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Chapter 708 - 369

Chapter 708: 369

Within ten minutes of the full-city mission being issued in Dawn City, the first official strategy post finally appeared on the forum - "Dawn City Crisis (Benefits?) - A Simple Guide by Shadow God"

The post was written by the familiar professional strategy writer, Blue Eyes White Dragon, affectionately known as ’Dragon Mama’ by the players of Dawn City. With a large following, the post’s viewership skyrocketed as soon as it was published.

"This guide, written in the brief moments within my ten-second operations, will introduce the basics of this boss battle."

"Firstly, regarding stamina. As there’s only one enemy, everyone’s mission will be counted as a single fight, consuming only one point of stamina. Also, you do not lose stamina when you die in war mode, so there is no need to worry about stamina during the fight"

"Secondly, the rewards. Assuming you have obtained the Proof of Courage title, for every 12 attacks, you will die once, sacrificing a year of life span. In return, you will permanently gain HP equal to your total damage, 1.3 times the XP of the total damage, and one tenth of the reputation value."

"So, it boils down to this, whether it’s worth trading a year of life span for these rewards directly depends on how much damage your attacks can inflict on the Shadow God."

"Skipping the calculations, the conclusion is simple: As long as each of your attacks deals at least 1.65 points of damage to the Shadow God, you can ensure that the gains outweigh the losses. The higher the damage inflicted by your attacks, the more you will profit from this mission! If you’re unsure whether to participate in this mission, just log in, hit the Shadow God with your best shot, see how much damage you do, and decide whether to join."

"In fact, achieving 1.65 damage is very easy, even for players under level 10. As long as you have any kind of low-level damage magic, your single attack damage against the boss will easily exceed 2 points!"

"Also, the above calculations do not consider real experience. If you are at level 9-10, or 14-15, please ignore everything above. Before your life span is exhausted, just keep grinding this mission freely. The value of a single opportunity to evolve for free is incalculable!"

"In conclusion, except for a select few players who neither possess any magic nor high-damage attacking skills, and also have no hope of promotion, everyone else, please grind to your hearts’ content!"

"Just to note, this time-limited mission format of slaying a god is a first. The rewards are unprecedented benefits. If you miss out this time, it might be a long time before you get another chance. So, everyone, please start as quickly as possible, especially those who possess mid to high-level damage magic. I even recommend you to borrow life spans from others if possible so as to maximize the grinding. The efficiency of each of your attacks will be tens to hundreds of times more effective than usual..."

The actual content of this guide wasn’t much, but it did mention a key benchmark figure: single damage of 1.65 points!

With this figure, those players who were indecisive about whether to participate due to low life spans can finally make clear judgments.

In Dawn City, the majority of the players could meet this standard. After all, the first few groups of players who joined Dawn City were all selected, the lowest-level player was still level eight, and everyone had some basic attack tools available.

"Thanks to Dragon Mama, I only have ten years of life left, I hesitated about whether to grind or not, now I have a clear mind, I decided to grind until I have only one year left!"

"Damn it, it was said to be a town destruction crisis, how come it’s suddenly a citywide benefit now? Real envy from our neighboring Sun City."

"Anyone who needs a life-span loan, up to 100 years, borrow 1 year and pay back 1.5 years, settled within a month, guaranteed credit, instant settlement, fast transfer, ensuring you grind carefree..."

"Could someone open Dawn City’s teleportation array? I’m stuck at level 10 in City of Dawn for a year now, I just want to sneak in an evolution chance, please..."

"Forget it. All facilities cease operations during war mode. Furthermore, even if the teleportation array was active, it could only teleport a very limited number of people in a short duration before it needs to cool down. Are you sure you’re fast enough?"

"No more, we’ve got enough people as it is!"

"Yeah, the rate at which this boss’s HP bar is depleting is starting to scare me. In just a while, it’s already reduced by 10%. I managed to grind only slightly more than 80HP. At this rate, I might not even be able to grind 1000HP by the end..."

"Terrifying, all of you are savages! Grinding so vigorously, the Shadow God has to hold on, at least let me grind up to 5000 life!"

"Damn it, could you guys in Dawn City be any more extraordinary? The people in the neighboring cities are almost crying with envy!"

"Is it too late to apply to join Dawn City now?"

"Too late, my previous application sank like a stone. Seems like the City Lords are all busy grinding, they can’t be bothered with applications."

"Does anyone know where else we can find other gods? If there is any relevant information, please inform the City Lords of each city as soon as possible so they can take Sky City to search."

"I second that, these server-wide bosses are truly rare, we cannot afford to miss them!"

"Enough, Dawn City only managed due to the participation of some heavy hitters and ancient beings like the Octopus King to keep the Shadow God in check. Do you really think gods are that easy to deal with? Have you forgotten how we were wiped out before?"