Hu Die Lan
Chapter 90 Silver Moon Squad
Gathering the knights from the Knight Camp, Silvermoon didn't pause at all, leading his team straight to the Warrior Camp below. This was his ultimate goal, as the Warrior class could best utilize the "King's Order" skill.
Archers excel at attack range.
Mages excel at area-of-effect attacks.
Thieves are like ghostly shadows, stealthy and elusive.
Knights specialize in buffs for their allies.
Priests mainly focus on healing.
And Fighters are mainly... rare.
The greatest advantages of these classes couldn't be enhanced by "King's Order." Only Warriors, with their high health, defense, and attack, embodying their advantages through basic attributes, were the class "most capable of maximizing King's Order."
However, being a Warrior team, their movement was relatively slow. Xu Yue didn't dare to race against the returning Thieves and Archers led by Sword Ghost. A large number of Mages were amassed outside the Warrior Camp. If the enemy reinforcements arrived first, forming a defense in front of the Mages, the 30-strong charge team, even under "King's Order," would likely perish in a sea of fire.
That's why Silvermoon chose a feint, pretending to advance towards the northeast corner. After entering the tangled alleys, they split into two groups: one group of Archers continued to advance, drawing the enemy's attention, while Silvermoon's charge team rushed towards his ultimate target: the Warrior Camp. Taking out the Knight Camp was just a bonus; more Knights meant more power. Statistically, Knights were the closest class to Warriors.
As for attacking the Archer Training Ground first... Young Master Han was perhaps overthinking it. Silvermoon's plan was simple: he had a Warrior team, so his first battle should be the one he was most confident in, which was of course the large number of Thieves clustered outside the Archer Training Ground.
The assembled Warrior and Knight team rushed downwards without stopping. In theory, Silvermoon's "King's Order" skill, consuming 4% of his mana per second, could only last for 25 seconds. However, he had an effective supplement.
Mang Mang, equally imposing, also possessed a skill attached to her weapon.
Staff of Ideals.
Attached Skill: Mana Sacrifice - Burn your own mana, consuming 5% of your maximum mana, to replenish mana to a designated target other than yourself.
Even more ruthless, this skill had no cooldown. And Mang Mang was an Intelligence/Spirit Priest with a huge mana pool; her 5% became Silvermoon's 10%. In other words, Mang Mang could replenish 200% of Silvermoon's mana by using all of her own, extending the duration of "King's Order" by another 50 seconds.
However, Silvermoon had already deactivated the skill. Counting Mang Mang's replenishment, the skill duration was only 75 seconds in total, not even enough time to walk from the Knight Camp to the Warrior Camp. Silvermoon wasn't planning to use "King's Order" in the battle before the Warrior Camp. He was saving the Awakening, which had a ten-minute cooldown, for the final battle.
The Silvermoon team, rushing towards the Warrior Camp, completed their preparations along the way. The Knights cast "Blessing of Life" on everyone: a skill that automatically recovered a small amount of health every 5 seconds.
To deal with Mages, all you needed to do was charge to the front lines with remaining health, and the rest would be a walk in the park.
Duan Yun and others outside the Warrior Camp were extraordinarily tense at this time. The Knights, who had revived in place after being killed outside the Knight Camp, reported that Silvermoon's group was heading towards the Warrior Camp.
"They're here!" Duan Yun frowned. The thunderous footsteps were even more terrifying than last time. This time, Silvermoon didn't activate "King's Order," so the group of Warriors and Knights didn't stick together. Instead, they were scattered at various alley entrances. Now, they appeared simultaneously, rushing towards the outside of the Warrior Camp from multiple directions.
Duan Yun looked grim. He never expected that Silvermoon would suddenly stop using the skill. The opponent's scattered approach effectively reduced the Mages' area-of-effect damage advantage. If there were fewer opponents, the Mages could still resist, but the problem was: there were too many of them, far more than the defenders outside the Warrior Camp.
Silvermoon's 30-strong team, the 40-plus Knights rescued from the Knight Camp, the 30-plus Warriors charging out from the Warrior Camp, and the Priests who could be considered rescued at the same time as the Archers, who hadn't been seen since leaving the Academy, suddenly appeared. This was an internal shield legion of more than 100 people.
"It's over… we can't resist." Duan Yun, an experienced player, could foresee the consequences with a glance at the situation. However, no one in the hot-blooded "Defeat Pre-Dust Legion" would choose to retreat. After a fierce battle, although it ended in their defeat, the Pre-Dust Guild paid the price it deserved.
