CHAPTER XVI
There may be another chapter around twelve o'clock in the evening, which of course is not guaranteed.
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People don't stay the same, and everyone grows and changes as time passes.
After the banquet was gone, the night was also deep, and Xiangkong walked alone through the quiet streets, looking up at the false starry sky.
The bright starlight that catches the eye is both false and real.
Because of people or things, one day it will always be different, once the old thing is replaced by the new thing, it will be forgotten, and the slightest thing will not exist, just like the change of people, once it changes, the past self will definitely disappear silently.
Although the starlight in the sky is dazzling, it is not as good as the moonlight that shines on the earth.
He had drunk a lot of wine tonight, but it couldn't get anyone drunk, and if it did, perhaps many of the people on the first floor of Ayngrant would be ecstatic.
Xiangkong's thoughts were empty, the inexplicable emotion in his chest became thick and light, and his mood became more and more calm, for no reason, he began to look forward to the strategy battle on the fiftieth layer, maybe he was tired, or maybe he was tired of it, so he didn't want to continue to stay in this world.
Clenching his fists hard, he looked up to avoid the stars, focusing his gaze on the bright full moon.
"Come on."
The deep murmur was filled with unwavering determination, and... Confidence.
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A week later, the Raiders meeting on the fiftieth floor began as scheduled, and the person presiding over the meeting was not Asuna, but Heathcliff.
Heathcliff had given Asuna full authority for the strategy a long time ago, but this time he took the initiative to take on the strategy battle, which surprised Asuna and was very happy, in her opinion, it was best for Heathcliff to participate in the strategy battle, especially the existence of Xiangkong, as long as the thought of two convincing avant-garde in the front line, it would be extremely reassuring, and it would also make people feel full of confidence, which is the same for anyone in the strategy group.
This meeting is different from the past, the members of the strategy group of the Blood Alliance are enough, but Heathcliff invited people from the three major guilds to jointly attack the fiftieth layer, although some people feel strange, but there will be no objections, after all, the strength of the boss this time is very unusual.
Unfortunately, the army and the Holy Dragon alliance politely declined Heathcliff's invitation, but the Knight Alliance agreed.
The huge conference room was crowded with people, these people are the members of the strategy team of the Blood Alliance and the Knight Alliance, and the people of the 50th layer of the boss will be selected from this.
There were a lot of people, but it was quiet, with only a small noise.
Heathcliff stood behind the conference stage, his calm and majestic gaze quickly swept over the players present, and then said lightly: "Yesterday we found the boss's room, and we sent a reconnaissance team into the boss's room to obtain information on the same day, but unfortunately, this reconnaissance operation ended in failure." ”
There was an uproar in the crowd, and only a few people knew about the failure of the reconnaissance team to obtain information yesterday, including Xiangkong.
This is the first time that the reconnaissance team has failed since its inception.
"Although the operation failed, it also got a glimpse of the whole picture of the boss."
At this point, Heathcliff was slightly silent, and his tone of calm tone changed slightly, like a pebble falling into a lake, making a circle of fleeting waves.
"It's a boss in the form of a Buddha statue, with six arms, each arm has a different weapon, and the vanguard of the scout team has less than two seconds to attack in the first wave of tentative attacks..."
"HP to zero."
The last few characters are spoken in a heavy tone.
Almost all players hear the last few characters in a heartbeat. As everyone knows, the members of the reconnaissance team are all avant-garde, but as a vanguard, the HP reaches zero in less than two seconds...
It's hard to imagine how terrifying the multi-armed Buddha statue is, many people have already retreated, this is also human nature, even if they have participated in many raids, but in the face of the avant-garde boss who can kill the avant-garde in two seconds, a deep sense of powerlessness and fear will haunt the heart.
The avant-garde with high blood defense and thickness is so unbearable, so wouldn't the crispy skin as the output position be even worse, one second, no, maybe it only takes 0.5 seconds!
The conference room was cast in an eerie silence.
Heathcliff looked at them, a glimmer of pity in his eyes.
The strategy of the strategy group is too fast, so that the level, skills, and equipment will have time to keep up with it to some extent, in this case, you must stop and rest, and then spend more time to prepare, but, this alone will not make Heatscliffe stop the strategy action, after all, he doesn't care about the life and death of the players, speaking of which, the main reason why he really decided to start the strategy immediately is because of the sky...
Of course, Xiangkong, who was also involved in the meeting, did not know this.
"Although it is impossible to obtain specific information, the reason why the Recon Vanguard is able to reset his HP to zero is because he is able to withstand the individual skills of five different weapons at the same time."
First he set a blazing fire, then he poured a bucket of water, and then he brought a second bucket of water.
