Rebirth of the thief who roamed around the world (BOOK 1)

Chapter 131 - Encounter

Soon after regaining its vision, the Zombie King charged after him again. However, just as it was about to reach him, he crushed the Web Scroll he had prepared beforehand, whereupon a giant spider web emerged out of thin air and firmly bound it in place.

He then dashed toward the Zombie King and leaped into the air before stabbing it in the neck with Vital Strike. After gracefully landing on the ground, he circled behind it and used Backstab to plunge his dagger deep into its spine.

After two more attacks, he didn't dare to stick around any longer and quickly created some distance again. Just like before, he retrieved his crossbow and began peppering it with bolts.

With his pitiful health and weak leather armour, he wouldn't be able to endure even a single strike from such a monster. Normally, an Elite monster like the Zombie King required a team of five or more players to effectively bring it down. Of the members in the team, a strong healer and a powerful tank were an absolute necessity, as well as having all members carry several Antidotes; otherwise, if they were struck by the acute poison in the Zombie King's claws, they would lose 30 health every second until either the player died or the poison was cured. As such, Nie Yan had to take extreme caution in avoiding the Zombie King's attacks.

The battle between them persisted as the Zombie King's health was gradually being chipped away. Even now, it was still unable to land even a single hit. He had effectively sealed off all methods for it to attack. No matter how angry it got, its struggling was futile in the end.

"I think the sound came from there."

"Let's go over and take a look."

A party of three arrived near the mounds of rocks where Nie Yan and the Zombie King were battling. They were all members of Victorious Return, and as players who could level in Black Gold Mines at this stage of the game, they definitely weren't simple. In fact, among their guild's ranks, they were considered the crème de la crème.

The party consisted of a Battle Thief, Berserker, and female Arcane Mage. They were farming mobs relatively close by when they heard roars, so they rushed over to check out what was going on.

"Night Shadow, hurry up! Go take a look at what's happening," the Berserker called out to the Battle Thief.

"Fine, fine, I'm going! Sigh, why do I always have to do the tedious work..." Night Shadow replied in a begrudging manner. Of course, if he didn't want to scout, who told him to pick a Thief? As one of the nimbler classes, they were twenty percent faster than Warriors on average, and this was without taking skills into account. Hence, there was no one more suited than him for scouting up ahead.

Haste!

Night Shadow suddenly became much faster, leaving after-images behind him as he dashed toward the source of the sounds.

"I think there's an Elite up ahead. Tangerine, if it really is one, Night Shadow and I will draw its aggro, then the rest will be up to you," the Berserker instructed. As a Berserker, tanking an Elite-class Zombie would be rather difficult. Fortunately, he had learned a new skill, Life Actuation, which had a 20-minute duration, 2-day cooldown, and improved his survivability significantly. With it, it was possible for him to endure an Elite-class Zombie's hits.

"Should we ask the guild leader to send a Priest over? An Elite Zombie seems like a very hard monster to deal with," Tangerine asked while knitting her elegant brows. She had an average appearance that couldn't be regarded as first-rate. However, her status in the guild was nevertheless very high.

"Nah, I think we'll be fine. Besides, who knows how long it'll take for a Priest to get here? Can you still cast Arcane Reset?"

"I can, but it has a two-day cooldown... and I still need to run dungeons with the team tomorrow."