Chapter 1029: 1029
Square Root 3 had only sold the strategies for three Bosses, but that was the limit anyway .
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This meant that Lu Li and the others had to rest in order to keep up the act . If Glory Capital, who had just defeated Ras Frostwhisper, was offered the strategies for more than three Bosses, they would know that Ruling Sword had almost finished the Instance Dungeon . There was no way Glory Capital was dumb enough to fall for that .
It wasn't bad for them to take a break anyway . The Boss that they were facing next could be fought whenever they wanted .
"Glory Capital has defeated three of the Bosses already . "
These Bosses were already quite easy, but the strategies made them even easier . Each Boss after Ras Frostwhisper took them about 10-20 minutes to fight .
"Alright then, let's get started . "
Lu Li thought that this was a good time to get started on Gandling .
The moment they entered the fight, Darkmaster Gandling boomed, "Your classes will begin now!"
Although this line was short, it had a profound effect . Players who were students immediately tensed up when they heard it . They often heard this while they were in school, and now they had heard it too within the game . There was a huge psychological effect on them because of this .
"Damn you and your class!" Azure Sea Breeze yelled as he rushed up to the Darkmaster and hit him with his shield .
The Darkmaster responded bluntly with a Burnout, resulting in a bunch of injuries appearing over his head . However, Mu Qiu calmly continued to Heal and stabilized the Main Tank's HP loss . Although he would work with the rest of the team, Mu Qiu was almost Azure Sea Breeze's exclusive healer .
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"Deal as much damage as you can . Memories, use Bloodlust . "
This Boss had to be defeated as quickly as possible, which was why Lu Li asked her to use Bloodlust right at the beginning .
He quietly positioned himself next to the Boss' Magic Staff . This was actually a trick to fighting Gandling as the first skill was always directed towards the person standing closest to the Magic Staff .
Of course, the Boss would cry out before this happened .
"Arise!"
This Boss must have really have thought he was a teacher . He said "arise" so convincingly that some of the players who were still students almost said "good morning" in response .
In fact, this was Gandling's signature skill .
Arise – Gandling summons a group of failed students to fight for him . These students will rampage the area, attacking everything in sight . While casting this skill, Gandling takes 50% less damage .
On the one hand, this skill summoned a group of monsters to cause trouble and on the other hand, it also reduced damage caused to himself .
Fortunately, these monsters were relatively weak . They were students who were not good enough for Scholomance and had been sent to Stratholme . As long as the Off Tank got there in time to use his long-range taunt, an area of effect attack would be enough to deal with them .
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After these students were defeated, the Darkmaster would revive them .
These students were hopeless in life, but weren't even allowed to die in peace .
"Lu Li, come and see me in my office…" Darkmaster Gandling said as he pointed to Lu Li with his Magic Staff .
The other players started to break out in cold sweat when they saw Lu Li vanish on the spot . It really seemed like Lu Li had been instantly transported to Gandling's office somehow .
In fact, this was the other skill that the Darkmaster knew .
Harsh Lesson – Darkmaster Gandling randomly sends a player to his study and teaches that player harshly .
"Dammit, Lu Li, Lu Li!" Azure Sea Breeze cried out as he wiped the sweat from his forehead .
"You guys continue to deal damage . I have been sent into a small room . I can probably leave once I've cleared out the monsters here," Lu Li said to his teammates through their private channel as he fought off a group of failed experiments .
Failed Experiments: The Darkmaster saved these experiments in a room . These creatures will attack anyone who enters their room .
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In fact, these experiments were all Gandling's students . They appeared quite bloody and it wasn't clear what kind of perverse experiments had been performed on them . In addition, there were other subjects that were still conscious, but had been locked away . If these subjects tried to escape, they would be remotely detonated . Lu Li wasn't a healer, so he didn't bother helping them .
However, this meant that a Healer could still get out if they were sent here, as they could free the subjects . The Healer just needed to make sure that the subjects survived the detonation .
Harsh Lesson was the most difficult part of the first phase when fighting Gandling .
When ordinary players were suddenly transmitted, they usually couldn't respond quickly enough and weren't able to kill so many monsters .
After dealing with all the 'Failed Experiments' in that room, Lu Li was presented with a glowing halo that transported him back to the Boss when he stood in it .
The reason why he wanted to go in first was so that he could make an example of himself . Now that he had explained the skill to everyone, they would be able to deal with it more quickly if they were sent into it .
It was most troublesome when the Main Tank was sent in .
Azure Sea Breeze was known as Dawn's number one Main Tank, but not matter how strong a Main Tank was, they didn't have much damage . As such, it would be a little difficult for him to deal with the monsters in the room .
Fortunately, he had learned a number of high-attack skills . Although these hadn't been upgraded, he could at least use those to get some kills .
If the Main Tank was transmitted at this stage, the off tank had to assume the responsibility of tanking the Boss .
Ruling Sword got wiped the first time Azure Sea Breeze was sent away in this manner .
In their second attempt, they successfully survived the first stage . After entering the second stage, Gandling began using a number of new tricks in addition to his old ones .
"Assemble!"
After the Darkmaster gave the order, all the players were forced towards the center as pillars of fire erupted around them .
During this whole process, they had to withstand the damage from the two pillars of fire .
After the two eruptions, the players regained control and had to quickly leave . Otherwise, the third eruption would hit and potentially kill many of them .
Although Lu Li shouted for everyone to run, most of them didn't seem to realize that they had been released .
As such, the party was almost completely wiped here . Only a few players were left and they had no
choice but to start again .
Their third attempt went much better . Everyone knew what to do and they smoothly reached the third stage, where the Darkmaster gained new strengths . Not only did he cast the skills from the first two stages more often, he but he also had two more skills that truly tested the healers .
The Darkmaster's Fireball was used so often that it became an absolutely brutal experience .
"Move around; don't just stupidly get hit those!" Lu Li cried out at those being targeted by the Fireballs while he dealt with the large number of summoned monsters .