Beaten Down

Back at camp, the first thing Xiao Yu did was resurrect the three orc brothers. As meat shields and bodyguards, the three orcs were far more competent than goblin warriors. Working together, they had nearly killed the priest. If the mage hadn't rushed over at the last moment and frozen the three orcs with Frost Nova, the priest would almost certainly have died.

Although the three orcs had ultimately been killed, they had also managed to exhaust the priest's mana and keep the mage occupied, giving Xiao Yu a chance to kill the warrior first.

If he had brought goblin warriors instead, it would have taken at least six to achieve the same result.

Resurrecting them cost some resources and was more expensive than training goblin warriors, but it was still worth it.

The battle had also given Xiao Yu a lot more confidence. It seemed he was already quite strong. As long as he didn't run into another freak like the level 47 female night elf mercenary from yesterday, he was still a formidable presence in the Night Whisper Forest area.

"Damn, boss, you're awesome! You took down three adventurers all by yourself."

Killer Codename 38 and Invincible Hero were both amazed, and Killer Codename 38 exclaimed in exaggerated astonishment. No wonder they were so envious. They had created their characters some time ago and had run into adventurers over the past few days. The first few times, they had relied on their numbers and swarmed the adventurers, hoping to score an easy kill. But every time, they had been beaten to a pulp. They were no match at all; even three against one, they often ended up getting ****ed over. Eventually, the two of them had simply holed up in camp. Yesterday, when they saw adventurers attacking the camp, they had immediately crawled into the burrows. Now, Xiao Yu had shown them through his actions that even monsters had a chance to thrash adventurers-as long as they were strong enough.

Back in the day, I wiped out adventurers a whole raid at a time. What's a handful of lowbies?

Out loud, though, he said modestly, "It was nothing. As long as you learn from me, sooner or later you'll advance to elite or even boss. Then beating adventurers will be as easy as playing around."

"But before that, you'd better hurry up and level. You couldn't make any progress leveling on your own before, but the camp will soon have more goblin warriors and goblin scouts. Once the main force is trained, each of you can take a group out to the leveling areas."

The two were immediately excited.

Seeing that he had successfully boosted their morale, Xiao Yu changed the subject. "But before that, we still need to keep gathering resources."

For the rest of the day, Xiao Yu continued patrolling around the camp while sending a few more goblin laborers to cut down trees. Wood was the most basic building material, so it was absolutely indispensable.

Throughout the afternoon, Xiao Yu encountered several more groups of adventurers. Most were leveling alone, though some were in groups of two or three. Without exception, Xiao Yu sent them all back to the graveyard. By four in the afternoon, he had reached level twelve.

As an elite template, getting five attribute points every time he leveled up felt pretty good. He was almost no different from a player, and the attributes he gained from one level were equivalent to two and a half levels before.

He checked his stats.

Eric (Goblin Pyromancer)-

Monster type: humanoid (elite).

Faction: Mud Pit Camp (Goblin Wanderers).

Monster level: 12.

Monster talent: Cower (passive).

Health: 480 (+240).

Mana: 110.

Strength: 15.

Stamina: 18.

Agility: 11.

Intellect: 11 (+2).

Spirit: 9 (+2).

Skills: Campfire, Lesser Fireball, Lesser Heal, Flame Missiles, Summon Goblin Whelp (equipment skill), Summon Fire Elemental, Activate Flame Mark.

Xiao Yu looked at the sky and saw that it was dark. All right, I've collected enough wood. It's about time to head back. Besides experience, he had accumulated 45 units of materials that day. By his reckoning, that should be enough to craft a piece of exclusive equipment.

As he pondered, he suddenly noticed something was wrong. Somehow, one of the three Blackrock orcs behind him was missing. He turned around and saw a Blackrock orc with his head drooping and a stun icon above it. He had been stunned.

Shit, there's a rogue nearby! Xiao Yu immediately sensed trouble. He listened closely and, in the darkness, faintly heard a jumble of footsteps and voices shouting.

"The boss is up ahead! Everyone, pick up the pace!" The next second, seven or eight players burst out of the woods.

At their head was none other than the human warrior called Supreme Greatsword. Looking behind him, Xiao Yu saw that many of them were players he had killed during the day.

Damn it, are they here for revenge? They brought this many people? I'm not playing with you!

Xiao Yu turned and ran.

"Huh, there he is! After him!" The adventurers charged forward, and a leopard broke from the crowd, racing toward Xiao Yu like an arrow loosed from a bow.

"Stop them!" Xiao Yu roared at the three Blackrock orcs and ran for all he was worth.

Concussive Shot! Bang! A night elf hunter raised a hand, and Xiao Yu was hit. His head spun, and he immediately slowed down.

Cheap Shot!

A night elf rogue suddenly emerged from the darkness and stunned Xiao Yu on the spot with a Cheap Shot. There was nothing he could do; the elite template wasn't immune to stuns. This is bad. I'm done for!

The moment the stun wore off, the leopard reached him and instantly transformed into a female druid. She swung the staff in her hand-Entangling Vines!

Xiao Yu felt his feet tighten as snakelike vines instantly bound him tight.

"Break!" At that critical moment, Xiao Yu unleashed unprecedented strength. He had a full 15 strength points, and with a few quick movements, he snapped the vines around him. But in the time it had taken, he opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by seven or eight players.

Supreme Greatsword was the first to charge over.

Taunt! Xiao Yu's vision darkened, and the faces of the other adventurers around him blurred, becoming unselectable targets. Only the warrior's face in front of him stood out, especially menacing.

Just what he had feared. Xiao Yu knew he was doomed today, but he was a chieftain, after all. Even if he died, he had to put up some kind of fight. He raised a hand to cast Flame Missiles, but the warrior interrupted him with a Pummel.

He tried casting again—but the rogue behind him kicked him.

Then all kinds of attacks landed on him at once. Before Xiao Yu could even strike back, he was knocked to the ground.

The screen went dark, and he returned to the character login screen.

That was a quick death, Xiao Yu thought, feeling a little helpless. A monster is still a monster. Even an elite can only just manage against two or three adventurers. Once there are too many of them, nothing can withstand them.

A line of blood-red text appeared before him.

System notification: You have died. Resurrect?

Xiao Yu chose to resurrect.

System notification: As a level 12 elite template, you must pay 24 points to resurrect. Resurrect?

Twenty-four points is 24 yuan. Sigh, now I have to spend money, Xiao Yu thought.

Although monster templates could resurrect for free, once they advanced to rare elite, every resurrection cost points. The higher the template's rank, the higher the cost. Later on, resurrection could even cost thousands or tens of thousands of points. The game company really knew how to make money.

But he had to resurrect. He couldn't just delete his character and start over because of a mere 24 points.

At least Xiao Yu could still afford it for now. He chose to pay the points, and with a flash of white light, he appeared in the camp once more.