"Sandra, are you sure the relic is really inside?"

An NPC discovered that inside the church there were only demonic creatures and a terrifying dark altar, but nothing that seemed related to the relic. He lowered his voice, looked puzzled, and asked Sandra, the female warrior holding the All-Seeing Crystal.

Sandra also had some confusion on her face at the moment, but she quickly suppressed this emotion, lowered her voice, and replied:

"The crystal indicates that the position of the relic is at the altar inside this church. It can't be wrong, so the relic should be placed inside the altar."

This was her speculation, deducing that the relic was completely sealed by the intensely dark aura of the altar, otherwise, it was hard to explain why it couldn't be detected at all.

"Then let's start directly, four monsters, seven or eight players can handle one."

A player, hearing this, couldn't suppress the urge to fight monsters for loot any longer. After all, from outside observation, it could be seen that the four demon-like creatures in the church shouldn't be particularly strong, probably just elite monsters. Otherwise, with so many of them approaching, it would be impossible for high-level monsters not to have noticed them by now.

"This method is feasible, we have enough people, so we should use our advantage. Everyone quickly form teams and choose your targets."

Another player also agreed upon hearing this.

"Right, each group should ideally have a mage, an archer, and a warrior. The warrior should engage the monsters first, and others follow up. I'm a gunner, who wants to team up with me?"

Another player casually started looking for teammates as they spoke.

"Everyone, speak softly, don't be too anxious."

Sandra saw the momentum forming and went along with it, but she specifically emphasized that everyone should remain hidden as not to reveal their presence.

"My Dragon Slayer brother, let's team up later."

The red-haired mage NPC Andre thickened his face to approach Wang Zhifan, seemingly forgetting the conflict they had a few hours earlier.

"Sure, no problem."

Wang Zhifan casually agreed immediately. Anyway, from his current observation, the four monsters in the church weren't up to par, just elite level, not nearly enough to concern him, so teammates were irrelevant.

"I'll go find a few more archers, their new muskets are very powerful. With our joint efforts, we can definitely be the first to kill the monsters inside."

Seeing that Wang Zhifan didn't mind him, Andre's smile broadened, and he hurriedly used his social abilities to find others.

Thus, about three minutes later, the entire task force organized itself into four small teams. Each team had seven to nine members, including warriors to engage monsters and mages and archers to deal damage. After discussing their main targets, they dispersed, surrounding the church from four directions in concealment, and then at a well-prepared moment, all teams launched their attack simultaneously!

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

...

Led by the female warrior Sandra, the first team burst through the church's main doors. Sandra, wielding sword and shield, was the first to strike the demon closest to the entrance, also catching the attention of the other three demons and making them swarm towards her.

"You foolish monster, where do you think you're looking at? Truly dumb!"

Wang Zhifan, slightly later than Sandra's charge, suddenly accelerated, leaped up, and smashed a dilapidated window on one side of the church, then jumped through the window, heading towards a demon creature closest to his position which was distracted by Sandra's group charging from the main entrance, thus allowing him to sneak up from behind unnoticed.

Originally planning to slack off, Wang Zhifan had no choice but to put in some effort, using his Wolf-Slaying Blade to fiercely slash at one of the creature's lower limbs, intending to weaken its mobility first.

As Wang Zhifan's team engaged in combat, the other two teams also entered the church through other windows and gaps, launching attacks on the other two creatures. The entire church interior suddenly became quite lively, with over thirty NPCs and players joining forces, efficiently tackling the four demonic creatures, bombarding them with continuous gunfire and magic without hesitation.

Just as everyone anticipated, through actual combat it was confirmed that the four creatures were merely strong elite monsters, not weak but certainly not overly troublesome either. With proper coordination, they were confident they could defeat them without significant cost.

But such a situation wasn't necessarily entirely good. Once the anticipated pressure from the monsters disappeared, some people began to scheme otherwise.

At this moment, behind Wang Zhifan, who was nimbly maneuvering and continuously swinging his blade to maintain the creature's resentment towards him, two gunner players who had been shooting the creature's head suddenly exchanged a barely noticeable glance before lowering their gun muzzles ever so slightly and aiming at Wang Zhifan, then pulled the triggers without hesitation!

"Foolish guy, knowing this dungeon has the punishment mechanism disabled but still charging in front! Obviously, a trash warrior class but still daring to wear three rings out in the open, afraid that others won't know you have good equipment! Don't blame me for being sinister, if I don't kill you now, there might not be such a good chance later!"

As they suddenly backstabbed their teammate Wang Zhifan, their minds flashed with similar thoughts, revealing their motives. Clearly, they were taking action out of greed for Wang Zhifan's visibly good equipment, and the special setting of this dungeon encouraged such actions, making them feel justified.

The two bullets immediately flew towards Wang Zhifan's head, with a speed far exceeding sound and carrying immense kinetic energy, attacking the youth who was entangled with the monster. It was almost certain Wang Zhifan wouldn't have time to react to such a sudden backstab from his teammates, his head was evidently unprotected, he seemingly doomed to end his young life here.

But this was merely what the two backstabbing gunner players believed; the actual situation was completely different from their assumptions.

Wang Zhifan, still fighting the monster in front of them, was completely unharmed after their attack, as if the two bullets never hit him at all. Not only was his head intact, with no sign of injury, he continued to battle fiercely with the creature with vigor, seemingly unaffected by the gunfire.

"What's going on? Missed? That's impossible!"

The two gunner players were extremely puzzled, instinctively wanting to pull the trigger for another few shots at Wang Zhifan's head. But unfortunately, before they could launch this second attack, a bone-chilling cold suddenly struck their brains and hearts, causing them to instantly lose consciousness and fall to the ground without warning.

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