Chapter 191: Speechless
Translated by Karai of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: Addis
The group of one and a half teams of assassins lying in ambush outside the Autumn God point fell silent for a moment. Nothing was more frustrating than having trekked all the way to the ambush point only to encounter a marksman who could Dispel Cloak.
As the assassins hesitated about whether to retreat or advance, their leader, Watermelon, made a decisive move. He fully restored his status and, using stealth, moved forward to kill the unguarded marksman.
The new assassins were stunned. “Leader, weren’t we supposed to avoid alarming them?”
Watermelon replied, “…So we should just wait for him to alert them?”
He had noticed that the marksman had not activated his fire sight, so he had to be eliminated.
Killing one person only exposed one assassin. If they had waited and the marksman activated his fire sight Dispel Cloak, the entire group would have been discovered.
“After killing someone at the ambush point, we’re afraid of being discovered, so we took him out,” Watermelon reported back to the command channel, adding, “It was a marksman.”
The chief commander, momo, was speechless.
Others in the command channel were also speechless.
What kind of luck was it to run into a lone marksman while lying in ambush in the wilderness?
Watermelon added, “But don’t worry, I killed him before he could discover us.”
BrokenOracle asked, “Is it really about whether he discovered us or not?”
Watermelon was speechless.
“It doesn’t seem like it.”
“So what should we do?”
“Should we just go for it?”
“Push directly on the Autumn God point,” Su Mo said immediately, “Our ambush point has been exposed.”
Perhaps encountering the lone marksman in the wilderness was an accident. After all, the ambush point was not far from the Autumn God point’s estate and close to the Vicinity’s resurrection point. There was a possibility that a resurrected player was trying to circle around and join the main force. But that wasn’t the main concern. The key issue was that while everyone was engaged in direct combat, the sudden appearance of an enemy unit in a quiet corner was a signal for Eclipse.
There was danger from the rear.
The team leading the attack on the Autumn God point was BrokenOracle. With 4 teams battling 4 teams, and considering the similar combat power and the fact that Eclipse faction was on defense, each attempt to push inward fell short. As a defending team, there were two main advantages: one was that players over 1000 meters away could respawn at a remotely bound respawn point, and the other was the principle of nearby respawn for defenders.
Although it was not yet possible to determine Eclipse faction’s bound respawn points, the defending advantage meant that Eclipse faction players at the Autumn God point had two respawn options: one was the remote respawn point (effective up to 1000 meters away), and the other was the nearest teleportation point within the current base area.
The Eclipse faction players at the Autumn God point chose to respawn at the base Vicinity, as Eclipse had the advantage at the Autumn point. The resource cost for this respawn was minimal, making their ability to reinforce much stronger than that of Abyss faction.
Even though BrokenOracle repeatedly pushed to the estate’s Vicinity, the Eclipse players who respawned held their ground firmly. This situation couldn’t be considered a disadvantage, but it was indeed a stalemate. For Eclipse’s commander, it was ideal to remain in such a deadlock, as it allowed them to delay time and keep Abyss’s main force occupied.
But if such a situation were combined with a violent and mobile assassin team, the scenario would instantly turn around.
BrokenOracle said, “Let’s start from the Autumn point…”
He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly noticed the commotion in the crowd. “Watermelon, what are you doing?!”
Watermelon, leading his team, had already reached the rear of the estate. A group of assassins was scaling the wall. “Aren’t we going to press forward?”
“Didn’t we say we need to act quickly to avoid being discovered by the enemy?”
Su Mo was speechless.
BrokenOracle swallowed the strategy he was about to say and could only say, “… Let’s press forward.”
What strategy? They probably didn’t need a strategy anymore.
***
In the Eclipse faction command channel, CloudTraveller frowned immediately upon hearing that someone had reported spotting assassins at the rear of the Autumn point. He quickly asked, “ChatMasterWu, what’s the situation with the assassins at the Winter point?”
“These people are really annoying,” ChatMasterWu replied. “They keep using summons to lure us into attacking. We’ve attacked twice, but all the damage was absorbed by their tanks.” He added, “We haven’t actually engaged in combat; we’re just following your orders and stalling them outside. Rest assured, the assassins haven’t come out—they’re all hiding behind the tanks.”
Ye Ban Zhongsheng said, “Since the assassin team is at the Winter point, the ones we encountered in the wild are probably scouts from the Autumn point. They might have sent assassins to scout but ended up running into our people.”
