625 Chapter 625 - Hooligan Experts (1/2)
When the circumstances permitted, a medic would always have another defending them. This was a habit that these men had cultivated over their many years as veteran soldiers, and that had not changed a bit after entering the game. When Xiaochen was called over to perform triage, that Thief had promptly followed to defend him. What he had not expected that, though, was not only would he fail to protect Xiaochen, he would also end up joining him.
The whole bunch of them felt frustrated at this result. Although they knew that this was just a game, and were well aware that those three were back on their feet, alive and breathing, back at the spawn point by now, the loss of their three comrades consecutively incited these veterans' anger.
Even during the most difficult mission they had undertaken back in the days when they were active, their squad had never once lost three lives at one go like this. They were merely pitted against a bunch of civilians in a VRMMO, yet they had just lost three of their fellow comrades one after another while in a situation where the situation was entirely in their enemy's control. This was truly a devastating blow to their pride.
A torrent of arrows chased after Sword Demon. These ex-soldiers clearly saw their target turning into a pincushion by their arrows, yet the man simply did not die and even managed to coolly slide behind a rock for cover. They could feel great discontentment well up in them.
In the meantime, Ye Xiaowu no longer had someone coming to his rescue, and it appeared that his mana was about to run out. Once that happened, all that was left was for him to resign to the fact that his HP will steadily drop until he died. Even though he knew plenty of methods to resolve his current quandary, he did not have the means to execute them. Broken Water Arrow and Sniper God were the closest to him. Getting either of them to bandage him up would work, but the severity of Ye Xiaowu's injury made the two hesitate. Since their medic Xiaochen was gone, they could only make do with their rudimentary medical skills. One of the ambushing Archers ran over to Ye Xiaowu's side, clutching a blood-staunching bandage in hand, but when this man saw his broken arm, he was stunned for quite a while before saying, ”This… Your whole arm is shattered; I don't know how to bandage that!”
”Don't worry; it'll work as long as you staunch the blood,” Ye Xiaowu guaranteed.
”How do you staunch a wound like this?” the Archer asked.
Ye Xiaowu was about to faint. ”Just bandage it as best as you know how!”
This Archer nodded. Randomly picking up a stick from the ground and splitting it in two to make a splint for Ye Xiaowu's broken arm, he wound the bandage around the arm quickly, to secure the forearm within the gauze, casually tied a dead knot, and hung it around Ye Xiaowu's neck.
”There's bound to be sequela if I've made a mistake,” the Archer worryingly informed.
”Don't worry! When the time comes, I shall visit the Healer NPC to make a full recovery.” Ye Xiaowu told the man.
With how crudely this man had set his arm back and bandaged him, it was quite miraculous for his bleeding to have actually been staunched. However, Ye Xiaowu knew that it was not due to his amazing handiwork but was mainly due to the aid players received from the system's correction, just like how it would correct the aim when players were shooting their bow and arrows. The system did not care for absolute accuracy from the players in terms of their proficiencies, so it was fine as long as the gist of the work was done.
Now that the bleeding had stopped, Ye Xiaowu's HP halted its drop, and two Heals after brought him back to full HP. He then hurriedly ate some fruit to replenish his mana. Once the Archer saw that Ye Xiaowu was fine, he immediately moved to return to the fray. With the firepower of the three Archers' coordinated crossfire, they managed to extricate Broken Water Arrow and Sniper God from their respective close quarter combat with Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion.
After gaining some distance with their retreat, Sniper God and Broken Water Arrow pulled out their bow and crossbow, joining in to begin firing at once. The five Archers were now working together to bring their high mobility and marksmanship into play in this moving skirmish with the two kung fu practitioners. Gu Fei could still keep up with them as his movement speed was not too far off from theirs. The opposing party did not dare to be too wanton with him, but it was a different story for Eternal Dominion. He had a much harder time since his movement speed was not anywhere near any of those five Archers, and they were constantly on the move as their projectiles flew relentlessly. It was clear that they intended to kiting him to death.
Ye Xiaowu knew that he might become a burden at such a time, so he withdrew to one corner as he munched on his fruit, ultimately making sure neither Gu Fei nor Eternal Dominion would be within walking distance to finish him off.
On the other front of this battle, the pressure on Young Master Han and the others had alleviated with the departure of the three Archers, and all their fighting spirit surged after witnessing Sword Demon single-handedly eviscerate two of their ambushers at one go. Meanwhile, their enemies were also feeling uneasy after witnessing Sword Demon's fierce assault when he appeared out of nowhere, so they sent out two of their men over to that white rock Sword Demon had hidden behind.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
”It's our turn now!” Young Master Han exhorted deeply.
