Chapter 1743: 1743

Chapter 1743: An Old Familiar Face

Ruling Sword didn’t rush to get into the Instance Dungeon . In other words, they always took their time to enter .

After Naxxramas had been opened up for a while, the other clubs had already brought their teams to attempt it . At the same time as they fought, they fixed up their team . If they needed any potions or other roles, they could address that later . Anyway, they had over a 100 elite players, so they could have three or five teams and it wouldn’t be a problem .

The core of Lu Li’s group was the three-way alliance’s First Clear team . Although the rest also entered the Instance Dungeon, they didn’t have much impact .

With the three-way-alliance’s First Clear team, it didn’t look like Drizzle Court and Peerless City had to worry .

However, it wasn’t that there wasn’t any hidden danger . If they took their time, their First Clear team would become weaker and weaker .

The first Boss of the plague zone was the Plague Messenger Nois . He was a renowned mage of Dalaran, the same as Kel’Thuzad . He followed the summoning of the Lich King, and in the same way yearned for power . He agreed to use his achievements in necromancy and evil magic for the service of Scourge .

However, when Nois saw that Scourge had seized countless innocent lives in the third major war, he began to doubt Kel’Thuzad’s decision .

However, Kel’Thuzad quickly sealed up Nois’ heart with ice, blocking away any signs of mercy .

A man who was able to become the lady Faerlina’s husband would be one of the most outstanding men . This was certainly true . As the 7th husband of the lady Faerlina, the “Lordaeron Necromagus Association President” Nois Abrahams, had made many great achievements in researching and communicating with spirits .

There was a clear distinction between a Necromagus and a Necromancer . Before Sthe courge had been established, Necromagi had already been officially recognized by humans as an important role . By summoning spirits of those who had been harmed, the police would be led to who the real killers were . Historians would find Necromagi in the hope that they would have had conversations with eyewitnesses to uncover realities lost in the mist of time . Of course, not every departed spirit could be summoned out, and likewise, it wasn’t just anyone who could become a Necromagus . Before the Scourge invaded Lordaeron, there weren’t even 100 Necromagi in this kingdom, and every one of them had a good and peaceful heart .

Nois was the kindest and friendliest one of them all (note: to be a Necromagus you needed to have a pure heart, and the kinder you were, the higher chance you had of successfully summoning a spirit) . Within his territory, people lived peacefully, praising their kind and easygoing master .

“As the man that was Black Widow’s prey, his final end would only be death . ”

Perhaps Nois didn’t know about this common phrase . When he, who had been single his whole life, saw Faerlina, he could only stop and stare . Two days later, a grand wedding ceremony took place in Nois’ manor . At the same time that the people welcomed their beautiful mistress, they realized their master’s radiant golden hair had actually turned all white .

After a month, the power of the curse had come onto this peaceful land . Those spirits who had been cursed loafed around in the night . Unclean and undead spirits of lifeforms ventured out on the fields . Creatures of darkness would randomly launch attacks on people . All the while, Nois and his wife Faerlina didn’t take a single step out of their manor .

The people worked their hardest in these dark days, waiting for their master to save them . However, they ended up waiting for the plague and death .

When the manor door was opened, the Plague Messenger Nois emerged wearing a Scourge uniform . All that was left in the manor were just corpses of villagers who had died from plague .

“Get up! Fight loyally for your master!” Countless skeletons bore their way out from the graveyard, exiting out from the rooms and standing up from the fields .

As the saying went, even the strongest warrior can be seduced by a beautiful girl . Nois ended up becoming a Necrotic mage .

There were actually too many people like this in history . Everyone was too lazy to look down on their opponents, but actually, they weren’t qualified enough to look down on others . At the very least, those they looked down on could be cool by dying and still getting with the girl . This was much better than just being a dog stuck in a house .

“Glory to my master!” The former Necromagus had now fully become a servant of the Lich King .

Under normal circumstances, if normal damage wasn’t high, it meant that the Boss’ skills were extremely powerful . What the players were most afraid of were those powerful skills which often led to a team wipe .

Although it was only the Boss guarding the gate to the plague zone, not long after he came out, Nois had already made them fail once .

About 15 seconds after the battle started, he let out a group curse . Everyone within a 30-yard radius was hit with it . The curse persisted for 8 seconds, but the damage was negligible, so everyone took their time in getting rid of it . The result was that a few of the people who were affected ended up exploding .

That’s right – they really blew up .

They didn’t only destroy themselves, but they also killed the people around them .

“Ranged players, be careful of your position . Try to keep your attacks more than 30 yards away . Melee players, you have to get rid of the curse . Work it out yourselves,” Lu Li said . He pulled two more Mages in, so now there were five Mages in total . He also added in two Druids who could also dispel curses . This time, they would be able to remove it .

“I’ve got a curse-cancelling potion,” Hachi Chan piped up, as she reached her hand into her bag and took out a few potions .

She really had whatever was needed; she was even cooler than Doraemon .

However, there was a limited number of these potions . If they could help not using them, of course that would be best . As long as the Mages and the Druids didn’t make any mistakes, they could definitely guarantee being able to dispel the curse within 8 seconds .

