Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Adela was about to explode, but Benning's care and help for her over the past few days flashed through her mind, and then her anger disappeared.

Unbelievably, Adela suddenly understood Banning's intention. This guy was pretending to be indifferent. His real intention was not to implicate her or embarrass her...!

"Humph, you said you didn't want this, don't regret it."

So, Adela stopped forcing herself and turned aside pretending to be angry. In fact, she had already made up her mind that after leaving the "Tower", she would definitely help Benning and the others as long as they needed her.

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Jiang Ran saw Adela's transformation, and all of this was part of his plan.

A very representative point of the Stockholm effect is that the hostages will in turn consider the hostage-taker and take the initiative to provide help to the hostage-taker.

When Adela behaved in this way, it meant that she had accepted and understood the difficulties of Banning in holding her hostage, and no longer held any hostility towards him.

In this way, it becomes possible to develop other "feelings" on this basis.

8.124 - No solution

(What's missing now is... a crucial 'moment'.)

Jiang Ran watched Adela pretend to leave in anger and did not chase after her.

Each of them pretended to dislike and ignore the other. This was a tacit understanding between them that they didn't want to reveal to each other.

Then, another problem Jiang Ran needed to solve was how he and Adela should break into the boss room of the fourth level.

As for the monsters wandering in the fourth level, Jiang Ran can adopt guerrilla warfare and clean them all up through various dirty tricks or even similar methods like exploiting bugs.

However, there is no loophole in the level boss's room. Yesterday in the boss's room on the third floor left Jiang Ran with a good lesson: starting from the third floor, the level boss's room will be locked by a magic barrier.

Therefore, as soon as they enter the room of the class leader, they can only fight to the death, with no possibility of taking shortcuts.

In addition, Jiang Ran was unable to reuse the "reckless fighting style" he used in the boss room on the third floor, because the monsters on the fourth floor had too many control skills.

Apart from anything else, the range control skills of the Skeleton General and the Skeleton Ice and Fire Mage alone are enough to give Jiang Ran a hard time.

As long as they cooperate a little, they can control Jiang Ran to death. Even if they fail to control Jiang Ran, as long as they can control Adela, Jiang Ran will not be able to turn a blind eye, which is equivalent to controlling Jiang Ran in disguise.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Ran bringing Adela to join the battle can be said to be a "negative benefit"... if he can't find another way to cooperate.

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Due to time constraints, Jiang Ran could no longer think slowly as before. Instead, he had to clear out the monsters wandering around the fourth floor while considering the possibility of Adela as a teammate.

In the previous battle, Jiang Ran positioned Adela as a "monster gatherer + last hitter", which corresponds to her two skills "Septic Blood Clone" and "Septic Blood Flying Blade".

In the next battle on the fourth level, Adela can still play these two roles, but the effect of the "Black Jade Ring" cannot be applied to the boss of the fourth level, because according to the previous rules, this guy must be as high as level 200, level .

Once this fifth-level boss sets his hatred on Adela, she will have no way to save her life, so the strategy of letting Adela show up is no longer feasible.

And if Jiang Ran were to fight alone, it would also be very dangerous.

The duel will undoubtedly develop into a tightrope walk. As long as Jiang Ran makes any mistake, death will be waiting for him.

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After clearing out some monsters, Jiang Ran returned to the third floor to rest.

As a byproduct of defeating the monsters, he also carried back some of the monsters' equipment.

Compared with the equipment of the monsters on the third level, the equipment of the monsters on the fourth level are all of a higher grade.

The Skeleton General's "Skull Hammer" has a 15% chance of sending a shockwave with each attack, knocking down other targets within three meters.

The Skeleton Berserker's "Long-Handled Black Battle Axe" inflicts a "Bleeding" status upon hitting an enemy, causing them to lose 1% of their health per second for five seconds. This status cannot be stacked.

