Chapter 40 I'm sticking with this boss for life

Facing the sudden monster tide, the small town was already in chaos.

Some people took the opportunity to flee, but most still raised their weapons to resist desperately.

After all.

Even a fool knew that apart from a small number of people with higher agility, the vast majority could not outrun this group of maddened monsters.

It was currently the special Red Moon period, so the outside of the town might not necessarily be any safer.

"Damn it! Why are such high-Rank monsters appearing on the thirtieth floor? Aren't they usually deep inside the labyrinth?"

"To be honest, this situation is already the best of a bad lot. According to the detection by those mages from the Magic Guild, the culprits causing this monster tide are two Advanced Demonic Beasts that are at least Rank 80. If they get any closer to the town, there's no chance for any of us to survive!"

"Hiss—Rank 80 Demonic Beasts? Doesn't that mean they have the strength of Rank 80 Sky Knights? If I recall correctly, the highest strength in the town is only around Rank 60! It goes without saying that even that lord wouldn't be able to beat them! Is heaven trying to destroy us?"

"Don't think so far ahead, let's just survive against these damned monsters first!"

Magic Guild.

As the strongest combatant and guild leader of the guild.

The white-haired and white-bearded elder, Dohl Christopher, was observing the slaughter between the two terrifying Demonic Beasts from a distance through a detection magic crystal ball.

His brows were furrowed, and his expression was extremely serious.

Because their fight was becoming increasingly intense and drawing closer to the town.

If the town were unfortunately caught in the crossfire, even he, a Rank 66 mage, might not be certain of survival.

The other adventurers who were weaker than him need not even be mentioned.

They would only end up as cannon fodder, without even a chance to resist.

"Teacher, should we request assistance from the Empire?"

"It's too late."

Facing his apprentice's inquiry, Dohl shook his head.

In fact, he had already reported the situation here to the higher-ups, but the instruction he received was to hold the line to the death.

That's right, just the two words 'hold the line to the death'.

Which meant there would be no support whatsoever.

This small town built on the thirtieth floor of the labyrinth was an extremely important transit point.

If managed properly, it could fully help the Empire obtain countless scarce Materials from within the labyrinth, or lay the foundation for establishing strongholds in deeper levels later on.

But to say it was worth dispatching top-tier combat power to support it, it wasn't quite qualified enough.

There was an unwritten rule that unless it involved a war at the level of national extinction, the Empire's top combat power would not be easily dispatched.

The labyrinth had always been dangerous, and no one knew what level of monsters would be encountered here, especially during this special period.

Even those big shots might 'capsize' if they came.

Once such top-tier combat power was lost, it would be absolutely disastrous for the Empire.

"To avoid unnecessary trouble, transfer the important items in the guild first."

"Try to prepare for the subsequent reconstruction work."

Dohl ordered decisively.

He had already prepared his heart for the town to be completely destroyed.

Fortunately, the magic teleportation array was right inside the Magic Guild, so executing the transfer and other matters was relatively convenient.

"Huh? How dare they get so close to that place?"

When observing the movements of the two Advanced Demonic Beasts in the crystal ball again, Dohl raised an eyebrow.

Because he unexpectedly discovered an 'adventurer team'.

They chose to 'face the difficulty head-on', as if they were not afraid of death, constantly approaching the combat area where the two Advanced Demonic Beasts were.

[Perhaps they want to pick up scraps?]

Dohl immediately 'guessed' the purpose of this adventurer team.

If they were lucky, the two Advanced Demonic Beasts would end up destroying each other.

Then, countless precious Materials could definitely be collected from the corpses they left behind.

But if they were unlucky, then... they might lose their lives at any moment!

Truth be told.

Dohl was also very envious of the corpses of the two Advanced Demonic Beasts.

If he were still young, he might have gambled on it, but he couldn't now.

As the leader of the town's Magic Guild, if he accidentally 'lost the gamble', then what awaited everyone in the town would be a catastrophe.

Perhaps this is what they call.

The timid starve to death, the bold are stuffed to death.

...

On the other side.

Mu An, with Nina and Renée, snuck near the two Advanced Demonic Beasts.

"Are we really going to fight them?"

Renée was still a bit dazed.

Could such Advanced Demonic Beasts be dealt with by rookies like them, none of whom were even Rank 50?

