Chapter 1 "Jackpot!"

"Our luck is amazing!"

"I wonder what we'll get?"

"This is the Hell difficulty Demon Castle. With such a burst of luck, we should get at least a Dark-Gold item."

The death of Fried Justin brought a sigh of relief to everyone. However, seeing the pile of items that dropped, everyone knew their luck had arrived. Just seeing the dozen or so items on the ground was enough to prove this rare stroke of good fortune.

"Alright, don't get too excited yet. Recover first," Shi Feng said, smiling as he watched everyone's excited expressions. Only he knew that this jackpot wasn't a coincidence, but inevitable.

The others weren't very familiar with the Demon Castle. Even Aqua Rose was no exception, thinking that the Demon Castle was just an above-average difficulty twenty-man team dungeon.

Little did they know, the Demon Castle was the top-tier twenty-man team dungeon among level 15 dungeons. Countless guilds had been wiped out time and time again trying to conquer the Demon Castle, falling at its feet. As far as Shi Feng knew, every highest difficulty Hell-level team dungeon of the same level would drop a lot of loot on the first clear. This was the system's reward for clearing the most difficult team dungeons.

Just as Shi Feng was counting the loot, a group of players had just revived outside the entrance to the Demon Castle.

"Guild Leader Azure Wolf, Fried Justin's defense and attack were too high. The difficulty is much higher than level 10 dungeons. This is just Normal difficulty, and even a strong MT like you couldn't withstand three hits. This dungeon is impossible," said a Restoration Druid.

"It seems like we need two MTs to take turns tanking the damage. Have the Rangers kite those three small monsters that spawn," Azure Wolf Battle Heaven said, having realized how terrifying Fried Justin was after one battle. Each attack targeted his weak spots, making it impossible to dodge, leaving him no choice but to tank.

If it were just tanking normal attacks, the healers could keep up, but Fried Justin's small skill, Sweeping Army, was too disgusting, dealing at least 1,000 points of damage in an 8-yard radius. The skill was cast almost instantly. A small skill plus a normal attack would instantly erase 2,000 health points. Even with four healers, they could barely heal in time for the next attack, and then he would summon three small monsters.

The healers were spread out, and as a result, Azure Wolf Battle Heaven was killed.

Total party wipe!

While Azure Wolf Battle Heaven's team was preparing to re-enter the Demon Castle, Shi Feng had already begun distributing the equipment.

This jackpot yielded a total of eleven pieces of weapons and equipment, as well as a lot of Magic Crystals and precious materials.

The worst drops were three Mithril-grade equipment pieces: Ranger's Leggings, Druid's Headpiece, and Summoner's Pauldrons.

Because it was a guild team and a first clear, there was no system for bidding contribution points. Instead, Shi Feng allocated the items, prioritizing the enhancement of the team's combat power and directly assigning them to the people Shi Feng specified.

There were the most Fine-Gold weapons and equipment, a total of six pieces. Needless to say, the stats of the equipment were exceptional. Anything produced by the Demon Castle was guaranteed to be high quality.

A level 15 Fine-Gold Executioner's Great Axe and a level 15 Fine-Gold Short Sword were given to Lonely Snow and Cola, respectively, replacing the Mithril-grade weapons in their hands and giving them to other teammates. The remaining four pieces were equipment: Swordsman's Boots, Enchanter's Gauntlets, Oracle's Breastplate, and Elementalist's Breastplate.

Shi Feng unceremoniously took the Swordsman's Boots for himself, replacing his Mysterious-Iron level 10 boots.

Boots of Triumph, Boots, Plate Armor, Fine-Gold, Equipment Level 15, Class Requirement Swordsman, Defense +184, Strength +17, Agility +20, Endurance +12, Movement Speed +5, Comes with Passive Skill Lightness, Increases Movement Speed by 5%.

Afterward, Shi Feng gave the Fine-Gold Gauntlets to Blackie, the Oracle's Breastplate to Gluttonous Mouse, and the Elementalist's Breastplate to Aqua Rose.

