Moros

Amid a piercing screech of metal scraping, the lid of the Bronze Tier coffin was thrown open, and a rotten stench spread through the burial chamber.

Within the coffin, a figure dressed in an exquisite formal dress slowly sat up.

[Resurrected Moros (Silver Tier)]

Level: 10

HP: 600000/600000

Attack: 1600 (+320)

Defense: 1600

Skills: Frenzied Blades, Magic Shield, Shadow Shift, Dinner Time

Description: You have awakened the master of this tomb. Are you prepared to face his wrath?

"What a misleading description."

Qin Chuan curled his lip.

Others might not have known, but he did. This Moros was merely the Vampire Baron's butler.

The reason Moros had been able to sleep in a Bronze Tier coffin was also a diversion, meant to conceal the baron's existence.

With Moros's status, how could he possibly deserve such a luxurious Blood Clan coffin?

As he pondered, Moros fully awakened. He leaped from the coffin and landed steadily on the ground, his vicious gaze sweeping across the burial chamber.

If he had been awakened, that meant intruders had arrived.

Yet there were no enemies in sight.

A stealth user.

Qin Chuan waited in the shadows without rushing to attack.

Moros was different from the previous two bosses. His perception was exceptionally sharp.

Moreover, with Shadow Shift, he could instantly appear elsewhere and seamlessly follow up with Frenzied Blades, dealing massive AoE damage.

Defeating a boss like this required a bit of skill.

Fortunately, Qin Chuan knew exactly what to do.

The answer lay in the surrounding pillars.

To solo Moros, players had to make proper use of the ring of pillars, attacking while taking cover behind them.

That way, even if Moros used Shadow Shift to attack, the pillar would block him and give the player some breathing room.

Of course, it sounded simple, but it was not easy in practice.

The main issue was stats. Moros was too fast. Without over 150 Agility, players simply could not evade that deadly two-hit combo.

But Qin Chuan had no such concerns.

His Agility had already surpassed two hundred. Dodging the attack was no challenge at all.

Sneaking beside a pillar, Qin Chuan raised his hand and threw a flying knife.

-18535! (Weakness Attack)

-440!

-440!

-440!

Even after becoming an Undead creature, Moros still had a weakness.

It just was not in his head, but in the Blood Core within his chest.

That was the core weakness of all Blood Clan members.

When fighting the Blood Clan, if the Blood Core was not destroyed, it was impossible to kill them completely.

Moros showed no panic after being attacked. He immediately activated a skill and rushed to Qin Chuan's position at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow. At some point, two white-bone daggers had appeared in his hands, and he began swinging them wildly.

In an instant, shattered stone flew everywhere.

The one-meter-wide stone pillar immediately lost a huge chunk. Two more hits, and it would snap on the spot.

This was also the difficulty of soloing Moros.

There were twelve pillars in the burial chamber. Each could withstand three Frenzied Blades. Once all the pillars were destroyed, the player would be completely exposed to Moros's Blade Edge.

With the stats of a level ten player, even a full set of top-tier equipment would not let them endure many hits.

Squishy classes would die from a single touch.

Fortunately, Moros's Shadow Shift plus Frenzied Blades combo had an internal cooldown of around ten seconds and could not be used endlessly.

As long as players seized the opening and kept their distance, they could deal damage from afar.

But did Qin Chuan need to kite him for chip damage?

No.

All he needed to do was move beside another stone pillar and wait for Shadow Stealth to come off cooldown.

Sixteen seconds later, Qin Chuan attacked again.

Moros used the combo again as well, hacking the stone pillar until fragments filled the air.

After Qin Chuan slipped behind a new stone pillar, he looked at the two daggers in Moros's hands with considerable interest.

They were a set of dual-blade equipment. Not only were their base stats high, but they also had a set bonus. Their overall value could even rival Gold Grade equipment.

The only problem was that their drop rate was far too low.

Qin Chuan knew that in his previous life, an Archer player had farmed Moros for an entire month and still failed to collect both weapons. That showed just how difficult they were to obtain.

It'd be great if they both dropped at once.

Qin Chuan thought to himself.

After players completed their first class advancement, class restrictions were partially lifted.

Take assassins, for example.

After advancing at level ten, they could Dual Wield.

Although the off-hand weapon only received seventy percent of its stat bonuses, it was still not something to be ignored.

And after learning Dual Wielding, they were not limited to daggers. Any one-handed weapon would do, including one-handed swords and axes.

In other words, Qin Chuan could use Moros's dual blades.

"Let's make him drop them!"

Qin Chuan grew more excited and threw another flying knife.

Moros's Shadow Shift into Frenzied Blades was completely useless.

He did not attack immediately. Instead, he wore a thoughtful expression and said, "Intruder, your strength has made me see you in a new light. How about a taste of this move?"

"Come forth, my brothers and sisters!"

"Dinner Time!"

At Moros's call, several figures gradually formed beside him.

[Head Maid Solena (Bronze Tier)]

[Gardener Bob (Bronze Tier)]

[Butcher (Bronze Tier)]

[Stablehand Haines (Bronze Tier)]

The second phase of the boss battle: a righteous group beating!

This was also Moros's hardest phase to handle. His own damage was already terrifying, and now he had summoned four underlings. Without prior preparation, players simply could not withstand it.

The only good news was that Moros had summoned Bronze Tier monsters rather than more Silver Tier ones.

If there had been five Silver Tier enemies, then unless players wore a full set of level ten Gold Grade equipment, they could forget about clearing this dungeon.

Which raised the question.

At level ten, where were they supposed to find so much Gold Grade equipment?

The answer was to clear the Special Mode of Scarlet Tomb on Nightmare Difficulty and kill the hidden boss, the Vampire Baron, which guaranteed one piece of Gold Grade equipment.

Then how could they meet the Vampire Baron?

First, defeat Moros.

How could they defeat Moros?

Wear Gold Grade equipment...

And thus, an unsolvable cycle appeared.

Qin Chuan vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Scarlet Tomb had spawned quite a few jokes.

For example, people forming Scarlet Tomb progression parties while demanding Scarlet Tomb graduates.

Or saying, "If you haven't graduated from Scarlet Tomb, what business do you have running Scarlet Tomb?"

There had been plenty of laughs.

As he thought, Shadow Stealth came off cooldown. Qin Chuan aimed at Moros and threw a flying knife.

To capture the bandits, first capture their leader. As long as Moros was killed, the remaining four mini-bosses would disappear along with him. There was no need to waste damage on them.

Besides, those fellows did not drop equipment anyway, so there was no need to deal with them deliberately.

Of course, a normal party farming Moros would definitely clear the lesser monsters first. Otherwise, the Main Tank would not be able to hold on.

But for Qin Chuan, there was no need at all.

-18535! (Weakness Attack)

At the same time the damage number rose, Moros had already charged before him.

The four underlings rushed over as well.

They used different skills, completely covering Qin Chuan's previous position.

The stone pillar also took even more damage as a result. It could withstand at most two more hits before being completely destroyed.