I Actually Lost to a Bunch of Mortals

The battle began instantly, but this blue snake head of the Sgelari didn't seem as terrifying as before. It only had two attack methods: one was an icy breath that could spray out about 3,000 damage at once. However, for the MT with more than 9,000 health, it did not pose a fatal threat. In addition, the interval between breaths was relatively slow, so there was no sense of danger at all. Several healers worked together and healed him back in a couple of seconds.

The second ability is Freezing Cloud, which releases a large area of icy mist, reducing the attack speed and casting speed of adventurers within the mist's range, but it does little damage and can be Dispel.

The main tank easily withstood the attack of the Serpent of Frost. With the healers replenishing their healing, the ranged attackers formed a circle around the pool and unleashed their full power, attacking it like a wooden stake. Soon, the serpent's health was depleted, and it let out a miserable scream before collapsing and falling back into the sea with a splash.

However, no one felt relieved, because everyone knew that a boss in a 40-player raid couldn't possibly be taken down so easily. Sure enough, the next second—

Boom! Amidst the splashing water, two snake heads suddenly emerged at once, one blue and one green.

Serpent of Lightning (Sgelari's Head): "The power of lightning is unstoppable."

The Serpent of Venom (Sgelari's head): "No one can stand against the Serpent King!"

"Beorn, go!" Angmar commanded, and a Druid immediately switched forms, transforming into a giant bear and charging forward, joining the previous Warrior to each draw aggro on one of the heads.

Then the people around continued to attack, and this time the difficulty was significantly increased. The Serpent of Lightning could shoot Lightning Bolt and also release Chain Lightning. At first, because they were standing relatively evenly, almost everyone was shocked at once. Fortunately, the damage of this Chain Lightning would gradually decrease. Although it looked scary, no one died.

Angmar quickly gave instructions, "Quickly, form groups of three and spread out, keeping distance between groups!"

The adventurers around the pool immediately sprang into action, gathering in twos and threes, maintaining a distance of more than 10 yards between groups, so that the professionals wouldn't have to worry about too many people being hit by a series of lightning strikes.

The Serpent of Venom had only one attack method: spewing poisonous mist. At first, the mist didn't cover a large area, but it quickly spread throughout the entire cavern, causing those inside to continuously lose health.

Angmar hurriedly gave another order, "Druid, quickly cast Wind! Priest, quickly use Purify!"

In fact, this time he didn't even need to ask his men to start; they had already begun.

The Druid used Gale to disperse the poisonous mist, while the Priest used Purify, with flashes of white light purifying the mist piece by piece.

The battle lasted for ten minutes, until both snake heads, one after the other, reached the bottom of their health and fell into the pool.

With a sudden thud, three snake heads emerged: one crimson, one white, and one dark black covered in fleshy growths.

The Serpent of Flame (Sgelari's head): "Fresh flesh and blood, food delivered right to our doorstep, it seems we should have our meal. So, how would you like it cooked?"

The Serpent of Gale (Sgelari's head): "Stop wasting time talking to them, burn them!"

Serpent of Fangs (Sgelari's head): "Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

Having learned from previous experiences, Angmar was able to roughly guess what kind of enemy he would be facing this time.

"Everyone be careful! This red snake is probably a fire-attribute attack, the white snake head is a wind-attribute attack, Serpent of Fangs is probably a physical attack. Boromir, defend against the Serpent of Fangs, Beorn, defend against the Serpent of Flame, and I'll use the Serpent of Gale!" Angmar roared and charged forward.

Three tanks each held one of the three snake heads, while healers frantically restored health, and damage dealers unleashed their full power with all their skills.

This battle was noticeably more difficult. The Serpent of Flame breathed fire, and the Serpent of Gale unleashed a whirlwind, further amplifying the power of the flames. The Serpent of Fangs opened its mouth and bit wildly, inflicting a bleeding debuff on any enemy it bit, causing devastating damage.

"Pull them apart! Pull them apart!" Angmar roared as he moved along the edge of the pool, pulling the three snake heads in three different directions, greatly reducing the difficulty of the battle.

Fifteen minutes later, the three snake heads also collapsed one after another.

"Thank goodness, six of Hydra's heads have been taken, so there should only be three left."

Just as Angmar had predicted.

Boom! This time, three more snake heads emerged. However, unlike the three ordinary snake heads before, the snake head in the middle was unusually large, twice as thick as the previous ordinary snake heads. It had two huge horns on its head, making it look somewhat like a dragon's head. The two snake heads on the left and right also looked quite extraordinary. One was golden, as if its entire body was plated with gold, while the other was pitch black, like the night.

The Serpent of Light (Sgelari's head): "Holy Light will purify your flesh."

