Chapter 11 Hell Difficulty: Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress
The "Entangle" skill was not a vital control skill but rather a non-targeted spell.
In other words, it could be dodged by players through movement.
Previously, Alan got hit mainly because he was careless, and the three Treefolk Chieftains simultaneously cast Thorn Entangle, blocking his retreat.
Now, Alan was highly focused. As soon as he saw a Treant raising its hand to cast the Thorn Entangle skill, he moved in advance to dodge.
Coupled with high damage output and the damage from Lightning Leap, the number of Twisted Treants was steadily decreasing.
As the Treants decreased, Alan found it even easier to farm monsters.
Finally, all the Twisted Treants in this level were vanquished.
[You have leveled up to 9, free attribute points +5.]
One level per stage, such a leveling speed was truly astonishing.
Moreover, with the support of the Revive skill, Alan's health had now fully recovered.
At this moment, in the offline meeting room of the Endless Conquerors Club.
A video was being played on the big screen.
It was about Alan soloing the Twisted Treant King.
A young man stood at the head of the conference room.
"You've all seen this video. Gerald, you're an archer too. What do you think?"
Gerald immediately stood up. "The damage numbers are high, but his technique is terrifying."
"Even if the damage numbers were lower, with his skills, he could still solo this boss."
Endless Outlaw also chimed in, "Young Master, what do you mean by showing us this video?"
"I want you to help me analyze how much it would cost to invite him to join our guild. I previously offered an annual salary of ten million, but he refused without hesitation."
Gerald frowned. "With skills like that, he must be famous. He might have been earning millions annually even in the PC gaming era, or even more."
After all, there was a legendary archer in the PC gaming era who earned over eighty million annually.
"Given the current popularity of Ragnarok, with his skills and attributes, an annual salary of one hundred million would be reasonable."
"If we consider the overall impact on our guild and the momentum in the early stages of the game, the annual salary could even go up to 150 to 200 million."
Gerald's assessment was very fair.
As the president of Endless Conquerors, he himself only had an annual salary of a little over twenty million.
But Alan's skills truly impressed him.
"Alright, I understand."
Walter nodded. "President Gerald, organize our members who are still in the newbie village to farm the Twisted Treant game instance. Additionally, if possible, every player in the newbie village should try to farm the level 10 Twisted Treant."
Gerald nodded. "Got it."
After saying this, Walter coughed, "Also, let me show you my current attributes."
He proudly displayed the attributes of his Treefolk Set.
Gerald was shocked when he saw the set attributes.
"Total health increased by five thousand eight hundred, both physical and magical defense are so high, and the set's special traits..."
Gerald couldn't help but gasp. "Young Master, how much did this set cost you?"
"Four hundred grand, plus getting me to level ten."
"It was originally three hundred grand, but I added these two black iron pieces."
Gerald was stunned. "So cheap?"
Yes, it was cheap.
A level 10 elite piece of equipment was worth around twenty grand.
These thirteen pieces alone could be worth four hundred grand.
The key was that it was a set, and it included helping Walter get to level ten.
"Ice King sold it to you?"
"Yes."
"Looks like he's not short on money; otherwise, he could have sold it for a better price."
Gerald instinctively thought that Alan must be wealthy and didn't care about the money.
But what he didn't know was that Alan was in a hurry to get money, so he didn't bother to haggle.
Moreover, five years later, when the cataclysm began, real-world currency would be practically worthless.
In the wisted Jungle!
Alan entered the third stage.
Here, there were a total of four Twisted Treant Kings.
[Twisted Treant King (Black Iron Boss): Level 10.]
[Health: 186,800.]
[Attack Power: 598.]
[Skills: Summon Treants, Revive, Vine Bind, Thorn Shield, Vine Cage.]
The skills hadn't increased, but the attributes had significantly improved.
And there were four of them.
Glancing at his current health, Alan immediately took action.
An arrow was shot through the air.
Critical hit!
[-1685.]
As expected of a Black Iron Boss in a Hell-level difficulty game instance, its defense was very high. Even with the 300 attack power increased from Alan's Thunderstorm Bow, the damage dealt on a critical hit was kind of low.
Most of this damage was still due to Alan's Hand of God's Retribution.
Moreover, it was worth mentioning that the Twisted Treant King's Vine Bind was different from the regular Treants' Entangle skill.
This was almost a compelling control skill because the binding vines appeared directly from under the player's feet, making it hard to react.
With Alan's current attack speed, he could, at most, interrupt the attacks of two Twisted Treant Kings simultaneously.
But now he was facing four Twisted Treant Kings.
The battle was imminent.
The four Twisted Treant Kings, having gained some intelligence, began to surround Alan.
Meanwhile, the Vine Cage skill appeared.
Unfortunately, the casting of the Vine Cage skill was the slowest and easiest to interrupt.
Alan quickly interrupted the Twisted Treant King's skill.
However, the four Twisted Treant Kings simultaneously casting skills blocked Alan's retreat.
Alan advanced instead of retreating, which played right into his hands.
[-598.]
[-597.]
[-598.]
Alan moved forward, entering the normal attack range of the Twisted Treant Kings.
The four Twisted Treant Kings simultaneously attacked, dealing over two thousand damage to Alan.
After the Twisted Treant Kings' skill effects dissipated, he retreated again, creating distance.
He continued to move and attack.
As long as he wasn't caught by their Vine Bind, with Alan's current health and the Revive skill, the chances of him being instantly killed were minimal.
Alan continued to move and attack, and finally, the first Twisted Treant King fell.
The remaining battle became much more manageable.
Before long, the other three Twisted Treant Kings also fell.
In Ragnarok, game instance rewards were settled after clearing the stage. Before clearing, killing monsters only would grant experience points, and no items dropped, which saved Alan the trouble of looting monster corpses.
He stepped into the fourth stage, which was the final stage of the Twisted Jungle game instance.
As soon as he entered, Alan saw a 300-foot-tall tree with countless vines swaying in the wind.
It didn't look like a boss, but just a tree.
[Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress (Bronze): Level 10.]
[Health: 1,528,000/1,528,000.]
[Attack Power: 1358.]
[Skill: A Withered Tree Springing to Life Again.]
Alan's eyes narrowed. This boss only had one skill!
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