The saying goes, "Unsolicited kindness is either a sign of malice or deceit." Ai Ke's kindness made him feel that there was a conspiracy involved!
Linda smiled thoughtfully in response.
He then looked at the battles on the other two sides and first released the Azure Shield, placing it on Chrona and Or.
As Linda's level increases, the number of times the Azure Shield can be used also increases. Initially, it could only be used 5 times consecutively in a short period of time, but now it can be used 7 times.
In the Mysterious Continent, each skill has its own usage limit, corresponding to a specific magic circuit in the body.
High-speed continuous use can cause the circuit to overheat, resulting in physical damage.
Linda looked ahead, wielding a flaming greatsword, and attacked Lia, who was constantly retreating from the Black-Armored Crab. Perhaps due to her reduced intelligence, Lia's magic circuits were naturally more durable than others.
As the Black-Armored Crab General's pincers swung, Lia ducked to dodge. Looking around, she noticed that Oru and Chrona both had Linda's light shields, but she didn't.
Leah turned her head angrily and glared at Linda, who was taking a magic potion to recover: "Give me a shield!"
Linda shook her head. "You should focus on fighting. I won't give you a shield."
"Huh? What do you mean by that? Are you targeting me, huh!"
Lia was taken aback; she didn't even want to fight the crab anymore.
Even Oru has a shield, why doesn't she?
Linda's idea was simple: to prevent Leah from continuing to act like a spoiled brat, he had to stay as far away from her as possible. Only by not interfering could Leah's 'personal storyline' return to the right track in the game, allowing her to become a respected and radiant figure.
"I'll help you."
Linda ignores Lia and joins the battle on Oru's side.
"Alright, partner!" Oru laughed happily.
Working together, and with support from the rear, the two quickly took down the second Black Armored Crab.
Two system notifications have accumulated:
[Defeat the Level 20 Black Armored Crab General to obtain Mysterious Points!]
[Defeat the level 20 Black Armored Crab General, but the damage output was too low; only Mysterious Points were awarded!]
Linda dealt significant damage to the first monster and earned a lot of Mystic Points.
The second one, when he came over, was already low on health. He barely managed to finish it off with a finishing blow and gain points.
It's better than nothing.
Linda and Oru walked side by side toward the last Black-Armored Crab General.
Lia's team is the slowest to fight, with only Kaine supporting her.
Echo and Monica both helped Linda, making Leah seem like an outsider.
The proud red-haired captain grew angrier the more he thought about it, and took his anger out on the Black-Armored Crab General.
With each strike, he muttered things like "Damn Linda," "Go to hell," and "I'll beat you to death."
Is she really that resentful just because I didn't give her a shield?
Linda felt a chill run down her spine when she thought of the parents who were killed by their children simply because they wouldn't give them money to buy them puppets.
If he hadn't left Xueyan and continued to spoil Liya, the consequences would have been dire if he had refused her capricious requests one day.
Before long, the group worked together to defeat the last Black-Armored Crab General.
The material is divided equally on both sides, and the magic core is extracted from each side.
...
"Um?"
Kaf stopped digging for the magic core with her short knife, suddenly frowned, and looked ahead suspiciously.
Amidst the chaos of the battlefield, an extremely faint sound emanated from underground.
Besides Kaphni, Lia also felt something.
She didn't hear the sound; she relied on her 'intuition'.
Leah suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, her heart pounding with unease, as if something was about to happen.
He simply jumped back and got behind Chrona's shield wall.
"Everyone, retreat a bit. Something's not right," Kaphni warned everyone seriously.
The people from Luanweihua and Xueyan all retreated behind Krona.
Krona served as both a defender and a decoy.
Linda gripped the healing spell in her hand tightly.
After calming down, he also noticed the strange sound.
It came from very deep underground.
Approaching from afar, it resembles a rapidly moving mud dragon.
Linda racked her brains but couldn't recall any monsters like that in the game. The strongest one should be deep within the Clear Breeze River, currently battling the White Dove Adventurer Team.
The other areas are occupied by the Black-Armored Crab Generals.
“Level 23... The aura is very strong!” Kaphni’s senses gradually became clearer, and her golden pupils seemed to see through everything as she gazed at the ground.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the level was 23.
Lia and Eko reached level 25, and Chrona also broke through to level 23 yesterday.
With the two teams working together, taking down a level 23 monster shouldn't be a problem.
Linda thought about it more deeply.
Why would an ordinary level 23 monster make Kafni, who is fearless, show such a serious expression?
Could it be 'that' BOSS?
Linda frowned involuntarily.
On average, only one out of every thousand Black-Armored Crabs will mutate.
From the rare purple grade, it has transformed into the precious orange grade.
An extremely rare hidden monster!
The forging materials required for top-tier orange jewelry with set bonuses come from this type of monster.
But right now, he really doesn't want to encounter that monster!
The collaboration between the Phoenix Tail Flower and the Snow Goose was hardly even a last-minute effort.
Linda was confident she could defeat the monster. However, she wasn't sure she could get everyone out unharmed.
The battle situation is ever-changing, and each adventurer has their own thoughts. It's impossible for them to be able to move to the exact spot by clicking on the ground 5.79 meters away, just like in a game.
The tremors underground grew stronger, and everyone could sense the terrifying aura of the demonic creature.
"What is it?" Kaine leaned against Oru uneasily, her body trembling slightly.
Lia and Eko stared intently at the underground ahead, their faces serious.
"Captain, Captain..." Monica nervously grabbed Linda's clothes with her small hands, her white-stockinged legs trembling like a sieve.
All the killer crabs around them retreated in panic, burying their heads in the ground like ostriches.
It was as if they were showing submission to an unknown entity.
A tense atmosphere, as if a storm was brewing, hung in the air.
"You lowly monsters, come out here!"
Chrona's face was pale. At the forefront, she couldn't withstand the immense pressure and launched the first attack.
His right foot slammed heavily onto the ground, the vibrations traveling dozens of meters underground.
The signature skill of the heavily armored warrior: Berserk Stomp!
"hiss--"
A sharp, monstrous cry rapidly approached from below.
The ground beneath Chrona's feet suddenly collapsed.
A colossal creature, resembling both a crab and a lobster, covered in a crimson shell and with a long body, emerged from the ground as if clad in crimson armor.
Its pair of crab claws are as large as a tree that two people can hug.
Like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, it bursts forth from beneath the mud.
Its figure blotted out the sky and roared as it attacked Chrona!
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