Super Righteous Player
Chapter 206 - 204: Surprised, Aren’t You? Grandpa Can Revive_1

Chapter 206: Chapter 204: Surprised, Aren’t You? Grandpa Can Revive_1

"When you see your breath suddenly turn white without any warning, you should know... this is a ritual of the Lady of Silence, ’Call of the Soul Eater’."

Annan noticed that Lin Yiyi and Delicious Wind Goose were both streaming live, so he perfectly played the role of an NPC responsible for explaining.

With a grave expression on his face, he spoke solemnly to the camera, "The strength of the Soul Eater is equivalent to a soul hunter of the top silver rank without any Curse Binding or curses. It possesses the abilities of hunters and stealth monsters of the silver rank and can freely use many spells from the Disabling School wizards of the silver rank..."

"—Tan Juan!"

Salvatore, mindful that they were on the street, could only shout Annan’s alias loudly, "Watch out for blind spots, the Soul Eater has stealth abilities—"

But this was futile.

Before he could finish his sentence, a thicker white Mist enveloped the whole street.

The chillingly cold air was oppressive, making it difficult to move and even laying a layer of frost on one’s hair. The strong, strange smell that filled the Mist could also overwhelm those with a keen sense of smell.

Salvatore’s expression became a bit strange.

This smell...

It was like the smell of seafood that had been frozen for a long time...

After fulfilling his duty as an NPC for the instance, Annan immediately stood still and closed his eyes, activating "Creator’s perspective."

This was also one of Annan’s back-end privileges.

But because it was rare to encounter enemies with stealth abilities, this power was almost ornamental...

Annan’s view was pulled to the sky in an instant, and he could see everything on the ground without obstruction.

He instantly noticed that the coverage of the ritual "Untouched Heart Sings" was not very large. It only covered the whole area of Roth Fort... plunging the entire Roth Fort into absolute Silence.

...Which meant.

The Church of the Rotting Husband actually cared about the death and injury of civilians... as well as the leakage of the Transcendent world?

Annan found this somewhat laughable in an instant.

Are they... really treating the Kingdom of Noah as their home?

Were they even considering the King’s interests, making preparations in advance, planning to eradicate the impact completely?

However, their arrangements did benefit Annan.

At least Annan didn’t have to worry about accidentally harming the civilians coming to watch the excitement...

He couldn’t control the civilians from coming to spectate.

And Annan was sure that if the civilians were not pressed into their dreams, there would definitely be people crowding in to see the excitement...

As Annan zoomed in with "Creator’s perspective," he indeed saw a monster moving slowly.

It resembled a lizard, about one and a half meters tall, with an almost metallic, shiny black skin.

Only its head was very sharp and triangular, with a sharp and sturdy snout like a drill, making it obvious at first glance that it had a powerful armor-piercing capability.

It also had a very long, blade-like, sharp and flat tail resembling a spine ... seen from directly above, it looked like dragging a matt-finished large machete.

White Mist, silent killings, a large machete.

—Are you really Zabaniya?

At this moment, it was enveloped in a dense white frosty breath, soundlessly getting closer to Lin Yiyi, who appeared to be the weakest.

Annan probably knew how it chose its prey.

This "Soul Eater" was definitely intelligent... and bullied the weak while fearing the strong.

It itself had the strength of the very top of the silver rank.

Even though all four present were Transcendents of the bronze rank, there were gaps between Transcendents.

Annan and Salvatore were fully armed and looked tough to deal with. Meanwhile, Delicious Wind Goose was older, even bald, so he appeared stronger, his weapon already drawn and held in hand.

Among all those present, only Yiyi was female.

And she seemed to have just come of age, quite young. Even the sword at her waist had not been drawn, and she merely held a wooden stick in her hand.

That is to say, the Soul Eater believed that reducing the number of enemies by one before starting the fight was the best choice.

—And in fact, it was.

That’s why you finish off the most fragile member first when initiating a group fight.

It’s just that the problem was, Yiyi wasn’t actually the most fragile one. On the contrary, she was the only tank among the four...

