by the people living on the grasslands to come here and eliminate the green bandit Lansk, who enslaves this land. May we have your assistance?" As the team leader, Shenxianjiao reacted quickly, realizing that this might be the traveler described in the quest, and hurriedly said.

The female elf's furrowed brows finally relaxed upon hearing this. "I see, Lansk is nearby, but your strength is too weak. You should just watch from the side~" Before Shenxianjiao could respond, the elf's graceful figure became increasingly transparent, barely visible to the naked eye. The system prompt arrived just in time: "Follow Dove Hand to find Lansk. Losing Dove's trail will result in quest failure!"

What's going on here? Fang Yi couldn't help but cry out in his heart. Dove Hand, isn't she the most low-key of the Seven Sisters of the North, that ranger? This... this... But it seems her level isn't very high now~ It turns out this beautiful lady had come to the Dragon Coast to train in her youth—this small dungeon is getting more and more interesting.

The few who received the quest prompt didn't dare to slack off and tiptoed behind Dove. Fortunately, the elf's speed wasn't fast, and the group followed her step by step. Soon, they arrived under the breadfruit tree at the entrance of the dungeon.

Dove Hand looked up at the tree for a while, then made a casting gesture. Suddenly, she drew a bright silver arrow from her back and shot it at the tree with a "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." A muffled groan came from the dense foliage, and a figure leaped to the ground like lightning.

Fang Yi and the others stared at each other, as if watching a movie, because the system prompt indicated that the target was not an enemy and could not be attacked. It seemed they were in story mode now.

"Lansk, I thought you would hide in the Endless Wastes~" Dove Hand toyed with the dark green longbow in her hand, her eyes fixed on the masked man in front of her, the green bandit—Lansk.

The green bandit was tall, his whole body shrouded in a gray cloak, his face covered with a red cloth, his eyes staring at the elf like a wolf.

"Your sisters are indeed renowned, Dove," Lansk slowly pulled back his cloak and drew a curved sword from his waist, "but even if they have the power to reach the heavens, they can't come here to save you." With that, he lunged at the elven ranger and disappeared into the air.

The group, seeing that the non-hostile state had been lifted, was about to scatter and prepare for battle when they heard Dove shout, "Be careful!"

Fang Yi shuddered and jumped out, not having time to warn the others. A black smoke suddenly exploded in the center of the group, and the team chat channel erupted.

"What the heck?" "Damn, this boss is ambushing us, quick, get away!"

The first thing Fang Yi did after jumping was to check his status bar, finding no poison effect. He shouted, "Damn it," and quickly ran to Banzhuan and Jiejidi's positions.

A scream suddenly came from the smoke, and Banzhuan's icon in the team panel quickly darkened. Lansk, holding his curved sword, swiftly caught up with Jiejidi, who was retreating, and was about to strike when he was hit by a charge from Shenxianjiao, who slashed at his face.

It turned out that Shenxianjiao, not as quick as Fang Yi, instinctively checked his status bar and found nothing wrong. He immediately thought of the healer in the team and barely managed to protect the bard.

Shenxianjiao's intervention gave the others time to regroup and protect the healer in the center. Seeing that his ambush was exposed, Lansk quickly retreated, his figure gradually blurring, about to become invisible again.

Fang Yi couldn't help but curse, "Does this NPC have no cooldown on stealth?" At this moment, Dove Hand, who had been silent, shouted, "Save your old tricks, Lansk, Tracking Eye!" (Note 1)

Hearing Dove shout the skill name, Fang Yi thought, "You really understand, beautiful lady!" The most important thing now was to prevent the boss from retreating. Fang Yi raised his dual blades and joined his teammates in surrounding the green bandit Lansk, who had revealed himself.

The boss Lansk was indeed powerful, several levels higher than the previous two bosses. His curved sword was a blur, and his speed was fast, dealing painful blows to Shenxianjiao, which explained why Banzhuan was killed with a single strike.