The Skeleton Ice and Fire Mage's "Deadwood Staff" has a passive effect that reduces the mana consumption of all spells cast by the wearer by 10%;

Finally, there is the Skeleton Archery Master's "Bone Shortbow". This bow can add an "explosion" effect to arrows, causing the shot arrows to automatically explode after a certain period of time, causing area damage.

Jiang Ran had originally hoped to find a breakthrough with these pieces of equipment, wondering if there might be equipment that looked unremarkable but actually suited him or Adela perfectly...

But the actual result was stuck at the boundary that made Jiang Ran most helpless.

These equipments are somewhat useful, but not very effective, and cannot become the breakthrough that Jiang Ran wants.

To truly achieve an effective method, something more "special" is needed...

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"Are these the equipment for fourth-tier monsters?"

While Jiang Ran was still thinking, Adela appeared from the side.

Jiang Ran replied casually, "Yeah," and prepared to go up to the fourth floor again to "clean up" the monsters, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered that Adela's manufacturing profession was "Bowsmith".

In this "tower" without any tools or equipment, can Adela's craftsmanship create new possibilities?

"Banning, these equipment...can I do whatever I want with them?"

Adela's question coincided with Jiang Ran's idea. He readily agreed to Adela's request and also moved out the other monster equipment he had collected before.

There are indeed no tools or equipment in this "tower", but Jiang Ran can definitely provide enough of various samples.

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After a brief communication, Adela began to tinker with the monsters' equipment with great interest, while Jiang Ran went up to the fourth floor again. This time, he fought his way to the room of the level leader and "cleared" all the monsters on the entire floor.

Unlike the boss rooms on the first to third floors, the boss room on the fourth floor is a real room with a closed door.

Therefore, just standing outside the door, there is no way to know what is going on inside.

However, if he pushed the door open and went in, he would most likely be trapped in the boss's room by the magic barrier. Therefore, Jiang Ran tried several methods.

First, he used the most primitive "destruction method", and the result was that the two doors were invulnerable to swords and guns, as if their existence itself was the "rule".

Then, Jiang Ran tried the "indirect door opening method", which was to find something like a long pole and try to push the door open from a distance without entering the room himself. As a result, the door remained motionless.

Finally, Jiang Ran had no choice but to summon a shadow clone to see if this existence between "human" and "non-human" could meet the conditions for "opening the door". Unexpectedly, he actually pushed the door open smoothly!

However, Jiang Ran was immediately dumbfounded, because after pushing open the door, he found a black curtain inside, hiding the lineup of monsters in the boss's room.

In order to see the truth inside, the shadow clone must continue to move forward. In this way, the magic barrier at the door of the room will most likely be closed.

(It seems this is a "gather first, then confirm departure" design... This boss room on the last floor is really sophisticated.)

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In terms of a sense of ceremony, the fourth-tier leader's room was indeed packed, but as for the final result, it was not difficult for Jiang Ran.

As the shadow clone walked into the boss's room, the black curtain disappeared, and the monsters waiting in the room appeared. Then, the door to the room was blocked by a magic barrier.

Jiang Ran could clearly see the monsters in the room through the magic barrier. In addition to the four known skeleton monsters, there was also a tall and thin skeleton swordsman standing quietly in the center of the room.

Don't be fooled by its unremarkable appearance. Just its name in the identification information is enough to make Jiang Ran gasp.

8.125 - Disappointment and Hope

The tall and thin skeleton swordsman was wearing a tattered gray cloak and only an empty wooden scabbard hanging around his waist.

It stood there alone, as if the other twenty-four skeleton monsters around it had nothing to do with it.

If Jiang Ran did not have the ability to identify, and if this guy did not stand in a core position, Jiang Ran would never have guessed that this seemingly ordinary skeleton swordsman actually had the strength to become the leader of a class.

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Skeleton King's former swordsman, nameless, genderless, 0 years old

Skeleton King Ex-Swordsman - Lv200

Skill: 5 / 5

Vitality: 12500

Stamina: 13800

Mana: 13500

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The reason why Jiang Ran took a deep breath just now was because the three words "Skeleton King" had a very strong deterrent power, but fortunately, this was just the prefix of this guy's racial combat profession and had no direct relationship with the Skeleton King.

