Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Thranduil took a deep breath, suppressing his displeasure.

"Kal'tsit, listen to me." He began to patiently persuade her, trying to keep his tone calm. "He can't fight a regional boss alone. He needs a lot of help. He just got promoted, how many people can he possibly know? Aren't you friends with him? You don't want him to waste this opportunity, do you?"

After sending the message, Thranduil waited for a reply.

Thranduil was in a very uncomfortable mood.

Yesterday he mocked the new Dragonborn in front of the guild members, but now he has to grovel and beg for help.

But the allure of the regional bosses is too great.

Legendary equipment, massive amounts of experience, reputation points—

What does face matter?

What matters is the benefits you actually receive.

A qualified guild leader should put personal emotions behind the interests of the guild.

Kal'tsit stared at Liu Nian's profile picture in her friend list, her face full of conflict.

She knew, of course, that Thranduil was telling the truth.

A legendary regional boss—how could one person possibly defeat it?

Even if Liu Nian is a great fighter, the mechanics of regional bosses are completely different from those of ordinary bosses—phase transitions, scene changes, time-limited challenges, none of which can be handled by one person alone.

Even if he's a great fighter, he can't take on a hundred people by himself, right?

Since he's going to find someone anyway, he might as well benefit himself instead of letting others benefit...

but--

Kal'tsit felt nauseous when she thought of Thranduil's words from yesterday and his arrogant demeanor.

Kal'tsit hesitated for a long time before finally sighing and clicking on Liu Nian's profile picture.

Anyway, let's get the message across first.

As for how Liu Nian chooses, that's his business.

Liu Nian was standing below the altar, sizing up the pharaoh on the throne.

Yun Xiangrong whispered from the side, "What should we do? It's a regional boss, should we fight it?"

Liu Nian hummed in agreement but didn't say anything.

The fight must be fought.

But this was the first time he had encountered a regional boss, and he wasn't sure what to expect.

He wasn't sure if he could win.

However, the system announcement had already sounded, telling everyone that the regional BOSS was near Graystone Fortress.

That means other players might discover this place very soon.

There may even be people already heading this way.

If I don't fight now, someone else will come and take it from me.

As Liu Nian was thinking, a message notification sounded.

Kal'tsit: "Um... there's something I wanted to tell you."

Liu Nian raised an eyebrow: "Speak."

Kal'tsit paused for a moment, then said:

"Um... our guild leader wanted me to ask you if you need any help? The regional boss isn't something you can fight alone, and since you just got promoted, you might not have many helpers. If you'd like, he can bring some Dawn members to help you..."

Liu Nian looked at the message and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He could almost picture Kal'tsit's expression when she typed that message—it must have been a face that screamed, "I didn't want to send this, but I had no choice."

That Thranduil, who ignored everyone yesterday, is now "helping"?

Have you no shame?

He thought for a moment and replied:

"Please tell your guild leader that you appreciate the offer, but I can handle it myself."

Kal'tsit: "Are you sure???"

Liu Nian: "Confirmed."

Kal'tsit: "That's a regional boss! Not your average dungeon boss!"

Liu Nian: "I know."

Kal'tsit: "You're only level 105...wait, how come you're level 114 already? Wow, that's fast!"

Liu Nian glanced at his level.

I just spent four hours grinding in the pyramid and leveled up from 105 to 114, which was really fast.

He didn't explain, he just replied with an "Mm".

Kal'tsit sent a string of ellipses.

He then added, "I know you're very skilled, but you really can't take down a regional boss alone! Seriously! I'm not lying to you! Someone tried it before; a top-tier player at level 199, relying on their strength, tried to fight a regional boss alone, but died in less than ten minutes!"

Liu Nian: "Oh."

Kal'tsit: "..."

Kal'tsit was silent for a few seconds.

Then he sent a message, his tone clearly helpless: "Alright, then be careful. If you can't beat them, run away, don't try to fight them."

Liu Nian: "Mm."

Kal'tsit forwarded Liu Nian's reply to Thranduil.

Thranduil's face darkened.

"He can fight by himself? What can a level 104 character use to fight?"

He practically shouted it out, startling several guild members nearby.

Thranduil took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and continued, "Tell him this isn't the time to show off. If the area boss isn't defeated within the time limit, it will disappear! Then you won't get anything!"

Kal'tsit's original words were relayed.

Liu Nian: "So what if they disappear? If I gain them, I'm lucky; if I lose them, it's my fate."

Kal'tsit: "..."

She forwarded the sentence to Thranduil verbatim.

Thranduil jumped up:

"Does he even know what a regional boss means?! Legendary equipment! Massive amounts of experience! Reputation points! He's a newly promoted player, he doesn't know anything, what a joke!! What a waste!! That despicable guy! That stingy guy!!"

He stood up and paced back and forth in the room, muttering curses under his breath.

The vice president, Anna, cautiously asked, "President, how about... we ask Kal'tsit to find out the coordinates, and we organize a group to fight it ourselves? Anyway, anyone can fight the regional boss."

Thranduil paused.

Yes.

Why would he lower himself to beg that newbie?

Why doesn't he just have Kal'tsit get the coordinates and then take people there directly?

"You're right." Thranduil sat back down and began issuing orders, "Go and gather all online members, those level 160 and above, assemble within half an hour! Get ready!"

Anna responded and turned to organize the guild members.

Thranduil hesitated for a few seconds, then opened the chat window with Kal'tsit and explained his meaning.

When Kal'tsit heard Thranduil ask her to extract coordinates, she nearly flew into a rage.

But Thranduil quickly reassured him:

"Kal'tsit, don't think I'm despicable! I'm not trying to steal his boss. In fact, the rewards for each area boss are calculated independently, and the loot is distributed based on each person's performance. The loot is sent directly to each person's inventory, and we won't steal his loot! If he can't finish the kill within the time limit, he won't get anything and will have wasted such a good opportunity!"

Kal'tsit didn't want to continue the topic, so while she verbally agreed to Thranduil's request, she didn't actually speak to Liu Nian anymore. She simply waited a while and then said, "Guild Master, let's leave it at that. I can't persuade you, and I can't get any information out of you."

Thranduil sent another message, his tone noticeably softer: "Does he have a problem with what happened yesterday? You can tell him I'm willing to apologize in person."