For the players, the most troublesome thing about Nightcry was not the increased wrist strength and the ability to ignore pain after resurrection, but the infectious debuff 'Zombie Blight' if they were hurt!
Dying under such circumstances would turn the Player into a zombie-like monster. While the monster itself was not powerful, the Player would lose the chance to be resurrected by the Cleric Player, and if they did not wear the Resurrection Ankh, they would have to wait three days to be resurrected at the Lifestone!
On the other hand, the Players who had gathered in Trinia to fight the devil were veterans who had gone through all sorts of situations (newbies would quickly be killed even if they came). These Players who had matured through countless events were sufficiently confident and resilient in the face of setbacks.
Even though Nightcry had become slightly stronger after its resurrection (mainly because it wouldn't take the initiative to get hit), it had lost its combat awareness and was left with only its instincts to fight. That was why it was easier for the Players to fight it after they figured out its pattern.
Not only that, but even though it had Metamorphic Divine Power, it had almost no Divinity and naturally had no Law Resistance. It would be affected by the Players' various crowd control skills, and even if the Players couldn't kill it with one set of crowd control skills, it greatly reduced the pressure on the Players to deal damage.
Moreover, there was a Player like Mufasa who could ignore the level gap and parry and deflect most of its attacks. The tide of the battle was slowly tipping in the Players' favor.
"Don't get too close to the front except for Warrior players. Don't get in the way of the Kengyoku path's Swordmasters! Holy Lancer Paladin over there, take your Condor and attack from the back! "
"Warriors, try not to get hurt! Even if he was trampled to death or crushed to death, being insta-killed was better than being injured! At least Clergy can pull you up! "
"Motherf * cker, you're attacking an ally. If it weren't for the fact that my ally's damage is lower, my brain would have been knocked out by you!"
"Medic! Ah, no, clerics! Where is Clergy? I'm injured, green blood is flowing all over the ground! Hurry up and heal me! "
"Dammit, Aquatic Angel, don't summon seafood anymore. These things will turn into zombies if they die!"
"This won't do. Our arrows are practically useless. The boss's head has almost been turned into a hedgehog by us …"
"Marni's being trampled to death again. Who's going to pull him up?"
"That elf lady beside Uncle Marni seems to be slacking off all this time."
"Come on, don't tell me you're expecting the Elves to steal the kill?"
With the chaotic shouts of the players and a few players with higher prestige acting as temporary commanders on the spot, Nightcry's HP finally dropped below one-fifth and entered the kill line!
However, at this moment, something strange happened!
All of a sudden, Nightcry's body began to swell up as if he were being inflated.
The players instinctively thought that it was going to attack and quickly distanced themselves from it, but Nightcry exploded right in front of their eyes.
Following that, many little devils that were only half the height of a human and looked like the Nightcry Devil who had successfully lost weight burst out of the corpses along with the explosion. Like a horde of zombies starting a meal, they turned into a torrent that swept towards the players!
These little devils had very low Health Points. The players could kill them with a single punch, but there were just too many of them!
There was no time to kill them all before they reached him! Moreover, it was obvious from their razor-sharp claws and the dark green color of their claws that they were carrying the debuff 'Zombie Blight'!
It would be over if all the players were infected. The debuff's HP dropped rapidly, and the little devils just had to buy time to turn all the players into zombies!
Mufasa, who was at the forefront, was a pure Kengyoku Player and had almost no AoE skills. He was instantly drowned by the little devils and soon became the first victim.
Just as things were about to go awry, Lia, who had been fading into a side character felt as if something invisible poked her in the head. At once, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she remembered that she had another class called 'Warrior Princess' before she was a normal swordsmanship Player.
Hence, she threw away her longsword and unscientifically drew out a flagpole that was longer than her height out of nowhere and stabbed it into the ground.
"Rapid Marching Formation! Slow Aura! "
Suddenly, with the fulcrum at the bottom of the flagpole as the center, a golden halo rippled around the girl and gradually spread out.
The Players who were engulfed by the ripples of light felt their bodies lighten and their movements become much more agile, whereas the little devils slowed when they were swept by the light!
"Well done!" Edward, who had thought that the party was going to be wiped out there, ordered the other Players with a twinkle in his eyes. "Attack while you can! Don't worry about volleys, just hit them hard! "
Hence, the escaping players regained their wits and started casting all sorts of skills at the Imps that seemed to have sunk into a quagmire. Many of the skills even caused colorful fireworks to explode amidst the dense swarm of Imps.
By the time the Imp Devils came into contact with the Players, there were only about ten of them left. Although they were still nimble after being affected by the Slowing Aura, they were much weaker than the Player zombies, which was why it didn't take long for the Players to clear most of them.
Just as the Players assumed that the outcome was a foregone conclusion and relaxed, some of them even chatting as they fought, the remaining Imps suddenly swelled up like a river, just like Nightcry had done.
"Damn it, they wouldn't split too, would they?!"
The Players could not help shuddering at the thought of the little devils splitting into a dense horde of smaller devils, intending to focus fire and kill them before they split.
Even so, the little devils were not splitting this time. In the instant that the Players struck them, they burst like balloons that had been pricked by a needle, and green gas with a hint of apple aroma wafted and engulfed most of the Players.
"Got me …" Edward fell to the ground.
That green gas was naturally the poisonous gas of the zombie blight. Moreover, unlike contagion from wounds, the zombie blight debuff would stack several times depending on how much the Players breathed in. Even if the Clerics and Holy Lancers tried to purify, they could only dispel one layer of the debuff at a time!
Moreover, their skills were on cooldown. Before the Zombie Blight completely dispelled, all the players on the spot would turn into zombies!
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Chapter 221
Devils Are Devils Until They Die
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