Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 25 King Slime

Lei Chi entered his own [War Hall].

Behind this War Hall is a portal resembling a wormhole, with a large screen on each side of the portal.

Through the window on the left, you can query a player's camp information by player ID, and initiate an invasion war for a fee.

The window on the right is the [War Missions] window, which currently contains two war missions that can be accepted.

Lei Chi had no immediate plans to infiltrate other players' secret camps; he looked at the [War Missions] window.

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Available Task 1: [Counterattack]

Mission Description: Your secret camp has been invaded by a mad rush of slimes. The location of the slime's lair has now been discovered. An eye for an eye, an eye for an eye, it is imperative to teach them a lesson. You have decided to launch a counterattack!

Mission objective: After accepting the current mission, the War Hall will open a portal to the Slime Nest. Please go to the Slime Nest and kill more than 100 slimes within 60 minutes.

Mission Reward: War Corridor extended by 50 meters!

Quest 2 available: [The Wrath of the Slime King]

Mission Description: Five consecutive slime armies have failed to destroy your secret camp, enraging the slime king hiding behind the scenes, who will personally lead the expedition.

Quest details: After accepting the current quest, the Slime King will appear from the [Time-Space Wormhole] and launch an invasion of your secret camp. The invasion settings are the same as those for a wild monster invasion.

The Slime King is set as a LV5 Bronze BOSS with 5000 HP, 50 attack power, 1 meter movement speed per second, 0 armor, and 0 magic resistance.

Mission Reward: Defeating the Slime King's invasion will reward you with one Slime War Guardian.

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"The counterattack mission will probably be a bit difficult for me to complete, but the Slime King, I might be able to give it a shot."

Lei Chi pondered silently. The Slime King had 5000 HP, much stronger than the Slime minions. Fortunately, its armor and magic resistance were both 0. If his ranged Beast Towers went all out and focused their fire on it, the DPS could exceed 32.5, so theoretically it could be killed in a little over 150 seconds.

Of course, the Slime King isn't a stationary wooden stake; it can move.

This is where the importance of speed reduction towers becomes apparent.

Theoretically speaking, after the Slime King rushes into the War Corridor, he will be slowed down by both Tiger Roar and Lightning Strike within 20 seconds, reducing his movement speed to 0.28 meters per second!

Afterwards, the Tiger Roar slow effect is removed, but the Thunder Lizard can still use it to unleash lightning strikes, and its movement speed will remain at 0.4 meters per second.

The Thunder Lizard's attack range is 30 meters. If the Slime King runs out of its range at a speed of 0.4 meters per second, it will take 136 seconds!

During this time, Lei Chi had set up defensive towers in advance, so that all the ranged beast towers could hit the Slime King as soon as possible. At least the Water Cannon Turtle and Bubble Turtle could output damage throughout the entire process. If we also consider the output of the Little Green Snake and the two Porcupines, theoretically, it can reduce the Slime King's health by 4089 points.

There are two strategies after that. One is to move the Water Cannon Turtle 50 meters backward by using Beast Shift after the Slime King is out of the Water Cannon Turtle's attack range. This will allow the Water Cannon Turtle to attack for 90 seconds, dealing 1440 damage, which is enough to kill the Slime King.

The second strategy is more reliable: after the Slime King is out of the Thunder Lizard's attack range, move the Thunder Lizard back 30 meters to keep the Slime King in a slowed-down state. Even if the Water Cannon Turtle, which has a 50-meter range, doesn't move back, it can still attack for another 100 seconds. Including the Thunder Lizard's output, a total of 1800 damage can be dealt.

Therefore, theoretically, with the current turret configuration, Lei Chi can deal a full 5889 damage to a single target with zero armor and zero magic resistance.

Defeating the Slime King is no problem at all.

"Unconsciously, my defensive towers have become so strong? No way! If they're this powerful, what if other players launch an invasion and we can't break through? It seems I'll have to deliberately place my defensive towers in the worst possible positions when welcoming player invasions."

Lei Chi then thought of the sixth wave of monster invasion.

The sixth wave of invading monsters consists of small skeletons, spawning two per second for a total of 2000. Each skeleton has 50 health points. In fact, it's possible to activate this mode, as the firepower of your own defensive towers is already sufficient.

After a moment's thought, he decided to fight the Slime King first, and then start the 6th wave of monster invasion.

Of course, he needs to adjust the position of the defensive towers before that.

Lei Chi felt that while [Beast Shift] was useful, the five-minute cooldown was really frustrating.