Was that really the case?
CloudTraveller found something off. “Leave a small team to monitor the situation at the rear, keep a close eye on the Winter point…”
Before he could finish his sentence, an urgent report came in on the command channel.
At the Autumn point, the commander said, “The large force outside the Autumn point has advanced!”
CloudTraveller paused, “Focus on defense, don’t let them push in.”
He immediately activated two defense buffs for the Autumn point.
“We can’t hold them off! Our numbers are dwindling.”
“They’ve pushed up with full strength; we can’t hold out any longer!”
“Wait a minute!? How come there are so many of them, damn, so many assassins!”
“They’re invisible, we can’t catch them!”
Assassins!? CloudTraveller’s eyes darkened, “Does the Autumn point have marksmen? Quickly identify the assassins.”
He gave quick instructions, his mind racing as he instantly pinpointed the problem.
He had always felt that something was off, and now he finally realized it.
The numbers were wrong; there was a discrepancy between the expected number of Abyss faction members and the actual number.
***
In the livestream, the audience, still trying to locate the missing Abyss faction assassins, finally discovered their whereabouts. However, instead of being on the Winter map, the one and a half teams of assassins had unexpectedly arrived at the Autumn point, lying in ambush just outside the buffs.
[How did they get over here!?] [I didn’t notice them coming at all…] [I’m starting to doubt their route. Did they climb over?] [They wouldn’t be that foolish, would they?] [Oh no, is that a marksman!?]
When they saw one team of assassins encounter a marksman, everyone thought it was a misfortune for the assassins. But in the next moment, an assassin from the team moved in and took out the marksman. That wasn’t the end of it; after eliminating the threat, the assassins lingered only briefly before advancing towards the estate Vicinity, coordinating with the four main teams led by BrokenOracle, who were outside the Autumn estate, to launch a pincer attack.
[I’ve never seen assassins sneak in like this before.] [What is Eclipse doing? Why aren’t the marksmen attacking the assassins???] [The defenses on the right side have completely collapsed! The assassins came from behind, and the healers and clerics are all exposed to the assassins!]
The pincer attack unfolded extremely quickly, and the Eclipse faction players stationed at the Autumn point hadn’t even reacted. To keep an eye on the assassins at the Winter point, most of their marksmen had been deployed to monitor the Winter point Vicinity, leaving only a small squad of marksmen at the Autumn point—just five marksmen in total.
Even if they discovered the situation in time, their teammates who were invisible as assassins couldn’t be seen, so they could only expose the assassins to reduce the danger to their teammates. The problem was that with the assassins coming from behind, the five marksmen could only cover a limited area. While they managed to defend one area, another half-team of assassins circled in from a different direction, leaving them stretched thin.
“We’ve pushed in,” Wen Ding Tianxia shouted. “Under the assistance of our assassins, BrokenOracle’s four main teams, who had been holding outside the Autumn point for nearly an hour, have quickly surrounded the Autumn point. The assassins’ goal is clear: they’re mainly targeting healers and mages to create opportunities for our main force in the front!”
“The standoff is in front of the estate. They are still pushing in, and Eclipse’s revived players are filling in positions… Eclipse has reacted and is using rapid reinforcements to prevent Abyss’s main force from taking the boss,” Wen Ding Tianxia said.
Suddenly, he noticed the resource allocation that had previously belonged to the Abyss faction. At this crucial moment, Abyss faction’s overall commander, momo, had allocated two high-attack and one healing buff to Abyss. “Abyss has received buff support; they haven’t been stopped and are still pushing in!!”
In a capture battle, the duration of buffs and resource consumption are linked. Once a buff was activated, resources began to deplete by the second. The audience in the livestream realized that the four main teams at the Autumn point had not had buffs until this very moment, when they finally received three buffs—one high-attack buff to boost DPS and one healing buff to enhance healing effectiveness.
“I was stunned. One moment I was still guessing how they managed to reach the Autumn point, and the next moment they had already pushed in.”
“It’s not just about pushing in. The timing of their attack and the activation of buffs were so precise that it could be said they directly delivered Abyss faction’s main force into the point.”
Abyss faction did not waste any opportunity. After the initial clash and with the added buffs, they surged forward, pushing from the estate entrance all the way into the Autumn point. The various obstacles in the Autumn estate became meaningless at this moment. The Abyss army charged fiercely and reached the area where the Autumn point’s boss was located.
