Esmehalda (Final revised version)

Dimensional Anchor: Locks onto a target, making it unaffected by any spacetime teleportation effects for the next hour.

This spell is generally used against casters who can use teleportation spells, but it can also prevent summoned creatures from being banished.

Xiao Yu glanced around and was immediately stunned, wondering what was going on. Having played as a fire elementalist before, Xiao Yu was very familiar with the gameplay of summoned creatures. As a summoned creature, he could be summoned to all sorts of dangerous battlefields when the caster was in danger, or summoned to a completely safe area with no combat just because the caster was bored and wanted to chat with someone. He had even been summoned by a monster caster to fight against adventurer players before. He had encountered almost every kind of situation, but the situation before him was still beyond his expectations.

He was currently in a valley. At the far end of the valley, there was a dark cave entrance shrouded in a blue light curtain, clearly the entrance to a dungeon. Next to the cave entrance was a Goblin sitting in the back. The cart was filled with bottles and jars, and a sign was hanging on it.

The sign read: -- Breaking News! Healing potions are 30% off! Buy five magic potions and get one free! Buy a dungeon key and get a free fire protection potion!

Surrounding Xiao Yu were seven or eight adventurers from the Alliance, each with their swords drawn and staffs raised high, ready to fight at any moment.

Beside him stood a human female mage in robes— Esmehalda, a level 17 human hero.

What the heck is going on? How come the adventurers from the Alliance are fighting with their own heroes?

"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and use the Banish, you idiot!" the leading Warrior among the adventurers shouted.

The dwarf priest beside him rolled his eyes at him. "You're the idiot. Didn't you see she used Dimensional Anchor? You have to Dispel the Dimensional Anchor's spell effect first."

"Then Dispel it."

"Dispel is Priest's skill, you idiot. We don't have Priest here."

Esmehalda: "You ignorant adventurers, why are you blocking my way? Get out of my way! Otherwise, you will pay the price for your rudeness."

"Give way my ass!" the human Warrior shouted. "This dungeon is already booked by our Blood Hand Guild. Get out of here, or don't blame us for being impolite."

Esmehalda: "You traitors to the Alliance! That man living in the cave is the evil Ogre Mage Molak Balak. He has committed atrocities for years, and countless people of the Alliance have died at his hands. You are protecting him so fiercely—do you intend to betray the Alliance?"

The human Warrior laughed loudly, "Haha, you're mistaken. We've already killed that Molak Balak over a hundred times, so you don't need to worry about it."

Xiao Yu finally understood after hearing this. Once the female hero in front of him cleared the dungeon, defeated the boss, and completed the plot kill, the dungeon would be completely cleared. This would be unacceptable to adventurers who were hoping to use the dungeon to grind experience, level up, and get equipment.

On the other hand, a player with a hero template needs to kill bosses to earn reputation and advance to the next template, which leads to an irreconcilable contradiction. This is what we see now. To put it bluntly, this is a major conflict between story-driven players and game-driven players. He was quite curious to see how the female mage would respond.

Esmehalda: "Nonsense, that Molak Balak was perfectly fine hiding in that cave, how could he have been killed?"

(Huh, this girl isn't a player?) Xiao Yu was taken aback. If she were a player, there was no reason why she wouldn't understand what the other person was saying. However, it was also possible that this female mage was participating in the Legendary Hero event, and her every word and action would be recorded. She probably didn't react to the adventurers' questions in order to protect her image.

But speaking of which, if I want to become the strongest boss, shouldn't I get a little more into the role?

A Warlock next to the human Warrior remarked, "Hey, is this girl an NPC?"

The human Warrior paused for a moment, "NPC? No way, let me ask. Hey, what's your contact number?"

Esmehalda, however, seemed not to understand what they were saying at all. She narrowed her eyes dangerously. "It seems you're determined to betray the Alliance. In that case, let me eliminate you scum of the Alliance!"

As she spoke, she raised her staff, a deadly light flashing from the jewel at its tip.

