A sailboat with full sails was speeding toward Cologne Island.
"Captain, we only have ten people. Are we really going to be okay?" said Elena, the player on the left, who had been killed by George: "That George not only joined the Peacekeeper Office, but he's also leveling up super fast. He might be just as strong as you!"
"George is definitely someone to be careful with," said the one on the right, who was Magic Eye Elden.
Both had been knocked offline by George. They had to log back in and level up again. But right now, both of them were already at level 26, higher than any other player on Cologne Island!
The other seven players on the boat were all level 27!
In the middle stood a female player named Sophia. She was also a mage, like Magic Eye Elden, and had reached level 30!
She looked at the Cologne Island appearing in the distance and smiled: "Just a newbie village player. As long as that George doesn't hit level 40, it's not a problem. As for the Peacekeeper Office..." She shook her head: "We've taken down plenty of Peacekeeper Offices. A small place like Cologne Island? We wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for setting up the Transfer Station. How many quests and levels did we miss?"
While the three were talking, suddenly, they saw dark clouds rising above Cologne Island.
"Captain, a newbie village boss!" Elden said in surprise: "Cologne Island has even got a newbie boss now?"
"Or... maybe it's because we're arriving, and that boosted the strength of all the players here?" Sophia said, her expression turning serious. She shouted: "Speed up! Log into Cologne Island!"
"Yes!" The other players all responded. Outside the sail, warriors and rangers used their skills to row faster, and the boat suddenly sped up, moving quickly toward Cologne Island.
...
"Kill!"
"Killing monsters!"
"Whoever gets it, gets it!"
In Cologne Island, in the streets of Ceylon City, the players who had just been running in chaos and fighting among themselves now rushed toward the little wolves.
It wasn't that they weren't scared of dying. It was because they saw George killing them one by one, making it look easy, and George's body kept glowing with light—either from leveling up or getting a drop.
So, George was in front, and no one wanted to miss out.
With other players in front, George kept killing the little wolves while moving straight toward the boss, Two-Headed Wolf.
300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters...
Roar!
The Two-Headed Wolf roared in anger and shot a huge flame that covered the whole street and came down.
But George sped up again, using Frenzy Slam, pushing his speed to the limit.
The flame hit George's back and he lost 200 health.
But it only hit his back. He moved even faster, running under the Two-Headed Wolf's belly, and got behind it.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
George kept hitting with the Dwarves Iron Hammer.
This was his real plan!
At first, the Two-Headed Wolf's huge body couldn't fit into Ceylon City, so it sent down a lot of little wolf copies to shrink its size.
At that moment, George understood. This was the chance. The real chance!
The Two-Headed Wolf was very strong. Fighting it head-on was impossible. Other players in other maps couldn't kill it either. But since players from other maps had left the newbie village, it meant the Two-Headed Wolf had a weakness. That weakness was… it couldn't fly!
The Two-Headed Wolf's tail was huge, sweeping and causing magical light to flash.
But compared to the Frostbite and fire coming from its head, it was nothing!
George also had the Bloodlust skill. Every attack healed him.
So, if he could dodge the tail sweep once in three times, the lost health would be fully healed by Bloodlust.
With Insight, dodging once in three times wasn't hard at all.
-200
-200
George kept hitting with the Dwarves Iron Hammer. The Two-Headed Wolf kept losing health.
After half a minute, and more than a hundred hits, the Two-Headed Wolf finally showed its health bar: 168,000!
Only 168,000 left!
The Two-Headed Wolf's total health was 300,000!
When the health bar appeared, all the players in front of the Two-Headed Wolf were stunned for a moment.
Roar... The Two-Headed Wolf roared.
In that stunned moment, countless players died.
"Run!"
"Mommy!"
"I don't want to die! Someone save me!"
The players on the other side were completely lost.
George didn't care. He focused on hitting the Two-Headed Wolf's ass, making it lose more health.
Crack, crack, boom, boom...
The Two-Headed Wolf killed the players in front of it, but didn't chase the ones who ran. Instead, it crashed into the broken, icy, and fiery houses, which were now very fragile.
Its huge body turned around and faced George directly!
