265 Chapter 265 - Shoving People off the Mountaintop (1/2)

Monologue under the Moon had no way of parrying Gu Fei's attacks and all he could do to keep himself from dying was get the two Priests beside him to steadily bestow Heal on him. He had positioned the two Priests far from Gu Fei to prevent the latter from interrupting their casting – something Monologue under the Moon had learned to do after his previous fight with Gu Fei. The two Knights blessed themselves with Blessing of Strength, giving them better fighting strength than the Priests at the moment, but it was still not enough to threaten Gu Fei.

Gu Fei did not simply focus his attention on Monologue under the Moon, and he would occasionally turn to give the two Knights a cut or two. Thus, although three men were surrounding the lone Gu Fei, they were the ones that had their hands full trying to block his attacks, giving birth to possibly the world's most lackluster attempt at encirclement.

Monologue under the Moon was feeling quite frustrated, but Black Index Finger and company, who were rushing up the mountain, were actually feeling far worse than him.

Although they had managed to climb two thirds of the mountain by expending quite the effort, the slow movement speed of the Warrior Black Index Finger still made them bristle with anger and feel fearful. The fear they felt did not originate from the two speedsters Sword Demon and Royal God Call that were hot on their heels, however; rather, it was from the sight of the steadily increasing kill points of the opposing team that mirrored their ascent to the mountain.

The Black Hand had six enemies for this match, and five were just right behind them. This meant that the enemy responsible for all the kill points was the one that they could not see at the moment.

Black Index Finger was just confused at the start, but when Young Master's Elite earned 6 kill points at once, he found himself stopping in his tracks. Thinking about it now, it seemed that he was getting out of the frying pan and into the fire by climbing up this mountain. Black Index Finger could not explain why he had such a thought, so he sent Monologue under the Moon this message when the opponent earned another kill point: ”How many men do you have left up there?” Based on the number of members he had left, Black Index Finger could tell that many men had died on the mountain peak, yet he simply could not wrap his head around this fact.

”Five!” Monologue under the Moon was currently in a tight spot; no matter how hard he tried to evade Gu Fei's attacks, he could not seem to avoid them at all. At the moment, he decided to take all the blows coming at him and prioritized replying to Black Index Finger, instead.

”How did that happen?!” Black Index Finger asked, petrified. To be able to defeat fifteen players… Black Index Finger did not doubt that the five remaining players on the mountain peak would be slain by the time he got there himself. Would he not just be sending himself to his death by going up there at this rate?

He sighed audibly at thought of this. It was then that a cry came from someone beside him. When Black Index Finger and his men halted their steps, Royal God Call took that chance to unerringly fire off an arrow at one of them. ”What now, Boss Black?” this person asked anxiously. Black Index Finger and company knew that they were currently caught between a rock and a hard place, and they needed to firmly decide on their next step fast. In the meantime, they moved left and right to evade the arrows continuously coming from behind them, making them look like people happily dancing to a tuneless song.

Black Index Finger looked afar and saw that his other teams were currently rushing over to them. Unfortunately, his reinforcements were in no way faster than the five men who were closing in on them with every passing second. As Black Index Finger hesitated over on what to do, Monologue under the Moon sent him another message: ”Where are you, Boss Black? Are there men coming over to help us?”

Monologue under the Moon was very vexed right now. He did not call for back-up just then when his men got reduced to twelve because he thought that they could still eliminate Gu Fei once the latter ran out of mana with his fourth spell, but he soon entered this precarious situation, so he had no choice but to ask for reinforcement now, not knowing that Black Index Finger and company were on their way to them.

”I'm halfway up there,” Black Index Finger replied.

”Please hurry up, then! He's now out of mana!” Monologue under the Moon exclaimed.

Black Index Finger slightly trembled when he heard this and he hastily urged the two men beside him, ”Let's hurry up the mountain!”

”Why?” one of the two asked.

”The enemy Mage up there is out of mana,” Black Index Finger hurriedly answered. The plan he came up with on the spot was for them to head up the mountain and take down the Mage. The three of them would then form an eight-man team with the five men on the mountaintop and defend themselves against the assault of the five enemies currently chasing after them. Their goal was to stall for time until reinforcements arrived. In that way, even if the eight of them died from making the last stand, they would at least be able to entrap the final five men of Young Master's Elite atop the mountain when the reinforcements arrived, such that they would have no way to escape death. In this way, The Black Hand would achieve victory in this match!

Gu Fei's damage output was now low with his mana depleted, and the men he was facing happened to have two Priests among them. Moreover, the two Knights switched to buffing themselves with Blessing of Health when they realized that there was no point in using Blessing of Strength if they could not land an attack on him. One of the Knights had apparently advanced into a Holy Knight as he had a healing skill in his arsenal. All of them eventually wised up, opting to spread out and take turns healing Monologue under the Moon of the damage dealt on him by Gu Fei.

This went on for quite a while and the men soon realized that they were actually not in such dire straits as they had previously assumed. The Attack Power of the mana-depleted Gu Fei was feeble. If Sacred Flames of Baptism's additional fire attack did not proc, his strikes could directly be ignored, and if the trait did proc, its infrequency could not fluster the person in charge of healing. Since three men were taking turns healing Monologue under the Moon, they could even consume fruit to replenish their expended mana in between, essentially bringing this fight into a stalemate.

Only Monologue under the Moon actually had it hard, as he had unofficially become the dummy for Gu Fei's attacks, decorating his body with cuts, bruises, and even burns! Besides the glum Monologue under the Moon who was taking the brunt of Gu Fei's assault, his teammates were now feeling quite relaxed and would probably sit back and gladly watch Gu Fei's futile performance if they were permitted to do so.