Whooshwhooshwhoosh…
In the glow of the three continuous [Heals], the monk’s HP is pulled back up. With tears, he raises his steel rod and aims for the boss, but it barely does anything with an attack damage of under 100.
Lime colored air swirls around General of the Everlasting Wind and suddenly his sword trembles with 4 golden hexagrams sweeping across his sword. Damn, it’s a [Combo] LV-6! 4 strikes!
“690!”
“674!”
“710!”
“704!”
Luckily, the monk’s total HP is at least 2000, and with a close heal, he withstood it. He holds his shield, slowly backs away, and yells loudly, “Quickly, use [Hemostasis] and [Heal], get my HP back to full!”
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The battle continues ferociously while the Generals and I watch from a distance. I clench my fists and frown, “This isn’t too good. The boss’s attack is too high. Even if the monk has enough defense, he can’t dish out enough damage. Once he receives a large amount of damage, he can’t guarantee that the aggro will be on him.The aggro might switch to the higher priority healers.”
Li Mu nods and mutters, “Yeah, this isn’t going too well…”
……
Whoooooosh!
Under the ray of healing, his HP returns to full once again. But at the same time, the General gives up on attacking the monk. He raises his sword, spreads his arms, and bellows, “Die!”
With a whoosh, he uses [Biting Cold Blade], and the leaf-like skill lands in the middle of the 4 healers! It’s an AOE attack!
The healers let out multiple large cries as a chains of damage numbers fly up. The 4 healers receive over a thousand points of damage. They fall one after another and become the boss’s first victims.
I look at the battle and quietly say, “The General’s [Combo] is a Level 6 skill so it can strike 3-4 times. The healing has to be very tight, or else I won’t able to tank through it. Also, his [Biting Cold Blade] is an AOE attack, so if there are over 2 players standing together, they can very easily attract the aggro. We will need to be careful as well.”
Wang Jian clenches his teeth and asks, “Xiao Yao, is it possible that you can take on a boss like that?”
I smile, “Give me 10 healers that will continuously heal me non stop, then I can!”
“Mm, then that’s good….”
……
In the battlefield, the General already started to ignore Goodbye Tear’s aggro control and he was raising his sword and causing destruction everywhere. Each of his attacks are in the form of an arc and spread death everywhere. Mages, musketeers, and archers all fell under the attack range of the General. Our first attacking group is almost annihilated.
“Damn…”
Feng Han clenches his fists and teeth while looking at the boss’s direction. He yells, “The first group can’t take it anymore. Xiao Yao Zi Zai, Generals, you guys prepare to go, and continue attacking the boss!”
I nod, “Feng Han, I’ll be the leader. Give me 9 healers, and concentrate their healing on me. Bring your best healers, and they need to heal one after another, or else I won’t be able to take on the boss’s attack!”
Feng Han’s gaze lands on Simple, “Sister?”
Simple raises her staff and says, “Duck, take 8 healers and join Xiao Yao’s party, concentrate all of the healing on him. I’ll make two mage and archer teams and we will control the boss. This is the second battle, we need to kill the boss in one go. If we leave it to the third group, then we might not have a chance to win!”
Very quickly, a Level 40 healer stands up, ID: Darling Duck. She should be the best healer in [Vanguard]. I’d give her a 7!
Tick!
System Notification: Player Darling Duck wants to join your party!
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I immediately accept and very soon, another 8 healers join in the party one after another. They are really some top class healers, the lowest leveled one is already at level 39. Duck is the only healer in my party that’s Level 40 with the second promotion. She has [Healer Advent], [Revive], and [Group Heal], the three second promotion skills. With her, the success rate should increase quite a bit.
“Duck?” I ask.
Duck widens her eyes, “Mm, what’s the matter, Xiao Yao?”
I say, “When the boss uses [Combo], after his first strike, use [Heal] and then use [Hemostasis] to keep me alive. If I ever get killed, then use [Revive] on me as fast as possible, or else I won’t be able to control his aggro.”
Duck smiles and nods, “Mm, I understand!”
On the side, the Vice-Guildmaster raises her staff, and organizes a 20-man group. She yells, “Do not stand together, everyone spread apart, or else [Biting Cold Blade] will land on you!”
I look to my right and see General Li Mu raising his longsword. He gathers a 10-man party together with 3 healers and yells, “Xiao Yao is the front line. If he ever gets too low, then we will immediately go take on the boss to buy him some time. Be sharp healers, I might need to tank some damage. Remember to do some tight healing or else I’m just going to meet the grim reaper…”
The healers look at each other, understanding that the pressure is on them. Tight healing. Easy to say but hard to do. To do Tight Healing, you need to anticipate the attacking time of the boss, because all healing spells have a bit of lag time. [Hemostasis] has 0.1 seconds of lag time, which is near instant, but [Heal] has a lag time of 0.5 seconds, which is quite a bit confusing.