Chapter 41 41: Old Geezer, Time to Drop Your Loot!

Takashi Komuro might be a "clown," but he most likely would not appear during tonight's Blood Moon event.

That was because this kind of special elite monster would only appear during the Blood Moon after defeating the Wall of Flesh and entering Terraria's Hardmode.

Tonight's enemies consisted only of endless waves of zombies, mutated blood zombies, and the Blood Dripplers wandering through the sky.

Of course, mixed into the zombie horde were also the Takagi couple.

They were like generals marching with an army, arriving at the mansion that had originally belonged to them while surrounded by the dead.

"There are a lot of enemies. In short… I'll deal with them slowly."

Drake crouched on a high platform and did not jump directly into the zombie horde for close combat.

The first test the fragile zombies faced was passing through the defensive line formed by the Laboratory Turrets.

The instant they entered the turrets' alert range, laser beams pierced through their bodies one after another.

The tide-like zombie horde was like a cake slowly having its edges shaved away, constantly worn down by the turrets.

In reality, these were only the lowest-level turrets.

Above them were advanced turrets capable of firing high-speed water streams, shotgun blasts, flames, and even plague bombs.

To craft those turrets, he needed to unlock the corresponding encrypted schematics first.

"Not bad. Since there's no problem dealing with these zombies, the next step is building a monster farm."

Drake nodded while observing from the side, quite satisfied with the turrets' effectiveness.

Although the turrets would lose their effect when challenging boss-level enemies, that did not affect their function.

Monster farms—whether in Terraria or another certain sandbox game—were an essential part of the experience.

Killing monsters could grant dropped materials, items, equipment, and coins.

Building a monster farm could effectively accumulate large quantities of resources, while also turning "crisis events" into opportunities!

This Blood Moon was one of Drake's trial runs.

If the actual combat effect this time was good, then next time, he would actively summon a "Blood Moon" in the Terraria world!

After all, Terraria monsters were much richer than these broke zombies.

After being killed, these zombies left behind nothing except remains on the ground.

They would not even drop half a copper coin.

Fortunately, the turrets Drake crafted did not consume energy and could continue defending indefinitely.

Bang bang bang bang, bang bang!

From the other side of the estate came rhythmic gunfire.

Hearing this sound, Drake knew Rika Minami had made her move.

Her task was to clear out the enemies in the sky—the ugly monsters called "Blood Dripplers."

They were flying enemies that spawned only during the Blood Moon. Though they were said to fly, they were actually closer to floating.

Because of that, they were not very fast. As they drifted along, sticky blood-like fluid would drip from their bodies, hence their name.

For an ace sniper who had won a national shooting competition, using Rika Minami to deal with these things was honestly overkill.

Bang—

A Blood Drippler floating toward Drake's head was blown apart in midair.

"Should've told her I'd handle the monsters near me myself."

Drake helplessly wiped his face after getting splattered.

Since his body had already been stained with the smell of blood, he stopped watching from the sidelines and joined the fight directly.

First, he fired two phase laser spheres, clearing out an open area among the zombies that had luckily passed through the turret defense zone.

Then, holding the Blade of Grass, Drake charged straight into close combat with the remaining enemies.

Rather than a fight, it was more like a one-sided slaughter.

"Too slow."

Expressionless, Drake cut down a zombie.

Then he sidestepped another enemy's pounce, kicked it away with a counter, and shot it down with the Thermionic Beam Cannon.

After getting used to being beaten in every possible way by the Sword Princess, Drake even felt that these zombies' movements were clumsy enough to be almost cute.

"Hah!"

Just then, a rough shout came from nearby.

Feeling a powerful aura, Drake frowned and raised his blade to block the attack coming from behind.

Clang—

The collision between blades sent out a burst of sparks.

"A zombie that can use weapons? Oh… so it's you."

Drake took several steps back and created some distance.

Only then did he clearly see the attacker's appearance.

The other party was a burly man wearing formal attire, with a somewhat ridiculous top hat on his head.

Then, a woman in a blood-red wedding dress slowly walked out from behind him and stood by his side.

They were Saya Takagi's parents, Soichiro Takagi and Yuriko Takagi.

Although they had also been attacked by the turrets, there were not many wounds on their bodies.

"Is it because elite monsters have higher defense?"

"Looks like I'll have to handle you myself after all."

Feeling the powerful pressure emanating from the two of them, Drake could not help growing excited.

He licked the corner of his mouth. Boiling fighting spirit sent hot blood surging through his entire body.

Only killing small fry was far too boring.

Fighting elite monsters one-on-one was much more interesting…

Even better if these two could drop some equipment.

While thinking this, Drake switched the weapon in his hand to the Superheated Thermionic Beam Cannon.

He was not stubborn enough to keep clashing blades with an enemy after seeing how strong they were in melee combat.

He had so many weapons in his inventory precisely so he could use them. As long as he could defeat the enemy, that was all that mattered.

Soichiro Takagi tried to block with the katana in his hand, but the phase laser cannon had no physical form.

The instant it touched the blade, it burst into a spherical field of high-temperature particles, continuously damaging the zombie couple caught inside.

Immediately after, a series of laser beams struck their bodies one after another, sending scorched fragments flying.

This utterly unfair fighting style seemed to enrage Soichiro Takagi.

He roared and leapt up with borrowed momentum, trying to close the distance to Drake's position.

However, Drake casually fired his grappling hook and climbed straight onto another high platform.

"Goodbye, you two."

Drake narrowed his eyes and fired the last two phase laser spheres.

"I'll take good care of your daughter."

The already low-health "Zombie Groom" and "Zombie Bride" melted on the spot inside the high-temperature particle field.

However, Drake noticed that several items had been left behind where they died.

His spirits instantly lifted, and his eyes began to shine.

"They really dropped loot!"

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