Chapter 52: The Sorrow of Amumu (Part 1)
Chapter 52: The Sorrow of Amumu (Part 1)
Entering the dungeon.
The first third of the dungeon is a vast desert, with scorching sunlight and sand swirling in the air.
At the entrance to the dungeon, Su Yu met the main character of the dungeon—Amumu the Mummy of Sorrow.
Amumu is a small mummy wrapped in grayish-green bandages.
At that moment, he was crouching in a corner, his eyes reflecting loneliness and melancholy.
Seeing Su Yu, he slowly approached and greeted him:
"Hello, adventurer. I am Amumu, the prince of the Shurima Kingdom. I like a girl named Annie... (omitted 100 words)... Now, we need to defeat an opponent to prove to Annie that I can protect her!"
After saying this, Amumu started walking along the only path in the dungeon.
Su Yu quickly followed.
After taking about ten steps, the first wave of enemies appeared before them.
Frenzied Mummy
- Health: 750
- Attack: 30
- Skill: Deadly Bite: Bites the target, dealing 120% damage and stacking one layer of Deadliness, refreshing the duration of the deadliness effect on the target.
Deadliness: Causes 5 poison damage per second, lasting 4 seconds, stacking up to 10 times.
- Passive: Resurrection: After death, immediately resurrects and recovers 30% of maximum health. Can only activate once.
Yellow Sand Soldier
- Health: 650
- Attack: 45
- Skill: Sand Charge: Charges towards the target position, making the next attack deal 150% attack damage.
- Passive: Heart of the Sand: Every 5 seconds, randomly switches targets and ignores any form of forced attack effects.
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The first wave of enemies consists of five in total: three Frenzied Mummies and two Yellow Sand Soldiers.
After reaching level 10, the difficulty of the dungeon's enemies noticeably increased.
The stacking deadliness effect from the Frenzied Mummies is particularly troublesome for tank classes. If damage-dealing classes can't quickly eliminate them, tanks can easily have their health depleted due to the stacking layers of deadliness.
The Yellow Sand Soldiers switch targets every 5 seconds and ignore taunts, posing a significant threat to fragile classes like mages, priests, and hunters.
In short, if a five-person dungeon team isn't well-coordinated or isn't heavily equipped, even the first wave of enemies can be a challenge.
But for Su Yu, these enemies weren't a problem.
The Frenzied Mummies couldn't even get close to him; he only needed to be cautious of the Yellow Sand Charge of the Yellow Sand Soldiers}.
The battle began.
The Frenzied Mummies let out eerie laughs, extending their clawed hands and shuffling towards him.
The two Yellow Sand Soldiers moved with incredible speed, launching sand Charges and transforming into two golden streaks that charged towards Su Yu.
Su Yu remained calm.
As the Yellow Sand Soldiers approached, a massive ice ring exploded outward from him, freezing both soldiers in place.
Then, Lightning Arrow, Lightning Chainain,Light142Chain, and Inn Fireball scroll unleashed a barrage,, unloading the soldiers with onto the them's bodies.
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The combination of two spells and two scrolls immediately brought down one of the Yellow Sand Soldiers with 650 health, leaving the other with only a third of its health remaining.
Su Yu cast two more spells, and the second Yellow Sand Soldier fell to the ground.
As for the remaining three Frenzied Mummies, they were still far from Su Yu.
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While Su Yu was battling the five enemies, Amumu threw his bandages to wrap around the distant Frenzied Mummies and pulled himself over.
However, his combat effectiveness was minimal.
Its attack only dealt single-digit damage, like -5 and -8, against the mummy.
After easily dispatching the remaining lesser enemies with spells, Su Yu and Amumu continued their journey forward.
The vast desert was not only filled with lesser enemies but also dotted with numerous massive sand whirls.
If a player's movement was off and they entered a sand whirl, they would be sucked in and instantly killed by the swirling sands. This had caused a lot of trouble for the initial players who explored this area.
However, Su Yu had cleared this dungeon dozens of times and knew the exact locations of all the sand whirls.
He skillfully avoided the whirls and cleared the monsters along the way, eventually reaching the first boss of the dungeon.
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The first boss of the dungeon was named Desert Emperor Azir.
At that moment, the Desert Emperor stood atop a towering pyramid, holding a golden spear in his right hand and wearing golden armor. His stern face gazed down at everything below.
Azir was the emperor of the Shurima Empire, while Amumu was a prince of the same empire.
However, the two were not father and son but rather enemies.
Amumu quickly approached Azir and declared, "Azir, I will defeat you completely! Only by doing so can I prove that I have the ability to protect Annie!"
The Desert Emperor shook his head in confusion. "Amumu, what strange logic is this? Why does defeating me prove that you can protect Annie?"
"I don't care, I have to defeat you!" Amumu was stubborn.
Then he turned his head, his hollow eyes filled with longing as he looked at Su Yu. "Come on, adventurer, you'll help me, right?"
"Of course."
Su Yu nodded and immediately launched a Lightning Arrow at the Desert Emperor.
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A massive number appeared above the Desert Emperor's head.
The Desert Emperor's hair stood on end in anger, and he began summoning Sand Soldiers.
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Desert Emperor Azir was a boss that required strategic timing.
In the first phase, the boss would summon 10 Sand Soldiers.
The boss himself, accompanied by three soldiers, would attack the players, while the remaining seven Sand Soldiers would run in a line across the vast open ground in front of the pyramid.
At the same time, Golden Crystals would randomly appear on the open ground.
If a player picked up a Golden Crystal, their damage would increase by 50%. If the running Sand Soldiers picked up a Golden Crystal, their number would increase by three.
If the players failed to pick up any Golden Crystals, the number of running Sand Soldiers would increase to 16.
Once the number reached 16, the Sand Soldiers would abandon the Golden Crystals and turn to attack the players, leading to a total wipe.
This mechanism was similar to the game Snake.
The line of seven Sand Soldiers was the snake, and the players had to compete with the snake for the Golden Crystals.
In a typical five-person party, a high-mobility class like an assassin would be assigned to grab the Golden Crystals, while the others would focus on holding back the boss and the three Sand Soldiers.
However, the boss had extremely high health, and if the player grabbing the Golden Crystals couldn't multitask and deal damage to the boss, it could easily lead to a wipe.
For Su Yu, it was much easier. He could now cast Flash three times in a row, and with his full set of movement speed gear, grabbing the Golden Crystals was no challenge at all, and he could still consistently deal damage to the boss.
Under the bombardment of his high-damage spells, the boss's health quickly dropped to 30%.
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Thank you, Xiaqia, for the 11,000 donation!
I've been very busy with the New Year, constantly entertaining relatives.
I'll be sure to add an extra chapter after the holidays as a token of gratitude!
(End of Chapter)
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