Jiang Hao stretched out his right hand, holding a metal token emitting a blue light in his palm.
"What's the use of this thing?"
Even the other followers looked at Jiang Hao with suspicion. Jiang Hao didn't answer, but instead sent a legion invitation to the Thief's Way.
"You have received an invitation from the Lord of Hell's legion. Do you wish to confirm joining?"
The system notification sounded in Thief of Honor's ears. Thief of Honor chose to confirm without hesitation.
"Go and try fighting a monster."
Unaware of Jiang Hao's deeper intentions, the thief, with his own code of honor, approached a skeleton monster. To him, this skeleton monster was the kind whose level and quality were impossible to discern. Based on his experience, he knew it would take at least 70 hits to kill it. However, the drop rate of equipment from skeleton monsters was far lower than that of gnolls or tiger monsters, which was why he had previously avoided fighting them.
Since the Lord of Hell wanted him to try, he would. Holding the dagger upside down with both hands, he didn't bother to hide and walked openly behind a skeleton monster. The monster acted as if it hadn't seen him, simply pacing back and forth.
Jiang Hao's group of followers were completely dumbfounded.
What the heck is going on here?
The skeletal monster seemed blind, completely ignoring the approaching thieves who adhered to the code of honor.
If it were them, they probably wouldn't have gotten two steps closer before those skeleton monsters swarmed at them.
They had never seen "The Thief's Code" in action. Even when Jiang Hao saved "Full of Luck" last time, he was simply dodging attacks while surrounded by monsters, and no one noticed anything unusual.
At this moment, everyone saw Thief Yi Youdao swagger up behind the monster, raising his dagger high in his right hand and pressing it against his chest with his left, already in an attack stance. Everyone held their breath in unison.
The reason he followed the monster behind him, a position he had discovered effectively reduced the chance of missing. This was all experience he gained from killing monsters of higher levels starting from level 1.
The thief, true to his code, struck, his right hand plunged the dagger deep into the monster's body. Just when everyone thought the monster would retaliate, it remained standing still, without any dizziness or confusion effects above its head. It even looked up at the sky above the mountaintop. It was as if it hadn't noticed the thief's attack at all. Everyone was completely dumbfounded.
Even thieves with their code of honor were dumbfounded.
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A white damage number floated above the skeleton monster's head, instantly reducing its health bar by a quarter. He knew his own attack power better than anyone. How could someone with a total attack of only 28,000 possibly take away 370,000 health in a single hit?
It's a ghost!
Even thieves have their code of honor. Somewhat disbelieving his eyes, he drew his dagger with his right hand while simultaneously plunging the dagger in his left hand back into the skeleton's body.
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The white damage numbers floated up above the skeleton monster's head again. The thief, true to his code, wielded his dagger, unleashing three more attacks in quick succession, instantly depleting the skeleton monster's health bar, scattering its skeleton across the ground.
Only then did everyone realize that the "Honors of Thieves" possessed such terrifying attack power! Their gazes towards him changed.
Even those with abundant luck widened their eyes, as if they couldn't believe that someone with a code of honor could possess such strength.
"What's going on? Why has my damage increased so much?"
"Even thieves have their code of honor," Jiang Hao finally realized, staring at him with a puzzled expression.
"As long as you team up with me, you can increase your true damage by about 340,000."
With a clang, the dagger, which even thieves have their code of honor, fell to the ground.
"How much? 340,000? Holy crap!"
"Anyone else interested in joining the legion? But let me make this clear beforehand: it can only increase physical damage, not magical damage. Once you join, you'll be under my command, and also..."
Before Jiang Hao could finish speaking, he saw all the players behind him jump up.
"Me, me, me! I want to join the legion! If a big shot tries to recruit me, I'll do whatever they say!"
"I'm awesome, boss, can you pull me in? Listen to me, I'm a pro."
"Dad, Dad, please pull me in. The son's main responsibility is to be obedient."
Jiang Hao wanted to list a few more rules, but seeing their chaotic excitement, he figured it was already good enough if they just listened. As for the rest, they could work things out later.
So Jiang Hao sent them a legion invitation directly.
A moment later, someone asked excitedly, "Boss, what do we do now?"
There were a total of 37 people present, all of whom had joined the legion.
Jiang Hao pointed to the skeleton monsters ahead and said, "Your levels are too low and your equipment is too poor. Let's hurry up and take down this wave of monsters."
"However, melee and mage classes should not participate. These monsters are all level 30 silver monsters with an attack power of over 10,000. I'm afraid these monsters will kill you instantly."
"How many archers do we have in our team? Step forward so I can see."
As soon as Jiang Hao finished speaking, seven archers stepped forward. Jiang Hao observed that these seven archers ranged in level from 10 to 15, and their equipment was all quite poor. Some of them were even carrying beginner bows from the newbie village, the kind that only increased physical attack power by 2 points.
Unconsciously, my face twitched a little.
This is quite a disappointing start!
"Um, I have a question. Do you have a lot of arrows?"
The level 10 archer immediately stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, Dad. As an archer, my backpack is full of arrows."
Jiang Hao noticed that he was thin and short. Out of curiosity, he opened his attribute panel: 500 HP, 182 attack power, and 90 movement speed.
An assassin gains 5 points of Strength and 9 points of Agility per level. At level 10, this translates to 50 points of Strength and 90 points of Agility, resulting in 500 health and 180 attack.
Jiang Hao was so moved he almost cried.
It turns out that none of the archer's equipment increased health or stats. In other words, apart from the beginner bow he was carrying (given from the newbie village gift pack, which added 2 attack power) and the beginner leather armor he was wearing (which added 1 defense), he had no other equipment.
Lingxu, did you see that? These are the passionate players you've let down!
"Alright, as long as we have enough arrows, these monsters are yours for now. If we don't have enough arrows, we'll figure something out."
Jiang Hao looked at the seven archers, pondered for a moment, and said, "You can split into two groups. The five strongest people can form one group and focus on killing one monster at a time. The other group of two people can team up with Dao Yi You Dao. You can focus on killing monsters without worrying about attracting other monsters. I will take care of them when necessary."
After saying this, Jiang Hao ordered the two gold-level summoned creatures to take a few steps forward.
Several archers nodded, then drew their bows and shot at the distant skeleton monster.
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