146 Chapter 146 - Raiding the Hilltop (1/2)
Young Master Han, who was currently standing atop the tall tree, felt quite pleased with himself as he watched everyone run like busy little ants all over this PvP arena. The eight teams of Cloud Herder mercenary group each went to the four corners and edges of this square-shaped map. One of the enemy teams reached Young Master's Elite mercenary group's location at the 0, 0 coordinates and stayed there without venturing further.
”Guys, update your coordinates to me,” Young Master Han reminded everyone on the mercenary channel. Although he could see far from his vantage point, some parts, such as places behind hills, certain spots within the forests, and areas with uneven landscapes, still remained obscured from Young Master Han's field of view. All of his fellow mercenaries were currently hiding in such places as per his instructions, which resulted into him being unable to determine their exact locations.
After the four reported their current coordinates, Young Master Han's mouth twitched, ”Royal, I gotta give credit where credit is due. May I ask, are you still running in a straight line?”
”Of course,” Royal God Call replied.
”If you continue running, I guarantee that you won't be able to get out of this forest,” Young Master Han sighed.
”Royal, can you actually be this bad? Exactly how did you do your 'Bounty Mission' all this while? Didn't those missions involve finding coordinates as well?” Gu Fei asked.
”Royal's booklet of coordinates can't be used here…” Brother Assist reminded him.
”Oh…” Gu Fei finally made sense of everything. Royal God Call had a booklet containing a large amount of Yunduan City's coordinates. Whenever he needed to head toward certain coordinates, he would check his booklet first; even if he failed to find the exact coordinates in it, he could at least flip to the page with the nearest set of coordinates that had landmarks jotted down beside it. An example landmark was Ray's Bar. Only by relying on these familiar locations could Royal God Call go to the corresponding coordinates.
”Maintain a clear channel! Don't chat here!” Young Master Han chastised the two as he issued the next batch of orders. ”Sword Demon, wait for my signal to exit the forest and run to 0, 400! Miles, once Sword Demon departs, leave that back of the hill you're on and head toward the woodland at 366, 365 at your fastest speed. Brother Assist, from the lowland area you're in, there is a series of small knolls up ahead at 426, 375, right? Go there now.”
Over by the Cloud Herder mercenary group's side, group leader Foe-herder was also issuing commands while searching the nearby areas for their enemies with a small team. ”The people over by a vantage point, have you discovered anything or anyone yet?”
”No.”
”How about the other teams?”
”We have arrived at the 7 'clock position; nothing found.”
”We are now at the 6 'clock position; nothing found.”
The eight teams of Cloud Herder mercenary group, besides the furthest team that that had run in the 1 o'clock direction, managed to reach their designated positions and reported their status back to Foe-herder.
”Everyone, get ready. Once the last team is at the 1 o'clock position, we will begin sweeping the map in a clockwise direction,” Foe-herder sent this message.
Unexpectedly, after sending out this command, a message arrived from one of the four scouts situated by a vantage point, ”A target located! A target located!”
”Position!”
”Target came from the forest at 11 o'clock. He's currently heading toward the 10 o'clock direction,” the scout reported. Any average player could divide the map into various segments of a clock and estimate the direction of movement, but to tell the exact coordinates of each place just from sight alone required talent, just as Young Master Han had previously said.
”Keep your eyes on him and update me of his movements! Team 2 and Team 3, which are nearest to the target, get over there for the kill!” Foe-herder commanded.
The four scouts kept track of Sword Demon once he revealed himself.
Certain blind spots still existed even when they were on a high ground like this, so it was still possible to lose sight of a player if he or she dove into a land depression or hid behind a mound. Due to this fact, the four did not notice it when a lone figure sprinted from behind a hill on the other side of the map and instantly disappeared into a nearby patch of shrubberies.
”Sword Demon, that's enough. Stop where you are.” Despite all these players looking no more than ants from Young Master Han's vantage point, he could still distinguish friends from foes: solitary figures were friends, whereas groups were enemies.
”He stopped!” the scout reported.
”Position?” asked someone in one of the two teams that were preparing to intercept Sword Demon.
”Uhm…” The scouts were briefly at a loss on how they should relay Sword Demon's position. If Sword Demon was in motion, they could say the clock direction he was heading to. Since Sword Demon was standing still, the scouts found it hard to describe his location.
”Position?” the team member repeated his question.
”Uhm… Take a turning to the left from where you guys are at. Further ahead, you'll catch sight of him. The other team needs to head slightly to the right.”
”Ah, no! Veer a little more to the left! You guys have gone too far to the right!”
”The team on the left, you gotta go to the left some more.”
”That team on the left still needs to move a little bit to the left. No! You've gone too far to the left now; move to the right once more!”
”A bit more to the right….”