Chapter 43

Chu Ge first took out a piece of paper and a pen. He drew a rough map of the Instance Dungeon.

He looked around, and in the end, his eyes landed near the prison house located halfway up the mountain. It seemed that the fourth Boss could only be inside there.

Generally speaking, there were regulations in the distribution of the Bosses in an Instance Dungeon game. Usually, two Bosses couldn’t be too close or too far apart from each other. In this Instance Dungeon, there happened to be a long road between the second Boss and the final Boss. Also, the prison house just happened to be located in the middle of this road. Therefore, Chu Ge guessed that the fourth Boss was most likely to be inside the prison hours (of course, strictly speaking, it should be the third Boss).

Now that he had finished investigating the place, the next step was to find out how to pass through this Instance Dungeon. The main problem now was to find out how skilled these Bosses were in martial arts. If they were similar to those in a Wuxia film, where the wave of a hand would make the surrounding area explode, then Chu Ge was doomed. Of course, the Bosses were most likely to be like what was written in the book. They knew a few advanced martial arts moves with a bit of inner energy cultivation.

If that was the case, then defeating the Bosses would be easy if Chu Ge could increase his martial arts skills. Lord Wei’s fire spear was able to defeat the Mystic Dragon Cult Leader, so Chu Ge’s 54 caliber gun should be able to do quite well. It was a pity that there were only six bullets left; otherwise, he could have passed through the Instance Dungeon without any trouble.

Knowing a gun would make his job so easy also strengthened his belief that he had to buy some guns for the future.

However, Chu Ge would not be able to tell how powerful the monsters were just by thinking. It was better if he fought a few small monsters to test them out.

As he was thinking, he put on an anti-explosive armor. Then, he armed himself before going into the Instance Dungeon.

Chu Ge first threw the three corpses in his backpack on the ground. He was not going to keep them any longer, so he could just throw them into the Instance Dungeon and burn them, then use them as cannon fodder for himself.

Resurrect the corpses!

He suddenly raised his hand and condensed his mental power. Then, the corpses slowly stood up from the ground.

Chu Ge did not have the confidence to fight one against two. It would be much more convenient to have cannon fodder to anger the monsters.

He started to walk forward and stopped when he was 30 meters away from the villa’s gate.

Chu Ge drew his bow and arrow, then shot towards a minion gatekeeper.

After honing his skills from passing through the two previous instance dungeons, Chu Ge’s archery skills had gradually improved. With a ‘poof’ sound, the arrow pierced the minion’s chest.

“Bullseye!” Chu Ge was delighted, but then immediately became surprised, because the health bar of that minion was only reduced by 30%.

Chu Ge was shocked. It had to be known that piercing a Kobold would have almost killed it. At the very least, it would only have gotten rid of half of its health. Although the arrow Chu Ge shot did not hit the heart, it had pierced the chest. He did not expect it to do so little damage. Even if he had not hit the vital area, the damage was still too small.

“Not good. Someone has broken into the mountain!” The minion who was shot by the arrow shouted with full of vitality. It was like the monsters Chu Ge had encountered in the past. As long as they were not dead, they could still jump around.

“Where did the little thief come from? He actually dared to break through the gate of my Fierce Tiger Villa!” Another minion also shouted. Then, the two minions rushed towards Chu Ge with steel sabers.

Seeing that the two minions were rushing towards him, Chu Ge quickly shot another arrow. The minion who got hit earlier sidestepped and avoided getting hit in the vital area. The arrow pierced its arm, and this time, the health bar was not even reduced by 15%.

D*mmit, this thing could dodge? Chu Ge was a little bit surprised. He had been clearing instance dungeons for a long time, yet this was the first time he had ever seen a monster who could dodge arrows.

Chu Ge did not shoot a third arrow, because he had already seen that the intelligence of these mountain stronghold minions was not comparable to the Kobolds. Also, the two minions were already close to him.

With a quick thought, he let a zombie pounce towards the minion with full health, while he faced against the wounded minion.

Putting away the compound bow, Chu Ge held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, quickly responding to the enemy.

When the minion swung its saber towards Chu Ge with an imposing aura, he raised his shield to block the attack.