As the battle progressed, Shenxianjiao's equipment disadvantage became apparent, and he gradually couldn't withstand the boss's attacks. The highly agile Fang Yi began to engage the boss face-to-face.

The boss's agility was on par with Fang Yi's, but as an elite template, he had a 30% boost in other attributes. Moreover, the poison on Lansk's curved sword was extremely potent, dealing almost twice the damage of a normal attack. Even with 25 points of poison resistance, a single hit from the curved sword, combined with the poison, could take away more than half of Fang Yi's health.

Fang Yi was in a highly concentrated state, his eyes fixed on Lansk's movements. His daggers danced in response to the curved sword, the sound of clashing weapons ringing continuously. Just as Lansk was about to strike with his curved sword, Fang Yi sensed his intention and blocked the sword with his left hand while thrusting his sharp dagger straight into Lansk's abdomen, forcing the boss to take a step back to avoid the gleaming blade.

Gradually, Fang Yi felt the initial barrier in the game disappearing, and his reaction speed and the super-fast movements from his 20 agility points began to coordinate. At this point, Shenxianjiao was completely out of the fight, and Bingzhenrabbit and Machine Cat couldn't lock onto the target, only seeing the figures of Fang Yi and the boss almost fused together, their blades forming a continuous line. Dove Hand and Jiejidi just followed from a distance, occasionally casting spells.

The green bandit Lansk was a high-attack, low-defense assassin-type boss with no healing skills. As Fang Yi's state became increasingly formidable, his attacks gradually outnumbered his defenses. The boss's health began to drop visibly.

Finally, Fang Yi seized the opportunity before his stamina was exhausted, allowing the curved sword to strike his waist while gripping his dagger with his right hand and thrusting it into the throat of the struggling green bandit. The assassin boss, who had been following the group for a long time, finally fell to the ground, and the five people present instantly glowed with the golden light of level-up.

System prompt: Congratulations to the team led by Shenxianjiao for completing the first six-person beginner dungeon (Normal Mode) in "Miracle" as the 1,277th team, and for being the first team to complete the "Lion Plains" six-person dungeon, earning the title of "Lion Plains Redeemer"! (Note 2)

The names of players Shenxianjiao, Fangkuai, Jiejidi, Banzhuan, Machine Cat, and Bingzhenrabbit will be forever recorded in the legendary history of the Faerun continent, to be remembered by the inhabitants of the continent.

Pfft, sounds impressive, but it's just putting our names in the player's Faerun chronology... But it does sound pretty cool, Fang Yi thought.

Fang Yi savored the feeling of the battle, feeling as if something in his mind had suddenly connected. He didn't even notice the beautiful and alluring Dove Hand approaching him, nor did he hear the system prompt. The feeling of the battle... Is this my battle, the battle of an assassin?

"Thank you, adventurers. For helping me kill this person... or rather, this drow," Dove knelt down and lifted Lansk's cloak, revealing his soft but coal-black face. "He brought too much pain to this world and its people, and you, saved them from the dark elves."

Dove Hand waved her hand over the boss's corpse, and a curved sword appeared in her hand, which she handed to the nearest Fang Yi. "This is your well-deserved reward, adventurers. And now, I must continue my journey."

Watching the ranger's figure disappear cleanly into the air, the remaining few stood by the boss's corpse, somewhat dazed.

"We did it! Hahaha~~ We did it!" "Damn, why are you pinching me!? Can't you see the system prompt...?" "We really did it, hahaha~"

Note 1: Tracking: The ranger places a mark on the target, making it visible to the ranger and rendering stealth skills ineffective. The mark dissipates if the target is too far away.

Tracking Eye is the advanced effect of Tracking, which can be applied to teammates.

Note 2: Only when the team's average level is below the specified level will the first kill of a dungeon grant a title. The average level limit for a six-person beginner dungeon to earn a title is level 9, and the highest level of any team member cannot exceed level 10.

The lower the team's average level when completing the dungeon, the richer the rewards, and the same applies to wild bosses and high-level quests.