The last two pieces were Dark-Gold: a jet-black longsword and a dark-gray staff radiating black mist.

Demon Slayer Sword, One-Handed Sword, Dark-Gold, Equipment Level 15, Equipment Requirement 130 Strength.

Attack +183.

Strength +20, Agility +21, Endurance +10, Attack Speed +3, Durability 100/100.

Comes with Passive Skill Demon Slayer, Increases damage against Dark-type monsters by 20%.

The stats were decent, but the skill was a godsend for clearing the Demon Castle. It was perfect for replacing the level 10 Dark-Gold weapon, Silver Lake.

Although Silver Lake was Shi Feng's personally crafted weapon that he had painstakingly created and was top-tier among weapons below level 15, weapons and equipment had a significant boost every five levels. Silver Lake was clearly inferior to the level 15 Demon Slayer Sword in terms of stats and attack power. Moreover, for the convenience of future battles, Shi Feng had to switch to the Demon Slayer Sword.

The other staff was also excellent.

Magic Mist Staff, Two-Handed Staff, Dark-Gold, Equipment Level 15, Equipment Requirement 40 Strength, 60 Intelligence, Class Requirement Elementalist.

Attack +154.

Intelligence +42, Spirit +28, Endurance +33, Casting Speed +6, Durability 100/100.

Increases damage of Elemental Magic by 10%, grants an 18% critical hit rate when using Elemental Magic, ignores level +3, Casting Range +2, Elemental Magic Skill Level +1.

"Wow, the stats of this staff are insane. It's completely tailor-made for Elementalists," Blackie exclaimed, even though he already had an Epic staff.

The two Elementalists in the team were wide-eyed.

"This staff will go to Aqua Rose," Shi Feng said without hesitation. Silent Arrow, one of the newly joined Five Demons Generals, was also an Elementalist, but Aqua Rose was the guild's Vice-Guild Leader.

It wouldn't do for a Vice-Guild Leader to be holding a Mithril-grade staff. Even for the sake of the guild's reputation, the staff had to be given to Aqua Rose. Besides, Aqua Rose's technique and strength were far above Silent Arrow's. Making the best use of resources was the most important thing.

"To me?" Aqua Rose really liked this Magic Mist Staff, but she had only just joined the guild, and to give her such a powerful staff made her feel a little surprised.

"Just take it. You're our guild's Vice-Guild Leader. We can't let other guilds look down on Zero Wing," Shi Feng said with a smile.

"That's right, Vice-Guild Leader. Our guild is now one of White River City's six major guilds. If other guilds find out that our Vice-Guild Leader is still using a Mithril-grade staff, they'll laugh at us," Blackie said.

"Alright, I'll accept it."

Aqua Rose felt that what they said made sense. As a core member of the guild's leadership, her every move represented the guild's reputation. If they saw her, the Vice-Guild Leader, using a Mithril-grade weapon, they might not say anything, but they would definitely look down on Zero Wing Guild, making people feel that Zero Wing Guild was all show and no substance.

After receiving this superb staff, Aqua Rose suddenly felt a greater sense of responsibility.

After everyone finished resting, they continued to advance toward the center of the castle.

Perhaps because Fried Justin's jackpot had greatly increased the team's strength, the Elite monsters and Special Elites were easily cleared. Everyone quickly arrived at the Demon Castle's central hall. The final Boss, Dark Knight Gaia, sat high on the throne of the hall.

However, as soon as everyone stepped into the hall, the atmosphere suddenly changed, even the air became heavy.

Everyone in the team gasped.

"You've got to be kidding me," Blackie said, his mouth wide open as he stared at the distant throne in disbelief.

"What's going on? Why are there two more Bosses next to Dark Knight Gaia?" Shi Feng stared in surprise at the two beautiful women with jet-black wings standing next to the throne. The aura emanating from them was no less than that of Dark Knight Gaia.