Academic gathering with a lich-Chapter 777 - 718 - Warrior Hangs Thief

"Before they act, Homo sapiens instinctively confirm their various advantages to encourage themselves to proceed., this strong psychological edge greatly inspires morale and thus expands the outcome..."

"Only now do I understand why those despised thieves and pickpockets still go their own way..."

"This advantage of the enemy being in the light and me in the dark, it’s like the prey is already in my grasp, Stealth intoxicates me."

Kylo Servblade crouched on the grass, under the shade of a huge oak tree. The assassin’s Stealth ability allowed him to camouflage into nothingness, making even the trampled grass beneath his feet appear upright.

Not far in his sight, the Elders’ Council’s trio was still rambling on, Kylo overheard every word.

"I’d like to see them turned into tombstones. I’ll take a screenshot as a keepsake. What do you think..." Kylo Servblade turned his head and asked his subordinates with a cunning villain’s sneer, but his eavesdropping was interrupted by what he saw.

"Are you guys sick?"

He said to an empty space.

In the shared vision of the squad, the Rangers of the Eye of the Queen’s Guard Corps were all presenting as ethereal shadows in Stealth. They shuffled left and right, hopped on the spot, acting restless like crabs and frogs caught in a net though it appeared to be just an empty space.

"Boss, this ability is awesome, look, I won’t get exposed even when I do this!" one of them jumped on the spot, spinning two and a half times in mid-air like a spreading-winged roc, cheered on by fellow Rogues in Stealth.

And then, in the next moment, his forehead hit the trunk of the oak tree with a smack, and he tumbled out of Stealth, quickly dragged behind the tree by a quick-handed Rogue.

[Your companion (Delio) has been attacked by the enemy (Giant Oak Tree), receiving 10 points of damage, Stealth has been broken.]

"..." Kylo Servblade secretly admired in his heart, The Stealth skill was really amazing, even the embarrassing acts of his foolish subordinates weren’t seen.

Regaining composure, the assassin players of the Eye of the Queen transformed back into the Queen’s loyal Guard Corps. Under Kylo Servblade’s command, they approached Doludo and the others.

Stealth triple damage plus critical hits on weak spots and teamwork made the assassin squad’s instant damage incredibly high, and since it was the early stage of low player levels, Kylo Servblade was now an instakill upon sighting anyone. If it weren’t for the few weak spots on a humanoid’s body, Kylo might even proclaim assassins invincible, though it was nearly the case already.

"Charles five, Aisenna three, Doludo four... five. Charles is a Defender, two more will assist the first group." The assassin task distribution was complete, and Kylo himself was in charge of assisting the second group.

"And what about your skills, our dear Berserker..."

The approaching voices were loud, grating like the pulse of prey, blades drawn, the assassins rushed toward their targets.

The crisis erupted suddenly, and the Elders’ Council’s squad was immediately besieged. Aisenna’s life value was instantly depleted, turning into a tombstone. The Priestess of the Moon actually managed to react, but it was to no avail, Healing Skill couldn’t cure an instakill.

Charles had just managed to raise his shield the moment he saw the dangerous shadows in his vision. The assassins were clever; they specifically waited for Charles’s Crystalline Armor to vanish before launching their assault, seizing the moment the skill ended to stab their blades into Charles’s head, into the gaps in his armor.

However, the Defender Knight’s Crystalline Armor wasn’t the active skill they imagined, but a toggleable aura skill. The clear sound of clinking rang on Charles’s armor as the assassins frowned, receiving combat notifications from the game system.

[Your attack on Defender (Charles) dealt 189 (armor mitigated) damage.]

[Your attack on Defender (Charles) was perfectly blocked.]

[Target Defender (Charles) (Defensive Pose) is immune to critical hits and execute.]

Defender Knights were the elite units commanded by the former Knight King Reed. The blessing of royal strength allowed them to draw Elemental Power from the earth beneath their feet to construct armor. This Crystalline Armor that enveloped their whole bodies was highly effective in protecting the Defenders, and the cost was a significant reduction in the Defender Knights’ agility and mobility. But that was okay, for they were knights, and knights had mounts.

Stack the most armor, leverage the warhorse for a speed boost to physically ram, and turn defense into offense. It was the first time the assassins experienced the malice of hacking at a tank. Charles covered his face with his left hand while sweeping with his right, his spiked shield crashing onto the fragile bodies of the assassins, leaving the riddled elf lying on the ground without getting up for a long while.

"Kylo Servblade! You despicable fellow!" Charles’s roar was full of vigor as he still had plenty of strength left.

The situation with Berserker Doludo was much more perilous.

Five assassins excellently completed their mission, delivering perfect stealth critical hits, with two even lucky enough to hit the highest damage variation. Kylo had planned to immediately support the team by Charles’s side, but the next moment his mouth fell open in disbelief.

Doludo had taken five assassination crits and was still alive. Although his life bar was precariously low, just barely hanging on by a thread, he had indeed withstood the assassins’ damage. Berserkers draw from the life within their prey. In the game of dreams, Berserkers can increase their life value limit through daily hunting, with each level-up granting additional life value buffs.

The consecutive surprises made Kylo Servblade wary. Taking advantage of the gap between everyone else’s attacks, he went in for the kill, his sharp point less than a foot away from Doludo’s reddened skin.

"Roar!!" An invisible shockwave repelled the assassins as Doludo’s frame grew larger, and his bloody rage burned ceaselessly like flames.

Berserker life hung by a thread, entering a critical rage state. The Battle Axe, wielded in a fury, became a streak of crimson lightning, cleaving one unlucky assassin in two.

Damage-oriented classes had their unique damage buffs—assassins thrived on stealth and critical hits on weak spots, while Berserkers were about rage and overwhelming execute attacks.

[Bloodthirsty Slash]: Launch a ferocious slash that damages the enemy while also healing the Berserker himself, with the healing effect increased based on the amount of life lost.

Doludo’s axe killed an assassin and squeezed blood from his corpse. The life bar above his own head surged up a notch, making Kylo’s eyelids twitch.

"Together!" Even if Doludo had recovered some life value, wounded was still wounded—there was no sense in retreating at the sight of low health. United in their intent, the assassins who had watched their comrade slain now worked together to keep Doludo’s health low, maintaining his enraged state as they fed him kills.

Rogues were strongest in the moment they emerged from the shadows; without the bonus of Stealth, their damage was greatly reduced.

As for Berserkers, as the saying goes, a wounded beast is most ferocious. So, a dying beast must be the most insane. Doludo was roaring, his wielding axe continuously ground the fragile assassins to death, his Bloodthirsty Slash becoming a Survival Axe Technique, battling back and forth alone against the assassins.

In the end, Kylo Servblade still accomplished the mission of taking down the Elders’ Council squad, abandoning the restraint on Charles, as all the assassins concentrated their firepower to finally hack Doludo to death, and then wore down Charles with their numbers.

Kylo looked at the dizzying array of tombstones, devoid of any desire to take photos; beside Doludo lay ten of his own people.

"Damn game designers, why are professional warriors so overpowered, one after another, and that Magic Swordsman is probably as ridiculous."

He vanished into the shadows with a flick of his hand, Kylo Servblade resolved.

"Reduce PvP time in the future, and concentrate on leveling up professional skills. That Shadow Mentor once said that assassins also have the ability to fight head-on. Hope it will be powerful enough."