The Great Thief - Chapter 897

Chapter 897: 897
Police officers had different tricks up their sleeve to expose the players and very few could deceive them or escape once they were caught .


However, because the police officer vouched for him, the suspicion that the other police officers held was completely erased . They were nice and bought some sweet potatoes, then went to chase after more players .
Lu Li continued to cook the sweet potatoes, not letting his guard down, even though the police officers had left .
It wasn't until the City Slaughter competition had finished that he decided to leave . A bright flash of light appeared around the sweet potato vendor and the next second later, he had completely disappeared out of thin air .
System: Congratulations on winning the City Slaughter Competition with a score of 363 . You are also rewarded with 200 points, as well as some Reputation and Experience points .
Lu Li stood near the green tree in Darnassus and looked at the City Slaughter Competition tab where the prizes that could be bought were displayed . These included EXP, Reputation, equipment, rare materials and ingredients .
He looked at the rare materials list, then quickly skipped over this option .
Not only were the rare materials the more readily-available ones, but the exchange rate was absolutely absurd . Lu Li had only received 563 points altogether .
The best equipment that could be exchanged for was Gold grade, which was a pleasant surprise for casual players . However, for Lu Li, there were nothing that caught his attention, so he also decided against exchanging for a piece of equipment . There weren't any rare ingredients either, leaving Reputation points and EXP as the only options .


There were many different ways to gain Reputation and he knew most of them because of his past life, so he decided to exchange all his points for EXP .
Although this wasn't enough for him to level up, his EXP bar was nearly full . He estimated that he would be able to reach level 48 once he complete the Stratholme Instance Dungeon .
In Dawn, even if the higher-level players did not spend their whole days training, they would still stay ahead because of competitions and events .
After the competition had ended, Lu Li gathered his teammates and began to make his way to Stratholme once again . Since Ruling Sword did not have any other matches for the day, their main goal right now was to finish the dungeon and complete the First Clear .
There was nothing wrong with spending two days on a dungeon . The higher-level dungeons in the future would take months to complete .
The rest of the community had discovered that Ruling Sword were already attempting Stratholme, and many players began swarming into the Plaguelands . The map was no longer as empty as it once was . However, many of them were still too weak to fight the monsters here, so the map was littered with the corpses of dead players .
In order to make sure Xin Xin Mercenary could travel to the dungeon safely, Lu Li decided to be cautious .
Ruling Sword's PVP team, led by Fat Monkey, arrived at Stratholme and successfully eliminated the surrounding players .

The map was too large for Ruling Sword entirely clear out because it was shared by both the Alliance and the Horde . Besides, Ruling Sword did not want to anger the players here .
Nevertheless, Fat Monkey and a couple of hundred more guild members was more than enough to ensure the safety of their dungeon group .
After they entered the dungeon, they cleared out some side monsters . Fortunately, the Bosses did not respawn until the dungeon timer reset .
When they arrived at the Bosses that they had previously killed, the corpses were no longer there .
"Everyone, come here and enter this gate," Lu Li said after he carefully examined the pattern of the monsters that were wandering around . He had to ensure that they did not draw aggro as soon as they entered .
When the players entered, the gate behind them would close immediately once the monsters aggroed onto them .
The worst case scenario was that only one player entered while the rest of his team was locked behind the gate .
This had happened to Lu Li once in his past life when his team's healer was locked outside . The healer almost burst into tears while watching each of his teammates die to the swarming monsters .
They could either pray that all players entered at the same time, or wait behind and observe the monsters .
Because of Lu Li, the Xin Xin Mercenary Group easily progressed through together without leaving anyone behind .
The gates closed behind them when the monsters noticed them and Azure Sea Breeze charged forwards to draw aggro .
The details that the game designers had put into these monsters were very realistic . The Undeads that they had faced before were difficult to look at because of how hideous they were . However, the monsters here were enough to make anyone puke from disgust .
Their bodies were amalgamations of various creatures sewn together . They were bullied and alienated by the other Undead because they were small, weak and did not contribute to battle .
Then, they began thinking of ways of mutilating and changing themselves in order to grow bigger and stronger . In this way, they could reach the peak of the Undead hierarchy and become close servants to Arthas .
As such, these once small and weak monsters began stitching the remains of other creatures onto their own bodies, hence their name "Stitches" .
Stitches became powerful machines for battle, usually wielding a hook in one hand and a heavy weapon in the other . They would hook enemies close to them with one hand and then bludgeon them to death .
Because of their high Health and Defense, they were quite difficult to kill and it would often take more time to deal with one than to deal with a swarm of smaller monsters .
"Everyone run towards the walls and corners of the room!" Lu Li yelled .
Azure Sea Breeze had also realized the problem at hand . There were too many monsters wandering around in the room and they needed to clear a way to the entrance for the Boss . However, if they attempted to force their way through, they could easily get overwhelmed by the other groups of monsters nearby .
Hugging the wall protected them and decreased the chances of them aggroing too many monsters . In this way, they were able to clear a path without much difficulty .
Occasionally, a few Patrol monsters would also appear around the map . They were usually referred to as '911' because they are able to alert the other monsters for backup .
These 911 monsters included the Bile Spewer, which spit out poison and spawned more monsters from its belly, such as spiders . While they appeared small, they could potentially wipe out an entire team if there were no strong AOE skills that could deal with them .