God-level Hero

While Da Fei was at his wits’ end on how to crack Medusa, the Mitsubishi Team were forcing themselves to perk up and continue pouring their Spirit into the legend of One-night City. Then the news of the failure at the European Union Zone’s Red Name Village cast yet another shadow over the Mitsubishi Team Members’ already poor mood.

Gunno Yosai felt even more on edge all over: "Captain, I’ve got a really bad feeling. What is Da Fei doing right now?"

Tsukamoto frowned: "What are you getting at?"

Gunno Yosai said in a low voice: "I’m thinking, since Da Fei could enter the Pandora Dungeon, there’s no reason to rule out the possibility that he can enter other instances, right?"

Tsukamoto’s brow tightened: "The Demon King isn’t his house servant. Why would he keep opening instances just for him?"

Gunno Yosai frowned and said: "I’ve been thinking it over and over, and I don’t think it’s the Demon King opening instances for Da Fei at all. Ordinary Hell players can’t even see the Demon King, let alone a human player. I think Da Fei might have met a Demon King Level Hermit underground!"

Tsukamoto shuddered in shock: "A Demon King Level Hermit?! Would a Hermit like that even exist?"

Gunno Yosai shook his head: "No idea! But we should prepare for the worst-case scenario!"

Tsukamoto suddenly came to: "Mr. Honda, go to the Demon King Hall again. This time you’re applying to enter an instance!"

"Hai!"

Tsukamoto’s train of thought cleared up in an instant and he added, "Just commit suicide and Death Return City! Mr. Yamada, you suicide back as well. Mr. Honda enters the Minotaur Labyrinth instance, Mr. Yamada enters the Medusa’s Eye instance!"

"Hai!"

With the two main members moving quickly, Tsukamoto’s thoughts became sharper and sharper: "I think we might have found a way to snipe Da Fei!"

Gunno Yosai instantly caught on: "Exactly! If Da Fei really can freely enter these two instances, there’s no way he’ll miss the chance to steal the fruits of our victory. We can ambush him inside the instances!"

Tsukamoto frowned: "Maybe we should consider asking the American Team to help again."

Everyone was surprised: "The American Team can enter our Hell Race instances?"

Tsukamoto said in a deep voice: "Guys? Don’t tell me even now you still haven’t realized what kind of accounts the American Team are using?"

Sly God said heavily: "Rumor has it that when this game was just laying out its framework and hadn’t yet connected to the smart host, the United States developers were still using traditional GM accounts to log in and test the game."

Everyone cried out in shock: "Senior? You mean the American Team’s accounts might be the oldest GM accounts?"

Sly God shook his head and said solemnly: "That’s just a sliver of rumor that circulated among the upper echelons of the industry in the early days. I can’t confirm it, and you all shouldn’t pry."

Tsukamoto’s eyelid twitched: "We’ll know once we go ask them. I’m sure the American Team absolutely won’t pass up this chance to snipe Da Fei. As long as Da Fei dies once, just imagine how much gear he’ll drop!"

Right as they were speaking, the two members entered the instances one after another. Then Mr. Honda, who had entered the Minotaur Labyrinth, stared sharply and instantly noticed an anomaly on the main gate wall: "What’s this?"

The team Members were startled and immediately turned their eyes to the big screen, only to see that a brick on the wall was missing! Right, for these Japanese core members, they’d spent a long time studying this gate when they cleared this instance. Any tiny change to the gate wouldn’t escape their eyes!

The next moment, Honda stepped closer and cried out in alarm: "Words appeared above the scratch with the Divine Craftsman’s name!"

The whole team exploded: "It’s Da Fei!"

Tsukamoto was both shocked and delighted: "Contact the American Team immediately! Report our current situation to them."

"Hai!"

Gunno Yosai was wildly excited: "Should we send our own members in to lie in ambush too?"

Tsukamoto thought for a brief moment and quickly issued arrangements: "Our people should get ready first! If the American Team can’t come, we’ll have to rely on ourselves. If the American Team is willing to come, with their temperament, they won’t need us to take the field."

"Got it!"

Right now, while the Mitsubishi Team waited for the American Team’s reply, they were immersed in excited and awestruck discussion. Excited, because their chance to take revenge had finally come. Awestruck, because how had Da Fei managed to trigger a change in those scratches that the Mitsubishi Team had racked their brains over back then? And what did that missing brick mean?

