My Chaotic City - Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Gold Coin Challenge Leaderboard

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

[Golden Infantry: Special monster, Level 10, 2000 MP. After being killed, a silver coin is dropped and bound to the player’s account.]

The Gold Coin Challenge had begun!

Li Hanqiang stepped up into the air and watched as the Golden Infantry emerged from the Space-Time Wormhole, assembled in a neat square. They were queued in rows of ten, each holding a golden spear and wearing golden armor. They looked quite impressive, just like a gold-plated Terracotta Army1.

‘These monsters are only at Level 10 but have up to 2000 Hit Points. They’re pretty strong,’ Li Hanqiang thought to himself. However, that did not matter to him as he realized that the Golden Infantry could only move slowly in a line and advanced forward at around one meter per second.

The Fire Tower immediately started to show its power. As soon as the Golden Infantry came out of the Space-Time Wormhole, flames burst from their body and a ‘-30’ appeared neatly over their heads!

The Golden Infantry itself did not seem to notice, their formation undisturbed.

Li Hanqiang could not help but show a smug smile.

The Fire Tower could deal 30 points of fire damage per second to all targets within a 50-meter range and favored slow moving units. Even if the Gold Infantry had up to 2000 HP, their movement speed was slow and would not be able to withstand 67 seconds of the Fire Tower’s burn!

Only 67 seconds. At their movement speed, it would be impossible for them to get out of the Fire Tower’s attack range!

Sure enough when the first row of the Golden Infantry walked out, their HP bars were emptied after moving less than 70 meters away from the Space-Time Wormhole. They fell to the ground simultaneously and disappeared into the fading light, leaving behind 10 silver coins.

Almost all the Golden Infantry that followed behind died in the same position.

Li Hanqiang laughed aloud. A Fire Tower was more like a God Tower under these circumstances.

Cling cling, clang clang. Cling cling, clang clang… The city was filled with the sounds of silver coins falling.

3000 Golden Infantry were refreshed in 300 seconds but had only managed to persist for less than 400 seconds as they fell under the Fire Tower.

Li Hanqiang happily went down to pick up the silver coins. Around two minutes later, a system notification rang.

[The second wave of the current challenge is 3,000 Gold Infantry, Level 15. You can choose to give up the challenge voluntarily now.]

‘Give up the challenge? Impossible! Come again! Come again!’

After Li Hanqiang responded to the system, he saw a group of gleaming cavalry immediately exit the Space-Time Wormhole. Just like the Golden Infantry, they were also assembled in a square matrix of ten in a row. The first row of infantry appeared in a second, each holding a gold knife as their golden armor gleamed.

[Golden Cavalry: Special monster, Level 15, 3000 MP, it will drop 5 silver coins after killing it.]

Li Hanqiang felt that something was not right.

Although the Golden Cavalry was only five levels higher than the Golden Infantry, they rode golden horses and their marching speed was significantly faster. Even though they were not in an assault posture and the golden horses under them trotted at a normal pace, they were still advancing at a speed of two meters per second.

This meant that they would only need 50 seconds to get out of the Fire Tower’s area of attack.

The Fire Tower could only burn about 1500 damage in 50 seconds, which was just half of the Golden Cavalry’s HP.

‘I’m going to fail!’ Li Hanqiang shook his head, not caring anymore as he had already earned the death of 3000 Golden Infantry.

Everything was playing out similarly as to what Li Hanqiang had expected. However, the Huntsman’s Trap that was inactive during the Golden Infantry stage suddenly came into the limelight, catching a Golden Cavalry as soon as it came up like a giant steel mouth biting at its prey. 

The Golden Cavalry were trapped where they stood, the damage figures of ‘-30’ and ‘-15’ appearing on their heads one after another.

The ‘-30’ damage was caused by the Fire Tower, while the ‘-15′ was damage done by the Huntsman’s Trap.

As a result, the first row of Golden Cavalry became the first victims of this attack wave.

AS they disappeared into the fading light, the Huntsman’s Trap opened automatically and caught another golden cavalry in just two seconds’ time.

At that moment, the rest of the Golden Cavalry in the front had entered the attack range of the Basic Arrow Tower. As crossbow bolts began to fly, they each dealt a full 40 points of damage.