The Serpent of Darkness (Sgelari's head): "Darkness will devour your souls."

The Serpent of Immortality (Sgelari's Head): "Adventurers, don't you understand? You've been fooled, completely fooled by that person whose name I can't reveal, by the Blackhand behind all this! Damn it, why can't you see the truth?"

"Damn it, that's the thing! That's the thing that swallowed me!" Gandalf yelled, pointing at the Serpent of Immortality in the middle, completely ignoring the boss's lines. Generally, bosses always say some lines, which are usually related to the dungeon's background. But for adventurers focused on loot drops, what does background information matter?

Angmar slapped his thigh upon hearing this, "This Serpent of Immortality should have a devouring skill, Legolas, put your pet on top."

Legolas hesitated for a moment, but still whistled. His pet, a white lion, charged out and pounced on the giant snake head. In mid-air, the snake head suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed the lion whole.

Haha, I knew it! This boss has a devour skill, so we have to send our pets to their deaths first, and then the tank can hold them back!

Angmar was extremely proud of his cleverness.

"Now everyone, let's go! The Devour skill can only devour one unit at a time. Hunters and Warlock, lock your pets onto the middle Serpent of Immortality. You two, pull those two serpent heads to the side! We'll kill them one by one."

The battle resumed, and this time it was extremely thrilling, at least that's how the adventurers like Angmar felt. Although the Serpent of Immortality had no skills, its attack power was surprisingly high, and it would use the Devour skill every minute or two. In the middle of the battle, it even swallowed Boromir by accident. Fortunately, there were many tanks in the 40-man dungeon, and someone else immediately stepped in to take its place.

To everyone's dismay, the Serpent of Light could heal itself and use Holy Shock, which dealt extremely high damage and had a stun effect. The Serpent of Darkness, on the other hand, could unleash Curse that weakened the attributes of all adventurers and also release Mass Shadow Bolt, attacking enemies in large numbers. The battle became long and arduous, but thanks to their excellent teamwork, they managed to kill all three serpent heads one by one without any major incident.

Sgelari (Hydra demigod): "This, how is this possible? I have been defeated by a group of mortals. This should not be—this should not be Sgelari's fate!" The Hydra demigod let out a roar of unwillingness, and the last serpent head fell down. The Hydra demigod's huge body floated up from the pool.

"Hahaha, that was awesome! I beat it in one go! I'm a genius!" Angmar stared in disbelief at the massive hydra corpse before him. He'd cleared a 40-man raid in a single run! He was just too awesome!

Gandalf, however, looked grave. "Something's not right. Logically, a boss in a 40-man raid should at least require several wipes before you can figure out the strategy. How come we beat it so easily this time?"

Although this boss changed forms several times, making it quite an adventure, and its various skills had impressive sound and light effects, making them look incredibly powerful, it must be said that the damage of the skills was somewhat low. There were basically no situations where a single mistake could wipe out the entire adventurer team, making the margin for error very high. It was quite exciting, but not really difficult.

"Hey boss, didn't you think this dungeon run was super easy? You cleared it on your first try!" Gandalf asked curiously.

Angmar took his words as a compliment. "Haha, of course, you don't even know who's in charge," he said smugly, and started looting the corpse.

"Wow, what a lucky draw!" Angmar exclaimed, immediately displaying the loot: Fang of Sgelari (Epic One-Handed Sword), Heart of Immortality (Epic Trinket), Sea Serpent Hide Battle Armor (Epic Leather Armor), Hydra's Greed (Epic Two-Handed Axe), Hydra Sigil (Epic Ring).

Five pieces of purple equipment appeared at once, which is quite a windfall.

Angmar's men promptly flattered him, "That's right, that's right, when the boss makes a move, no one can stand against him."

"Hahaha, that's right!" Angmar said smugly. "Then let's stick to our usual rules, DKP (guild points) will decide. After we distribute the gear, shall we play a couple more rounds?"

While the adventurers were happily distributing their equipment, they were unaware that a pair of eyes were secretly watching them.

From the moment they entered the dungeon, Xiao Yu observed the battle's progress through the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge. The dungeon battle process in Sgelari had become very simple after repeated optimizations by him and Li Feng. Otherwise, with the full power of the Hydra demigods, an ordinary team would have to wipe ten or eight times before finding a reasonable strategy.

It seems this dungeon design is quite reasonable. The battles are intense, thrilling, and exciting enough, yet not so difficult that players can easily be wiped out. The loot is also so good. It's easy to imagine that as more and more teams complete this dungeon, it will quickly become known and attract more and more players. However, that guy Sgelari dared to gossip. It seems he needs to be disciplined.

PS: Two updates today.