CHAPTER 622: CHAPTER 16: FEES

Shi, holding a Heavy Shield, stood at the front. Behind him were a few timid close combatants, and further back, several dozen meters away, were Old Wolf and the other long-range attackers.

With a roar from the Cyclops, a gust of air spread out, causing nearby Contractors to cover their ears and stagger slightly. This was some skill of the Cyclops.

After roaring, the Cyclops bent down and picked up a ’wooden stick’ from the ground. But this was no ordinary wooden stick; it was clearly a tree with a half-meter-wide diameter. The tree was about 4 meters long, with the upper part bitten off, leaving only the trunk and roots.

The trunk was the small head, and the roots were the big head. The Cyclops held onto the trunk, glaring intently at everyone.

Su Xiao saw this scene through his sniper scope and aimed the gun at the Cyclops’s single eye.

He breathed steadily, and his finger slowly squeezed the trigger.

Bam!

The bullet left the barrel, flying at high speed towards the Cyclops.

Just as the bullet was about to hit the single eye, the Cyclops unexpectedly tilted its head.

With a crunch, a dent appeared on the Cyclops’s cheek, with a bullet embedded in it.

"Really tough."

Su Xiao ceased fire; bullets were expensive, and he wouldn’t shoot unless it was crucial.

As for output numbers and treasure chest ownership, he wasn’t worried in the least.

Reincarnation Paradise had no such mechanism. As long as a treasure chest dropped on the ground, any Contractor could pick it up, with no ownership issues; ownership only appeared once it was in hand.

The gunfire stopped, and the Cyclops, having been shot, turned its head. The hand holding the trunk bulged with veins.

The Cyclops first looked up toward the top of the basin but couldn’t find anything. Its gaze then turned to the ’little dwarf’ in front of it.

At this moment, Old Wolf and the others were sweaty with anxiety, too afraid to attack, fearing the Cyclops’s wrath.

The Cyclops raised the giant wooden stick, flexing its muscles, and aimed a swing at Shi.

The stick sliced through the air with a mournful whistle, and hearing this, Shi’s heart froze.

Boom!

The giant wooden stick crashed against the Tower Shield, shattering the ground beneath Shi’s feet.

Just when everyone thought Shi wouldn’t hold out, a fiery red glow appeared on the Tower Shield, seemingly activating some ability after the attack.

With a hum, a surge of impact erupted from the Tower Shield’s front, forcing the Cyclops to stumble back and fall to the ground with a thud.

"Attack."

Old Wolf shouted loudly, his Magic Wand glowing as a beam of light shot from it, flying rapidly at the Cyclops.

Boom!

The beam exploded on the Cyclops’s chest, blowing away the skin.

Not only did Old Wolf launch an attack, but a Contractor with a bow and arrow also drew and released an arrow.

An arrow shot toward the Cyclops’s calf, but it seemed to hit an iron wall, shattering with a bang, leaving only faint white marks on the Cyclops’s leg.

"Such defensive power."

Old Wolf didn’t look pleased. His spell had some effect, but others barely tickled the Cyclops.

Spells, arrows, automatic rifle bullets, and more rained down on the Cyclops, who roared repeatedly. These attacks couldn’t threaten it, but they certainly hurt.

The Cyclops swung the giant wooden stick ferociously at Shi, who somehow made the Cyclops hate him so much.

Main Tanking was actually a skilled job. Reincarnation Paradise wasn’t a game; most monsters here had intelligence, so drawing aggro was challenging.

However, Main Tanks in Reincarnation Paradise had their methods. For example, Shi’s flames, which had almost no attack power but caused great pain to enemies.

Some Main Tanks were rather flamboyant, some mastered restriction skills, and some just had sharp tongues, using various methods.

Shi relied on causing intense pain + mental induction to make enemies hate him.

Clearly, Shi succeeded. The Cyclops’s eyes were bloodshot, jumping with rage as it gripped the giant wooden stick and pounded him, scattering dirt everywhere.

It had to be said, Shi was very resilient under the pounding. If it were any other Contractor, they’d have been smashed dead already.

The formation stabilized, with Shi at the front, and Mr. A and other close combatants took the opportunity to attack, preventing the Cyclops from breaking through the formation.

Old Wolf and others were several dozen meters behind Mr. A and the others. They frequently moved, remaining behind Shi where it was safest.

Su Xiao, unlike them, lay on a slope, needing no movement, and ignored Old Wolf and Mr. A’s urging.

On the battlefield, Shi was dizzy from the pounding. Fortunately, the young mother healer was quite capable, applying various buff effects and healing him sufficiently to keep him standing for a while.

Old Wolf and others bustled about in hot pursuit, but the Cyclops’s defensive power was too strong. Manifesting its Blood Bar, one would find the Cyclops’s Life Value remained at 97%; they had only managed to bring it down 3% in all this time.

Moreover, while hiding behind Shi, they weren’t completely safe. Sometimes, the Cyclops would throw rocks, and one unlucky close combatant was headshot by a rock, now almost cold.

Bubu Wang stood on a slope, looking contemplative, seemingly pondering something interesting, and howled up into the air.

At this moment, the struggling Contractors below the slope simultaneously noticed something: a Buff State suddenly appeared.

[You are now under the ’Gift of the Ice and Snow Goddess (Aura)’ effect, recovering 1 Life Value per second.]

Recovering 1 Life Value per second meant 60 points a minute, which was a considerable benefit.

Main Tank Shi held the Tower Shield in front of him, glancing at the young mother healer in the team, nodding.

The young mother healer was a bit bewildered; this wasn’t her Buff State! But she was the only healer in the team, a fact that had been confirmed.

"This aura is nice."

"It’ll save a lot on healing items."

Contractors in battle looked pleased. Bubu Wang’s aura was indeed helpful.

As for why Bubu Wang would open the aura effect, was it to defeat the Cyclops? Even if the Contractors defeated the Cyclops, no one would share the benefits with it, at most splitting a share with Su Xiao. In the Contractors’ eyes, Bubu Wang was just a large dog.

Don’t underestimate Bubu Wang’s intelligence. After witnessing the Contractors’ scheming, it found engaging with these Contractors amusing.

While everyone enjoyed the Ice and Snow Goddess’s Aura for free, it suddenly disappeared, and a prompt appeared.

[Yes/No to activate the Gift of the Ice and Snow Goddess (Aura) at a cost of 10 Paradise coins per minute.]

Paradise coins a minute, considering the current situation, the battle would last at most half an hour, which meant 300 Paradise coins.

During that half an hour, the Gift of the Ice and Snow Goddess (Aura) would recover 1800 Life Value, a huge recovery amount.

Everyone knew this was a lucrative, risk-free deal, so ten Contractors chose to pay.

But these ten looked resentfully at the young mother healer, who knew she was being scapegoated but was too focused on monitoring Shi’s status to care.

Old Wolf also paid to activate the aura, his brow furrowed as he swept his gaze around, but he did not look at the young mother healer.