Chapter 914
Instead, many Righteous Orbs had dropped . There was a wave that dropped two Orbs from five monsters, but they would receive at least one from every wave .
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In Lu Li's previous life, he had hunted and grinded at this place for many Righteous Orbs, but they were extremely rare .
He had figured out what was going on .
The amount of drops this time was not purely because of the Nightmare difficulty, but because of the greedy game company from his previous life . They had decreased the chance for Righteous Orbs to drop . In Lu Li's previous life, his party had been unable to even find one, despite grinding day and night in groups of five to reduce the cooldown of the Instance Dungeon . It was because of this constant grinding that Lu Li had gained a great understanding of this dungeon .
After clearing out all the smaller monsters, a total of 18 orbs had dropped . Adding onto the two that were previously hunted, there were enough for two per person .
One could be used to complete the quest, while the others could be taken for personal collection .
After reaching Balnazzar, everyone stayed outside of his aggro zone and decided to rest for the upcoming fight .
The team that was in charge of the Strategies had collected information that was similar to what Lu Li was already aware of . After conducting an investigation, they suggested some tactics that they could use when fighting Balnazzar .
However, the Balnazzar that they saw now was different . He was previously a human called Dathrohan .
'Dreadlord' was not Balnazzar's nickname, but 'Nathrezim', which was his race . They were a group of creatures who had no sympathy and compassion as they took great pride in their strength and nothing else .
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Even though they were extremely large in stature, they were proficient in melee range and often used skills that would scare or deceive their opponents . This would result in them having complete control in the darkness .
They had suppressed most of the world using a mindset of controlling their opponents and using their enemies to fight for them .
Sargeras, one of the founders of the Legion, was converted to the dark side under their control .
Dreadlords could not die and often possessed skills that would preserve their lives . even when it seemed like they had been slain . Furthermore, the prospects of internal killing within their own race were nearly impossible, as one Dreadlord could not kill the other .
However, impossible did not necessarily mean that it could not be done .
Dreadlord Tichondrius, their leader, died under the hands of Illidan, who had multiplied his strength greatly after obtaining Gul'dan . This made it possible for him to instantly kill Tichondrius, who was under the guard of many other Dreadlords .
Not many people would know who the Dreadlord Mal'Ganis was . He was mostly credited for the ultimate fall of Arthas, but he had also died to Arthas' Frostmourne .
There were many other Dreadlords who occupied many other dungeons and places . Some had also already been slain by other powerful beings, so Balnazzar was not the only Dreadlord, or the strongest one .
However, he had been extremely successful . His success could be attributed to his ruthlessness, as well as the cunningness of his heart .
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Balnazzar, being a Dreadlord, had pledged allegiance to the commander of the Legion, Kil'jaeden . Balnazzar was then arranged to spy on the Lich King Ner'zhul . However, he was then controlled by the Scourge, so he did not know who to pledge allegiance . It was because of this that he had stayed in Stratholme .
He was an extremely difficult Boss to deal with, which was fitting for Strathholme's final fight .
It was absolutely impossible to clear Balnazzar on their first try, even if Lu Li went over the strategy with the team .
Furthermore, he also wanted to further train his team in this Instance Dungeon, as well as the guild members in charge of formulating strategies and collecting information .
"Hey there, big boy . Come fight me!" Azure Sea Breeze shouted as he jumped up and into the aggro zone .
Balnazzar's fighting style was somewhat similar to Dathrohan's . The Dreadlord raised his large
sword and charged towards the party, but was blocked by Azure Sea Breeze's shield . However, the strike was so heavy that he was seemingly crushed under the immense strength and was forced to kneel .
"What the hell? What overwhelming strength is this? My shield's not going to hold . The durability has gone down by 3 points already!" Azure Sea Breeze lamented as he retreated .
Balnazzar did not let him off . After absorbing Dathrohan, he had not only gained his body, but his strength and array of skills . This was why Balnazzar had been able to pretend that he was Dathrohan in the Crusade .
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"Don't you have many other shields?" Wandering asked .
"I still need money to repair…Even if I had many shields, I wouldn't just use them like this . " Azure Sea Breeze said in frustration .
After a typical Boss fight, his repair fees were at least five times higher than players like March Rain . If that attack had been kept up all fight, his repair fees would be in the hundreds .
"Try to avoid taking the sword blows directly on your shield . Try and analyse his focus points on his strikes," Lu Li suggested . Although he had not played as a Warrior, he had heard of many tips and tricks during his time in Dawn .
Swords were easier to block than maces, as the focus point of swords were much easier to predict .
Azure Sea Breeze was a Warrior with elite potential . Although Lu Li's words were not hard to understand, he had grasped the meaning of them instantly .
After mulling over it a little, he decided to test it out .
As Dathrohan raised his sword over his head, readying for another strike, Azure Sea Breeze had tilted his shield a little .
When his sword made contact with Azure Sea Breeze's shield, it slid right off . Nevertheless, Azure Sea Breeze had still taken a large amount of damage .
Although this conserved the Durability of the shield, he had not blocked the damage completely . He was fortunate enough to not be instantly killed after that .
During the second phase, Balnazzar used his backhand to strike him . Azure Sea Breeze attempted to do the same thing, but he could not block the incoming sword strike as well .
His HP had not been restored to full after the previous strike, and he did not have a shield to block a frontal attack . Dawn's number one Main Tank had fallen at the hands of a level 52 Boss .
Wandering had rushed forward in his place and took two or three hits from the Boss, then also died .
Before dying, he looked back towards his team, as if to say, "I'm sorry everyone . I could not protect you all . "
But why was he the only one that was anywhere near the Boss? Everyone else seemed like they were running in the direction of the exit!
Bloody hell! What a bunch of cowards!