— [Faction·Capture: [Autumn God] is under intense attack from Abyss faction!]
“The assassins have reached the boss. The healers are focusing on him, and he has pulled the boss into the Abyss faction’s crowd,” Wen Ding Tianxia shouted. “The Autumn point is being attacked!”
According to the rules of the capture battle, each point could only change ownership once during each battle. This meant that if Abyss managed to hold the boss for 15 minutes after its defeat, they would successfully claim the point. For the remainder of the capture battle, the Autumn point would belong to Abyss and could no longer be contested.
“The Autumn point is about to fall,” Miao Shou Kong Kong observed the situation on the field. The surprise attack from Abyss was so overwhelming that it seemed preplanned, catching everyone in Eclipse completely off guard.
In the dead of night, Shen Ye Tang Tou said, “The Autumn point can’t be held anymore.”
Seeing this, he was secretly alarmed. Even the viewers with a god’s-eye view from outside the scene hadn’t noticed Abyss faction’s surprise attack in time, let alone Eclipse faction who were inside the scene. Even if CloudTraveller realized what was happening, given the speed of Abyss faction’s troop deployment and player execution, they wouldn’t be able to reallocate troops in time.
Wen Ding Tianxia asked, “Is there any way to save the situation?”
Shen Ye Tang Tou explained, “It is possible to save it by wasting a lot of resources to open teleportation points and send people from the Winter point. But this method might not be effective.”
“Eclipse’s troop allocation was very balanced. They had nearly pressed the Spring point to its limit, so it was impossible to reassign troops from Spring. With Summer point and Abyss’s nine teams facing off, withdrawing troops from Summer point would essentially give Abyss a chance to break through Summer point. The only option left was the Winter point.”
But it was too wasteful and might not be in time.
The boss was definitely lost. The players teleported in would need to clear all five and a half teams of Abyss faction within a short period, or they would not be able to hold the Autumn point. But Abyss’s commanders were not fools. If a teleportation was really opened, Abyss faction, with its resource advantage, would also open a teleportation to bring the remaining one and a half teams from the Winter point over.
With many warriors and clerics in the Winter point teams, their arrival would mean a tough fight.
After losing the boss, Eclipse faction fell into a passive position. They could no longer reassign more troops to support the Autumn point, which meant they wouldn’t be able to clear out the Abyss players in the boss area within 15 minutes.
The situation at the Autumn point was set to be lost. The only way to alleviate it was…
Shen Ye Tang Tou said, “The best way is to press into the Winter point right now.”
Just as he finished speaking, a new development occurred in the battle. After Abyss faction’s assassins had pulled the boss from the Autumn point, Eclipse faction hesitated for a minute before the four main teams stationed outside the Winter point chose to advance!
[They really went for it!?] [Wow, this is intense! Abyss faction only left one and a half teams at the Winter point!] [Did CloudTraveller finally realize it!?] [Why are they attacking the Winter point?] [Eclipse faction players saw a glimmer of hope.]
Miao Shou Kong Kong said, “So you’re not providing support and instead taking the Winter point?”
“Because this is the only chance. CloudTraveller realized the issue with numbers. There was never extra reinforcement, only troop redeployment from one point to another. All other points were engaged in battles. The only thing that puzzled him was the Winter point… Did you see it?” Shen Ye Tang Tou marked the position of the Autumn point on the map. “If you knew the Autumn point would definitely fall, what would you choose?”
Miao Shou Kong Kong replied, “Of course, you’d capture another point to turn the situation around.”
“Then it has to be the Winter point. The Spring and Summer points are closely contested, but the distinction lies between the Autumn and Winter points,” Shen Ye Tang Tou explained. “Abyss faction killing the Autumn point boss would definitely lead to a 15-minute hold, and this 15 minutes would be their opportunity to counterattack.”
Killing the Autumn point boss and holding it for 15 minutes until the point’s monument changed color would count as a true capture. This also meant that at least four teams stationed at the Autumn point would be held up by the original four Eclipse faction teams for 15 minutes, without leaving. During this time, the Winter point would have no support. Four teams against one and a half would inherently have an advantage. Even if the Winter point’s assassins returned, by then Eclipse faction’s people would have taken the boss, and the same scenario would unfold, but with Eclipse faction now being the dominant side.
***
ChatMasterWu felt extremely frustrated. Especially after leading a large team into the fray, he discovered that the enemy’s numbers were not the five teams he had expected, but only one and a half teams. The time wasted outside due to their feigned tactics made him feel like a foolish idiot.
