Chapter 0378—Feigned Reality
The moment Satan returned to life at the resurrection altar, he took out his phone and made a call. “Which army showed up on your side?”
“Why? It’s Empyreal Alliance. Bah, those cowards are just roaring and shouting without making a move. And they call Chau Yu a strategic genius, ha!” The one on the other end of the call was Zechs, one of the four generals.
Satan’s face fell as he barked, “That’s a trap! Chau Yu’s hidden in Underworld’s army! Sally forth right now!”
Zechs wasn’t the best fighter among the Four Generals, but he had the quickest wits, making him the only general with the cleric class. None of the five palace masters was a cleric either.
Once he heard Satan, everything clicked in his head. “Marvellous! They stirred things up and gathered everyone’s attention on their three armies, making us think they’d be assaulting three locations. Hades and Mask are fighters, so they’re naturally leading the armies up front, but Chau Yu’s a cleric. He does not need to show himself to avoid getting assassinated, and no one would think much about it.
“They went against our assumptions and used the Empyreal Alliance army as decoys! The real assault took place at the Dark Elven Village!”
Satan was fuming in anger. “I’m not asking you to analyse the situation! Attack now, they’re weak!”
Zechs chortled and replied, “There’s no need, they’ve retreated already. Why would they linger around when they’ve achieved their objective?”
Satan smashed his phone into the ground. It broke into pieces and disappeared as pixels. Thankfully, the phone in the game was a mere projection that couldn’t be physically destroyed.
“Hades!!!!” he roared.
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Outside the four great dungeons were safe zones where player-versus-player was disabled. Once the Evergrand players broke through the line of defence and entered the dungeons, there was no stopping them. They used up their daily dungeon runs and casually returned to the Holy Ground with scrolls under the bitter gazes of the Western players.
Meanwhile, the same three players gathered at the top floor of the Western Holy Ground. Satan, who always stood behind Zeus, was kneeling on one knee.
“Sir, I was hasty. I am willing to receive any punishment.”
Zeus smiled and waved his hand. “It’s not exactly your fault. This strategy must’ve taken them a great deal of effort. Their trap was set the moment they feigned their attacking routes, with their main forces hidden among the Evergrand army. That sudden acceleration… I suppose it’s the work of the dancer known for her area buffs, Dakki.”
This battle was the worst defeat Olympus had suffered ever since its creation. Although they lost the battle at the Eastern Holy Ground as well, most elite players had retreated under the order of Kalex, the former Fire Palace Master. Only ten or so thousand players had died and lost their level in the battle.
This time around, Diabolos’ Blade paired with the dual buff from Dakki and Chau Yu truly tore apart Olympus’ entire line of defence like a sword. Over a hundred thousand defenders fell prey to the attackers, not to mention those who dropped their equipment upon death.
While Evergrand also suffered casualties, most were from Olympus’ initial wave of ranged attacks. The ratio of Eastern to Western deaths was roughly one to three. Simply put, the East had won decisively this time.
“They were plotting against us while you were unaware of it, and your grudge against Underworld also played a part. Putting all the blame on you is unfair.”
Hearing Zeus, Satan lowered his head even further. Despite suffering a huge defeat and costing Olympus so much, Zeus didn’t even blame or punish him, and that only made him feel all the more guilty.
“We don’t need to make underhanded moves. We can seize the limited quotas even without blockading the dungeons, right? Satan, you should have more confidence in us. Taking shortcuts might seem like the easy way out, but they will come up short when looking at the big picture.”
Satan’s head was almost touching the ground as he said, “I understand.”
Zeus smiled, then opened up the Warring Wasteland channel. Using a boatload of gold coins, he sent a global message that read, “Mask, let us meet and settle the score at Ninth Hell City.”
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One week remained until the four dungeons’ result settlement, but things appeared to have been settled already. Empyreal Alliance and Underworld jointly held the Dark Elven Village’s record, while the new Fire Palace Master, Grumpyteen, held the Demon Race Encampment’s record.
No one apart from Drako Yau’s squad could clear Beastmen Territory. Some managed to pass through the encampment area out of sheer luck, but the time they took was far from breaking the record.
The record holder of the final dungeon, Undead Tribal Lands, was Zeus’ squad. Their clear time was eight minutes ahead of their second-place contender, so the result was practically decided.
The four dungeons were held evenly by the two forces. The preliminary battle might have ended, but now was the time to prepare for the upcoming challenge—the Demon Capital, Ninth Hell City.
The Eastern elites were naturally donned in epic equipment dropped from the four dungeons; six armour sets were available for the eight major class branches.
Heavy armour was meant for warrior-class players, with two sets for players to choose from. Paladins favoured the defence-oriented set, while berserkers and weaponmasters preferred the set which enhanced their attack. For light armour, one set buffed ranged attacks and the other was for melee attacks. The two sets of cloth armour increased magic attack and healing capability respectively.
Drako Yau chose the defence-oriented heavy armour set, albeit with slight dissatisfaction. It lacked the active skills that provided overpowered temporary buffs and instead had three passive skills. Three pieces gave a ten per cent Defence buff, four increased Constitution by 10, and five reduced all damage received by ten per cent.
The other sets had passive effects that were similar in scale. This was the difference between ordinary Level 40 epic armour and armour sets. Some particular items had special effects, such as Drako Yau’s headgear that allowed the user to use the Tormentor skill, Flash, which was critical to his victory over Tigeroar. Whether one was better than the other was down to the player to decide.
Putting aside the special items, the Level 40 epic armour sets were far superior. Taking Drako Yau’s set as an example, the ten per cent damage mitigation was almost equivalent to an extra piece of armour!
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