"B-Boss... you're not planning to fight that mutant hound king, are you?"
The underling swallowed, his legs growing weak:
"That monster has a whole pack of first-tier hounds with it!"
"And it can fire sniper bone spikes! Aren't we just going there to get ourselves killed?"
"Scared, my ass!"
Kuang Shao's eyes blazed with a feverish hunger for battle:
"We've got dozens of people! And all our core fighters have reached level 15!"
"If those five can fight it, why can't all of us?"
"We're going all out today! Even if we have to throw bodies at it, we're taking the first kill on that second-tier mutant hound king!"
"Worst case, we lose some Ash Coins. If we don't fight this time, Embers Kindling will snatch up every good thing we find from now on!"
Under the influence of Kuang Shao's stirring speech.
The previously timid guild members had the Fourth Catastrophe's refusal to admit defeat burning in their bones!
"Let's do it!"
"For Undying Stars! Let's slaughter that dog!"
"The Undying Stars Dog-Snaring Squad is officially formed!"
Shouting about teaching that monster a lesson, the group rushed off toward the second-tier mutant hidden in the cave.
Meanwhile, in front of some ruins on the outskirts of Fog Town.
Squish!
A long spear glowing with a dim, dark gray light viciously pierced the back of a zero-tier corrupted villager's head, pinning it to the wall.
The wielder wore a neat Ash Robe, standing tall and straight with a cold, austere air.
Somewhat at odds with that aloof demeanor, however, was the rather edgy ID floating above the player's head: [God Never Cries].
"Smiley, quit spacing out. Gather the loot."
[God Never Cries] pulled back the spear and spoke to the teammate grinning foolishly beside him.
The "Smiley" he mentioned