Chapter 288: Before the Melee

Violet Castle in the northern district of Dalaran.

In the brightly lit auction hall, many buyers began to hold their breath and stare at the seven-digit line of offers on the large central screen.

They are about to witness the birth of the owner of an artifact shard.

"14,400,000 gold coins once!"

"14,400,000 gold coins twice!"

"14,400,000 gold coins three times!"

Boom!

"Deal!"

"Congratulations to the buyer of the Kanzi box for successfully taking a picture of this Chasing Wind (artifact fragment)!"

"Now, I declare that this year's Dalaran Auction Conference has come to a successful conclusion, and I look forward to seeing you again at the next auction!"

As Tyrande Yufeng dropped the hammer on the circular auction table in the center of the auction hall, the entire auction hall was so stirred that no one cared about the short closing speech at the end, and almost everyone began to talk about it.

"Hold the grass, 14.4 million gold coins, now it's equivalent to 11.52 trillion federal credits! Big dog! ”

"The buyer in the box on the second floor is a person from the world's top ten consortia!"

"I can't mess with it, I can't afford to mess with it!"

……

The third floor is a box for the light.

"Well, it's just to buy an ordinary artifact with tens of millions of gold coins, and it's just a fragment, these newcomers are really willing to do it."

"Heh, if you're not convinced, you can also bid."

"I'm not stupid, hey, there might be a good show to watch later, haha."

……

The dry box on the second floor.

"Ya Iwasaki?"

"Yes."

"When the moon is full, it will be lost, and when the water is full, it will overflow, that's it, this time we will sit and watch the dragon and tiger fight, of course, if necessary, we must also hold the wind and clouds at all times."

……

The second floor of the Kun number box.

"Are you sure?"

"The people of the Sanleng Consortium!"

"Hehe, the devil has entered the village, send someone to follow, remember, let's not do it yet."

……

The second floor is a box.

"Haven't figured out what divinity is?"

"Hey!"

“バカヤロー!”

……

At the rising moon of tomorrow, the Violet Square under the starry sky is illuminated by brilliant magical lights.

Whew!

A gentle breeze blows and makes people feel very refreshed.

At this moment, there were nearly a hundred groups of players in the wide square who were whispering conversations, but from time to time they would all look at the same place, the gate of Violet Castle, as if they were waiting for something.

"It's coming out."

"There's a good show to watch."

"Who do you say this artifact will go to?"

"Silence!"

As time passed, the atmosphere in Violet Square gradually became strange, except for the central part of Violet Square.

Because under the tall statue of Antonidas in the center of the square, there is a player leaning on the edge of the statue, which is so out of place compared to the hordes of players around him.

I saw that the player, who had a large kitchen knife hanging from his waist, was whistling softly and combing a snow-white rabbit in his palm.

That cynical appearance made many players in its vicinity frown.

Who is this bastard?

Damn, why don't you take all of us seriously, do you?

Did he even know that a big scuffle was about to break out here?

Well, hold on, let's ignore these two goods for now, and just hack him to death during the chaotic battle!

This player who was about to cause public anger was none other than Fang Xuan's clone.

In order to prevent the deity from being targeted by the magical eye above Dalaran, his doppelganger swaggered out from the main entrance of the remote inn, and the deity remained in the guest room.

As for the rusty kitchen knife on his waist, it was Fang Xuan's clone who came out of the kitchen of the remote inn in Crassus, taking advantage of the chef's unpreparedness.

Although its attack is only 5-5, it is a large kitchen knife that the chef cut kimchi last night and did not wash and embroider, and when attacking the target, it will have a state of severe pain that will continue to bleed, and it can also reduce the target's reflexes, so it is best used in a large melee.

As if he hadn't seen the contempt of the players around him, Fang Xuan began to calculate in his heart.

His doppelganger has 12465 HP, 1232-1351 physical attack, 826 armor, and 52 minutes of existence remaining, with 22 minutes and 36 seconds left in his invisibility state.

Before he came, he had observed that the players around him were all around level 20. Although these people have turned off all the lighting effects of their equipment, judging from the sophistication of these equipment, almost all of them are gold equipment, and there are even some epic equipment mixed and matched.

Even so, these non-tank pros are a knife for his clone, and tank pros may need to slash three times.

If the clone releases its skills, it should be able to kill a large number of these players directly.

Counting the time to kill people and pick up artifacts, it won't be long.

However, Fang Xuan knew that after entering the big melee, perhaps what he lacked the most was time.

Because, if he attacks the player who took the artifact first, then he will face four waves of people or forces.

The first wave of forces: It is the attack of the artifact buyer's personal guard.

At this stage, the buyers who can take pictures of the artifact, except for the people of the world's top ten chaebols, do not think about it, and how can the people of the top ten chaebols not have personal guards.

