Chapter 704: Rise, My Champion! Is It Too Late for Me to Convert to the Holy Light Now!?

"What's going on?" The dwarf, Ralph, also looked at Elder Ceiwie with a face of total incomprehension. "The mechanics were right... Could it be that some special trick is required?"

Boss Fang covered his face: "...I meant use Hypnosis to put that dog to sleep. Don't you guys learn any basic common sense before running dungeons..."

"!!" Elder Ceiwie's vision went dark, and she nearly fainted on the spot. "I knew your commanding was bizarre! I actually thought this 'Blizzard Workshop' mystic realm had some kind of mystical hidden mechanic!"

"If you found it strange, why didn't you just ask..."

"You just said newcomers shouldn't ask too many questions because it couldn't be explained in a short time..." Elder Ceiwie felt a wave of profound frustration.

Boss Fang: "..."

"Forget it, forget it, let's reset and run it again. Healer, use that hypnosis skill to put a dog to sleep in a moment."

"In terms of the spell names in the real world, they differ somewhat from the game." Boss Fang could only offer a casual explanation of the foundational knowledge. Common sense of this nature was rarely taught to newcomers by anyone, nor would it be written in strategies for such a basic tier; generally, newcomers just had to get kicked a few times to see if their own comprehension would allow them to figure it out.

Of course, since Boss Fang had called out for anyone to join, he was naturally somewhat prepared mentally.

Most gamers, upon seeing certain common skills (or phenomena) of other classes, would not nitpick words to go through the trouble of learning their exact names, but would instead bestow them with more descriptive pseudonyms, which then formed a kind of gaming jargon.

This jargon might seem extremely descriptive and easy to understand to veteran players, making commanding very concise and clear, but for new players who were still absorbing and just beginning to comprehend all the unfamiliar, novel information in the game, they obviously would not connect the two.

Currently, for the Scarlet Monastery dungeon, basically only a few large dungeon groups could run it: "I might as well start a tutorial stream."

Over at the old shop, there was basically no need for any tutorial streams anymore. Many people had interacted with games like Diablo and were gradually becoming familiar with them; they could manage on their own after looking at a strategy guide a couple of times. Genuine newcomers would mostly have veteran friends, so Boss Fang opened the stream specifically for the new shop's side instead.

"Huh...?" Trix had just logged off when she noticed the large screen in the lounge area suddenly light up.

"Does the boss project spells too?" Several accompanying mages looked curiously at the large screen.

The gazes of several orcs who had just entered the shop also drifted over.

"They are actually running Scarlet too?!" Trix was stunned for a moment.

With the passage of time, coupled with the constant immersion of exploring content alongside veteran players, she was no longer the completely ignorant newcomer from before.

"Hmm... this name... isn't this the one who was shouting outside Scarlet for anyone to join?" a player nearby remarked.

"Anyone to join?" Quite a few people were left slightly dazed.

One had to know that this was the most difficult dungeon at the current stage.

By this time, Boss Fang had already started fighting. Houndmaster Loksey was indeed just a mini-boss as previously mentioned. With Polymorph and Hypnosis assisting in crowd control, it was clearly still extremely simple once the strategy was known; after all, these people possessed decent strength in reality, and their combat foundations were flawless.

The boss of the Library was Arcanist Doan. Unlike the original game, Arcanist Doan did not merely know Arcane Explosion; the system-version boss knew almost every mage spell of that level, including Presence of Mind + Polymorph, as well as Blink, Frost Nova, and Arcane Explosion.

Of course, the only good news was probably that, as a mage boss, he was not as thick-skinned and durable as other classes, and his resistance to certain crowd control effects was not as high as that of monsters like ogres.

"This boss cannot be tanked the entire time," Boss Fang explained. "He can Blink, a skill that warriors have absolutely no way to block. But the moment he Blinks, the boss's resistance to certain crowd control decreases, so if conditions permit, you can strike the instant he makes his move..."

"For instance, Rogues can directly use a Gouge."

The moment the words left his mouth, a flash of light appeared before their eyes as the boss cast Blink, but almost simultaneously, Fang Qi’s dagger came crashing down heavily.

The boss flew out from the Blink, but upon landing in front of the Druid, he actually fell directly into a crowd-controlled state!

"My goodness!"

"It can actually be done like that?!"

Not only the audience, but even the few teammates currently in the party were similarly stunned.

