388 Chapter 388 - Heebie Jeebies (1/2)

”Hahahaha!” Deep Waters laughed in great delight up on that rooftop.

The trap Svelte Dancer had triggered was not his Snare Shot, but one of the Hunter's traps that his comrades had placed, which lasted for over a minute. No matter how amazing her equipment was, he doubted she had anything on her that would resist traps. Now that she had been ensnared, Svelte Dancer indeed had no tricks up her sleeves to extricate herself from it, so all she could do was grit her teeth and bear it.

Deep Waters celebrated on his end while he fired off another shot over to where Oathless Sword's foot was. Everything was going as he had expected: The NPC Todd they had been escorting mindlessly followed Oathless Sword's own footsteps, so now that Oathless Sword was standing still, Todd was also obediently standing by his side, immobile.

The other Hunters had scattered all over the steps by now and were all drawing their bows and targeting Svelte Dancer with their shots. This lady had run them haggard the whole time, so it was only natural they wanted to vent a little.

In the end, despite having so many arrows embedded all over her, Svelte Dancer still managed to stand her ground and survive. Even Deep Waters could not help but take a sharp breath. Even though his comrades were all Hunters who focused on equipment that boosted their traps and were incomparable to Sharpshooters when it came to their attack power, the fact that they were unable to kill off this lone Thief Svelte Dancer, even with so many men firing, only showed just how insanely powerful her equipment was!

Everybody was amazed. There were even those who now harbored ill intentions, hoping Svelte Dancer would drop a few top-tier items upon death as they hurriedly fired their arrows in rapid succession. In the end, all Vast Lushness did was bestow a Heal upon the lady and Svelte Dancer easily got through this round of fire.

Deep Waters knit his brows and shouted, ”Kill that Priest first!”

Vast Lushness was the only one out of the three that was free to move about. Given the vast amount of combat experience on her shoulders, she had long expected them to quickly change their target to her, so she had proactively taken evasive action before they could lock her down.

But before the enemy could even comment on the action she had taken, it was Oathless Sword who was the first to wail, ”Sister, you can't do that!”

Vast Lushness had been a woman of few words as the two of them travelled, yet Oathless Sword had never expected her actions to be so brazenly absurd, for she had actually hidden behind Todd's meagre frame, essentially using their escort as a shield. While it was true that Todd managed to survive the concentrated bombardment back in Linyin City back then thanks to his humongous HP pool, the issue was no one had any idea how much HP the NPC had left after that devastating assault. Oathless Sword had tried to get Priests to heal him back then, yet it did not seem to have any effect. He had been really worried that Todd might have been dangling off just 1 HP, which only made the matter all the more tragic.

Throughout this exchange between their forces, Oathless Sword had been rejoicing over the fact that Deep Waters and his men had been focusing their attack on the players and were in no hurry to attack Todd. But in the end, Vast Lushness' actions had drawn their attention back over to Todd as a result.

Since it was just a matter of time before they had to deal with Todd, these players did not relent in the slightest as they continued their rain of arrows, not caring if they struck Vast Lushness or Todd.

Oathless Sword's heart would shudder with every shot that landed on Todd. Countless arrows had landed, yet Todd remained standing. Oathless Sword's heart rate was already at a hundred fifty beats per minute at this point,which in turn caused the system to promptly issue a red alert!

[Due to the player's heart rate severely increasing beyond the safety threshold, the user will be forcefully disconnected from the game if he or she is unable to recover back within the acceptable limits in the next three minutes.]

How could he let himself be forcefully disconnected at this crucial moment? Oathless Sword only became even more tense when he received this system prompt, his heart rate escalating to nearly two hundred beats per minute, resulting in the system sending out a warning yet again!

[Due to continued acceleration of the player's heart rate, the user will now be forcefully disconnected from the game if he or she is unable to recover back within the acceptable limits in the next one minute.]

Oathless Sword hurriedly shut his eyes and took a deep breath, exhaling deeply as he told himself to keep calm. Todd's invincible and will not die, he's an immortal...

Meanwhile up on that rooftop, Deep Waters was also rather surprised. Vast Lushness having the audacity to use Todd as a shield was one thing, but the position that she took actually blocked the very angle he needed to continue firing off his Snare Shot at Oathless Sword's foot.

Deep Waters quickly attempted to change his position on the roof, but soon discovered that the lady had her eye on him the whole time, moving in accordance with where he moved, stopping this move of his entirely. That lady even went as far as to wave her magic stave towards him in retaliation. A black fog formed on the tip of her staff, and Deep Waters suddenly felt a bout of dizziness overcome him and lower his HP.

”She's a Dark Priest!” Deep Waters gasped to himself. That dizziness that overcame him had been applied when he was near the edge of the roof, but thankfully it had only been a fleeting sensation, so Deep Waters was able to quickly change his position after firing off his arrow.

Vast Lushness wanted to block that shot for Oathless Sword, but she was still slower by just one step. Just as Oathless Sword felt his foot loosen up, it was ensnared yet again before he could even open up his eyes. Vast Lushness had also taken an arrow shot because she exposed herself for that one shot, so she immediately cast a Heal on herself.

Seeing there was this experienced lady messing things up for them, Deep Waters figured they might be in a spot of trouble if any one of his arrows were to miss, so he quickly ordered his men, ”Trap!”