Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
“Pull him apart! Quickly! Pull him apart!”
“Fated Sky, tank!”
“Concentrate and kill him. You have to hurry up. I’ll draw away the Boss first!”
To be honest, being the commander of a party was actually a very wonderful thing. The party members would act according to the commander’s wishes. However, it was like a chess player playing chess and grasping the pulse of the whole battle. As long as one’s mind was calm enough, one could clearly see who made mistakes in the battle, where loopholes were that needed to be complemented, and so on.
Fatty didn’t know how he had become the commander. It seemed as if all of this had happened naturally, suddenly, and logically… This was something he hadn’t thought about before…
Although this was his first overall command, Fatty strangely felt that he was proficient. He was not unfamiliar with not knowing what to do, nor did he know why it was like that. Perhaps, it was because he had played the game for more than four years and had the experience of clearing the dungeon countless times with other parties. As a result, this improficiency was diluted.
However, this was not the time to be deeply moved. Four years later, any player might be able to kill a novice dungeon Boss like Gerov alone, but while everyone’s level was still low, this posed a big challenge. He needed to focus all his attention to deal with this Boss.
Based on the tactics they had discussed beforehand, Luo Moling used her Flaming Imp to draw away an Elite. On the other hand, Fated Sky, Crayon Knife, and Black Snail attacked another Elite with all their might. Just like in the previous dungeon, Fatty was still responsible for restraining Boss Gerov.
After he released his Miasma Skill to draw Gerov over, Fatty quickly released the Poison Sting Skill to hit him. After he saw that both skills took effect, he hurriedly ran.
Fatty’s shoes gave him an additional movement speed of 20, which was the most common movement speed. Gerov’s movement speed was much faster than that. According to Fatty’s estimation, it was around 35. This meant that it would take him 5 seconds to run 100 meters in the game, while Gerov only needed 3 seconds.
If he kept running in a straight line, Gerov might catch up to Fatty’s character and keep attacking him…
When they encountered such a situation, players had a common way of coping. They made use of the terrain to avoid stones or trees. When the monsters chased players, they generally chased them in a straight line. When they were blocked by these obstacles, all the monsters in the game would take a short pause before they bypassed the obstacles to continue chasing them. Players could use this pause to increase the distance between them little by little.
Of course, such an operation was relatively difficult. One needed enough patience and a keen eye. Otherwise, the obstacle would not stop the monster. Instead, the player’s movement speed would be reduced and they would be chased by the monster…
Although the Gerov camp was halfway up the mountain, the terrain there was relatively flat. The only thing that could be called an obstacle were the few worn-out tents and the surrounding fences. Their effectiveness was not yet known, as Fatty hadn’t tried this last time. He had mainly used constant rolls to escape Gerov’s pursuit, so he certainly hadn’t lasted long that time.
This time was different. Previously, Fatty had only needed to restrain Gerov and allow Bookworm to kill one Elite. This time, he had to persist until two Elites were killed, which would take much longer.
Fortunately, he had the Poison Sting’s speed reduction effect this time. Hence, this task wasn’t impossible to accomplish.
Since his skill level was low, the Poison Sting’s speed reduction effect was only 10%. When applied to Gerov, it could only reduce his movement speed by 3.5. Nevertheless, Gerov would still have a movement speed of 31.5, which was faster than Fatty’s speed.
Therefore, Fatty not only intended to use the side roll for an emergency and dodge, but he also intended to use the tents to block Gerov.
Because he had been mentally prepared beforehand, when Fatty rushed to the tents, he could go around without delay. However, Gerov, who could not, knocked into the tent. Although it did not cause any damage, the distance between them suddenly widened a little.
Fatty violently manipulated his character to turn around and release a Poison Sting against Gerov.
The Miasma Skill would deduct 4 HP per second. Because of its talent skill’s effect, the Poison Sting Skill would cause 3 points of poison damage per second. These two kinds of toxin effects could be stacked. In other words, this would inflict 7 damage points on Gerov per second. If Gerov’s movement speed wasn’t that high, Fatty could even grind Gerov to death slowly!
However, it did not work. Although inflicting 7 points of poison damage per second was impressive, Fatty might not necessarily be able to allow Gerov to keep the two toxin effects at the same time. He could only seize this chance to counterattack Gerov. His priority skill was definitely the Poison Sting, and his primary goal was to reduce his movement speed. As for the Miasma Skill, it might not be able to complement.
In fact, when Fatty restrained Gerov, the damage caused could only remain stable. At the very most, it would restrain Gerov’s health regeneration.
After taking Gerov and constantly shuttling between several tents while chasing and escaping for a while, Fatty learned from the party channel that the Elite Fated Sky and the Crayon Knife were tanking against only had half of its health left!