”I'm sure everyone has already noticed it from Sword Demon's action,” Young Master Han said. ”These people are indeed indomitable when it comes to combat, but it is precisely because they are so indomitable that they are unable to adjust their mindset so quickly. When it comes to gaming, they are utterly inexperienced.”
”As for how you guys can capitalize on this, I'll leave it to you all to act when the opportunity arises.” Young Master Han said, and everyone nodded.
The number of enemies they would be facing had already decreased. With three Archers gone, and two others leaving to hunt down Sword Demon, who had killed off two of their comrades, the originally sixteen men was now down to just nine.
”Over here!” Young Master Han commanded. Having identified an easy target to pick on, the whole lot of experts descended on the only remaining Priest like ravenous wolves.
”DEFEND!” Someone shouted from within the enemy formation. That Priest seemed to have gotten a realization of his own from Xiaochen's sacrifice as he no longer stood his ground and waited for the enemies to come bully him. Quickly darting deeper into their formation, two Mages stepped out at the same time and clipped from the left and right, each swinging their arm out in a whirl.
This action was very mystifying. Even the Mage veterans, Royal God Call and Flame Singed Clothes, were unable to tell that it was actually them unleashing a spell, only making sense of what happened when they saw a flash of fire form above their heads.
”F*ck!” Everyone cursed and dove in every direction to avoid the blow. Some were struck by the spell while others managed to avoid it. Their Priests promptly restored everyone's HP as Royal God Call glumly whined, ”What sort of m*th*rf*ck*ng casting technique was that?”
”Grenade throwing…” Beside Royal God Call, Paddy Scent Pastures had already identified the arm swinging action the two Mages did. The two of them were holding their crossbows with their right hands, and their left hands were raised in a tossing motion while holding their magic staves. They looked like they were about to throw those staves in their hands out, but this was apparently the technique a grenadier would do.
”Old Lightning and Thunder, beautifully done!” The 'grenades' the two Mages had thrown scattered Young Master Han's lot from converging on the Priest, and they were now receiving serious praise from their comrades for what they did.
”Charge!” Someone gesticulated. Young Master Han and the rest quickly went on guard against the two Warriors among the troops, only to find all nine of the enemies collapsing onto them as they came charging in.
”F*ck me! That's a charge, too!” the whole lot of them cursed. As it turned out, that man was not calling for the Warriors to use their Charge skill, but for everyone to rush Young Master Han's lot.
The misunderstanding that sprang from their cultural differences left them cursing like sailors, and just as these nine men got in position to engage them in close quarter combat, the intensity of the skirmish further escalated.
”Intercept them! They're rushing over here!” Young Master Han shouted. Flame Singed Clothes finally had a chance to show a meaningful performance. Although he had lost and gained levels plenty of times before, he had not once lost any of his equipment and weapon, so that skill he had before could still be used. With a decisive wave of his magic staff, Flame Singed Clothes conjuring up a wall of flames as he followed it up with a Descending Wheel of Flames and a Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno without pause. A sea of fire raged, instantly isolating five of their enemies from the others. Even though this would only last for a few seconds, the advantage from this change greatly favored Young Master Han's side. War Without Wounds and Southern Lone Blade led the charge as they Charged the enemy Warriors. Royal God Call and Glue kept up a fierce barrage of arrows at the other two remaining players, while Brother Assist and Unrivaled Lucky Star helped by bestowing Blessings to everyone even as they prepare to run in and engage with the enemies up close.
These experts were already aware that contending with these ex-soldiers in terms of PK techniques would be akin to suicide, so all they could do was resort to being more unprincipled. The whole lot of them ganged up on their enemies and surrounded them, making it impossible for their targets to escape. Everyone shall fight it out by relying on their superior equipment!
This was a method of fighting that these experts despised, but it had become the only option for them to achieve victory. If even Sword Demon was utilizing such a shameless measure, why would any of the others have any qualms about doing this? Aside from Gu Fei and the other kung fu practitioners that were on an entirely different plane, Sword Demon was the greatest expert among them all.
One of the enemy Warriors came cleaving with his heavy sword in hand, but War Without Wounds did not evade or dodge the attack. He stood stoically and took the damage squarely on his head, while the two claymores in his hands impolitely made their way to the man.