"Did you bump your head into tofu? Or did using the secret technique break your brain? Who said we had to do it ourselves?"

Mu An said, feeling disappointed that she didn't live up to his expectations.

If it weren't for the fact that the employee contract couldn't be cancelled at will after being signed, he would really want to return this stupid elf.

The Rank 99 Undead Bone Dragon was indeed left by him in the town to protect Renée and those of the Elven Race.

But besides it, Mu An still had many Undead Creatures over Rank 90.

Even just now on the road, seeing that his own magic power had recovered enough, he had taken the time to summon two Rank 95 Death Shadow Scythe Ghosts.

If, with this current combat power, he couldn't beat two monsters around Rank 90, Mu An might as well find a piece of tofu to smash his head into and die.

Renée was also a bit embarrassed by being scolded.

She was indeed being stupid just now.

The three of them might be rookies, but there were other 'big thighs' in the team!

Meanwhile.

The battle between the two Demonic Beasts, the Rank 90 Lightning Light Bird and the Rank 88 Flame Two-Headed Dog, had entered its final stages.

The terrifying thunder and flames at the scene were intertwined.

Perhaps a single stray bolt of lightning or a wisp of flame could easily insta-kill several adventurers below Rank 70!

If not for the Rank 95 Undead Lich Mage constantly casting defensive magic on the side, the outcome for the three of them might have been similar.

However, if they continued to fight like that, they really might end up destroying each other.

For others, that might not be a good thing.

But for Mu An, who urgently needed the 'EXP' dropped from the two monsters, it wasn't so good.

He immediately ordered the three Death Shadow Scythe Ghosts to launch a sneak attack.

And tried to make them not kill directly, just cripple the opponent and leave them with a breath of life.

As expected.

The Lightning Light Bird and Flame Two-Headed Dog, currently fighting each other, had not expected a 'sixth player' (interrupter) hiding in the dark.

When the terrifying black scythes slashed fiercely across their vital points, it almost took their lives directly.

Their HP dropped to the bottom instantly, looking as if only a thin sliver of HP remained, as good as gone.

Three monsters with higher Ranks than them launching a sneak attack?

Superior in numbers, superior in strength, superior in the sneak attack.

The Lightning Light Bird and Flame Two-Headed Dog were both stunned.

They couldn't understand at all why these three monsters would get involved in their fight.

It couldn't be... because they were bored?

Or because... it was fun?

"It's time to reap the fruits of victory."

Seeing that the dust had settled, as the mastermind behind all this, Mu An jumped out immediately.

He patted Renée's shoulder earnestly and stuffed the magic desert eagle in his hand into hers.

"I choose you... Renée!"

"Eh? Me? Me?"

Renée couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes, and her jade hand pointed at herself in disbelief.

Although those two Advanced Demonic Beasts were indeed in a low-HP state, it didn't seem like something she, an elf who wasn't even Rank 40, could deal with, right?

Even taking a step back, she might not even be able to break their defense.

Then how was she supposed to kill them?

Use her looks to launch a 'mental attack' and beauty-kill them to death?

But Mu An corrected her seriously.

"It's you, not your mom."

"..."

The man turned his head again and spoke to the cat-eared girl on the side.

"Nina, show your future colleague our business operations."

"Okay, Boss! Nina guarantees to complete the mission!"

Nina nodded seriously.

Subsequently, the girl pulled the still-dazed Renée and rushed to the battlefield.

"Sister Renée, look, we just need to do this..."

"First, aim the muzzle at the monster's vital point, then use your index finger to press this switch..."

Bang—

The magic desert eagle already possessed the effect of ignoring magic defense and physical defense.

With one shot, Nina successfully killed the low-HP Flame Two-Headed Dog.

The latter, seeing two ants walk in front of it, had originally shown disdain.

Even if it was on the verge of death, it was not something two bugs could deal with.

But as that special alchemy item launched an attack, a sharp pain instantly came from its heart.

And until it completely died, it was still in a dazed state, completely unaware of how the girl had done it.

"Sister Renée, look! This is how you can kill it!"

Nina spread her hands, showing that she held a magic desert eagle in each of her left and right hands.

[Sister Renée only has one gun, while I have two, so I can draw a conclusion...]

