LWGP - Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Boom!
This time, it didn't ricochet—the creature wasn't completely bulletproof after all!
Good, the System still has some humanity!
Seeing blood spurt from the Chieftain's shoulder, Qi Dong and the others noticed it too and exclaimed in delight, "Fire, everyone fire!"
Qi Dong immediately gave the order, and the special forces soldiers, who had been frustrated for so long, immediately began to fire wildly.
Bang, bang, bang!
This time, the Chieftain's skin couldn't deflect the bullets, but they didn't fully penetrate its body either. Still, they were able to break its armor!
By Wang Jiu's estimation, its armor rating was probably around 7 or 8. Not quite bulletproof, but it could still absorb much of the bullets' impact. Taking it down with a single shot was likely impossible!
The Chieftain was injured. It was in great pain, blood spraying from its body. Roaring, it suddenly charged toward the boarding stairs.
Its hatred was fixed on Wang Jiu, of course!
Wang Jiu aimed at the Chieftain's head, about to fire her last two rounds, when—click!
A faint, crisp sound. She was startled.
Out of bullets!
Impossible. She had counted them, kept track of them... No, wait!
A Type 81 assault rifle magazine holds 30 rounds. With one in the chamber, that's 31 at most. She had been keeping a mental count, but she'd forgotten one thing—its previous owner had likely already fired two rounds.
Crap!
She watched as the Chieftain grabbed the long boarding stairs with one hand and swung them horizontally toward her.
Whoa! What terrifying strength!
Wang Jiu immediately dropped the empty assault rifle and leaped off the top of the plane. It was a twelve-meter drop. After landing, she bent her knees slightly to absorb the impact, but sensing a cold wind behind her, she instantly dropped to the ground...
Swish! The massive boarding stairs swept viciously over her head. Before the Chieftain could grab them and swing back again, Wang Jiu got up, spun around, and kicked off the ground.
The horizontal sweep of the stairs missed. The hair on her shoulders fluttered in the wind from the swing.
Seeing that Wang Jiu was about to run, the Chieftain endured the special forces' gunfire and hurled the boarding stairs.
"Get back!!" Qi Dong roared in horror. Everyone scattered, but it was too late. As the stairs hit the ground, a broken steel pipe shot out and pierced one man's shoulder, sending both him and the pipe flying.
He almost died on the spot.
It was terrifying.
What kind of monstrous strength was that?!
Fortunately, the Chieftain didn't have time to bother with them. Its aggro was completely maxed out on Wang Jiu, and it chased her relentlessly.
The passengers, who had run for their lives to watch from another plane, were stunned. However, they still didn't know who was being chased.
They were too far away to see clearly. They only knew that the monster seemed to be injured and was furious; even from a distance, its roars were filled with emotion.
Wang Peng, who hadn't exercised in years, said breathlessly with a pale face, "I'd bet a truckload of cucumbers that's the young lady!"
The flight attendants: It seems you've called a lot of people 'young lady.'
The Chief Purser had been led along by Xiao Li the whole time. She was also exhausted now, watching ahead worriedly while enduring the pain in her body.
Even injured, that monster was terrifying, far beyond what any human could handle. But thankfully, it seemed that female passenger was very fast and should be able to shake it off.
But the Chief Purser soon realized her judgment was wrong—she wasn't shaking it off at all.
She was running forward, but her speed wasn't even that fast. Could she be injured?
That's right, she was wounded.
Both Xiao Li and the Chief Purser were certain the person was Wang Jiu, and they both thought she must be injured for her movement to be hindered. In that case, wasn't she in grave danger now?
"You guys stay here, I'm going over." Xiao Li felt that whether it was because she had saved him multiple times or because of her major contribution to their eventual escape, he couldn't just stand by and watch her face danger.
With that, Xiao Li ran out with his short sword.
But Xiao Li quickly discovered that before he could even get there, it was all over.