With a bang, the block was a success. When Chu Ge swung his saber, the mountain thief minion immediately retreated. Chu Ge did not care about this as he swung his saber again. The minion then fled.

Chu Ge directly swung his shield towards the minion. This time, it had not retreated as it stretched out its hand to grab the shield. Unexpectedly, it was able to grab the edge of Chu Ge’s shied. This minion was strong, definitely not weaker than Chu Ge. When they were in a deadlock, the mountain thief suddenly pulled the shield out of Chu Ge’s hand, then took the opportunity to swing its saber again.

“Go die,” Chu Ge thought. Chu Ge also decided to go all out. He knew that the armor on his body had reliable defensive power, so he decided to exchange an injury for an injury and attack the minion with all of his strength! Chu Ge also swung his saber. As expected, the attack this time had worked. The minion’s saber landed on Chu Ge’s head. A cracking sound was heard as a crack appeared on his anti-explosive helmet.

On the other hand, Chu Ge’s saber had cut through the skull of the minion. With only half of its health left, the minion immediately screamed and died. Before Chu Ge had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the zombie he had summoned was cut down by the other minion.

Then, the minion rushed towards Chu Ge at pretty much full health.

“D*mmit, this Instance Dungeon is a little intense,” Chu Ge thought as he quickly fired a fireball toward the minion. He did not have a shield, so he didn’t want to fight head-to-head with the minion.

The fireball hit the minion directly in the chest. As a burst of flame exploded from its chest, it was thrown back by the force of the explosion, and its health bar was suddenly reduced by 20%.

Fireball! Chu Ge once again fired a fireball, and at the same time, he walked towards the minion. The minion was thrown back again by the power from the explosive.

Fireball! When the third fireball was fired, Chu Ge immediately felt his brain become heavy, as he became a little dizzy. It seemed that he had consumed too much mana. He no longer dared to use a fireball again. At this moment, he was only two or three meters away from the minion. After the third flame missile was fired, Chu Ge had raised his saber and swung towards the minion.

Boom! The minion was thrown back again by the fireball as Chu Ge swung his saber with all his strength.

Poof! The minion who had lost its balance did not have any time to doge. It was cut directly at the neck before falling to the ground.

Chu Ge finally won the fight. He was in a dilemma while looking at the bodies of the two minions. The combat power of these two minions was similar to the rare elite tomb raiders from the last Instance Dungeon. Although the two minions were not very strong, they had still posed a threat to Chu Ge. He had to consume 35 mana points to kill the two small monsters. If he did not use supplies, he would have to rest for at least half a day to recover, which meant that it would take him forever to reach the top of the mountain. Also, the two minions were just the beginning. There were many minions, mountain thieves, and robbers on the mountain, who were gathered in small groups of three or five. When the time arrived, how could Chu Ge fight them alone?

Not to mention that there were also four Bosses.

Other than Wang Xu, there were the Four Ghosts of the Yellow River, which was a Boss with four people. No matter how weak their combat power was, they were still a Boss, which meant they were stronger than ordinary minions. If the four of them attacked together, how could Chu Ge fight them?

Chu Ge knew in his heart that he had to find a teammate.

Previously, Chu Ge had saved up 80 DKP. He spent 10 DKP to add a keyword, so now there were 70 DKP left. He had not used any DKP to exchange for information on the Bosses and monsters just in case he was not able to sweep through the Instance Dungeon and had to recruit teammates. It seemed like the 70 DKP would be useful at this moment.

But before Chu Ge left the Instance Dungeon, he did not forget to search the corpses.

First minion, bronze coin x 17, silk × 1.

[Silk (material)

Item description: A valuable fabric made of silk, which can be used to make high-end clothing.]

Second minion, bronze coin x 23, silver ingot × 1.

[Silver Ingot (valuable item).

Item description: Can be exchanged for ten silver coins at a money shop.]

From the items Chu Ge found, he concluded that the loot in this Instance Dungeon was pretty good.

While Chu Ge was thinking, he left the Instance Dungeon. He clicked on the option of recruiting teammates.

System Notice: Please select the type of teammates you would like to recruit.