677 Chapter 677 - The Second Assaul (1/2)
This wave of assault was very well prepared Oathless Sword's initial suicidal charge had not been for naught By studying Traversing Four Seas' experience engaging with the enemy, the formation for this assault was more spaced out, they would rather have a portion of these players not participate in the battle than clogging up the area and allow the trebuchets to take advantage of the Fireball exploding in the sky It was just like what everyone had expected The system was still up to the sae, the trebuchets began to shoot the huge rocks However, the players were allup at the sky, looking for the tell-tale signs They were able to pick out the position of each and every rock that came their way and avoided them easily
Of course, accidents were still bound to happen, but it was at least much better than their first foray with their share of hts all around This time, the players were all ready for the rocks and there were even some who did not consider them to be of any threat
Because the players were scattered apart from one another, the crowd hardly looked chaotic, but they were still charging forith great ferocity The various guild leaders that were co the troops could all feel their hearts beat excitedly Before they mobilized their men, everyone had all sworn their intention to successfully breach the city in one go
As the players got ever closer to the city walls, the trebuchets began to change the a used, and it was now the s down While this attack was nothing coe rock could deal, it nevertheless took quite a toll on the players that were struck It was so that they could not completely avoid, and the smaller stones were all the size of human heads They were bound to leave a mark when stones of such size hit people in their faces froh altitudes
”Take cover behind the rocks, take note to keep yourself hidden!” As someone who had personally experienced this attack, Oathless Sword gave out this instruction across the party channel that all the guild leaders had foruild leaders, and there was no way that anyone could fore party, but there was no need to worry since they simply formed even more parties Meanwhile, all the uilds found in Yunduan City The list that Gu Fei and Sword Deuilds leaderboard that was now filled with the naleaders Half of those names were found inside Oathless Sword's party, and they had been designated as the main combatants for this assault
Everyone had already seen this scene before, so there was no need for Oathless Sword to re Four Seas' experience as cannon fodder before, so they all rushed out to the nearest rock for cover with their badly beaten faces If there were too h large rocks to provide cover for everyone However, the nuht, allowing everyone to safely take cover from the stones that rained upon them If somebody were to look at the battlefield from the perspective of Yunduan City, it was as if the players strewn all over o had all disappeared instantaneously It was truly quite an aht
”Everyone, be careful, the Stealthed assassins will be coood number of players mentally cursed out no sht!, as these people had already seen it long ago, so there was no need for Oathless Sword to act like a big shot and remind them about it Masses of players were huddled behind every one of the huge rocks, and they consisted of every job class in Parallel World Forget if a single assassin were to creep up on them and strike; they were not afraid even if several of theroup that had a perfect spread of job class coainst a force with such a hoenous job class representation
The stones were still cracking and pattering down from the sky, and the system was not in the least bit pained at its a for the Stealthed assassins to appear Some of those who had equip their counter to be the first to ! Traversing Four Seas had previously been defeated all due to this wave of assassins, yet now that they were prepared for the ambush, these assassins just did not reveal their presence
”Why aren't theyto one another The guild leaders in theout similar concerns, ”Guild leader Oathless, why aren't the assassins appearing yet?”
Oathless Sas feeling rather despondent as well When he had words of advice for everyone, they loathed hi everyone what they already know But now that he had nothing to say, everybody was asking hi on Hoould Oathless Sword know? He had only been the initial sacrificial la for the system's responses to an assault, it was not as if he had taken a peek into the system's brains Thus, he could only helplessly answer, ”Let's wait a little longer Stay on your toes”
Several ed The Stealthed assassins were still nowhere to be found
”Ahem… There's probably too many of us this time, so it's unsuitable to send assassins out!” Oathless Sword gave his opinion
”Fck… How can it do this…?” All the guild leaders did not believe that this was possible
”Now that do we do? Are we still going to continue with our offensive?”
