369 Chapter 369 - The Tiger Blocking the Road (2/2)

”Await my orders,” Oathless Sword replied to the Sharpshooters, as he stepped forth from the crowd and stared at the five men.

The five of them were calm and composed. Oathless Sword had no idea if it was his mind playing tricks on him, but he felt like the casual air of the five men standing before him was particularly imposing at the moment.

Oathless Sword finally spoke up, ”Could the five gentlemen before me be members of Luori City's Eternal War mercenary group?”

”To think our foreign visitors here could also tell who we are,” someone from within the five calmly replied.

”To what do I owe this pleasure?” This question of his was clearly redundant.

”Mission,” that man replied concisely.

”With just the five of you?” Oathless Sword looked all around vigilantly, feeling there must surely be some sort of ambush in place somewhere. No matter how strong someone was, it was too much of a joke to expect the five of them to be able to take down the hundreds of people here.

”We wouldn't dare,” that man answered. ”The five of us are just here to greet our opponent, at the same time hoping to let our distinguished gentlemen here experience the skill we possess in person, so that you could all mentally prepare yourselves.”

”Oh?” Oathless Sword raised his eyebrow when he heard this. ”And how would we experience it?”

”It's very simple, really. Randomly pick out a few men from your people and spar a few rounds with our buddy here,” that man said.

”And what if we win? What if we lose?” Oathless Sword said.

”The purpose of this is for you guys to have a better understanding of our prowess. The outcome of the match is unimportant; can you guys even win?” That man's words were wildly arrogant, but his tone and demeanor was not in the least bit boastful.

”I'll volunteer!” Gale Force could no longer hold back, and leapt forward from the company. It was too late for Oathless Sword to stop him, since Gale Force strode out to charge at the opponent. Oathless Sword decided to let this go, and to use this opportunity to see what was the deal behind this rumored ”well-versed in combat”.

While Gale Force looked particularly aggressive with his one charge, he did not use all of his power, intending to accelerate even further when he got closer to the enemy so as to unsettle the enemy with a sudden burst of speed. The person he was hoping to target was the second person from the left, the same man that had been talking all this while.

When the others saw Gale Force dash out like that, they figured Gale Force would surely be at a disadvantage, seeing as there were five men who could be his opponent. Before Oathless Sword even gave the order, the players who were close to Gale Force had also jumped out, prepared to lend a hand.

But even though the opponent had five men, only a single one stepped out to trade blows, and it just so happened to be the person Gale Force had hoped to attack.

This man began his assault even before Gale Force made it to him, similarly striding out just like Gale Force did.

”HAI!” Once Gale Force saw that the distance between them was about right, he took two rapid steps forward suddenly and activated his Spurring Meteor, making him even faster. The expression of the man changed ever-so-slightly before he stood firm and twisted his body to the side almost instantly.

Even though the direction of Spurring Meteor's trajectory could not be changed once activated, it was still possible to change where the fist was going, so Gale Force hurriedly extended his arm, looking to score a hit the moment the man twisted to the side.

But his punch looked to have been seen through by the opponent. Before his fist could even connect, the man had already squatted down and swept his leg out.

Gale Force's blow did not connect, but the opponent's leg sweep caught him, embarrassing him as it forced one of his legs to collapse into a kneel. His Spurring Meteor had yet to end, yet his opponent had already interrupted him with that leg sweep, clearly showing that the sweep superseded his Spurring Meteor. That sweep should be considered a basic attack; had this Fighter actually added Stat points towards Strength?

Not many people picked the Fighter job class, so the discussion about stat distribution for the job class was very limited, as well. Most agreed that Agility and Spirit should be the focus. The strength and weakness of any job class was in its skills, so no one dared to challenge the world with basic attacks. The damage Fighters dealt from their skills were not anything to write home about, so while adding Strength would indeed improve their damage, the strength of the job class was in its short cooldowns. The rule of most MMOs focused on the idea of enhancing strengths to make them all the more outstanding, and countless people further researched the job classes with such a line of thinking. With the system's hints and introductions, the consensus and resultant research for the job class focused upon the combo attacks unique to Fighters.

Such a path could improve the lack of damage Fighters dealt, and more importantly, it was extremely cool, and so instantly became the favorite. Since then, most Fighters focused on the Spirit stat, and plenty of Agility was also required for their combos to chain, so there were hardly any arguments against players concentrating their builds across the two stats.

But Gale Force, a named Fighter on the job class experience leaderboard, was actually facing this non-mainstream build today. Before he could even criticize the man for his error in allocating his stats, the man had already seized that moment when Gale Force was half-kneeling to bounce upright and deliver a reverse kick right to his back, instantly sending Gale Force, who had lost his equilibrium, hurtling away towards the other four men.

”Gale Force!” Those players that had burst out from the crowd looking to lend a hand had not expected Gale Force to be sent flying in just a few moves, and hurriedly brandished their weapons to mount a rescue.