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Chapter 34 - Chapter 19: Poisoning the Dog King, Racing for the Sacred Artifact

Only way out is to jump off the building!

Take all major clues like the diary and medicine box, they might be evidence against the Count. Also, put on the Dancing Girl outfit! It increases speed by 5 points, a top-grade item that significantly boosts escape chances.

——System Prompt: Warning! Profession and gender do not match, your current outfit's aesthetic score has dropped to -100! This decrease will cause a severe negative impression on nearby residents, leading to potential mocking attacks and reputation loss.

The attribute can actually go negative!

Chun quickly glanced at the mirror, and it was like he was running on the beach eating urine beef balls, so dazzling it could blind eyes~~~~

Without another look, he jumped out of the window, immediately hearing a cacophony of barking dogs below.

Chun quickly looked down, and those guard dogs weren't there. It was a large group of stray dogs outside the wall barking wildly at him!

Aiming at me again? Thinking of that previous dog that wouldn't let go... Chun suddenly realized, it must be my poisonous residue, the dog smelled it and called for backup! If that's the case, the stray dog rule of biting and leaving might not exist, going out on the street means certain death!

Chun could only focus on the sewer entrance, opened by the stray dogs — it's the only way out! Run into the sewer, there's a drainage ditch inside to hide... I still have pills; they're made of the same material as my poison...

Just as he was thinking quickly, there was a sound of the room door being kicked open upstairs, and several barking dog heads and two human heads stuck out of the window.

Chun's vision flashed red — Warning! You have been identified on the spot for illegal entry, you have become a red-named wanted by the Count's Mansion! Your reputation drops by 10,000 points. You can choose to turn yourself in to the patrol police. If you get killed, the items you carry illegally will be confiscated, and your equipment items have a high chance of dropping, and you'll respawn in jail.

Chun was startled again, red-named again! Both his main and alt are red-named, something's definitely wrong here!

The two guards pointed at Chun climbing down the wall, shouting loudly: "Catch the thief, catch the thief, the master will give a great reward!"

The security guard at the gate turned his head, and thousands of players rolling around in the street also heard and saw it.

At this moment, everyone and dogs and players, all were enemies!

Chun felt a shiver down his spine as he jumped onto the wall, and the stray dog horde surged below!

Chun immediately took out a few pills from his medicine box and waved them in front of them, and all the street dogs went crazy in an instant!

Indeed, the pills cleared the path.

Chun directly tossed the pills towards the sewer entrance, and a group of dogs immediately swarmed to snatch them!

This is the chance! Jumping down to the ground, following the dogs towards the sewer, players absolutely can't stop him.

But even so, a big dog still swung its head and bit Chun once!

——System Prompt: Warning! Your left foot has been attacked by a stray dog elite, resulting in a crippling effect!

Chun immediately fell to the ground!

Holy shit, it's an elite! Screw it, even if I have to crawl and roll, I must roll into the sewer!

Amidst the street players' exclamations, Chun successfully shook off the elite dog and rolled into the sewer.

With a thud! Chun landed heavily on the ground.

——System Prompt: Warning! You have suffered impact damage, your body is temporarily immobilized, urgently need to rest on site to recover.

Holy shit, this game... If it weren't for the mining actually making money, I'd have to endure these obnoxious settings.

Chun could only look around. The surroundings were pitch black, like an underground labyrinth sewer network. The sewer was designed to also handle flood drainage and prevent seawater backflow, so it's built quite grand, and the drainage ditch is a deep little river, enough to swim in.

So the next step is to follow the drainage direction out of the city, then find the gate guards to surrender? That won't work, outside the city are all the consortium's PK teams.

The key is, what about the crippled foot? Level up in the sewer? There are indeed many urban horror legends hidden in the sewer, but most of the time, you encounter only inexperienced rats, bats, and cockroaches, not suitable for leveling up. And what to eat? Oh right, there's still some rations left from prison...

While in confusion, the street above erupted with howls, and players outside the manhole exclaimed again: "The Dog King is here! Running so fast!" "This doesn't look like a dog, it's clearly a bear?"

Chun was stunned, did the Dog King also smell it?

Chun didn't doubt at all that this Dog King was here to deal with him, regardless if his foot was crippled, if he was sluggish, or could swim or not, a newbie's chances of escaping a boss-level leader are nearly zero!

