135 Chapter 135 (1/2)
Chapter 135
”Maybe another group is doing better?” Rue offered up as James stared hard at the Warlock's chocolatey frame. It seemed the warlock, luckily, hadn't been killed by that chocolatey stream. But he was petrified, turned into a chocolate statue. Meaning he was as good as dead, unless they healed him, and quickly. And, considering James had just watched their priest slip and fall into the chocolate river, he wasn't counting on it. Then again, these players were still relatively low leveled when it came to James's dungeon players, meaning they weren't as experienced as other groups, and were still bound to make mistakes. He was just upset they had been one of the first groups to dive into BLANKs dungeon. Amateurs.
”But, but, but. Caarrrrl.” Rue stifled a laugh as James glanced in her direction. The pixie shrugged and waived a hand at James. ”Fine. Do you think they have a Candy Mountain?”
James scanned what he could see of the first floor, noting that the entire first floor seemed relatively flat, with only simple hills. Nothing that looked like a mountain.
”Nope. I don't think the first floor has a candy mountain. Why?”
Rue simply stared at him for a long, silent moment, before she shook her head, disappointment on her face. ”How do you not know these things.” She shook her head some more. ”Seriously, you're missing out on so much.”
”What?” If he was missing out on some sort of humor, he was eager to know what. She had introduced him to a lot of old jokes and references already, he was also willing to learn more. Though he was also curious what the man who had created her had been thinking, giving the AI such an ancient sense of humor and references. Sure, there were many from the older generations playing games, Z and his group being a great example, but still, James was certain none of his peers would get Rue's references either.
”I'll show you later.” She sighed and turned back towards the screen they were watching. ”So, if this party is a bust,” As she spoke, they saw what looked like red, candied fish jump out of the water and land on the priest as he tried to swim back to shore. The fish had a strange blue pattern on its side, with a golden cross emblazoned upon it. James was just able to catch the name of the mob, as it pulled the priest further into the chocolatey river. Swedish Fish. That mob definitely felt like an attempt at humor, but a poor, dad joke leveled one. Though James had figured that with as many mob options as there were across all the dungeons, not all of them could be grade A humor.
”Whatever you say.” James turned away from the fight, scanning the group of instances. The other party that was in this instance was also rather low leveled, meaning he doubted they were going to be of much interest. A quick glance showed they were actually being hunted by a group of players from BLANKs dungeon, so yeah, definitely not worth watching. That being said, James had plenty of other instances to check out. If there was one thing he was finding, it was that his players were going all out in their invasions.
”This looks promising.” He pulled up an instance that showed it was taking place on the second floor of BLANKs dungeon. The party he noticed, was made of up players ranging from level 27 to 30. Meaning they were definitely a lot more prepared for what they were going to face. However, James also knew a second level instance meant that BLANKs basic mobs were going to be level 25, with a mini boss at level 30, and the final boss at level 35.
”Which group is that?” Rue scanned over the team as James did, seeing if they recognized any of the players. With 10,000 players, it was hard to remember all of them. However, some of the higher leveled groups could stand out. The party they were watching though, did not. James was happy to note though, that while they were a generic healer, tank, and triple dps group, their classes were at least a little more varied.
The biggest difference was that this party had a druid as a healer. Druids could not only turn into beast forms, which could make them quite formidable, but they also had natural healing aspects. From the looks of it, this druid had doubled down on his healing abilities, as he had chosen Forest Druid as his level 20 sub class. As a forest druid he could summon healing trees which could connect to his party members with their roots, giving them a constant heal over time affect.