Hu Die Lan
Chapter 577 Arch-Enemies
The final Boss battle continued.
After experiencing Emshayet, the gravedigger, and his three-shovel special moves, the players of Happy Sheep's team dared not let their minds wander for even half a second. Besides focusing on this battle, they all had one thought in mind: once they got out, they would find the guys who said the ninth Boss was harder than the final Boss and settle the score.
That ninth Boss couldn't even compare to one of Emshayet's casual shovel attacks!
At the teleportation array in the Aerial Mausoleum, Happy Sheep was extremely anxious.
He had anticipated the difficulty of the final Boss battle, but he never expected to be the first one to die. Wasn't he just sharing his joy at having reached the final Boss without any casualties? But typing had cost him some time, and his initial positioning was a little slow. Who knew this Boss would be so fierce, directly swatting him out with one shovel.
Happy Sheep was filled with regret! It was just the beginning of the Boss fight, not even a victory, so why was he showing off?
Dying in a dungeon didn't cause equipment to drop, but experience points were still deducted. Moreover, considering the harsh environment of the Realm of Gods, resurrecting at the entrance after dying in a dungeon restored full health and mana.
The Aerial Mausoleum floated in the air, and the entrance was several teleportation arrays on the mainland of the Realm of Gods. After resurrecting, Happy Sheep was dropped back at the one they had entered from. As soon as the screen reappeared, Happy Sheep realized he was in the middle of a crowd. He immediately went on guard, as that was a basic survival skill in the Realm of Gods. Being thrown into a crowd was just as dangerous as being thrown into a monster horde.
However, Happy Sheep soon recognized the titles above these people's heads and breathed a small sigh of relief.
These people's titles were from Tyrannical Ambition's fifth branch guild, a complete team. They were sitting or standing around the teleportation array, not talking and looking rather dispirited.
Happy Sheep was from the fourth branch guild, and these were from the fifth. Strictly speaking, they were from the same family, so he didn't need to worry about them targeting his equipment. However, after seeing the names of a few people in the team, Happy Sheep wasn't exactly thrilled. Especially one of the knights who, upon seeing Happy Sheep suddenly resurrected in their midst, immediately stood up, wobbled over, and circled Happy Sheep a few times.
"What are you doing!" Happy Sheep shouted, but his tone sounded somewhat blustering.
"Am I seeing things?" The knight stopped after circling him a few times, hearing Happy Sheep's reprimand. "Isn't this Guild Leader Happy Sheep? I heard you guys made it to the Aerial Mausoleum's final Boss without anyone dying? What a coincidence to see you here! Let me see… it's been half a minute since you told me that, so, did you, Guild Leader Happy Sheep, directly kill the Boss in seconds?"
Happy Sheep was in tears! This was exactly why he couldn't be happy. By sheer coincidence, this guy was the one he had been "sharing his joy" with: Wolf Head Garlic, the leader of the Wolf's Team from Tyrannical Ambition's fifth branch guild.
Although the fourth and fifth branch guilds weren't the same official guild, they all bore the name of Tyrannical Ambition and were fans of the Tyranny team, so players considered each other as their own. However, these branch guilds and teams liked to compete with each other, just like different business teams in the same company competing for performance. Dungeon progress was naturally one of the main areas of competition.
Happy Sheep's team and this Wolf's Team had been close in dungeon progress for a long time, and they were currently both stuck on the Aerial Mausoleum, so they had always seen each other as direct rivals. Today, Happy Sheep had the help of Unrivaled Super Handsome, this extraordinary knight, and he actually reached the final Boss without anyone dying. He believed it was an amazing feat, so he wanted to share it with his longtime rival. Who knew today would be a day for making history. For the first time since the establishment of Happy Sheep's team, the guild leader was the first to die, and it happened to be today. And by no coincidence, he died and fell right into the Wolf's Team.
He didn't know if Wolf Head Garlic had seen the "sharing joy" message he had just sent, but he had died and appeared right in front of them. Happy Sheep really wanted to log off and escape, but he was concerned about the dungeon situation, so he gritted his teeth and insisted on finishing the dungeon!
Faced with Wolf Head Garlic's questioning, Happy Sheep simply remained cold, humming before evading the question and changing the subject: "What are you guys doing? Are you preparing to enter the dungeon, or are you leaving?"
These words were naturally rubbing salt in the wound. Today was the day the Aerial Mausoleum's cooldown refreshed. Teams that could clear this dungeon would start their new cooldown research today. Those gathered at the entrance at this time were basically those who had died, not those who were preparing to enter. Moreover, Happy Sheep knew Wolf's Team's style, as they had been rivals for years.
"Hmph, don't get cocky. Your guild leader has already been kicked out, so I guess your team is about done for, right? A full team reaching the final Boss without any deaths, yeah right…" Wolf Head Garlic mocked, repeating several keywords from Happy Sheep's "sharing joy" message.