"What are you standing around for? Burst your damage down!"

"If a mistake happens, those in the back row, please pray for yourselves," Boss Fang supplemented while continuing his damage output. "The way to salvage it is for the Mage to immediately follow up by Blinking out, and if it's a Druid, shift directly into Bear Form—your reactions must be fast."

A thick-skinned bear was clearly difficult to be instantly killed in a single blow; as long as the teammates' support caught up, the fight was still winnable.

"So that's how it is..." A sudden realization dawned upon many people.

...

Under Boss Fang's leadership, the journey along the way could be considered thrilling but without actual danger.

"They... have actually fought their way to the final sector?!"

"Why does it feel... like this dungeon doesn't seem that hard..."

At this moment, Boss Fang, leading the four individuals, had also arrived at the final sector of the entire dungeon. This magnificent and gorgeous Cathedral was precisely the endpoint of the entire instance.

"It was mentioned earlier: before facing the boss, clear out these trash mobs first. Otherwise, when the boss calls these mobs over midway through the fight, you'll be pinched from both sides, which basically results in nothing but a total party wipe."

"Is that so..."

"So many Scarlet Crusaders..."

Although the fight along the way had been somewhat thrilling, slowly but surely, he managed to lead everyone to slaughter their way through.

The paladin before them wearing blood-red armor was precisely the leader of the Scarlet Crusade, Scarlet Commander Mograine.

Within the Scarlet Monastery, rumors regarding these Scarlet Crusaders—who originally pursued the noble ideals of paladins to fight the undead legion on the absolute front lines—and their leader Mograine had always been countless.

There were rumors that Mograine had usurped power by patricide, seizing total control of the Scarlet Crusade.

There were also rumors that the sole reason Mograine committed patricide was merely due to a romance unrecognized by his father.

He had demanded his son strictly adhere to the ancient paladin codes of knighthood, treating ladies with respect and courtesy; a knight possessed only the duty to protect a lady, not the right to possess her, and affection and carnal desires would cause a paladin to lose their resolve to fight.

Paladins possessed extremely rigorous creeds, following the ancient virtues of humility, honor, valor, sacrifice, compassion, faith, honesty, and justice.

This was precisely why, even though Paladins and Priests possessed the abilities of Holy Light and Resurrection, one still did not see all players swarming to change their classes.

The creeds it strictly abided by were not something the majority of players could adhere to, and the same applied to Mograine; of course, the most authentic reason likely still stemmed from demonic temptation.

He had ultimately become a betrayer loathed by everyone.

"This boss is simple too," Boss Fang continued to speak.

"..."

"Which boss isn't simple in your mouth?!" Trix's face darkened.

However, this batch of newcomers clearly still lacked cohesion in terms of synergy. Under Boss Fang's command, it took a very long time before Mograine finally collapsed at the players' feet.

"We cleared it just like that?!"

The breathing of many players grew hurried.

It really didn't look that hard...

But right at that moment, everyone saw a figure rush out from the rear of the cathedral.

That was a female inquisitor wearing blood-red inquisitor robes.

"Arise, my champion!"

"Whom shall I destroy?" Bathed in the golden Holy Light, everyone witnessed that this final boss had actually resurrected once more!

"What's going on?!" The audience was entirely dumbfounded.

A boss killed with such painstaking effort had actually resurrected directly with full health?!

Previously, whether it was the Resurrection spell in the Book of Divinity quest or the Resurrection spell players used to retrieve corpses in dungeons, the conditions were extremely stringent; it had to be cast under an absolutely quiet environment (out of combat).

But at this moment, what they witnessed was Resurrection truly being applied to the battlefield!

Just imagine, a formidable enemy you killed with painstaking effort on the battlefield collapses before you; at the exact moment you are most exhausted and relaxed, you suddenly hear the words "Arise, my champion," and then that formidable enemy who was just slain actually bathes in the Holy Light, standing back up completely unscathed—what would that feel like?!

Didn't we agree this was just a tutorial stream?!

This scene was terrifying upon closer reflection!

Could it be that this so-called priest, this Holy Light, truly possessed such unimaginable power?!

A sudden, inexplicable urge stirred within Tix and the other mages; though their faiths had once been a scattered tapestry, they now felt a strange pull...

Would it be too late for me to convert to the Holy Light right now?!

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