After much thought, Qin Feng decided Diablo had a point. He accepted the suggestion and kept the Ratman Warriors with him.
After all, they had the 100% movent speed bonus from Evil Aura.
And the extra speed boost from Boiling.
If it really ca down to running for their lives, no matter how strong that Kobold Hero nad Rado was, he’d be left eating their dust.
...
「The Underground Caverns, the heart of the Kobold territory, at the main entrance of the Ancient City.」
An elite Kobold soldier, clad in jet-black armor, turned to look at the Kobold leader who had been transford by the God of Gluttony’s blessing. His voice was filled with fanatical reverence:
"King Rado!"
"These insolent Ratman and human invaders... you can just leave them to us, the Gluttony Warriors favored by the great Lord of Gluttony. Why must you act personally?"
"They are nothing but lowly ants who have never witnessed true, imnse power!"
"We hadn’t even planned on going to the surface to cause them trouble yet!"
"I can’t believe they dared to co down here and walk right into our trap!"
Hearing this, the Kobold Evil God Hero known as Rado slowly turned his neck, his bones making a dull, soft crunching sound.
"Hmph!"
"Spending all day cooped up in the city, gnawing on the flesh and blood of those Demon Beasts!"
"I’m sick and tired of it!"
"It’s not every day a group of overconfident invaders shows up. They look like they have a bit of strength, far more interesting than those stupid Demon Beasts underground!"
"This is a perfect chance for to stretch my legs!"
"And while I’m at it, I’ll see!"
"Just how much stronger I’ve beco after eating that whole group of underground spiders a while back!"
The Kobold guards beside him, now promoted to Gluttony Warriors, roared in agreent, their voices dripping with flattery:
"King Rado is right!"
"When you strike, these foolish invaders will surely be filled with regret, wondering why they ever dared to provoke the great followers of Gluttony!"
"Hahaha..."
However, before the laughter could fade, a flash of white light, nearly invisible to the naked eye, descended from above. It instantly exploded the head of the most boastful Kobold guard, splattering blood and brain matter onto the rock wall behind him.
"Watch out!"
"Those damn invaders are nearby!"
"Quick!"
"Put on your helts!"
"Don’t let their arrows blow your heads off!"
Hearing the command, the Kobold guards, used to being lax and undisciplined, hastily put on their helts and scanned their surroundings vigilantly, trying to find the one who had fired the deadly arrow.
But before they could pinpoint the arrow’s origin, another glint of cold light tore through the air from a distance, piercing straight toward a Kobold guard’s head.
Fortunately, the hard helt absorbed so of the force. The Arrowhead only grazed his scalp, drawing a trail of blood, but failed to kill him with a headshot.
The Kobold guard who had narrowly escaped death muttered angrily:
"Damn it, these cursed invaders, they scared the hell out of ..."
Before he could finish, a third arrow followed, as relentless as a maggot clinging to bone. It drilled precisely into the gap of his helt, followed the path of the first arrow, pierced through its shaft, and plunged into his temple with explosive force!
The Kobold guard didn’t even have ti to scream before he fell stiffly to the ground, the terror in his eyes frozen in place.
The remaining Kobolds froze on the spot, a ragged gasp catching in their throats:
"???"
’What in the hell is this cursed archery!?’
’An arrow that can fly right through the hole left by the last one!?’
Rado let out a bellow, his voice like a great bell, making the very ground tremble:
"What are you panicking for?"
"I’ve already locked onto his position!"
"Over there!"
"All of you, charge!"
"Don’t forget!"
"You are the Gluttony Warriors, chosen by the great Lord of Gluttony!"
"No one can defeat you!"
With that, he led the charge. His hulking, three-ter-tall body was clad in pure Black Champion Plate Armor. Every step made the ground tremble, like a runaway heavy tank at full speed.
A turbulent wave of air billowed behind him, whipping the rubble along the path into a swirling vortex as he charged forward with unstoppable montum.
Seeing this, Qin Feng fired a test shot at Rado’s head.
[Your arrow has successfully hit Gluttony’s Chosen "Rado"!]
[You have hit a critical weak point!]
[Affected by the enemy’s Talent "Thick-Skinned and Robust"! The damage from this attack is reduced by 30%!]
