Chapter 22 Richard and Joseph
The damage from the counterattack continued to reduce Alan's health points.
With each arrow, even if it wasn't a critical hit, Alan would lose about six hundred health points.
However, Alan was no longer the main damage dealer; his primary role was crowd control.
An archer could often be the main damage dealer, yet there were times, especially when situations spiraled out of control when their focus needed to shift toward crowd control, just like now.
Alan used his Twisting String Arrow Technique to continuously disrupt Richard and Joseph's attack rhythm, interrupting their skill casting.
He controlled two enemies at the same time, creating an excellent output environment for Elvus.
Ernest, seeing Alan controlling two at once, was already somewhat numb.
At first, Ernest thought Alan could kill him because of his attributes; he believed that with his top-notch combat skills, he could compete with Alan.
Recent events, however, led Ernest to a profound realization—Alan's combat skills were markedly superior to his own.
Ernest had some guesses about Alan's identity.
Looking across the Jinse Empire, the only group that could be stronger than them in combat skills was the Mighty Ancients!
These people were akin to the peerless masters of the past, and Ernest knew that some had reached terrifying levels of cultivation.
Their combat skills were extremely formidable, and in their combat department, there were several instructors from the Mighty Ancients.
They could suppress an entire special forces team in a breeze.
Now, in Ernest's mind, Alan was such a formidable member of the Mighty Ancients.
The battle continued.
Richard and Joseph, constrained by Alan's extraordinary crowd control, saw their health points rapidly decreasing.
Not only that, but Alan was also deliberately maintaining his health points at a relatively safe level.
Because in Alan's calculations, after killing Richard and Joseph, he still had to kill Elvus.
Finally, Richard and Joseph's health points dropped below ten percent.
But they still hadn't used Super Armor, which meant they probably didn't have this skill.
So, the rule from his previous life was likely true.
That was, level ten monsters and NPCs in the newbiw village didn't have the skills of Super Armor and Rage.
However, at this moment, Elvus' health bar had only dropped by thirty percent, which made Alan quite dissatisfied.
He began to pull back behind Elvus, for no other reason than Richard and Joseph's desperate counterattack would definitely target him.
Sure enough, when their health points dropped to five percent, Richard and Joseph started charging at Alan with a determination to kill him.
Alan rolled behind Elvus.
Elvus didn't think much of it, assuming Alan was just protecting himself.
Facing the nearly dead Richard and Joseph, Elvus wasn't afraid, and the three of them clashed again.
Alan disbanded the team with Ernest because he feared that being in a team might make David or Daniel suspicious.
It was better to be cautious about such things.
Just as Richard was about to be killed, Alan shot an arrow to interrupt Elvus' attack.
"Sorry, missed the shot," Alan explained, and then the second arrow was already in flight.
Twisting String Arrow Technique!
Critical hit!
[-2518!]
[You have killed the newbie village boss, Richard; a server-wide announcement will be made. Do you want to hide your name?]
"Yes."
Alan didn't want David to know that he had killed his disciples; otherwise, the gold coins he had spent earlier would be wasted.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player with a hidden nickname for achieving the first kill of Richard. We hope all players continue to strive for excellence.]
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player with a hidden nickname for achieving the first kill of Richard. We hope all players continue to strive for excellence.]
When this server-wide announcement came out, many people were stunned.
'What's going on?'
'Richard?'
This name sounded like an insignificant, weak boss.
Before they could recover from their shock, another system notification sounded.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player with a hidden nickname for achieving the first kill of Joseph. We hope all players continue to strive for excellence.]
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player with a hidden nickname for achieving the first kill of Joseph. We hope all players continue to strive for excellence.]
"Richard? Joseph? Damn, aren't those just two ordinary NPCs? How could they be classified as bosses and warrant a server-wide announcement?"
"Wait, I think I know who Richard and Joseph are. They're David's two disciples in the newbie village."
"Damn, that's right. When I was fighting the Stone Beetle, it was Joseph who helped me repair my weapon's durability."
Richard and Joseph were not unknown figures in the newbie village.
Many players would go to the blacksmith shop to repair their weapon's durability.
The ones responsible for repairing weapon durability were mainly Richard and Joseph.
"Richard and Joseph are actually bosses?"
In the newbie village, at the blacksmith shop.
David's expression was cold.
He had naturally heard the server-wide announcement as well.
"Who could it be?"
"Who could have killed Richard and Joseph? Could it be that Daniel sent a master over?"
The reason Alan disbanded the team was because of the server-wide announcement.
If they were in a team, it would be easy to get exposed.
"Ernest!" Alan called out to Ernest.
Earlier, Alan had intentionally shot an arrow at Elvus to find out if Elvus also had a counterattack attribute.
The answer was no!
Ernest was prepared and immediately used a throat-slitting skill.
[-195.]
Bleeding.
[-26.]
[-26.]
Elvus' expression changed. "What are you doing?"
But he was responded with a sharp arrow.
Critical hit!
[-2526.]
A huge damage number appeared.
Alan's attacks followed one after another.
Elvus was both shocked and angry. He never expected that the adventurers who had just helped him in battle would suddenly turn against him.
[You have been cursed by Elvus, taking 10% more damage.]
Alan's expression remained unchanged, and his arrows continued to fly, precisely interrupting Elvus' attacks.
During the battle with Richard and Joseph, Alan had already figured out Elvus' combat rhythm.
Now, Elvus' attack rhythm was forcibly interrupted by Alan.
With an attack frequency of three arrows per second, Elvus had no chance to fight back.
No counterattack.
No Super Armor or Rage.
Elvus was nothing more than a living target in front of Alan.
Alan fired another arrow.
This arrow finally sent Elvus flying.
Now, it was time for endless juggling.
Seeing Alan use this extraordinary juggling technique again, Ernest was dumbfounded.
Alan's combat skills were truly monstrous.
"Ernest, you finish him off. Remember, hide your nickname," Alan said.
He definitely couldn't kill Elvus; otherwise, the village chief might get suspicious when he submitted the task of killing ten newbie village bosses.
"Got it," Ernest replied.
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