The Great Thief

The two top Thieves continued to attack the Boss in a precise rhythm. Even if there was an occasional lapse in crowd-control, both Lu Li and Water Fairy had damage reduction skills and ways to regain HP.

However, this quest wasn’t as simple as it appeared.

“Please wait,” Caliph Scorpidsting suddenly pleaded as he threw down his weapon and stopped resisting.

What now? The two of them had never faced a situation like this before and didn’t know what to do.

There was no shortage of highly intelligent NPCs in this game. Some of them were intelligent all the time, like Keeper of the Grove Remulos and Garona, while others only gained intelligence during specific circumstances required for the plot.

“I have decided to surrender. I am willing to be your servant. Please spare me,” Caliph Scorpidsting begged.

“Servant?”

Water Fairy looked at this seemingly insignificant make and wondered how he could be used. If she could take him to fight for her in the next Instance Dungeon that would be very useful. He was a quasi-Boss, which meant he had great Attack and Defense. His few skills weren’t that much weaker than a regular player’s either.

“Give us all your equipment and we’ll believe you,” Lu Li said.

“Of course. Why didn’t I think of that?” Water Fairy laughed. If Scorpidsting really gave up all his equipment, this would be very profitable.

Caliph Scorpidsting bowed his head and seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, “You must guarantee my safety. You can’t do anything to me. Maybe you should make a pledge.”

“Dammit, he’s just spouting nonsense. Let’s kill him quickly,” Lu Li snorted, pretending to be angry as he raised his dagger.

Poor Caliph Scorpidsting had already abandoned his weapon – how could he face Lu Li now? The little bit of HP he had left started to dwindle even further.

“Wait, wait, I’ll do it! Is that not enough?” Caliph Scorpidstring asked helplessly when he watched Lu Li raise his dagger again. He knew how ruthless this guy was; he was completely destroying him a moment ago.

“Lu Li…” Water Fairy didn’t speak directly, but sent a message through the party chat.

“Don’t worry, I’m counting the damage,’ Lu Li responded quickly. He knew what she was worried about it. This was no ordinary monster; they had taken a quest from the Ravenholdt Manor and they couldn’t afford to not complete it.

“You can take both of these daggers. I’ll leave them on the ground for you, alright?” Caliph Scorpidsting asked with a pained look.

He likely didn’t have the best equipment – it probably wasn’t even Gold grade. At best, he would drop Silver equipment, which was now useless for players like Lu Li and Water Fairy.

However, there were also many blueprints that could drop from these quasi-Bosses, and there was also a small chance of them dropping rare materials.

“I don’t have…” Caliph Scorpidsting hadn’t finished speaking before Lu Li flashed behind him and once again put his HP in a critical state.

Water Fairy was shocked as she watched. She had to admit that Lu Li was indeed a ruthless person. He was happy to kill someone even though they had already surrendered.

“Stop! I’ll give you everything else,” Caliph Scorpidsting whimpered. He sounded really scared this time.

“I will count to three. If we don’t see the things we want, we will take them ourselves.”

Lu Li stopped, but he didn’t move his dagger away from Caliph Scorpidsting’s neck. He was ready to finish the job.

“Here!” Caliph Scorpidsting cried out as he dropped a formula indignantly.

Lu Li grabbed it and glanced down; it was a valuable Enchanting formula.

Although Lu Li himself didn’t know how to Enchant, most of his equipment had been Enchanted. There were several Enchanting specialists in the guild. He just needed to give them equipment and they would use various materials to add Attribute bonuses to it.

Lu Li had previously received a blueprint to Enchant demonic weapons.

The effect of the Enchantment gave the weapon the ability to curse a target, causing continuous Shadow damage and reducing their Defense by 10%.

The Enchantment he had in his hand was called the Demonslaying, which would give a melee weapon the chance to stun a Demon and deal additional damage.

Although Demonslaying was not necessarily as powerful as a Demon weapon, it was a very worthwhile Enchantment. Moreover, the flaming effect that it gave was similar to that of Wandering’s Teebu’s Flaming Longsword. The appearance was quite impressive and highly sought after.

“There are two of us. How can you expect us to let you go with one item?” Lu Li asked as he put the formula into his backpack and continued blackmailing him.

Water Fairy thought that what Lu Li was doing a bit disgraceful; there seemed to be no end to him extorting this monster. Her eyes had been opened today.

“You bastard elf, die!”

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, as though some bombs had been detonated. In addition to the damage, those in range of the explosion were also stunned. Water Fairy and Lu Li were both affected, which allowed Caliph Scorpidsting to jump eight yards away.

At the same time, a group of monsters swarmed in from outside the tent.

There were Wasteland Rogues, Wasteland Assassins and Wasteland Mages, all protecting Caliph Scorpidsting who was in the middle of the group.

Caliph Scorpidsting said angrily, “Damn elf, did you really think I was going to surrender? Stop dreaming – I was just stalling for time.”

Lu Li and Water Fairy looked at him dumbly. Neither of them knew that he was stalling, and it wouldn’t have mattered anyway. Even if he really did surrender, Lu Li would have made an excuse to kill him to ensure that the quest was completed.

“Kill them all!” Caliph Scorpidsting shouted as he waved for his minions to attack.

Lu Li activated the special effect of his shoes and instantly appeared behind the Boss’ defenses. He cast a series of skills which stacked up his combo points, then gave up on dealing more damage and instead turned into a giant wolf.

Lu Li had used a skill that he normally tried to hold back on. Caliph Scorpidsting, who had already been hurt from before, couldn’t withstand it.

The monsters heard the final screams of their boss, before turning their heads to find an adventurer cutting at his head with a dagger. He then put the items that were dropped into his backpack and left the dead man behind on the floor.