Chapter 717: Initial convincing
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Presented with such a carefree deduction by Sheyan, both Reef and Mogensha displayed utmost confidence in Sheyan although they were equally bewildered. Thus, they immediately started preparing.
Especially Mogensha, who was inevitably required to suppress Yuan Zhan with his long range capabilities. Thinking of such a daunting task, he took several deep inhalations. Besides, everyone knew that letting a Growth-Hunter Summoner have free reign in a battle, was undoubtedly equivalent to asking your whole party to suicide.
Upon hearing Sheyan's words, Zi immediately looked over with her monochrome pupils and offered a grin of dissatisfaction.
"What a presumptuous guess!"
Sheyan ignored her and chuckled to himself. Then, he headed out for an attentive survey.
In the end, approximately an hour later, Sheyan suddenly returned with a solemn countenance and ordered.
"They're here! Prepare for action!"
Mogensha and Reef hastily crept out to look. As expected, just like what Sheyan guessed, two men were shockingly travelling along the same stretch where the rampaging Tyrannosaurus stampeded through the previous day.
Yuan Zhan and the one carrying a Blood Warhammer, Tolui Helenite.
Since Reef and Mogensha were pretty accustomed to Sheyan's unforeseeable conjectures, they weren't that mystified but started preparing their battle essentials.
In contrast, Zi revealed a disbelieving expression. However, after frowning for a long while, her knitted brows slowly smoothened.
"I get it. You calculated that certain members of Glory Party would separate themselves to gain personal benefits! Of the members Glory Party, every single one of them harbours selfish motives. Only Zeus and Fu Lyanna are wholly bent on pursuing and eradicating me."
"Since they are now aware of the presence of Shadowdrill Deinonychus, they would definitely covet the rare and precious drop loots of 'true damage dealing' weapons or items. Fu Lyanna can temporarily quell such allurement and urge them to focus on pursuing me, but not all can be persuaded so easily!"
"Nevertheless, to deviate from the party's objective is still an offense. Therefore, only one with adequate status in the party, on good terms or important to Zeus, can defy Fu Lyanna's dissatisfaction. As for your guess on Yuan Zhan, the logic is fairly simple."
"For the present Glory Party, there isn't a single decent Growth-Hunter Summoner! Seeing the rapid attack speed of Shadowdrill Deinonychus dishing out frightening true damages, without a tanking MT, the other alternative is the endless cannon fodder summoned by a Summoner. Otherwise, one would have to retreat after merely slaying a few Shadowdrill Deinonychus."
Sheyan casted a gentle smile.
"Well said, your excellency Zi. Not wrong at all. Furthermore, since this is for selfish motives, he wouldn't bring along more manpower. After all, with the puny drop rate of these Shadowdrill Deinonychus, benefits can't really be shared fairly. Actually, they aren't being careless, because they solely believe you to be a one-man army, and are utterly clueless to our existence. Hence, even if they encounter any mishap when facing you, it will be entirely possible to hold on until reinforcements arrive."
Unbeknownst why, when Zi observed Sheyan at present, her face started heating up. This obviously wasn't a maiden's passionate yearning for love. Instead, it was a tiny feeling of remorse over her prior attitude.
Nevertheless, she wasn't willing to concede and scoffed.
"Hmph, just a smart guess. What if Fu Lyanna managed to control the situation and deter them from coming?"
Sheyan chuckled in response.
"If they don't show up, then we'll take it upon ourselves to harvest these Shadowdrill Deinonychus! After all, we can't possibly leave empty handed aye? Furthermore, we can infer from Fu Lyanna's scaredy demeanor of not taking the frontlines….could such cowardly conduct convince incomparably arrogant and untamed Growth-Hunters? I didn't say I was a hundred percent confident anyway, just a measly sixty percent; still, looks like I was right."
"Alright, we need to set up our formations. I must be clear on this, excellent Zi, as the strongest ace amongst us, you have an extremely heavy responsibility. So, I need to know if I can trust you."
Zi's complexion resembled frosting on noodles, as she icily asked.
"Do I appear unreliable to you?"
Sheyan issued a faint smile and answered.
"I hope not. Take these five flasks of gene-mix, you seem to have forgotten; I'm also a superb support, remember to find me for more if you run out eh."
"You.....! What'd you mean by 'I hope not'???!"
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An ecstatic Tolui Helenite was gasping for breath as he wiped off perspiration from his face. This motion caused his hands to be soaked in red liquid. As it turns out, his face wasn't covered in perspiration but fresh blood!
The truth was this.
Due to his overbearing crushing might, his final attack would frequently splatter his prey into mutilated pieces, thus causing thick blood to splash onto his face.
