Disaster Looms

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he chose to advance Flame Bomb Storm.

Although Flame Explosive Bomb looked impressive, if he had to fight a large group of adventurers, Xiao Yu honestly didn't think he stood a chance of winning. By comparison, Flame Bomb Storm seemed more practical.

After advancing his boss skill, Xiao Yu wasn't too excited. He had played a Flame Demon Lord before, so a little boss template like this wasn't enough to thrill him. Besides, whether this character would survive until tomorrow was still up in the air.

"Hey, quit celebrating for now. Save it until we've escaped."

"Escape? Why do we need to escape?" Teddy the Bear King asked in surprise. As he saw it, they had killed even the archdruid of Nightwhisper Village, so from a story perspective, the village's night elves had been defeated. This was the perfect chance to take over Nightwhisper Village completely and expand their power. If they wanted, they could even establish a dungeon with Nightwhisper Village at its center.

"If you ask me, why run? The night elves in the village have all been killed, haven't they? Why don't we just take over the place and set up a dungeon for some fun?"

Xiao Yu couldn't help rolling his eyes. They were still too young, too simple. "Tell that to Derek."

The beasts glanced at Derek, who looked tense, and gave him questioning looks.

"Ah, those adventurers have fought their way into the village. Black and Big Gold Tooth have already been taken out. They're clearing the mobs now, and I reckon they'll be here any moment."

Ace Pilot (Gale Eagle): "Not any moment. They're already here. There's only one wall between them and you now, and they're killing the underlings you left outside."

At some point, the great bird had flown onto the temple roof and was shouting down at the people below.

Beowulf (Forest Wolf King): "Oh, crap, seriously? What do we do?"

Teddy (Enraged Bear): "How about we fight them?"

Deathclaw (Shadow Cheetah): "Fight my ass! Those are adventurers! If you want to fight, go ahead. Nobody's stopping you."

Derek was terrified. He had only just advanced, and now he was about to be killed. He was especially unwilling to accept that. "Boss Eric, how do we escape? There's only one exit from this village! You clearly said you had a way out earlier."

Everyone turned to look at Xiao Yu.

"I say we charge straight out. We've all advanced our templates now, and our strength has increased a lot. I don't believe those adventurers can stop us," said one of Derek's gnoll vanguard officers. Judging by his tone, he seemed to be a player too.

Xiao Yu looked around. There were two bosses, four elites, several newly advanced rare elites, and quite a few mobs. Their strength really wasn't weak, but Xiao Yu wasn't optimistic. The adventurers' greatest advantage was that they could respawn. Even if he managed to beat the first wave, what then? Once his mobs were dead, they'd be gone, while the adventurers could respawn. The second wave could wipe them all out.

Inside a dungeon, they might have stood a chance. After all, dungeon battles were fought by the rules: a win was a win, and a loss was a loss. He'd have to be out of his mind to fight adventurers with a respawn point out in the open.

In fact, he wasn't the only one who could see that. The outcome of this monster siege event had been decided the moment the adventurers united outside the village and began advancing into it.

"Heh, if you want to fight, go ahead. I'm not sticking around to play with you. I'm out of here first." With that, Deathclaw went straight into stealth and vanished.

"Hey, that's not very loyal of you," Teddy the Bear King grumbled. He called out twice more, but got no response. It looked like Deathclaw had already run off.

Beowulf (Forest Wolf King): "Sigh, what happened to us all being good brothers? He just ran off like that. That's heartless, especially after I gave him a wild boar last time."

Ace Pilot (Gale Eagle): "Can't be helped. Bros are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, each flies off on his own. Who told you you couldn't use stealth? Speaking of flying, I'd better get going too, or it'll be bad if I get shot and can't get out of combat."

With that, the Gale Eagle flapped his wings and flew straight into the sky. Although he could fly, once he entered combat, he could only fly close to the ground, so it was safer to leave in advance.

"Everyone, stop arguing. Things aren't hopeless yet. Getting out won't be hard. Follow me, but there's something we have to do before we leave." Xiao Yu turned and glanced at his underlings. "All of you, spread out and attack the adventurers in the village. Go!"

Those NPCs really were obedient. The three Blackrock Orc brothers, Aduo the ogre, and the goblin laborers, goblin warriors, and goblin scouts all rushed off in a disorderly crowd.

"You too. Send all your underlings out. If nobody draws their fire, we definitely won't escape."

Seeing this, Derek gritted his teeth. He had seen Black?Rod's miserable end, with loot scattered everywhere. Storyline kills and the like were terrifying, so he hurriedly ordered his gnolls to scatter and break out.

The remaining kobolds and human bandits left as well. Even Beowulf the Wolf King's wolf pups went, without a single one left behind. In the end, only the players remained.

There were still three people with Derek, apparently his classmates, as well as Xiao Yu's two subordinates.

"All right, follow me."

Xiao Yu ran toward the other end of the village. Derek and the others hesitated for a moment before following. It was a little embarrassing, really. Everyone there was a monster of some standing, yet the mere mention of adventurers had sent them running for their lives.

After circling the temple and running for a while, the group stopped.

The group stopped in front of a wall of thorns.

Facing the wall of thorns, Xiao Yu abruptly raised the staff in his hand.

Flame Bomb Storm! After a full five seconds of casting, a magic circle appeared beneath his feet. Fireballs materialized one after another in the air around him. Then, with a wave of his staff, the densely packed fireballs flew at the wall of thorns together, exploding against it like machine-gun fire.

"Oh, it looks like it's working!" The bosses looked excited as they watched the wall of thorns catch fire. Just then, shouting suddenly rang out behind them.

"Look, the bosses are all here! Everyone, come quick!"

They turned around and saw a five-person adventurer party that had caught up with them at some point.

"Crap, this is bad."

Xiao Yu roared, "What are you waiting for? Kill them and buy me some time, or none of us will get away!" With that, he began casting again.

The bosses hurriedly charged at the adventurers behind them. How could the five-person party withstand so many bosses attacking together? Three were killed in the blink of an eye. Of the two left, a rogue saw things were going badly and vanished, while a priest who had been farther away turned and ran. The bosses couldn't be bothered to chase them, but more adventurers immediately appeared in sight, and there seemed to be more and more of them.

The bosses had no choice but to fight.

Xiao Yu unleashed three volleys in a row and finally blasted a gap in the wall of thorns. "There's a way out! Everyone, retreat!" Without waiting to see whether the others had reacted, he charged through the gap.

At once, the bosses lost any will to fight. They turned to run after him, but how could the adventurers possibly let bosses within their grasp get away? They charged forward recklessly.

Beowulf (Forest Wolf King) activated Sprint and shot through the gap. Teddy and Derek weren't so lucky. They were too slow, and with all kinds of slows applied to them, they couldn't get away at all. Derek was killed first, cut down with a howl and leaving equipment scattered across the ground. Teddy relied on his high health to hold out for a while, but it was only a matter of time before he was killed too.

"It's over. I'm going down this time." As he despaired, a night elf hunter suddenly cast Tame Beast on him.

System notification: Adventurer Fish That Doesn't Eat Cats is using Tame Beast on you.

"Damn it, she actually wants to capture me alive? Doesn't she know I'm an elite and immune to control skills? But wait, that seems better than dying." Teddy glanced at the hunter opposite him. She seemed to be a pretty girl, too, and he was immediately torn and conflicted.

PS: My computer broke, so the update was a little late. Here's the third chapter.