The number and quality of monsters in the insane difficulty dungeons are extremely high.
However, each monster also provides a large amount of experience points.
After Bai Lu wiped out the monsters with a brilliant flash, Lu Cang and the others finally reached level 20.
This is the current level cap.
From this moment on, killing any monster will no longer grant any experience points.
However, what players are unaware of at this stage is that there is a special hidden mechanism for level restrictions.
Excess experience points will accumulate as extra "Luck," which may result in more rewards when opening treasure chests next time. However, there is a limit to this Luck.
Otherwise, Lu Cang even planned to hold his level until it was equivalent to 12 points of luck before opening another chest.
Lu Cang walked to the edge of the mine.
Several crystals were collected from the rock face.
"Hmm... The task of collecting black crystal fluorite is complete."
"You guys should also collect the materials for the hidden quest."
This is a hidden quest that Lu Cang accepted in Maple City before coming to the Black Crystal Mine instance.
[A request from the apothecary Wright—to collect black fluorite]
This hidden quest rewards you with a potion that permanently increases your four main attributes by 100 points. Although it can only be used once, it's still a pretty good reward.
The trigger condition is that a specific potion is accidentally broken while browsing the products on his shelf.
He will then tell the player that the potion requires black crystal fluorite powder to make.
However, the broken potion only temporarily increases the four main attributes.
However, if the player completes the task and brings him the Black Crystal Fluorite, he can use the materials provided by the player to create a potion that permanently enhances the four main attributes.
The deadline for this mission is before the undead tide breaks out.
After the undead tide breaks out, or after the hidden boss is defeated, completing this quest will only reward you with a temporary stat boost potion, not a permanent one.
According to the backstory, these ores are imbued with ritualistic energy, which is why the potions made from them have special bonuses.
While collecting materials for the hidden quest, Bai Lu chatted with her brother:
"Brother, that King Fenghua said that if we don't stop the necromancers, a legion of undead will invade Fenghua City."
Is this true?
"Yes, it's true." Lu Cang nodded slightly.
Bai Lu blinked.
In fact, several major events have occurred in District 1.
After the events, players discovered some documents and, through some subsequent hidden quests, found that these events actually had corresponding causes.
This led to a conclusion among the players.
If we can find the source of a major event before it occurs, we can very well prevent a disaster from happening.
"So, what will happen if our copy fails?"
"If we fail this time, the undead army will probably be summoned and invade Maple City," Lu Cang said casually.
“There are no second chances for us,” Lu Cang added.
"Huh?" Bai Lu was somewhat shocked.
She never expected the consequences to be so severe.
"Are we... currently undertaking a timeline quest? Are we saving MapleStory?"
There have been some announcements in the first district, saying that a certain player stopped a disaster that was supposed to happen and changed the fate of a certain kingdom's destruction.
Therefore, these kinds of missions that can change the original plot are collectively referred to by players as world line missions.
"That's right, so after this battle we will be the heroes of Maple City."
"After this battle, I plan to go back to my hometown and get married to my childhood sweetheart from the countryside," Lu Cang said with a faint smile.
"Hey! Brother! Don't make promises like this in a place like this!" Of course, she knew that her brother didn't have a childhood sweetheart.
"I don't want to become a sinner in Maple City!"
"It's not like we're criminals. Anyway, if we don't fight the boss, it will still invade Maple City." Lu Cang seemed completely unconcerned.
"That's what they say... but if it actually happens, it feels like I've done something wrong," Bai Lu muttered.
After storing the magic, Bai Lu also picked a few pieces of black fluorite from the wall.
Looking again at the boss's room with its doors tightly shut, Bai Lu's hand holding the spellbook trembled slightly.
This is a timeline quest.
After all, she was just a casual player in the first region and didn't participate much in major world events.
Advancing the timeline is something only top-tier players can do.
She has absolutely no connection with players on her level.
Have you collected all the items from the hidden quest?
