Chapter 102: Chapter102-The Boss Enters the Execution Range, Stealing the Kill in Public

[Hidden Quest Scroll]

[Rank]: Special Item

[Description]: After use, it can trigger a random Hidden Quest. The type is not fixed. It may be a treasure hunt, a boss-slaying mission, a fortuitous encounter...

After John finished reading it, his eyes lit up.

He had never expected that Zone 1’s treasury would actually contain such a good item.

"The rewards from Hidden Quests are usually never bad. This Zone 1 guild probably kept it unused because they wanted to wait until their level was higher, then see if they could trigger a higher-level Hidden Quest."

A smile appeared on John’s face.

"Since you couldn’t bear to use it, then let me use it on your behalf."

With a thought from John, the scroll transformed into a stream of light in the next moment, and a panel appeared before him.

[You have triggered a Hidden Quest!]

[Quest Name]: Glory of Archer

[Quest Content]: Beneath every archer class mentor statue, there lies a special trial. Only those who possess the key may trigger it.

[Quest Reward]: Chance to drop Codex of Archer, archer attack range increase, complete class book set, S-rank archer talent...

...

"Codex of Archer!"

The instant John saw those words, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes.

He had never imagined that he would find a clue to the Codex of Archer here.

"It seems this Hidden Quest is similar to a key that triggers a storyline. After I go back, I can directly look for the archer mentor’s statue and trigger a trial."

As John thought this, he could hardly wait to return to Zone 5 and complete the Codex of Archer quest.

He quickly swept the entire treasury clean. Then, he swaggered out of the Glory Guild headquarters.

Before leaving, he did not forget to nod at Lina and the other two.

"The treasury is very safe. The three of you have done a good job watching over it."

Lina and the others let out a sigh of relief. If anything had gone wrong with the treasury, they truly would have committed an unforgivable offense.

John said calmly, "I’ll head back to continue participating in the operation to clear Leviathan. Stay alert."

"Don’t worry. With us here, no one will be able to lay a finger on the treasury," Lina said with a smile.

John nodded and left with an entire backpack full of spoils.

At this moment, his clone had already sent him a message. Leviathan had already been worn down to half HP. It was time to begin the execution.

...

John soon arrived at the lakeside again.

At this moment, many more warriors were waiting outside the lake for priests to heal them.

From this alone, it was clear just how great a price the Zone 1 players had paid in order to deal with that Leviathan.

"Vice Guild Leader Fike, weren’t you just inside the dungeon?"

When John appeared, some of the priests noticed that something was wrong and asked in confusion.

They had personally watched this vice guild leader enter the dungeon just now. How had he appeared again?

John waved his hand. "Don’t even mention it. I was accidentally one-shot by the boss inside just now. Luckily, I had prepared an instant-revival item. Isn’t this me rushing back to continue the raid?"

When everyone heard this, they were immediately deeply moved. One after another, they stood up and applauded him.

"Vice Guild Leader’s actions truly command our admiration!"

"As expected of the vice guild leader. If it were someone else, they would never be willing to use such a precious revival item!"

"Keep it up, Vice Guild Leader! Take down this dungeon ruin for our Zone 1!"

Amid the send-off cheers of the Zone 1 players, John entered the dungeon.

He found his way with ease and soon arrived at the depths of the ruins where Leviathan was located.

At this moment, his clone, disguised as Edward, was still pretending to give orders.

"That mage over there, why aren’t you casting any skills?"

The mage turned around with an aggrieved expression. "Guild Leader, I’m already out of mana. How am I supposed to cast skills?"

John’s clone immediately scolded him. "If you can’t cast skills, don’t you know how to go up and use basic attacks? Even if you take some damage, that’s still fine. Right now, those idiot warriors have all worn themselves down until they have no HP left. Can’t you people show a little self-sacrificing mindset?"

After hearing this, the mage opened his mouth but did not know what to say.

You want me, a mage, to go up and tank damage?

Is this really a command tactic a human could come up with?

The other players still locked in battle also revealed speechless expressions.

Originally, when they first started fighting the boss raid, everything had been orderly.

Players of each class had coordinated with one another quite well.

But after Edward had gone out for a while and then returned, he had directly changed their tactics and started issuing a bunch of random commands.

Not only had he caused many warrior players to lose their condition and be forced to withdraw from the dungeon to receive healing, he had even ordered many fragile classes such as archers and mages to go up and tank damage.

During the half hour under his command, over a hundred players had been directly slapped to death by Leviathan because of it and sent to the Revival Spring.

If the one commanding them had not been Edward, and it had been anyone else causing such chaos, they would have rebelled on the spot.

"That’s enough. Everyone, retreat for now.

"Let’s kite it for a while and recover our condition first."

When John’s clone saw that the main body had arrived, it immediately ordered everyone to stop attacking and retreat.

Although the players were puzzled, they still stopped one after another and quickly retreated outside the aggro area.

At this moment, the chains on Leviathan’s body had already completely broken apart. The entire ruin was now within its attack range.

The players could only dodge Leviathan’s attacks while retreating.

This frustrating feeling of stopping halfway through the fight ignited an indescribable anger in their hearts.

Right at this moment, John took the initiative to walk toward Leviathan.

When the other players saw this, their hearts shook.

"What’s going on? Vice Guild Leader Fike actually dares to disobey Guild Leader Edward’s order?"

Zone 1’s rigid hierarchy had long since been deeply ingrained in everyone’s hearts.

In their eyes, Edward was like a god.

Even though his random commands just now had made many people dissatisfied, their habitual way of thinking still made them believe that they should listen to Edward at this moment.

Seeing that someone actually dared to disobey the guild leader’s order, the other vice guild leaders participating in this dungeon ruin raid immediately shouted at him.

"Fike, have you gone mad? You dare disobey Guild Leader Edward’s order?"

"You’re a warrior, and you’re still at full condition right now. What you should be doing isn’t running off alone to show off, but tanking damage for us!"

"You lunatic, didn’t you hear us? Hurry up and get back here!"

John’s main body turned a deaf ear to them and continued walking forward.

Meanwhile, his clone turned back and reprimanded those vice guild leaders.

"Noisy. Hurry up and shut your mouths. Watch carefully how he fights the boss!"

The people who had been scolded were completely dumbfounded.

What was going on?

Hadn’t the guild leader always been extremely strict with Fike?

Why was he now, in a rare turn of events, speaking up for him?

And besides, Fike’s skills were so terrible, and his level was not even high. How could he possibly solo a Leviathan boss that still had half its HP?

Could it be that today’s guild leader had been possessed?

A series of questions rose in everyone’s hearts.

Their gazes fell on John.

They saw that he had already arrived in front of Leviathan’s enormous body.

Roar!

Leviathan directly took the opportunity to crush down on him.

With its massive body and extremely high attack power, even the slightest crush would deal tens of thousands of damage.

However, the instant it touched John, Leviathan’s remaining HP suddenly hit rock bottom.

A terrifying damage number rose from its body.

[-3,000,000!]