The Great Thief Chapter 812: Gnome Thief

Chapter 812: Gno Thief

Translator: Halcyon Translations Editor: Halcyon Translations

If Lu Li had been slightly slower, he would have been a corpse by now.

After he entered the door, he found himself in a yellow land covered in withered grass.

The Undead Thieves were blocked outside the door and couldn’t co through, which put Lu Li slightly at ease.

He imdiately decided that he liked this place, because it wasn’t as dark as the forest. Thieves liked to hide themselves in the shadows, but this didn’t an that enjoyed the darkness.

However, he still couldn’t let his guard down.

Using his Detection, he felt soone tailing behind him.

If his opponent had attacked him as soon as he stepped through the door, would he still be alive?

Lu Li pretended that he knew nothing of the situation, as if he was an adventurer that had just escaped from danger and was carefully scouting his new environnt.

"Hi, let us fight like real n." Evidently, it wasn’t this mysterious person’s plan to sneak up on Lu Li.

A Gno!

Lu Li was speechless. Fortunately, he had not attacked first.

Usually, those who attacked Gnos first ended up dead, because they were too short to deal with properly. Most of these people saw their height and underestimated them.

It was hard to hit the critical spots of a Gno, but they also faced this sa problem when dealing with taller people. It was an exaggeration to say that they needed to jump to hit your knees, but it would be difficult for Lu Li to hit them behind their neck or head as well.

"Who are you? What is this place?’ Lu Li asked.

He had first been teleported into a dark forest and run into a pack of Undead Thieves. Everyone that he could possibly talk to ended up fighting with him. At this point, he was dying to knowing the truth.

Most importantly, he wanted to know if this had all been set up by Garona.

"I’m an assassin, as you can see. A Gno assassin." This Gno Thief seed to possess an intellect, unlike the previous Undead Thieves.

"What is this place?" Lu Li continued to ask.

"That isn’t important. What you need to do now is to defeat . Let us not Stealth, but fight head on," the Gno Thief said, then raised his chin and continued, "Let introduce myself – I’m level 48 with slightly better equipnt than you and ten thousand health. If you are defeated and die, you won’t lose experience either. I’ll even send you back."

"What if I win?" Lu Li’s expression turned serious as he gave this Gno more respect.

"Alright, I suppose that’s not impossible either," the Gno Thief mumbled. "If you win, I’ll count you as having passed this stage and you can head to the next trial."

"I want to know who’s testing ," Lu Li demanded.

He thought that the Gno wouldn’t answer him, but he nodded and laughed, "You already know, don’t you?"

Garona – the legendary Thief who was rumored to be dead! She had been described as the closest existence to a demigod in many legends. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to kill King Llane.

"Let’s start," Lu Li said with determination.

His opponent was higher level than him by three levels, with better equipnt and more health, but so what? Lu Li had not made it this far with his level and equipnt alone.

Lu Li was confident in himself, even though he was facing a Gno Thief that he knew nothing about.

The Gnomish Thief took out two daggers – both Shards of the Defiler.

Was the Shard of the Defiler so common now? Lu Li could feel himself break down a little on the inside, but he was still confident. If a Thief lost their confidence, then they would have also lost their life.

Regardless of the situation, they needed confidence, even if they were facing Sargeras.

These were the words that Lu Li had read from a Thief’s notes. Apparently the one who had penned these notes was the director of an insurance company, a Goblin Thief called Lazduke.

Lu Li and the Gno began to duel with their daggers, each party testing out the other.

By blocking alone, Lu Li appeared to be more skilled. His dagger struck the Gno Thief right on the shoulder, while the Gno’s only brushed passed the leather armor on his thighs. No real damage was dealt.

From this short encounter, Lu Li seed to have more combat experience.

The Gno Thief seed stronger than he was, but was lacking in combat experience. Lu Li was slightly relieved.

"I hope you don’t underestimate ," reminded Lu Li, as if he knew what he was thinking. In a flash, he launched an attack on Lu Li’s legs.

Compared to the Undead Thieves, he was much faster, so Lu Li didn’t have ti to react.

Empowernt: Shadowstep?

Lu Li was stunned; he didn’t believe that soone would learn sothing as unpopular as Empowernt: Shadowstep. Or perhaps, the Gnomish Thief just happened to have an equip with a similar special effect.

Lu Li had dealt 76 damage to the Gno previously, but this ti the Gno dealt 253 damage to him instead.

This was quite a large gap indeed. Lu Li looked deeply at his target as he barely escaped from being controlled. As the Gno rushed in front of him, he focused his energy and casted a Shadowstrike.

This was his bread and butter; he managed to achieve a 97% completion level.

-570!

The skill even stunned for two seconds, but the Gno Thief was three levels higher.

Two seconds was enough for Lu Li to do many things. First, he used a Backstab for an Armor Penetration effect, then stacked on Ambush and Mutilate. Finally, with 5 combo points stored up, he applied an Armor Reduction effect before his target woke up.

With 50% Armor Reduction, even the best equipnt would be rendered useless. Over the next ten seconds, the Gnomish Thief was pressured under Lu Li’s intense wave of attacks.

He had never encountered an opponent like this.

Or rather, he didn’t have any real combat experience. Although he had a large, bushy beard, he was actually still quite young. The beard of a Gno was like the height of a Dwarf – neither could be used to judge their age.