Giant Lumberjack Mech Special

The Dire Wolf King didn't even get a chance to use its berserk skill before dying. How tragic.

With the Wolf King down, the pack retreated.

"What a waste of experience!" Wang Qian Duo muttered, watching the Dire Wolves flee back into the deep forest.

He knew firsthand how difficult it was to level up in this game. Those that had escaped were elite monsters that could have provided a ton of experience.

Miracle Sword and the other three: "..."

Is that something a human would say?

"Don't be too upset. You were lucky this time with the quadruple critical hit. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have been able to handle it so easily. Didn't you notice its roar skill could stack?" Sister Cat said.

"Maybe!" Wang Qian Duo replied.

What they didn't know was that Wang Qian Duo knew his next skill was guaranteed to crit. It was because he had activated his "Fiery Eyes of Truth" skill, Weakness Attack. He just hadn't expected it to be a weakness critical hit. He had to admit, the legendary equipment was truly powerful.

Next was the exciting part: looting. Sister Cat took the lead again.

The regular monsters, and even the elite ones, had dropped some items, but the group wasn't interested anymore. They were more focused on the Wolf King, and the Dire Wolf King didn't disappoint.

It dropped two equipment blueprints and one skill. One of the equipment pieces was a blueprint for a refined-grade sword and shield, which went to Miracle Sword. The skill was a "Thrust" skill, which was somewhat useless.

The other item was a blueprint for a rare-grade energy core, not limited by profession. This was where things got interesting. Everyone except Wang Qian Duo wanted it. As for Wang Qian Duo, he immediately lost interest when he saw it was an item he already had. He had already maxed out his energy cores. What use would this be to him?

"What do you guys think about an item of this level?" Yun Zhong Ge asked Sister Cat and Cang Hai.

"Roll for it, what else?" Wang Qian Duo blurted out.

"Old Wang, rolling points seems fair, but it's the most unfair to you. You contributed the most in this dungeon. Plus, you know that Cat Sister and I are a team. If we roll, you'll be at a significant disadvantage!" Yun Zhong Ge explained to Wang Qian Duo.

Hearing this, Wang Qian Duo wanted to say, You guys can roll to your heart's content, I'm not interested in this item. But after a moment's thought, he kept his mouth shut. After all, they were saying nice things. Still, he glanced dismissively at the blueprint's stats.

"How about this: we'll prioritize Old Wang for anything he needs. If he doesn't want something, we'll auction it," Sister Cat suggested after thinking it over, looking at Wang Qian Duo. It was clear that both sides were sparing no effort to win Wang Qian Duo over.

"No need. I'll bid with you guys. I still have some savings!" Old Wang said after some thought. While it seemed like he contributed the most to this dungeon, he wouldn't have been able to clear it without the others. Agreeing to their proposal would mean owing them a favor, and based on Old Wang's years of social experience, favors were the hardest debts to repay.

"Alright! Then this item...?"

"You guys bid!"

"Hiss~~"

Almost simultaneously, everyone gasped. What kind of equipment was it that he wasn't interested in items usable before level 20? They didn't pry further. The item was eventually bought for 150 gold crystals, and Old Wang received 30 gold crystals. This was already a huge sum for the early game, but it was far from the [Scorpion Tail]. Otherwise, why would the Shan Hai Guild have such a bad reputation? They were too willing to throw money at people, disrupting the already stable market.

After dividing the loot and resting, the group continued forward. Past the wolf territory was the domain of spiders and space pirates. The monsters here primarily relied on ambushes, but their locations had already been posted on the forums. Because of this, they cleared this section with surprising ease, and no small monsters alerted the bosses this time.

The mechanical spider boss in this section was also easy to deal with. Perhaps its brain was damaged during modification, as it lacked the Wolf King's intelligence. It was easily overpowered by the group, and it dropped another rare equipment blueprint. This time it was a rare-grade weapon blueprint, a strength-based battle axe. Only Miracle Sword among them could equip it, but Sister Cat and Cang Hai Ming Yue clearly didn't want to make it easy for him. So, Miracle Sword spent another 100 gold crystals to acquire it.