This news excited Fatty even more. It seemed that Fated Sky was indeed a good player!
With 76 points of armor points, the Elite Deputy Bandit Chief only deducted 20 HP from him every time. This damage was not very high and it reduced the corresponding healing burden on Snail of Darkness. Since Fated Sky had learned the Rune Crafting Skill, he could use the Death Knight’s powerful rune skill to cause damage.
The Rune Crafting Skill was a passive skill. After learning, the Death Knight’s visual interface would have an additional rune column. Upon being activated, it would consume a certain amount of the Death Knight’s mana every three seconds. A rune would be randomly crafted in the column. Every time a Death Knight used the rune skill, it would consume one of the runes in the rune column.
Of course, different rune skills required different numbers and types of runes. The runes were divided into three types: Blood, Frost, and Plague.
Fated Sky had learned the Sorrowful Strike Skill. Every time this skill was used, it would consume a Blood Rune. It could cause additional damage to the target and had caused impressive damage on the Elite Deputy Bandit Chief. In general, a Death Knight who learned the Rune Skill and one who didn’t were completely different. Fated Sky alone was akin to two Bookworms at the same time!
A good main tank had a huge effect on the party. With a high attack, they could inflict more damage. With a high defense, the burden on the healer would be small. As for Black Snail, he could even execute the Dark Sorrow Skill against the Elite Deputy Bandit Chief and join in.
Fatty felt that he had formed quite a good party this time…
While he felt glad, he actually didn’t realize that Gerov had suddenly stopped. By the time he reacted, Gerov’s Instant Death Skill had already appeared!
He couldn’t dodge the locking skill, not even with the Speed Scroll on hand. Thus, Fatty forcibly suffered the damage this time.
By inflicting more than 100 points of damage, it instantly reduced Fatty’s health by one-third. Besides palpitating, Fatty suddenly realized that he had actually been hit with the crippling effect of Instant Death!
“Goddamn it!” He couldn’t help but scowl and silently consider himself unlucky. To prevent Gerov from catching up, he could only use a Speed Scroll to offset his crippling speed reduction effect.
A long time after he had started to flee with his life again, when Fatty realized that the five Speed Scrolls in his backpack had been emptied, his heart began to rattle!
Then, he shouted on the party channel, “Save me! Help!”
His shout, which sounded just like a siren screaming, made everyone in the party get nearly frightened stiff. They had been attacking the second Elite Deputy Bandit Chief with all their might. Fated Sky shuddered in fear and suffered two attacks from the Elite. Panicked, Black Snail hurriedly restored his health. On the other hand, Luo Moling stomped her foot in anger. Why was this guy shouting as miserably as a fierce bell at midnight?
“We’re almost done!” Crayon Knife hurriedly shouted on the party channel, “Brother Chicken, persist a while more!”
After quickly killing the Elite Deputy Bandit Chief, who didn’t have much health left, Fated Sky shouted at Fatty, “Draw him over!”
Fatty was still dashing along with Gerov. However, when he heard Fated Sky’s shout, he didn’t draw Gerov over. Instead, he shouted, “You guys should sit down and rest! Regenerate to the fullest first!”
Everyone froze. This fellow clearly had been shouting miserably as if he had been poked in the anus. Now that they’d told him to draw Gerov over, he had told everyone to regenerate first?
They all understood what Fatty meant. After killing two Elites in succession, both Fated Sky and Snail of Darkness had consumed a lot of their health and mana. If they fought the Boss in such a state, they might have an accident. Fatty was continuously restraining the Boss but he had told them to regenerate first, which showed that this guy was actually very calm…
Even Fated Sky couldn’t help but silently praise Fatty. This person was a natural commander…
At this thought, the grievance of Fatty’s miserable shout earlier dissipated a lot. The four of them quickly sat down to regenerate. To speed up, everyone ate the bread and spring water.
These two kinds of regeneration food could only be used while sitting down. If they were attacked, it would be interrupted. Hence, they could only be used when they were not in battle.
After everyone had been restored and they stood up to prepare for battle, Fatty drew Gerov over. Fated Sky seized the right chance to release the Sorrowful Strike and successfully pulled the enemy over.
Fortunately, the Venomancer’s attack skills were usually unstable. There were advantages and disadvantages to drawing hatred. An advantage was that the people on the side could pull away the monster at any time, while a disadvantage was that… the people on the side could also pull away the monster at any time…
At this point, Fatty’s commands and tactics were basically half-successful. When Fated Sky drew the Boss over, Fatty was finally relieved. His health had been in a dangerous state. If it wasn’t because he hadn’t caused too much damage to Gerov, Gerov would probably have released his Instant Death Skill several times and Fatty might not have been able to persist and clear the dungeon…