It often happened in games that the player and the BOSS contended for the same item, arriving almost simultaneously. However, after the player went through countless hardships to finally reach the destination, they found that the item had been taken by the BOSS, forcing them to continue tracking the BOSS to retrieve the holy relic...
Once or twice was fine, but almost all game plots being like this made Duanmu Huai unbearable.
Why?! Why could the BOSS always get ahead of me? We all started from the same starting line, but every time you come and snatch the finish line first? Can this be tolerated? Of course not!
"Haaahhhhhhh!!!" Duanmu Huai gripped his Thunder Warhammer, charging through the corridor like an out-of-control mud truck, knocking away all figures blocking his path—the nuns and priests who once resided in the monastery had now turned into zombie-like monsters.
Their eyes glowed crimson, and they lunged forward like mad dogs, arms outstretched. They were then directly knocked away, turning into charred corpses under the flashing lightning.
"Boom!!"
Duanmu Huai broke through the encirclement, glanced around, then grabbed the novice priestess. "Where's the divine artifact?"
"D-divine artifact??" The novice priestess's face was pale, and she shook her head desperately. "I, I don't know about any divine artifact…"
"Does this monastery have any forbidden areas? Places where people are not allowed to go?"
"Forbidden area… forbidden area…" Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, the novice priestess desperately tried to recall.
"The catacombs! There's a place in the catacombs. The Abbess said a dark secret was sealed there, and we weren't allowed to go near it…"
"Location?"
"It's, it's right below…" Hearing the novice priestess's words, Duanmu Huai didn't hesitate. He raised his warhammer and slammed it hard onto the ground!
"Boom!!!"
The moment the warhammer struck the ground, the entire floor trembled like waves on the sea, then instantly collapsed and shattered. The novice priestess screamed, falling into the deep pit below with Duanmu Huai and Olgis.
Duanmu Huai's hammer strike directly broke through the entire catacombs. The novice priestess only felt the wind whistling past her ears, scaring her so much that she could barely open her eyes.
Just as they were about to reach the bottom, Duanmu Huai grabbed the novice priestess, and the jetpack behind him instantly activated, spraying air to offset the descending weight.
Then Duanmu Huai landed heavily on the ground.
"Thump!!"
Standing in the dark and gloomy catacombs, Duanmu Huai looked up and saw a man dressed in black, wearing a pointed hat, and with a pale face. In his hand, he held a scarred old woman—from her attire, she appeared to be the Abbess of this monastery.
"Abbess!!" Seeing the old woman in the man's hand, the novice priestess screamed in alarm. At this moment, the man also turned his head, looking at Duanmu Huai in surprise. "How could this be? I clearly set traps and a death army in the catacombs…"
That's why I didn't walk, damn it! Otherwise, wouldn't I be annoyed to death?
This was why Duanmu Huai directly smashed through the catacombs. After all, in such situations, villains usually sent a bunch of minions to delay the protagonist's progress, and by the time the protagonist finally arrived, panting, the villain would have already escaped with the item… Duanmu Huai wouldn't tolerate this.
If you want me to follow the map, isn't it easier to just smash the wall? Who's going to play your game?
Duanmu Huai threw down the priestess, gripped his warhammer, and stared at the vampire before him.
"Olgis! Kill him!" Hearing Duanmu Huai's command, Olgis, who was sitting on his shoulder, leaped up. The threads in her hand shot out rapidly, instantly wrapping around the man's body.
The man reacted quickly. The moment Olgis caught him, his body suddenly split apart, transforming into countless bats that scattered and fled. But Olgis clearly had no intention of letting him go. Her fingers trembled slightly, and the next moment, the threads spread out like a spiderweb, enveloping the swarm of bats.
Then Olgis clenched her hand. With a scream, the bat swarm was instantly cut apart, most of them dying. The remaining bats instantly dissipated, transforming into a bloodied man who wailed and fell to the ground.
"Damn vampires, I hate you bastards the most."
Duanmu Huai held his warhammer and strode to the vampire, staring at him, then raised his warhammer high.
Seeing this, the vampire necromancer's face changed drastically. "W-wait, you can't kill me, I am…"
"Eat my road roller, ahhhhhhh!!!"
However, before the vampire could finish speaking, Duanmu Huai roared and swung his hammer down forcefully. The next moment, with a scream, the vampire was instantly blasted by lightning, turning into a charred mass of flesh.
"Trying to snatch something from me, you're asking for death."
Looking at the charred vampire fragments before him, Duanmu Huai spat, then raised his head and walked to the old woman. At this moment, the novice priestess was crying and kneeling before her, trying to heal her wounds, but unfortunately, from the old woman's condition, it was clear that she was beyond help.
"Ah… hello… noble Grail Knight…" Seeing Duanmu Huai approach, the old woman slowly opened her mouth and greeted him.
"Hello, I think you know why I'm here." Although by rights, Duanmu Huai should have first offered comfort and concern, and then proceeded after the old woman closed her eyes—but how many people had failed because of that?
It was better to be straightforward, complete the quest first, and then mourn later.
"Of course…"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, a smile appeared on the old woman's face. "Back then… we knew… this day would come… evil and evil… always attract each other…"
As she spoke, the old woman looked at the novice priestess beside her.
"Don't cry… child… the reason we are here is because we have the determination to protect all of this with our lives… I'm just sorry to have dragged you into this…" Saying this, the old woman opened her mouth, then reached in and forcefully pulled out a gem-encrusted tooth, handing it to Duanmu Huai.
Duanmu Huai took the tooth and went to the sealed door. He aimed the gem-encrusted part of the tooth at the groove and inserted it. Soon, the sealed door slowly opened, and Duanmu Huai saw a staff with a skull embedded in it, suspended in mid-air, sealed by chains.
"Phew…" Seeing this, Duanmu Huai breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was really afraid of seeing something disgusting like opening the seal and finding nothing inside. If that happened, according to the game's process, Duanmu Huai would then have to search for clues, then open the map, and then continue searching… How much time would that waste!
It seemed that, unlike many game plots, there were no more unexpected twists this time.
(End of this chapter)