Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 175

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Persuaded by the messages of the guild leaders, the low level players in Champion City began withdrawing from the map, and high level players began streaming into the battlefield. Sir Ditty was relieved. With so many of their fighting force joining the battle, their momentum will not be broken.

What came as a relief for Sir Ditty was a huge trouble for Absalom. He could see the drastic reduction of the number of low level Eastern Continent players. Players with higher and higher levels and with better equipment were beginning to appear. The lines held by the Western Continent players began to show signs of collapsing.

"Absalom, I think their main force has arrived." said Intoxicated to Absalom in the command channel.

"Yup, there were a lot of low level players a few moments ago, but now I don't see any of them. I think the higher level players were kept away from the battle zone by the streets clogged with low level players. The Eastern Continent must've moved the lower level ones out of the battle zone just now." Wenshan stated his observation.

Absalom of course knew of the situation. He let out a long sigh before speaking up, "Xinhua Dictionary, Joyless, how much longer can you guys hold out?"

Xinhua Dictionary was in charge of countering any attacks launched by the Eastern Continent players while Joyless's objective was to occupy the Monastery. They were the main force of the Western Continent, and received priority when it came to the resupplying of consumables and supplies. Absalom had even directed any supplies from the sectors covered by Intoxicated and Wenshan to Xinhua Dictionary and Joyless. If they ran out of supplies, it would mean defeat for the Western Continent players.

"Our supplies can't last longer than 15 minutes. Heck, it would take nothing short of a miracle for us to last 20 minutes!" Xinhua Dictionary's sector was besieged by players, which meant that they would expand a lot more resources.

"My men can hold out for another half an hour, but more and more Eastern Continent players have snuck into the Monastery. They're launching attacks from both sides, and the men I've sent into the Monastery were all taken out, and their equipment forever lost." Joyless furrowed his eyebrows. The situation was not going well.

A distressed Absalom immediately sent a message to Fleeting Time, "Fleeting Time, are you able to bait the Archbishop out here?"

Fleeting Time responded with a sigh, "Absalom, I think we're going to fail today..."

"Why is that?"

"I ran into a 'friend'."

"Gongzi You?" Absalom exclaimed with bewilderment.

"Yup."

"When did you run into her?" Noticing his mistake, Absalom rephrased his question, "What I meant was: When did she sneak into the Monastery?"

"5 minutes after I arrived in the place. I think she came in here form the north gate." Fleeting Time directed his Vampire Bat towards Ye Ci while simultaneously casting Multi Arrow.

In a room with such confined space, Multi Arrow was the perfect Hunter skill. With so many tight spots, it was easy to score a hit. The skill however, has a high mana consumption.

As the Vampire Bat launched its attack, Ol' Four would of course not stand idle. It charged into the fray, engaging the Vampire Bat in a vicious melee. Unfortunately for Ye Ci, most of Ol' Four's abilities were more effective against ground type creatures, and could barely affect a flying type creature like the Vampire Bat. On the other hand, despite the Vampire Bat's lifesteal ability, Ol' Four had a huge amount of defense and hitpoints, and had a high resistance to poison. The Vampire Bat's attacks could barely scratch its hide. The 2 pets let out roars as the clashed in the chamber.

Ye Ci dashed around in the chamber, using the pillars or other furniture's as cover and sometimes as foothold for her to launch herself into the air, attacking Fleeting Time from different angles. There was something, however, that was troubling Ye Ci. She wanted to cast Multi Arrows continuously just like Fleeting Time, but it was a very mana consuming ability. Ever since she acquired her Strength Conservation, Ye Ci did not carry any mana potions with her. The ability would only activate if Ye Ci was able to deal damage to an enemy, converting a portion of the damage dealt into mana points for Ye Ci. It was something that was troubling Ye Ci. Despite its ability to shoot out arrows in a fan shape, if an opponent was able to dodge the arrows launched with Multi Arrow, no damage would be dealt. If Ye Ci was unable to deal any damage, she would not receive any mana.

Ye Ci's opponent was Fleeting Time, a player who was very agile and could easily dodge Multi Arrow. As the battle dragged on, Ye Ci began to run out of mana. Unlike Ye Ci, Fleeting Time had quite a number of mana potions in his inventory, and could afford the trade. Without mana potions, Ye Ci could not use Multi Arrow as often as Fleeting Time could.

Ye Ci's method of attack aroused suspicions form Fleeting Time. He could not comprehend why Ye Ci was reluctant to cast Multi Arrow. Fleeting Time's Multi Arrow could only fire 6 arrows simultaneously while Ye Ci's ability released 7 at once. Statistically wise, Ye Ci would be able to deal more damage in a wider area.

He knew that Gongzi You would definitely notice this simple fact. But why did she not use Multi Arrow? Ye Ci's trouble was like an enigma for Fleeting Time, rendering him incapable of predicting Ye Ci's next move.

The problem was not apparent at the beginning of the battle, but as the fight drew on, Fleeting Time came to realize that an expert opponent whose movement he was unable to predict was a very tough opponent. His ability to predict Gongzi You's movements gave him an edge in their previous fights, however, it was different in this battle.

Gongzi You's logic-defying actions was able to confuse Fleeting Time and when he was confused, he was bound to make a mistake.

As Fleeting Time turned around, Ye Ci noticed the positioning mistake he made. It was a perfect angle of attack for Ye Ci. Such opportunity might be missed by any other player, but how would Ye Ci miss such a great opportunity?

Fleeting Time was quick to realize his mistake, but it was too late. With his back exposed to Gongzi You, his opponent showed him no mercy. A perfectly timed combo almost took away the life of Fleeting Time.