The Pre-Dust Guild gathered a large army in front of the Warrior Camp. Warriors, Knights, and Priests were the three main classes in this army. In terms of style, this was undoubtedly a meat grinder. Without too much technique, they withstood the attacks and closed in, then slaughtered their opponents... Duan Yue had already experienced this style twice. Having just revived in the Warrior Camp, he could only watch Silvermoon and the others gather their forces outside the camp, unable to do anything but constantly relay the situation to Sword Ghost and the others at the Mage Academy.
After a long and drawn-out battle, the Archer squad harassing the Mage Academy was finally eliminated. At the same time, news of the fall of the Knight Camp and the Warrior Camp arrived. Sword Ghost and the others didn't choose to rescue them. They had gathered all their forces outside the Mage Academy, even including the Thief Guild, which had not been attacked. The Warriors stationed there also returned to defend.
The final line of defense was formed outside the Mage Academy.
The fact that the enemy had no Mages was the last advantage that Sword Ghost and the others could exploit. If they gave up even this, then all their efforts would be reduced to nothing.
At this time, several people were analyzing the intelligence gained from Duan Yun's two sacrifices.
"The enemy is all Warriors and Knights, and there are many Priests. They're a team with amazing vitality and recovery."
"Also, Silvermoon has a mysterious skill. Under his aura, the speed, attack, defense, health, and so on of all team members are terribly enhanced. The range of the skill is still unknown, but it can definitely cover thirty people. The duration isn't clear either, but it shouldn't be used for a long time. At least, Silvermoon didn't keep using it from the Knight Camp to the Warrior Camp."
"A very crude fighting style, withstanding attacks and charging to the front lines..."
"Once a Warrior gets close, it's really difficult for any class to fight," Sword Ghost sighed.
"Maybe a Fighter could," Pig Immortal said. He was someone who longed to be a Fighter but was scared off by an official warning and still missed the class to this day.
Everyone glared at him. The atmosphere was heavy, and even Cloud Dusk was too lazy to scold him.
"Silvermoon is the key person on the enemy side. Find Archers to go on the rooftops! If you find this guy, everyone snipe him," Sword Ghost said.
Everyone nodded. Seeing it this way, this battle didn't seem too difficult. The opponent relied on Silvermoon's trump card, the group buff skill. If they crippled this guy, the difficulty of the battle would drop sharply. But was it really that easy? No one dared to be too optimistic.
In any case, the Archers had quickly taken their positions, lying in ambush on the rooftops of various streets around the plaza outside the Mage Academy, waiting for Silvermoon's arrival.
The plaza outside the Mage Academy was completely silent. Unless you saw it with your own eyes, no one would believe that there were so many people here.
Suddenly, someone spoke, breaking the silence. "Damn you, Pig Immortal, why are you shaking? Look at your pathetic self." The one scolding was Cloud Dusk.
"Damn you, you're shaking nervously too," Pig Immortal retorted.
"Where am I shaking?"
"Your legs are shaking!"
"Damn it, seeing that I'm getting a little weak in the legs, why don't you come up and support me?" Cloud Dusk cursed.
"Damn you..." Pig Immortal stepped forward and supported Cloud Dusk. Cloud Dusk put his hand on Pig Immortal's shoulder.
"Son of a bitch!" "Damn you!" The two were still cursing at each other.
Sword Ghost couldn't help but laugh. It was undeniable that this group was indeed a group of hot-blooded and loyal brothers. From winning the first battle, to the sudden change in the situation, and then being forced to fight the opponent head-on, this was very different from Sword Ghost's initial plan for a guaranteed win.
However, after winning the trust of these guys, no one had complained. Even when Sword Ghost made several wrong predictions about the enemy's movements or even gave wrong instructions, everyone thought about finding a way to make up for it, and no one let out even a sigh.
Looking at the many players in the plaza, there were quite a few people like Cloud Dusk and Pig Immortal who couldn't help but feel nervous. However, no one retreated, and their eyes were only firm.
As long as we fight, we must fight to the last moment! Sword Ghost suddenly felt a little like crying. It had been a long time since he had felt this way!
"They're here! They're coming!" Suddenly, the Thief who had been sent out to scout sent a message.
Someone had suggested whether to have a group of Thieves lie in ambush on the road to ambush the opponent, but this plan was quickly rejected.
The opponent was a tank army dominated by Warriors. Even if the Thieves successfully launched a Backstab, they couldn't create much of a fatal threat. And a large number of Priests were following them, healing each other, so the Thieves could only go and not return.
Apart from the Archers, all other classes form a human wall. What we must rely on is the Mages! The Mages that the opponent doesn't have!
This was the unchangeable guiding principle of this battle.
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A heroic final battle! Roar! And then ask for votes~~~