Chapter 175 - 169 : Attracting Aggro

Lu Zhen's mission, as given by Sato, was simply to wreak havoc and destruction all around, making it so that all the kobolds present would unequivocally hate him. With their aggro set on him, he would then depart from the settlement and draw the monsters towards Emperor's Might and Heaven's Angels' God's Retaliation battalion unit. From an overview, the mission looked easy, but in actual sense, it was filled with risks here and there.

Firstly, Lu Zhen had to be able to sneak into the kobold settlement without getting spotted early. Secondly, he had to wreak enough havoc and destruction that at least 90% of all kobolds present would have their aggro draw towards him. Thirdly, Lu Zhen had to be able to escape the settlement while suffering the attacks of more than 300 or so kobolds. Next, he had to make it to the location of both Emperor's Might and Heaven's Angels' teams before mixing up with them and forcing them to deal with the kobolds, while also trying to escape without being noticed by the kobolds. That way, without the original target in mind, the kobolds would vent their frustration on the two teams. Lastly, Lu Zhen had to do all this while possibly being chased by a level 10 world class boss.

Lu Zhen had faith in his abilities to outrun 90%+ of the kobolds present but for the kobold chief and even his two personal guards, Lu Zhen didn't think so. Ever since he had started playing IR, this was the hardest task he had even encountered.

'But the harder it is, the more fun it should be.' Lu Zhen slowly began to awaken his Daredevil side.

Lu Zhen began to walk away from the gate. At the same time that he was doing so, he put his hand inside his space bag and brought out a few orbs. This was the [Simple Explosives] Sato used back when he was level 0. Even this set was gotten from Sato.

Currently now, this consumable was useless against most monsters due to both its weak power and the fact that the monsters players battled now were a lot stronger than the low levelled ones. Nobody bought this toy anymore as it literally had almost no effect on monsters. It was so bad that if one used it against even a Rock Golem or Ground Rat, reducing 2-3 HP from the monster, that player could be said to be lady luck's beloved child. With such terrible performance on these creatures, one could easily expect what they would get if they used the explosives against the defective descendants of dragons, the kobolds.

Unless players battled wild animals like regular tigers, sabers, lions and so on, they wouldn't bother buying such a consumable. Even when battling against such low level creatures, players could defeat them in just 2-3 moves so there was no need to spend their money on the explosives.

Though this special object couldn't cause damage to monsters, they served another use; one that Lu Zhen needed right now. Explosions.

"Enjoy~"

Once Lu Zhen was at an appropriate distance from the front gate while also a bit deep within the settlement, he tossed a [Simple Explosive] at one if the houses close-by.

*Boom*

*Crack*

Upon coming into collision with the stone house, the [Simple Explosive] detonated and created a few cracks on the building, almost collapsing it. The houses might have been made from rocks but these rocks had absorbed a minuscule amount of mana. Though it was very very small, it made them much stronger than regular rocks. As a result, one explosive wouldn't be able to collapse them. However, Lu Zhen didn't stop at one.

Without wasting any time, Lu Zhen tossed a few more [Simple Explosives] on the building while doing the same to the neighbouring houses too. He also deactivated his stealth still in order to be seen as he was causing mayhem.

*Boom* *Boom*

*Creak* *Crack*

*Boom* *Boom*

*Bang*

The buildings fell under the might of the explosions, but the culprit didn't even bother to take a look at the result of his work.

Lu Zhen didn't bother to admire the destruction of the buildings because he was running around the entire place while tossing explosives left and right.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

With such loud noises and explosions wrecking their homes, it would be impossible for the kobolds not to notice the issue at hand.

Because he had deactivated his stealth skill and was running up and down the entire place, the kobolds easily spotted Lu Zhen and pursued after him.

"Roar!"

"Hahaha. Try and catch up to this daddy and maybe I would give you a bigger bang."

"Roar!"

As if sensing Lu Zhen's provocations, more kobolds joined in the chase while the others from the beginning increased their pace.

Lu Zhen was also forced to increase his speed, but his hands still weren't idle as they continuously tossed out explosives. Before this, Sato had purchased at least 50 explosives, just in case they were forced to face a horde of monsters or were surrounded by players. Though against real monsters these explosives were weak, if used well they would be extremely useful and for this job, Lu Zhen going them to his liking.

"What the hell is going on?" Tawaki stared agape at the settlement. The explosives had weak power so they weren't all that loud. But Tawaki was a lot closer to the settlement than others so he could easily hear the noises and reverberations from them.

"No, I have to report this to the captain, now."

Turning on his system interface, Tawaki immediately contacted Azure Dragon.

"Tawaki, any problem on your side? How far away are you?" Azure Dragon questioned. It was almost time for Tawaki to have arrived over to the God's Retaliation side so he wondered whether if Tawaki was calling to inform him of that.

"Yes, captain. We have a problem." Tawaki hurriedly said.

"A problem?" Azure Dragon frowned. "What problem?"

"A third party. I spotted a strange player who dashed into the kobold settlement. I didn't know what the was up to so I didn't want to bother you yet but the player suddenly started wreaking havoc in there. There's explosions and kobold roars. I don't know whether he's battling them or not but I still decided to inform you captain."

"I see. Keep your eyes peeled for any strange event okay? And also, when this is all over, prepare yourself."

Without waiting for Tawaki to reply, Azure Dragon hung up.

"...*sighs* I knew it." Tawaki sighed. Despite having tried to make the incident sound like it wasn't his fault, he still couldn't get away from his act of having reported late.

"Let's see what's going on." Tawaki then walked closer towards the settlement. Since even the kobold guards had ran back into the settlement, he didn't need to be that cautious anymore.

Meanwhile, Lu Zhen was having the time of his life with the kobolds. Running helter skelter while throwing explosives and dodging attacks from the different kobolds, Lu Zhen experienced a thrill akin to that of walking through a mine field. Each time he happened to slow down to make a turn or avoid an attack, he would almost be caught by the kobolds.

Having wreaked havoc in their home, Lu Zhen was surrounded from all directions by the kobolds. He was only able to last this long by making use of the buildings while also tossing a few explosives to push the kobolds back each time they approached him.

"Damn it. With all I have done, he still hasn't appeared." Lu Zhen cursed. Though he was 'having fun', he still didn't forget his main goal and that was to attract the kobolds out of their hiding place. He was also supposed to attack the boss out too but despite all that he had done, the kobold chief was yet to appear.

'Then there's no other option I guess.' Lu Zhen thought as he glanced at the central area. He had been unwillingly to go there, only wreaking havoc by the edges of the settlement. This way he could easily escape once needed. But now, with the boss having not made a move yet, Lu Zhen had to reset his priorities.

'I hope I live through this.'

Saying his prayers, Lu Zhen darted towards the central area with an army a 100 kobolds strong right behind him. The sight of such a massive horde chasing after one man was quite impressive from an aerial view.

"Damn it. With all I have done, he still hasn't appeared." Lu Zhen cursed. Though he was 'having fun', he still didn't forget his main goal and that was to attract the kobolds out of their hiding place. He was also supposed to attack the boss out too but despite all that he had done, the kobold chief was yet to appear.

'Then there's no other option I guess.' Lu Zhen thought as he glanced at the central area. He had been unwillingly to go there, only wreaking havoc by the edges of the settlement. This way he could easily escape once needed. But now, with the boss having not made a move yet, Lu Zhen had to reset his priorities.

'I hope I live through this.'

Saying his prayers, Lu Zhen darted towards the central area with an army a 100 kobolds strong right behind him.. The sight of such a massive horde chasing after one man was quite impressive from an aerial view.