Chapter 48 – Cat Dad is Nerfed
Xiaomao looked at the clock and checked the remaining ti for his borrowed weapon.
48 minutes remained until the weapon returned to the NPC. There was enough ti to exploit the weapon and get as many spellbooks from the gnoll shamans.
The catopus approached the edge of the tower while he arranged the new skill icons into the quick slots. Xiaomao pressed the button and trigger one of the new skills.
One Man Thousand Arrows!
A red area appeared. Xiaomao looked around, and the red zone with semi-transparent walls followed his vision everywhere.
This was the preview of the targeted area. Xiaomao only needed to confirm the skill and fire an arrow or a bolt in that direction, and the skill would automatically activate.
Xiaomao adjusted his sight. He glared at the crowd of gnoll soldiers and gnoll shamans, who had been looking up and staring back at the cat.
The pupils of the catopus shone in the dark cave, and his ominous smile looked more evil than any monster in the dungeon. His red-zone vision fixated on the center of the bridge, covering 80% of the gnoll army.
CLICK
The target was designated. Now, Xiaomao needed a bit of skill to fire a bolt or an arrow into that area to trigger the skill within five seconds. Failure to do so would result in failure, and the skill would not activate.
In a relaxed manner, Xiaomao raised his crossbow and aid at the center of the bridge. He pulled the trigger, letting the bolt loose.
DING
1,000 bolts in Xiaomao’s inventory vanished. This was the cost of using the skill regardless if it would succeed or not.
But as soon as the bolt whizzed through the sky, it shone and multiplied into 1,000 bolts. They turned into a dark curtain in the sky and rained down upon the gnolls.
A bolt exploded and caused an incendiary explosion upon impact. But a thousand bolts created chain explosions.
Xiaomao ignored the fla. He kept the crossbow in his inventory and started eating fish and drinking HP potions. While he was at it, he sat back and watched the carnage and listened to the classic symphony of explosives.
Fortunately, the satiety bar didn’t decrease 1,000 tis and kill Xiaomao on the spot. The curse only counted the skill as one attack and only decreased his satiety bar by 2%..
Realizing that he was safe, Xiaomao let out a sigh of relief.
“Michael Bay would be proud, munya!”
CRACK
CRACK
Unfortunately, in this ga, the series of explosions were equivalent to a siege engine’s attack. The bridge cracked and its HP bar rapidly decreased because of the high attack power output of the legendary crossbow.
BOOM
The center of the bridge collapsed, leaving only the two towers on each side of the bridge. Gnoll soldiers and shamans fell to the abyss while many died from the explosions.
Xiaomao salivated and rushed back to the NPC. He opened his inventory nu and prepared for the flood of items and spellbooks.
DING
“Huh?”
Despite the rising in his EXP and level, no item entered his inventory after thousands of monsters had died. The error warning ssage also stunned Xiaomao.
‘Where is my spellbook?!’
There was no EXP reward or any indication that Xiaomao had killed the monsters. Instead, error ssages spamd his notification panel.
“WHY, MUNYA?!”
Xiaomao was on the verge of crying. The EXP gains from the thousand level 40ish gnolls could instantly increase Xiaomao’s level to 40. Yet, Xiaomao got nothing!
As the catopus stared at his system screen in shock, a ga moderator sent a global announcent to the world. A huge ssage appeared in the notification panel.
“…”
Xiaomao’s eyes were bloodshot. He browsed the cash shop nu and purchased a speakerphone, which cost one PACT. The item could be used for sending a global ssage to everybody in-ga.
But Xiaomao used it to send a global ssage.
“I WANT COMPENSATION, MUNYA! I JUST RENTED A PACT WEAPON IN A DUNGEON, MUNYA!!”
Xiaomao’s gold ssage appeared in every player’s notification panel. Even his na was revealed.
However, no one sent him a reply. Instead, the ga moderator continued with his global ssage.
‘Motherhumpers!’
Xiaomao cursed the ga’s administrators, developers, and moderators in his mind.
But before he could do anything, the server disconnected him from the ga. Xiaomao’s consciousness returned to his real body in the ga capsule.
…
anwhile, at the office of the moderators, the staff sweated profusely as they listened to their manager’s new order regarding Xiaomao’s character.
“Are you sure, sir?”
The manager was an elderly man with white hair in a black suit. He stared at his n and groaned.
