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Chapter 179
”Fall back.” James heard the words, and they broke through the fog that was once again clouding over his mind. He shook his head, trying to focus, but was finding it hard to do. Everything had been going to plan. The Candied King had been blinded, Gno-more had been doing a good job of killing off all the low players at the Avatar's feet, and The Knights, who had been holding their own against the higher leveled SoulDemon, had begun to turn the tide in the fight when James had brought the rest of the Boss Slayers to their aid. Everything had been going in their favor.
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But then, suddenly, Monty Python's health had taken a massive hit. A second later, another chunk of his life dropped. Then, another, and another. Lightning fast, Monty Python's health was cut down, and the massive Plaython disappeared. Even before James could register that, he heard a terrible, fearsome roar from Rue. His focus turned to her just in time to see her swinger her might axe down, rage apparent on her face. The attack was so fast, so violent, that it forced The Candied Queen to raise her shield to block. The candied shield shattered, but it did its job, and absorbed the blow.
The Candied Queen's glowing candy cane Xiphos responded to Rue's attack with lightning fast set of attacks. The weapon glowed with a crimson light, and for every strike, it seemed as if shadowy figures, dressed in Spartan Armor, appeared behind The Candied Queen, stabbing into Rue with faintly glowing spears of their own. Rue roared against the attacks, and lunged towards the Candied Queen, her mouth open, fangs reaching for the enemy's throat. Just before she reached though, her health hit 0, and her Avatar faded from existence.
The White Beast of Chaos has been Slain.
Popped up as a notification on James screen, and he pushed it aside instantly. He could feel rage welling up within him. BLANK had just killed Rue. He was going to make those bastards pay. His vision began to blur as he took a step towards the two enemy Avatars, his emotions taking over. The Candied King, his vision returned from Gno-More's blinding skill, shot James a grin even as he motioned for his forces to retreat.
”We Never Lose.” He shot back, before he turned and began running away. The Candied Queen mimicked his hasty retreat, and James watched as many of BLANKs remaining mob forces turned back to retreat as well. Their players fared less well as they began their retreat, as running from a bunch of enemy players, especially in a wooded environment with enemies all around you, was quite difficult.
Needless to say, the more agile classes were able to get away, as were those who had skills to slow enemies around them, those who could increase their move speed, or those with cooldowns that let them survive their fleeing.
”Don't.” Rue's voice stopped James even as he began to pursue the fleeing BLANK. Already James could see groups of his players rushing excitedly after BLANKs forces, launching any and every type of attack they could. Roguish classes burned cooldowns they had been saving to catch any stragglers, and James suddenly realized, as BLANK ran away, the danger of chasing them. During the war, there had been an extremely long period of time that BLANK and their forces had been deep in James's territory. Meaning James and his players no longer knew what existed in the distance, what existed down the path BLANK was running.
The startled cries alerted James, and his players, as to what had happened. Sure, BLANK had fled, and those who couldn't escape had been killed. But at the same time, BLANK, with the aid of their mobs, and some of their players, had set up traps. Chasing after them as they retreated was resulting in James's players getting killed by ambush style mobs and player packs. To chase after them further, would just increase their casualties.