The reason why the players were all hiding behind the huge rock at the ainst the assassin's sneak attack Otherwise, they could all survive the rain of stones with a sufficient nu them The players simply had to press onward just a short distance ahead, and the trebuchets' attack would all cease
What little infored with their lives before had quickly been used up, and it allowed the players to successfully make it past the trebuchet phase of the assault As for the Stealthed assassins the system had in wait, nobody knew if they would suddenly appear in the next second Seeing that the situation had not unfolded as they had ian to beat in trepidation, and the courageous charge that they first dee still needed a direction, and nobody was giving that
”What are we afraid of? CHARGE!!!” Soed everyone
”Should ait around and observe for a bit?” Then, there were those players ere not in the least bit hot-blooded cautioning the others
”What are aiting for? If we keep waiting, this huge rockbattered by those stones,” soed The stones that continued to pound the rocksbehind theainst the pounding Dripping water could wear out rocks,like that Who knew if the trebuchets would just toss out another huge rock once all the players huddled behind the huge rock were exposed and turn thee had both been fighting over the position as the overall couilds fro awfully quiet at this tih! This was the time when a real leader would dement in such a situation Now that everybody had no ideas of their own, they would all listen when a coiven However, that also ment was made, these people would proclaiment were to be made, the players could just as easily consider the leader to be an arrogant fool
nobody wanted to be seen as a fool, and in the current situation that they were all in, it was impossible to make the correct decision Who would wish to suffer the injustice of being called a fool just for guessing wrong?
Both Oathless Sword and Brave Surge understood this very well, otherwise, they would not have been in charge of such large guilds like Traversing Four Seas and Carouse respectively Thus, during such crucial moments, the two of the those they trusted to discuss their options, ”What now?”
In the end, both sides caested that they retreat first, ”Let's take the lead once more and try and probe further with our assault so that we can get a better idea just what sort of configurations could the system come up with” This was the conservative recoe Even if we disperse at this point, no one can really tell if that would be the right ht idea Why don't we roll the dice and just charge in? If this eous to us, our plan would be viewed as the correct one If we fail to gain anything fro the assault, ould at least have been able to find out what else the system can pull, so it won't really be a total waste,” This was the riskier recome, and we shall stay back and watch,” This was the recoard the noobs as people
All sorts of suggestions were offered, and neither Oathless Sword or Brave Surge could decide by theuild leader party channel, ”Are we ? Why hasn't anyone said a word? Fck, yours truly ain't afraid of sht even if you guys are I'll charge ahead, anyone with the heart to do so can follow me”
And that was how the overall impasse was alleviated by souild leader as aesture to his guild had sent plenty of uild leader's personality was sufficiently awe-inspiring, but he turned out to be a very fighting-adverse and lacking in righteous indignation Light Priest He had wanted to let soe had done before, but he did not have the appropriate skill, so all he could do was fire off a single Holy Ball instead That glowing orb of white light that ca up for just a few meters in the sky and al behind some of the rocks did leap out in earnest
”Couild leader bellowed as he waved hisan entire face of stone the h, spitting out the rock fragments that went into his mouth as he immediately cast a Heal onto himself He then puffed out his chest and bravely bore the stones raining fro on his own Heals as he strode forward, undeterred
No Priest would be able to last if they were forcefully enduring such attacks in such a fashi+on It was not just an issue of players having li cast by the player would be interrupted when the stones struck the spells could only be cast when the player was not being targeted in therequirement for the caster to be consciously aware of their own spells' casting tioal was still to be an exeh, this act of his instilled great pride auildmates Some who had not coed to the players frouild leader; what a uild were encouraged by their guild leader, and each ca out into the open The Priests took cover behind the Warriors and other players with plenty of HP, as they started to provide healing to those players ere struck by the trebuchet's stones, everyone bracing the storm of stones as they advanced onward
A second, third and fourth guild were soon inspired by what transpired, as e rocks, round as they pushed forward in such a manner
While the state of stalemate could be considered to have been solved, Oathless Sword, Brave Surge and theirsatisfied This was the benefit of failing to weigh the pros and cons of an action! It was quickly apparent that this guild leader was not coveting the leadershi+p role like the two of thee that ca call He was sis based upon his capabilities He did not depend on orders, but on the fact that his actions would influence others
”Ah, that's what I should have done!” Oathless Sword slapped his thigh in his vexation, sighing over the fact that he had not thought of this e did not have such a sentiment, because such aout just like what that guild leader had done wouldOathless Sword the chance to finish his sentence Even if I brought a Priest along with e speak while the Priest beside hi even as the stones continue to rain It was not in the least bit awe-inspiring