Because he was reluctant to engage directly, he had hesitated. The command to hold the large team back and not to rush had kept him in place. In reality, if he had pushed forward, he would have discovered that the enemy’s large team was nothing more than a paper tiger!
The Winter point was indeed difficult to assault, but once they got past the warriors and clerics, they could see that the assassins were scattered among shadow clones and summons. It wasn’t two full teams; having half a team was already generous!
“This is so frustrating, how can there be just this few people?”
“I felt like a fool guarding outside just now.”
“Damn, thinking about the summoner’s provocation earlier is raising my blood pressure.”
“I wonder how the viewers in the livestream are perceiving us…”
ChatMasterWu was speechless.
He, the esteemed assassin master, never expected to find himself in such a situation today.
“I should have seen it coming. Their assassin team must have slipped away during the external pressure phase,” CloudTraveller said as he allocated resources for the Winter point. “I didn’t expect momo to be so bold, leaving only this small number of people at the Winter point.”
He should have anticipated this, especially since momo had used shadow clones to assault the Autumn point the previous week. CloudTraveller had been tricked twice by the same tactic, proving momo’s deception was quite effective. Momo had gone through so much trouble to make him believe it, including all the detours and tricks.
But dwelling on it now was pointless. Their time was limited. The Autumn point was certainly lost, and it was now a matter of whether they could regain the advantage at the Winter point within the next 20 minutes.
“Spring point won’t hold out for much longer. We need to take both Spring and Winter, and then hold Summer point to the end,” said Midnight Bell.
Kawaii asked, “Will they quickly come to the rescue?”
“They won’t. The only ones who can move are the assassins from Autumn point, but they’ll need time to get back,” CloudTraveller said, focusing on the changes on the map. “The question is whether momo will preemptively open a teleport point to defend the Winter point.”
Currently, Abyss faction was ahead in terms of resources, but opening a teleport point consumed a significant amount of resources.
To win, not only did they need to hold their positions, but they also had to deplete the opponent’s resources. The gap between their resources and those of Abyss faction was significant. With the remaining time, they could not afford to expend their resources proactively; they needed to wait for the enemy’s actions before depleting their resources, in order to avoid falling into a resource disadvantage.
CloudTraveller asked, “ChatMasterWu, can you push forward without resources?”
ChatMasterWu gritted his teeth, “I can.”
They had to take the initiative to reclaim the situation themselves!
At the Winter point, the situation was manageable when 3 teams faced off against 4, but now that one and a half teams had been split off, only functional professions remained in their team. Facing the strong pressure from Eclipse faction’s main forces, they could only rely on resource buffs to hold on.
FireworksAndLanterns, having just respawned and moving towards the main force, looked at the kill leaderboard and remarked, “Wow, ChatMasterWu has been killing it today.”
ScarletFruit praised, “A performance like a runaway wild horse.”
Bitter Gourd commented, “Men are like this when they’ve been holding back for too long.”
Just then, a calm and curious inquiry came through the channel—
—”What’s going on?”
The inquiry came from none other than momo.
The command channel fell silent for a moment, seemingly caught off guard by the unexpected topic.
Bitter Gourd glanced around, “… I forgot to switch back to the team channel. I was on the wrong frequency.”
He offered a polite explanation, “Just ignore it.”
Yu Zhen responded, “… Ahem.”
Su Mo, initially asking out of curiosity, suddenly focused on Yu Zhen’s ID upon hearing his voice and asked again, “What’s ‘just ignore it’?”
Yu Zhen replied, “I’ll tell you offline.”
“Oh.”
Su Mo was puzzled, thinking that Bitter Gourd was discussing ChatMasterWu earlier. Why was Yu Zhen now saying they needed to talk offline? Wasn’t the discussion about ChatMasterWu?
apple commented, “I feel like a truck just ran over my face.”
Old Banana said, “Every word from Bitter Gourd is like life philosophy.”
Strawberry added, “I can’t find any rebuttal at the moment.”
Watermelon questioned, “Why say it in front of us if it’s meant to be discussed offline?”
One Arrow interjected, “So what’s going on? Something to do with beastly behavior?”
Haitang asked, “Do you encounter this often?”
One Arrow replied, “… No, I was just using it as a metaphor.”
The other members of the command channel looked puzzled, “…?”
Seeing that the command channel was about to go off-topic, BrokenOracle spoke up, “Let’s save the off-topic discussions for after the battle.”
