220 Chapter 220 - Young Master Han’s Orchestration (1/2)

Gu Fei, Sword Demon, and Royal God Call expressed their shock on the mercenary channel when Young Master Han, War Without Wounds, and Brother Assist were killed off by the enemies. Their swift exit made the three of them wonder what had happened. They eventually got their reply from the three who were now outside the PvP arena.

”This is so depressing! We were ambushed!” War Without Wounds said.

”Good luck, you three!” Young Master Han said calmly. Based on his calculations, Youthful Reflection would attempt to tighten the bond between him and Gu Fei now that the latter had earned his utmost trust. He he... Trying to get chummy with Miles will only hasten your fall from the peak of heaven to the depths of hell.

”How are we going to fight this match now?” Royal God Call asked.

”Same as yesterday; Royal will draw a portion of the enemies' firepower from afar, Sword Demon will attempt to close in on the enemies with his Stealth, and Miles will use the opportunity created to rush them.” Young Master Han designated the three's roles as he savored the impending disaster that was about to consume Four Seas mercenary group.

The three stuck to the routes Young Master Han had given them before. Coming from three different directions, the three somehow managed to arrive at where the twenty men of Four Seas were situated without encountering any enemy ambushers. Royal God Call was atop a small hill, Sword Demon was behind a land depression, and Gu Fei was hiding in a nearby copse of trees.

”Shall I start the fight?” Royal God Call checked in with the other two men.

”Begin!” Sword Demon and Gu Fei answered in unison.

An arrow on Snipe streaked out from a certain hilltop.

Although the Four Seas' members were considered to be elites, they were not the crème de la crème like Royal God Call. Furthermore, he was pretty well-acquainted with this lot and was well-aware of which player had lower and higher HP and defense. He picked the target he had the most faith in taking down and lucked out when the arrow on Snipe he had sent out triggered the Fatal Blow effect, insta-killing the target. This was what it truly meant to know a foe as well as one's self.

These Four Seas' men were immediately thrown into a mess by this kill; they were also aware that the Archer targeting them right now was Royal God Call. Just like how Royal God Call knew almost everything about them, they too had a good grasp of Royal God Call's stat point allocation and equipment. Unfortunately, they had not been privy of Royal God Call's equipment acquisition, so this one insta-kill had left them stunned.

”What's going on?” Receiving the system notification about a member's death, Youthful Reflection very quickly questioned the others. He was currently bringing the ambush team back to congregate with the main body after taking down the three low Agility members of Young Master's Elite.

”Royal managed to insta-kill one of us with Snipe!” someone answered.

”How's that possible?!” Youthful Reflection was also stunned. After he had learned that Royal God Call was a member of Young Master's Elite, he had specially reviewed the brat's combat strength; while his skill was decent, his Attack Power was not at such a high level!

Royal God Call fired off several more arrows in the time that they were reeling in shock. Unfortunately, besides Snipe, none of his attacks could inflict enough damage to insta-kill others. The Four Seas' players were not as disorganized as High Cloud's, and they swiftly moved to counter Royal God Call's attacks – the Priest prepared to bestow Heal on his teammates, the Archers returned fire, and the Thieves entered Stealth to sneak up on Royal God Call from behind.

Royal God Call was an experienced combatant; using Eagle Eyes, he easily counted the number of players before him and when he realized that the nineteen players had turned into seventeen, he began to employ guerilla tactics on them. Despite not knowing when the two Thieves had disappeared from the enemies' ranks, he was certain that their purpose for leaving was to assassinate him. Changing his position with every arrow he fired made it difficult for any of the two Thieves to get close to him. Since they were in a match, the restriction on time that had been placed on Stealth meant that the Thieves would forcefully be revealed after a short while.

As Royal God Call diverted the enemies' attention to him, Sword Demon began to close in on the enemies under Stealth. Royal God Call's previous attacks were a sort of signal for Sword Demon to begin his assault; concentrating his barrage of arrows on a certain person, Royal God Call somehow 'mistakenly' shot the player next to his target. The Four Seas' Priest was focusing his efforts on Royal God Call's main target, so the latter's 'misfire' barely registered to him.

Sword Demon, who was now beside this 'mistakenly targeted' person, revealed himself with a swift stab. Sword Demon's Backstab was executed after a brief pause. This delay in his attack was done to signal Royal God Call. When Royal God Call saw Sword Demon appear, he immediately fired off another arrow to the 'mistakenly shot' person, perfectly coordinating his attack with the briefly delayed Backstab in a way that the dagger and the arrow hit the person simultaneously. The Priest was evidently not skilled enough to grasp the split-second difference between the enemies' attacks, so the man was killed off before his Heal could descend on him.

Sword Demon retreated after that one blow by activating Fleetfoot, and he quickly weaved through the enemies that that had begun to surround him. The Four Seas' Archers rushed to fire a few arrows at him, yet the seasoned combatant Sword Demon already changed his path of retreat to the other side of their formation. When the Archers changed their target from Royal God Call to Sword Demon, their arrowheads somehow ended up pointing right at their comrades' butts. In the time they took to adjust their positions to gain a clear view of the target, Sword Demon had managed to arrive at a nearby copse of trees that Gu Fei had just emerged from.

Gu Fei and Sword Demon were surprised to see each other like this.

Gu Fei immediately sprinted out of the tree lines when he saw Sword Demon retreat. What he did not expect was for Sword Demon to actually retreat in the same direction he would come from. As a result, Gu Fei's advance got exposed to the enemies earlier than planned.