"Boss, we're out of money!" Yun Zhong Ge said to Miracle Sword as they headed towards the final boss, the Lumberjack, after collecting the spoils from the spider. The two auctions had significantly depleted their funds.

"It's okay. We've got enough from our haul. If there's anything else good, it's just bad luck for us."

"And you think they'll have a big haul? Don't underestimate King of Thousand!" Sword of Miracle said.

While the two were whispering, a six-person interstellar pirate squad appeared in front of everyone.

As soon as they spotted the pirates, the squad also discovered them.

Just as the pirates were about to flee, Old Wang unleashed a chain lightning spell.

The biggest difference between Abyss dungeon monsters and normal dungeon monsters is that they seek support immediately upon encountering an enemy.

However, under Wang Qianduo's electrotherapy, five of the six interstellar pirates were taken down directly, and the remaining one was not far from death.

But to everyone's astonishment, he raised his hand and fired a flare.

Cloud Song: "One arrow pierces the clouds, and ten thousand horses come to meet?"

Wang Qianduo: "Setting off fireworks in the forest? Aren't you afraid of life imprisonment?"

Sword of Miracle: "This flare is truly over the top!"

Sea of Cang Mingyue: "Show-off~?"

The moment the flare shot up, the four of them almost simultaneously exclaimed.

Sister Cat: "Alright, what ancient memes are these? Still using them?"

"Hahaha!" x3

"Haha~"

The four men were laughing together, but as they laughed, one of them stopped.

After laughing twice, Wang Qianduo paused and then said to everyone:

"Can we fight the double boss? The system prompt says I need to activate the quest within 3 minutes. It looks like the Hyena and the Lumberjack are arriving together."

Everyone: "..."

Sister Cat: "Activate it. If we can't beat them, we'll start over! No one has ever beaten this hidden boss before, let's try it first!"

The situation was sudden, and Wang Qianduo didn't hesitate. He chose to activate it.

Then, the distant woods rumbled, and a lumberjack mech, as large as a small mountain, broke through the tall bushes and forcefully appeared before them.

Its arm, made of a long saw, was taller than their mechs.

"Isn't this size a bit of a cheat?" The few of them looked at the giant mech in front of them. Although they were mentally prepared, they couldn't help but say it.

"Something's wrong. I've seen the data for the final boss of this nightmare dungeon, and it's definitely not this exaggerated," Sister Cat said.

"It seems to be related to the hidden quest!" Cloud Song.

Giant Lumberjack Mech - Special
LV5
Leader Abyss
HP 10000
MP 2000
Attack 300
Defense 100
Skills: Charge, Sweep, Stomp, Earth Splitter, Death Flying Blade, Frenzy

Wang Qianduo didn't say much, but directly published its stats in the channel.

"It seems this word 'Special' has a profound meaning!"

"Fortunately, it's not a double boss."

"Stop talking about that, it's attacking!"

While everyone was still discussing how to deal with this boss, the lumberjack robot didn't waste any time. Its chainsaw whirred, and it swung horizontally towards them.

They narrowly dodged it. If this attack had landed, everyone except Wang Qianduo would have died.

"This is not a boss we can tank head-on. Prepare to kite it, and focus on attacking its joints," Sister Cat said after dodging the lumberjack mech's attack.

If this kind of attack were directed at Sword of Miracle, even if he blocked it with his shield, he would still suffer crushing damage.

This meant the shield couldn't protect him, and they needed to find another way to deal with it.

As soon as Sister Cat finished speaking, the giant lumberjack mech raised its arm and swung it at her.

It seemed to possess intelligence, and quite a bit of it.

But just as its attack was about to land, an arrow directly hit its arm joint, causing its attack to falter.

Although it quickly broke the arrow, Sister Cat had already escaped its attack range.