Chapter 581 (1/2)
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I smirked when I heard those words. You want to monopolize the Agave market? Keep dreaming, small fry! Do you think that I'll just sit back and let you do what you want?
But now wasn't the time to be thinking about Agave! The Mad Dragon guild is planning to ambush another guild? Hmph, I definitely won't let them get their way! The most despicable thing someone could do in the game was to ambush another person after they had nearly finished killing a boss! I didn't know which guild was currently fighting a boss, but I had already decided to help them out!
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I snuck through the undergrowth and carefully avoided all the Level 145 shadow rank monsters I came across. Soon, I heard the sounds of an intense battle ringing in the air. As I peeked my head out, I realized that these sounds were coming from a small vale just ahead of me. I moved forward and cleared the thick shrubbery in front of me to discover a group of two hundred-odd players fighting a Level 145 Spirit Rank boss Land Dragon. This Land Dragon only had about 15% of its HP left.
“Be careful, everyone! When the boss' HP dips to 10%, it might suddenly enter an enraged state or use its ultimate attack!” A young man, who was dressed in cloth armor, yelled from the middle of the pack of players. He looked to be about twenty-eight years of age, and his features were refined and elegant. He was holding an exquisite-looking steel fan in his hand and the light swirling around his feet showed that he was using a stratagem. He was clearly the party leader and tactician.
I activated Dark Pupils to get more detailed information on this tactician from a distance.
Lu Buyi LV-133 Miraculous Tactician
Guild: Waste and Burn
Position: Vice Guild Leader
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Miraculous Tactician? My eyes shone when I saw those words. What the h.e.l.l? Was this the legendary hidden Tactician cla.s.s? It sounded pretty good! Miraculous Tactician was one h.e.l.l of a cla.s.s name!
However, this Lu Buyi didn't look very powerful, and it seemed like he was using Encourage V, which didn't even buff his party's attack power by 50%. So his performance definitely wasn't living up to his t.i.tle. Furthermore, this guild called Waste and Burn wasn't very powerful either. Even though they were only fighting a Level 145 Spirit Rank boss, they looked like they were having a very hard time killing it. Players kept dropping like flies and this was especially true for their frontline fighters. A Level 128 warrior actually couldn't even tank two hits from the boss and it seemed like they didn't have a single proper magic knight! The boss was just slaughtering them w.i.l.l.y-nilly and if they didn't bring a lot of people, they would have been party-wiped a long time ago.
“Comrades, the boss doesn't have much HP left…”
Lu Buyi continued with a silly grin on his face, “This Land Dragon is really powerful, even our guild leader was one-shot by a critical hit from it. Killing this boss hasn't been easy at all, but don't worry! Our guild leader is currently rus.h.i.+ng over with several hundred of our comrades who had previously died during the boss fight! They'll get here soon!”
“Yeah!” The remaining players cheered as their faces flushed red. All of them seemed to be really hoping for the boss to drop something good.
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“Ah! Ah! Aaaah…”
Cries of misery suddenly rang out from the forest. My nerves immediately tensed up. Really? Could the tragedy already have begun?
As expected, the expression of Lu Buyi's face suddenly changed as he yelled, “Everyone… we need to hurry up and finish off this boss. The guild leader and the rest of our comrades were ambushed by the Mad Dragon guild in the forest behind us. They were slaughtered to the last man. He ordered us to kill the boss as quickly as possible and bring the loot back to the city!”
A cute female a.s.sa.s.sin said, “Vice leader, the guild leader already died and the players from Mad Dragon are going to be here any minute! Do we… Do we really have to keep fighting the boss? It still has 15% of its HP left, and that'll take us at least fifteen more minutes…”
Lu Buyi's eyes were filled with a steely determination as he clenched his teeth and said, “The guild leader has already entrusted his wishes to us, so we are going to beat this boss even if it costs us our lives! No matter how arrogant those Mad Dragon players are, we still need to stand up to them. Even though Burn and Waste isn't a big guild, we… we can still stand up for our brothers and give them h.e.l.l! Am I right!?”
A group of Burn and Waste players immediately shouted, “That's right! What's the worst that could happen? We'll be as good as new after we revive! We'll never betray the guild leader or our brothers!”
I was quite impressed with the way Lu Buyi had rallied his guild members. It forced me to look at him in a different light. He was a man of good character who had both loyalty and a strong sense of responsibility!
