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After bypassing another stone wall, I finally saw the culprit that was draining my health—a massive tree-like monster was swinging its arms, and within 50 yards around it, large chunks of rock were constantly falling, kicking up dust everywhere.
Damn, I actually encountered a BOSS with indiscriminate area-of-effect attacks! I quickly checked the monster's information—
Swamp Guardian (BOSS)
Level:???
Attack Type: Indiscriminate Area Magic Attack
Defense Type: Magic Immune
Special Skill: Rock Solidification—Has a certain chance to paralyze the opponent for 2 seconds with rock attacks… I was a bit stunned. So, there really are magic immune monsters!
I had been taking continuous damage; although 60-odd points of damage each time weren't fatal, it wasn't pleasant to keep taking it. More importantly, I sadly realized that the Swamp Guardian had blocked the only exit with its root-like body, and these roots were deeply embedded in the rock layer, meaning there was no way to lure it away.
Having come all this way, spending another half an hour to go back was absolutely out of the question. That meant I could only defeat the Swamp Guardian in front of me!
"121!"
Watching the number from my Heavy Strike, I was a bit speechless. This guy's defense completely surpassed that of a Golden Knight. This also showed that behind it must be a prime spot for leveling or treasure hunting; a map guarded by such a monster definitely wouldn't disappoint!
The Swamp Guardian is a monster with indiscriminate attacks, meaning even if a hundred warriors came to attack it, it could attack all hundred simultaneously. The 60 points of damage it dealt to me each time might not be the same for other warriors. I have a 40% magic resistance bonus, and my physical defense provides a 30% bonus to magic defense. This means that even with my high defense and 40% resistance, I would still lose 60 health. So, with the defense of an average warrior currently, it would be strange if they didn't lose 150 health per hit, unless they were a tank warrior. Otherwise, they definitely wouldn't last many hits. A tank warrior's attack would probably only deal single-digit damage to the Guardian, which could be ignored.
Magic cannot damage the Guardian. According to the Guardian's current position, only five or six warriors can get close. This means that even if a party came to fight it, only six warriors could attack the Guardian simultaneously, and they wouldn't receive support from a priest. Priests simply couldn't withstand the Guardian's continuous magic attacks, and 50 yards is beyond a priest's healing range.
As I thought about it, I felt a little smug. This Swamp Guardian was practically tailor-made for high-attack, high-defense solo players like me!
I was drinking a medium healing potion almost every 30 seconds. Luckily, I bought 4 stacks at the Exchange last time, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to contend with the Guardian. Due to the system upgrade, 30 potions now make a stack, so my 4 stacks meant 120 medium red potions, enough for an hour of fighting. Now that everyone's levels are higher, these potions drop more frequently, so the price has naturally come down. Just a day ago, I only spent 12 gold coins to buy so many; I really had foresight!
The system seemed to be playing a joke on me. After I had been hacking at the Swamp Guardian for 5 minutes, I only saw its health bar decrease by a tiny bit. Was this a joke?
Clearly not. This further proved the fact that there must be treasure behind the Guardian!
After the excitement, thrill, and impulsiveness, I didn't reach a climax and finally started to feel numb... The pine forest greatsword swung out again and again, and the three active attack skills were unleashed as soon as their cooldown ended. After reaching level 30, I could regain skill experience. It's said that a Level 4 Combo has a certain chance to unleash 3 attacks, which I'm really looking forward to!
30 minutes passed... The Guardian's health bar was less than half, and I had used almost half of my potions. My two arms were swinging unconsciously. Fortunately, actions in the game don't require physical exertion, otherwise I would probably have a muscle strain right now.
60 minutes passed... Watching the Swamp Guardian's health bar almost completely empty, my passion returned!
This BOSS was the highest defense and thickest-blooded I had encountered since I started playing. It took a single person continuously hacking at it for a full 60 minutes. Roughly calculating, I attacked about 20-30 times per minute, each attack dealing 120 damage, meaning I dealt over 2000 health per minute. Adding skill damage, it was almost 3000. 60 minutes meant 180,000 health! Oh my god, it's almost comparable to Black Dragon MM Onyxia... Another five minutes passed... The Swamp Guardian's health was finally completely depleted. With a loud roar, its massive body scattered like loose sand without bones, green leaves and chaotic mud fell everywhere, then slowly disappeared. Three pieces of equipment, a skill book, and a large pile of gold coins lay quietly there. At the same time, I received a system prompt: Congratulations, you have killed the Swamp Guardian, gained 40 million experience, gained 50 gold coins, and +2500 reputation!
I didn't pay attention to the experience or money; I cared about the equipment. I quickly ran over and collected everything on the ground into my inventory, then excitedly admired them one by one—
First, there was a necklace shimmering with blue light, as beautiful as the heart blue guardian:
[heart blue guardian] (Necklace — Purple Equipment)
Stamina: +37
Intelligence: +42
Agility: +32
Additional: Increases spell healing effectiveness by 45%
Required Level: 30
...Oh my god, my eyes were moist... I finally got my first purple equipment! And it's very likely the first purple equipment to drop in the entire moons constant server! I wasn't mistaken, it increases spell healing effectiveness not by 45 points, but by 45%! What does that mean? Although it's not for me, if I give it to Lu Xuehan, it will definitely have an unexpected effect. Who knows, she might even throw herself into my arms, sob sob sob, sweet... Without thinking much, I immediately texted Xu Lin: "Are you with Xue Han and Xin Yu? Cross-map invite me to the party!"
Xu Lin didn't say anything. A few seconds later, I received the party invitation message.
After clicking confirm, I saw that there were four girls in the party: Xu Lin, Xin Yu, Lu Xuehan, and Li Qing, all my own people!
I quickly turned the heart blue guardian purple necklace into an item illustration and then sent it in the party channel!
"Wow..."
Although I was wearing a helmet, I still heard shouts coming from the room outside. Soon after, someone indeed came to knock on my door.
I immediately entered the map guarded by the Guardian, then logged off without even looking.