‘This Golden Cavalry looks great, but is it possible that they have no physical defense? Despite that, even receiving full damage from the Basic Arrow Tower will not work as it can only reach a maximum of 80 damage points per second. With its full power, it will only be able to kill one Golden Cavalry in 20 seconds.’

Li Hanqiang calculated silently. The Space-Time Wormhole refreshed 10 Golden Cavalry in one second, so a total refresh time of 300 seconds would be required for 3000 of them. Their movement speed was two meters per second and the Basic Arrow Tower had an attack range of 200 meters.

In other words, the Basic Arrow Tower could attack for a maximum time of 500 seconds and during this period, it would only be able to kill 25 Golden Cavalries with half of their HP.

Li Hanqiang began looking forward to how the Sword Tower would perform.

Not long after, a bright white Sword Qi flashed from above the Sword Tower, traveling along a hundred meters in a flash. Clang, clang, clang, clang… It penetrated through eight of the Golden Cavalry successively, producing a row of damage figures.

-80, -70, -60…

It had directly dealt a total of up to 360 damage points. Unfortunately, the Sword Tower’s attack range was only about 100 meters. Despite the fact that its output was more stable and efficient than the Basic Arrow Tower, it still had difficulties in blocking out the Golden Cavalry.

Soon, the defense line collapsed and the Golden Cavalry drove straight in. In a heartbeat, the Chaotic Energy in the Chaos’ Core was completely robbed. 

[System Notification: Chaotic Energy in the Chaos’ Core is zero. The current challenge has failed.]

[Challenge Statistics: The current challenge took 13 minutes and 5 seconds, with 3000 Golden Infantry and 122 Golden Cavalry killed. Your accumulated profit from the challenge is 36 gold and 10 silver. Your Gold Coin Challenge has been stopped at the second wave.]

[System Notification: You are now at the top of the Gold Coin Challenge Leaderboard, you can choose to display with your real nickname or remain anonymous…]

‘There’s even a challenge ranking list? And I am on the top!’ Li Hanqiang gave it some thought. ‘I, Li Hanqiang, am a humble person, but I can’t just hide my talents. Whatever, let’s just choose to display my real nickname on the leaderboard. Hahahaha.’

Li Hanqiang happily retreated and collected his gold coins.

At that moment, in Chaotic City No. 12, Gorgeous Banyue was looking at the Gold Coin Challenge Leaderboard.

Those that could be on the leaderboard at that time were either super experts or super lucky people. Gorgeous Banyue thought of those people as competitors.

There were only ten rankings on the list, and Gorgeous Banyue was in tenth place. The profit she had earned from the challenge was 25 gold.

The thing that made her depressed was the fact that all nine people in front of her had chosen to be kept anonymous.

‘Isn’t there anyone who will display their Chaotic City number and real nickname? They really just don’t have any courage.’

Gorgeous Banyue shook her head and was about to close the leaderboard when a system notification came.

[System Notification: You have fallen out of the Gold Coin Challenge Leaderboard, please continue to make persistent efforts.]

‘Hmm? Squeezed down?’ Gorgeous Banyue frowned and took a look at the ranking list again. As it turned out, her name was no longer there.

At the top of the list, there was a row of different words. 

[Ranked first: Chaotic City No. 68, City Lord, Li Hanqiang. Single challenge profit, 36 gold and 10 silver.]

‘Li Hanqiang?’ Gorgeous Banyue was stunned for a moment. Which character was this? Why did this name feel a bit familiar?

Suddenly, she remembered the landlord next door.

Isn’t that guy’s name Li Hanqiang?

‘Who uses their real name as a nickname?’ Gorgeous Banyue shook her head. She felt like she was thinking too much. That guy was just a loser and she felt like he was not someone with a high IQ. How could someone like him be the Chaotic City Lord on the top of the list?

‘I’ll need to call Little Yi and the gang, as well as recruit a group of adventurer masters from the live broadcast to start more monster attacks.’ Gorgeous Banyue planned silently. ‘The Chaotic City Lord lacks achievements when they are still below Level 30. I will have to upgrade as soon as possible as it is only after Level 30 that the skill will truly be reflected. Gold Coin Challenge Leaderboard, I will come back to you sooner or later.’