Chapter 18: Not Even Bros—You Really Went Solo?
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No one knew why Reggie harbored such deep resentment toward the Necromancer, causing the skeleton warriors to completely fail in holding his aggro. It might also be that the bosses in the Multiverse Game possessed high battle intelligence, understanding the principle of “capture the king to defeat the enemy.”
In any case, Reggie fixated on Su Mubai, leaping heroically across several dozen meters, his battle axe swinging down fiercely!
Unfortunately, the result was completely different from what he had imagined.
Bang!
The battle axe clearly struck the target, forcing him to retreat continuously.
-2164!
A critical hit of over two thousand damage appeared above his head.
Yet, this human’s health bar did not drop by a single bit!
Immediately, the nearest skeleton archers stepped forward, firmly blocking the path between Su Mubai and the boss.
Ten skeleton warriors rushed over at once, surrounding Reggie again, denying him any chance to continue attacking Su Mubai.
“Ugh~ that really hurts!”
Su Mubai rubbed his shoulder, gritting his teeth in pain.
Though damage just over two thousand was negligible against his shared life bar, the attack had definitely landed on him.
The sensation of pain in the Multiverse Game was 100% real.
“End this quickly!”
Rubbing his right shoulder where he was hit, Su Mubai’s gaze turned cold.
Though no wounds appeared after data conversion, he still felt a faint ache.
Clang! Clang!...
Reggie struggled again, facing the onslaught of skeleton warriors; even he found it difficult to fight off multiple foes at once.
With the help of the skeleton archers, the remaining skeleton warriors swiftly slaughtered ten goblin warriors and turned their attention back to Reggie.
Such a vast skeleton army in a five-player dungeon was like cheating.
Hell-level difficulty or not, a golden-tier boss was just like cutting through melons and slicing vegetables!
Thirty seconds passed in a flash; Reggie’s health bar had dropped to 20%.
“No! I will never be defeated!”
Fear flashed across Reggie’s face, and a red glow surged across his body.
In the next moment, his body expanded violently, his pupils turning blood red.
[Notification: Goblin King—Reggie has entered a berserk state. Attack power increased by 50%, attack speed increased by 50%, defense reduced by 50%.]
“Necromancer, I will never be your slave again!”
The berserk Reggie grew to five meters tall; his attack power surpassed that of the skeleton warriors, reaching an exaggerated 1265 points!
With a 50% attack speed boost, his overall damage more than doubled!
Facing the sharply increased combat power of Reggie, Su Mubai merely glanced at him indifferently.
The battle was already over because the skeleton army’s skills had finished cooling down.
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Just as Su Mubai prepared to finish off Reggie, a system announcement suddenly sounded in his ears.
[Newbie Village #9527 Announcement: Congratulations to “Grand Ambition” for becoming the first player to solo the Black Iron-tier boss. This is hereby announced; all players are encouraged to learn from him to receive generous rewards!] ×3
The announcement had barely ended when another followed.
[Newbie Village #9527 Announcement: Congratulations to “Maple Leaves Rustling” for becoming the first player to solo the Bronze-tier boss. This is hereby announced; all players are encouraged to learn from him to receive generous rewards!] ×3
“So it was taken by others after all.”
Su Mubai was momentarily stunned and then smiled bitterly.
He had anticipated when the system announcements triggered that he probably wouldn’t get the solo kill rewards for the Black Iron and Bronze-tier bosses.
For players with S-level talents, soloing these two boss levels was not difficult.
Moreover, he was in the Hell-level Misty Forest dungeon, where the lowest-level bosses were Silver-tier, so naturally, he couldn’t compete for those rewards.
But quitting the dungeon early for these two rewards would have been a poor trade.
Because players could only run Hell-level dungeons once a week.
Besides, the rewards he could obtain were incomparable to the first solo kill rewards of Black Iron and Bronze tiers.
Thinking this, Su Mubai looked at Reggie, who was fighting desperately like a trapped beast, and a slight smile appeared on his lips as an idea sparked.
The skeleton warriors in the front line immediately raised their bone swords and struck heavily.
[Heavy Strike]!
-1611, -1609, -3258!...
At the same time, the skeleton archers released their bowstrings.
[Double Shot]!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...
A hailstorm of arrows rained down instantly on Reggie.
-597, -601, -599, -1208!...
This wave of attacks directly depleted Reggie’s last bit of health.
His pupils fixed on Su Mubai, gradually losing their color.
His swollen form slowly reverted to normal as he collapsed with a thud.
[Defeated Level 8 Golden-tier boss “Goblin King—Reggie.” Additional 50% experience bonus granted; experience +43,200 points.]
[Congratulations to player “White Night” for reaching level 7. Attributes +1 each, skill point +1, free attribute points +15.]
[Congratulations on being the first player in Newbie Village #9527 to solo a Golden-tier boss. Rewards: 12 Basic Life Soulstones, 12 gold coins.]
[Prompt: Newbie Village announcement is about to be made. Would you like to hide your name?]
“No hiding! Don’t ask again in the future.”
Su Mubai raised an eyebrow. The number of Basic Life Soulstones rewarded for soloing the Golden-tier boss was two more than he had expected.
After allocating his attribute and skill points, Su Mubai’s gaze fell on Reggie’s corpse, and he was slightly taken aback.
“No loot?”
“Could it be related to a hidden storyline?”
The subsequent system prompt resolved his confusion.
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In the level four monster zone, as Grand Ambition was soloing the Lynx Boss, more and more players arrived.
However, they were all kept outside by members of Grand Ambition’s guild to prevent them from interfering with the boss.
These players paid little attention to the chat channel; at first, there were some complaints.
But after learning that joining the guild granted various buffs, most chose to become members.
When the announcement of Grand Ambition’s solo kill of the Black Iron-tier boss sounded, guild members showered him with flattery.
“Guild leader is awesome! He must be the number one expert in Newbie Village #9527!”
“White Night just got lucky finding the Silver-tier boss first.”
“Exactly! If the guild leader had found it first, White Night wouldn’t have triggered the announcement.”
...
Despite the praise, Grand Ambition remained indifferent.
He looked excitedly at a Basic Life Soulstone in his backpack, nearly bursting into laughter.
This was a treasure that extended lifespan!
Without the Multiverse Game, none of this would have been possible.
At that moment, Grand Ambition’s resolve to dominate the Multiverse grew even stronger.
He firmly believed that the Multiverse Game was the turning point of his life!
Yet, before his excitement lasted long, the next announcement made his smile freeze.
[Newbie Village #9527 Announcement: Congratulations to “Maple Leaves Rustling” for becoming the first player to solo the Bronze-tier boss...] ×3
“This Maple Leaves Rustling is also lucky. Guild leader, let’s have someone find the Golden-tier boss now!”
Someone noticed Grand Ambition’s expression and hurriedly comforted him.
But his remark only made Grand Ambition twitch his lips.
He knew his own strength well: he might handle the Bronze-tier boss, but the Silver-tier was definitely out of reach.
As for the Golden-tier boss?
Was someone trying to get him killed?
Glancing sharply at the speaker, Grand Ambition was about to reply when the system announcement sounded again.
[Newbie Village #9527 Announcement: Congratulations to “White Night” for becoming the first player to solo the Golden-tier boss. This is hereby announced; all players are encouraged to learn from him to receive generous rewards!] ×3
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This time, everyone exchanged glances, and the entire scene fell into silence.
“Dude, we were just bragging.”
“You actually soloed it?”
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