They Have Arrived

Midnight Arcane God blasted several skeletons charging at him into the air with an Explosive Fireball. His spells were incredibly powerful; even such a standard spell was devastating, instantly reducing five or six skeletons to debris. Unfortunately, magic was completely unreasonable. Once the aura of death infected them, they immediately gathered again and slowly reformed.

An adventurer said helplessly, "It's useless. You can't kill these things for good. Only by taking down the boss will these mobs probably disappear on their own."

Midnight Arcane God naturally understood that, but the boss was no easier to kill. It had 190,000 health points; even at half health, it still had over 90,000 left. And this thing apparently had no concept of vital points at all. Dawn Divine Sword had practically split its dragon skull open, yet it still refused to die.

That was what made Undead creatures so annoying, especially colossal Undead like this.

On top of that, so many mobs were constantly attacking from all around that they had no way to deal effective damage.

Watching the adventuring party fall into a bitter struggle, hope rose in Mo Fei's heart once more. Looks like there's a chance.

With a scream, an archer who had drifted slightly away from the team's defensive line was immediately dragged out of formation by a group of skeletons and hacked to death.

At this point, the awkwardness of lacking melee classes became obvious. Faced with the surging tide of Undead, no one could hold the line. They could only rely on continuous damage to wear them down.

Yet mana was not unlimited. As the skeleton army drew closer and closer, several rogues rushed forward with blades in hand, only to be swiftly swallowed by the skeletons. The druid in the party gave up healing and transformed into a giant bear to join the fight, but he was a healing druid. Without talents like Improved Thick Hide and Beast Resilience, he was just a furry bear. Surrounded and hacked at by skeletons, he was soon covered in blood and mangled flesh, screaming repeatedly.

The war priest charged in with a spiked mace. He could not banish Undead, but he was quite fierce when it came to smashing people. His full plate made him no less durable than a warrior—worthy of being a priest of the God of War. Unfortunately, physical purification meant little against skeletons that could revive endlessly.

"Fall back, fall back! Retreat to that corner!"

At Midnight Arcane God's command, the adventurers quickly withdrew, fighting as they retreated until they were pushed into a corner of the boss room. This way,

With walls at their backs on two sides, they only needed to face enemies from the front. The casters concentrated their power and unleashed attacks head-on, while magic continuously tore apart the approaching skeletons. The battle situation finally looked somewhat better.

But the danger had not passed.

Midnight Arcane God stared at his skill cooldown. The cooldown was thirty minutes, and twenty-seven had already passed. They only needed to hold out another three minutes...

Mo Fei watched in alarm and delight. The entire adventuring force had been squeezed into that corner, while Dawn Divine Sword faced the boss alone. Without healing from the back line, he clearly could not keep it up forever. As long as he died, this round was secured.

The Bone Dragon continued attacking, while some skeletons tried to join the fight. Yet Dawn Divine Sword showed no panic. He kept dodging, rolling, and repositioning. When the Bone Dragon unleashed a Dragon Tail Sweep, Dawn Divine Sword decisively dropped flat to the ground. The skeletons surrounding him were swept away by the dragon's tail and turned into a pile of broken bones, while he used the opportunity to gulp down another health potion.

He even found time to slash the Bone Dragon a few times in return. Though his basic attacks did mediocre damage, he somehow fought back and forth with it, turning an MMORPG into an ACT action game.

Die already! Why won't you die?

Mo Fei watched anxiously as the Bone Dragon unleashed another Dragon Tail Sweep. This time, Dawn Divine Sword chose to block with his sword. The immense force swept him seven or eight meters sideways, leaving two deep furrows in the ground where his legs had plowed through it.

Dawn Divine Sword panted heavily, while the Bone Dragon was equally at the end of its rope. Its entire body was collapsing and breaking apart, Death Power constantly leaking out.

Just as the man and dragon confronted each other—

Firestorm!

A terrifying whirlwind of flames appeared once more, sweeping hundreds of skeletons into the Firestorm.

In an instant, it cleared the entire field.

It's over. Mo Fei immediately sighed in despair. With the skeleton army wiped out, the adventurers rejoined the battle. The Bone Dragon's destruction was only a matter of time.

Though the skeletons could still revive, there was no longer enough time.

Finally, when its health dropped to only 10%, the Bone Dragon crashed to the ground.

