Chapter 1012: 1012
After this, they entered the third room . Similar to the previous one, they needed to be much more conservative when battling .
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In this area, the small monsters were not to be underestimated . If the Main Tank pulled too many to himself, it would be a guaranteed wipe . There was also the danger of Fear to consider . Azure Sea Breeze stood in the doorway, blocking the barrage of arrows . He pulled four monsters at a time, with one of them being an Undead Summoner .
Undead Summoners were long-ranged attackers, so they needed to block their field of vision to be able to pull one over .
After luring it to its designated place, Jaweika used Shackle Undead to disable its movements and actions . However, if the target took damage while the skill was active, its duration would end .
This skill could not be used on players, even those who belonged to the Undead race . Furthermore, the Priest could not move or perform other actions while the skill was active . While it had its disadvantages, in Scholomancer, this skill was extremely important .
Why? Shackle Undead was long-ranged .
This was also why Lu Li had brought along an extra Priest . March Rain was the main healer, so she could not be assigned the role of controlling monsters .
When Lu Li and his party reached the second Boss, Glory Capital had finally finished the first .
The second Boss was called Jandice Barov .
This lady was the head of the Barov family and the wife of Alexei Barov . Her soul had been contained within the Scholomancer for many years . Currently, she was overseeing the training of the new Mages because she had an excellent understanding of illusions . While she was a gifted teacher, for those who angered her, she would be a terrifying opponent .
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Lu Li knew her from his previous life . According to The Schools of Arcane Magic: Illusion book, she was someone not to be underestimated .
In this magic book, there was a section which wrote:
"A previous master at her art, Jandice Barov . Rest in peace . She is the pinnacle of role models for Illusionists . When she was living, she devised a skill which created illusions that were extremely difficult to differentiate from the original thing . These clones were able to exactly copy original actions, so her enemies could not identify her position . However, it was through this that I received a lesson . "
This was basically saying that she was not perfect at her craft . After all, Illusion was an art of trickery .
Illusions of Smoke could render Mages unable to distinguish between what was real and not real . Furthermore, illusions were able to distort areas and landscapes .
This art could be used as a disguise and to control others . However, these illusions were able to be dispelled, so she did not completely rely on them .
Conversely to the traditional thinking towards spells, Illusions were not mere trickery .
Invisibility was a skill that was invaluable to Battle Mages . This was because Battle Mages often found themselves in tight situations where they need to escape . To preserve their lives, they needed this skill .
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Illusions could be used to trick opponents of the caster's position or even their opponents' perception of who was friend or foe . It was not easy to achieve these things, but a powerful Illusionist would be able to escape easily and turn foes into allies .
Researching into this Instance Dungeon was well worth it, because they now knew of Jandice Barov's abilities .
Lu Li and his party watched on as the Barov Lady of the House frantically tore apart body after body .
"Souls! I need more souls!"
She was already a Necromancer of the Scourge and was no longer a Master Illusionist, or the Lady of the Barov Family . In her eyes, only the bodies without souls were her allies
Compared to the previous Bosses, clearing Jandice Barov in one try was nearly impossible .
If there wasn't a bet and livestream of events between Ruling Sword and Glory Capital, ordinary players would spend around one to two days to complete this dungeon . Even after spending that much time in here, they could only clear it with good luck .
Lu Li could not reveal all of this to his team .
He decided that they should wipe a couple of times, to prevent arising suspicion from other guilds .
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As an Illusionist, Jandice Barov had two HP trigger points . One was at 66%, while the other at 33% . At these points, she would disappear, then create multiple clones of herself which filled the room .
During this period of time, the real body would be hidden among the clones and unleash AoE attacks .
From the very beginning of the battle, she would use a skill called Wonder Rapidity that had a certain chance of triggering . When she cast this skill, she would swing her staff and unleash a monstrous amount of arcane magic onto her surroundings .
There was no equipment that gave resistance to arcane magic, so this was extremely terrifying for the players . The Main Tank was expected to have enough Armor and HP to tank this hit .
Azure Sea Breeze quickly adapted to the patterns of this skill after being struck a few times .
As long as they did not stand in front of the Boss when the skill was activated, they would be able to avoid a barrage of damage .
Besides this, she also used another skill that was of considerable danger to wiping out the squad . This skill caused players to gravitate towards Jandice, while dealing copious amounts of Dark damage and blinding them for 10 seconds .
Players called this skill 'Black Water', because it appeared as though black water was pooling around their ankles .
Who would pay attention to their feet while concentrating on the fight? This was how Ruling Sword suffered their first squad wipe .
Ruling Sword's wipes were different to Glory Capital's . Firstly, the pressure was not as heavy because they were not livestreaming their raid . The more Glory Capital did not want to wipe, the more panicked they became .
"I realised that just before we got wiped, black water surrounded our feet . I think this might be the skill that's destroying us," Lu Li said straight away .
According to Lu Li's observation skills, it would be much stranger if he had not realised . After all, Wandering had also realised this .
"I'll investigate this skill further . When the time comes again, I'll yell for people to relocate themselves to places without the water," he suggested .
Before entering the battle again, Square Root came with news in the guild channel .
Glory Capital was also wiped out in the fight against the second Boss . However, they had died to Wonder Rapidity, since their Main Tank was much weaker than Azure Sea Breeze .
When they entered a second time, the black water appeared quickly .
However, because of Wandering's constant warnings and directions, Ruling Sword was unaffected by it .
When Jandice Barov reached 66% HP, she began to remember that she was an Illusionist and seemingly regained her abilities .
"AoE Classes, speed up your attacks; don't worry about anything else . Mu Qiu, keep healing . March Rain, use your AoE healing skills . If you really can't heal, have Hachi Chan use Tranquillity!" Lu Li yelled for the players to hear .