Even though the undead elf did not have much emotion, it could not help but instinctively feel fear when it saw the Players who should have died in battle appearing before it once again.
After all, its ability was above the average Player's, and it had easily wiped out Edward's party apart from Eleena, even defeating Mufasa who was usually the strongest Player. However, that was based on the fact that it could control the Pyrocrystal Cannon outside the tortoise colossus, or in a one-on-one fight.
And now, the tortoise colossus was being held down by an unknown profound power, and the humans who were rubbing their palms and fists did not appear to be abiding by the Spirit of Chivalry and fighting it one-on-one, but it was more like they were ganging up on it …
If it had just awakened, the undead elf would have already fled.
But that was not the case now. After awakening from its long slumber, the instinct that kept it moving forward was to come here, activate the Elven SIN, and head to the Promised Land of the high elves.
It was the common tragic wish of the high elves before they were wiped out.
That was why it did not cower, and instead tried to reclaim control of the tortoise colossus — in other words, the Elven SIN — from the Players.
The players didn't know the inside story, and even if they knew, they wouldn't care.
While the final wish of a race sounded noble, the high elves were a legendary existence from the last era, and it was now the age of humans.
There was no reason to forgive or understand a corpse that came back to life from the ground, and kill so many innocent people in Crookes for that so-called tragic wish of withering away in the wind!
"If you have an ultimate skill, throw it while it's still some distance away from us, and use a high-precision skill to prevent friendly fire when it gets close! Melee fighters, stay forward and protect the backline squeaks. Don't let that thing break through and cut the backline! "
Edward was not sure what was going on. After all, most of the older Players were dead when the tortoise colossus changed, and the newbies who survived had either forgotten about the forum or couldn't leave due to the situation. After all, whether it was rescuing and evacuating the civilians or attacking the tortoise colossus with the Saintess, none of them could leisurely post.
Just as he was left in a daze, he suddenly received a System notification: [Saintess-in-training has completed the prerequisite quest, activating the Faint Crystal Stratum, the outermost layer of the Elven SIN. The event has officially begun, and a new warp point has been opened.]
He didn't think much before teleporting over.
Adding a resurrection point to an event wasn't a special case. It had happened when they attacked the Rotten Bones Church before, but the resurrection point was set beside Leah, the Warrior Princess. This time, however, it was on a fixed platform.
Unlike the other Players who were left dumbfounded when they teleported here, Edward had fought the undead elf at close range. Even if its appearance had changed dramatically and was striding towards the direction of 'inhuman', Edward could still recognize the being that had killed him once.
Hence, he quickly issued an order to lead the Players who had teleported over with him to wipe out the Boss!
Be that as it may, he flashed an approving smile at Eleena.
In that very moment, he finally saw Eleena — the little girl from the same village, the Saintess who needed his protection — as a qualified Player!
Even so, the undead elf did not just sit around and wait for its death, and instead quickly responded to the Players' assault.
Its exposed skin began to secrete black mucus and quickly solidified into something like armor. The four arms behind its back became longer and sharper. They stretched out from its back and formed a strange curve before hanging down to the ground, replacing the legs of the undead elf as support.
At first glance, it looked like a big black spider with four legs, but there was a thin membrane between the spider's legs that no one knew what it was for.
The thin membrane seemed to be very tough. Numerous powerful skills exploded on its surface, but they didn't deal much damage. The boss's HP bar only dropped by a little.
"Don't get too close. It might have a Freezing Halo!"
Mufasa, who had suffered a huge setback, also reminded him from the side.
That was when the undead elf's four arms suddenly bent even more, as if it was about to fall to the ground.
Mufasa had assumed that the other Players' control skills had taken effect, but he realized that something was not right when he took a closer look.
Instead of saying that the undead was holding itself from falling to the ground due to the Players' firepower, it was more like … it was charging?
Edward noticed it as well, and yelled without hesitation.
"Spread out!"
Even so, he was one step too late. The undead elf used the strength of its four arms to lift itself high into the air and leaped toward the Players!
Even with the skills granted by the God of Games to compensate for their accuracy, it was still difficult to hit a moving target. Only a few of the combined attacks of more than fifty of them managed to hit the target, and with the membrane protecting its vitals, they did not deal much damage.
Moreover, when the undead elf landed among the Players at the back row, it dealt tons of damage since they were all squishy mages around them. Several Players who had just revived were directly crushed to death, while the others were more or less affected by the halo effect, with white frost appearing over their bodies.
If it were a human army, that single blow would have scattered a hundred-man party.
Regrettably, the Players were different. They were still doing their best to deal damage, since they would be fine again in three days even if they died.
The undead elf, on the other hand, did not receive such treatment. Even if the undead had the potential to become a perpetual motion machine, every wound on its body was real, as could be seen from the HP bar over its head.
In the midst of the battle, it appeared that it was trying to devour the Players through its membrane just like how it devoured the automaton to recover from its wounds and improve its strength.
Clearly, it was not a trait that normal high elves would have, and was added to its undead form specifically to deal with human wave tactics.
Unfortunately, the Players would vanish directly after death and have no physical form, which was why they could not do something as difficult as being devoured …
For the undead elf, devouring the Players was no different from swallowing air — it was not even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth. Perhaps from a certain perspective, the Players were its greatest counter!
The fierce battle lasted for three and a half minutes, and the undead high elf, the first Boss of the Elven SIN event, fell to the Players' butcher knives.
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