Chapter 671: The Proper Way to Steal Bosses
Translator: Nomyummi Editor: GravityTales
Theres a difference! The person, who replied to Chen Guo, wasnt Ye Xiu, but rather Loulan Slash. His in-game tactical skills were just so-so in Ye Xius eyes, but his management ability was quite good. For example, he had seized several opportunities to maximize his teams publicity. He utilized everything he could use, taunting the other guilds and winning numerous fans.
Now, for a sensitive and urgent issue like stealing wild bosses, he was suddenly not as arrogant as he had been when he had publicized the team. Instead, he hesitated. Loulan Slash was someone who was proper.
Snatching a wild boss wasnt the same as fighting a verbal battle. The materials dropped from wild bosses were crucial for self-made equipment, which determined the strength of a character, and the strength of a character influenced the strength of a team. The teams strength was the fundamental reason why Clubs existed.
Hurting someone elses wild boss was the same as hurting their reason for existence. How could there be no difference?
This was why Loulan Slash had hesitated towards this idea. He knew very well that flinging some words at the Clubs and make them feel disgusted wasnt the same.
Fighting for a boss required appropriate behavior.
Correct, appropriate behavior.
Chen Guo felt like there was no difference between Ye Xius two suggestions, but Loulan Slash immediately understood that one of these was much more appropriate.
Waiting on the side and suddenly ambushing them, right when the other side was about to kill the boss, and hastily joining the battle after arriving late might seem like the same thing, but the former appeared intentional, while the latter didnt.
Appearing intentional would portray them as unkind and savage.
Alternately, appearing unintentional placed them within the norms.
Thus, it didnt matter if you actually appeared late or not, you would have to do it that way. This was what Ye Xiu meant by pretending to arrive late.
Loulan Slash didnt need Ye Xiu to explain it to him, but it took Chen Guo quite a while to understand after listening to Ye Xius explanation.
With the method decided, there was an art to arriving late.
There was a fine line between the two methods. Everyone knew that inside and out, so if you wanted to pretend to arrive late, the other side wouldnt let you do that so easily.
If you want to arrive late, you had to know their location, but what if you didnt have any information on them?
Experienced Clubs would definitely confirm the surroundings were safe before engaging a wild boss alone. They might even arrange for a fake group to misdirect others.
The accuracy of their information was crucial for arriving late. Heavenly Justice still had members surveying the situation, but these eyes would certainly be killed off once the other side began attacking the boss.
There were too many things to take care of when fighting against a wild boss. If it was just strength alone, the experience accumulated from thousands of years of struggles between mankind would be wasted.
The small details involved were another part of the game. Loulan Slash couldnt think of anything. In the end, he waited for Ye Xiu to suggest something.
Ill go! Ye Xiu sighed.
At this moment, only an expert would be able to continue surveying the situation without being caught, and who here was more of an expert than Ye Xiu?
You...... arent you too noticeable! Chen Guo said.
It doesnt matter who goes. Ye Xiu said and then said to Loulan Slash: Keep on the lookout for those on the way here. See if any other guilds are also moving. There shouldnt just be one guild looking to take advantage of the situation!
Dont worry about that! Loulan Slash had thought of it before and had already made arrangements. Having Ye Xiu tell him how to do everything was too shameful. However, even though he tried to avoid these situations, he was once again given a lesson by Ye Xiu...... Loulan Slash didnt know if he would ever graduate from this course.
And at this moment, those at the front reported back. Conquering Cloud had gathered together and were about to start attacking the boss.
Conquering Cloud didnt relax, after seeing that there were no enemies nearby. They still dispatched players to clear the area.
When they cleared the area, they didnt directly kill anyone. Instead, they gave a warning, saying that they were about to start killing a wild boss, and that they should stay away because it was dangerous. Of course, players could insist on staying. Even so, they wouldnt kill anyone. As Club guilds, they had to pay attention to their public image, especially when they did things with their guild tags displayed. Then what do they do if the players insist on staying? They would take the next step and make it clear that wild bosses were difficult things to kill in Glory. No one knows what might happen, so it would be best to be careful.
Sometimes, they might be more direct and make it even clearer that the battle can get chaotic. Not just the bosss attacks, but their attacks might accidentally hit you, so dont blame us for not telling you beforehand. Its not like we can add you into our group.
