Chapter 30 Hidden Game Instance: The Lost Princess
Alan could only hope he was overthinking things; otherwise, his current situation wouldn't be too optimistic.
Daniel was suspicious of him.
Alan originally thought that by sparing Charles, he could gain David's trust.
Including the subsequent interactions with David, Alan felt that David should have some level of trust in him by now.
But if his coming here today and encountering Daniel was really part of David's plan, then it would be truly terrifying.
Before reaching the mine, Charles suddenly appeared.
"Ice King." Charles looked at Alan. "I was waiting for you by the cliff. But Daniel suddenly arrived, and I had to hide."
Alan breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"So, what do we do next?"
"Find the Icefire Ore," the old drunkard said seriously, "there are three pieces of Icefire Ore in the village. The first piece has already disappeared."
"There are two more, and they should be around here," Charles added.
Alan nodded. This Icefire Ore could reward a platinum-level necklace. It would be a lie Alan said he wasn't tempted.
But to give up what he had been planning for so long for a platinum-level necklace was not something Alan wanted to see.
In the following time, Alan and Charles started searching around.
Given the current situation, it was highly likely that there was a hidden game instance in this mine.
However, Alan didn't know how to activate this hidden game instance from his memory.
But there must be a way.
For example, they could try to find clues from the Stone Beetle King.
After all, the wild monsters in this mine were Stone Beetles.
With this in mind, Alan started farming Stone Beetles.
He could still only increase his health points and not gain experience points.
Alan was already used to this.
Leveling up was the easiest thing for him.
What he wanted was to extract as much value from the newbie village as possible while also increasing his health points.
[Due to your extensive killing of Stone Beetles, you have alarmed the Stone Beetle King hidden deep in the mine. It will arrive on the battlefield in five minutes.]
Alan felt a bit of anticipation.
This Icefire Ore was probably related to the Stone Beetle King.
Five minutes later, a massive Stone Beetle King with a dark red shell approached him.
[Stone Beetle King (Black Iron): Level 8.]
[Health Points: 81520/81520.]
[Attack Power: 215.]
[Skills: Rockfall, Stone Shield, Terrifying Roar, Stone Cannonball, Petrified Skin.]
Alan just glanced at the Stone Beetle's attributes and then began a storm of attacks.
Critical hit.
[-4918!]
Alan's first arrow dealt critical damage.
The damage value was extremely high.
Moreover, with the Ninefold Longbow, Alan's attack speed reached 4.63, dealing 20,000 damage per second.
The Stone Beetle King had just over 80,000 health points and didn't last even five seconds before being killed.
[You have killed the Stone Beetle King, experience points +859. Since you have not left the newbie village, you cannot gain experience points.]
Alan didn't mind and directly picked up the items dropped by the NPC.
[You have obtained three pieces of equipment.]
[You have obtained a skill book.]
[You have obtained the Stone Beetle King's eyeball +1.]
[You have obtained +1 gold coin.]
Alan raised an eyebrow as he looked at the Stone Beetle King's eyeball. Suddenly, he thought of a place where this eyeball might fit perfectly.
Alan arrived in front of a stone wall deep in the mine. In the corner of this wall, there was an inconspicuous groove.
Upon closer inspection, one would find that this groove matched the Stone Beetle King's eyeball perfectly.
Alan placed the Stone Beetle King's eyeball into the groove.
The stone wall immediately began to rotate, eventually forming a glowing portal to a game instance.
[You have unlocked the hidden game instance: The Lost Princess.]
[You have unlocked a hidden game instance. A server-wide announcement will be made. Do you wish to hide your name?]
"Yes."
Since things in the newbie village hadn't settled down yet, Alan had to consider what Daniel and the others might think.
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player with a hidden nickname for unlocking the hidden game instance "The Lost Princess." Free attribute points +5. We hope all players will continue to strive for excellence.]
[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to the player with a hidden nickname for unlocking the hidden game instance "The Lost Princess." Free attribute points +5. We hope all players will continue to strive for excellence.]
Alan raised an eyebrow and entered the glowing portal.
The game instance options appeared before Alan.
"Hell level." Without any hesitation, Alan chose the Hell level.
This difficulty was nearly impossible for most ordinary players to complete.
Entering the game instance, Alan found himself still in the mine.
The mine was dimly lit, and Alan saw small zombies appearing one after another ahead of him.
'Oh my! There are undying monsters in the newbie village!'
Undying monsters usually appeared more frequently in the mid-game. If they appeared in the early game, it was usually in relatively intermediate game instances.
[Small Zombie (Elite): Level 8.]
[Health Points: 10800/10800.]
[Attack Power: 95.]
[Skills: Charge, Iron Skin, Bite.]
The attributes were not weak.
Alan attacked without hesitation.
The skill Iron Skin of the small zombies was just for show to Alan.
After all, his damage was true damage.
[-2250!]
A huge damage number appeared.
And this was without a critical hit.
It was enough to be described as terrifying.
Combined with Alan's high output, the small zombies were killed before they could even get close.
More and more small zombies appeared, but Alan continued his usual strategy of kiting them.
As long as the damage was sufficient, these small zombies were just for show.
Alan passed the first stage without any pressure.
In the second stage, in addition to small zombies, some mutated zombies appeared with significantly enhanced attributes.
But they still couldn't stop Alan's progress.
In the third stage, Alan arrived at a place similar to the Twisted Jungle.
There were four Black Iron-level bosses here.
[Ultimate Zombie (Black Iron): Level 8.]
[Health Points: 158200/158200.]
[Attack Power: 512.]
[Skills: Charge, Iron Skin, Bite, Spinning Strangle, Corpse Gas.]
Alan frowned slightly. The health points of these Ultimate Zombies were decent, but their other attributes and skills seemed quite ordinary.
Just as Alan was thinking this, the four Ultimate Zombies simultaneously activated Corpse Gas.
A large amount of corpse gas began to gather around Alan.
[You are affected by corpse gas. Your body starts to stiffen, reducing movement speed by 50% and attack speed by 50%.]
At the same time, damage numbers kept popping up above Alan's head.
[-299.]
[-299.]
These damage numbers appeared very frequently, four times per second.
This caused Alan's health points to drop by 1,200 per second.
Even with health regeneration, Alan's health points were still decreasing by several hundred per second.
Alan took action; he would't wait for death.
An arrow hit a zombie's head.
Critical hit!
[-4548.]
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