Annan thought for a moment and decided not to speak up yet.

First, let’s test the attack with players...

He could guess that if he warned Yiyi, the Soul Eater might prioritize chasing Annan next.

I’m just an innocent NPC who entered the instance; you have to protect me first, so that I can consider tackling the boss later, right?

Annan didn’t want to shout "Why are you running?" and then draw the Soul Eater chasing right behind him to them...

He simply silently sent a temporary quest to the four players and opened their resurrection rights:

[Temporary Quest: The Undying Guardian]

[Quest Requirement: Before the "Timed Main Quest: Guardian" ends, resurrection requires no costs and is not limited by the daily resurrection count.]

[Special Requirement: The final reward will be issued based on the satisfaction level of "Annan Winter"]

Players were slightly stunned when they suddenly received the main quest prompt.

But before they could get excited,

At the moment Lin Yiyi was distracted by seeing the main quest,

Annan, from the Creator’s point of view, saw one of the three eyelids of the ash-grey vertical pupil of the Soul Eater close.

Then, it turned to bite its own tail.

Like a spinning flywheel—it swiftly sliced past Lin Yiyi from behind, vanishing into the Mist with a flicker.

Lin Yiyi only had time to let out half a scream.

She was bisected by the unexpected backstab!

The red flesh inside her severed corpse quickly turned into the dark red of rotting fish... before the upper half of her body even hit the ground, it had completely lost all signs of life.

Then her entire body turned into black ash and reformed.

She stood up unharmed at the spot where the lower half of her body lay.

Even her clothes were undamaged.

Soul Eater: ?

The merciless hunter, resembling a black matte lizard, clearly had never seen such a situation before.

It tilted its head in confusion, lurking in the shadows, pondering the scenario it just witnessed.

"Are you okay?!"

Right then, Annan anxiously called out, "Are you hurt?"

Upon hearing this, the other three were taken aback.

Only Salvatore’s shadow reacted immediately: "Idiot Saul, he’s trying to deceive the Soul Eater... to make it believe this resurrection is just a fluke.

"Just like you saw before. As long as Annan is alive, his followers can be resurrected at will—"

"Listen to me, Saul. Start preparing your spell, and the moment you hear her voice, cover her with your attack immediately!"

The shadow’s low, hoarse voice rose in Salvatore’s mind.

"How can I—"

Salvatore hesitated.

How can we attack our own people?!

He didn’t know if this kind of resurrection came with any cost!

And he couldn’t control his own firepower...

"Idiot!"

The shadow scolded Salvatore’s hesitation: "This is the most efficient way to fight!

"What if it turns to attack Annan? He doesn’t have the ability to resurrect! Or do you think Annan can withstand the Soul Eater’s attack?"

"... But I don’t have the ability to resurrect either, do I?"

Salvatore thought hesitantly in his mind.

"I admit there’s a gamble involved," the shadow said quietly, "but even if you don’t kill it, Annan can save you.

"But what if Annan makes a move and doesn’t kill it? Can you save Annan?

"—This is because of your weakness, Saul! You are weaker than Annan, so you must make your move before him!"

...You make some sense.

Salvatore fell into doubt.

His hand subconsciously reached for the Philosopher’s Stone behind his shoulder.

But I—

can stop being weak!

Salvatore quickly stopped hesitating, took down the copper pot holding the Philosopher’s Stone, grasped it in his hand, triggered the mechanism to extend the spike, and pressed it near his heart.

He didn’t intend to use the smell of blood to provoke the Soul Eater to hide. After all, Salvatore wasn’t sure whether in the few minutes after using the Philosopher’s Stone, he could locate the startled Soul Eater.

The moment the Soul Eater launched its second attack...

Salvatore was going to drive the Philosopher’s Stone directly into his heart!

"Miss Lin!"

Determined, Salvatore shouted loudly in coordination with Annan’s strategy: "Please be careful! You must hold the enemy back—but also be careful not to get hurt again!

"The power of Curse Binding is limited!"

Upon hearing this, even Annan was startled.

This senior...

When did he get so cunning?