Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 83: Gaming and Life

The party channel was filled with alarmed cries the instant Ye Ci disappeared into the swarm of skeletons. Overflowing Ink shouted out, "What are you panicking for? Do your part! Keep it together!"

Ye Ci was impressed by Overflowing Ink. She had noticed that he was good when it came to PVE, but had not expected him to be able to handle a PVP situation just as well. This guy could be groomed into a successful commander, Ye Ci had thought. Alas, it was not the time to be thinking of such matters. Ye Ci activated Charge and dashed out towards Crimson Twilight.

Charge had a range of 20m. When the effect ended, Ye Ci was already at the rear of Crimson Twilight's party. She drew out her Venomous Scorpion Stinger and slew a Cleric with a few hits.

Crimson Twilight was a PVP veteran, so he immediately directed several melee players to gang up on Ye Ci and drive her away from their midst. After all, when one was within 8 yards of a Huntress, she would lose much of her damage-dealing capability.

However, there was something that Crimson Twilight had overlooked. A Warlock shouted, "Twilight, the skeletons!"

Crimson Twilight then saw the skeletons that were chasing after Ye Ci and immediately gave the order.: "Don't kill her, just drag her away or something."

A Priest who was standing quite a distance away cast a Priest's unique skill, Binding Chains at Ye Ci, pulling her to his side. "I got her!"

Crimson Twilight was very mad as his party suffered loss after loss. He said through gritted teeth, "Focus all your attacks on that Huntress." Ye Ci who was caught by the Priest, however, smiled. She looked at the skeletons swarming towards her and took out a bottle of Novice Invisibility Potion that she had bought at a high price from the auction house and drank it.

She disappeared.

The Priest was shocked, "Twilight, she's gone."

Crimson Twilight was alarmed by Ye Ci's sudden disappearance as well. He cast spells at the swarm of skeletons that were charging at his party in an attempt to catch up with Ye Ci. Most of their melee players were already engaged in combat. There was nobody around to help protect the mage players from the skeletons.

He immediately shouted, "Fall back! Get to a safe spot! Stop casting skills, beware of the aggro!"

It was too late. A lot of Crimson Twilight's party members were unable to react in time. They had cast their skills, and it attracted the skeleton horde. They swarmed at the party. It was a decisive turning point of that entire battle.

Panic appeared to be something contagious. The state of panic that was plaguing Upward Ho! had infected Crimson Twilight's party. They were thrown into disarray by the skeletons. A lot of the members had even lost the ability to save themselves.

Ye Ci was still invisible. A player who consumed a Novice Invisibility Potion would be invisible for a duration of 20 seconds while having his or her movement speed reduced by 50%. She moved slowly back to Upward Ho!'s side.

The most fatal thing in a PVP was: Confusion

Especially when it came to group PK with mobs roaming about. If the players panicked and were unable to recover from it quickly enough, they risked attracting the attention of monsters around them, which would cause the annihilation of the entire party.

Crimson Twilight's party had originally managed to avoid attracting aggro from nearby monsters, but the sudden onslaught by the group of skeletons smashed through their defenses. They panicked and started fleeing, no longer paying any attention to the details that they normally would.

One by one, the members of Crimson Twilight's party disappeared into flashes of white light.

The members of Upward Ho! could not believe that they'd won in a PVP fight. They erupted into cheers of joy. Ye Ci's words were able to settle them down, "We must leave this place quickly. More and more monsters are spawning. We'll be in a pinch if we don't leave soon."