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!
……
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.
……
We finish preparing and Goodbye Tears is already kneeling in front of the General. Feng Han gets agitated and says, “Xiao Yao Zi Zai. If you don’t go now, when will you go?!”
I bite my lip, grab my sword and run over there. I need to instantly grab the boss’s aggro!
A clear sharp sound comes from the sword and 3 golden hexagrams sweep along the blade. Without any hesitation, I attack the General. The sword cuts through the air and it strikes the General’s hip. With 3 clangs, 3 damage numbers also fly up——
“311!”
“287!”
“325!”
Of course, the boss’s level is too high, to the point where even with [Turmoil Sword], [Encourage], and other buffs, I can’t penetrate its defense by a large amount. However, dealing 900+ damage with a single [Combo] is pretty good.
Growl….
The General glares at 3 mages from afar with his blood-red eyes and seems to be planning to charge at them. My aggro isn’t high enough, this won’t do!
With a circle of white light, Baby Bobo’s [Combo] attacks 3 times. The boss hesitates for an second before his body tilts slightly. This is the chance that I was waiting for!
Whoosh!
A white-glow appears under my legs, it’s the activation of [Strength of a Thousand Men]!
“147!”
“172!”
“155!”
“74!”
With those attacks, it’s obvious that my attack damage and strength doesn’t match my opponent’s. My head became purple from the ramming. Nevertheless, my sword collects the wind and after 0.2 of preparation, I use my strongest attack——[Wind Blade]!
Bang!
The sword’s edge sparks blue as it slashes the boss’s heavy armor and a huge damage number pops up——
“1544!”
A Critical hit! Not bad!
But the thing that breaks my heart is that I still don’t have the boss’s aggro. The ranged attacks from behind are way too strong and I immediately chase after the boss who’s charging towards the back line. I check my skills’ cooldowns and my sword starts to emit a glow. Ice starts to swirl around my sword and I strike powerfully at the General’s back——[Fierce Ice Blade]!
“679!”