"For this Stronghold, you will receive your own residence and studio, as well as a position in engineering design. We are just a gaming guild, if you don't mind," Lu Li began to promise benefits.
The two brothers, Jia Ren and Jia Yi, seemed to be quite different in age. They were at least 10 or 20 years old.
The younger brother, Jia Yi, had the image of a playboy who only knew how to flirt with girls all day long.
The older brother, Jia Ren, seemed to be the complete opposite. He lived like a refined intellectual, which was proven to be true. Sometimes, people would think that he lived like an old man, simple and lacking in passion.
Since the younger brother was able to indulge in all kinds of entertainment, it was enough to prove that the two brothers weren't lacking in money. They had their own villa in Stormwind City.
As such, Lu Li simply didn't know what to use to win over this professor in real life.
"It's pretty good. I think it's all pretty good. I actually like playing games, but unfortunately, I can't play anymore," Jia Ren said calmly. Lu Li felt that Lu Li was high and mighty, but he also felt the huge influence of Lu Li in Ruling Sword.
To put it bluntly, Lu Li was now like a leader with tens of thousands of fanatics below him.
Jia Ren was very happy to have a house that he had designed in the city. Moreover, this position in engineering design meant that he might be responsible for the design of many Strongholds in the future, so it wasn't a disgrace to his identity.
Since everything was going according to plan, Lu Li could rest assured and go into the Instance Dungeon.
First Clears were the way to go!
Even Sakura Memories' first place had been achieved in the Instance Dungeon.
The sixth one was called Shazzrah. He was a very, very cheap Boss, also known as the Arcane Man.
"Everyone, calm down. If we miss the First Clear because of the Stronghold, then what's the point of having this Stronghold?" Lu Li hoped that everyone would focus on the Instance Dungeon.
The monsters that spawned along the way had caused the entire team to be wiped three times. If they continued to fight like this, they probably wouldn't even be able to defeat a single Boss today. This wasn't an exaggeration. Bosses like Shazzrah were best at this. Even though everyone knew that he wasn't very powerful, they still couldn't defeat him.
"If we don't do well in the dungeon, what are we going to rely on to compete with those big shots? The strongholds will belong to someone else sooner or later." Weilan Haifeng was very clear-headed. He was usually an idiot, but he was quite reliable when there was a problem.
"If we can't defeat this Boss today, then don't even think about getting those houses," Lu Li said viciously.
This sentence was too lethal. A house that belonged to oneself was in the first Stronghold in the game. This was even more impressive than having a villa in Stormwind City. This was because you could get a villa in Stormwind City as long as you had money. On the other hand, Ruling Sword had properties in the Stronghold, so money was useless.
"I'm going," Weilan Haifeng said as he took out his crossbow and fired an arrow. He successfully attracted the Boss' attention.
Only after he had the aggro of the Boss did the ranged professions dare to rain down magic arrows.
A dense amount of damage appeared above the Boss' head, which meant that this Boss didn't have much defense. The damage that the Boss dealt to Weilan Haifeng was only around 400, which was even weaker than the two Door Gods at the beginning of the Instance Dungeon.
"Priests, dispel the Boss." Lu Li saw that there was an additional status on the Boss and immediately ordered the Priests to dispel it. He then added, "You don't need to use Dispel."
This status was called Decay Magic. Decay Magic reduced the damage taken by the caster by 50% for 30 seconds. If this magic wasn't dispelled, it meant that all damage taken by the player would be halved. Even if nothing else happened, it would still take twice as long to defeat the Boss.
As soon as the Decay Magic appeared, it had to be dispelled immediately.
"Try activating a wave of burst damage," he said. Sakura Memories obediently activated Bloodlust, and Shazzrah's HP immediately began to drop.
Soon, Shazzrah began to tell everyone how he used Arcane Burst, which was how he got the name Arcane Burst.
Arcane Burst – Creates a magic explosion centered around the caster, dealing 1000 arcane damage to nearby enemies.
The area of the Arcane Burst was very large, covering almost half of the field. It could easily deal more than 1000 damage to players. This kind of AOE Arcane Burst was the Boss' specialty.
This kind of damage couldn't kill anyone instantly, but this Boss didn't just use Arcane Burst once. It released Arcane Burst at a very high frequency, which put a lot of pressure on the healers. If they were even a little bit slower, someone could be killed by the Arcane Burst.
However, this kind of situation was relatively rare, so everyone let out a sigh of relief.
"Mages, Mages, dispel the curse!" Lu Li shouted. This was because Shazzrah had started to release a curse. The effect of his curse was very overpowered. It increased the damage taken by nearby enemies by 100% for five minutes.
This meant that the damage would be doubled!
If they weren't cursed, they would only take two hits. However, if they were cursed, the second hit would basically kill them.
Originally, the Arcane Burst was only a little scary, but it was immediately fatal. After all, anyone who was hit by it would be seriously injured. As long as they didn't get healed or the curse wasn't dispelled in time, two hits from the Arcane Burst would basically be enough to deal with the aftermath.
If this was when they first entered the Instance Dungeon, the Mages would probably be dumbfounded.
However, they had already experienced a few Bosses that needed to be dispelled, so the Mages who had been through a lot immediately got into the zone.
I'll dispel! I'll dispel! I'll dispel!
In any case, Lu Li had already said that this kind of Boss needed to be dispelled. No matter how bad the Mages' damage was, they could be forgiven. However, if there was a problem with dispelling the curse and it led to a team wipe, then they had to be careful about their DKP.
The few players next to the Boss had their curses removed. Even if the Boss used Arcane Burst again, it wouldn't be a problem.
However, something that left the Mages dumbfounded happened.
The Boss actually teleported. He teleported to another group of people and directly used Arcane Burst. There were a few cursed players who hadn't had time to dispel, or rather, the Mages thought that they were far away and didn't need to hurry.
In the end, these cursed players were instantly killed. They were all ranged players, and there were even healers among them.
Team wipe!
Shazzrah was indeed a despicable "person".
It wasn't that there hadn't been a Boss that had this kind of battle mechanism before, but there definitely hadn't been a Boss as despicable as him.
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