Gawain, the Poison Alchemist

Zhao Yang gazed calmly at the crowd.

"Joining the Dark Knight Guild can make me stronger."

"The strong possess everything."

"The weak are born to be dominated by the strong."

Zhao Xiong's face was dark, clearly furious to the extreme.

In the team, a mage named Zheng Yu pointed at Zhao Yang's nose and cursed, "Bullshit."

"Weren't you relying on others for protection before you became a Professional?"

"Why didn't you complain about being weak when your level was low and you were begging others to carry you?"

"Now that your level is up, you've started acting all high and mighty."

"You joined the Assault Team because a knife was held to your throat, but also because you coveted the Assault Team's resources."

"You want the resources but don't want to put in the effort; you want to have your cake and eat it too."

"What an idiot. Pfft."

Zheng Yu's words pierced through Zhao Yang's hypocritical mask.

Zhao Yang was ashamed and angry. "You can only run your mouth now."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that Lord Xiao Jun has already prepared the sacrificial magic circle. Once the boundaries of the regional Dungeon are lifted, everyone in Tianfeng City will die."

"Including you all."

"Are you angry? Are you furious? It's useless."

"You will die as light as a feather, while I, Zhao Yang, am destined to become famous far and wide in the near future."

...

Outside the Dungeon, the stagnation of the Assault Team caught the attention of Lin Yandong and the others.

"Sigh, there are clearly no more monsters in the second passage above, so why hasn't Lin Yuan entered the final BOSS area?"

"Is he worried about not being able to defeat the BOSS?"

"Maybe he's waiting for skill cooldowns," Cui Xianglong speculated. "Or perhaps his Summoned Beast died and he's waiting for the resurrection time."

"Hmm, that's possible," Lin Yandong nodded. "The monsters in the regional Dungeon have very high attributes. Although Lin Yuan's Summoned Beast is a Tier 3 Elite, its level is relatively low after all, so casualties are normal."

"Even if Lin Yuan cannot kill the BOSS, it doesn't matter; the Assault Team has already cleared two areas."

"Waiting for the Assault Team's support in place is also a good choice."

Everyone assumed that it was Lin Yuan in the General's Corridor area above, little did they know they were all wrong, dead wrong.

Inside the Poison Laboratory below, Lin Yuan and Sun Xu were frowning as they looked at the greenish monsters in front of them.

【Poison Gas Zombie】 (Tier 3 Elite)

【Level: LV17】

【HP: 320000】

【Attack: 8000】

【Defense: 6000】

【Skill 1 (Poison Gas Spray): Every 15 seconds, sprays poison gas forward, dealing 1000 magic damage per second to targets within a ten-meter straight line, lasting for 5 seconds】

【Skill 2 (Toxic Attack): Dealing damage inflicts a Poison effect on the target, reducing defense by 3%, stackable up to 10 times】

【Skill 3 (Paralyzing Gas): Targets hit by the Poison Gas Spray three times consecutively will fall into a 5-second Paralyzed state】

"Brother Lin, this zombie is so disgusting." Sun Xu pinched his nose, his eyes filled with disdain.

Lin Yuan felt the same way. The previous Disease Zombie was already ugly enough, but he hadn't expected the Poison Gas Zombie in front of them to be even uglier.

It was like a humanoid toad; looking at it was annoying enough.

"Ghost, hurry up and wipe them out."

Ghost knew his chance to perform had arrived, and he led the charge toward the Poison Gas Zombies.

In Ghost's eyes, whether something was ugly or not didn't matter at all. As long as Lin Yuan liked it, it was beautiful; anything Lin Yuan hated was ugly.

The greenish, cute little zombies in front of him were definitely ugly monsters—get them!

Ghost charged too far ahead and accidentally fell into the encirclement of the Poison Gas Zombies. More than six Poison Gas Zombies sprayed poison gas at him simultaneously, instantly paralyzing Ghost in place and rendering him unable to move.

If this had happened to anyone else, they would have been waiting for death, but the one surrounded was Ghost. He wasn't afraid of death, nor could he die.

It was just a bit embarrassing to have them spray poison right in his face.

"Brother Lin, your Summoned Beast is so brave." Sun Xu clicked his tongue twice, his tone not sounding like a compliment.

"Yeah." Lin Yuan was thoughtful. "Ghost is super brave."

Ghost personally drew the fire while the Skeleton Archers behind him fired diligently. Before long, the surrounding Poison Gas Zombies were cleared out.

【Killed Poison Gas Zombie (LV17) * 34, EXP + 20400】

【Level increased to 17 (11830 / 80000)】

"The EXP from the raid Dungeon is really high!" Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the leveling speed.

Sun Xu was also very happy. He had been slacking off and casting heals on the side, but he still managed to gain quite a bit of EXP, and his level had increased to 13.

The Poison Gas Zombies didn't drop any equipment, but they did drop four green gems.

【Level 2 Poison Gem】 【Green Socket】 【Attribute: Inlaid in weapons and accessories, adds 20 points of poison damage; inlaid in armor, increases poison resistance by 2 points】

"Wow, Brother Lin, it's actually a Level 2 gem." Sun Xu said in surprise.

"It's a pity it's not an attribute gem. If it were a Level 2 Strength Gem or a Level 2 Stamina Gem, the value would be several times higher."

"Be content; it's good enough that a gem dropped at all." Lin Yuan put the gems away. "Don't push your luck."

Continuing forward, Lin Yuan stepped into the interior of the laboratory. The interior space of the laboratory was limited, capable of accommodating at most a few hundred undead. Lin Yuan took one hundred Tier 3 Skeleton Warriors and two hundred Tier 2 Skeleton Archers into the laboratory.

After entering, Lin Yuan saw a large sign: 【500 meters to the right, arrive at the laboratory center】

"Brother Lin, I feel like this is a trap."

"There's definitely a trap on the right." Sun Xu pointed at the sign and analyzed, "What BOSS just exposes the location of their own lair like that?"

"That makes sense." Lin Yuan nodded. "Ghost, you go to the right and take a look."

Whether there was a trap or not, wouldn't Ghost know after walking over there? Anyway, Ghost couldn't die.

Ghost tugged on the reins of his skeletal horse and, carrying his club, walked resolutely toward the passage on the right.

After 2 minutes, Ghost's "hehehe" laughter came from ahead. "There's no problem ahead, let's go." Lin Yuan stepped forward.

Because the laboratory passage was relatively narrow, the Bone Throne couldn't be deployed, so Lin Yuan had to suffer and walk.

Lin Yuan arrived at the center of the laboratory, and the central door opened with a swoosh. "Adventurer, please enter."

The one speaking was an old man so thin he looked like skin and bones. The old man's cheeks had no flesh, his eyes were deeply sunken into his sockets, and he looked no different from a mummy.

【Poison Alchemist Gawain】 (Chief Alchemist of the Fierce Mountain Dynasty)

【Level: LV20】

【Status: Turning into a zombie】

【HP: 1 / 550000】

【Attack: 0】

【Defense: 0】

【Skills: None】

"Respected adventurer, please forgive my rudeness." Gawain sat on the chair and said weakly.

"No need to be polite." Lin Yuan waved his hand and sat down opposite Gawain. "When will you turn into a zombie?"

"Very soon, faster than you imagine," Gawain gave a bitter smile. "If you had come 15 minutes later, you would have seen a different version of me."

"Then should we go out for a stroll for 15 minutes and come back in?" Lin Yuan crossed his legs. "Or do you have a way to speed up the process of turning into a zombie?"