Chapter 185: Breathing new air (1/2)

With Dark Shadow earning its class, they were ready to move on. Shingi made sure that Dark Shadow and everyone else was in full power.

The plan was quite simple and similar to the one he had on the last floor. He wouldn't go after the group away from the stairs, but he and Syra would use Spirit Element to make them fall unconscious. Shingi worked with her and got the SLEEP Spell from that training, a Base Grade AOE Spell.

He had noticed that his control of the Spirit Element was better when he had his eyes active, so he had them active this time. The chance of anybody among those players being able to see them was minimal to nonexistent. Still, he wouldn't give them a chance to look.

They made their way to the stairs while under the effect of INVISIBILITY from Little Phoenix or Shingi. Dark Shadow also knew INVISIBILITY, but for some reason, it didn't want to use any of its Spells to anyone else but himself. Of course, not even Shingi wouldn't be the target for these kinds of spells. Maybe his natural instincts told him to look after himself, but in combat, he was helpful and protective sometimes.

According to the schedule, they made it in place, and as expected, the two groups had left and been far away not to hear them. So Syra would go from the left while Shingi would go from the right, trying to affect all of them simultaneously. But unfortunately, some of the Players were walking around, so Shingi and Syra had to wait for the perfect timing to affect them all.

There were five Players, two near Syra, another two near Shingi, and one between them. They could get the four of them simultaneously, but that last one could have enough time to react by sending a message if it was fast enough. Unfortunately, that Player was sitting right at the stairs, and even for Shingi, it would take him some seconds to get to him.

This tactic was new, and he hadn't noticed it when he checked them before, and Price didn't mention their positions as they seemed to be near to each other still, but the range of the Sleep Spell wasn't that wide.

Shingi could tell by their auras that all of those weren't just well-equipped Players, but they were close to level 60, meaning that they knew what they were doing. Of course, they could just be that high level because of Dark Guild's help, but reaching that level and have learned nothing of how the game worked was impossible.

'Could it be that they understood that we have two people that can use this tactic?' [Shingi]

He used a similar tactic on the last floor, but only Syra made them unconscious with magic while he used his skills. But they couldn't know their numbers back then, as even when he fought that one individual, he was by himself.

But then Shingi remembered. Syra made that Players fall unconscious while he fought him, meaning that the Player would know that he wasn't the one who made him unconscious. He had used WIPE on him, but that didn't mean that it erased everything about the battle, but any details to recognize Shingi like details of his face.

Shing still didn't know how WIPE worked, but he had heard of similar abilities that could work like that. He could test that theory as it would cost him CHA, and he had to keep it at 5 to keep his Minor Mana Regeneration Passive Skill to its current power. He still had to find a way to upgrade that stat, and earning Stat Points was pretty hard, especially for NPCs.

Shingi thought about what they could do, and a new plan formed in his mind soon.

He sent a message to Syra, and after waiting for a few seconds, they made their moves.

Spirit Element started gathering on the head of the two Players of Syra, turning their eyes completely white and making them fall asleep. The two that were for Shingi to take care of were seeing feathers surrounding them as their eyes also turned white, like Syra's targets did.

As for the final Player, he fell unconscious before the other four, and the reason was the only other member of their party who could use Spirit Element; Dark Shadow.

Dark Shadow also learned how to cast the SLEEP Spell from Shingi, but it was hard for Shingi to persuade to use any Spells. During training, it was quite obedient, but in actual combat, Dark Shadow was just doing what he wanted.