translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
“In that case, let’s…” Canvas Shoes was the first to regain his wits. “Later, the tank will go up first. Apprentice, stay behind Ghost God and focus on avoiding getting hit by skills. You don’t need to DPS, just don’t die. As for the rest… well, if everyone’s okay, then let’s start…”
Jiang Shi: “Alright, let’s go together.”
Canvas Shoes paused, “Weren’t you looking at the strategy guide? You’re done?”
Jiang Shi looked at him strangely instead, “I said 10 seconds. I’ve always been very punctual.”
Canvas Shoes: “.”
You’re way too punctual!
It just so happened that the Shimmering Moon Bat would start shifting into its third form and indeed left a buffer of about twenty seconds for the players to prepare.
Canvas Shoes wanted to say something else, but there really wasn’t much time left for them to chat. Knowing that they had to get to their respective positions and get ready, he immediately swallowed back the words on the tip of his tongue.
He made a few neat and simple hand gestures, “Everyone get into place!”
The newcomer was quite enthusiastic, “Roger that, sir!”
Canvas Shoes then turned around and ran towards his own position without looking back. When he reached his target location, he turned around and realized that he had picked up another tail at some point.
He couldn’t help raising his voice, “What are you doing following me! Didn’t I tell you to go with the knight?!”
Jiang Shi: “It’s useless for me to follow the knight. Why not come along and help you hit the boss’s weak point to disable it instead.”
Canvas Shoes felt horrible all over, “Then, what if we can’t disable it?! If you come over to this side, the knight gets no heals, and our tank might die. What then?!”
Jiang Shi blinked his eyes slowly. “Isn’t it true that as long as attacking the boss’s weak point and disabling the boss is successful, then the boss won’t be able to use any skills? Could the game strategy on the official website be wrong?”
“What I’m talking about is, what happens if we don’t disable the boss!” Canvas Shoes clenched his teeth tightly. “If we fail to disable it with the weak point, it’ll trigger a rampage. Even if we have level 80 equipment, we won’t be able to withstand more than a few hits! Aahhhhhhh!!!”
Jiang Shi: “So as long as the situation where we’re unable to hit the weak point to disable the boss doesn’t occur, then there won’t be a rampage caused by failing to disable the boss, right?”
This tongue twister-like conversation made Canvas Shoes’ chest heave violently.
Although they were inside a holographic gaming world, he still had the illusion that he might pass out from anger at any moment. “But now the question is, do you really think that it’s so easy to disable it with its weak point? When you read the game strategy, didn’t you also see the difficulty factor associated with attacking the weak point??”
“I’ve played this dungeon hundreds of times and can only ensure a 45% chance of disabling the boss! What’s the use of following me! Can you make up for the remaining 55%?!”
“Go do what you’re asked to do. After all, are you the captain or am I? How about I give you the command position and be done with it?! Come on, come on, you go ahead!”
“I didn’t intend to take your place, really. But as I mentioned earlier, it’s really useless for me to go with the tank. Captain, why don’t you calm down first?” Jiang Shi clearly didn’t like having people talking so close to his face and was quick to take two steps back. “Did you forget again that I’m not a priest? Even if I went to heal the tank, based on the intensity of the rampage, I really might not be able to heal through the attacks.”
Teetering on the brink of violence, Canvas Shoes regained a trace of rationality.
After being stunned for a moment, he finally recalled the other party’s profession.
Darn it, it was all because the second stage had gone too smoothly. For a moment, he’d forgotten that this fellow was a rune master!
When Jiang Shi saw that Canvas Shoes finally understood the situation, he switched back to that slow and leisurely smile. “So, instead of pointlessly healing over there, why not come over and try helping out with attacking the weak point? What if I can really make up for that 55% success rate, right? If it really doesn’t work, we’ll just wipe and you guys can regroup. If that happens, I’ll leave the team on the spot and let someone else take my place.”
Canvas Shoes: “……”
As the saying went, it was difficult to hit a smiling person. Not to mention, Jiang Shi’s face paired with such an expression was really very mesmerizing.
He’d already said so much; if Canvas Shoes continued on and refused to let go, it would seem like he wasn’t giving old players any face.
Let alone, the first wave of attacks in the third stage was about to begin. There was really no time for them to continue talking aimlessly.
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After listening to them arguing for such a long time, Temple Ghost asked impatiently, “Old Shoes, are we still fighting or not?”
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Even before he had finished speaking, the players who had run to their positions in advance all held their breath.
The Shimmering Moon Bat suddenly let out a long cry, spreading its wings and flashing its fangs as it roared from the air.
Canvas Shoes wasn’t really reassured and asked one more question, “Main Account, you’ve read the strategy and know where to aim for the weak point, right?”
Jiang Shi: “Don’t worry, everything is under control.”
Canvas Shoes: “.”
To hell with your everything is under control!
It was clear at a glance that the current batch of returning players had never experienced getting viciously beaten down by the new dungeons!
The air around them also seemed to roar as it was driven by the bat’s flapping wings, driving the cold chill of the water from the spring toward them.
