Chapter 10: Beyond the Crown

“System prompt: [Guard Captain] has joined your party!”

At this moment, an info panel for the Guard Captain also popped up in front of Chen Zixuan.

Name: Guard Captain

Class: Ranger

Level: 10

Max HP: 300

Max MP: 150

Stamina: 150

Attack: 50

Physical Defense: 20

Magic Defense: 15

Group Chat Number: 30969V bar…….

Skill: [Precision Shot] (Lv.3)

So strong! Chen Zixuan was stunned!

He hadn’t expected that the unremarkable-looking NPC Guard Captain would actually, just like a boss, also be a terrifying level 10 powerhouse!

But thinking about it, if he were weak, how could he possibly have become the Guard Captain of Crown Town?

At this time, the boss had already chased out of the forest and arrived on the prairie. Its five-meter-tall frame made it seem even more ferocious and invincible. The two fangs in its lower jaw were even longer than Chen Zixuan’s dagger!

“Adventurer, now’s not the time to hesitate! You attract its attention, I’ll use my bow to teach it a lesson it won’t forget!”

The Guard Captain raised his longbow, pointed at the boss, and said coldly.

All right! Captain, you’re awesome!

Amid the thrilling, almost epic background music, a surge of heroism instantly erupted in Chen Zixuan’s heart.

He grabbed a bottle of red potion from his backpack, uncapped it, and downed it in one swig. The green bar of his HP began to recover steadily.

+5, +5, +5…

A bottle of Beginner Healing Potion restores 5 HP per second, lasts for 6 seconds, for a total of 30 HP.

“Now’s the time! Attack!”

The Guard Captain shouted. An arrow shot from his bow like lightning!

“Ionia! Unyielding spirit!”

The silver-haired girl also let out an angry roar. However, her voice was so delicate and soft that it sounded a little bit childish.

After running five steps, Chen Zixuan reversed his grip on his dagger, leapt into the air, and plunged it toward the boss’s savage face with a thunderous blow!

“Roar!”

A flash of red light flickered in the goblin hero’s eyes. It opened its mouth and roared, sending out sound waves that spread in all directions!

“That’s the boss’s skill—a disaster!”

Before Chen Zixuan could react, it felt as though a sledgehammer had smashed into his head—his mind was a complete blank.

Not only did his health drop by over 40 points, but he was also stunned for a full 2 seconds!

If it had been an average player, this single skill from the boss would have instantly taken out a whole group.

As expected of a world-class boss—the goblin hero was terrifying beyond belief!

Temporarily unconscious, Chen Zixuan stumbled straight into the boss’s arms. The boss grinned fiercely and slowly raised the massive bone sword in its hands.

At that critical moment, the captain’s support finally arrived—a twang from the bowstring, and a thick-feathered arrow whistled through the air, striking the boss’s bulky right arm with a thud.

It sank deep into the flesh!

-138!

The boss let out a low growl of pain and released the silver-haired girl.

Regaining his senses, Chen Zixuan adjusted his posture, landed steadily, and thrust his dagger into the boss’s right knee, dealing 18 points of physical damage.

Unfortunately, his luck wasn’t great and he failed to trigger his weapon’s passive bleeding effect.

Having landed a hit, Chen Zixuan didn’t get greedy. He turned and ran immediately. The furious boss chased madly after him, swinging its sword and kicking up clouds of dust.

The bowstring sang again. Another arrow flew, and the boss let out yet another scream right behind Chen Zixuan.

Another hit! The captain is amazing!

A glimmer of hope ignited in Chen Zixuan’s heart. His stamina was very high. If he just kept running like this, maybe—just maybe—he could actually wear down this world-class boss!

With this thought, he quickly downed another healing potion.

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While Chen Zixuan was fighting for his life with the boss, dozens of kilometers away stood a magnificent city.

On the grassy fields outside, a group of players were fiercely battling a group of slimes with their crude beginner’s weapons.

They seemed to be a battle squad, showing great teamwork as they lured and kited the monsters.

Thanks to their clever tactics, the slimes steadily lost ground and were on the verge of total defeat.

The most eye-catching among them was the girl at the center of the group. She had long mist-blue hair and stood out among the players.

“Sister Yue! My slime is almost dead, come finish it off!”

A squad member called out. The slime before him had only a sliver of health left, needing just one more blow.

“I’m on it, stand back.”

The girl known as Sister Yue quickly raised her staff and, with a ‘piu’, shot a pale blue orb that reduced the slime to a pool of goo.

“System prompt: You have reached Level 2. All stats +1, received 1 attribute point!”

Staring at the notification, the girl whose IGN was [Yuewu] finally heaved a sigh of relief.

“Finally reached level 2. This game’s leveling is way too hard…”

No sooner had she spoken than another female player nearby—IGN [Lingdang]—chuckled:

“Sister Yue, it’s only the first day of the server. Every team worldwide is grinding levels like crazy. I heard that some foreign players have already reached level 3. Our squad spent all this time getting just you to level 2. It’s a bit early to relax, right?”

“You’re right,”

Yuewu nodded, then asked, “Do we still have enough healing potions? Let’s tough it out a bit longer. I want us to be the first to reach level 3 in the national server this time. We can’t let the ‘Pinnacle’ guys beat us again.”

She couldn’t help biting her lip.

Pinnacle was another top-tier gaming squad in the country.

In the last game to launch, the Pinnacle Squad got ahead of Yuewu’s squad and firmly held the top of the rankings, mocking them now and then. As the captain, yuewu had been truly frustrated.

To turn things around in this new game, legend of Kaloran, yuewu had started preparing months ahead of time, gathering a large group of the country’s top players and spending a fortune buying up supplies from the city’s NPCs.

With over twenty teammates, they brought monsters to a sliver of HP and let her finish them off. For two hours after launch, they funneled all the kills to [Yuewu], finally getting her to level 2.

Lingdang smiled and nodded. “No worries, I’ve already sent someone to town for more potions. Oh, by the way, yue-jie, it looks like the game’s official player level rankings are out. Wanna see?”

“Of course!”

Yuewu hurriedly opened the panel and checked the player ranking list—then, in the next second, her brow furrowed tightly.

On the level ranking, her IGN [Yuewu] was only third…

Second place had already been snagged by a member of Pinnacle a few minutes ago.

As for fourth to hundredth, they were all well-known pro players from the national server.

But the IGN in first place didn’t belong to any squad she knew.

“[Cecilia]…? What team’s pro could that be?”

At this moment, it wasn’t just Yuewu—players all over the national server were asking the same question.

Cecilia… Just who is this top player?

————-= Clacky’s Corner ————-=

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