Chapter 34 (1/2)

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!