Chapter 60 -60-No One Can Steal My Boss Last Hit!
"Hahahaha, he got blown out!"
Watching John’s figure disappear beyond the palace gates, Odeso and his group revealed themselves in excitement.
All of them fixed their eyes on the Stone Dragon, which had only 5% HP remaining.
Even though the Stone Dragon still had 25,000 HP left at 5%,
for players like them, all of whom were above level 35,
even a suicide charge would be enough for each of them to get in one hit and secure the last blow.
There was no way John could get back into the palace anytime soon.
This Stone Dragon was already theirs for the taking!
"We finally struck it rich with a huge bargain."
"I heard that John stole the first kill of our gold-grade boss on the surface. Now it’s time he got a taste of having a Worldfall Ruins boss stolen from him."
"Once we deal with this Stone Dragon, we’ll turn around and kill John too.
He’s been grinding against the Stone Dragon for so long—his condition must be terrible by now."
Odeso waved a hand slightly. "Take down the Stone Dragon first.
Everyone, follow my command and prepare to attack!"
The players’ spirits were lifted at once, and they immediately began gathering power, preparing to send off the Stone Dragon in a single burst of damage.
But at that moment—
another, even more domineering dragon’s roar suddenly resounded through the palace.
Roar!!!
Before Odeso’s group could react,
terrifying flames descended from the sky,
instantly engulfing the Stone Dragon.
And along with the surging inferno came a gigantic crimson dragon claw.
The Stone Dragon let out a wail and was stomped straight into the ground by that claw.
A horrifying damage number rose up.
[-51993!]
The Stone Dragon’s remaining 5% HP was instantly emptied.
It had actually been slapped to death in a single strike by this suddenly appearing Crimsonflame Dragon!
Odeso and the others were completely dumbfounded.
They stared blankly at the Crimsonflame Dragon, which was chewing on the Stone Dragon’s corpse.
An incomparably scorching heat radiated from its body, as though a blazing sun had condensed inside the palace.
The surrounding pillars and floor were all burned red-hot.
Wrapped in crimson fire from head to toe, it was as terrifying as a flame demon crawling out of hell.
"Where the hell did this monster come from?"
Odeso and the others retreated in fear again and again.
And then, at that moment,
they saw that on the dragon’s back—covered in raging flames—there was actually a small figure walking across it.
Only when that figure walked to the top of the Crimsonflame Dragon’s head and looked down on them from above
did Odeso’s group finally see his face clearly.
"How is this possible—John?!"
Seeing John appear once more, Odeso’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Are you kidding me?
Hadn’t he just been blown out by their wind-element skills?
How had he suddenly reappeared inside the palace—
and even seemingly mounted a Crimsonflame Dragon even more terrifying than the Stone Dragon?!
"You mangy curs."
John spoke, his voice echoing throughout the palace.
Looking down on them from above, he said flatly,
"You were having fun hiding off to the side, waiting to steal the first kill, weren’t you?"
Cold sweat instantly broke out across Odeso’s group. Realizing things had gone badly wrong, they turned and scattered in all directions.
Unfortunately for them,
John had already been prepared.
"Crush them."
John gave the order to the Crimsonflame Dragon.
In an instant,
a terrifying dragon roar echoed through the entire palace.
The flames on the Crimsonflame Dragon spread rapidly throughout the hall.
Before the players could even react, they were swallowed by the melted floor and found themselves unable to move an inch.
[-51906!]
[-51904!]
[-51913!]
[...]
Like stomping moles, the Crimsonflame Dragon crushed the fleeing players one after another.
As the highest-level player among them, Odeso ran the farthest.
And at the same time, he was the last one to be trampled to death.
Watching the dragon claw growing larger and larger in his vision from behind,
hatred surged to the heavens in Odeso’s heart.
"John, I’ve already revealed your location.
You’ll die a miserable death!"
Splurt!
The dragon claw came down.
[-58008!]
A critical hit.
Odeso was crushed straight into white light and vanished.
...
Down below, in Storm City,
many players were wailing in misery.
Because they had all discovered that their equipment, skills, and talents had disappeared.
Some of them even found themselves owing John 700,000 gold coins.
Storm City, which was usually fairly spacious, was now packed with crying and screaming players.
Their hatred for John had already reached its absolute peak.
Those 700,000 gold coins were enough to cripple their growth for a very long time.
Without enough gold coins, they could not buy equipment, nor could they buy skills.
Even the things they originally possessed had all been plundered clean by John.
Now, apart from their levels, these Zone 4 players had nothing left.
At the very center of Storm City,
Link had already gathered together all the revived members of his guild.
Link’s gaze was gloomy as he said,
"John’s actions have already seriously violated the interests of our Zone 4.
Just now, in the guild channel, Odeso revealed John’s current location.
He’s on that Dragonkin Isle right now.
He still hasn’t left. This is our only chance for revenge.
So I suggest that everyone gather players from across the entire zone and converge on Storm City.
If we don’t avenge this, then our Zone 4 will never have any dignity left!"
Link’s proposal was quickly approved by everyone.
Through their respective guild channels, they began summoning their members,
calling for all players in the zone to gather at Storm City and prepare to launch a revenge siege against John!
...
On Dragonkin Isle,
John was currently reviewing the spoils of this battle.
[You killed the Worldfall Ruins Boss, Lv.50 Stone Dragon. EXP +400,000, Fame +30,000, gold coins +10,000!]
[You plundered "Draconic Wind Magic" and "Draconic Wind Attribute"!]
[You obtained a Worldfall Ruins Token!]
A string of notifications rang out in John’s mind.
Hearing them, his eyes flickered slightly.
"It actually let me obtain Draconic Wind Magic and Draconic Wind Attribute?"
The Stone Dragon had been born with dragon-race wind magic and the innate wind attribute of dragons.
These two qualities were equivalent to talents.
Unexpectedly, John had directly plundered them as well.
[Dragon Flight Attribute]
[Rank]: None
[Effect]: After gaining this attribute, you may command all wind under heaven and obtain the ability to fly.
...
[Draconic Wind Magic]
[Rank]: None
[Effect]: After mastering it, you may command the power of wind and control your flight speed.
...
With nothing more than a thought,
a pair of enormous dragon wings unfurled behind John.
With a slight flap, his body instantly rose into the air.
The wind swept past his ears.
A feeling of effortless freedom instantly washed through his entire body.
"As expected, flying really is the best!"
John soared back and forth over Dragonkin Isle dozens of times in a row. Only after thoroughly enjoying himself did he land again.
He was extremely satisfied with this plundered ability.
Because it had also granted him 10% fall resistance.
[10% Fall Resistance]
[Effect]: Reduces falling damage by 10%.
...
These two attributes combined together had directly given John a new fall resistance.
It happened to be one of the requirements in his Class Advancement Quest.
John directly used the system modification feature and adjusted it to 50%.
With that, he had now fulfilled two of the four resistance requirements in his Class Advancement Quest.
At this point, he already possessed both Poison Resistance and Fall Resistance.
Only Curse Resistance and Drowning Resistance remained.
Once he collected those two resistances, he would be able to advance into a higher-tier assassin class.
Then, he turned his gaze toward the most important item among this battle’s spoils.
[Worldfall Ruins Token]!
This item was his main reason for coming here in the first place.
With this item in hand—
he would become the master of Dragonkin Isle itself!