Chapter 1521: 1521
In Elvish, a Half Lich meant ‘Half cultivated and not to completion’ . Basically, Anglish hadn’t truly transformed into the Lich yet . Despite the fact that he didn’t have the full power of the Lich, Anglish also didn’t have any defects .
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The Half Lich were similar to the Lich; the abilities of their past life remained, and they also had limitless time to delve into studying magic . So, achieving great magic power even as a Half Lich was inevitable .
The key difference was that they couldn’t place their soul into a phylactery like the Lich could . The Lich only needed a phylactery to resurrect with a new physical body . It was precisely because of this reason that the Half Lich Anglish cared about his life even more . Whenever he encountered a dangerous situation, he would more likely utilise his full power .
“Engage the Half Lich! Treat it like a wild boss! There’s a chance it could be even smarter than one . So, be careful of unexpected changes in Aggro,” Lu Li warned based on what he knew about the Lich from previous encounters . However, his previous encounters with the Lich were in Instance Dungeons, so there may be some differences in this battle .
“I admire your courage,” Anglish announced, still remaining in his seat . He raised his magic staff towards the few people in front of him and growled, “But I despise your souls . ”
Suddenly, he was alarmed at the large number of opponents swarming around him— he’d been surrounded!
When a huge group of people came out on both sides of the bridge and the surrounding hills, Anglish knew that he’d underestimated the enemy .
Anglish was already familiar with his new power, and the cowardly, weak, overcautious teacher in him was already dead . When an arrow from a crossbow stabbed into his eye, he immediately let out an angry scream . However, the scream didn’t pierce the ears but the souls of the victims, and it spread far away like a wave .
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Lu LI felt uneasy after the scream . He immediately took measures for a backup plan for any surprises during the battle . The other players saw that the Main Tank had stabilised the Half Lich’s aggro, and so they kept up their damage output .
Like many other standard bosses, the Half Lich had over four million HP . Solomon was itching for a fight and didn’t wait for Lu Li’s signal and directly engaged in battle with Anglish .
Solomon bore the responsibility of commanding the army in this quest and was personally responsible for its success . It was closely tied to his future prospects; it would be a huge achievement if he could get this batch of potions to the allies’ apothecarist to research an antidote . If he failed, he could put the blame on Lu Li and these adventurers, but he would still just be a scout leader .
Solomon’s damage was very high and instantly took aggro . Anglish waved his magic staff and a string of Frostbolts smashed into Solomon’s face, forcing him to retreat . A thick layer of Chillplate formed on his body which slowed his movement and attack speed .
Lu Li originally wanted to let Solomon stay back but when he saw Solomon’s HP, this thought immediately disappeared from his head . This Alliance commander turned out to have two million HP; this level of HP was so high it felt like a waste .
As soon as NPC commanders like Solomon stepped into the Plaguelands, their attributes and HP were largely improved; Marshal Windsor probably didn’t have this much HP .
With Solomon also attacking the boss, everyone else was much more relaxed . Solomon inflicted the highest damage and was the greatest threat to Anglish, so Aggro was also quite stable . Apart from a few AoE skills, Anglish wasn’t even bothered to pay attention to the other ant-like players .
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Anglish’s pride blinded his judgement . If he was still the overcautious magic teacher he once was, a little analysis would allow him to realise that the damage inflicted by those ants together, was much higher than the damage inflicted by Solomon, a single opponent of his level .
Anglish had a dozen or so henchmen with him . Of those, there were four Stiches with comparable power levels . However, these monsters weren’t strong enough in the face of a 500-man army . There were a dozen or so magic AoE spells blasting them back and forth . Before these monsters could even reach the players, they had all been killed . When all the side monsters had been dealt with, they all turned their attention to the Boss .
Anglish’s HP fell like water down a drain!
Anglish couldn’t stay seated any longer; He jumped down from the vehicle, waved his magic staff and casted a flurry of spells at his enemies .
Shields of Bones materialised around himself, making a complete defence system that could block most of the damage received .
The damage was now greatly reduced and the speed at which Anglish’s HP dropped slowed down . What stunned the players was the fact that the Shields of Bones absorbed part of the magic damage received and transformed it into health for the Half Lich . A Half Lich should not be underestimated, especially not during the seasonal event in the Plaguelands .
“Magic damage dealers, try your best not to hit the shields . Physical damage dealers, focus your attacks on the Shields of Bones . Commander Solomon, attack those shields too!” Lu Li commanded .
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The physical damage dealers attacking the shields would be more effective than magic damage, since magic would increase his HP . They soon destroyed Anglish’s Shields of Bones . However, he then set up an ice shield immediately .
They absolutely hated magic bosses the most .
At least this time the ice shield only blocked damage and didn’t regenerate his HP . Otherwise, that would have frustrated Lu Li and his army . Whoever said that undead bosses were really easy to fight because they rarely replenished HP was definitely lying .
What Lu Li hated the most was the different types of skills being casted continuously from these magic wild bosses .
Why couldn’t they have fought this guy in an Instance Dungeon?
In an instance dungeon, the monsters’ abilities all had limits; they would all be capped at 10 available skills . However, a Half Lich who spent their whole life researching magic found outside an Instance Dungeon would have an arsenal of spells to use .
The undying Half Lich might even have the Charm spell .
If he had the bone shields on top of the ability to charm them, then they’d be screwed .
At least we had 500 players, so even if you got hit you’d still be able to survive for a few seconds . Lu Li had brought quite a few healers, so the players who had been hit by AoE could be restored to full HP very quickly . Even if someone was instantly killed, another player could still revive them, and they could keep fighting .
They soon halved Anglish’s HP . If nothing unexpected happened, then the battle would be over in a few minutes .
“Boss, it’s not good! A lot of Undead are coming this way,” someone informed Lu LI .
As expected, the bad feeling after the Lich made that soul-piercing scream was actually a big summoning call . Good thing they had a few thieves around the perimeter on lookout . If they had been ambushed, it would’ve spelt doom for his team .
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