But no matter what it meant, as long as Da Fei hadn’t fully cleared the instance, the Mitsubishi Team still had a chance! Maybe this would instead become Mitsubishi’s opportunity to seize Da Fei’s成果—Hunter and prey can always switch roles.

Meanwhile, in the other instance, Medusa’s Eye, Mr. Yamada, who was searching around, was constantly reporting his progress: "No anomalies discovered!"

"No anomalies discovered!"

"Still nothing..."

It was only natural that there were no anomalies in the Medusa Dungeon. The Mitsubishi Team Members had the difficulty of this Medusa Dungeon etched into their bones. Even though the Mitsubishi Team had pushed forward to Medusa by sacrificing themselves to build a stone-turned human wall, once they got close enough to Medusa, her petrification chance became terrifyingly high, basically close to a 100% guaranteed hit!

However, the Mitsubishi Team had the Knight of Misfortune! Under the Absolute Misfortune that the Knight of Misfortune maintained for a full month back then, Medusa’s petrification chance was reduced to the lowest possible level. That was the Mitsubishi Team’s secret to clearing it with an S rating. It’s no exaggeration to say that without the Knight of Misfortune, the Mitsubishi Team simply couldn’t imagine how to beat this instance. Maybe they’d have to wait until level 70 and come back a year or two later.

But once Medusa died, she turned into a statue and was no longer affected by luck. Even the Knight of Misfortune’s Absolute Misfortune had no effect. The Mitsubishi Team tried every method they could think of, yet still couldn’t step forward to examine the corpse. With no other choice, they scoured every corner of the stone cave and still didn’t find any entrance to a hidden area. They could only stop just short of a Mythical Level clear.

Just as Tsukamoto was sighing over the past, Mr. Yamada suddenly cried out: "An anomaly!"

Every team member’s heart skipped a beat as they hurriedly looked up at the big screen. Behind the petrified human wall on the screen, an extra human player statue had suddenly appeared—on tiptoes, peeking at Medusa, with a hilariously frozen look of shocked disbelief on its face, fixed for eternity!

"It’s Da Fei!"

At that moment, all the Mitsubishi Team Members burst into laughter: "So the legendary Da Fei is just like this after all!"

Tsukamoto laughed uproariously: "Now you know how nasty the Medusa Dungeon is, huh? Take a screenshot of Da Fei’s statue and send it to the American Team!"

"Hai!"

Tsukamoto rubbed his hands together, hyped to the extreme: "With Da Fei taking a loss in the Medusa Dungeon, he’ll definitely go all out to攻略 the Labyrinth instance. He might be inside the Labyrinth right now, and we’ve already fully mapped it. Da Fei is just a lab rat that walked into the maze—nowhere to run!"

Right then, a member reported in delight: "Reporting, Captain, the American Team has agreed to deploy!"

They’d done it! The entire Mitsubishi Command Center erupted in cheers.

Tsukamoto merely gave a cold smile: "Looks like the American Team really are GM accounts."

Sly God said in a low voice: "Don’t sweat those details. Some things, even if you know, you have to pretend you don’t. Otherwise the consequences are serious."

"Hai, Senior, you’re right."

Mr. Yamada asked again: "Captain, do I keep monitoring in this Medusa Dungeon, or pull out? If I keep watch here and Da Fei refuses to give up and shows up again, I’m no match for him. I’m afraid I’ll just alert him and mess up the ambush operation in the Labyrinth."

Tsukamoto frowned, pondering for a while without making up his mind, then asked Sly God: "Senior, what do you think?"

Sigh, he’s still a new captain. Can’t do without me yet! Sly God coughed dryly, playing the old hand: "I think Mr. Yamada’s concern makes sense. This Medusa Dungeon was designed by the Greece script team from the European Union Zone. You should have noticed that the actual difficulty of this instance is even higher than Pandora’s Box, right? This should be a real God-level difficulty. It’s possible that after our Japan dev team抢了 the Pandora’s Box production rights, they spitefully cranked up the difficulty in retaliation."

Tsukamoto nodded: "Exactly. This Medusa’s Eye is nothing but a brutal player suppression design, making all player skill and team comp meaningless. It really is a shoddy work from the European Union Zone."

Sly God nodded: "So we should have confidence in this instance. There’s no way Da Fei can handle it. We’d better not disturb him, so we don’t waste the American Team’s setup. That’s what really matters."

"Understood. Mr. Yamada, exit the instance."

"Hai!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)