382: Rules of the Eternal Cold Forest

Chapter 381: The Rules of the Eternal Frost Forest

The BOSS of the Fourth Floor is a Level 68 Flame Essence Demon Fox, a considerably powerful fire element Beast with over a dozen offensive innate magic abilities.

It's worth noting that the Flame Essence Demon Fox is born without a tail, and grows one tail every ten levels thereafter.

The Flame Essence Demon Fox before them had already grown six tails, covered in dazzling demonic flames, and rolling waves of scorching heat poured forth, making the room feel like a furnace.

Whether Snow Elf or adventurers active in the Eternal Frost Forest, they are basically attuned to the ice element, which happens to be countered.

This Flame Essence Demon Fox's strength itself wasn't the strongest BOSS in history, but it had occupied the Secret Treasure Room of the Fourth Floor for several hundred years, defeating one challenger after another.

"You... are a shapeshifting Beast?"

The Flame Essence Demon Fox's sharp voice came, sounding like an old eunuch who had been in the palace for many years.

"No, I am a proper adventurer, specially here to challenge you!"

Trundle held his giant axe and slowly walked towards the Flame Essence Demon Fox, not concealing the surging divine power fluctuations within his body in the slightest.

The higher the level of a Beast, the stronger its perception ability. Here, "perception" does not refer to the five senses, but rather the ability to seek advantage and avoid harm.

As early as when Trundle broke through the door, the Flame Essence Demon Fox's fur immediately stood on end; he clearly felt an unprecedented and enormous danger.

Moreover, for so many years, no adventurer had ever been able to enter without knocking. Trundle was clearly very strange!

Not only that, the Flame Essence Demon Fox had also completely lost control over the entire room!

Even though the BOSS was the master of the Secret Treasure Room, the Flame Essence Demon Fox now felt that this room he had lived in for hundreds of years was incredibly unfamiliar.

With every step Trundle took closer, the unease in the Flame Essence Demon Fox's heart intensified, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

"Take, take the secret treasure!"

The Flame Essence Demon Fox used his mouth to pick up a beautiful diamond treasure chest from beneath him and threw it directly towards Trundle, choosing to surrender.

Never before had any adventurer, before even starting a fight, made him feel such intense fear.

The Flame Essence Demon Fox had no doubt that if they were to fight later, he might not even know how he died.

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Trundle took the treasure chest, didn't even look at it, and turned around to throw it to Dick.

As the most precious treasure chest in the Underground City, it could yield various extraordinary secret treasures. The previous purple longevity divine flower came from a diamond treasure chest.

But this was not Trundle's purpose for this trip; He only wanted the beautiful Mother Ape.

"You've misunderstood, I don't want the treasure chest," Trundle waved his hand and said sincerely, "The secret treasure I want is not something a mere treasure chest can compare to..."

"Then, there's a pile of loot over there, all sorts of high-level equipment, left behind by adventurers who came to challenge before!"

The Flame Essence Demon Fox was terrified, trembling as he backed away, "It's all for you, I'll give it all to you!"

In the Flame Essence Demon Fox's view, Trundle was insatiable and wanted more treasures.

"You are the strongest Beast in the White Roland Underground City, why are you being so timid," Trundle showed displeasure and said in a deep voice, "Come over and fight me fair and square!"

"No, don't, my body isn't worth much. Fire element Beasts aren't popular in the Eternal Frost Forest. Go find the BOSS on the Third Floor, he's an ice python..."

However, the Flame Essence Demon Fox couldn't muster any fighting spirit at all and just kept avoiding the fight.

Seeing this, Trundle frowned and couldn't help but look back at Dick.

With the Flame Essence Demon Fox acting like this, He couldn't bring Himself to strike.

Over the past million years, the three major Elf families in the Eternal Frost Forest have not been harmonious, often erupting in various wars.

But one rule has always run through the long river of history: "surrendering captives are not killed", or to be precise, Elf captives are not killed!

After all, it is well known that the Elf race has poor reproductive capabilities, and they cannot withstand significant population loss.

The battlefield is a huge meat grinder, where large numbers of people die in minutes!

Therefore, in the Eternal Frost Forest, most Elves do not personally go to the battlefield; they mostly serve as officers, directing battles from safe locations.

Even if defeated and captured, Elves do not die; instead, they are well-fed and taken care of, and afterwards, the three major families negotiate to exchange captives.

The soldiers who truly fight on the battlefield are intelligent races with strong reproductive capabilities, such as Human, Orc, and Dwarf.

But regardless, the rule of "surrendering captives are not killed" has also been passed down for a million years, naturally influencing Trundle.

His divine sense is formed from the consciousness of intelligent races; His worldview is entirely shaped by intelligent races, making it impossible for Him to kill the Flame Essence Demon Fox.

Looking at the cowering Flame Essence Demon Fox, Dick sneered. He didn't care about any rules of the Eternal Frost Forest, as he wasn't a local.

The only thing Dick cared about was that the girls could gain a large amount of profession experience by finishing off the Flame Essence Demon Fox.

So, sorry, there's a conflict of interest here. Although you're being sensible, you'll still have to trouble yourself to die.

"Lord Trundle, I remember this Flame Essence Demon Fox has a very well-known nickname," Dick's mouth curved into a smile as he said slowly, "It seems to be called 'Thousand Slayer'."

It's public knowledge that there's a diamond treasure chest in the Secret Treasure Room on the Fourth Floor, so over these past few hundred years, there have been quite a few adventurers who came to challenge the Flame Essence Demon Fox.

"Look at the mountain of loot piled up over there. The adventurers who died at the hands of the Flame Essence Demon Fox have long surpassed a thousand, and he also has a cruel habit of torturing and killing..."

The Flame Essence Demon Fox was by no means a benevolent Beast; the bad things he had done were simply countless, many of which were sensational.

For example, imprisoning female adventurers and forcing them to constantly conceive and give birth with other male adventurers, just to taste the fresh flavor of newborn infants.

The Flame Essence Demon Fox had done far too many such evil deeds; he was utterly wicked.

Listening to Dick's "little report", the pity on Trundle's face instantly vanished, replaced by intense killing intent.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you saying, brat? They came to trouble me, and I defended myself. That's only right and proper..."

Before the Flame Essence Demon Fox could finish his defense, Trundle coldly interrupted, "Killing is fine, but cruelty is not. That is the rule of the Eternal Frost Forest!"

"Spare me, milord, I didn't know any better before. Now I want to be a good fox. Please give me another chance, I will never again..."

Pfft!

The sound of an axe blade entering flesh rang out, and the Flame Essence Demon Fox's head rolled to the ground, the expression of terror on his face permanently fixed.

A Level 68 Beast, the strongest BOSS in the White Roland Underground City, was thus instantly killed.

Seeing this, Dick felt a pang of regret, regretting that he had said too much just now, causing Trundle to become enraged.

The girls didn't even have time to finish the kill, and a large amount of profession experience was completely wasted.

"Lord Trundle, you must control yourself from now on. Be sure to leave the BOSSes with their last breath..."

Hearing this, Trundle scratched His head somewhat sheepishly, indicating that He would definitely do so next time.