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Chapter 178
The chaos of the battlefield that James had initially been reveling in, was now causing him no small level of frustration. As close ranged physical Avatar's clashed, as James dodged explosive Holy Hand Grenades, and as The Knight's Who Go Ni faced off against Soul Demon and his party of level 40+ players, James was doing his darndest to find Skar and the Boss Slayers. He had an idea, and he needed their help for it. Well, more appropriately, he needed Gno-More's help.
Oddly enough, it wasn't his own players that finally helped him find the Boss Slayers, but instead a random cry from one of BLANKs players. Something about being blinded from needles to their eyes. Followed by another cry regarding a needle to a kneecap. Gno-more, it seemed, was really starting to live up to his Acupuncturist class, especially when combined with his assassin skills and cooldowns. Which was great, because James was really looking forward to his new plan.
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”Boss Slayers” He called out as he neared the small batch of combat. Skar had swirling bits of green and grey energy flowing around him, a dread aura that effectively drained life and energy from enemy players. He was holding off two of BLANKs players as Manly and Gno-more went to town on a few others. One of the enemy players had two needles stuck in their eyes, and a blind status flashing on their health bar. Another had a needle in the back of his knee, with a movement impair icon on his health bar. The blinded player was the enemy party's healer, while the incapacitated one was a tank. Manly and Gno-More were now dealing with a squishy mage, and a ranger. Neither of which had much of a chance.
”Do you need something?” Skar grunted as he blocked an attack from one of his two opponents. The players from BLANKs side were a few levels lower than Skar and his party, but two on one was still a tough task. Especially because James could tell Skar and the others were growing tired. James wasn't sure how long the battle had been ranging on, minutes, hours, but either way, the mass amount of destruction, chaos, and combat was definitely growing exhausting. Even James was feeling his mind grow fuzzy. He could really do with a nap. But first, they needed to win this battle, as a first step towards winning the war.
”The Candied King is throwing his players at us.”
Skar looked around, at the fighting going on all around them, and shrugged, as if to say, 'no shit.'. James shook his head and sighed.
”No, literally. Those Holy Hand Grenades are the death orbs of his players. He's got a group of low leveled players at his feet being used as cannon fodder.”
”Man. Why would you fight for a Dungeon that just sees you as fodder.” Troll'd nocked and arrow and let it fly. The missile whizzed past the players his party was engaged with, and struck another player further on in the forest, who had been sneaking up on a different party of James's. Even as that player fell, Troll'd was preparing another arrow, for another unsuspecting target.
”I mean, your deaths do usually help us grow stronger.” James responded without thinking, drawing a concerned look from the Monster Hunter. From the response, James realized Troll'd hadn't process who it was he was speaking to.
”Right.” The Troll player cleared his throat. ”How can we help you oh mighty Mad Mage?”
James offered him a sheepish smile. He was going to like this. ”Do you know, does DCO have falling damage?”
”Uh, not that I know of.” Troll'd let another arrow fly. ”I don't think anyone has really tried yet though. Why….”
James nodded, his mind running through the options. If there wasn't any falling damage, this would work out great. If there was… well, he could at least mitigate it. Most MMOs that did incorporate falling damage actually did it as a percentage based on your health, not as a flat rate. Obviously, that meant the formula, at the greatest amount, would equal only 100% of something's max HP. So, if James was able to, say, create something to absorb that full 100%...the player falling would take no damage. This was totally going to work.
”I need your help to take out those players.” Killing the players outright would at least limit how many more attacks The Candied King could make. After all, death orbs only stuck around for a small amount of time, and James was guessing the Candied King's attack had a 20 to 30 second cooldown, judging by the frequency with which he was launching them. That, or he was being extremely particular about how he was aiming.
”What's the plan?” Skar asked as he cut down one of the players in front of him. The other one wasn't looking so good, and James could tell Skar's deathly aura had nearly drained all of that player's health. That was why Death Knights and Dread Knights made such great tanks. Especially for PvP. Their health pool could be sustained quite easily, at the detriment of their opponents.