Chapter 117 There's Always a Player Courting Death
"I saw what? Golden weapons, master-level talent awakening stones, a full set of bronze gear. The Lord of Lindataria must be panicking."
At this moment, players near Lindataria were going a bit crazy.
[Bounty Mission: Kill the Ice King.]
[Mission Requirement: Kill the Ice King 10 times.]
[Mission Penalty: None.]
[Mission Reward: Each kill grants +50 free attribute points, one level 25 bronze set, and the first three kills each get either a piece of golden equipment or a master-level talent awakening stone.]
Although the free attribute points reward wasn't as good as last time, the bronze gear, golden equipment, and master-level talent awakening stones were all unparalleled treasures at this stage.
Even though many knew that Alan was very powerful now and not to be trifled with lightly, the rewards were just too tempting.
"As they say, high risk, high reward. Those who get rich are the ones who dare to take risks." Lone Wanderer clenched his fists. This bounty from the Lord of Lindataria was just too big.
"In life, you have to take a gamble. Based on our observations, the Ice King's resistance isn't that high. As long as our combo is well-coordinated, it's possible to take him down." Ambitious Soloist was also tempted.
"Offending the Ice King might just cost us a level, but if we succeed, the rewards..." Lone Wanderer was already daydreaming.
Solitary Beauty raised her delicate hand and said softly, "Big brother, third brother, aren't you overlooking something important? Why is the Ice King attacking Lindataria? Because of the King's decree. The Ice King doesn't care about the King's reputation. Do you think the Ice King will just let us lose a level if we offend him?"
She then added, "Actually, whether we succeed or not, we'll end up being killed by the Ice King until we're depressed. Don't doubt my words. If the Ice King wants to kill us, one arrow is enough."
Lone Wanderer and Ambitious Soloist felt a bit heavy-hearted.
They couldn't deny Solitary Beauty's words.
If the Ice King held a grudge, their outcome wouldn't be good whether they succeeded or not.
"Should we not make a move?" Lone Wanderer was still a bit unwilling. After all, such opportunities were rare.
Solitary Beauty shook her head. "Not everyone will be as rational as us. There will always be irrational people who will attack the Ice King."
She continued, "We just need to watch and wait for the right moment to strike."
Lindataria.
Alan's assault had the Lord of Lindataria trembling with fear.
Forced by circumstances, he had to activate the city's protective array again.
By his reckonings, as long as the protective array was activated, it would definitely block Alan's attacks.
Sure enough, Alan stopped his attack.
But it wasn't because of the protective array; it was because some greedy players couldn't resist causing trouble for Alan.
"Ice King, sorry, but blame the Lord of Lindataria for offering such generous rewards."
The speaker was a short player who had hidden his nickname.
After saying this, he went into stealth mode.
Alan shook his head. These people were too naive.
Alan began to act because he knew that the assassin nearby wasn't the only one who had spoken.
Five arrows shot out!
An assassin was hit by Alan's arrows and fell on the spot.
Alan smiled ever so slightly.
Five arrows shot out, starting an indiscriminate attack.
Under the barrage of Alan's arrows, those in stealth mode died before they could get close.
As for why they were hit even in stealth mode.
Prediction! Based on his position, he predicted the most likely attack points of the assassins.
Then came a hundred arrows per second!
Even with only a five percent hit rate, five assassins would be killed every second.
And the closer they got to Alan, the higher the probability of being killed.
"Too strong!" Virgil Newman couldn't help but comment. "We can't provoke him. Everyone, stay put. Without my order, no one is allowed to attack Ice King."
Not just Virgil Newman, but the leaders of all major guilds issued the same command.
Solo players could provoke Ice King, but guilds couldn't.
Otherwise, if they offended him, their guilds would never have peace.
But there was still quite a number of solo players.In less than five minutes, these solo players were defeated by Alan.
Without a systematic attack, and with Alan having Lightning Leap for area damage, they were just there to die in front of Alan.
"Scavenging," said Alan.
Virgil Newman smiled and ordered, "Collecting game currency team, go. Elite team, stay back."
"Yes," someone replied.
Alan had killed so many players, and they had dropped a lot of equipment.
Scavengers was a relatively special existence in Ragnarok.
They were usually explorers who also scavenged.
Major guilds used them to explore wild maps, hidden maps, dungeons, and even trigger missions in Central City.
Mainly, they sent assassins to explore.
Alan just glanced at these scavengers and didn't pay much attention.
Originally, he planned to break through Lindataria in one go.
But now he hesitated.
Lindataria had offered so many rewards for him. Did that mean other Central Cities might also offer high rewards for him?
If so, he could take the opportunity to loot high-level items and equipment from various cities.
These items and equipment could be used to help Robert and James, which was entirely feasible.
Both of them had master-level talents. Normally, their achievements wouldn't be low, but they wouldn't be particularly strong either.
But with Alan's help?
Take James, for example.
If bound to someone else, a health boost of a hundred thousand would be impressive.
The same went for Robert.
The previous thousand free attribute points, without Alan, would have required him to reach level 200.
And after helping Robert, James could bind to Robert.
Robert's health might not be as high as Alan's, but his physical and magical resistance were balanced.
This would be a huge help for James.
Thinking this way, Alan withdrew.
He first collected the bounty on himself, and the method was naturally to let Robert collect it.
Killing ten times meant five hundred free attribute points, ten sets of bronze gear, one golden ring, and two master-level talent awakening stones.
'Nice,' Alan thought.
Adding the previous eleven hundred free attribute points, Alan had helped Robert gain sixteen hundred free attribute points in Lindataria.
'Next, it's your turn, Ice City.' Alan's lips curled up. He wanted to see if he could unlock as many bounties in Ice City.
[Server-wide announcement: I, Ice King, will attack Ice City in fifteen minutes. Ice City players, leave on your own, or be killed.]
The server-wide announcement made many players in Ice City very unhappy.
Many regarded the attack on Lindataria as a spectacle, but an attack on Ice City was way past the point of watching the show, and they felt that the Ice King was disrupting their missions.