Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

“I’m the senior,” said, “You can list out all the good things about that girl yourself, but do you think others are blind and only you have good taste? It’s unlikely that we outsiders will have a chance with her.”

“True, the boys in the elite class of their first year are probably not all idiots; they wouldn’t let others steal what’s in their own bowl,” his teammate said with a hint of regret.

Although he was rough around the edges, after several years of working together, he had come to understand his captain quite well. Seeing his captain’s puzzled expression when he mentioned pursuing that girl was something he had never seen before.

Unfortunately, no matter what plans they had, they didn’t have time. Pursuing a girl requires time; if you can’t even see her, who would be interested in you? Even if there was temporary interest, after not seeing you for a while, they might forget about you entirely, let alone remain interested.

So, apart from the girls around them, unless it’s a family alliance, they would have to wait until they reach a certain status in the military and gain some freedom before they could pursue their desired partners.

Ruo Manni, however, was unaware that the senior was daydreaming about her while she was happily playing dungeons with her friends.

It was unclear whether it was due to their strong abilities or the weakness of the small monsters in the dungeons, but whenever Ruo Manni and her team encountered small monsters, they defeated them easily; when they faced small bosses, they also defeated them smoothly, steadily advancing through the dungeon and collecting many mecha fragments from the small bosses.

Ruo Manni, using Dean Atchison as a contrast, truly showcased her luck as a “little red hand” or “lucky fish,” managing to gather quite a few mecha fragments from the rarely dropping small bosses.

This was in sharp contrast to Dean Atchison, who, despite his attempts, had come up empty-handed twice. Naturally, the team members were no longer willing to let Dean Atchison loot the small boss corpses: “Go away, your luck is better kept out of sight; you’re just wasting our chances.”

Dean Atchison, who was very fond of looting boss corpses, felt quite disappointed. In the past, his luck had been better.

Since they had been progressing smoothly, within less than ten minutes, they found themselves in front of the big boss, which was almost unbelievable.

Why was this dungeon map so simple? There were no winding, convoluted paths, no various levels of obstacles. The small monsters were only level five or six, and the small bosses were around level ten, making it easy for them to advance.

How could the small monsters in the dungeon be easier than the monsters they usually faced for leveling up?

But once they saw the big boss clearly, all their disbelief vanished. They understood why now. With such a powerful big boss, there was no need for any schemes or tricks in the face of absolute strength.

This big boss was a level fifteen boss. The leap from level five to level fifteen was significant, and the big boss had a clear level advantage over them.

“Boss, how do we fight it?” Su Forty-Three’s tone changed, and his natural pressure was evident, let alone the suppression from levels.

Hebrew Adam pondered for a moment. The strategy he had obtained did not include any information about the boss, so there was no strategy for how to fight it.

“Pandora’s Necklace, look at that necklace the boss named Pandora is wearing. That’s our target. It means we need to take her down to get the necklace from around her neck,” Ruo Manni analyzed.

Hebrew Adam considered for a moment and then said, “Manni, you have the most health and the fastest movement. You go first to pull the boss. Don’t engage her in combat, just draw her out and let her use her skills. We’ll observe her data first and then formulate our attack strategy.”

Without knowing the boss’s strength, they couldn’t just rush in and start attacking. They needed to assess the boss’s situation first.

Ruo Manni nodded; this was definitely the right approach.

Ruo Manni ran ahead, distancing herself from her teammates, and then used her telekinetic daggers to attack the big boss.

Ruo Manni expected the boss to dodge, but to her surprise, both telekinetic daggers hit. However, Ruo Manni couldn’t be pleased because the damage value that appeared from the boss was only 170 points. Compared to the boss’s nearly 50,000 health, the damage from Ruo Manni’s skills was hopelessly low.

After entering the dungeon, Ruo Manni and her team noticed an additional health bar on their attribute panels.

Ruo Manni had 9,000 health points and thought it was quite high; it was the highest among her team, with Hebrew Adam having only 8,200 health points. But compared to this big boss, their health was utterly insignificant.

After being hit by Ruo Manni’s daggers, the boss clearly became enraged and used a halo skill from her staff against Ruo Manni. Although Ruo Manni tried to dodge, the attack was incredibly fast, and she couldn’t avoid it in time, resulting in an immediate loss of 500 health points.

The boss’s damage output was three times higher than hers.

Ruo Manni’s daggers circled above the boss’s head and then struck again. This time, the damage from the daggers was even lower, only 120 points.

After attacking, Ruo Manni immediately retreated. Despite her quick evasion, she still couldn’t avoid the halo attack, losing 235 health points instantly.

“Let’s all attack it together,” Hebrew Adam said, recognizing the dire situation, and ordered everyone to launch a group assault.

If Ruo Manni continued to attack like this, her health would quickly deplete, and they would be teleported out with insufficient numbers to continue the fight.

Hebrew Adam slashed with his sword, dealing 210 damage to the boss. The boss’s attention immediately shifted to Hebrew Adam, who then lost 371 health points.

The other team members also attacked desperately, dealing over 100 damage points with each hit. The combined effort soon began to make the boss’s health bar show blank spots.

The boss’s health bar decreased slowly, but Ruo Manni and her team’s health bars were dropping rapidly. Even when the boss’s health was still at 40,000, it stood firm, trading blows with them.

Ruo Manni and her team couldn’t hold out, as within half an hour, their health was reduced to only half.

“This approach won’t work; we’ll definitely be the ones who die first. You all retreat to the edge of the attack range. I’ll put on the mech and attack the boss,” Hebrew Adam said.

Ruo Manni knew her self-assembled mech well. It added at most an extra 100 points to defense and 100 points to damage, which wouldn’t make a decisive difference.

However, once Hebrew Adam donned the mech, Ruo Manni discovered that he had equipped it with thermal weapons bought from the store. One shell hit the boss and caused the boss to lose over 2,000 health points immediately.

Ruo Manni said, somewhat dumbfounded, “Aren’t we supposed to hone our combat skills? Using thermal weapons like this, no boss can withstand it. How are we supposed to practice?”

Dean Atchison looked at Ruo Manni with a hint of disdain and said, “Do you think anyone can afford these shells? Each one costs 1,000 gold coins. Besides him, none of us can afford them.”

It’s a money burner, Ruo Manni thought. She fell silent; it was no surprise that the privileged class had money. If the situation weren’t so dire and Hebrew Adam wasn’t so eager to get the first kill of the dungeon, he probably wouldn’t have used them like this.