"The boss can use the skills of six weapons at the same time, and the shield of the vanguard of the reconnaissance team was smashed open by the hammer skill first, so it can't dodge the next five waves of attacks in time, since you already know this, you can find a breakthrough point in advance, which is also the meaning of holding a strategy meeting."
The plain eyes swept over everyone present, and two buckets of water at a glance slightly watered the retreating hearts of many people.
Thus, the meeting officially began, some people listened silently, and some people enthusiastically expressed their opinions. As a foreign aid, the Knights League faintly has the intention of being anti-guest-oriented, and Tilberu, as the president, has put forward several good constructive suggestions, but Heathcliff has always been silent, just listening calmly, and at the same time looking at everyone with scrutinizing eyes.
Asuna glanced at Heathcliff helplessly, and went toe-to-toe with Tilberu, in such an atmosphere, the boss she had to face was terrifying, but the meeting against the boss was enthusiastic.
From beginning to end, Xiangkong has been silent, but he is thinking about the boss of the fiftieth floor, the six-armed Buddha statue...
Among the people who enthusiastically put forward his opinions was the Tooth King, who would always glance at Xiangkong provocatively every time he put forward his opinions, but Xiangkong didn't notice his provocative gaze at all, which made him very unhappy.
It took a long and intense discussion before the tactical deployment was finalized.
Eight squads, 48 people.
The usual strategy arrangement is four offenses and four defenses, that is, four vanguard teams and four output teams, and this time, the number of vanguard teams is finalized at six, and the output teams are two.
This is to prevent the collapse of the front line, and at the same time, at the beginning of the raid, there must be a rescue force on standby outside the gate.
Three vanguard teams to support an attack by one output team, and the weakening of output indicates that the battle is likely to become extremely long.
But none of this matters, the important thing is to be able to succeed.
The members of the strategy group that brought together the two big guilds naturally had to pick out the most elite troops from them, and Xiangkong and Asuna would naturally be selected into the strategy team, and at the same time of selection, the players present could also take the initiative to join the strategy team this time, but even if they took the initiative, they did not necessarily have the qualifications to be selected.
A single mistake can have serious consequences.
"President, I want to join the strategy team!" Suddenly, a slightly shrill voice rang out.
Heathcliff looked at the owner of the voice, but it was Kraidier, closed his head slightly, and thought about it, there was not much problem in joining the raiders team at Kraidier's level, so he wanted to agree.
"I'm against Kraider joining the Raiders." Just as he was about to nod his head in agreement, Xiangkong, who had been silent, suddenly said.
Kladil was stunned, and his gaze at Xiangkong became ruthless, but he was not a fool, and his fierce gaze only lasted for a moment.
Xiangkong never took Kratil in his eyes, and it wasn't until today that the other party suddenly jumped out, and then he was surprised by Kratir's existence.
The Smile Coffin is all gone, but the members of this pseudo-Smile Coffin are still in good shape, he doesn't want the crucial strategy battle to happen, and of course he doesn't want the unstable factor of Kraider to join.
The absolute sensibility of Kraidier in the original anime allowed Shoku to avoid a crisis.
In fact, it was indeed ill-intentioned for Kladil to want to join the Raiders team, originally he thought he had found the organization, but he didn't expect that the organization would be destroyed before he could officially join.
And this time, he wanted to find an opportunity to suddenly leave the battle during the strategy process, and use the transfer crystal to escape from the boss room, causing a crack in the output chain of the strategy team, and then expecting more serious consequences.
His heart can be punished...
There is no love without a reason, and there is no hate without a reason.
Even if he knew the plan of Cradil, he had no intention of exploring how narrow a person's mind was.
"Why?" Heatscliffe did not reject Cratill's application because of Soaring's vocal objections.
"There are only two output teams, and in the case that the avant-garde doesn't know how long the road can last, the selection of the output team must be cautious, and its equipment, level, and skills must be among the best, and Cladir..."
He didn't finish speaking, but everyone understood.
People here can pick 12 players who are stronger than Kraidir, and due to the reduction of the output team, the selection of each place has become crucial, and faintly, most people are inclined to say that they are flying in the sky.
Kradil's eyes were about to erupt with fire, he didn't hide his emotions, he looked at Xiangkong fiercely, he couldn't raise an objection, because Xiangkong said a legitimate reason.
Heathcliff, as the decision-maker, didn't think long before vetoing Krattier's application, and if Krattier was avant-garde, he wouldn't have vetoed it because of that.
"Soar into the sky! I will, I must kill you. ”
Kladir lowered his head, his face extremely ugly, and his ugly triangular eyes flashed with cold murderous intent.
However, as a clown-like being, will there be such an opportunity?
This is just a small episode, the meeting ends at dusk, the candidates are selected, and the strategy time is set for 9 o'clock in the morning.