197 Chapter 197 - Rekindling Old Grudges (1/2)

”Leave them to me!” Gu Fei declared as he appeared in the middle of the skirmish.

Royal God Call and the others felt depressed. The remaining enemies were job classes that possessed higher physical defense compared to magic defense, especially the two Guardians who did not even feel a thing when Royal God Call was firing arrows at them, so Gu Fei with his high Spell Damage would definitely be able to deal with them better.

However, their pride as expert gamers would not allow them to just sit back and let Gu Fei deal with the enemies alone. Knowing that they would be lucky enough to get in an attack or two against the enemies if they tried, Sword Demon and War Without Wounds pounced on Silver Moon and his gang with the ferocity of starving tigers, while Royal God Call fired off arrows in the distance at an insane speed.

Silver Moon and his remaining men who suddenly found themselves being attacked by their opponents with such ferocity subconsciously began edging away from their crazed aggressors.

The sound of objects sailing through the air echoed about as Royal God Call's arrows flew toward the enemies incessantly.

”Watch where you're firing!” Gu Fei bellowed in frustration. Having dodged two arrows consecutively, he got this feeling that Royal God Call was treating him as a target as well.

Royal God Call merely continued shooting at his targets like a madman, spraying arrows all over the place. And for every ten arrows he fired off, almost half of them would fly toward Gu Fei.

”I'll kill you!” Gu Fei could no longer bear it and charged toward Royal God Call.

The bratty Archer turned tail and ran, shouting, ”Sword Demon and Wounds, I'll leave the rest to you!”

Royal God Call knew that Gu Fei's current limit was teleporting himself in a five-meter radius, so he made sure to be at least that far away from the latter, essentially rendering the skill useless. Gu Fei was left with no choice but to chase after him, knowing full well that he would only be harassed by the latter if he did not do so. Helpless, Gu Fei sought Young Master Han's help, ”Hey! Do something about this. We shan't be fooling around during an important fight like this!”

Young Master Han nodded his head, ”I originally did not plan to interfere, but since you asked…” Pausing for effect, he said sternly to Gu Fei, ”You have been hogging all the fun all this while, you know? Go to a corner and rest up. Give everyone here some chance to enjoy themselves!”

”Ah…” Gu Fei was stunned into silence.

Sword Demon and War Without Wounds had already begun exchanging blows with the enemies.

War Without Wounds unleashed his ultimate move, Cyclone, from the get-go, and the Guardian facing him held the large shield to his front in response. The sound of clashing metal rang across the PvP field. This was the first time that someone had actually dared to face Cyclone forcefully. Sparks flew as War Without Wounds' two claymores grinded against the large shield, making him seem like a welder who was hard at work.

As for Sword Demon, he did not manage to find an opportunity to attack the enemies after swiftly making his way around them. The enemies were obviously veterans at PvPing, and their current triangular formation with Silver Moon at its core was a testament to this fact, as it provided Sword Demon no exploitable gap to initiate a sneak attack on them.

A Thief like him could not clash head on with a Warrior, as he would just be courting death if he did so given his lower HP and defense. As such, Sword Demon settled for fighting a less risky opponent: the Guardian that had high defense but slightly weak offense. Fortunately for him, Silver Moon mercenary group's lack of a Priest would make his opponent's every drop of HP irrecoverable for the remainder of this PvP match.

Viciously plunging his Frost Memories toward the Guardian's large shield, Sword Demon lucked out as his one stab procced the dagger's Fatal Blow.

Fatal Blow was the bane to any high-defense and high-HP job class's existence, as it ignored defense entirely and induced damage based off a percentage of the target's HP. In other words, the larger the target's HP pool, the greater the damage Fatal Blow would induce.

Sword Demon's Frost Memories had a 30% chance of proccing Fatal Blow with a 30% Fatality rate. This rather frightening trait was precisely why Sword Demon continued to wield the dagger despite its Attack Power being meager by the current standards. In an instant, 30% of the Guardian's HP was shaved off by that Fatal Blow, causing him to break out in cold sweat. Ever since he had started using Bulwark of Imprisonment, not one player had been able to inflict such a high damage on him at once. He knew that it was accomplished with Fatal Blow, but this was still the first time he had seen a 30% Fatality rate.

That one strike greatly drummed up Sword Demon's morale, and his subsequent thrusts became even more ferocious.

Although Fatal Blow was terrifying, it could not actually cause death. With the damage being based off on the target's current HP pool and the calculation being done in percentage, Fatal Blow would logically never see its recipient's HP reach zero. However, Sword Demon could only depend on this 30% proc rate of Fatal Blow to deal damage on the Guardian, as his Frost Memories' basic Attack Power could not penetrate the enemy's high defense.

While they had their fair share of fun, Sword Demon and War Without Wounds grew suspicious when they noticed that the two Guardians were the only ones doing the defending while Silver Moon and the remaining Warrior did not even try to attack them. Something seemed wrong, so War Without Wounds conveyed to Sword Demon through eye-contact his intention to jointly attack the last remaining Warrior first, since the two Guardians and the Knight Silver Moon were probably defending this only Warrior for a purpose Sword Demon got his message, and both attempted to flank the sides of the enemies' triangular formation. Their intention was easily seen through by their enemies, though, and the four men skillfully changed their positions in response to Sword Demon and War Without Wounds' movement around them.

They continued to dance to this music until Silver Moon suddenly uttered something from within the formation while raising his King's Blade. In the next moment, his three companions had received Blessing of Health.

Blessing of Health would regenerate a bit of its recipient's HP every five seconds. While five seconds would usually be seen as a long time in a fast-paced fight, these Guardians would have no trouble lasting for five seconds with their high defense. Silver Moon's muttering did not stop there, though, and pure white light soon fell on the two Guardians, looking similar to a Priest's Heal.

Sword Demon and the rest felt stunned. Holy Healing. This was the first skill that a Knight who had chosen to be a Holy Knight during the Job Class Advancement would learn. Just like the Priest's Heal, this skill could instantly recover a player's HP.

Sword Demon and War Without Wounds felt very despondent. Silver Moon's skill put a damper on their plan to kill the enemies by chipping off their HP bit by bit. At the end of the day, the two Guardians still had high physical defense.

Just as the two were helplessly thinking of a new way to deal with their opponents, their enemies suddenly turned their defense into offense, with the two Guardians activating Charge and slamming their shields into their respective targets.

The damage they inflicted was not substantial, but Charge had the chance of applying the Dizzy status effect. War Without Wounds was unluckily afflicted by this, rendering him temporarily immobile. The enemies promptly surrounded him. As for Sword Demon, although he fortunately did not get afflicted by that effect, he was nevertheless thrown off for quite a distance by that shield slam.

”Look,” Young Master Han said to Brother Assist, ”They were staunchly defending just then so that Silver Moon could recover his mana. This just proves that that OP skill of his really depletes his mana as he channels it. He has actually used up all his mana a while ago.”

Brother Assist vigorously nodded his head as he yelled to War Without Wounds, ”How much damage did that Charge inflict on you just now?”

”How much damage, my a*s! Come and help me already!” War Without Wounds howled as he was currently being surrounded by four men. The two Guardians did not have much Attack Power, but they effectively trapped War Without Wounds by pressing their shields firmly against War Without Wounds on his left and right sides. Meanwhile, Silver Moon and the other Warrior started stabbing him in a frenzy while standing on his front and back.

Brother Assist's eyes shone brightly as he roared, ”How much is that sword's damage? Quickly write it down!” He intended to use this chance to find out the Attack Power of Silver Moon's King's Blade.

”What a bunch of degenerates!” War Without Wounds moaned to the sky in grief.