[Resisted by the enemy’s helt (Champion Plate Armor Set: Helt)! Your total damage for this attack is reduced again! The damage will be absorbed by the helt’s Extra Life Value first!]
[The "Armor Piercing" effect of your Armor-Piercing Arrow has been activated! This attack will ignore a portion of the enemy’s armor, dealing higher armor-piercing damage!]
[This attack failed to penetrate the enemy’s armor! You dealt only 4 points of armor-piercing damage!]
Qin Feng: "..."
’Four damage?’
’This Champion Plate Armor has a whopping 320 Extra Life Value!’
’Does that an I have to hit the sa spot over 80 tis just to break through his outer armor and start dealing damage to his actual body?’
’Oh!’
’And that’s not all!’
’This guy has 421 Constitution Points, and its conversion rate to physical Defense Power is even higher than that of a Sigmar Combat Priest, who are naturally tough as nails!’
’Plus, he has that absurd Talent called "Thick-Skinned and Robust" that further reduces physical damage!’
’In other words, although his physical body isn’t as tough as the 30 Armor Value of the Champion Plate Armor, it’s not that far off. It’s tough enough to withstand my archery, letting deal only a laughable ten or so points of damage per shot!’
’And look at his terrifying Blood Volu of over 1,300!’
’Even if I emptied my entire quiver!’
’I still couldn’t kill him, could I?’
’Not to ntion, he seems to have so kind of healing Talent that lets him recover health by eating things. He could just use the surrounding Kobolds as his personal, mobile health packs...’
’Forget it!’
’I can’t win this!’
’This bastard is a total cheat!’
’My kiting strategy is completely useless against him. It’s like I’m just tickling him!’
Thinking of this, Qin Feng decisively put away his Hunting Short Bow and made a sharp gesture to Diablo and the others behind him, signaling them to retreat imdiately.
One clueless Ratman Warrior asked curiously:
"Lord? We’re retreating already? Your aim is so precise! And the enemy is so slow! We can totally keep fighting, can’t we?"
The corner of Qin Feng’s mouth twitched, and a rare look of helplessness crossed his face:
"Yeah."
"Full retreat."
He stared at the dark figure in the distance that made the ground tremble, his knuckles brushing against the lingering warmth of his bowstring.
"This one’s on ."
"I misjudged the situation."
"I thought I could kite him and wear him down slowly, just like I did with the Valkyrie... I didn’t expect this guy’s hide to be thicker than a city wall. I can’t even shatter the Black Plate Armor he’s wearing, let alone hurt his actual body."
After a pause, Qin Feng’s gaze swept over the Bone Blades gripped tightly by the Ratman Warriors as he continued:
"Even if all of you Ratman Warriors attacked together, you wouldn’t be able to scratch him."
"This guy is a complete and utter super monster."
"To defeat him."
"The only way is to send a large enough army of Fire Foxes here and use Magic attacks like the Fireball Technique to slowly wear him down."
"Oh."
"No, that’s not all."
"If we could find various poisons, like Paralyzing Poison, Corrosive Poison, and Nerve Poison... we could make different types of Poison Arrows. We could also wear him down with stacking poison effects."
"Moreover."
"Poisons would be even more effective than Magic."
"Because this super monster doesn’t have much poison resistance, but its Magic Resistance is every bit as high as its Physical Resistance."
Hearing this, Diablo suddenly clenched his fist blades, a sharp glint flashing in his murky eyes:
"Ah?"
"Poison?"
"Stacking effects?"
’So, to defeat a Powerful enemy whose body has no weaknesses, relying on your own strength isn’t enough... you have to use the common poisons found in nature?’
"Lord!"
"I think I understand now!"
’I’ve been thinking about it all wrong. The path of cultivation my father told about before he died... it wasn’t about tempering my physical strength, which I’m not good at. It was about using those seemingly insignificant small advantages...’
Qin Feng was completely baffled, having no idea what Diablo was talking about.
Until he saw a new system notification.
[Notification: A special unit under your command, after a long period of diligent training and profound insight into its own power, has fully awakened a special hidden Talent. It has awakened as a hero!]
[You have gained a new companion——Diablo (Poison Arrow Tribe, Ratman Leader)!]
[Its Exclusive Talent has awakened!]
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