This kind of chaebol's personal guard, it is very likely that they are innate masters in reality, even if they are only first-order players in the game at present, but their powerful combat instincts are still there, and they may also have special abilities that ordinary players do not have, which is absolutely very difficult.

However, these guards should not be able to kill him in the chaos, threat index: two stars.

The second wave of forces: It is the people around us who seem to eat melons.

At present, the players who can come to Dalaran to participate in this auction will have a single teleportation fee of more than 100 gold coins, and ordinary players do not have this information access and financial resources.

These players all seem to have agile skills, keen eyes, and extremely light walking postures, and occasionally show a look of mutual jealousy, which is obvious that they are all disguised by elite players of the world's major powers.

These players have all taken up their own vantage points, faintly surrounding the stairs outside the Violet Gate.

They have entered the first level of combat readiness and are ready to deliver a fatal blow to their opponents.

Once the buyer of the artifact appears, he may face an overwhelming attack from them.

Maybe everyone knows that there will definitely be no good fruit to eat after doing it here, but in the face of absolute interests, I believe that no one will not be tempted.

Just imagine, if they burst out and pick up that artifact, whether it is for their own use or resale, it is a very good choice.

Now, as long as they pay a small price, they may get hundreds of millions of times the harvest, and whoever doesn't do it is stupid.

In a big scuffle, this wave of people may stumble, stuck, and knock on him, and attack him indiscriminately.

The threat index of this wave of people to him is: three stars.

Third Wave: Patrol Guards on the streets of Dalaran.

In the streets of Dalaran, there are a total of thirty-six patrols and guards, patrolling day and night in shifts.

Each patrol guard team consists of six NPCs, which are configured to:

One Lv.300 Legendary Patrol Leader, plus five Lv.280 Fourth-Order Grand Lord Guards.

These NPCs have an attack range of between 40 and 100 yards, and usually patrol at a constant speed of about 10 yards per 5 seconds, with the current closest to them being 2252.8 yards.

When they enter the Rush state, their movement speed increases to 400 yards to 500 yards per second, and the post-melee reaches around 4.3 seconds to 5.6 seconds.

If he makes the first move, these NPCs can kill him instantly, with a threat rating of four stars.

The fourth wave of forces, the two legendary guard NPCs at the gates of Violet Castle.

Everyone knew that they would definitely not be easy to mess with, so the place where the melee began after a while should be at the bottom of the stairs at the gate and the junction with the square, about 1000 yards away from the guard NPC.

However, as far as Fang Xuan knew, with the 500 yards per second running speed of those two fifth-order legendary guard NPCs, it might only take 2 seconds to reach the center of the melee.

These two Tier 5 Legendary Guardian NPCs have an attack range of 100 yards and have an area of effect attack.

If he takes the lead in making a move, he may also be killed by him when he enters the gray state, and the threat index is: five stars out of five.

In addition to these forces, there is also a wave of buyers who have come out of Violet Castle.

This group of people might also join the competition for artifacts, but Fang Xuan dared to guarantee that if they made a move, they would be directly killed by the two legendary guard NPCs at the gate of Violet Castle, so they could not be calculated.

Of course, there may also be a sixth wave of forces: NPC buyers who have come out of Violet Castle.

Almost all of these NPC buyers were fifth-order legendary-level NPCs, and many of them also had sixth-order god and demon-level players, but Fang Xuan believed that this group of NPCs with status and status should not offend the entire Dalaran for the sake of an artifact fragment.

Because Fang Xuan felt that this group of aboriginal NPC buyers who created the world should know how terrifying Dalaran's background was like him, they would definitely be reluctant to participate in the melee by themselves, at most they would just watch the excitement from the sidelines.

This was also the main reason why Fang Xuan, even if he already possessed fifth-order combat power, only dared to use his clone to snatch the artifact.

Based on the above, Fang Xuan finally chose to slowly clean up the mess after the buyer of the Chasing Wind (Artifact Fragment) appeared.

At that point, he only needs to attack the remaining grey or red name players in the melee.

Perhaps, there are also white-named players who want to be the fisherman at the end like him, and they are also his targets.

However, there's also the problem that he may not have time to pick up the Wind Chaser (artifact shard) after entering the melee.

It just so happened that Pet Xiaobai could pick up all the items within 11 yards of him, so Fang Xuan summoned Pet Xiaobai and set up a priority to pick up items above the legendary level.

As for whether the buyer of the artifact would have already worn the artifact, Fang Xuan felt that there was almost no possibility at this stage, and he could not consider it.

There is also Dalaran with a magic barrier, and players are not allowed to use any Hearthstone to return to the city, and can only leave by teleportation array from Crassus Square in the southeast of the city.

For Fang Xuan, who had experienced hundreds of melee battles in his previous life, these were all familiar with the road, and the analysis was extremely skillful.

Now everything is ready, just wait for the fat sheep who took the picture of Chasing Wind (artifact fragments) to appear.

At this moment, an exclamation came from the gate of Violet Castle:

"It's out!"