Strange feathers of ritual cultists, black fluorite, ritual daggers...
These are all items required for the mission.
Since it's a hidden quest, the rewards are pretty good; doing it is a win.
"Yes, I've taken them all," Leng Qingying said calmly.
“Me too!” Bai Lu gave an “ok” sign.
"Boss, I'm all better now."
The group arrived at the boss room. In the Black Crystal Mine dungeon, apart from the hidden boss, there are only two bosses.
On other difficulty levels, these two bosses appear separately.
On Insane difficulty, the two bosses are in the same room.
After receiving a response from the team members.
Lu Cang pushed open the boss's door.
[Black Crystal Mine Caves - Between Black Mines]
Squeak~
The heavy door was pushed open.
A gigantic humanoid creature, wielding a whip, turned its head toward the door.
"That explains the noise outside."
"So a mouse had gotten in."
Snap!
He suddenly swung his whip towards the ground, and then his health bar lit up.
Seeing this scene, Lu Cang couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Why is the health bar showing up out of nowhere?
However, the illusionary world has already made everything into a mechanism that can be destroyed and killed.
Even if the health bar is hidden and cannot be seen, it can still cause damage and kill the target.
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Brutal slave owners
[Level: 30]
Health Points: 5,000,000
Race: Human
[Skills: Raging Strike, Enhanced Strike, Chain Lash, Command, Mental Enslavement]
[Characteristic: Slave Owner - 50% of the damage received is borne by the slave.]
[Description: The slave owner of the Black Crystal Mine made a lot of money through the Black Crystal Mine.]
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Five million HP, exactly the same as that of the Celestial Judge.
"White Deer, stand behind me."
After the first boss turned around, a second boss emerged from behind him.
This is a much larger miner, wielding a massive pickaxe; [The Suffering Miner]
The slave owner held a whip in one hand and a chain to the miner in the other.
The miners were enormous, with pure black skin, and a somewhat human-like but not human-like appearance.
It looks like a ghost.
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[The Suffering Miners]
[Level: 30]
Health Points: 5,000,000
Race: Human
[Skills: Stunning Roar, Raging Impact, Ground Smash]
【Trait: Berserk - The lower the health, the faster the attack speed and the higher the damage】
[Description: A slave who has lost his own will can only obey mechanically; he has no intelligence whatsoever, which may be his weakness.]
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Lu Cang wasn't idle during the process of these two bosses appearing.
Instead, he kept moving while giving instructions.
"White Deer, Flame Pillar, attack the slave owners; Flash, attack the miners."
"Fearless miners, keep 70 meters away, draw your sword, don't engage in melee, it's cold, come with me to kill slave owners, slit their throats."
"White Deer, watch your positioning and dodge the miner's AoE attack. It's easy to dodge."
The AoE attacks in this instance are not difficult to dodge.
Although Bai Lu isn't a pro, she's at least played Fantasy World for two years, so she has some basic skills.
While they were gathering materials, Lu Cang had already discussed the division of labor for the dungeon.
Thanks to fabricating their own ability information, Bai Lu and the others now assume that they have prior knowledge of the dungeon's information.
This information can be given directly.
Otherwise, there would be no way to explain how he knew the information.
"It's different again, the mechanism."
Leng Qingying had completed the insane difficulty of this dungeon, but in the first server, the insane difficulty only had one giant spider.
But now the boss has been replaced by miners and slaves.
Lu Cang gave the order, and Leng Qingying was about to take action.
But suddenly, the miner spread his arms wide and roared to the sky!
"roar!"
[Dizziness Roar]
Bai Lu suddenly felt her head sink.
[Status: Stunned - Unable to move, unable to use skills, remaining time: 1 second]
Looking at the team members' health bars again, the status bar showed that everyone, including Lu Cang, was stunned!
Not far away, the slave owner had already raised his whip and was about to lash out at Lu Cang!
Seeing this, Bai Lu felt a chill in her heart.
We're doomed!
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