The Great Thief - Chapter 931

Chapter 931
Timbermaw Hold contained some extremely rare and useful items that players could only purchase if they had reached a certain level of Prestige .


In addition, there were also other rare items like the Stave of Fur and Claw and the Defender of the Timbermaw . The former could turn the player into a bear while the latter summoned a bear monster to fight for them .
However, the Timbermaw bears were arrogant creatures whose suffering had caused them to distrust all other creatures .
As Lu Li approached Timbermaw Hold, he took the only path that led from Felwood to Winterspring . A huge bear stood in his way, blocking the path .
"Elf, you shouldn't be here, return to your forest!"
"Fellow protector of nature, I think my abilities will be of use to you," Lu Li said gently . He wasn't going to give up, but he wasn't going to kill this bear either .
If he killed it, he wouldn't be able to do anything he planned to do . This clan wasn't like the Goblins, who were easily swayed by money . If he killed an innocent Timbermaw clan member, his Reputation would suffer . Lu Li's current Timbermaw Clan Reputation was Cold, but the next level was Hated .
This was the last bear monster tribe, but they had once been very powerful .


When the Burning Legion began to spread through the forest of Kalimdor, they were one of the first creatures to perceive this horrible power . Temperate animals went berserk and became fierce murderous beasts . Their bodies were corroded and their souls were desecrated until they completely succumbed to the influence of the demons .
Soon after, the Timbermaw Clan also suffered the same fate . Their entire race was violently afflicted by four weeks of this corruption .
However, in this chaos, a bear tribe escaped from the darkness and vanished from the Kalimdor continent . Within the safe Timbermaw Hold, the Timbermaw Bears suffered while they watched helplessly as the forest that they once loved was gradually twisted and corrupted .
When the forest Elves stopped talking to them, the Timbermaw Bears finally realized that their home would never be the same… it was gone forever .
As the last bear tribe, the Timbermaw Clan resolved to maintain their spiritual practices to try and end the suffering of other bears .
"There is a Deadwood Bear camp in the southwest filled with those that have fallen . I hope that you will be able to deal with them before they become a big problem . The Deadwood tribe are very evil as their minds have been corrupted by the demons . They were good by nature, but now, they have been irreversibly corrupted . I am saddened to have to fight my own kind like this . Elf, go and deal with them . Don't tell me how you do it; I can't bear to hear something like that . "
"Alright . What shall I call you, esteemed one? What do I bring back to prove that the task is complete?" Lu Li asked .

"You can call me Nafien . Bring me the hearts of six Deadwood Den Watchers, six Deadwood Avengers and six Deadwood Shamans . The high priest wants to know what is going on with them," Timbermaw Bear Nafien said before turning back and walking into the cave .

"So stingy . He didn't even give me a buff," Lu Li muttered . His low charisma meant that he had low starting prestige with this clan .
In fact, his main goal were the Deadwood Bears, who almost perfectly met his requirements . With the exception of a small number of Magic monsters who used long-range skills, all the monsters there had high Defense and average Attack .
No one would reject the extra benefit of gaining some Reputation while honing their skills .
The shamanistic customs of the Timbermaw Clan were still flourishing . They were proficient in their craftsmanship of equipment using a variety of animal furs and were also happy to give their friends special healing buffs .
Of course, the requirement was that he had to prove himself as a friend first .
Deadwood Village had now become a gathering place for monsters . It was hard to imagine that these cruel and irrational bears were once like the proud, but polite Nafien .
The items that these monsters dropped were fairly mediocre, but the EXP was good .
In the following fights, Lu Li used Shadowstrike as often as he could to defeat them . He would sometimes Stun his target first before using Shadowstrike, but more often, he would choose a target that was moving .
The difference was that a large unmoving target was basically the same as a wooden stake . There were many wooden stakes in the city for the players to test their skills on . Lu Li had achieved a 100% Skill Completion on them before and could consistently reach 96% .
The highest number he had recorded on a moving target was 95%, but he had to acknowledge that this was accounted for by luck .
He could Strengthen his Shadowstrike at any time, but Lu Li had heard many mentors emphasize gaining more experience . The more skillful he was at performing the basic ability, the stronger the Strengthened version would be .
This was because the effect of the Strengthened skill wasn't fixed – each individual player's Strengthened skills would have their own characteristics .
For example, Lu Li's Enhanced Stealth had an extra useful effect of turning him into a bat . With Shadowstrike, he hoped to gain an effect that would increase its damage and crowd-control potential .
It was said that these strengthened skills were the only way for the players to complete with the NPCs .
For example, if Lu Li wanted to challenge Illidan, he had to fight the Shadow of illidan or attack an incarnation of Illidan in an Instance Dungeon . If he encountered the real Illidan, there would be nothing but defeat in store for him .
At Lu Li's level, other than aiming to fight the other players in the expert circle, many players were trying to fight the NPCs of the game .
Typically, their goal was to capture enemy faction villages so they could plunder the resources and train their abilities .
The Deadwood Den Watcher and Deadwood Avenger were both Warrior type monsters that Lu Li was focusing on .
The Deadwood Shamans simultaneously also knew Priest skills . This meant that they could attack from long range and short range, while healing themselves and placing totems . This made them quite difficult to fight, especially at level 50 .
However, Lu Li didn't deliberately avoid the Deadwood Shamans . In future fights, he would likely have to face an enemy like this anyway .
If you always ran away from enemies that seemed difficult, you would never reach the peak of your potential .