Chapter 7: Midnight Cat Demon

  Honor is directly supported by voice, and it's very realistic, just one channel: current. The distance between characters will directly affect the size of the sound, and the system has its own set of sound propagation calculations. There is no background music in the game, only real sound effects such as wind blowing and grass moving, which makes the immersive feeling extremely strong when wearing headphones.

  Ye Xiu was guessing that Moonlight Sleep was probably asleep, and he had also seen the system's prompt about the hidden BOSS Dark Night Cat Demon. Ye Xiu typed out a "heh" and then heard Moonlight Sleep's voice: "Speak up, why are you typing?"

  "Some people are sleeping, it's not convenient." Ye Xiu typed out the message and then pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, skillfully flicking one out and lighting it up with a tilt of his head.

  "Oh." Yue Zhong nodded in understanding and asked, "What about the others?"

  The other three people spoke in turn, and Yue Zhongmian first expressed his disappointment: "No beauties!"

  Amidst a burst of laughter, the team set off.

  Green Forest is a small dungeon that allows new players to get familiar with the game, how hard can it be? Moreover, Moonlight Sleep is obviously not a newbie, commanding all the way, killing very smoothly. Ye Xiu let Jun Moxiao start by casting two healing spells as a Saint, and immediately became a pure support after being used by Moonlight Sleep as a Saint. In fact, there's no need to use the warrior-priest-mage iron triangle strategy in this low-level dungeon, but Moonlight Sleep obviously got used to commanding in this way, completely following this route. He himself was the main T attracting hatred, the other three were damage output, and Jun Moxiao was appointed as the logistics manager.

  In the midst of the killing sounds and the mutual shouts of his teammates, the five-man team advanced in big strides. Ye Xiu's hands moved skillfully, his positioning impeccable, earning him lavish praise from the captain. Yet, Ye Xiu's mind was a jumble of confusion - when was the last time he had run a dungeon with his companions? How long had it been since he'd felt this way?

  Watching the little monsters fall one by one, Ye Xiu's mind was drifting, and he could recall a lot of things, the adventure in the Gusu Forest made him even remember ten years ago.

  That good friend who knew himself since the beginning of Honor, that good friend who stayed up all night to discuss with him the innovation and future of this game. He saw everything clearly, said everything right, planned everything well, but as a result of an unexpected update setting, dreams and hopes were all shattered, leaving only this unfinished Thousand Machine Umbrella.

  "You should have been the most talented and accomplished person...” His fingers lightly brushed across the keyboard, and with a flick of the mouse, Jun Moxiao added a reply technique to Yuè Zhōngmiàn's body. Just as Yuè Zhōngmiàn was praising this timely addition, Yé Xīu's mind was completely elsewhere.

  "Alright, next is the Dark Night Cat Demon." Moonlight Sleep said as he chopped down the last small monster in front of him. When Ye Xiu heard the four words "Dark Night Cat Demon", his thoughts immediately turned around. The hidden BOSS doesn't necessarily appear only after clearing all the instances, according to the system's guidance, sometimes it can be encountered halfway through a scene. And this time, for Ye Xiu and his team, the Dark Night Cat Demon was indeed about to appear.

  "The Dark Night Cat's attack has a chance to put people in a cursed state. But it's just a curse, nothing to be afraid of. However, this guy is fast, and I'll need some time to hold onto it. Everyone, start supporting each other for now, don't panic or get confused." Moonlight Sleep sets up tactics.

  Everyone nodded in agreement, and Ye Xiu didn't say much either. The words of Moonlight Forest were reasonable.

  "There is no system announcement yet, comrades. We may be the first to kill the hidden BOSS of the tenth district copy!" Yue Zhongmian excitedly encouraged everyone.

  "Advance." With a single command, the five of them continued forward. The already dim forest of Grin became even more somber as a dark cloud above blocked out the sun, and the sound of their footsteps on the forest floor was unusually clear. No one spoke, everyone's attention focused on their surroundings.

  "Yang Guan, don't always look up at the sky. It's impossible for a dark night cat demon to fall from the sky." Yue Zhongmian suddenly said this sentence. Glory is a first-person perspective game, and what is displayed on the screen is basically just a real human perspective. Due to the excellent details, when moving the perspective to look up at the sky, the character must lift their head, and Yue Zhongmian saw that team member Yang Guan always lifted his head to gaze, and couldn't help but criticize.

  "Haha." Amidst the burst of laughter from the crowd, Ye Xiu suddenly heard a rapid rustling sound coming from the woods. This sound wasn't footsteps, but rather the friction between a body and branches.