'Step into Death' Santazak (Bone Dragon): "Lord Murphys, I have failed you..." With a boom, the Bone Dragon completely collapsed into a heap of shattered bone fragments. Santazak's body had already crumbled, leaving only his damaged upper body relatively intact. Both arms were gone, and his torso had twisted out of shape. Only his face still retained its original appearance.

Although it still had 10% health remaining, that clearly no longer meant anything. The adventurers rushed forward and began finishing off the remains. The outcome was obvious.

Mo Fei watched with mixed feelings. All right, Old Sang. You did your best.

Compared to the previous two boss battles, this fight had gone far better. Not only had it consumed a great deal of the adventuring party's supplies, but it had also successfully killed seven adventurers. If the skill cooldown had not finished at the end, it might truly have wiped out the entire enemy team.

Meanwhile—

"This is bad. Seven people died. Isn't that a problem?"

Though they had won the battle, no one was particularly happy. There was still the final boss to fight. They had expected to face it with their strongest lineup, but now a significant portion of their combat strength had been weakened.

"Can't they be revived?"

"The respawn point is too far away. It'll take at least a few hours."

Midnight Arcane God's expression darkened. They had not even reached the final boss yet. He took out two scrolls. "Bring Orange and Blazing Sun back. Let the rest go."

Resurrection scrolls—rewards with an extremely low chance of appearing only from quests at the temple of the Goddess of Life.

They sold for ten thousand yuan each on the market, and even then they were nearly impossible to find. No amount of money could guarantee one. The most broken thing about them was that they could be used in story campaigns.

Though they could only be used on adventurers, at a crucial moment, every adventurer represented a point of combat strength.

Mo Fei felt heavyhearted. Fortunately, that guy only had two.

He looked over the third set of tactics he had arranged. It still would not work.

His close-combat ability was stronger than the Bone Dragon's, but living dragons had weaknesses. He definitely could not fight without restraint—what if he got executed?

Besides, the Bone Dragon could summon a skeleton army to tie down the adventurers, but he would have to face everyone's attacks while fighting Dawn Divine Sword.

Even if he could injure Dawn Divine Sword, as long as those healers and support players remained, a round of healing would send him back into battle.

He had to change tactics.

But how could he change them? He had already changed tactics three times.

His gaze swept across the row of battle strategies one by one.

Should I summon Princess Catherine and gamble on it? I wonder what this plot twist means.

Could it be that Princess Catherine will fall in love with me and stop the adventurers from killing me? No way such a cheesy plot could possibly come true.

Or perhaps I kill Princess Catherine, causing the enemy's morale to collapse so I can crush them with ease?

But adventurers did not seem to have such a thing as morale. They might all go into Frenzy instead, making them even harder to deal with.

No, he could not place his hopes on an option with such uncertain possibilities.

Mo Fei had never been someone who liked gambling on luck, especially not at a critical moment like this.

Still, although Dawn Divine Sword's strength had once again shocked Mo Fei in this battle, he had also spotted one of the enemy's weaknesses: their inability to handle unexpected situations. These adventurers had clearly made specialized preparations for his Flame Dragon Breath, which left them somewhat lacking when facing other types of attacks.

Quickly killing Dawn Divine Sword was probably impossible. The weakness instead lay with those adventurers. Without Dawn Divine Sword holding him back at the front, he could easily sweep aside those trash mobs. Perhaps he could do this...

An idea gradually formed in Mo Fei's mind, but he was not completely confident. Time was simply too tight for him to think everything through.

[World Announcement: In Sky Era 1437, the human hero Midnight Arcane God slew Dragon Worship Cult priest Santazak and Dark Dragon Nest. This event has been recorded in the Sky Annals.]

[System Prompt: All monster leaders under your command have been slain. The final battle is about to begin. Will the ending of Dragon Slayer's Anthem be the hero defeating the evil dragon and rescuing the princess, or the evil dragon killing the hero and continuing its rampage? The conclusion will soon be revealed.

As the final boss of this story campaign and its greatest villain, please prepare yourself.]

On the crystal ball's surveillance screen, the enemy had already begun advancing toward the final boss room. There was no time left to hesitate.

Mo Fei gritted his teeth and decisively made his choice.

At the same time, hurried footsteps rang out in the passage outside Dragonrest Cavern.

They had arrived!