If it was the being called "Leoric", it should be on a higher floor.

But then again, anyone who can wield a sword in front of the Skeleton King is definitely not an ordinary person.

Whether it's the rank of 5 at level 200 or the balanced development values, these are very telling... Especially the "Endurance" item. For over points of Endurance, it corresponds to over points of Speed, Dodge, and Hit.

Four thousand points, what does that mean? This means all three values ​​are more than twice Jiang Ran's.

When the difference between these three values ​​is so large, it means that Jiang Ran can't hit the target with his attack and can't dodge. As long as he fights head-on, he has no chance of winning.

Under such a huge numerical crush, most tactics and strategies are difficult to be effective.

As expected of a fifth-rank swordsman...

Jiang Ran sighed, feeling fortunate that the person in the leader's room was only a copy of his own shadow.

With the appearance of the shadow clone, the monsters were alarmed.

Before any other monsters could make a move, the "Former Swordsman of the Skeleton King" in the center of the formation had already taken a step forward.

It was just a matter of a split second before Jiang Ran could even see the guy's movements before the shadow clone was cut in half.

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(Knife... Where did the knife come from?)

Jiang Ran looked at the scabbard on the waist of the "Nameless Swordsman", which was still empty. However, judging from the way the shadow clone died, there was no doubt that it was hit by a knife-like weapon.

Subconsciously, Jiang Ran immediately checked the status value of the "Nameless Swordsman" again and found that its endurance suddenly decreased by a thousand points.

Generally speaking, stamina decreases linearly and gradually, but a sudden decrease like this is more like it is consumed when using a "skill".

However, strangely enough, the magic power of the "Nameless Swordsman" is still full.

(Could it be that this skill only consumes stamina and not mana?)

Jiang Ran really wanted to steal the skills of the "Nameless Swordsman" at this time to see for himself, but unfortunately, the distance between them was too far and Jiang Ran could not even reach the other person's shadow.

With the death of the shadow clone, the black curtain in the boss's room began to slowly descend, and the "Nameless Swordsman" turned around and walked back to where it had originally stood.

When the black curtain fell completely, the magic barrier on the door was automatically lifted, and the opened door closed automatically.

At this point, the class leader's room was like it had never been disturbed, quietly waiting for the next batch of challengers to enter.

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The boss room on the fourth floor is difficult.

Even fighting the boss alone is difficult.

And the most troublesome thing is that the monster with the strongest desire to attack is actually the strongest boss.

In this way, Jiang Ran has no chance to take advantage of the situation.

(Let's try another suicide attack.)

Jiang Ran did what he said. This time, he asked the shadow clone to bring in the "Bone Shortbow" and the "Skull Hammer". As soon as he entered the room, before the black curtain was drawn, he immediately shot arrows at where the monsters were probably standing.

After shooting all the arrows in one breath, the shadow clone, holding the skeleton hammer in his hand, rushed towards the monsters with a fearless attitude. At this time, the black curtain had just been pulled up a little bit.

But at this moment, history repeated itself. Before the shadow clone could swing its hammer, it was cut into two pieces by the "Unknown Swordsman".

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Jiang Ran was not surprised by this result, because the original intention of his second attempt was not to cause much damage.

What he really wanted to see was the changes in the monsters' numerical values.

After observation, Jiang Ran discovered a very cruel fact. He noticed that as soon as the battle in the boss's room was over, the vitality, endurance and magic power consumed by these monsters would be restored immediately.

This means that it is not feasible to consume the monsters' status through shadow clones, and as for launching long-range attacks from outside the boss's room, they will be directly blocked by the magic barrier.

By the way, after the magic barrier was formed, Jiang Ran was unable to use the "Shadow Escape Step" to enter and exit the room of the class leader.

To sum up, there is no opportunity to attack the room of the leader of this class so far.

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