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The ground and trees suddenly trembled at this moment. After that, a large group of high-level players charged out of the woods. As expected, the Mad Dragon guild had come out in force. Their guild leader, Roaming Dragon, was leading them and all of their key members were there, including the Gemini Stars and the beautiful archer Coldmoon Rose. They had brought at least a hundred Level 130 players with them, so it was clear that they hadn't come to play. Their firepower was overwhelming and they were a far superior force compared to the remaining Burn and Waste players.
“Hahaha, those were some stirring words. The bond of brotherhood that this guild shares is really something to be admired!” Roaming Dragon said as he pointed his spear towards the Burn and Waste players.
However, his expression suddenly turned cold as he let out a chilling laugh. “But no matter how stirring those words are, what use do they actually have? In the end, this world is ruled by those with power! Our Mad Dragon guild wants this Land Dragon boss, so if you know what's good for you, you'll get lost and hand this boss over to us. If not, we'll slaughter all of you!”
Lu Buyi's expression turned indignant. “Roaming Dragon? You… You dog b.a.s.t.a.r.d who only knows how to bully the weak! I only see you bullying smaller guilds like us! Why don't I ever see you trying to bully G.o.ds of Destruction, b.l.o.o.d.y Mercenaries, or The Monarch Descends, huh!?”
Roaming Dragon's handsome face immediately turned the color of pig liver, it was clear that Lu Buyi had hit him where it hurt. That was right! Even though Mad Dragon was a powerful guild in its own right, they never dared to go toe to toe against the big boys. In fact, they didn't even dare to challenge a guild like G.o.ds of Destruction, so they naturally wouldn't dare to offend super guilds like Snowy Cathaya, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, and Warsky Alliance.”
Whoos.h.!.+
Roaming Dragon swept his spear forward as he roared in anger. “To think that you'd still dare to shoot your mouth off in such a situation! f.u.c.king h.e.l.l! Comrades, it's time to attack! Kill all of these fools and start finis.h.i.+ng off the boss. After we kill them, we're going to camp their corpses. We'll camp them until the next morning! I'm going to see just how stubborn the Burn and Waste guild can be! Iron Pardon, I want you to focus on one thing and one thing alone! Kill that f.u.c.king tactician! Heh heh, to think that a lousy tactician would dare to become the vice leader of a guild. What the h.e.l.l was his guild leader even thinking?”
“Yes!”
The Mad Dragon players howled with bloodl.u.s.t as they charged into the valley! They far outcla.s.sed their opponents when it came to numbers, levels, and equipment, so they were like a pack of wolves tearing into a flock of sheep. They only needed a single instant to kill several dozen of Burn and Waste's priests. As the priests in the backline collapsed, the frontline fighters,who were still tanking the boss, also started to drop like flies.
Iron Pardon was as fast as a sprinting cheetah as he dashed towards Lu Buyi. His sharp blade flashed through the air, flames erupting from it, as he launched an Explosion Slash towards the tactician.
Even though he belonged to one of the cla.s.ses which wore cloth armor, Lu Buyi showed absolutely no fear. He swiftly swept his steel fan forward and actually managed to parry Iron Pardon's attack with a loud clang! However, Iron Pardon's ma.s.sive advantage in Strength soon won out. His blow violently shoved Lu Buyi backward and it even dealt more than 3000 damage to him! The tactician's max HP was barely higher than 10000, and Iron Pardon had clearly outmatched him in power.
“Ugh…” Lu Buyi groaned as he steadied himself. After that, a dragon roar faintly rang out in the air as cyan light exploded out of his steel fan. As he thrust his fan forward, Lu Buyi yelled, “Dragon Vein Art!”
Whoos.h.!.+
The image of a cyan dragon shot out of the ground and rammed into Iron Pardon. The tactician had actually launched a magic attack against him, causing a large damage number to pop up above the warrior's head. 8904!
“Huh!?” Iron Pardon had been caught completely off-guard by Lu Buyi's attack. He had not expected a tactician to have such a powerful magic skill. However, his sword still swept forward even as he started to retreat and it heavily smashed into Lu Buyi's chest!
Pfffft!
6092!
Thankfully, Lu Buyi had been able to down a health potion while he was still protected by his Dragon Vein Art. If not, Iron Pardon's attack would have taken his life.
Lu Buyi's body wildly shuddered under the blow, but he chose to go on the offensive instead! His handsome face was filled with rage as his steel fan flashed out like a bolt of lightning. It hit Iron Pardon's neck with a loud “thunk”. This wily tactician had suddenly switched from a magic to a physical attack! He was no ordinary player!