George jumped high, and hit the Two-Headed Wolf's head with the Dwarves Iron Hammer.
Boom!
A fire dragon roared.
The Two-Headed Wolf's health dropped to... 100,000!
One third!
Crack!
The Two-Headed Wolf's body trembled and made a sharp, breaking sound.
At the same time, the dark clouds from the sky fell quickly, merging into the Two-Headed Wolf's body, and then landed... on George!
[Ping! Congratulations, host. You broke the Magical Cloud. Reward received: 1200 strands of Two-Headed Wolf Magical Energy!]
[Host currently has 1500 strands of Magical Energy. You can use all of it plus one Mana Crystal to transform into the Two-Headed Wolf. Do you want to transform?]
When the clouds disappeared, the Two-Headed Wolf... became one-headed!
Its body shrank by a third, completing the Fusion!
Fusion: After health drops to 1/3, the fire and ice two-headed wolf fuses. The Demon Flame disappears and becomes a new Magical Wolf. All stats increase by 80. Unlock skill: Berserk!
Berserk: The Magical Wolf's speed and attack speed increase by 300%. Every move leaves a shadow. When the shadow breaks, it becomes a storm of wind and snow. Players who touch the storm take 70-100 damage per second!
Roar!
The Two-Headed Wolf, after the fusion, roared and shot forward like a lightning bolt toward George.
Behind it, it left a trail of many shadows. Where the shadows passed, everything turned into ice and snow.
On the sailboat.
"Surprisingly, he managed to get the Two-Headed Wolf to the Fusion stage. He's really not easy to deal with!" Sophia saw the dark clouds disappearing in the sky. Her expression became even colder.
"Captain, do you think they'll kill the Two-Headed Wolf?" Elena asked.
"No," Sophia said confidently, shaking her head.
"Why?" Magic Eye Elden asked: "They've already taken away two-thirds of its health. It only has one-third left."
Sophia smiled: "The first two-thirds, if someone was in front of the Two-Headed Wolf, you could dodge and take no damage. But after the Fusion, there are shadows everywhere. If you get too close, you take constant damage. It's impossible to win."
"Then... Captain, how did we beat the Two-Headed Wolf?" Elena asked.
Sophia said, "Our League lost more than a hundred players to distract it. And more than ten mages kept attacking from a distance. That's how we beat the boss."
Elena and Elden were both shocked.
They had just logged back in. They had been following the older players from the League for training. They hadn't been part of the final boss fight. This boss was really that strong?
"Then..." Elena said, worried: "Captain, if what you said is true, we... we're not a match for the Two-Headed Wolf either!"
Sophia laughed: "You know, the leader doesn't know? I don't know either? If that's the case, why did the leader send me here? Why did I agree to come? Do you think I want to die?"
"Captain, did you get a divine item or unlock a hidden skill?" Elena quickly asked.
"You guessed right!" Sophia smiled, her beautiful face showing a smile: "At level 30, the third skill, I unlocked a hidden skill."
She didn't say what her hidden skill was. Elden and Elena didn't ask either.
But the two of them suddenly felt a lot less worried. If the leader and the captain both thought they could beat it, then they could.
"George!" The two of them looked toward Cologne Island together. "Your time is about to end!"
...
"Captain..." On a distant rooftop, Dorothy's voice was hoarse and full of worry.
She had been hiding on the roof, watching George all the time.
After the Two-Headed Wolf destroyed a lot of buildings, she couldn't move forward. She couldn't see George anymore. All she saw was the magical icy world built from the broken shadows of the Two-Headed Wolf.
A world that made you lose health constantly.
What's the captain doing now... is he still alive?
If the captain died, she didn't know which map he would log back into. How would she find him again?
...
George didn't hear Dorothy's shout.
Around him, the Two-Headed Wolf moved like lightning, fast and hard to tell real from fake.
Finally, the shadows of the Two-Headed Wolf slowly broke apart.
George... was completely inside the ice world built by the Two-Headed Wolf.
The Two-Headed Wolf showed its real shape. It growled in anger, making a low sound. Then it stepped forward and rushed toward George.
"Yes!" George grabbed a Mana Crystal and shouted to the system!