Chapter 1355
1355 A Key Battle
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When Lucifron's HP was just a little over half full, there were a few people who had no mana left .
They seemed to have exhausted all of their means of regenerating mana . These Magic professions with no mana were like tigers with no teeth . At least a tiger could still use their claws, but could you expect these Magic professions to go and attack the Boss with their Magic Staff?
"Lifting the curses is still a problem . Short Road, you need to be faster," Lu Li said . He had calmed down a little .
"Sorry, my bad," Short Road apologized softly . It was hard to tell how he was feeling, partly because he was ill, but also because he was good at controlling his emotions . The reason why Lu Li criticized him was not because he was slow, but actually because he kept removing the curses on targets that Star Baby had already covered .
This meant that the work he did was useless and a waste of time .
"It's Star Baby's fault – she keeps targeting people she shouldn't be," Water Fairy said . She knew what had happened .
"Well, next time I just won't cast my skills so quickly then," Star Baby muttered as she stuck her tongue out . She really had been targeting players that were supposed to be Short Road's . This meant that he had no choice but to cancel his skill and look for other targets . Star Baby should have been the one receiving the criticism .
"I gave you your groups so it would be easier for you to remove their curses . If you do this again I will start deducting points," Lu Li said .
Among the three Mages, there were bound to be some mistakes . Whether it was the mistake of one or three of the Mages, those mistakes would have implications for the entire team .
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In a group of 40 players, the chance of someone making a mistake was higher than in a team of 15 or 10 players .
The team was wiped again and again, and soon, they had already spent half a day there .
"This is the ninth time – the ninth time we got wiped," Lu Li said blankly . "Thank you for opening my eyes and showing me all these ways mistakes can be made . I think the performance is over; it's time for us to finish off this Boss so we can have some food!"
"I recommend increasing the damage output at the start," Wandering interjected .
"Why do you say that?"
"The Mages removing the curse is not such a problem now . No matter how many times we die, we can't put our complete trust in them . If the fire demons' charm is such a threat, and would cause us to lose 3-5 players, why don't we just burst them right at the beginning?"
"That sounds like a good idea . Let's try to kill these demons first," Lu Li nodded in agreement .
The role of commander, or the head of a party, was a concept that had proliferated throughout Dawn . If you could take a party through an Instance Dungeon by following a strategy, then you could call yourself a commander . But in fact, a real commander needed to at least know how the game mechanics worked .
After starting the fight, Azure Sea Breeze wasn't tanking the Boss this time .
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Lucifron was handed over to World's Best Friend . Wandering was still responsible for whoever got charmed, but Azure Sea Breeze was responsible for the two fire demons . His technique, skills and equipment were slightly stronger than World's Best Friend, so he could quickly take the aggro of the fire demons . In this way, the other damage output players could attack without fear .
The first player to be charmed was Bearded Zaza .
Bearded Zaza was a very powerful Hunter in Ruling Sword . He was very good at kiting and had solo-killed several Bosses by kiting them .
However, no matter how strong this damage output player was, Lu Li had to order for him to be killed .
The second player to get charmed was Lonesome Flower, which was a bit of a tragedy . Ice Mages were really important for Lucifron, so after he was killed, Lu Li immediately told Hachi Chan to Resurrect him .
At this point, the Fire Demons had been killed .
The result of a burst from this 40-person team was quite powerful, but there was a price to be paid . Bloodlust had been cast and everyone had used their most powerful damage skills . This meant that in this next fight, they would have fewer damage skills at their disposal .
Lu Li simply Resurrected Bearded Zaza to fight too .
Having another powerful damage output player could reduce the time a fight took, and possibly also reduce the number of times Lucifron used his curse .
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"Hachi Chan, don't bother healing everyone . Watch the second group; you can help lift curses too . Otherwise, just heal the Main Tanks . Darkness, if you get hit by the curse, then don't heal . Only continue after the curse has been removed . Mages and Druids, prioritise removing the
healer's curse . "
So far, they had fought fairly well . Lu Li was constantly adjusting his strategy as they went through their various successes and failures .
Although they had not yet reached the end of the day, everyone's spirits had been exhausted after such a long time of fighting . This was a natural outcome, particularly after being wiped so often .
Everyone saw Lu Li's grim expression, and knew that the commander was serious this time .
However, this only served to motivate them . They hadn't progressed this far before, and there wasn't one player who wasn't looking forward to getting this Boss over and done with .
"March Rain, pay attention to your mana . Everyone, take care of yourself so the healers are under less pressure . "
Lu Li had to ensure that the Priest had enough mana to cast the Dispel . If March Rain ran out of mana, then they would have no chance of defeating the Boss .
"I have a special effect here that might help," Water Fairy said suddenly as she reached for a badge .
Then, a green light shrouded March Rain's body . March Rain's mana was being regenerated until it reached about halfway .
"How do you have Innervate?"
Hachi Chan had previously given this skill to March Rain, but Lu Li didn't expect Water Fairy to have it as well .
"The effect isn't as good as the Druid version, but it's not that useful to me . It can also only be used once a day, so I didn't dare to use it before . But this time I have hope, and I hope it won't be wasted," Water Fairy explained clearly . She didn't want Ruling Sword's players to think that she had been hiding this skills .
Lu Li seemed to appreciate it .
"Great . Everyone should pull out all the stops now . If we can't defeat it this time, we'll have no choice but to fight it again tomorrow . "
Although everyone seemed honest, they would all have some skill or another hidden away . The fact that Lu Li said this in such a relaxed tone made everyone speechless . There were still things he could learn from other commanders .
The heads of other teams, even if they were Wild parties, would try as much as possible to understand what the players had .
This way, they would be able to come up with a specific strategy .
Lu Li never had such a tradition . After all, his fixed group originally had ten players . Everyone had fought together for so long that he had just slowly learned all the skills they had .
But now, the line-up had expanded drastically, and there were three more players from Drizzle Court . As such, they had to come up with some formalised rules .