At this point, if you werent stupid, you would know what you had to do. If you still insisted on staying, they would definitely lose control of the situation and envelop any bystanders into the battle. Once that happened, they would express their apologies. Nicer groups might say Well help you pick up your equipment when you die. Contact us to get it back. Lazier groups might not care. In any case, they were busy killing the wild boss. If they ignored the items that you dropped, that was also very reasonable too, no?
The Heavenly Justice players at the front didnt have their guild tags next to them to avoid trouble with Conquering Clouds. Dont look at how a low-grade Club guild like Conquering Clouds couldnt usually take any wild bosses, they would still follow these unwritten procedures.
The players at the front clearly thought their troops would be arriving soon, so they insisted on staying. Conquering Cloud would naturally bring them into the battle and kill them accidentally, but when they messaged the guild leader, they received a reply telling them to retreat.
What? Were not killing the boss? The information-gathering players were puzzled.
Theres been a change of plans. Loulan Slash replied, Come back! Were at 48711, 49128. Withdraw and meet up with us!
The information-gathering players didnt know what was going on, so they followed orders and left. Ye Xius Lord Grim was currently rushing over to the bosss last known location.
Usually, while clearing the field, they would find a place without anyone there and lure the boss over.
Glory was a huge world. Even though there were a lot of players, it wasnt packed. In addition, not everyone was online for the entire day, so finding a place without anyone nearby wasnt difficult. As for how to quietly move the boss away, that depended on each guild.
When Lord Grim rushed to the scene, let alone moving the boss away, Conquering Cloud wasnt even done clearing away the field!
Small Club guilds had their own difficulties too!
Even though they were also Club guilds, weak teams didnt have much of a status in the players eyes. The strength of weak teams were still far greater than normal in-game players, but that should be the case for pro teams anyways! Weak teams were only weak relative to the pro scene. However, to the players, if you kept on losing and losing, you were nothing but trash, even if you were far more skilled than them.
If I look down on you, then I naturally wont acknowledge you as my superior. Even though I know that it might get troublesome if I dont leave, leaving just because you tell me to is too disgraceful. Ill look around for a bit and then leave. Is that not okay?
In front of weak Club guilds, even normal players were starting to talk about face.
In the end, only a third of the nearby players actually left. Conquering Clouds guild leader was depressed! Their team wasnt strong enough! It could even be felt in game. They had just been bullied by Heavenly Justice and now even normal players were looking down on them.
The guild leader really wanted to order his troops to slaughter these bystanders and let them have a taste of their Conquering Clouds might. Unfortunately, he knew he couldnt do it. It wasnt easy being a little teams guild leader!
If it were just a few players, accidentally bringing them into the fight and killing them wouldnt be a problem, but two thirds of them remained. If all of them were enveloped, it would be too obvious. Conquering Clouds guild leader was frustrated! He didnt know what to do yet, when he received a report: not only were there many players still remaining, there was someone else coming over.
F*ck, who is it! Conquering Clouds guild leader asked a meaningless question. This was a leveling area. There were plenty of players around anyways. Even though there was PK going on everywhere during this world war, it shouldnt be surprising for someone to wander in.
But when he asked this question, he actually got a legitimate answer.
Its Lord Grim. The person who saw Lord Grim reported.
F*ck! Conquering Clouds guild leader sucked in a cold breath. Todays failure was all because of that guy. Conquering Cloud understood very well that, if not for him, they wouldnt have lost so badly against Heavenly Justice. Heavenly Justices coordination in that battle was imprinted deeply in his mind. It wasnt the sort of coordination an in-game guild should have. There was certainly an expert leading them, and he had seen Lord Grim amongst them.
How frustrating! So f*cking annoying! If hes coming, doesnt that mean that Heavenly Justice is coming too?
Conquering Clouds guild leader had his players expand their search area when he saw Lord Grim strut over. The guild leader once again sucked in a cold breath towards Lord Grims equipment this time. His top-heavy bottom-light style was extremely weird. What was this God doing?
Then, he saw Lord Grim circle around them and actually asked a Conquering Cloud player: Why havent you started attacking the boss?
Conquering Clouds guild leader was so furious, his nose was crooked. Who asked for information in this way? It was way too disdainful.
That player clearly wasnt prepared for the question. He didnt know how to reply and looked at his guild leader.
Lord Grim also turned around to look and saw the guild leader tag above the guild leader. He immediately walked over.
Are you the guild leader? Why havent you started attacking the boss? Ye Xiu actually straight up asked the guild leader this question.