One Arrow asked, “Huh? Isn’t the truck about to arrive? Is there still hesitation about starting the drive?”
Strawberry replied, “We’re in the middle of a fight. Can I at least get off the truck first?”
apple commented, “One Arrow, I didn’t realize you could be like this normally.”
The somewhat slow-witted commander momo finally realized, “Oh, I think I get it now.”
Yu Zhen was speechless.
“Cough!”
“Cough, cough!”
The command channel was filled with a series of coughs.
momo said, “If your throat’s bothering you, make sure to drink more water when you log off.”
Everyone responded with, “?”
BrokenOracle asked, “… Can someone update the situation? How far has the pressure reached at Winter?”
The advantages at Autumn and the disadvantages at Winter were reported to the command channel. Spring was facing defensive difficulties, and the attack at Summer had fallen into a stalemate.
As soon as the topic ended, everyone immediately became serious.
Su Mo promptly assigned defense, high attack, and healing buffs to Spring. In reality, their most vulnerable point wasn’t Winter but Spring. Among the two points held by Abyss faction, Spring was the least critical. Abyss already had a lot of excellent healers.
In the initial arrangement, Su Mo had allocated the team to Spring with a focus on sustainability, allowing them to engage in a prolonged battle with the opponents. The longer they could drag out the fight, the greater the advantage for capturing the other two points.
The team attacking Spring was led by Midnight Bell, while Old Banana and others were defending Spring.
Old Banana said, “We have enough support buffs, but Spring is too difficult to defend. We might lose it.”
The prairie was surrounded from all sides; it was easy to attempt a raid but very difficult to defend.
apple commented, “Summer is also tough. We tried to push twice but couldn’t get through. CloudTraveller put all the main forces there.”
Yu Zhen suggested, “Try flanking from the right side of Summer. Their defenses are weaker there.”
…
“According to the original plan, Spring Point cannot be taken lightly; it must be fully captured,” Su Mo said quickly. “Kill the boss at the fastest possible time, then go defend Winter Point.”
Strawberry suggested, “Should we assign some resources to Summer Point and try pushing again?”
“No, wait a bit longer.” Su Mo slightly lowered his gaze to observe the changes on the map. “It’s not the right time yet.”
They needed to take Summer Point, but it wasn’t the right moment. CloudTraveller’s lack of quick support to Spring Point revealed some of Eclipse faction’s troop deployments. The remote respawn point for Eclipse faction was likely bound to Summer Point. Otherwise, they could have quickly respawned and reinforced at Autumn Point when issues arose. The absence of this support indicated that the respawn point was at Summer Point.
Summer Point was an important location; they wanted it, and so did Eclipse faction. With the respawn point arrangement, CloudTraveller could quickly provide support. If they used buffs and managed to push through, Eclipse faction’s respawn at Spring, Autumn, and Winter Points could quickly reinforce, giving them over 80% chance of wasting resources on futile efforts.
Resources needed to be used, but not at that moment.
Instead, they needed to launch a decisive offensive against Summer Point at the most critical time.
However, CloudTraveller’s skill and responsiveness in faction battles were beyond Su Mo’s expectations. It felt different from their previous encounters. CloudTraveller’s command in faction battles was more adept than BrokenOracle’s. Although he might not employ overly innovative tactics to create unexpected scenarios, he was consistently steady and sought victory through stability.
Facing such an opponent, Su Mo always felt entangled. No matter how many twists and turns there were, or how many layers of purpose were hidden, this kind of person would inevitably perceive his intentions at certain moments. They were tough and difficult to handle.
In this regard, CloudTraveller was very similar to Yu Zhen. Su Mo’s gaze lingered on the team configuration displayed on the floating screen. Within a team outside Summer Point, UnchainedWanderer’s name was highlighted.
Su Mo had often collaborated with Yu Zhen and engaged in PKs due to various skill trials and other scenarios. The prolonged, unresolved PK agreement from Valor Peak had continued for a long time. Their encounters had seen victories and losses, allowing them to become familiar with each other’s fighting styles through intense efforts.
CloudTraveller had Yu Zhen’s steadiness but lacked a certain edge—lacking Yu Zhen’s decisiveness and ruthlessness. He was concerned with the overall situation but lacked the decisive force.
Seeking victory through stability was a good approach, but lacking decisiveness sometimes led to critical vulnerabilities at crucial moments.
