Chapter 27 (2/2)

Right in the middle of the camp sat the Dungeon Boss, who was beside the campfire that was surrounded by the shabby tents. His name was Bandit Chief Gerov!

Although Gerov was a Human Thief, he didn’t cover his face. He had a huge scar, which was the typical, evil look of a wicked man. Two other bandits sat beside him by the campfire, Deputy Bandit Chief Jason and Bellamy.

Gerov was a Level 2 4-Star Boss, while Jason and Bellamy were Level 2 3-Star Elites.

This was where the difficulty of the dungeon lay. The bandits roaming around the periphery were easy to deal with. At the right timing, when they were apart from other bandits while they were patrolling, the party could draw them with a long-range attack one by one to kill them. However, the two Elites and Boss beside the campfire were not that easy to draw away because they didn’t get up to roam around. Thus, there was no way to divert them.

If there was an attack, the three of them would flock over right away…

Of course, it was also wrong to say that there was no way to kill them. They could attack when the two Elite Deputy Bandit Chiefs were drawn away.

However, because they were in this party, it was not easy to find someone to pin down the Elites. There should be a way to complete the quest and not let these Elites kill them. Otherwise, the Elites would turn back to join the battle, which would lead to a domino effect that would cause each of the players to die!

Although Fatty was confident about pinning down an Elite, because his shoes didn’t add much movement speed, he supposed that he would be caught by the Elites. If he was attacked, Fatty didn’t believe that Smoking Without Fire would heal him. That guy had fallen out with him, so he probably would just look without doing anything.

Thus, Fatty decided not to do that.

However, when Crayon Knife and the others asked for his opinion with their eyes, Fatty pretended he didn’t see. Did this group of players really think that he was an expert? This was his first time in the Dark Council Camp’s dungeon…

After seeing them looking at him anxiously, he could only say with a sigh, “I can try to command, but let’s be candid here. I’m only confident about killing one Elite. As for the Boss, don’t even dream of it. Everyone should be prepared to have a Total Party Kill.”

“Why?” Crayon Knife asked in confusion. “Brother Chicken, I saw many parties succeed during their first dungeon. If you command, we should at least stand a chance, right?”

Bookworm and Playing With Fire nodded their heads, approving of Crayon Knife’s opinion. Only Smoking Without Fire remained expressionless.

“That’s very simple. We’re not prepared well enough!” Fatty explained. “First, Bookworm, your Physical Armor points are too low. Although you can tank the enemies, you should know that when we kill the Boss, we’ll have to kill all three of them. After a long period, the pressure of healing will increase because the healer might not have enough mana! This is a joint effort. It does not just depend on whether you can tank.”

“Second, Crayon Knife, if my guess is right, your shoes are still the ones you got from the Novice Village. Those shoes add 20 to speed, right?” Fatty asked.

“Yes! How did you know?” Crayon Knife nodded his head.

“I can see that, of course. Due to the lesser skills of the Thieves in the early stages, the true power output is affected!” Fatty added. “Therefore, the most important thing for the Thief at this stage is not a weapon, but a pair of shoes with faster movement speed. This way, the Thief can take charge of pinning down the enemies. As long as you can pin down one Elite, maybe we have hope. Unfortunately, I suppose you won’t be able to do that…”

Crayon Knife nodded his head thoughtfully.

“Based on these two reasons, I don’t think we have any hope of clearing the dungeon!” Fatty then added, “If you guys hadn’t entered the dungeon in a hurry but had inquired about these things, I might have had a solution. However, we’re already in here, so I can’t do anything…”

Fatty was actually very talented at calculations. This had been evident when he’d used to play Underwear Farm. All the things he had said were basically the problems of the party. As for the mistakes in their teamwork, he didn’t bother mentioning them.

“Then… Brother Chicken, how do we kill them?” Playing With Fire hesitated before he asked.

“Our goal has to be lower!” Fatty said. “Stop thinking about the Boss. We can’t kill him. Our goal is to do our best to kill an Elite Deputy Bandit Chief. Playing With Fire, after starting the attack, use the Flaming Imp to divert one Elite Deputy Chief. Bookworm, choose one of the Elite Deputy Chiefs to attack. Playing With Fire, you will straightaway divert another one. Then, Crayon Knife, you will work with Bookworm to attack that Elite!”

Fatty told Smoking Without Fire, “Although I know you are not convinced, I don’t need you to do much. You only need to do your best to heal Bookworm and Crayon Knife!”

“What about you?” Smoking Without Fire asked in confusion. “What are you doing?”

After exhaling, Fatty answered, “I’ll draw away the Boss! You guys have to remember that I can only persist for a short time. You have to hurry up and kill that Elite before I’m killed by the Boss!”

“Brother Chicken, you…” Everyone was shocked. They hadn’t expected Fatty to take the initiative to take on the most difficult task, which was to draw away the Boss. For a moment, apart from Crayon Knife, even Smoking Without Fire couldn’t help but feel great respect for him.

Fatty couldn’t help but bitterly smile this time. In fact, he didn’t want to draw away the Boss. It was just that he simply couldn’t find any other suitable candidates. If he did it on his own, he might be able to persist for a while. Otherwise, he supposed that they would be killed in less than half a minute…

As expected, he was as majestic as ever!

Fatty sighed deep down…