Chapter 221: Keep Quiet and Get to Work!

"No need, you should save your Stamina. There are indeed monsters up there, and they should be more powerful than those C+ demonic creatures from earlier."

Wheel of Fortune said this while toying with the Crystal Ball used for Divination in his hands.

'Hmm??'

'Is he performing Divination before a major battle?'

'Why does this feel so old-fashioned?'

Everyone could not help but think this after seeing Wheel of Fortune's Crystal Ball.

However, everyone still recognized Wheel of Fortune's Divination abilities. After all, many of them had relied on his Divination to find the exact coordinates of the Shelter, which they then had The Fool execute.

"Alright, I will go up and take a look first."

Lan Qingyou nodded and flew straight up without any fuss. A mere twenty meters was no problem at all for a veteran like her who had flown at altitudes of several kilometers.

Although she shared a telepathic connection with Wireball, it still could not replace her own eyes.

"How is it?"

Lan Qingyou returned less than a minute after going up, and everyone immediately gathered around to ask for news.

"There are twenty-one monsters, but the biggest threat is a single A-rank Undead General wielding a longsword. Its health and Mana Points are three hundred percent higher than the sailor skeletons from before. The rest are C-rank skeleton warriors, whose health and Mana Points are about the same as the sailor skeletons."

"A sudden jump from C+ skeleton sailors to an A-rank Undead General?"

"That is quite a massive leap."

"The main issue is that this is only the first one. Tower previously mentioned there would be one to three of them."

Hearing Lan Qingyou's intelligence report, everyone could not help but frown.

If there was only one, it would be manageable, but if there were two or three, wouldn't the difficulty shoot straight up to S-rank?

Or perhaps even World-class?

The more they considered it, the more possible it seemed. Their furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and their faces lit up with delight.

What did World-class mean?

Lan Qingyou's last expedition had already set a shining example for them.

They did not even ask for high-end goods like the Star Dragon King's Blood Essence; getting some other items on the level of that sap would be fantastic.

"Now that we have the intel, how do we fight them?"

"I have assessed the situation. Although the Undead General has other combat skills, its core ability should be summoning skeleton warriors to aid it in battle. It is highly likely it can summon twenty at a time, so why don't we try splitting up the fight?"

"How do we split up?"

"You all focus your fire on the Undead General, and I will use my golems to deal with the skeleton warriors. As long as the skeleton warriors currently on the field don't die, I believe the enemy shouldn't be able to summon more. Even if it can summon them, you just need to lure them over to me."

Lan Qingyou explained the tactics she had formulated in her mind.

After all, compared to the others, she was the one most skilled at fighting groups of enemies.

Everyone agreed after hearing her out. After finalizing a few details, the eight of them stepped onto the slightly rotted wooden stairs that creaked under their weight.

When they stepped onto the platform formed by two joined ship bows, they saw a line of skeleton warriors facing them directly, armed with rusted swords and shields.

"Have we been discovered?"

"With the stairs creaking so loudly, it would be harder not to be discovered, right?"

"If you fly like Tower, you definitely won't make a sound."

"Speaking of which, how do skeletons even hear sounds without ears?"

"Probably through vibrations. After all, bones are better at sensing that kind of thing."

The eight of them acted as if they were on a casual stroll, completely ignoring the skeleton warriors before them.

"Keep quiet and get to work."

As she spoke, Lan Qingyou tossed out twenty pink infantry golems that charged toward the twenty skeleton warriors. She initiated the battle so quickly that she did not give the other six any chance to keep bantering.

"Let's go, let's go."

The High Priestess rolled her eyes. With a flick of her hands, ten incredibly hard nails appeared on her fingers as she dashed toward the Undead General.

Gu Xiaobei followed closely behind, carrying her spatula and letting out a bizarre battle cry. "I will lead the charge!"

This left only Li Huai sighing heavily in his original spot.

As the only person holding the frontline with these two girls, he knew all too well how difficult it was to clean up after these two melee novices.

However, it was slightly better this time. After all, the six of them only needed to handle a single Undead General.

Thus, he drew the rapier Storm Sword from his waist and followed suit.

Seeing this, the rest of the group silently executed their pre-planned combat formations, pulling the Undead General to the right side of the platform to fight.

Meanwhile, after tossing out the pink infantry golems, Lan Qingyou kept a close watch on the battlefield over there.

She only had one thing to do.

Delay the skeleton warriors on this side without killing them, pin them down on the left side of the platform, and then watch out for the Undead General summoning more.

It could be said that her position was the absolute core of this operation.

If her side collapsed and let these skeleton warriors loose, they would likely have to retreat to the docks, or perhaps even flee the dungeon entirely.

After all, this was reality. There was no such thing as dropping aggro like in a video game.

Once pursued, the monsters would chase them to the bitter end.

But would Lan Qingyou's side actually collapse?

Even she herself did not believe that.

After all, these C-rank creatures would have a hard time even piercing the outer armor plating on her golems.

That armor was coated with a layer of Thorium Ore and then painted over. How could the broken swords in their hands possibly breach such a defense?

However, knowing this in her heart was one thing; staying vigilant was another.

It was always better to be safe than sorry.

Sure enough.

Just as Lan Qingyou stepped forward, preparing to throw a Frost Potion at the Undead General, the creature swung its longsword, sending the three frontline fighters flying backward.

Subsequently, from her vantage point in the air, Lan Qingyou saw a magic circle light up beneath the enemy's feet, and another twenty skeleton warriors materialized within it.

"Tower!"

"I know!"

In a split second, Li Huai shouted up at Lan Qingyou in the air. Channeling wind elements into his hands, he blew the twenty skeleton warriors straight back several dozen meters to where the pink infantry golems were stationed.

It was not that Li Huai did not want to blow them farther away, or hurl them directly into the sea.

The problem was that he could not launch them that far in a single breath; he just lacked that level of power.

Perhaps he could in the future.

But at his current level, it was impossible.

Meanwhile, Lan Qingyou rushed to the left side of the platform immediately. Before these newly arrived twenty skeleton warriors could react, she released more pink infantry golems to block them.

Only, this time was slightly different from before.

Now that they knew the battlefield was not strictly limited to twenty skeleton warriors, or rather, that the Undead General's skill was not limited to summoning just twenty skeleton warriors to assist, these skeleton warriors became killable targets.

Thus, Lan Qingyou no longer held back.

With forty pink infantry golems already on the field, she brought out her only twenty black mage golems.

The mages raised their guns, dividing into groups of ten.

One group helped snipe the Undead General, while the other ten struck the skeleton warriors. The division of labor was crystal clear.