Su Mo halted his plans to continue allocating resources to Spring Point and said, “Continue defending Spring Point. If we can’t hold it, retreat to the point’s Vicinity and defend from there.”
Old Banana was taken aback, “Huh? Retreating to the point’s position means they’ll be only a step away from the boss!”
“The prairie is vast and expansive. While a large area can reduce the risk of the boss being stolen, this relies on our player numbers being superior. If we continue to hold a large area, the likelihood of being picked off one by one increases,” Su Mo quickly explained to the leaders at Spring Point. “The central vacancy is a critical point. By shrinking our personal circle, the area becomes smaller, and the area we need to cover becomes smaller too.”
Yu Zhen paused slightly, “Are you planning to give up on Spring Point?”
“Not giving up,” Su Mo said seriously. “But I need to buy time. The longer we can delay, the better.”
Yu Zhen immediately reminded him, “With a smaller circle, be aware of the issues. The more players are clustered, the easier it is to be controlled.”
BrokenOracle added, “Healers at Spring Point, adjust your dispel sequences. Make sure that crowd control and dispel skills do not overlap.”
“Don’t shrink immediately, shrink gradually,” Su Mo said. “Make the opponent think that we’re being pushed back rather than retreating voluntarily.”
Old Banana didn’t quite understand what the commanders were discussing but immediately complied, showing excellent execution ability.
After the system arrangements were made, the channel was once again filled with coughing sounds.
“Cough cough, now that Spring Point is arranged, can we get some help here?” Bitter Melon suddenly spoke up. “ChatMasterWu might have really held back too long and has pushed us to the perimeter of the boss.”
Momo said, “Don’t worry.”
He continued, “Form a group now. Eight top-defense warriors, four summoners, and eight clerics dedicated to healing. Form four teams: double warriors, double clerics, and one summoner per team.”
“We can hold.”
***
In the livestream, viewers saw that the boss at Spring Point was left with only 10% of its health, while the situation at Winter Point seemed overwhelmingly one-sided.
“Spring Point should belong to Abyss, but at this rate, it looks like Abyss’s Winter Point is going to be lost!”
“Eclipse’s four main teams are this powerful?”
“If you had been guarding for so long and got tricked, wouldn’t you be frustrated?”
“They’ve definitely been frustrated; they’re chasing down the soft targets!”
Bitter Melon said, “The respawn point at Winter Point is inside a cave. Abyss still has a bound respawn point there, but I’m not sure if they can make it in time for reinforcement.”
His comment reminded the viewers, who then realized that initially, Momo hadn’t placed the respawn point closer to Spring Point but had chosen Winter Point instead. If the remote respawn point was in Winter, it meant that they could quickly return for reinforcement after dying.
“Oh right! Abyss can still reinforce!”
“But will it be in time? Eclipse’s offensive is quite fierce!”
“This offense seems a bit excessive. Didn’t Abyss previously hold them back with three teams? How did the strength disparity become so huge with half the forces gone?!”
Unchained Mad Dog ChatMasterWu led four teams and went on a rampage. Upon realizing there weren’t many people inside, they almost chased everyone inside relentlessly.
Late Night Perm’s perspective was that the situation looked favorable, and he explained, “Look at Abyss’s profession arrangement. Out of their one and a half teams, aside from the scattered summoners and marksmen, there aren’t many output professions. Originally, there was one and a half teams of assassins, so their output was high. Under the cover of defensive teams, the assassins could achieve the best output.”
“But now it’s different. There are only 25 assassins in half a team,” Late Night Perm said. “Eclipse faction specifically brought many marksmen to keep an eye on the assassins. Dealing with these 25 assassins is very simple. Without the threat from the assassins, they can ignore the warriors and clerics and push straight in to grab the boss.”
Wending Tianxia asked, “Given the current situation, wouldn’t it be easy for Eclipse to capture Abyss’s Winter Point?”
The allocation of Spring and Summer Points should remain unchanged, with only the personnel at Autumn and Winter Points being flexible. Even if the one and a half teams of assassins helped secure the boss at Autumn Point, they wouldn’t make it back in time to reinforce. Both factions were racing against the clock.
Abyss at Autumn Point was striving to quickly kill the Autumn Boss.
And at Winter Point, Eclipse was pushing in to capture the Winter Boss.
[By the way, wasn’t Autumn Point always held by Eclipse?]
[And Winter Point has always been held by Abyss… It’s surprising to see the factions switching points today.]