"Yeah right, I see you guys have been squatting here for a while? Besides me, have you seen anyone else from our team?" Happy Sheep sneered.
These words were very practical. Whichever entrance you entered from, you resurrected outside that entrance when you died. The players from Wolf's Team had indeed been here for a while. They had wiped out again in the Aerial Mausoleum and were feeling frustrated as they were trying to analyze what went wrong, when Happy Sheep sent a message showing off. Wolf Head Garlic was about to curse, when this guy suddenly died and appeared right in front of him. He was stunned at first, but once he realized what had happened, he almost exploded with joy.
Now that Happy Sheep mentioned this, Wolf Head Garlic couldn't answer. They had only seen Happy Sheep die. But almost as soon as those words were spoken, *pop pop pop pop pop pop!* Six people from Happy Sheep's team came out one after another.
"Oh my!" Wolf Head Garlic was overjoyed and immediately greeted them. "You're here?"
The six had just died and were still confused. Hearing someone greet them, they responded stupidly, "We're here."
Happy Sheep was once again in tears. What was happening today? He was getting all sorts of protagonist treatment! All the coincidences were happening to him. But the protagonists' coincidences were all good luck! His bad luck meant he'd probably be barbecued by cannibals if he transmigrated.
After stupidly responding to Wolf Head Garlic, the six turned around and saw their guild leader, and quickly greeted him. Happy Sheep couldn't bother with Wolf Head Garlic and immediately asked, "How did it go?"
"How else? They wiped!" Wolf Head Garlic butted in.
Happy Sheep took a deep breath and ignored him, but the six nodded. "We wiped."
"Nonsense…" Happy Sheep said irritably. "Of course I know you wiped. I'm asking how the Boss fight went, was the situation stable?"
"If the situation was stable, would we have wiped?" Wolf Head Garlic successfully butted in again.
"Go away, you guys can't even get past the ninth Boss!" Happy Sheep shouted. He couldn't have said this last week, but today he could say it with confidence.
Wolf Head Garlic was immediately silenced. They were indeed stuck on the ninth Boss, and this cooldown's performance was even worse. They had wiped out before even seeing the ninth Boss.
"Pshaw, how much better can you be? You only cleared the ninth Boss once, and you're already showing off. You still have to give up when you meet the final Boss. I'm telling you, the ninth Boss is harder than the final Boss! You guys cleared the ninth without anyone dying, but the final Boss came up and knocked out your guild leader right away? Something's not right! Check your message, is there something wrong? Is it the ninth? Are you sure it wasn't the eighth, seventh, or even sixth?" Wolf Head Garlic rambled on.
Happy Sheep was about to explode with anger. But the reality was not on his side! He was showing off, *bam*, he died. He said it was just him, *bam bam bam bam bam bam*, six more people died. If he kept bragging, the whole team would wipe out, and he would really have nowhere to put his face.
Happy Sheep acted cautiously and dared not say anything more. The people from Wolf's Team originally had nothing to do. They had lost experience from wiping out in the dungeon, so they would usually level up to make up for it. But now they saw a competitor's misfortune, so they all stayed to watch the fun, forming neat circles by team.
And they weren't disappointed. Before long, several more members of Happy Sheep's team came out. Wolf Head Garlic laughed loudly and added, "I'm just laughing, not saying anything."
Happy Sheep's face was ashen. He couldn't bother with them and quickly asked the newcomers, "How's it going inside?"
He could have directly messaged those still inside, but he was afraid of disturbing them during the tense Boss fight. So Happy Sheep just asked those who had been inside for a little longer than him.
"If everyone can do what that guy is commanding, it should be fine." The newcomer thought his answer was quite clever, but after hearing it, Happy Sheep and the previous six rolled their eyes. They all misunderstood, thinking that this guy was mocking them. Because it was obvious that they had died because they didn't follow the commands. Little did they know that this time, they had died because they hadn't counted correctly and failed to dodge the three spaces Unrivaled Super Handsome had commanded.
"At this rate, we only need to watch for another two minutes. Won't be too long!" Wolf Head Garlic taunted again.
Happy Sheep was just a cleric. If he wasn't, he would have challenged Wolf Head Garlic to a duel already.
"Hey Big Head Garlic, you've already wiped out, what are you still showing off for? Hurry up and find a place to grind experience!" Happy Sheep didn't answer, but a team member replied instead.
"No rush, we'll wait for your people to come out, then we'll go together and exchange some friendship, hahaha!"
Happy Sheep felt like vomiting blood after being laughed at by his rival. But the reality once again betrayed him. Two more people from Happy Sheep's team suddenly died. Happy Sheep sighed and didn't want to ask anything, but these two came over to greet them cheerfully.
"The situation's good! It's stabilized!"
After Happy Sheep asked, he actually heard some joyful news.