The adventurers in front of them were all around level 10 or so. The highest level was the human Warlock, who was level 21. With seven or eight people fighting against a hero of the same level, the outcome was truly unpredictable.

Seeing the nervousness of those around him, the lead Warrior roared, "What are you afraid of? She's alone, but there are so many of us! Let's all charge in and loot her gear!"

Upon hearing this, the adventurers around them immediately lit up and rushed forward.

Freeze them! A voice suddenly rang in Xiao Yu's mind, and he knew it was the mage giving him an order.

A group of Horde adventurers rushed towards them.

Azathoth: "Witness the Power of Pure Water! Super Frost Nova!"

With a whoosh, the power of ice shot out in all directions, instantly Freeze everyone in place.

Esmehalda: "Power of Ice—obey my will!" Frost Detonation!

[Frost Detonation: Detonates all cold, frozen, and Freeze effects on nearby enemies, dealing massive damage and severely injuring them.]

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! The Horde adventurers burst into clouds of blood mist one after another and collapsed to the ground.

This skill is also an advanced hero skill, relying entirely on the freezing effect to deal damage. If only the cold effect is detonated, it will only deal around 100 damage. If the person is Freeze, it will deal over 200 damage. However, these people in front of us were Deep Freeze, resulting in each of them dealing over 400 damage. For players around level 10 with only a few hundred health points, this damage is absolutely fatal. As a result, all five frozen adventurers died instantly.

Esmehalda was also stunned for a moment. This was the first time she had dealt such high damage. In the past, when she summoned Water Elemental to freeze the surrounding enemies, she could only bring them to low health with an Ice Detonation and then finish them off. She didn't expect this time to be so quick, achieving a pentakill in an instant.

"The Warlock on the other side started casting Shadow Bolt, while shouting to the dwarf priest next to him, 'I'll hold her off, go get help!'"

Upon hearing this, the dwarf priest turned and ran.

Shadow Bolt! Bang! A Shadow Bolt struck Esmehalda, but the damage was absorbed by her Magic Shield. At the same time, Esmehalda also threw a Frostbolt. The Warlock also had Demon Skin protective spell, but the effect was not as strong.

Frostbolt! -73, also triggered the Chill effect.

Ice Lance! -69, snap, the freezing effect intensified, instantly turning the mage into a block of ice.

Ice Detonation! -432, instantly turning the leading mage into a pile of Freeze flesh and blood fragments.

"Hmph, this is the fate a traitor deserves!" Esmehalda said coldly, looking at the corpse on the ground, and walked towards the cave ahead.

Xiao Yu hurriedly followed, passing through the light curtain of the dungeon and entering. Inside, however, was a straight cylindrical passage. The interior of this dungeon was clearly designed in a straight cylindrical shape, probably to facilitate players to quickly clear the dungeon. There weren't even any monsters blocking the way. After walking for a short while, they arrived at the entrance to the BOSS room. There was a heavy stone door. Pushing open the stone door, one person and one Water Elemental went inside and immediately saw the dungeon BOSS.

There were five enemies in front of them: four ogre Warrior, just ordinary mobs, and one Ogre Mage with two heads. This Ogre Mage belonged to the noble class among ogres. Unlike the ordinary ogres who were all brawn and no brains, Ogre Mage were often very cunning and treacherous. Because they liked to tattoo blue magic circles on their bodies, they were also commonly known as blue fat men.

Molak (the Ogre Mage): "Who dares to trespass on King Molak's territory!"

Balak (the Ogre Mage): "Who dares to trespass on King Balak's territory!"

After reciting his entrance lines, the Ogre Mage suddenly felt something was amiss.

Molak: "Huh, why is there only one person? Damn it, why did those kids outside let a hero in! Don't they know it'll trigger a scripted death?!"

Balak: "Hey, heroine, which guild are you from? We're all players, you're not here to cause trouble, are you?"

PS: After much deliberation, I finally switched back to the first version, while making some minor adjustments. There will only be one update today; I'll make up for it with three updates tomorrow.