Chapter 64: Did My Monster Get Stolen? |
This attack was already impossible to evade.
The sudden change caught even Jiang Chen off guard.
“Holy crap!”
“I actually got played!”
Jiang Chen had originally believed he had already figured out all of this Monster’s skills.
The cooldowns, cast timings, and attack ranges of the different skills had all been wrong!
“Damn it, the abilities this Monster displayed earlier were completely fake.”
“The skill frequency and casting speed were intentionally done like that!”
“All for the sake of screwing me over with this final move!”
He had never expected that even the Wild Monsters in this game could have such cunning thoughts. It was absurd.
“Damn it, I’m just unlucky this round!”
Jiang Chen said through gritted teeth.
Naturally, Vivian heard Lord Evil God’s muttering loud and clear.
Especially that final sentence—
“I’m just unlucky this round.”
No, Lord Evil God, what do you mean you’re unlucky? The truly unlucky one is me!
Hearing those words, Vivian nearly burst into tears.
Looking at the tentacle getting closer and closer to her, Vivian felt like the sky itself was collapsing.
Wuwuwu, I told you we should’ve just run away!
But Lord Evil God, why did you insist on staying behind?
Now things have completely gone out of control...
You may be fine after messing things up, but I’m the one who’s completely finished!!
Watching the tentacle draw closer and closer, Vivian felt as though time itself had slowed down.
And right at that moment, Vivian vaguely heard a faint voice.
“Vivian... Vivian...”
The elderly voice pulled Vivian’s memories back to her childhood.
“That’s Great-Grandma’s voice?”
“Eh...? Why am I hearing Great-Grandma’s voice...?”
Immediately afterward, Vivian seemed to see her great-grandmother’s kind smile beneath the large tree beside the village at sunset.
Ahwu...
I’m really done for!
Great-Grandma’s come to take me away.
........
“However...”
At that moment, the Evil God’s voice rang out once again.
Before Vivian could react, a special summoning magic array appeared beneath her feet.
An Octopus Tentacle nearly as large as the Monster’s suddenly appeared and directly collided with the tentacle slamming down from above.
Naturally, this was the long-entry skill of the Deep Sea Ring—Abyssal Summon.
It could summon an abyssal tentacle roughly around the strength of a Four-Ring combatant to assist in battle. Although its strength was only around Four-Ring, it was already more than enough.
“Boom!”
The two tentacles collided, and accompanied by a tremendous sound, both were blasted away by the enormous force almost simultaneously.
Using that opportunity, Vivian immediately leapt several times before arriving atop the summoned tentacle, which then curled around her and hurled her toward the distance.
While airborne, Vivian saw the corrosive liquid on the ground almost simultaneously engulf the area where she had just been standing.
The enormous abyssal tentacle she had summoned—nearly ten meters long and one to two meters thick—was also being corroded at a visible rate.
“I’m saved...”
Looking at the scene before her, Vivian, who had narrowly escaped death, felt her little heart pounding violently.
There was no helping it. What had just happened was far too thrilling.
Vivian felt like her poor little heart simply could not handle it.
Also!
Why did this Lord Evil God always pause dramatically while speaking?
Couldn’t he just finish his sentence in one go?
He had nearly scared her to death.
However, unlike Vivian, who had survived disaster—
Octopus Humanoid Aaron knew that if Vivian had not died, then the one who would die next was himself.
That combo attack earlier had been something he had meticulously planned for a long time.
He had even willingly allowed himself to be injured just to numb Vivian’s vigilance and create an opening for himself.
While Vivian had been observing him during battle, he had likewise been observing Vivian.
Aaron truly had not expected Vivian to still have such a hidden trump card.
“Damn it, I was just one step away!”
Looking at Vivian, who had already escaped danger, Aaron felt despair.
Against Vivian’s speed, there was no way he could escape, and his skills could not be used again immediately. Vivian would definitely seize this opportunity.
And just as he expected, the moment Vivian escaped the combo attack, she immediately launched a counterattack.
Knowing that he was finished, Aaron looked venomously toward Vivian.
“You think killing me means you’ve won?”
“It’s already too late! My lord’s plans won’t end just because I die. This is only the beginning!”
“Before long, you’ll come down here to accompany me as well!”
Jiang Chen treated Aaron’s final threats as merely a monster’s dying voice lines.
Not only did Jiang Chen not care, he even gave the dialogue a mental thumbs-up.
“Now those voice lines sound somewhat decent. But... it’s over!”
A victor’s smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth.
“Although this elite monster’s strength was only average, its combat techniques were definitely commendable.”
Jiang Chen also gave it a fairly positive evaluation.
Of course, through this battle, Jiang Chen had gained a completely new understanding of the game.
The monsters in this game did not have fixed mechanics like those in other games. Their skills could change at any moment.
Jiang Chen had never expected this game company to put so much effort even into designing monsters.
They really felt like living monsters—capable of deliberately feigning weakness, misleading opponents, and then seizing the perfect opportunity for a fatal strike.
Jiang Chen was naturally quite satisfied with monsters like this.
“Challenges are what make games fun.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen controlled Vivian to leap into the air while swinging the blood-red scythe, preparing to finish off this elite monster with one final combo.
But right at that moment—
A golden light suddenly appeared in the sky.
Jiang Chen froze slightly.
Before he could even react to what had happened—
A gigantic cross descended from the heavens.
It was a cross at least ten meters tall, radiating flowing brilliance, engraved with complex runes, and emanating a sacred aura.
“RUMBLE—!”
Accompanied by a deafening roar—
The cross struck the Octopus Monster directly.
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A red damage number popped up, and immediately afterward, the cross that had fulfilled its mission transformed into particles of light and disappeared.
The sudden turn of events caused everyone observing from afar to simultaneously shift their gaze toward a young man dressed in priest robes standing not far from the Octopus Monster.
When Jiang Chen, who was controlling Vivian, saw the NPC who had appeared, the smile on his face froze instantly.
Naturally, Jiang Chen recognized this NPC.
It was Father Matthew—the priest who had kicked him out of the church earlier.
“This seems... kind of... maybe... like.... my kill got stolen by an NPC?”
Jiang Chen’s tone was filled with disbelief.
He had worked so hard fighting this Monster for so long, only for this NPC to steal the kill at the very end?
In an instant, Jiang Chen felt his brain buzzing.
Honestly speaking, Jiang Chen believed his views toward games were generally quite objective.
Under normal circumstances, he would never let things that happened in a game affect reality.
A game was a game, and reality was reality. Jiang Chen could clearly distinguish between the two.
But...
For some reason, Jiang Chen could only feel the anger in his heart rapidly soaring upward.
Taking a deep breath, he forcibly calmed himself down first.