Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 79: Hero

How extravagant, Ye Ci received an invulnerable status straight away. With this, she was, of course, not afraid of dying. She bowed to Van der Loof, "Your Grace, I'll try my best to aid you." Just as she was about to leave, Ye Ci remembered something else, and continued "negotiating" with Van der Loof, "Your Grace, I have something of importance to ask."

"Dearest friend, what is it?"

"If I am to fall on the battlefield, what about my stuff?" Ye Ci gestured at her equipment, while looking at Van der Loof, hinting at him.

"Don't worry, we'll definitely retrieve your memento." Said Van der Loof with a smile that says "I gotchu fam!" Ye Ci almost gagged, what do you mean by memento...

But since Van der Loof had indicated that he would take care of her items should they drop, Ye Ci had no more worries. In the worst case scenario, her level would only drop by 1. She took the shard of the Holy Light Gem and charged at the Nameless Zealot.

The countdown of effect of the Holy Light Buff would begin the moment Ye Ci was 20 yards away from Van der Loof. She was still quite far away from the Nameless Zealot. She summoned her little red horse and galloped at top speed. The people who knew her spotted her and in an instant, the chime of incoming private messages filled her ears. Ye Ci however, had no time to reply them. Her attention was on the Nameless Zealot.

"Oi! Damn brat, where you going? Remote Depths' voice rang out. Ye Ci turned her head around, and saw Remote Depths and the members of Upwards Ho! Standing at one side of the road, throwing skill after skill at the Nameless Zealot. Apparently they were here for drops.

Ye Ci couldn't spare the time to explain the situation to him, so she simply waved and continued galloping onwards at full speed through the crowd of players.

The players were not stupid. The moment they realized that a magical barrier was deployed around the city, they immediately retreated into the safety of the barrier and let the NPCs do their jobs, while they waited for the moment the Nameless Zealot fell and the loot dropped.

When Ye Ci arrived at the city gate, it was already opened by 2 soldiers. She galloped straight and fast, zipping out of the city gate. It was closed again the moment she left the vicinity of the city, as if it had never been opened.

The Nameless Zealot was a skeleton, which was among the lowest tier, being among the undead race. Although he had evolved and his level had increased from level 80 to level 130, his intelligence level did not increase. At least, he did not recognize Ye Ci as the person who had stolen the Eral Gem shard.

"You're here to die, little ant?" The Nameless Zealot laughed, his bare lower jaw trembled, letting out the sound of bones grinding together which sent chills down Ye Ci's spine. "Come, your strength shall be mine!"

Ye Ci eyed her invulnerability timer. 3 minutes left. It was enough for her to climb up to his chest.

The players who had already retreated to the safety of the magical barrier quickly noticed that the person galloping out towards the Nameless Zealot was Gongzi You. Discussions among the crowd soon began.

Some said that Ye Ci had a death wish, some said that she was just trying to be the hero; the vast majority of them climbed onto the city wall, wanting to have a front row seat of how the legendary Huntress would defeat the Nameless Zealot, or how she would be defeated.

The Nameless Zealot's speed had increased considerably. He swung his hands at Ye Ci again and again, forcing her to focus her full attention on dodging the incoming attacks. Although Ye Ci had the invulnerable BUFF, she weaved left and right, sometimes jumping and even rolling to the ground to avoid hits out of instinct. Her maneuvers were like a high quality tutorial for the players gathered on the city wall.