Chapter 69 - 69 66 The Three Brothers of Queen Shi

69: Chapter 66 The Three Brothers of Queen Shi 69: Chapter 66 The Three Brothers of Queen Shi One Cut, Two Pieces! The blade’s light swept across the mountain bandit’s face, and as the bandit before him fell, Xiao Jie was enveloped in a flash of white light — Level 6, easily handled. He allocated attribute points to both Constitution and Agility, so now his attributes had changed to — Constitution: 15. Life Value: 150. endurance: 12. Energy: 600. Strength: 15. Agility: 20+3. Feeling his body steadily become stronger, Xiao Jie was quite looking forward to what running would feel like that night. He searched the corpse, dry, just a score or so of copper coins again. Since the first mountain bandit dropped a “Hawk Roll” Skill Book, he hadn’t found anything decent on any of them, the best being nothing more than a mountain bandit’s broadsword. Over there, I Want to Be Immortal had also eliminated his opponent. “Haha, Brother Feng, I’ve scored again! Hey, Helical Slash, it’s your Skill Book.” Xiao Jie wondered what was going on, how could I Want to Be Immortal be so lucky? While accepting the Skill Book that I Want to Be Immortal had traded him, he couldn’t help but ask, “Cheng Xian, how much Luck do you have?” 16 points, what about it? Damn, that’s some high Luck! Xiao Jie didn’t know what to say for a moment. If 10 points of Luck is the average for an ordinary person, then this 16 points is definitely like having dumb luck. “From now on, you loot the BOSS corpses,” “Uh, sure.” Xiao Jie double-clicked on the Skill Book with his mouse, and with a flash of white light, he gained another Combat Skill. After using it against the air a couple of times, he found that Helical Slash was somewhat useful. Although its burst damage wasn’t as high as One Cut, Two Pieces, it had a charging effect — the Helical Slash would move his body forward, which could be handy for breaking out if ever surrounded. Looking around, there were no more lone mountain bandits on this hillside, and even pairs had been wiped out by the two of them. The rest were groups of three or four, and farther ahead was the mountain bandit camp. “Brother Feng, do you think there could be a BOSS in that camp?” I Want to Be Immortal asked. “Maybe, but it’s more likely to be an Elite Monster, since it’s just a small camp. But there could well be a treasure chest.” “A treasure chest? Brother Feng, how do you know?” I Want to Be Immortal was curious. Xiao Jie casually said, “Intuition. Mountain bandits, these kinds of monsters, are easily linked to treasure chests. If I were designing the game map, I’d definitely place a treasure chest in a camp swarming with bandit monsters for it to make sense.” As the saying goes, illness breeds wisdom. Having played games a lot, Xiao Jie had gained some understanding of their design, especially the design philosophies of different games. Often, a single clue provided ample inference. Although it was just a guess, he felt it was highly probable. I Want to Be Immortal immediately became excited, “Should we get closer and have a look? If there really is a treasure chest, it’s bound to have good stuff.” “No, it’s too dangerous.” “If it’s three or four mountain bandits, I think we should be able to handle them, right?” Xiao Jie shook his head behind his screen, internally remarking on the boldness of youth. His gaze swept around the perimeter of the camp and suddenly brightened. To the west of the mountain bandit camp was a somewhat taller peak, which looked free of monsters; it would be perfect for reconnaissance. “Let’s head to that mountain peak. From there, we should be able to view the interior of the mountain bandit camp without risking anything.” The two of them walked down the opposite hillside and climbed up toward the protruding small peak. This mountain peak was surrounded by rolling hills, and large rocky outcrops stuck out at its base. A winding path just behind one of the massive rocks led to the top. As soon as the two of them climbed the dirt slope, they heard a piercing roar. “Kill!” Xiao Jie was startled and turned around to see three mountain bandits charging out from behind a large rock. Damn, it was an ambush. “Cheng Xian, get ready to face the monsters!” Although he didn’t want to fight three at once, now he had no choice but to do so. While they never triggered three monsters at once before, Xiao Jie had already arranged tactics just in case they accidentally pulled too many, to avoid being caught off guard. To fight 2 against 3, the best method was to take out one first, and then each deal with one after, which meant that one of them had to withstand the attack of two monsters, while the other quickly dealt with his own. Among them, I Want to Be Immortal was clad in iron armor, so the tiring task of holding off the monsters could only fall on him. Without wasting any words, I Want to Be Immortal shot an arrow at one of the mountain bandits, then swiftly switched to his Battle Axe to attack another. Xiao Jie was slightly anxious, not really wanting to take this risk unless absolutely necessary, but since they had already engaged the monsters, they had to fight swiftly and decisively. One Cut, Two Pieces — Rolling — One Cut, Two Pieces — Rolling! After two rounds, the mountain bandit was enraged, bellowing loudly as he charged at Xiao Jie with a long spear. Long Spear Thrust! Hawk Roll! Xiao Jie performed a lateral somersault to dodge the fierce strike — Helical Slash! Three cuts and the mountain bandit was down. After swallowing a Power Pill to recover energy, Xiao Jie didn’t spare a glance at the corpse on the ground and quickly rushed to join I Want to Be Immortal. At this moment, I Want to Be Immortal was fending off the attacks of two mountain bandits on his own, facing peril at every turn. 1V1 could be easily won quickly, but 1V2 was a completely different story. Double the attack, double the ability to reduce resilience, double the blood volume — outright trading blows was completely disadvantageous. When facing one opponent, you could rely on creating stagger to prevent the mountain bandit from having a chance to attack, but with two opponents, the other could output freely. As a result, in the first exchange, he took a severe hit, losing one-third of his blood volume. Burdened by the heavy armor, he couldn’t run nor dodge, so I Want to Be Immortal could only keep on deflecting. Thankfully, two dogs kept launching attacks from the side, distracting the mountain bandits and combined with his sturdy iron armor, he managed to avoid being finished off. Luckily, Xiao Jie solved the battle quickly on his end. Rushing forward, he delivered two cuts to a mountain bandit wielding an axe on the left. Once the aggro was drawn over to him, creating a 1V1, the fight immediately became easier. Now I Want to Be Immortal finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly drinking a blood bottle while the dogs drew aggro, and with a roar, proved his ability to outlast the opponent in a hard fight. Eventually, both had taken care of the battle on their own. “My mistake, it seems taking on three monsters at once is indeed too much of a stretch,” he said. “It’s not your fault, Feng, who could have expected three monsters hiding behind this big rock,” I Want to Be Immortal said, similarly shaken. Good thing there were only three of them. If there had been four, at least one of them would have gone down. “No, the mistake was mine for risking coming here at all. As the team leader, I must be responsible for the team’s safety,” Xiao Jie concluded, “The most important thing in this game is not to take unnecessary risks. We need to make steady progress. Given the poor visibility here, I should have anticipated this earlier. Instead of risking coming here to probe the mountain bandit camp, it would’ve been better to level up steadily. If we were at Level 10 before coming, we wouldn’t have been so passive. We need to remember this moving forward and take fewer risks.” Despite the self-reflection, since they were already here, they might as well go up and take a look. After restoring their energy and blood volume, the two climbed up the mountain slope and reached the summit, from where they could get a clearer view of the scene inside the mountain bandit camp.