Chapter 60: Corpses as Cannonballs! Blasting Straight Through the Hidden Boss!

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Corpses as Cannonballs! Blasting Straight Through the Hidden Boss!

Another wave of monsters spawned in the sky.

A massive flock of dark birds swooped down from the night sky once again.

[Ironfeather Falcon King (Lv16 · Beast) ×500!]

"There’s more? Are there two different types of monsters tonight?"

John’s mouth twitched.

"These guys are nothing special. They’re much slower than those vultures."

He had initially assumed they were simply late arrivals.

But in reality, their stats were roughly the same.

Although John was puzzled, he didn’t forget what he was supposed to be doing and immediately issued another command.

"Keep going. Use the same strategy as before!"

Another wave of arrows and various spells poured into the sky.

Having just dealt with a wave of flying monsters, his troops were already familiar with the tactics required. The second battle went smoothly.

In less than three minutes, all five hundred Ironfeather Falcon Kings had been brought down.

Still, there was no system notification.

John wasn’t stupid. He immediately realized something was wrong.

Sylvie closed her eyes, and a beam of white light appeared above her head.

[Absolute Perception]

After a while, she opened her eyes, her brows slightly furrowed.

"My Lord, these birds aren’t spawning naturally. They’re all flying here from the same direction."

She raised her hand and pointed toward a particular direction.

"Over there, approximately fifteen kilometers away. I can sense some very strong fluctuations."

John immediately understood.

Sylvie’s skill could automatically detect all hidden resource points, dungeon entrances, and special opportunities around his territory.

If she sensed fluctuations in that direction, there had to be something there.

And whatever it was, John intended to investigate.

After all, if the waves kept coming like this, they might not even finish dealing with the current one before the next Beast Tide arrived.

"Interesting."

John’s eyes lit up.

"Sylvie."

"Yes, My Lord?"

"Stay here and guard the territory."

John turned around and headed down from the castle terrace, issuing orders as he walked.

"Ophelia, Raistlin, Bladeborne. Come with me."

"All Dragon Knights will accompany me. I’ll take half of the Frost Mages, Fire Mages, and Sharpshooters. The rest will stay behind under Sylvie’s command."

He continued.

"Bring all the Corpse Exploders as well."

"Understood!"

This was the first time John had voluntarily ventured out at night since entering the game.

There were actually two reasons why he hadn’t gone out at night before.

The first was simply that he was exhausted.

He spent the entire day leading his troops to fight monsters, level up, and explore the map. Even an iron man couldn’t keep that up without rest.

It was still a game, but eating and sleeping were necessities.

The second reason was—

At night, high-star wild monsters would randomly appear across the map.

During the early stages of the game, venturing out at night was practically suicide.

But things were different now.

Riding on Ophelia’s back, John led his legion through the night breeze toward the direction Sylvie had indicated.

Along the way, they encountered several monsters that only appeared at night.

Black-armored Werewolves, Shadow Spiders...

Before these creatures could even emerge completely from the darkness, they were greeted by Dragon Knight lances and Sharpshooter arrows.

-8,472!

-9,103!

Before they could even get close, they were crushed into pieces.

The army continued its advance.

They covered the remaining three kilometers in just a few minutes, with the Dragon Knights’ wings barely needing to flap.

John looked down from Ophelia’s back.

Their target was right below them.

In the middle of the vast wilderness sat an enormous egg.

It was approximately twenty meters tall, with a diameter exceeding ten meters.

Its shell was dark red, and some unknown transparent liquid flowed beneath it. Purple patterns resembling blood vessels pulsed rhythmically across its surface.

At the top of the egg was an irregular opening, pointed directly toward John.

Its appearance reminded John of a monster from a movie he’d watched in his previous life, the kind that burst out of a giant egg and lunged at people’s faces.

[Target: Incubating Colossal Egg (Lv20 · Boss)]

[Rank: Four-Star (Lord-tier)]

[Level: Lv20]

[HP: 400,000/400,000]

[Attack: 1,800]

[Defense: 1,200]

[Skills: Flesh Tendril Whip, Corrosive Spit, Orb Barrage.]

Before John could finish examining its stats, the giant egg had already locked onto him.

With a wet pop, dozens of thick, dark-red fleshy tendrils suddenly shot out.

The tendrils writhed like living creatures, flailing wildly through the air before lashing against the nearest Dragon Knight’s skeletal dragon with a loud crack.

-5,247!

The skeletal dragon staggered backward from the impact.

However, without an order from John, it didn’t retaliate.

Immediately afterward, a large amount of yellow-green liquid spewed from the opening in the egg.

The liquid hissed as it struck the ground, instantly corroding a large hole in the grass.

Above the opening, several dark-red energy orbs began slowly gathering.

"That’s it?"

John raised an eyebrow.

This boss’s stats were roughly on par with the dungeon bosses he’d fought during the early stages of the game.

Against his current army, it was completely insignificant.

"Dragon Knights, advance!"

"Sharpshooters, target that opening!"

"Fire Mages, burn the ground around it!"

"Corpse Exploders..."

John paused for a moment.

"Throw every corpse we’ve collected along the way straight into that opening!"

All two thousand Corpse Exploders simultaneously opened their lipless mouths.

Their bellies began to swell.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

One corpse after another, including the vultures and various nighttime monsters they’d encountered along the way, was hurled toward the giant egg like artillery shells.

BOOM!!

BOOM!!

BOOM!!

Every explosion blasted a massive hole into the giant egg’s slimy shell.

-14,781!

-11,092!

-18,674!

The giant egg let out a sound resembling an infant’s wail, its fleshy tendrils lashing wildly in retaliation.

-4,872!

-5,946!

-4,917!

The Dragon Knights weren’t intimidated in the slightest. They advanced directly toward the source of the attacks, driving their dragon lances one after another into the egg’s shell.

The Sharpshooters’ arrows accurately flew straight into the giant egg’s open maw.

Fireballs from the Fire Mages exploded one after another around its body.

Ten—

Nine—

Eight—

John silently counted down in his mind.

From the moment the Beast Tide appeared to his arrival at this location and the start of the battle, approximately fourteen minutes had passed.

As the clock approached the fifteen-minute mark—

CRACK!!

A fissure suddenly appeared down the middle of the twenty-meter-tall egg.

Then, with an enormous explosion, the entire egg burst apart, sending dark-red fragments and sticky fluid flying in every direction.

[Ding!]

[System Notification: Congratulations, Player "Tyrant"! You have achieved the fastest kill of the Fourth Night Tide’s Hidden Boss, "Incubating Colossal Egg"!]

[Time Taken: 14 minutes 47 seconds.]

[Server-Wide Announcement!]

[Player "Tyrant" has achieved the fastest kill of the Night Tide’s Hidden Boss, "Incubating Colossal Egg"!]

[Rewards being distributed...]

John waited approximately two seconds.

[Obtained: Hero Recruitment Scroll ×1.]

[Obtained: Four-Star Unit Training License ×1.]

[Obtained: Four-Star Unit Altar Stone ×1.]

[Obtained: Epic Resource Plot Selection ×1.]

"So there are still speed-kill rewards."

John nodded in satisfaction.

He had thought that because the battle had taken so long, there wouldn’t be any rewards today. He had actually been rather disappointed.

But that wasn’t all.

[Ding!]

[Additional Reward: You have defeated the Night Tide’s Hidden Boss!]

[Obtained: Epic Treasure Chest ×1!]

This particular reward wouldn’t trigger a server-wide announcement.

Only John himself could see it.