Fortunately, everyone had developed battle sense under Lu Li’s influence. Everyone other than Remnant Dream, who was looting the Boss, began eating bread and drinking water as soon as the fight concluded. They quickly drank their potions and prepared themselves for the oing wave.
"Should I continue looting?" Remnant Dream asked as she took out her bow.
"Keep looting – it’s just a few monsters," Azure Sea Breeze said as he held up his shield and began swatting at the monsters.
A normal yer’s Shieldstrike could only hit one target, but this attack could hit all the monsters within his attack range. The title of Dawn’s number one Main Tank was no joke. Of the five monsters, the three that got hit were Stunned, trapping the two behind them. They were then greeted with a Blizzard from Lonesome Flower, which was followed up by attacks from the others.
Remnant Dream looted a rare material, which had quite the repugnant name – Ramstein the Gorger’s Liver. Lu Li had to believe that this was some kind of joke inserted by the gamepany, because it was supposed to be a cooking material.
Although there was no official description, it was generally agreed that yers whopleted the ’Dark Cuisine’ quest became Dark Chefs.
Although their official title would only appear in some documents, these yers would lose the ability to cook normal foods like bread. Instead, they would cook items like pickled peaches, ogre ears, C’Thun Fried Chicken, and so on.
Ramstein the Gorger’s Liver was one of the items required toplete the ’Dark Cuisine’ Quest.
Even if it had no current use, it could still be sold. There were many yers who wanted it for its unique characteristics.
"There’s a Strengthening Stone as well. My luck isn’t too good today," Remnant Dream sighed, expressing her dissatisfaction with Ramstein the Gorger’s drops.
"Don’t beat yourself up over it; I’ll give you a red packetter."
Azure Sea Breeze was actually quite satisfied with the ring, especially after Lu Li confirmed its value. He had nock of money and was willing to give her a few coins.
The Xin Xin Mercenary Group gave all the equipment that they didn’t want to the guild warehouse, so they weren’t poor at all.
When yers took the First Clear for a Boss and submitted their strategies, they would receive guild points for it. Azure Sea Breeze was the main tank and received more points than the others. He had no need for the points and didn’t intend to exchange them for real money, so he often bought gold coins instead.
"The next wave ising! Pay attention!" Lu Li shouted, forcing those who were beginning to rx into action.
"Surely this is too soon..."
Azure Sea Breeze didn’t quite understand the mechanism by which these monsters were refreshing. Although they weren’t hard to defeat, it still cost them Mana.
"Stop chit chatting and use fewer skills. Be prepared for a drawn-out fight," Lu Limanded. He knew better than anyone else where these monsters wereing from.
The first wave was just some small skeletons, but within the next wave was a group of Carrion. In addition to having higher Defense, they also had a number of poison attacks which made them more difficult to kill.
Even so, the second wave was no match for the Xin Xin Mercenary Group.
However, Azure Sea Breeze and the others had a dark look on their face. They had no idea how many waves were left and what monsters wereing. If they continued to stream in endlessly, they would eventually be wiped.
In Dawn’s Instance Dungeons, many yers thought that the gamepany would sometimes intentionally wipe some parties.
Psychologists had attempted to provide some insight into this phenomenon. They believed that with a moderate amount of frustration, a yer’s subconscious would be activated to produce an emotion that sought conquest.
They knew that Stratholme would wipe them a few times – everyone was mentally prepared for it. But, to be wiped by monsters was just insulting.
"Wandering and Hachi, you will be the first to leave the fight and regenerate. Find a safe spot ande back after 15 seconds. Everyone else, take your potions as soon as you can," Lu Li said, watching as monsters continued to pour out of Baron Rivendare’s Castle.
Since the monsters wereing out in small parties, why couldn’t the yers do the same?
For the sake of dealing with the monsters as quickly as possible, Lu Li tried to reduce the amount of time each damage output yer spent in battle. Otherwise, if two groups gathered together, they would be even more likely to get wiped.
He quickly found the correct rhythm and bnce to extend this fight for as long as possible.
After fighting for a while, Abominations began to appear. Ordinary yers didn’t stand a chance against them.
Even the five-man party had no hope of resolving a fight against them quickly.
As such, all ten yers in the Xin Xin Mercenary Group had to fight together. Their HP wasn’t in any danger because of March Rain, but their Mana was starting to run out.
"Keep it up. I’ll revitalize," Lonesome Flower said before falling back to start channeling a Revitalization skill.
This was a Mage Mana Regeneration skill that could recover up to 45% of their Mana. However, it took ten seconds to channel and would fail when interrupted. It also had a cooldown of four minutes.
Of course, if you had the opportunity to strengthen it, then not only would it regenerate 70% of mana, but also 60% of the user’s HP.
Warlocks also had a Mana regenerating skill, but it was not as powerful.
March Rain had cast her Shadow Demon, slowing down her rapidly depleting Mana Bar. As for Lu Li, Moonlight and the others, they didn’t have the same problem.
Lu Li used Energy while Moonlight used Rage, which were both regenerated over time. The only thing they needed to keep in check was their HP so that they could keep fighting.
"Go harder – another wave ising."
When he saw that the current wave hadn’t died yet, but the next wave had appeared, Azure Sea Breeze started to be anxious.
It was wave of Venom Belchers.
Venom Belchers were considered a type of Abomination; they were alsorge monsters with sutured
bodies.
The difference was that they attacked with long-ranged venomous arrows. These had high damage and a poison effect, which would ce more pressure on the healers. They also had a chance of applying a slowing effect which was so potent that the afflicted yer would be unable to run away.
Against such strong foes, even a powerful elite group like this one couldn’t be med for being wiped.
However, these were also the earliest mobs that could drop "Codex: Prayer of Fortitude". This book allowed a Priest to learn Prayer of Fortitude, which increased the health of all teammates.
The amount of healing was determined by the skill level, the Priest’s level and the Priest’s Attributes.
If they could get this book, it wouldn’t be a waste to die to these monsters.