This is what happened: the Chieftain chased Wang Jiu, getting closer and closer, while the special forces soldiers chased it from behind, firing intensively. This caused the Chieftain's injuries to worsen, leaving a trail of blood on the ground.
Now, it was Wang Jiu who was the slowest. The creature smelled the scent of blood on her, which seemed to act as a stimulant. The ferocity in its eyes intensified, and its stride suddenly lengthened, like a burst of speed in a short sprint.
In that instant, it was only three or four meters from Wang Jiu. With that burst of speed, the spot where its raised axe would fall was... right on top of her!
At that moment, Wang Jiu reached out, grabbed the short sword she had previously stuck in the ground, pulled it out, and executed a clean side roll. Boom!!
The axe slammed down behind her, gouging a crater in the ground. As stones flew, Wang Jiu was already half-kneeling. She pushed off, launching herself forward—not to evade the Chieftain, but to charge its lower body.
She was too fast, while the Chieftain was tall, fat, and heavy. When facing an enemy much smaller than itself, it was like an elephant fighting a monkey. The monkey could get close and climb onto its back, but the elephant would have trouble attacking due to the limited reach of its limbs. Wang Jiu's current attack plan followed the same principle.
She was going for close combat!
Swoosh. Wang Jiu charged within its two-meter range. The axe, with its handle over two meters long, was now difficult to use. It could only try to swat her with its left hand!
With a quick sidestep, Wang Jiu dodged the vicious slap. She then stepped on its right foot, using it to launch herself diagonally upwards, landing right around its left knee. Gripping the short sword with both hands, she leaped and stabbed at the side of its knee!
Its lower legs were protected by a section of iron armor, so she chose the knee!
Before the leaping stab, she put her last attribute point into Strength.
And so... she didn't need to worry about how sturdy the short sword was. Her Strength was sufficient.
Schlick! The enhancement of 4 points in Strength allowed her to break through its skin armor with the short sword, boldly plunging more than half the blade in.
With its knee pierced, the Chieftain cried out in agony and dropped to one knee.
It landed with a loud thud.
Enduring the pain, it reached out to grab Wang Jiu, but she leaped up from its left knee onto its descending arm, and with another jump, she reached its head.
Seemingly sensing Wang Jiu's intention, the Chieftain panicked and swatted upwards with its palm.
At this moment, because it was kneeling on the ground and its body was stationary, Qi Dong and the others had already aimed at its chest and head, preparing to fire. But with Wang Jiu on top of it, they were more cautious. They didn't shoot directly at the head, but decided to concentrate their fire on its chest.
Qi Dong raised his gun, aimed at the existing bullet wounds on its chest, and squeezed the trigger.
Bang! A hail of bullets blasted into its back.
At the same time, Wang Jiu, who had already jumped onto the Chieftain's head, flicked her wrist. The Rookie's Dagger appeared in her hand. She gripped it with both hands, planted her feet on its neck, and stabbed down at its head with all her might.
The benefit of its small head became apparent—the length of her Rookie's Dagger was enough to pierce its skull and enter its brain.
Aargh!! Taking critical hits to its head and back almost simultaneously, the Chieftain finally let out a weak roar, different from before. The whites of its eyes turned blood-red. Then, its eyes rolled back, its body stiffened for two or three seconds, and it collapsed to the ground with a crash.
Wang Jiu, who was on top of it, lightly descended with its falling body, finally landing on the ground.
Coincidentally, both 'mini-bosses' she had encountered so far were far larger than her and held a huge advantage in physical strength. She could only rely on strategy to win.
It was risky, but fortunately, both the Mutated Python and this Goblin Chieftain had weaknesses. This was a characteristic of low-level monsters; the System wouldn't place a flawless monster far exceeding the current players' strength here.
Beneath its power, there had to be a fatal flaw.
And she had found it.
At the same moment, Qi Dong heard a notification from the System.