[It’s not certain yet if the points will be exchanged, but given the situation, Winter Point looks doomed.]
Abyss faction had endured two weeks of disadvantage. They had initially lost Summer Point but had continued to hold onto Winter Point. It was not without sentiment; apart from some special circumstances, Winter Point had been held by Abyss since the start of the faction war. It was also the point that Abyss had held the longest, and now it was on the verge of being lost.
[Defensive buffs were actually quite useful. Several times in the field, when facing off against the enemy, my high defense helped me win.]
[Sigh, if possible, I still hope the defensive buff can stay with Abyss.]
[Hey, why are you all getting sentimental? It’s not over yet!]
When the Autumn Boss was down to 2% health, Eclipse’s lineup spotted the Winter Boss inside the cave. The boss was well-protected by Abyss. In previous faction wars, they had always been engaged with Abyss outside, rarely getting a chance to see the Winter Boss.
But now, the Winter Boss appeared right in front of Eclipse’s team, with no protection, making the Winter Boss within reach.
“Go for the boss!” ChatMasterWu quickly shouted, “Get the boss out!”
Eclipse faction didn’t focus on killing the seemingly invincible warriors and healers. Under the cover of marksmen, their main attack targets had always been the exposed, fragile damage dealers. Now that they had the chance to push inside, Abyss faction’s defensive team wouldn’t let them have their way and immediately followed them in.
In an instant, the area around the boss point erupted into chaos.
With the respawn point close to the boss, Abyss’s revived players rushed over and joined the fray.
ChatMasterWu was prepared for this situation. “Don’t bother with their warriors. Go in, taunt, and drag the boss out. Kite and keep attacking! They can’t stop our defense!”
“They’re healing the boss!” someone shouted.
ChatMasterWu said, “It’s fine, their defense can’t keep up. Keep attacking the boss and pull it out to fight.”
The high-defense warriors’ movement speed was somewhat reduced. Their main force was agile, and as long as they could get the boss and kite it, their healers and defenders would find it very difficult to protect the boss.
The only remaining question was whether Abyss faction would send reinforcements.
“Do they have a teleport point?” ChatMasterWu asked.
CloudTraveller had been watching the map closely. “No, there’s no record of them opening a teleport point.”
Had Abyss faction really given up?
Inside the Winter Boss point, ChatMasterWu had just managed to get the boss when he suddenly noticed that Summoner Black Tortoise’s damage reduction line was connected to the boss Winter God. He was pulling the boss but couldn’t attend to other matters. “Healers, heal me! Quickly kill the summoner!”
“Fuck!”
“The leader can’t kill it!!”
“The summoner is being healed!”
“And there’s a warrior!!”
ChatMasterWu was about to complain about how they couldn’t even deal with a summoner, but when he looked back, he suddenly saw that the boss Winter God had been covered by the Giant Mountain Shield. He cursed under his breath, realizing that the Giant Mountain Shield was firmly attached to the boss, no matter how he pulled it.
Not just one line, but four summoners had four lines connected to the boss. The boss was surrounded by four Black Tortoises, each Black Tortoise guarded by two warriors. The warriors took turns activating their shields, adding an extra layer of defensive protection to the boss. With the warriors providing shield protection and the healers healing the boss, the speed at which they could reduce the boss’s health was significantly slowed, coming to a halt.
Amid the chaos, he looked up and saw two warriors standing on one of the Black Tortoises, with Kuguai among them, leisurely applying protection to the boss, looking calm and unflustered.
ChatMasterWu muttered, “Fuck……”
CloudTraveller asked, “What’s wrong?”
The summoner skillfully maneuvered the Black Tortoise to dodge attacks, and wherever the boss was pulled, the warriors tethered to the boss followed, making it impossible to shake them off.
ChatMasterWu exclaimed, “I’m done!!!”
This was unbelievable! Was it even possible to keep the boss tethered and running?!
Meanwhile, at the Autumn God point, the Autumn God boss had completely fallen under the powerful pressure from Abyss faction, and the Autumn God monument began to change color. Eclipse faction’s people did not retreat. With 15 minutes left, they intended to hold off Abyss faction’s four groups here and waste their time.
Momo calmly instructed, “Teams 11, 12, and 13, continue to defend the Autumn point.”
“Teams 14 and the assassin group, pay attention and follow my orders. Except for the healers, all other members should stay in the front line. All healers should stop healing them.”
“Everyone, go for broke.”