No time to think, a thunderous roar quickly approached, the manhole light dimmed, and a beast head the size of a washbasin, shrouded in black smoke, extended in, causing Chun's heart to nearly stop!

——System Prompt: Warning! Your purification skill detected poisonous filth present!

——System Prompt: Your wisdom seems to have understood the Dog King's strong craving for medicine!

It wants to eat the medicine? Begging for mercy!

Chun immediately took out the box, throwing all the pills into its washbasin-sized mouth, and the Dog King gobbled them all down, then shuddered, blocking the manhole motionless.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment!

Taking a gamble, it's a full box of poison, if the poison level is too high and it dies, great. If it breeds friendship and spares me, that's also possible. Anyway, it's better than dying red-named and losing everything.

Finally, the Dog King's body swelled like a boiler, steam belching from its seven orifices, bursting forth with an earth-shattering roar, as three-digit damage red numbers burst from the Spiky Collar on its neck!

Seeing the situation was wrong, Chun mustered all his strength to overcome the sluggishness and rolled into the ditch!

——System Prompt: Your muscle memory begins to recall swimming techniques. Your wound is immune to the sewage erosion...

The Dog King went mad and pounced down!

Cleaner Fish's finishing move, Power Storage Purification, all in!

——System Prompt: You consumed all your physical strength...

Boom!! Chun in the waterway, a punch created a high-pressure water jet from the surrounding water, blasting the dog head directly to the top of the sewer, -1240!!

Chun was stunned! For a newbie with only 11 attack points, this damage is ridiculously high! But this move relies on physical strength value, truly the bigger the wave, the higher the fish costs...

The next moment, the Dog King crashed down on the water like a meat mountain, the level-up light flashed above Chun's head, and a silver light flashed over from the Dog King's body!

——System Prompt: Congratulations! You solo killed the "Wandering Dog King", speed-kill record 5 minutes and 32 seconds, kill rating SSS-level! Received holy artifact equipment "Dog King's Spiky Collar", and achieved "Black Iron Brave Citizen Vip1", reward of 1000 Mining Coins available at City Lord's Mansion.

Sacred Artifact Dog King's Spiky Collar: Neck Defense +300, reflects a certain rate of melee damage to the neck, and causes bleeding effect on melee strikes. Durability 500, weight 10. Holy Artifact Special Skill: Suppression Aura, a certain chance to make lower-level attacks miss, nullifying. A certain chance can make monsters not actively attack you or reduce their attack priority. Double the suppression effect on canines. Can be strengthened and upgraded.

Black Iron Honorary Citizen Vip1: Reputation +1000, gives certain priority in handling affairs in Black Iron Pioneer City. Completing more honorary tasks can upgrade Vip level.

——System Prompt: Warning! You killed the Wandering Dog King, the animal protection association's attitude towards you has turned to anger.

——System Prompt: Congratulations! You've leveled up to Level 4, Attack +6, Life +6, Physical Strength +6, Load +6.

——System Prompt: You have obtained expensive equipment. To ensure your equipment does not drop upon death, you can go to the main city insurance company to pay for insurance business to bind equipment.

——Black Iron Pioneer City Announcement: Congratulations! Level 1 player Chun solo killed the special siege event Boss "Wandering Dog King", speed-kill record 5 minutes and 32 seconds, kill rating SSS-level! Received holy artifact-level equipment reward "Dog King's Spiky Collar", achieved "Black Iron Royal City Honorary Citizen Vip1"!

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Holy Holy Holy Holy...

Chun hadn't had time to recover from the ecstasy of a desperate counter-kill when the full city announcement struck him dumbfounded! He could even faintly hear exclamations from the first floor outside the box...

Holy shit, what's going on here! The consortium bigwigs were already searching the whole city, and now this puts me in the absolute spotlight!? And what's up with this animal protection association?

Though this Vip added 1000 reputation, I'm still a red name, and those consortium bigwigs in the city will definitely send people to hunt down and blow up red name equipment, and with my big move exhausted, I can only float on the water going with the flow.

The thing is, this Sacred Artifact is awkward too, with 300 defense, which is terrifyingly high, but it can only protect this small part of the neck, others can hit the head and body, do I bet they can't swim?

In any case, as long as I have time to recover my physical strength, even if I have to crawl—

Just as the thoughts raced through his mind, the light over the manhole was blocked, and players began descending into the well.

Chun felt a shiver down his spine! Not waiting for the consortium to make a move, those nearby ordinary players would never let me go!

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