700 Chapter 700 - Mana Restoration (2/2)
”Where's Thousand Miles Drunk?” Guzzler asked.
Someone turned back around to have a look as they all continued to run, wanting to point the man out, only to discover there were just trees behind him.
”Eh? He was there not too long ago,” the man was confused.
”Look, they are headed that way,” Someone suddenly pointed. Gu Fei and those from Forever In Flowers had run west the moment they got out of the copse of trees, and they did not run straight forward like what Beyond Thirty Miles and Guzzler did.
”Yeah, we're headed in a different direction, how can we just turn around and block them now?” Guzzler said.
”Did you already know about this before?” Beyond Thirty Miles quietly asked Guzzler.
”Of course not,” Guzzler was somber, insistent on his innocence.
”Seeing how shameless you look, you remind me of someone else!” Beyond Thirty Miles exclaimed.
”Someone else?” Guzzler asked.
”Tsk, do you think I don't know? You seem to be pretty friendly with Young Master Han, all thanks to your IGN, right?” Beyond Thirty Miles interrogated.
”I don't really think we are friendly. It just so happened that we share the same hobby, that's all,” Guzzler humbly replied.
”Oh yeah, why did he quit the guild? That guy's quite the expert himself,” Beyond Thirty Miles asked.
”I don't know,” Guzzler answered.
”Didn't you ask him about it?”
”We only discuss liquor, never about our lives.”
”M*TH*RF*CK*R!” Beyond Thirty Miles cursed.
After the two finished their back and forth, they began to make an honest report to Folding Fan Invader, ”Reporting in to Boss Fan, we discovered Thousand Miles Drunk has headed westward after clearing the copse of trees, and we've now uncovered that they are escaping toward the forest in the west! Please instruct us if we should continue our hunt! If not, please advise further instructions!”
”Hunt them down, of course! What are you wasting time replying for!?” Folding Fan Invader replied.
”We wasted a few more seconds replying,” Beyond Thirty Miles was sighing repeatedly.
”Brothers, the time for our counterattack has begun. Get ready to chase and hunt down Thousand Miles Drunk,” Guzzler called out.
Everyone pointed their middle fingers at him. Anybody could tell what was going on, and it was utterly shameless that he claimed that they were now on the counterattack.
This team that had first been detached from the original hunting party that Carouse had sent began to lazily make their way in the direction where Gu Fei and the others had fled toward. Meanwhile, the army of men that consist of the rest of Carouse was still charging en masse behind them, the atmosphere permeating with killing intent. They headed west the moment they cleared the trees, not even stopping for a moment.
”Quickly, there's a forest out there in the west!” Vast Lushness yelled out loud over the party channel.
”What are you shouting for? Were it not have been for your movement speed, we would have reached it long ago,” Gu Fei grumbled.
”You think you're so great going Full-Agility!” Vast Lushness was incensed.
”Where did you distribute your stat points to?” Gu Fei asked.
”Full-Intelligence!” Vast Lushness answered. It was also considered a rather extreme allocation.
”Useless,” Gu Fei commented.
”F*ck me, do you have any qualifications to say that?” Tears were streaking down Vast Lushness's cheeks. A Mage that had allocated all his stat points to Agility had actually shamelessly called someone else's allocation as useless.
”Add Agility!” Gu Fei recommended.
Vast Lushness did not say a word in response.
”This way, you won't become the burden for your team,” Gu Fei continued.
Vast Lushness refused to respond.
”See, everyone's staring at you!” Gu Fei continued to say.
”SEE HOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!” Vast Lushness roared about wanting to slay Gu Fei, and he easily darted out several meters and chuckled, ”Without any Agility, there's no way you can even catch up to me.”
”Don't be angry. Come, I'll pull you and run,” Sakurazaka Moony was the best when it came to seizing opportunities.
Vast Lushness glared at him, causing Sakurazaka Moony to shrink his neck back and turned back to act as the guild leader, ”Quick, keep on running. Stop dallying around.”
That was when Gu Fei asked Slyris a question, ”What did you add your stat points on?”
