Chapter 127 – The Fisherman Wins when the Clam and a Snipe Fight? 1 (2/2)

The fire spread very quickly, scorching all the vegetation around the boss monster. Most of those plants could not endure it and were burnt through, while some dryads in the area screeched and scattered away, only to set more and more plants aflame.

The dryad boss monster let out a terrifying scream. It whipped its branches at the same time and managed to dowse a lot of the flames on it. Meanwhile, it also stretched out its roots from the ground to attack the mages.

While players were able to forcefully defend against some of the overhead attacks, the sudden attacks from beneath the ground were something the players couldn’t do anything against them. Players screamed as they were dragged beneath the ground time and time again. A player died ever ten-odd seconds and most of those deaths were mages.

“Boss, we’re suffering too many losses,” VioletSun called out to Violante with a stark white expression.

“Stop worrying, deaths are inevitable in games. All of our dead brothers will be compensated, so don’t worry. The guild won’t make you suffer losses,” Violante said darkly.

Hearing that, VioletSun turned quiet and went back to attack.

“Boss, what do we do?” Dragonslayer Baldie whispered to his guild master.

“Hehe, since they don’t want to leave, then we’ll send them away. Tell our brothers to prepare,” Dragonslayer Saber smiled sinisterly.

Dragonslayer Baldie nodded, then quietly gave his orders. The Dragonslayers players quickly spread out and some even managed to hide amongst the Yolanda players.

“Don’t be afraid of dying, the guild will compensate you for your losses. As long as we get the Guild Establishment Token and establish the first guild in game, then everything will be worth it!” Violante continued to encourage her guild members on.

“Boss, be careful of the Dragonslayers,” VioletSun started to feel uneasy when he saw the players from the two guilds get closer and closer together.

“Don’t worry, we haven’t killed the boss monster yet. They won’t do anything this early.”

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“Kill!”

As if to prove her wrong, all the Dragonslayers players changed their attacks with a roar and launched their attacks towards the Yolanda players.

“Dragonslayer Saber, what are you doing!?” Violante screamed.

“Girlie, of course we’re sending you back to town. Haha,” Dragonslayer Saber laughed at the foolish question.

“The dryad boss monster isn’t dead yet, you…” Violante quickly dodged an incoming fireball before she could finish her sentence.

“The Dragonslayers will kill the boss monster even quicker without you guys. Brothers, send them back!”

Attacks rained down upon the Yolanda players, instantly sending over a third of them to their deaths. The Yolanda players tried to fight back but were unable to do anything against the fierce assault.

Meanwhile, Violante trembled in anger. However, she could only watch on as her players were slaughtered before she also died from focus fire.

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“What a naïve girl,” Fatty gasped. It really is something for someone like her to build up a guild!

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“Dragonslayer Saber, we will make you pay for this!” VioletSun reacted for more befitting of a leader compared to Violante. At the very least, he managed to utter some tough last words.

After paying the lives of a few dozen players, the Dragonslayers managed to kill all of the Yolanda players, which only went on to show that the latter group was really not suited to the game.

“Brothers, start killing the boss. Everyone will be rewarded greatly if we get the Guild Establishment Token!” Dragonslayer Saber shouted, then rallied his troops to attack the dryad boss monster again.

Whoosh.

At that very instant, the dryad boss monster shook again. A rain of needles poured down once more!

Countless screams sounded out. Very soon, only two hundred something people remained and all of them only survived because they were not in the range of the attack.

“W-What was that?” Dragonslayer Saber asked in shock.

“That’s Piercing Needles, a skill unique to this dryad boss monster. Doesn’t it seem familiar? It is very similar to the archer skill of Piercing Arrows,” a mocking voice sounded out.

A swarm of players suddenly popped out outside the valley and surrounded the area.

“River Alliance? River Scholar? You didn’t go to help your main guild, the Ice Rose Alliance, with the Guild Establishment Token in Black Tortoise City’s Mass Graves!?”

The newcomers were the River Alliance, a subguild that the Ice Rose Alliance set up in Azure Dragon City. Man, now I can tell just how ambitious Ice Witch and Rosethorn are. Ice Rose Alliance is already one of the top guilds in Black Tortoise City and they also have a seemingly powerful subguild in Azure Dragon City too! Fatty thought to himself.

“You guys fell into a… Ahem. As our elders say, the fisherman wins when the clam and snipe fight. Don’t you feel like the idiom perfectly describes the situation?” River Scholar chuckled with a clap.

This is an idiom which basically means that when two parties can’t agree on something, it ends up benefitting a third one.