This was the sixteenth Shadowdrill Deinonychus he slew. In addition to the ones slaughtered by Yuan Zhan's summoned beasts, they had already dispatched over twenty Shadowdrill Deinonychus.
In spite of that, the deadliness of these dinosaurs was truly insane. From Yuan Zhan's unrivalled bitter expression, one could fathom how severe his casualties were.
As it turns out, just a few moments ago, one of his summoned beast who previously undergone the cleansing of Aldaris's 'Heart Storm', actually betrayed its master. Even a high tiered summoned creature, one imbued with a 'Beast Soul' which allowed it to be rebirthed, actually roared in anguish right before it died and attempted to bite its master!
Every time a Shadowdrill Deinonychus cleaved out a wound on his summoned beast, it was akin to clawing at Yuan Zhan's heart.
Right from the start of this battle, he had already permanently lost three summoned beasts. This represented that his battle capabilities had minimally dipped by a third.
In this cruel realm, the dipping of one's battle capabilities undoubtedly represented the dipping of one's status.
In contrast to Yuan Zhan's bleak expression, Tolui was bursting with elation. His thick arms were riddled with blood dripping claw lacerations, instead, his nightmare imprint rung out –
[ Shadowdrill Claw, 'A' grade material ].
By artificing this material into a weapon, there would be a sky-high chance of enhancing it with true damages! Its true worth was minimally above an ordinary Silver Storyline grade equipment.
Most importantly, this object belonged to Tolui Helenite alone. He didn't have to share it with anyone. Being in such a large scale party, obtaining sole authority for such a high level battle spoil could only be an aspiration to many.
Moreover, that was the main reason some of them weren't interested in pursuing Zi. Killing of a single Zi would at most drop them a single blood key. Furthermore, an equipment may not even result from it. Even the eventual loots needed to be allocated amongst 5-6 individuals!
Who would want to go through such troubles? What more, the one ordering them, the Metals Professor Fu Lyanna, refused to bear the risks of fighting ahead!
This was an affair where risks far outweighed the benefits; where their lives faced imminent danger at all times....frankly speaking, the only reason this group hadn't dispersed for their own interests, was due to Zeus's unparalleled strength and charisma.
Tolui Helenite trudged forward with a malevolent smirk on his face. He patted Yuan Zhan's shoulders and assured.
"Dude, relax. You've won my friendship. Besides, you will be able to acquire an incomparably powerful pet; just wait till that whore finishes her ludicrous fits, I'll ask big brother to begin experiments and cultivate that dinosaur embryo for you! Just think it through, by adding your genes into the dinosaur's embryo, the end product would be perfectly suited for you! Even Fanu, as a Reserve-duty Growth-Hunter then, managed to succeed in his taming pact. There wouldn't be a problem for you!"
"My friend, just think about it. Carefully think about it, when the time comes when you seal a taming pact with that treasure, your other summoned beasts would probably burn with jealousy and some may abandon you. Why not exploit them fully now?"
Yuan Zhan strived to squeeze out a faint smile on his pale face, before nodding and replying.
"Fine, I get it."
Stimulated by the harvest of an 'A' grade raw material, Tolui burst into hysterical laughters.
"Then let's take a five minute rest before beginning. That building to the north looks good and we must hurry. After all, who knows what venom that darn whore would spew if we go missing for too long."
Yuan Zhan doubtfully suggested.
"My MP can only be restored to 70% after five minutes. If a mishap unexpectedly happens, I won't be able to deal with it properly"
Instead, Tolui Helenite lashed back.
"What sort of mishap can happen? You are being overly cautious. Right now, Zi can't even catch her breath from being pursued by Fu Lyanna and the rest. Also, those scums from the Skull Party had seemingly lost a lead on their main mission, and are wondering around like headless house flies."
"Furthermore, from the information we obtained, the damage dealt by these large claw lizards are so frightening, even a Tyrannosaurus wouldn't dare to invade their territory."
"Are you scared of a sudden insurrection of those Deinonychus going out of control? Look, there's a random gigantic hot air balloon suspended ten metres over that roof, we can always climb up the rope! Their greatest weakness lies in the incapability of long range attacks, why the need for such worrying?"
Yuan Zhan widened his mouth, wanting to speak but ultimately choosing to remain silent.
At present, he had already incurred the disfavor of the Metals Professor, Fu Lyanna. If he infuriated Tolui Helenite, he feared that even lifting a foot in his party would be immensely difficult in the future!
Reflecting on that, he couldn't help but regret his previous decision. Zi had channeled on their party resources towards him, even without an MT, there may still be a chance of roping those guys from the tiny Party Ace in. Reef wasn't inferior to Archeaphill, and there was even that rare exceptional assistant tank, Seaman.....