"Ding dong, congratulations. You have assisted in killing the Wilderness Invasion Dungeon's Level 2 Grey Monster, the Goblin Chieftain. As an assist, you do not have ownership rights to the loot. Please wait for the killer to unlock and distribute the spoils. If it is not unlocked after thirty minutes, you may request the System to elevate your ownership rights to unlock it. Based on current damage output, you rank third..."
As Qi Dong heard this message, Xiao Li also received a System notification, "Ding dong, congratulations, participant of this Wilderness Invasion Dungeon. The dungeon's mini-boss, the Goblin Chieftain, has been killed. During this time, you have killed a total of four Goblins. Participation: 5%. Rating: 2 stars..."
Wang Jiu also received a System notification. She was the one credited with the kill and was the dungeon's top MVP. Participation: 75%. Personal rating: seven stars. Overall dungeon rating: six stars, because several people had died.
So the reward was two attribute points. The overall dungeon completion was six stars, a 'Good' grade, which awarded one attribute point. Her personal seven-star rating also awarded one attribute point.
Two in total.
"This is harder than the Tutorial Instance. Is there no difficulty balancing for spawning on a plane?" Wang Jiu said.
From the looks of it, this was more difficult than the Tutorial Instance, but the rewards seemed worse.
Mainly, the way the dungeon started didn't exactly align with the socialist scientific outlook on development.
System: "The situation at the time was very dangerous, basically a level higher than the monster's original total scale, but this is not factored into the overall evaluation."
Wang Jiu had an epiphany—even if the way the dungeon started was so terrible it was like eight lifetimes of bad luck, there was no consolation prize. It was her own damn fault for being unlucky!
"Were there other interfering factors?"
System: "Yes. There were a total of eight new players among the plane passengers, but only three had any participation. This affected the overall rating, and it is also related to why your personal rating was only seven stars."
Five people were just freeloading?
She really hadn't noticed. They were well-hidden.
That made sense. Given the current accident rate, many people should have experienced and passed the assessment. Although the probability might not be high, the large population base made up for it. The reason there were so many players on the plane was also related to them sensing the change, assessing the situation, and being eager to return to the capital. This led to nearly ten registered players among the hundred-plus people.
Unfortunately, while those five people's judgment had kept up with the changes, their courage had not.
Wang Jiu didn't care about the others. She was considering the game dungeon's evaluation rules. "I remember the Tutorial Instance separated the individual and group ratings. Generally, the worse the group performs, the stronger the individual's ability. The better they perform, the higher the rating, because the death rate in the pioneer instance is higher. If my judgment is correct, then the dungeons have different objectives. The Tutorial Instance is for screening new players and is team-based, unrelated to the whole. But this Wilderness Invasion is different—under an invasion, you protect your own people and kill the invading monsters. So if there are too many casualties, the rating will be lowered."
System: "Correct."
The simple answer was a complete affirmation of her guess.
But the System also gave an additional hint.
"If this wasn't a Wilderness Invasion Dungeon, but a Wilderness Unknown Mode, based purely on damage output and participation, your rating would be at least nine stars."
Alright, she understood.
Although it had been incredibly dangerous and she had almost died, and the rewards were unsatisfactory, it didn't affect her mood.
The future is long; no need to fight over a single day.
This was what the Old Lady had taught her, and she deeply agreed.
Wang Jiu collected her two attribute points, but the System reminded her that the benefits of a wilderness dungeon weren't limited to just that.
"Loot? I'm unlocking the Chieftain's now. What about the bodies of the smaller Goblins?"
Just as the System was about to answer, the unlocking of the Chieftain's corpse was complete. In an instant, a pile of rewards exploded onto the ground.
Shimmering with a hazy glow?
At first glance, it looked quite impressive, but upon closer inspection, the items were a mess, like a stall at a rural market fair selling three items for ten yuan.
Not high-class at all.
But many people's eyes were glued to it, like Xiao Li, and those freeloading slackers.
They were all staring at the distinctly shaped items among the pile... weapons!
And that even more conspicuous small chest.
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