[As expected, Boss still cares about me more! Hehehe—]

Renée did not notice the girl's little thoughts.

She looked down at the special alchemy item in her hand, then glanced at the completely dead Flame Two-Headed Dog.

Her beautiful eyes still couldn't hide her shock.

Although she had been with Mu An and the other for a while and had seen them use this alchemy item many times.

But because the monsters killed along the way were not of very high Rank, she hadn't paid much attention to it.

Furthermore... ahem, she had been catching up on the novels Mu An gave her the whole way, almost never paying attention to other things.

"It's just that simple?"

Renée couldn't help asking again.

Nina nodded.

"Yeah, it's just that simple."

"No need to use magic power, or pay any other special price?"

"No need, just press this switch."

Saying a thousand or ten thousand words is not as good as using it yourself once.

Under Nina's guidance, Renée held the gun with both hands and took a deep breath.

Learning from the former, she aimed the muzzle at that equally low-HP Rank 90 Lightning Light Bird.

The Lightning Light Bird seemed to sense its impending death and tried to struggle with all its might one last time.

But the scythe of the Death Shadow Scythe Ghost already had a special suppression effect, and coupled with the fact that it was in a low-HP state, it was just one step away from complete death.

Naturally, it had no chance to struggle or fight for its life.

Very quickly.

Bang—

The special magic bullet kept enlarging in the Lightning Light Bird's eyes.

Without any surprise at all.

Lightning Light Bird, dead.

Meanwhile.

Renée widened her beautiful eyes, her pretty face flushed with a faint pink, and her delicate body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

The pleasure of crazy leveling up almost made her make a strange sound, and her fair, tender legs couldn't help but tighten a bit.

Understood!

She finally understood!

Why Mu An and Nina liked 'killing' monsters so much.

Because... they just need to kill monsters to level up!

And just now, she personally used this special alchemy item to kill a Rank 90 Lightning Light Bird.

Her own Rank shot straight into the clouds, as if she had taken a griffin that could soar into the sky!

Now her Rank had jumped from the original 37 directly to 62?!

A full leap of 25 Ranks!

"Sister Renée, how do you feel?"

"To be honest, when I first leveled up this way, I was just as surprised as you!"

Nina giggled.

Considering Renée's low Rank, the girl had specially left the relatively higher-Rank Lightning Light Bird to her just now.

But even so, with the massive EXP bonus from killing monsters above her Rank, her own Rank had reached 63.

"So, what exactly is this situation?"

"Why can I suddenly kill monsters to level up?"

"Is it because of this special alchemy weapon, or because I accidentally received some goddess's blessing?"

Faced with such a huge surprise, Renée was still confused.

"Neither!"

Nina shook her head and explained seriously.

There was unconcealable pride and arrogance in her words.

"This is a benefit that only the Boss's employees have!"

[Employee... benefit?]

Once these words were spoken.

Renée was even more shocked in her heart.

In her mind, she couldn't help but recall when she was at the slave black market, she was also saved directly by Mu An from a state of near-death.

Not only did all her injuries heal instantly, but even the cost of using the secret technique disappeared, which was extremely miraculous.

At that time, the situation was urgent, so Renée didn't think too much, but now looking back, she was extremely puzzled.

If she remembered correctly, she didn't take any recovery potions at the time, just signed some kind of contract with the man?

Could it be... that kind of terrible Demon Contract that sells one's Soul?

The girl couldn't help but shudder.

She secretly glanced at Mu An, who was not far from the two of them and didn't know what he was doing.

Then, lowering her voice, she asked Nina.

"Nina, do you think that contract could be some terrible demon or evil god contract?"

Unexpectedly.

Nina's bright beautiful eyes curved into a nice arc, and a bright smile appeared on her face.

"I don't know, but even if the Boss is really an evil god, I will follow him for the rest of my life!"

"After all... my life was given by the Boss in the first place!"

Renée was hit hard in her heart by these words, as if struck by enlightenment.

Instantly.

Her hanging heart also slowly settled down.

All anxiety and worry were washed away like clear mountain water.

She relaxed, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

[That's true... my life was indeed given by that man!]

[Even if he really is an evil god, so what?]

[At least... in my eyes, he is an out-and-out good person!]

[Hmm, if he didn't always call me a stupid elf and didn't occasionally bully me, that would be even better...]

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