Monster Siege (10)

“System prompt: You have reached Level 7. All attributes +3, freely assignable attribute points +1!”

“System prompt: You have a new skill available to learn. Please complete the main quest [Night Visit to Vampire Mentor] as soon as possible.”

After another ten-odd minutes, when Chen Zixuan casually hacked down a goblin next to him, the voice of the system lady finally echoed in his mind.

“I haven’t even completed the Level 5 main quest, and I’m already at Level 7.”

As he listened to the system lady’s notification once again, Chen Zixuan felt a mix of delight and helplessness.

Today’s leveling efficiency was surprisingly high.

First, he had subdued the world-class boss “Darkwing Demon Bat,” then soloed the Level 20 elite monster “Witch of the Swamp,” and now, after slaying numerous Large goblins, it had only been half a day and he had already gained three levels in a row, rising straight from Level 4 to Level 7.

At this rate, there just might be a sliver of hope for reaching Level 15 within a week.

Chen Zixuan quickly calculated: the experience required to level up from 6 to 7 was about twice as much as that from 5 to 6. Given that, Gu Yanxi and the others probably had also reached around Level 5.

Since Level 5, he had stopped assigning his free attribute points, having now saved up three of them, planning to keep them for when he learned new skills.

There was still plenty of time left in the event. Chen Zixuan glanced at his current kill points: he already had over 4,000, leaving the second place far behind several times over.

With that, he switched to the novice dagger and continued slaying monsters, aiming to break ten thousand points before the event ended.

He wondered just how generous the first-place chest reward would end up being.

Soon after, fewer and fewer goblins roamed the battlefield, while the players’ levels and strength grew ever higher.

Most monsters were being wiped out by the remaining players working together. The scales of victory had begun to tip in humanity’s favor.

But Chen Zixuan faintly sensed something was wrong. If the system only sent out a few hundred Large goblins, wasn’t it underestimating the tens of thousands of players here a bit too much?

Very quickly, all the remaining monsters were completely driven off by the players.

Chen Zixuan gave the battlefield a cursory scan; the number of players left was already less than a quarter of what it had been at the start.

And yet, only one hour had passed since the event began.

At this moment, all players suddenly heard the system lady’s prompt in their ears once more.

“System prompt: The first round of [Monster Siege] is about to end. In five minutes, the second round of [Monster Siege] will officially begin!”

[5:00]

[4:59]

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The countdown timer started ticking down on their panels again. Upon hearing this, any joy the players felt immediately faded, replaced with deep dejection.

“I thought the event was almost over—turns out there’s another round? My durability and health potions are nearly gone, isn’t this just messing with us?” one player complained.

“Exactly, the next wave of monsters will probably be even harder. Let’s just watch from afar, no sense getting involved now.”

Many others echoed in agreement.

At that, many ordinary players wanted to throw in the towel. They stopped fighting and started heading toward the very back of the defensive lines.

They didn’t have the financial resources that pro players did—they played games just for fun, and couldn’t afford this kind of consumption at all.

Of course, even more players chose to remain.

They had gained benefits from the first wave of the Monster Siege—just half an hour of fighting reached the equivalent of a day’s worth of regular grinding, so now, naturally, they were unwilling to leave.

Chen Zixuan didn’t hesitate for a second to stay. He had long predicted this event couldn’t possibly be so simple.

Chances were, the upcoming second wave of the Monster Siege would be the real highlight.

“Cecilia, what’s your status? Are we still fighting?”

Right then, the three who had stayed at the back earlier rushed over as well, with Dawn’s Light taking the lead in asking.

“Mm,” the silver-haired girl nodded calmly, looking at Gu Yanxi before saying, “Same as before. You two protect her—I’ll solo again.”

Thanks to her passive life-steal and the set’s mana recovery effect, Chen Zixuan’s current HP and MP were nearly full—he hadn’t used a single healing or mana potion yet.

The other three, having stayed away from the frontline, also had healthy HP. As veteran MMO players, both Dawn’s Light and Yuewu had subconsciously conserved their mana and still had more than half remaining.

As for Gu Yanxi, well… Chen Zixuan thought about it and decided to just forget it…

At least in this event, Dawn’s Light and Yuewu had made some contribution; only Gu Yanxi had truly been just along for the ride.

However, the girl seemed to be having a good time. Her cheeks were still a little flushed from excitement.

“Do you have enough potions? If not, I can give you more.”

Yuewu, having fully recognized Cecilia as the top carry, took the opportunity while the countdown was still running to hand over a few more red potions from her backpack.

It didn’t hurt to take advantage of a rich player—even if he wouldn’t need them, Chen Zixuan courteously accepted anyway.

Very soon, the five-minute countdown ended. The three non-contributors went to the back again to slack off, while Chen Zixuan remained alone at the front, quietly waiting for the second wave of monsters to arrive.

Before long, a huge cloud of dust rose on the horizon.

Accompanied by thunderous, rumbling booms, the second wave of monster army finally arrived as scheduled.

Several thousand players spread out across the plain, forming up, raising their weapons, morale running high.

Having survived the first blood-soaked wave, most of them had now reached Levels 3 or 4, gaining decent combat strength.

Right then, a huge group of players rushed in—they were the ones who had cowered at the back during the first wave and had deeply regretted missing out on the massive experience gains.

Thankfully, there was a second wave of monsters, so they could make up for some of their losses.

Many people were rubbing their hands, eager to try, full of anticipation for the second wave of monsters.

However, as the monster army drew near, the expressions on every player’s face changed completely.

“Holy crap, minotaurs!” a player exclaimed in terror, unable to hold back his shout.

At the very front of the monster horde were dozens of minotaurs, towering nearly three meters tall.

Using their thick, long arms to help push themselves forward, their muscles were as hard as granite, covered in dense scars both old and new.

Against monsters like these, forget ordinary goblins—even Large goblins seemed as small as chicks in comparison.

Behind the minotaurs followed nearly ten thousand well-equipped goblins, very unlike the cannon fodder seen previously.

These wore tattered armor, and their weapons glinted coldly, suggesting they were forged of actual metal.

Hundreds of short, stocky goblin slingers trailed right after.

With hunched backs supporting large wooden crates full of fist-sized stones, these goblins had thin frames and protruding ribs, but extremely muscular right arms coiled like tree roots—clearly experts at long-range throwing attacks.

Upon witnessing this, Chen Zixuan didn’t hesitate for a second—he immediately turned and ran.

The second wave of monsters was simply outrageous—both in quantity and quality, they dwarfed the first wave’s monster army.

Even for Chen Zixuan, there was no way he’d dare face such a huge group of monsters head-on.

It was clear: this time, the system truly intended to wipe out the remaining players.

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