Chapter 60: This Was Truly Bad Yet Addicted to Playing |
“So this was actually allowed?”
Looking at the blood-red panel, the dumbfounded Jiang Chen felt even more dumbfounded.
【Aaron, Fifth Ring, Deep Sea Octopus Monster (Elite)】
【HP: 38139/40000】
Just moments ago, he had originally planned to ambush this wild monster.
And the plan had succeeded.
He really had caught this thing off guard.
Just as he was preparing to continue fighting it and force out its second form, the distant Enforcement Officers had arrived as well.
And then something absurd happened.
“How was this reasonable? The first phase hadn’t even ended yet, and it suddenly turned into a super monster with forty thousand HP.”
This sequence of events left Jiang Chen utterly stunned.
Could it be some kind of game burden-reduction mechanic added by the developers?
But even if they wanted to reduce the burden, they shouldn’t be doing it in a place like this, right?
Unable to figure out what exactly was going on, Jiang Chen simply stopped thinking about it. In any case, he decided to deal with this boss first.
“Vivian, cover me!” At that moment, Elia’s voice rang out.
“Okay!”
Although he had no idea what this NPC was planning to do, Jiang Chen still agreed.
Originally, Jiang Chen had assumed that after transforming, this wild monster that had been following him around would probably only have Fourth Ring strength.
But this boss’s power level was obviously overtuned.
According to Jiang Chen’s many years of gaming experience, this should have been one of those scripted-kill CG scenes.
Probably the kind where he only needed to shave off a tiny portion of the boss’s HP before the story NPC stepped in and instantly killed the boss.
Jiang Chen was very familiar with this kind of plot.
While thinking this, Jiang Chen shifted his gaze toward Elia.
At that moment, she was charging toward Octopus Monster Aaron at astonishing speed.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen immediately followed behind her.
Right then, a gigantic square-shaped red marker suddenly appeared along Jiang Chen’s path forward.
Without even looking closely, Jiang Chen already knew what it was.
A monster attack landing indicator.
Almost simultaneously, Jiang Chen and Elia rolled toward opposite sides.
“Boom!”
Accompanied by a deafening roar, a thick octopus tentacle slammed down violently, instantly sending shattered stones flying everywhere.
After dodging the attack, Jiang Chen continued rushing toward the monster without slowing down at all, while Elia also kept pace close behind him.
At that moment, another attack prediction appeared.
Several more tentacles swept toward them.
Jiang Chen and Elia immediately dodged again.
Just like that, the two quickly arrived not far from Octopus Humanoid Monster Aaron.
Then Elia fixed her gaze tightly on the octopus monster’s enormous head while green flames began igniting along the longsword in her hand.
“Cover me!”
The moment Elia finished speaking, she leapt upward.
At the same time, Jiang Chen also noticed a gigantic octopus tentacle sweeping horizontally toward her in midair.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen did not hesitate either. He jumped up and swung the scythe in his hand.
A streak of red light flashed past, and the tentacle was instantly severed in half.
“Roar!” Along with the monster’s pained howl—
“Nicely done!” Elia, who was still high in the air, praised him.
She raised the longsword in her hand as a pale golden radiance enveloped her body.
Then...
“Smack...”
Then one of the octopus monster’s tentacles suddenly stretched out from who knew where and slapped Elia away like swatting a mosquito.
Watching Elia tumble across the ground several times before finally stopping, Jiang Chen was left utterly baffled.
“Was this right?”
“Could this actually be my fault?”
Jiang Chen was not too sure.
Because just now, the NPC had told him to cover her, so Jiang Chen had blocked one wave of attacks for her. He had assumed that should have been enough.
Normally, in scenes like this, the player character merely acted as a camera and only needed to watch.
Jiang Chen had even thought the game’s addition of interactive operations to increase player involvement was pretty good.
Who could have expected that this interaction actually had two steps?
First block one attack below, then block another one above.
What kind of developer designed gameplay like this?
Who would have thought you still had to block another attack up there?
Jiang Chen felt utterly speechless.
At that moment, the injured Elia climbed back to her feet and wiped away the blood from the corner of her mouth.
Her gaze locked firmly onto Vivian, who was still circling around the octopus monster in the distance.
“Vivian, that was my mistake just now. Cover me one more time!”
“Okay!” The latter’s response remained concise and direct.
Watching Elia charge forward once again, Jiang Chen also became serious.
“So I needed to block twice, huh.”
“I won’t make the same mistake a second time!”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen dodged attacks while simultaneously paying close attention to Elia’s movements.
Very quickly, Elia once again arrived near the octopus monster, and another thick tentacle came sweeping toward her.
Jiang Chen seized the opportunity and slashed at the tentacle from the side, easily severing it just like before.
Although the severed tentacle regenerated almost immediately, that brief moment was already enough for Elia.
This time, she directly jumped toward the octopus monster’s bloated body. Clearly, she intended to use the monster’s body as footing to approach its head.
“Damn, this NPC’s pretty capable. She failed in the air earlier, and now she actually changed her approach method.”
Elia’s maneuver surprised Jiang Chen somewhat.
However, the moment she stepped onto the octopus monster’s mucus-covered body, Elia barely took one step before slipping from the slick surface and nearly losing her balance.
Then...
“Smack...”
“Damn it!” Along with Elia’s unwilling cry, this time she was sent flying even farther than before.
Jiang Chen: ???
For some reason, Jiang Chen suddenly felt that something was very wrong.
“Again!” Elia’s voice sounded out once more after climbing back up.
“Alright... then...”
Fortunately, under Jiang Chen’s protection this time, Elia finally managed to appear atop the octopus monster’s enormous head.
Immediately afterward, Elia raised her sword and stabbed directly toward the octopus’s head.
“It’s finally over.”
Seeing this, Jiang Chen immediately retreated backward and widened the distance between himself and the octopus monster.
“Damn, this scripted-kill trigger difficulty was actually pretty high.”
Originally, Jiang Chen had thought he only needed to block one or two attacks for this NPC.
But that was clearly not the case.
After the NPC had been swatted away twice, Jiang Chen became far more cautious during the third attempt.
This time, he escorted her the entire way.
Only after blocking seven or eight attacks did Elia barely manage to reach the octopus’s head and trigger the scripted-kill CG.
“This developer is seriously a genius.”
After muttering a complaint, Jiang Chen fixed his gaze tightly on Elia, whose entire body was now engulfed in crimson flames.
“Flame Explosion!”
Along with Elia’s delicate shout, the longsword pierced into the octopus monster’s head.
“Boom!”
The next moment, a massive explosion erupted.
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【Aaron, Fifth Ring, Deep Sea Octopus Monster (Elite)】
【HP: 33120/40000】
Jiang Chen: ???
Subconsciously rubbing his eyes, Jiang Chen began wondering whether he was hallucinating.
“How... how much damage?”
“Are you freaking kidding me?”
At that moment, Jiang Chen finally understood.
This was not some scripted-kill CG at all.
This was clearly an NPC who was terrible at the game yet hopelessly addicted to playing.