Chapter 5: I Am the Boss (8)
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【Warning! Warning! Your health is below 19%!】
【Warning! Warning! Your health is below 18%!】
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As the red warning messages kept flashing on Lin Nan’s retina, she felt more confused than a cat at a dog show.
Why? Why isn’t hatred’s power enough to conquer powerful foes?!
Kael’thas, who was rocking a 90% impersonation score, clearly had enough strength. Who would have thought a little slip-up would trap him in flames ignited by a potion explosion?
Could it be… to break free, she needed to boost her impersonation score to 100% in just a few seconds? Talk about cutting it close!
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“Crack!”
Fu Yetian’s heavy sword swung down on Kael’thas’s shoulder like a disgruntled student on exam day.
Under the scorching purple-black flames, the d*ath Knight was becoming charcoal; his once tough skin now as brittle as a potato chip.
The blade buried itself a good five inches deep.
As it was pulled out, a few drops of brown liquid oozed out, looking like a bad sauce gone wrong.
Fu Yetian smugly realized he had struck at the heart of the matter.
Freeman, an S-rank warrior of the Empire, saw Fu Yetian’s success and thought, “If he can do it, so can I!” He immediately joined in, jabbing relentlessly at Kael’thas’s joints like a kid with a new toy.
Kael’thas struggled to keep up; under the onslaught of two big shots, he started to retreat faster than a kid caught stealing cookies.
Lady Rong Ji propped her chin on her hand, her eyes sparkling with excitement as she gazed at Fu Yetian.
Anyone who didn’t know better would think this alluring lady was Fu Yetian’s girlfriend, beaming with pride over his battlefield prowess.
“Ugh, useless. I thought you could at least make this arrogant dude eat some humble pie, but turns out you’re just eye candy,” Prince Eric chuckled, satisfied. After all, their fire potion was playing a key role in tackling the d*ath Knight.
With the d*ath Knight down for the count, even if the demon race snatched away more than half the loot, Ji Shen’s side wouldn’t have much to complain about.
“Um, um…”
Morris, hanging at the back of the group, waved his arms at Adeline like a frantic chicken.
“Miss Trissa, the Count wants to know what we should do now? Where is Lord Lin? Is she alright?”
Adeline turned to the Harpist, worry etched on her face.
Trissa whispered back, “Trust me, Lord Lin is fine. We must wait for the right moment.”
With that, she lifted her head, maintaining an expressionless facade while feeling a storm of dread inside; she knew that the d*ath Knight trapped in flames was actually Lord Lin’s avatar.
As he got ambushed by everyone, it seemed he couldn’t hold out much longer.
Out of trust in Lord Lin, she had held back, even choosing to heal the enemy. The deeper she hid, the greater the potential damage she could inflict when the time was ripe. So she had to wait, no matter how the battle turned; until she received Lord Lin’s order, she couldn’t reveal herself.
“Looks like this d*ath Knight isn’t so tough after all; if we find the right angle, we can take him down in no time.”
“Haha, right? We were so worried, thought this end-boss was the ultimate badass.”
“It’s not that the end boss is weak; it’s that our Fu is just too strong, get it?”
“Totally! No wonder he’s the left protector!”
The Ji Shen team murmured, confident that victory was just a minute or two away.
Meanwhile, their demon counterparts were revving their warriors up.
“General Freeman, go for it! Hack off the enemy’s head! Victory will surely belong to our Empire!”
“Hah! Without our potions, they wouldn’t be having such an easy time—what a bunch of traitorous knuckleheads!”
“Right? The demon race’s fighting power is second to none, especially not those ragtag soldiers!”
Eric listened to his subordinates with a smile, secretly hoping Freeman could deliver a fatal blow to the d*ath Knight. This would ensure the demon side held the cards during their upcoming collaboration.
With both sides cheering, Fu Yetian and Freeman became more daring, while the d*ath Knight began to retreat like someone backing away from a karaoke challenge, desperately trying to avoid the palace wall behind him.
Victory was within arm’s reach!
But just at that moment, a strange, eerie fear washed over everyone’s minds, like a shadow creeping up behind them, raising a sharp axe, and suddenly they were utterly clueless.
“Boom!”
A shockwave emanated from Kael’thas, bursting forth in all directions like a disco ball gone wrong.
Fu Yetian and Freeman were caught off guard, oblivious that their opponent, almost out of health, was about to unleash an unprecedented force.
【Warning! Warning! The end boss is about to enter its second form!】
At that moment, every single person’s brain flashed with this line, causing them to shudder like they were caught n*ked at a family reunion, utterly bewildered by the turn of events.
But they hardly had time to ponder their brains’ malfunction.
Because reality was soon to reveal the true meaning of that ominous line.
The shockwave extinguished the raging flames encircling Kael’thas, who then raised a colossal sword nearly his height, howling at the sky.
“Roar!!”
With that monstrous cry, not just in the battle area, but also in the spectator zones for Ji Shen and the demons, countless undead creatures crawled from the hard ground, like cockroaches when the kitchen light flips on.
Previously crushed skeleton warriors and zombies slowly reformed, rising like the worst kind of bad movie—back from the dead!
【Servants of the Dead! Awaken the power of d*ath, summon hordes of undead minions to attack the enemy!】
Crimson words flashed across everyone’s retinas again.
At that moment, even the densest individual figured out that those red words were merely an explanation of what the d*ath Knight had just conjured.
“Clack clack…”
As the skeleton warriors advanced, their bones made a unified, unsettling sound like a rusty hinge.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Skeleton archers lurking in every palace corner began unleashing an indiscriminate rain of arrows upon the battlefield.
Since the arrows wouldn’t harm their own team, any that struck the skeletal figures simply passed right through the gaps—zombies didn’t even care; it was like they were getting a fancy new accessory.
But the demons and Ji Shen crew had to be on high alert.
Not only were they dodging chaotic charges from emerging skeletons, but they also had to keep an eye out for the skyward arrow rain.
The scene devolved into utter chaos.
In the heart of the fray, Fu Yetian and Freeman exchanged anxious glances.
“Quick, just take him down! Once we do, all of this will disappear!”
But in the next moment, what seemed like the end of hope unfolded right before their eyes.
