Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards-Chapter 553 - 375: Disguise, Deception, and Coordination
The two people next to him immediately understood what he was saying, their eyes revealing a hint of excitement. The tall and strong female warrior Zakharova said immediately:
"So we can use this thing to enter other people’s tower-climbing spaces and then outnumber them to complete multiple harvests? This sounds like an opportunity to get rich quick! William, you’re really a genius!"
The female player, who was taller and stronger than a man, couldn’t help but imagine the three of them teaming up to use their numerical advantage and coordinated effort to hunt down other tower-climbing players one by one, turning all their equipment into their own and dramatically increasing their strength to reach the pinnacle of the players.
This idea also made her understand why William suggested those players enter the tower separately before. On the surface, he seemed concerned that they wouldn’t have enough resources to divide, but in reality, he was laying the groundwork for hunting, preventing those players from grouping together to climb the tower, which would make them too strong and difficult to target.
This includes William letting his companion David enter the tower alone in front of these players to make them believe that splitting up was the right move, showing that he had done his homework. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
"William, are you sure this method can work? How about we test it out now?"
Summoner David was also drawn in by the picture Mage William painted, and he couldn’t help but urge.
Imagine, in the not-so-spacious environment of the tower, how could those solo players resist their joint attack? There’s probably not even much room to hide!
Although they were a bit weakened in firepower without their Black Gunman, with a Mage’s profession and the offensive capabilities of insect swarm summoning, plus a Warrior’s close-combat restraint ability, fighting outnumbered wouldn’t be too difficult; the equipment on those solo players might as well be in their pockets!
"Let’s start with that Xia Country Gunman! William, you should have mentioned having this tool earlier! The two of us might not be able to take down that Gunman, but now with David here, it’ll be much easier to kill him!"
The female warrior spoke with her fighting spirit already ignited, as though she could already envision the joy of chopping off her enemy’s head.
However, Mage William showed a slightly helpless smile and shook his head in response to the urging.
"Not yet, because the condition for using this card is that you need to be close to the disguised target for a period to capture its aura traces, and only then can you disguise the target. I didn’t take it out during the previous desert edge battle, so it only recorded the information of the players who just came, not including that Xia Country Gunman."
As he spoke, he exposed all his hidden stratagems. On the surface, he came out of the tower to greet his friend David, but in reality, he had taken the Man of Many Faces card out of his personal space in advance, put it in his pocket, collected the aura of these players through close contact, and prepared for the hunt that followed!
"If we can’t kill that Xia Country guy, then let’s pick a lone wolf player that went into the tower! I’m getting impatient!"
The female warrior responded when she heard they couldn’t catch the target yet.
"Hmm... let me see the information recorded just now... these two went into the tower together... and these two as well... looks like there’re three lone wolves... this lone wolf seems to be of the Mage profession, let’s target him first."
The Man of Many Faces card in Mage William’s hand constantly shifted through different player images, both groups and individuals. They finally settled on a dark-skinned male player in his thirties who entered the tower alone as the target.
The man was dressed casually, but wore a wizard hat and held a magic staff, appearing to be a Mage player possibly from a tropical nation.
After selecting the target, Mage William activated the camouflage effect with the Man of Many Faces card in hand and moved toward the bronze door of the Black Tower, ready to officially lead his two companions to begin the invasion.
Such a scene was naturally known to Wang Zhifan on the top floor of the Black Tower, because these people had talked outside the tower for quite some time, and even used a Sound Insulation Spell, making it impossible not to attract his attention.
Regarding the insulating effect of the Sound Insulation Spell, it can only be said that these people were too close to the Black Tower, far from being out of the range of the tower’s own power. In other words, all their methods of concealment were as good as nothing to Wang Zhifan, and he heard their conversation loud and clear.
"These people want to use a rare card to deceive my Legendary Black Tower? They must be dreaming... However, should I cooperate with them a bit? Because it seems quite interesting to do so... If these players want to fight among themselves, I can’t stop them. Even if not in the Black Tower, they would certainly find an opportunity elsewhere... so why not fan the flames a bit and let them see the preciousness of life... After all, if they want to seek death, I can’t be blamed, and I can’t refuse some of nature’s gifts, right?"
In an instant, Wang Zhifan made a somewhat absurd decision, which was to cooperate with the players below to invade the tower-climbing space of other players, but not entirely cooperate. He intended to spice things up and let these people feel what a surprise meant.
His motivation for doing this could be understood as for fun, to watch the excitement, or as a humble "learning" attitude, wanting to observe the real-time combat of other players, even though he knew very well that these players were far less powerful than him, but gaining some insight is always beneficial.
Thus, when Mage William holding the Man of Many Faces card led the other two into the first floor of the Black Tower, the trio that should have met with failure and entered a wholly new tower-climbing space, under the intentional design of the Black Tower’s master Wang Zhifan, achieved their desired outcome with incredible smoothness.
As soon as they entered the tower, they saw a grassland. There were no monsters on the grassland, only traces of fire-burned ground remained and a solitary spiral staircase stood abruptly on the ground nearby, connecting to an unknown upper level.
"It really worked! You see, this tower-climbing space is different from any first-floor situation we’ve encountered! And there are battle traces! It must definitely be another player’s domain! This lone wolf player must be on one of the upper levels now!"
The female warrior observed the situation and spoke excitedly, swinging the double axes she had already equipped a couple of times as if warming up before battling an enemy.
"Although we have the advantage in numbers and strength, it’s better to be cautious. It’s best to take down this first target without getting hurt to maximize our return... I’ll put a few statuses on you both first, and when we get upstairs, let’s attack together and instantly kill him when we see him."
Mage William continued to instruct his companions, telling them to prepare for an ambush attack.
The preparation included William applying damage, agility, and invisibility buffs to everyone, Summoner David pre-summoning enough hidden-kill mosquitoes, and the female warrior adding extra fast movement and defensive buffs since she had to be in the forefront to face the enemy, gaining the most likelihood of taking damage, while the other two only needed to initiate long-range attacks from a safe distance.
Everything was ready, and after discussing the tactical coordination, the three in stealth and agility mode softly tiptoed towards the staircase leading upwards, beginning to search layer by layer where this lone wolf player was staying.
Soon, they reached the second floor, finding it a snowy field. Besides chaotic footprints, only a spiral staircase leading to the third floor remained.
Arriving on the third floor, they saw a wide, dimly lit palace environment where the dark-skinned player wearing a pointed wizard hat was casting flames, burning a group of vicious black-skinned monsters.
Among these monsters, apart from most which were ordinary minions, there were three elite monsters, but their strength was not significant. The player had already gained a considerable advantage and needed a little more time to finish them off.
"Great opportunity! Let’s all take out this player first!"
The three in stealth immediately began to move covertly according to the plan, intending to ignore the monsters in the palace that hadn’t been dealt with yet and directly kill the player while he was distracted by fighting the monsters.
