376 Chapter 376 - Two Minute Battle (1/2)

That person who came to lead this assault was astonished when he heard what Young Master Han had said. He did not expect them to have seen through his intention so cleanly.

Indeed, upon seeing the Yunduan City Players head down into the river valley and depart from it in four parties, he had instantly guessed that the enemy was creating a diversion to the east and attacking in the west, realizing that the four parties that were running amuck on the map right now were simply to attract people's attention. The team that was truly in charge of escorting Prisoner Todd was sure to still be in that valley.

He was a citizen of Luori City, so he knew where the dried up river valley would lead to. He was well aware that it would wind through Luori City, and its location within the city had already been transformed into a trade street. Even though there was a iron gate that barred any players from entering the city just by moving through this valley, the actual city gate itself was mere steps away upon climbing out. Advancing through the valley was definitely the safest and efficient option.

After making that judgement, he had indeed decided to keep it private, just as Young Master Han had said. All the other mercenary group leaders did not seem to suspect such a possibility, so the moment it was decided they would split into four parties to hunt for Todd, this man immediately got his own mercenary group members to split into these four parties, before quietly taking a dozen or so men and sneakily leading them to this valley, making their way over and lie in wait for their opponent to appear.

From the fact their numbers looked to be about as numerous after the enemy re-emerged from the valley, this man was certain that there would not be many people left behind. However, the men he had brought were not exactly exceptionally skilled, but it was the best he could do. His mercenary group only had a hundred men, and the dozen men he brought were already conspicuous, especially since the guild leader himself was not even in the fray; there was no telling if someone else might have noticed his disappearance.

But for the sake of profit, he had nevertheless decided to go with the riskier option and brought his dozen men over here.

And it was as he had guessed! This man was delighted when he saw the enemy had about as many men as he had! But after hearing Royal God Call's complete disregard for them, and Young Master Han perfectly intuiting his intentions, he could not help but feel astonished.

Since they had thought of such a step, it was most likely that this man had anticipated the current situation by extension!

There was a total of seven players on the opposing side, and one was dressed in ragged clothes, looking extremely languid. While he was following everyone else without missing a step, he did not react even a little to this blockade of ill intent. Without a doubt, that must be the NPC Todd that they were tasked to escort.

At this point, there was no need for any more words as the handful of players from Luori City began to initiate their attack on Todd. This mercenary group leader came to the decision that it was best for them to take the initiative and kill the target. Their mission was to assassinate Todd, anyway; everything else could be discussed at a later time.

”Attacking without wasting any time to talk things through; you've got a future ahead of you, kid!” Young Master Han praised, but he had stepped in front of Todd ahead of their attack, using his own body to shield their escort. He raised the staff in his hand as a timely Heal landed on himself.

Sword Demon, War Without Wounds, Royal God Call, and Drifting were veterans with hundreds of battles under their belts. They were already prepared for battle at any time the very moment they came face to face with their enemy. The instant they saw the mercenary leader raise his hand to attack, it was akin to them all hearing a command, and they unleashed their own attacks a step quicker than the enemy.

An arrow whistled; Royal God Call's arrow was the quickest on the release. Not even someone with extremely deft skill could dodge a Snipe at such a close range. The Mage that had tossed out a spell when the mercenary leader ordered was struck right on his temple, disappearing in a flash of white light.

Oh no! that mercenary leader thought in despair.

”The skill of an expert becomes apparent once he or she acts”, was an oft-used saying in MMOs. To insta-kill someone with a single shot of his bow, just this powerful display of damage output alone was enough to show his standard when it came to his skill and equipment. But the Archer was not yet done with his performance. The leader watched as that Archer stow away the bow in his hand and swap it out with another in a single swift motion.

Completing the shot cycle, the sound of two arrows piercing through the air could be heard. This time it was a Double Shot that was unleashed. The two arrows streaked out at a speed far quicker than a double shot from the average Archer. Since Royal God Call had targeted another Mage to bully, how would that player have a chance to dodge this attack either? By the time those two arrows plunged into his chest consecutively, the Mage that had already completed his spellcasting ended up changing the activation word to ”Crap!” as he was sent away in another flash of white light.

That mercenary leader could not help but tremble when he witnessed this. He had thought it was possible that even though the players escorting Todd would be few in number, they were sure to be elites; Yet he never thought they would be so powerful to such an extreme degree. Two of the Mages he had brought over were eliminated in the blink of an eye!

And that was not the end, either. A Warrior on his side had Charged forward, looking to hurtle himself right into that Priest before transiting into a Cyclone to kill off Todd. In the end, the enemy's Warrior took a step forward and matched him with a Charge of his own.

The outcome of that collision was truly a cruel sight to behold. When the Verdict between the two Warriors came through, the leader turned his head to follow his comrade as the Warrior was flung far off into the distance. He turned back to face the enemy's Warrior, who was standing firmly, calm and composed, raising his hand while snapping his fingers as he called out without even turning his head, ”Heal!”

In response, Young Master Han's magic staff stretched out and poked at War Without Wounds's waist. ”Make way, don't block my line of sight!”

To think they have the time to joke around with one another during battle… Looks like we are nothing more than a snack to them... That mercenary leader was already dejected by this point. Meanwhile, the Archers he had on his end, who had originally been prepared to target the enemy Mage just like Royal God Call did, failed to fire off a single shot this whole time as they watched the enemy Mage cast a spell that left each and everyone of them rubbing their eyes in disbelief.

Were they seeing this correctly? Why are there suddenly four of that man, each identical to the other?

”Kage Bunshin no Jutsu?” a Naruto fan cried out.

”Blazing Trees of a Thousand Inferno!” They saw four identical Mages raised their staves simultaneously and unleashed the spell. All of them were at a loss for what to do; while they were certain that the spells cast by the fakes would surely be weaker in terms of damage, the problem was that none of them knew how to differentiate the true Mage from the fakes. This lack of information itself made it difficult for them to evade the incoming attack.