This Boss definitely wasn’t the type that would stand firmly . About a minute after the battle started, he removed all of his own aggro targets and used a Blink skill . After that, he would use normal attacks at random before casting area-of-effect skills .

The first time they faced such a shameless Boss, everyone didn’t even respond . By the time they could, the team had already died .

Actually, attacking people at random with normal attacks was fine . Nois’ normal attacks weren’t strong, and even if he could kill a player by chance, this wasn’t a big deal . The key thing was that the area-of-effect curse was unbearable . Apart from the group curse, there was another thing that crippled the whole team .

This was a group speed-reducing skill with an even more ridiculous range . Azure Sea Breeze rushed over but failed to pull the Boss . This was because he was afflicted with the speed-reducing attack .

The way to deal with this was really simple though . Lu Li had the secondary Tank stand in the group, and as soon as the Boss Blinked, they would pull the Boss over . This would continue in cycles, and as long as they executed this cleanly, there would be no issues .

In the second stage, the Boss would run up the walls and summon smaller monsters .

The first time this happened, four Plagued Champions were summoned at once . They would cast a group Shadow Shock, dealing about 2000 Shadow damage .

After this happened, the Mages would tend to use Frostbite straight away, and at the same time, the Priests would Lock as quickly as they could . The Warriors who could pull one would concentrate all their firepower onto it and kill it as fast as they could . Then, they would move onto the next one .

The second time, there were four Plagued Champions and two Plagued Guardians at once . The guardians would cast an Arcane explosion and deal about 1000 Arcane damage . Since there was no Buff that increased Arcane resistance, before the battle with the Boss began, they would have to drink some Arcane Resistance potions .

The third time, there were four Plagued Champions, two Plagued Guardians and two Fanatic Constructs all at once . The constructs could Cleave and deal group damage – about 1400 to Warriors and 3000-4000 to other professions . They couldn’t be Stunned, Locked or Silenced, and they had little HP . Like before, four priests would Lock the Plagued Champions while the melee players would quickly kill the Plagued Guardians . Two Warriors would pull the constructs down and stay away from the group . Ranged firepower would first kill the Plagued Guardians before targeting the constructs .

After all of this, the team entered the third stage of the battle .

There weren’t any new skills in the third stage, so it was much easier than the second . There was just a Plague debuff . Those who received it would definitely die; there was no way to get rid of it . They could only roll away from the rest of the team, otherwise, they would infect nearby people with the plague . Five seconds after someone was infected with the plague, they would incur massive damage and would die .

This Boss likewise didn’t waste too much of everyone’s time .

First there were Stones, materials and Skill Books, and then came the equipment .

Nois’ Frigid Heart, a piece of exquisite Off-Hand Magic equipment, was taken away by Kitty Likes Meat in the end . Last time, she had received a magic sword, which matched her perfectly .

Libram of Light – this was a Libram only for Paladins . This equipment was positioned similar to where a Thief’s bow was . It was Darkness’, without a doubt, because it was perfect for a Tanky Healer .

The Band of the Inevitable was an exquisite magic ring . Finally, Lu Li saw something which could be considered interesting .

They most likely had achieved the First Clear with this Boss .

You could imagine the fierce competition for a ring that used magic, especially since Lu Li had used five Mages for this Boss . Who wouldn’t want such a powerful ring?

In the end, Lonesome Flower purchased it for 220 DKP .

However, the ring he took off to replace it was also in high demand . In the end, Azure Sea Breeze used 120 DKP to take it . All in all, Lonesome Flower only ended up paying 100 DKP for a valuable piece of equipment .

As a mage, none of them wanted to fall behind in damage output .

An old mage always had the pride of an old mage .

The Desecrated Girdle was used by Paladins, Hunters, Shamans and druids . Remnant Dream easily won over her enemies to purchase the equipment .

This Boss didn’t give out any shards or fragments or splinters, but gave out a quest item – Fate of Ramaladni .

Ramaladni was a warrior from the Brotherhood . Well before Silver Dawn was established he was a student under Mograine . When news of Mograine’s death spread, hatred and anger filled his heart and soul . He got out of his shelter and became a hunter for the Scourge in the Plaguelands .

Naturally, he was arrogant about his power . Otherwise, he wouldn’t be a hunter, but would instead be the prey .

The reward for this quest was a ring with Ice resistance . Any role could go and complete the quest and would receive an appropriate piece of equipment .

After Lu Li explained the quest, this item was bid for as a piece of Epic equipment . The one who received the quest item in the end was Deadly Gold Underpants from Peerless City . He felt like he really lacked Ice resistance . When it came to PVP against Ice Mages, he would lose much more often than he would win .

In this patch, Warriors were really quite embarrassed when pitted against magic roles .

All up, there were actually six items, so it should have been a First Clear .

The following Boss was that despicable Heigan . When they saw him, everyone laughed . At the battle of Tyr’s Hand, the Boss everyone faced was this one . Or, you could say, everyone faced Heigan last time, who was even stronger than in the Instance Dungeon . They had seen all his skills before .

What was different was that last time, there were more of them, but this time, there were only 40 people .

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