219 Chapter 219 - Thousand Miles Drunk’s Reply (2/2)
”Are you sure?” Brother Assist glanced at Young Master Han and then over to Sword Demon. Sword Demon's expression was as calm as ever; he was like a great oak for Young Master's Elite, unyielding and unbending no matter what raged on around him. He never questioned anything and always exuded an aura of resolve that bolstered the confidence of the people around him. Brother Assist habitually looked over to Sword Demon to search for his own self-confidence, which he successfully managed to find this time as well.
”Let's focus on harassing the opponents like yesterday,” Young Master Han said, adding, ”But our opponent this time around will certainly not be easily thrown into chaos like how High Cloud was, so we mustn't prod them carelessly. Everyone should consider his retreat options before attacking and must only engage the enemies when he's absolutely certain of success. The key here is to save your strength.” As all seriously nodded their heads, he reminded them, ”The match is about to begin.”
When the ten-second countdown ended, both mercenary groups were sent into the PvP arena.
”You three should go ahead and advance along the edges of the map. I'll observe the situation from a vantage point once you have circled the enemies. Wait for my command,” Young Master Han waved his hand dismissively. Gu Fei, Sword Demon, and Royal God Call proceeded forward following his order and soon disappeared without a trace. War Without Wounds, who was standing beside Young Master Han and Brother Assist, glumly asked, ”Am I in charge of protecting you guys again?”
”Let's head to a high ground!” Young Master Han ignored his question and merely brought the two to a vantage point. The three immediately spotted a group of people in the distance upon securing a vantage point, but they could not discern how many players there were due to them being very far away.
”How many people are there? Is that all thirty of them?” Brother Assist eyed the opposing team suspiciously. He felt that something was off with how Young Master Han had positioned their group today. Usually, they would all head to a high ground to spy on the enemies first before sending the attack squad on their way. Why did he split the group from the get-go?
”Sword Demon, slightly head toward the 328, 341 direction; Miles, move yourself toward 24, 357; and Royal, just head to your right and move—what the heck?! That's your LEFT! Can't you even tell left from right?!” Young Master Han adjusted the three's routes on the mercenary channel.
”How's everything?” Gu Fei and the two asked for information about the enemies on the mercenary channel after following Young Master Han's directions for a while.
”There's no movement on their end yet. Chill; we're still testing each other's patience,” Young Master Han replied.
”They should be able to see us over by this hilltop, so why are they not making a move?” Brother Assist voiced his suspicion.
”Perhaps, they have already sent a team over to ambush us,” Young Master Han explained unhurriedly. Just as he said this, several arrows could be heard flying toward their flank.
”That was quick!” Young Master Han laughed mirthlessly as he released the Heal he had prepared in advance. Although the enemy Archers used the same skill, due to their individual equipment and stats, they had different range and attack speed, and this caused their arrows to fly toward the three at different speed. Young Master Han accurately grasped the timing and heading direction of these arrows and swiftly bestowed Heal on War Without Wounds.
The arrows were indeed aimed at War Without Wounds. Fortunately, War Without Wounds' new high defense armor and Young Master Han's superbly timed Heal prevented the Archers from insta-killing him.
War Without Wounds was an experienced combatant, so he reacted swiftly to this surprise attack. Advancing a few steps forward, he unleashed Cyclone with his two claymores.
As expected, the Archers were not the only ones trying to kill him off; Thieves were also trying to stab him sneakily from behind. The Cyclone he had unleashed insta-killed these two Thieves on Stealth.
”D*mm*t! Things are looking dire!” When War Without Wounds saw five Archers sending arrows their way, he immediately assumed that the number of Thieves would be just as much – if not more – but, so far, he had only found and killed off two Thieves.
Youthful Reflection, who had personally led this team over to conduct the ambush, was currently quietly giggling to himself. Their three targets seemed to be utterly unprepared for this sudden turn of events, which finally led him to trust Thousand Miles Drunk's words in the letter.
Two points were mentioned in the letter: first was for Youthful Reflection to only send out elite members for this PvP match and second was for him to ambush the three slower members of Young Master's Elite who would not be directly participating in the fight.
While Youthful Reflection had misgivings about the letter's content, the first point was something he would still do. This was because anyone could easily find out the amount of players participating in the match through the system. If he had ignored Thousand Miles Drunk's first suggestion, the latter would have received the message that he was deemed 'untrustworthy' by him. In the off chance that the letter's content was actually true, Youthful Reflection's disregard of the first point would simply result in his brilliant plan backfiring before it could even be enacted.
Luckily, a second suggestion was given in the letter, which thus allowed Youthful Reflection to test the validity of Thousand Miles Drunk's statement. If the letter was fake, then the opponent would surely use this particular point to set a trap and lure them into an ambush.
With Youthful Reflection's successful ambush of the three targets and the three's cluelessness about the entire situation, he could finally say with surety that Thousand Miles Drunk had been honest. That Priest being able to easily determine the focus of their surprise attack was just a testament to how skilled he was, as his superbly timed Heal at the start of their attacks also effectively saved the Warrior's life.
Given War Without Wounds' vast gaming experience, it was also not surprising for him to be able to deduce that Thieves would be attacking him and to successfully kill off two of them with his Cyclone.
Despite all these setbacks, the skirmish was still tipped toward Four Seas' favor.
War Without Wounds turned his head around after killing the two Thieves, only to discover that Young Master Han had already been surrounded by three Thieves! Furthermore, the Archers had fired off a second volley of arrows toward him.
Young Master Han had never put points to his character's Endurance stat, so his inherent HP was relatively low. He simply had no means to save himself from such a concentrated attack no matter how skilled he really was and turned into a beam of white light in a matter of seconds.
War Without Wounds let out a furious bellow as he aimed his Charge toward the Thieves. War Without Wounds knocked a Thief into a Dizzy state as he cut the hapless sap down with a few broad strokes of his claymores. Meanwhile, the other two Thieves used this opportunity to get away from him. This was when an innumerable amount of arrows came flying straight to him. Without a Priest's Heal, what would that bit of stat from Brother Assist's blessing even do for him to survive this? It was under this concerted assault of all the speed-based job classes that War Without Wounds had finally been sent out of the map. As for Brother Assist… He was also taken out unceremoniously by the enemies.
With this successful ambush, Youthful Reflection sighed in relief as a delighted smile formed on his lips. It was at this point that he spoke the line that Young Master Han had been waiting for. It was a command that would ultimately affect the outcome of this match. ”Don't bother with the enemies' Mage; I've already turned him over to our side!”Stands for Short Message Service. It is technically for sending instant messages via a mobile provider that constitutes about one hundred sixty characters.