Canvas Shoes was naturally deeply aware of the difficulty required to execute this wave of operations and didn’t really place any hope on a returning player.
He stopped questioning Jiang Shi further and turned around, lifting up the light sword in his hand.
A warrior swordsman profession’s main weapons were the heavy sword and light sword, and they could switch between them at any time.
At this stage, disabling the boss by attacking its weak point was basically a technical task. Compared with the heavy sword, the light sword was naturally easier to manipulate.
Jiang Shi went over the contents of the guide in his mind, squinting to watch the Shimmering Moon Bat’s flight path. He also saw that Canvas Shoes had already found an appropriate opening to charge up.
The weak point was located at the base of the bat’s ear, on the outer edge.
It was a very thin piece of flesh, and it covered a very small area. Additionally, the Shimmering Moon Bat had very accurate echolocation, making it very agile when dodging attacks.
Canvas Shoes shot forward, and the moment his sword began to dance, it was clear he’d done a very good job of grasping this opportunity.
Because he’d already positioned himself in advance, he was able to step to the side and aim a few combos at the weak point as soon as the Shimmering Moon Bat approached.
Immediately afterwards, he avoided the bat’s whistling wings and pulled two steps back without sustaining any damage.
It was no wonder that Canvas Shoes was willing to have the only support player in their team follow the knight. Based on his skills and operations, he could definitely be considered top-notch among ordinary players and could indeed complete his task beautifully.
Unfortunately, although this set of operations were executed like floating clouds and flowing water, there wasn’t much of a smile on Canvas Shoes’ face by the time he stood still again.
Four times.
He’d only hit the weak point four times just now.
Although there was still a chance for Temple Ghost, who was waiting in the next position, to make up for the hits, based on his understanding of his teammates’ strength, it would be too difficult for him to land six consecutive hits at the vulnerability point in one go.
Sure enough, they still needed to switch a healer in, right?
Although taking the rampage damage and forcibly healing through it was a bit too time-consuming, this tactic meant that they could stand still and deal out DPS, allowing a lot of room for error.
As he was thinking, Canvas Shoes reflexively looked over in Jiang Shi’s direction.
Even before he could come up with a heartfelt apology for kicking someone out of the team, he saw the cross draw out a beautiful arc in the air.
Immediately afterwards, the light elf’s figure flew by with a gliding step, the tips of his golden hair leaving a faint afterimage behind him.
Canvas Shoes’ heart skipped a beat: F*ck, was he really going for the weak point?!
As a boss, once the Shimmering Moon Bat reached the third stage, it would directly enter a state of dominance. Control skills such as rune fields were completely ineffective against it.
It was precisely because of this that the skills belonging to the rune master profession seemed to have minimal impact during the current game era.
Since Jiang Shi had read the strategy, he certainly wasn’t about to make a low-level mistake like wasting his precious golden rune stones.
In this holographic game, both props and skills could only be considered as icing on the cake for all professions. The biggest difference between masters and ordinary players lay in their own ability to execute detailed operations.
Although Jiang Shi had quit the game for five years, he’d adapted during his time online and had also regained about 70-80% of his familiarity with game operations. It was naturally more than enough for this novice village low-level dungeon.
The huge cross turned in a magnificent arc in the light elf’s hands and his body performed a sudden low slide. Like this, Jiang Shi was able to perfectly reach the Shimmering Moon Bat before it spread its wings and left.
The two weak points that Canvas Shoes and Temple Ghost had chosen were the two that were closest to the ground after the bat had spread its wings. Jiang Shi had timed his attack right at the verge of the bat’s next takeoff, and when he made his next move, he’d somehow managed to make his way around to the side of the bat’s head. The top of his cross smashed towards the exposed weak point in front of him in a beautiful attack.
It was an extremely stunning combo.
Magic-wielding professions were naturally limited in their ability to deal physical damage, but at this moment, the key focus of this series of operations was obviously not on how much damage was dealt, but on the number of hits that the weak point sustained.
The veteran players at the scene naturally understood what Jiang Shi’s actions signified. After marveling over his excessively agile movements, they subconsciously swallowed non-existent saliva and instinctively held their breath.
In that extremely short period of time, the rhythmic combo of hits wasn’t interrupted at all.
From the start of when he made his move to the end, all included, Jiang Shi only had three seconds.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5…
Just when the Shimmering Moon Bat was about to flap its wings and fly high again with a shrill cry, the sixth strike landed successfully!
A crystal green beam of light burst out from the base of the bat’s ear and broke into thousands of fragments.
They instantly shattered into the surroundings.
It could only be said that the entire process of this series of operations had been completed with too much detail and precision, and everyone had gotten somewhat distracted from watching it. It wasn’t until Jiang Shi reminded them to “Hurry and draw aggro” that the knight waiting in the corner suddenly came back to his senses.
Their team’s main tank leapt up onto his tall horse and galloped towards the struggling Shimmering Moon Bat, his spear held high.
A provoke skill.
Although the disabled Shimmering Moon Bat looked a bit awkward with its flying fangs and claws, all it could do were some simple and rough physical attacks. It was basically in a state where it could only lie flat and receive a beating. It wasn’t a threat at all.