After about half an hour, Lei Chi rearranged his own beast tower. At this time, the number one [Big Tiger] was 10 meters away from the [War Corridor]. Opposite it was no longer the number two [Big Tiger], but the [Little Green Snake].

二号【大老虎】被雷池往后挪了一米，而拥有20米射程的【豪猪】被移动到了「20米」处，拥有30米射程的【雷霆小蜥蜴】和【泡泡龟】在「30米」处，拥有50米射程的【水炮龟】被移动到了「50米」处。

In this way, as soon as the invading monsters peek out from the [Time-Space Wormhole], they will be targeted by all the ranged beast towers.

Lei Chi didn't hesitate any longer and quickly went to the War Hall to receive the mission.

"Ding! You have accepted the war quest 'The Slime King's Wrath.' In 3 minutes, the Slime King will launch an invasion of your secret camp. Please prepare your defenses!"

"Come on, come on!"

Lei Chi was already looking forward to the mission rewards. He was very curious about the rare Slime War Guardian, which he had never heard of before.

Soon, light and mist surged within the [space-time wormhole], and with a howling roar, a slime the size of a buffalo burst forth from it.

This slime was extremely fat, its body shaped like a steamed bun. It wore a golden robe, a golden crown on its head, and had two small hands. Its right hand held a golden scepter. It had two eyes with a very fierce look in them.

"Woohoo!"

As soon as the Slime King appeared, the number one [Big Tiger] roared, and the [Little Green Snake], [Porcupine], [Bubble Turtle], [Thunder Lizard], and [Water Cannon Turtle] also launched an attack.

"Tiger's Roar, movement speed reduced by 30%!"

"-4, Lightning strike paralysis, movement speed reduced by 60%!"

"-30!"

"-5!"

"-4!"

"-4!"

"-4!"

"-2! Poison gas has entered the body!"

A string of damage numbers and status messages appeared above the Slime King's head, and its movements immediately became incredibly slow, crawling forward in slow motion like a buffalo.

With the combined deceleration from the howling wind and the lightning strike, its actual movement speed was indeed reduced to 28%!

Thus, it only moved forward 2.8 meters in 10 seconds.

At this moment, the Tiger Roar slowing effect of the first [Big Tiger] was removed from it, but the second [Big Tiger] immediately roared again, adding a new slowing effect to the Slime King.

Ten seconds later, the Slime King had climbed a total of 5.6 meters. The Tiger Roar slowdown was removed again, but it was still constantly being hit by lightning strikes, so its movement speed was still reduced by 60%, and its actual movement speed was only 0.4 meters per second.

At such a slow pace, the Slime King finally managed to climb 20 meters into the War Corridor, escaping the attack range of the Little Green Snake. However, he was still poisoned and had to climb for another 10 seconds before he was finally free from the Little Green Snake's attacks.

At this point, the Little Green Snake has completed its mission, accumulating 56 seconds of attack time and dealing 244 points of damage to the Slime King.

King Slime continued crawling forward, reaching a point 40 meters into the War Corridor, where he was out of range of the two Porcupines.

By this time, it had been crawling for a total of 106 seconds. The two porcupines attacked it 106 times, leaving 106 white quills on its body, making it look like a hedgehog. The total damage was 848 points.

Fifty seconds later, King Slime finally climbed to the 60-meter mark of the War Corridor.

If it climbs any further, it will escape the attack range of the Thunder Lizard and the Bubble Turtle.

[Bubble Turtle] has a range of 30 meters, attacks for a total of 156 seconds, and attacks a total of 78 times, dealing 340 damage to the Slime King.

At this point, King Slime's health bar was down to one-fifth.

At this moment, Lei Chi activated the [Beast Shift] skill, moving the [Lightning Lizard] 60 ​​meters backward and placing it 90 meters away in the [War Corridor].

Thus, the Slime King remained within its range, pitifully continuing to be slowed down.

With a range of 50 meters, the Water Cannon Turtle kept attacking. After 26 seconds, the Slime King threw his golden scepter to the ground and collapsed!

The whole world is quiet.

At this point, the [Lightning Lizard] has attacked for a total of 182 seconds, summoning 91 lightning strikes, and dealing 364 damage to the Slime King!

The Water Cannon Turtle's cumulative attack time was 182 seconds, firing 91 water cannon shots, dealing a total of 2912 damage to the Slime Emperor!

"Ding! Congratulations on crushing the invasion of the Slime King. You are hereby awarded one Slime War Guardian."

As the system notification sounded, the previously defeated Slime King stood up again, picked up the golden scepter again, and was fully revived.