Chapter 861 First Floor ~ King of Disaster
The short disturbance caused by the Minke Tribe and the Blue Vest Guild did not stop Lu An from continuing his journey to find the Drakengard, the King of the first floor. He led the same small team to the south while the main force explored the first floor.
Zhang Mengyao brought the main force to the green field where the Minke Tribe was, dragging Donald Callahan's dead body. She was alone, acting as bait to lure out the Minke Tribe. While the Minke Tribe was weaker overall, they had an overwhelming number compared to one thousand Tarriors. So, instead of attacking the Minke Tribe's village, she intended to bait the Minke Tribe part by part.
Miragul did not lie when they said Minke had a keen smell for blood as it was not even a minute passed, the ground vibrated, an indication of the underground movement. The Minke came out of the ground in the next ten seconds, surrounding Zhang Mengyao and the dead body. When the Minke Tribe came out from the ground, Zhang Mengyao opened up her batwings and flew into the sky. She did not intend to fight the Minke by herself.
She flew off with the dead body in her hand and lured Minke to where the Tarriors were. It was a lot of work, but this was for the Tarriors' safety, so they did not get ambushed from underground. The second fight between the Tang Empire and the tower's inhabitants started. The five hundred Tarriors against the thousands of Minke. The Luminous Legion and Alton's people stayed behind for the emergency because they were too strong for the Minke.
Despite being outnumbered, the Tarriors held their ground and fought the Minke until the end. Of course, to avoid the heavy injuries, the elf had to shoot their arrows to save some of the group after making a mistake. However, apart from that, the Tarriors held their ground and killed five thousand if not ten thousand Minke. The first big battle was over within three hours.
Of course, the main reason the Tarriors could win easily against the overwhelming number of Minke was because there were a few Epic Ranks within the Tarriors. Bai Yuan, Zhao Zhong, Tian Donghai, Tao He, and Dai Wenqian. Those five people were the people who had followed Tang Shaoyang since the early time, and they had reached Epic Rank after clearing the Survival Game a few times. The five Captains would help their subordinates each time they encountered a life-threatening situation; hence the battle was over with no casualties. After the battle was over, Kang Xue led the Medical Team over and healed the injured.
Meanwhile, Zhang Mengyao returned to the backline and met with Virion after the battle was over, "How is it? Do you find them?" them in her mouth was the Blue Vest Guild.
After what the Blue Vest Guild tried to do to Lu An, she would not let this slide free for them. She would hunt them down for that, so she tasked the Elven King to search for the Blue Vest Guild.
Virion shook his head, "I am sorry, Supreme General Zhang. We can't find them, this place is too big, and they may have left this territory by now. It will take a long time to find them."
"Do you want me to search for them, Supreme General Zhang? Hunting is one of The Moonlight Tribe's specialties," Moonsong offered an idea. He was confident that his people would be able to track the Blue Vest Guild within one or two days.
However, Zhang Mengyao shook her head, "Let's focus on clearing the first floor first. I feel like there's something to benefit from clearing the first floor faster than the other factions, so we will focus on hunting the Drakengard. We will wait for good news from Lu An."
Just like that, the main force slowly explored the first floor while Lu An went straight to the south with his small team.
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Four days quickly passed inside the dimensional tower.
Lu An had passed a few territories and encountered many kinds of creatures, but he had not met humans yet. Most of them were beast and beastmen, with no Epic Rank. He arrived in the new territory on the fifth day, the barren land. The land was cracked, and this territory was extremely hot for some reason.
"This territory is the worst," Lu An muttered in a low voice.
Yeon Hee wiped the sweat on her forehead while nodding her head. This was the worst territory so far because they had not taken a bath in the last four days.
"This is it. This is where Drakengard lives," Miragul informed Lu An with a shaky voice. "Can I return now, Sir?" The fear and terror were apparent in Miragul's voice.
Lu An glanced at Miragul and stared at the demon suspiciously, "I asked you if you know what kind of creature this Drakengard is, but you told me that you never met this Drakengard. I wonder where that fear of yours stemmed from? If you never met Drakengard, you have no reason to be afraid."
"Don't be a fool! Drakengard has been the king of the first floor for hundreds of years, and he's the embodiment of disaster! No one does not fear him!" Miragul screamed, which surprised Lu An. The demon realized that he had just made a mistake. The Miragul knelt and asked for forgiveness right after.
Lu An waved his hand, "There's no need to apologize, but you have to follow me. I don't trust you! You will run away if I let you return alone."
"No, I will not run away. Trust me, Sir. My family is staying with your comrades; there's no way I will leave them," The Miragul shook his head furiously.
"Follow me or die?" Lu An's killing intent flared up as he stared at the Miragul. The latter's body shivered in fear, and he had no choice but to nod his head.
"Who dares to disturb my slumber!?" The deafening voice rang as the land shook at the same time.
"It's the King! It's THE KING!" The Miragul, who just got up, fell on his butt once again after hearing the voice. The land shook, and the barren hill in front of them rose.
Lu An looked up at the massive creature in front of him and smiled, "We don't need to look for this troublesome King. He's in front of us."
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Name: Drakengard
Race: Earth Drake — Elder Drake
Affiliation: —
Title: King of Disaster
Evolution: Epic Rank Beast
Level: 1267
Skill: ???
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