  "Here." Ye Xiu's eyes saw that typing might be slow, so he hastily shouted a sentence with his mouth still holding the cigarette! At the same time, his fingers lightly tapped twice, and Jun Mo Xiao turned around in one breath, already aiming at the direction of the Dark Night Cat Demon's sneak attack.

  Everyone saw Junmo's action and knew that this brother who had been silent all the time made a hint at the critical moment.

  "Everyone retreats." Yue Zhongyue shouted, but he instead moved forward. He wanted to make himself the first target of attack for the Dark Night Cat Demon.

  The other three also retreated to their positions, standing shoulder to shoulder with Junmo Xiao, and keeping a few paces away from Yuè Zhōng Miàn. Everyone held their breath, but the rustling sound of the Dark Night Cat Demon darting through the forest also stopped at this moment.

  "How..." Team member Yang Guan had just spoken two words when a black shadow flew out of the woods, accompanied by a sharp meow. The first strike really was aimed at Moon Zhongmian, who was standing in the front position.

  "Come on!" Moonlight Sleep was fearless, swinging his sword forward. The Dark Night Cat Demon was small in size and fast in movement, making it a challenging test for the players' operational accuracy. Ye Xiu had already seen the level of these four players, estimating that Moonlight Sleep would take some time to stabilize the Dark Night Cat Demon. He even suspected that he might end up taking over the healing process himself. But that was fine too; handling one Dark Night Cat Demon alone was more than enough for Ye Xiu.

  The result was that the sleeping person's product exploded, and this sword timing grasped was quite accurate. It cut off the dark night cat demon that was pouncing in mid-air, and then rolled to the side to avoid the cat demon's counterattack, saving Jun Mo Xiao from using a healing spell he had already prepared.

  In the dark of night, a cat demon leapt into the air with its sword, but reacted extremely quickly, flipping over and swiping again. Moonlight Slumber parried to the side with her sword, "Clang" a sound rang out as the sword clashed with the cat's claw, Moonlight Slumber slid back half a step, then immediately raised her sword for an uppercut.

  Beautiful! Ye Xiu couldn't help but praise in his heart. The timing of the sword guest's skill, Moonlit Sleep, was perfect, and the counterattack was smooth and effortless, showing exceptional mastery. It seemed that he had underestimated this player's level, which was actually higher than his own judgment!

  The moon in the middle of the sky, after a series of attacks, the cat demon floated in mid-air. Following a consecutive thrust, the ground cracked and the sword moved swiftly. Finally, with a ghostly slash, a dark purple blade of light was drawn out, sending the dark night cat demon flying away. This series of consecutive attacks made everyone cheer loudly. However, the moon in the middle of the sky did not dare to be careless for even a moment, chasing after and striking again with two swords, shouting loudly: "Open kill."

  The three output team members were ready early, immediately wielding their weapons and displaying the skills they had learned. Moon Zhongyan no longer dodged left and right with the Dark Night Cat Demon, but instead relied on Junmoshou's healing technique to resist it, so as to keep the Dark Night Cat Demon in a stable position.

  The situation is going well, the Dark Night Cat Demon was beaten by the waves of shouts in the forest, one after another. Everyone was very excited, and those three newbies had already learned the value of hidden BOSS on their way from Moonlight Sleep. The crowd was full of expectations to beat the Dark Night Cat Demon again, but Ye Xiu's heart had a strange thought at this moment.

  "Blood is red, treatment is up." The life of the Dark Night Cat Demon was quickly reduced to less than one-tenth, a state that players habitually referred to as "red blood". Many BOSSes have some new tricks when they are in the "red blood" state. Glinn's Forest is just a novice copy, and the BOSS doesn't have this special ability, but the Dark Night Cat Demon is different, it's a hidden BOSS, not having this ability would be unworthy of its title.

  However, the transformation of the Dark Night Cat Demon is relatively simple, going berserk and increasing its attack speed and damage output, so the pressure on healing during this period will be slightly higher.

  Ye Xiu estimated that his current level was around mid-month, at this time he shouldn't force himself to stay awake, just dodge a bit and finish off the one-tenth difficulty boss which wasn't hard to beat. But unexpectedly, this guy continued to stiffly resist against the Dark Night Cat Demon and even counterattacked with somewhat soft hands.

  "Has the blue gone?" Ye Xiu scanned the team's panel, clearly not the problem. So this month's middle sleep suddenly became somewhat unimpressive, and it seemed to confirm his previous thoughts. Just as Ye Xiu was about to speak up, he heard Zhong Jun's loud cry: "Damn, we're in overtime!!"

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