Slyris threw a glance at the man, and without another word, walked away…
”This won't do, people will catch up to us. You guys better keep moving,” Gu Fei had come to a halt and saw the snake of men that were hot on their pursuit behind them. The difference in speed between those people from Carouse was starting to show, as those in the front were quickly closing in.
”Don't you die here!” Vast Lushness stared at Gu Fei, her legs not stopping as she gave it her all to hurry along. In her mind, she was actually earnestly considering a little about the question Gu Fei had posed: Everyone in Forever in Flowers had Agility-based job classes. If she were to hang around with such a specialized group like this, she should perhaps consider allocating some of her stat points toward Agility. But with how difficult it was for everyone to level up, it might perhaps be too late for her to start distributing points toward Agility now! Does the system have any service that allows me to reset my points, or if I can acquire some equipment that contributed toward Agility? How much could I get it this way? Vast Lushness continued to contemplate this even as she ran…
Gu Fei was trying to scrounge what time he could to consume fruits, but there was simply no way for him to replenish much mana with what little time he got. Slyris saw this and after a moment of hesitation, finally took off a pair of rings from her own hands.
”Hey!” Slyris shouted.
”What?” Gu Fei turned around, only to see that Slyris had already tossed the two rings right at him.
Gu Fei took them and glanced over the item description. They were a set of green equipment called Mana Restoration. The left-hand ring reduced mana cost by 20%, while the right-hand ring increased the maximum mana by 20%. When both rings were worn together, they would grant an additional trait that allowed the player to regenerate 2% of mana every second.
Gu Fei quickly did his calculations; with how much mana he had presently, he would be left with some spare after 4 executions of Twin Incineration, which meant his Twin Incineration cost him up to 22% of his mana with every cast. Adding the 20% reduction on top of this, that meant each cast of Twin Incineration would only use up 18% of his mana, allowing him to use it five times in one go, and with the additional 20% maximum mana, he could use it once more. This came up to a total of six applications, and with every second granting him 2% mana regeneration, he would be back up to full mana in 50 seconds, and if he were to divide that time up for six Twin Incinerations, that would mean he could use it once every 8 seconds…
A single Twin Incineration every 8 seconds… Gu Fei was excited. Maintaining such a pace meant that he essentially would never have to worry about his mana consumption ever again. Gu Fei's arithmetics was average, and that was the conclusion he had come to after his rough calculations. He immediately turned around and announced to everyone, ”There's no need to run anymore.”
”No way… What did Lady Slyris give to you? An atomic bomb?” Everybody was surprised.
”I gave him equipment that increases his maximum mana, reduces mana costs of spells and provides mana regeneration. As long as he calculates correctly and manages his usage output, it would ensure he would never run out of mana,” Slyris said.
”That's right, and I've already figured it out.” Gu Fei had not only just finished his calculations, but he had also already put on the rings.
”But my mana isn't full yet…” Gu Fei wrinkled his forehead. Seeing that those men were already closing in on them, he shrugged toward the rest. ”You guys better leave first.”
”Then take care of yourself,” everyone did not waste any more time and immediately sprinted off.
Gu Fei was ravenously devouring fruits, hoping to recover every percentage of mana he could with what little time he had left. The moment the first arrow was fired right at him, Gu Fei had managed to get back up to 48% of mana. In such a situation, how should I control my output so that my mana would not reduce but see a net increase? Gu Fei was not a mathematician, and he felt he needed at least some scratch paper before he could finish his calculation.
But he did not have the time since the enemy was already upon him.
It's now 50%... Dodging the arrows had interrupted the fruits' replenishment, but the Mana Restoration trait was still in effect, so Gu Fei recovered 2% of his mana in that one second since.
With a single Twin Incineration every 8 seconds, I won't lose my mana, Gu Fei thought.
Wait a minute… That means my mana would not decrease, but increase instead if I take longer than 8 seconds in between my Twin Incinerations… That was dumb of me; to think I still wanted some scratch paper for such a problem, Gu Fei was ashamed of himself.