“Rember this. There will be several SPECIAL accounts in the future. Their ga accounts will co with special perks, and we can’t do anything about them. DO NOT OFFEND THESE PLAYERS NO MATTER WHAT THEY DID!”
“But his character is too…”
“No matter how broken the character is, leave him alone! If we touch their ga characters, we will lose our job! From now on, we will take a roundabout thod to nerf those characters without offending the board directors and the executives!”
“But why? Why are the executives playing the ga?”
“You don’t need to know. If you treasure your career, do what I said!”
“…”
“The developers are sorting the database. We will implent a new tool for ga admins and mods so that you can tell which account is a super account. For now, don’t touch that player!”
…
After giving his clinging cats more cat food and recharging his ntal strength by petting Nyanko’s fluffy belly, Xiaomao reentered the ga.
As soon as he entered the ga, he was greeted by a new interface and a patch note screen.
…
Patch Notes
Version 1.0.25
[Ga Balancing]
– Rebalanced drop tables. Boss monsters and elite monsters no longer drop more than 3 spell books or skill books at once.
– Maximum drop rate is now capped at 100%.
– Bridges and structures in dungeons automatically respawn every day if the dungeon core is still intact. During events, the respawn is automatically disabled.
– Tweaked the A.I. of dungeon monsters. Dungeon monsters can now climb walls, ropes, trees, and elevated environnts better.
– Tweaked the abilities of boss monsters in dungeons.
– Players cannot attack monsters from the safe zones.
– Increased attack range of shamans, mages, and spell casters.
[Compensation]
Players who lost EXP and items during the maintenance will be compensated manually by ga moderators.
…
Reading the patch notes increased Xiaomao’s blood pressure. Xiaomao felt like the patch was designed to weaken him. Now, he had the urge to storm the company and kill the ga developers.
Xiaomao reappeared in the safe zone on top of the bridge’s tower. However, the bridge was already respawned along with all gnolls below, including the Gnoll General.
At first, Xiaomao was delighted that the boss reappeared, but he recalled that the ga had just nerfed him. He sulked.
He checked his item next. Unfortunately, the legendary crossbow already returned to the NPC.
“MOTHERHUMPERS, MUNYA!”
Xiaomao hissed. His fur and his tail stood up while his sclera turned black. His screaming voice echoed in the dungeon, yet no gnoll look up or bothered with him.
.
.
.
30 minutes later, Xiaomao finally regained his composure. Venting his anger, Xiaomao fired a bolt at the gnoll crowd below. Unfortunately, his bolt vanished when it was out of the safe zone’s range.
The ga indeed nerfed him.
‘This ga sucks. No, the dev sucks!’
Xiaomao steeled his heart and opened his ga inventory, checking his in-ga assets.
As he had expected, the dead gnoll shamans didn’t give him any spellbook or item.
While Xiaomao inwardly cursed the ga developers, he noticed a new item in his ga inventory. An envelope flashed, attracting his eyes.
Xiaomao pressed on the item to see what it was.
…
Dear Player Xiaomao,
We would like to express our deepest apology to you for the inconvenience. We are aware of the issues of the lost items and opportunities, and we have co up with a solution to compensate you.
This envelope cos with 1,000 PACT, a selectable spell book ticket, and a spirit stone. You can use the selectable spell book ticket to exchange for any super rare spellbook in the ga while a spirit stone can be directly consud to increase your EXP and levels.
We understand that you have been playing the ga honestly without using a third-party program, and we’re encouraging you to continue doing so. However, so perks that co with the custom ga capsule might damage our ga’s system and economy. Although we will not change your ga character’s skills and abilities, we have adjusted the ga balance to make it enjoyable for everyone.
If you have any inquiries, please contact the HELP nu or ga moderators.
Sincerely,
Wang Mang, Assistant Administrative Manager
…
Xiaomao was stunned for a mont as he reread the letter thrice. His killing intent subsided, replaced with a dark ominous crescent smile.
“ANY super rare spellbook in the ga, munya? A.N.Y.? ANY-ANY?”
It was at this mont Xiaomao knew – The administrators and developers screwed up.
It would have been better had they given Xiaomao a thousand super rare spell books from the drop tables. By giving him a choice, they ard this regressor with a nuclear warhead to fight against an army of dieval footn.
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