Jiang Shi had always had the professional ethics of a support. At this time, he consciously cast a small healing skill on everyone in the team, then modestly looked at Canvas Shoes. “How’d I do, captain? Was my attack alright?”
Canvas Shoes was ashamed. “It was perfect, absolutely perfect.”
“It’s good that the captain is satisfied.” Jiang Shi smiled like a government official who served the people. “Then, let’s continue.”
The Shimmering Moon Bat would only remain disabled for 15 seconds at best, and once it recovered, they would enter the next skill cycle.
However, after that first ‘perfect cooperation’, everyone grew more proficient and confident, trusting Jiang Shi to go up and hit the weak point to disable the boss over the next few rounds.
By the fourth round, the Shimmering Moon Bat finally died miserably under everyone’s attacks.
Canvas Shoes went to pick up the boss drops.
Jiang Shi opened up his game panel again and said, “Wait a moment, let me take a look at the strategy for the next two bosses.”
This time, no one had any further objections.
Not only had Jiang Shi’s operations to disable the boss greatly shortened the time required to kill the first boss, they’d also unlocked the rare achievement [Perfect Defeat] that ordinary players found extremely difficult to achieve. They’d really made a big profit!
After clearing the Shimmering Moon Bat, the team’s trust in Jiang Shi continued to soar. They gave him enough time to read through the strategy guide, and the next two bosses were also cleared very smoothly.
Canvas Shoes stopped Jiang Shi as soon as they left the dungeon, “Hey, Main Account, do you need any materials?”
Jiang Shi asked curiously, “Didn’t you guys call dibs on all the materials?”
Canvas Shoes cleared his throat.
Originally, they had indeed said so, but to be honest, this returning player had played really well in the dungeon. Although he’d spent some time reading the strategy guide, the dungeon run had gone much faster than it would’ve if they’d just recruited any old random passerby old player.
Also, although they didn’t know why, even their DPS environment had seemed to have inexplicably improved by a significant amount with this Main Storage Account around.
Canvas Shoes’ conscience spoke up for him, and he insisted, “You put in a lot of effort, so take some of it?”
It was difficult to turn down such kindness, so Jiang Shi no longer refused. “Alright, give me whatever you want.”
While browsing through his backpack, Canvas Shoes asked, “Do you want to go again? How about farming this dungeon a few more times?”
“No, I need to go offline.” Jiang Shi glanced at the reminder that signaled the end of his two-hour online time at the internet cafe. There wasn’t any time to say much more. “I’ll pass on the materials. Or, you can send them directly to my mailbox. I’ll be going first…”
Even before he could finish his sentence, everyone watched helplessly as the figure standing in front of them disappeared on the spot.
Temple Ghost hadn’t quite reacted. “He went offline just like that?”
“Seems so?” Canvas Shoes silently stared at his backpack and fell into a daze for a while, then asked in a steady tone, “Did you guys add him as a friend?”
Temple Ghost and the knight exchanged glances, then spoke in unison, “No.”
“……”
Canvas Shoes thought for a moment, “Forget it, I’ll send him a friend application. In any case, he’ll come back online at some point. Next time I see him, I’ll ask and see if we can recruit him to our guild.”
Temple Ghost agreed, “Indeed, it’s clear that he’s an expert.”
Canvas Shoes laughed briefly, “He’s more than just an expert.”
The newcomer’s sudden shout interrupted their conversation, “Master! He’s online!”
Canvas Shoes’ thoughts had been on the matter of Main Storage Account and was taken by surprise by this sentence. He reflexively looked around.
Seeing that nothing had changed, he couldn’t help but feel a little speechless, “What are you shouting randomly for? How is he online?”
The newcomer was so excited that he was practically dancing. His words were incoherent for a while, “Fish God! I’m talking about Fish God being online! He rejected my friend application just now! Say, do you think he might have seen my confession?!”
The other three: “……”
Silly boy, develop some self-awareness.
You’re so happy being rejected, are you a trembling masochist?
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The author has something to say:
Big Resentment Breeding Fish: Mm, I’ll see you in the next chapter.
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Considering the level of confusion among readers, here is an explanation:
1. <Creation Era> is not a game that is focused on powering up. Leveling up is basically quite fast, so levels don’t play a very significant role. The biggest difference between old and new players is their understanding of the dungeons
2. When level 80 players clear this type of low level dungeons, as long as they have a healer, even if it’s a level 40 first rank healer, they can basically stand there and take the damage dealt by the dungeon settings. However, because the protagonist’s heal volume is very low, they need to play and follow the dungeon mechanisms to avoid wiping. (There are instances in high level dungeons where the team will wipe if the team doesn’t follow the mechanisms, so this type of low level dungeon is already considered very simple.)
3. This kind of game with a relatively high level of difficulty can be compared to games that require more operations and less blind use of skills
4. Finally, according to the settings, time passes at the same speed as real time in this holographic game so various activities, such as clearing dungeons, may take much longer than current keyboard games on the market
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Can someone give me some examples of game with similar mechanism??
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