Chapter 967
Although I Love Big Boobs was being annoying, there was some truth behind what he said .
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Lu Li and Square Root Three discussed with the higher ups in the guild about this and agreed . Sesame Rice Ball began summoning players via his teleportation skill while Lu Li contacted Water Fairy, who apparently had a thing with Lu Li .
It was definitely beneficial for both parties to clear a new map together . There was no reason for Water Fairy to reject his offer because they had worked together before and she knew that Lu Li was fair in dividing up the loot .
The First Clear obviously belonged to Ruling Sword, but Drizzle Court would be compensated with loot .
Because of how high the Boss' level was, Drizzle Court assigned their No . 1 Druid Tank Deep Watersong as well as two or three other tanky classes as backup .
The Warlock who had learned Summoning Portal was teleported by Sesame Rice Ball and they worked together to double the speed at which the players were summoned .
Ruling Sword assigned three Elite groups and five quasi-Elite groups, while Drizzle Court sent out five Elite groups . The two parties added up to more than 1,300 players . This sort of large scale expedition wasn't unheard of in the past and was becoming more and more common as the game continued to expand .
In actuality, when a guild sent out a thousand players to defeat a wild boss, eight hundred of those players were there to guard the main party and secure the perimeters from enemy players .
There were very few players who had yet to set foot in the Underworld . Even if they had the coordinates, it was difficult for them to find the cave and therefore, they wouldn't be able to enter . As such, Lu Li wasn't worried about other players stealing their kill and the players from each guild could all be put to use in the battle .
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The number of players were a lot more than Haggle expected, which boosted his confidence .
"Linked Aggro does not mean that if you hit a monster, all the monster will immediately swarm towards you and attack you . Once we attack a monster, each player will be on the aggro list and the monsters will attack whomever they have the most aggro towards . In other words, there will be countless waves of monsters attacking us once we begin fighting," Lu Li explaind .
When there was a large group of monsters, this limit usually applied .
Lu Li wasn't sure whether the Boss would join in on the fight right after they began . As such, he would prefer to allocate some time for his teammates to get in position . Lu Li gathered up the small group leaders and explained to them the procedures and positioning for each individual group .
Three sets of Main Tank and Healers were first distributed to each group, after which the DPS classes were filled in .
This was quite easy because DPS classes were allocated based on the Boss' weakness . For example, Mages were assigned to low Magic Resistance bosses . If there was a need to reassign mid-fight, then that wouldn't be a problem either .
Since there were three Bosses, it would be impossible for Lu Li to coordinate all everyone in the fight if he was in the battle himself . Instead, he decided to oversee everything with Square Root Three from vantage point upon a small hill .
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Water Fairy also chose not to participate .
"Begin!"
As soon as the commander gave his orders, one of the Hunters shot an arrow towards the Rockjaw monster and pierced through its body, taking a small chunk from its HP bar .
After this, the stats appeared before Lu Li .
As expected of a Lv50 monster, it's HP was absurdly high .
The battle had officially begun and all the monsters stopped what they were doing as their eyes filled with bloodlust and vengeance . Without any instructions at all, they began to swarm towards the players .
A shield-wielding Main Tank stood between his party members and the monsters . When they were close enough, the ranged classes began raining skills upon them .
There were monsters that were instantly killed before they even reached the Main Tank . Their Defense and HP were like nothing under the heavy fire of the ranged players .
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Some monsters were using ranged skills, including the Shaman Priests who were throwing thunderbolts and enraging the Rockjaw Troggs with their magic .
Based on the initial encounter, the players had the obvious advantage over the monsters .
Their planned-out positioning and extremely defensive front lines gave them a massive advantage, causing the Rockjaws to scatter and fluster, not knowing what to do . The monsters at the back began circling in place because the area was too crowded and they couldn't reach the players .
Suddenly, a gigantic Rockjaw monster called O'Brien appeared and let out a furious, thundering roar .
"Prepare for the Boss fight . Remnant Dream, use Misdirect on Deep Watersong," Lu Li calmly commanded as he glanced at the Boss .
Since the Bosses did emerge as one unit, the game plan was simple . The main team would focus on the Boss while the rest would focus on clearing out the monsters .
"Why not use Misdirect on Azure Sea Breeze?" Water Fairy was worried . Although she was confident in her Main Tank's equipment, he was only Lv47 and would take a lot of damage .
"Usually, the stronger Bosses appear later . I've got two Healing Paladins assigned to healing him, so as long as he doesn't get instkilled, he'll be fine," Lu Li explained .
"The Boss is level 55 though; are you sure about this?"
Level 55 would be six levels above Lu Li and around seven to eight levels above everyone else . If the Boss was more than 10 levels higher, then Deep Watersong would stand no chance .
However, the damage that the players dealt to O'Brien was still reduced . O'Brien smashed his hammer onto Deep Watersong, dealing Critical damage .
"I don't have any other choice . It's what's best for the mission," Lu Li said as he looked over towards Haggle . The Dwarf was actually dealing a considerable amount of damage and didn't seem to draw away the aggro .
Haggle was dealing around ten times the damage of the players, not including critical hits .
"Is that the NPC that gave out the quest? What sort of quest is it that we need to clear out a Rockjaw Nest?" Water Fairy asked .
Lu Li didn't want to hide it from her and explained to her how the three girls had built an orphanage . The mission was a one-time opportunity and there wasn't much point in explaining it from the beginning .
Water Fairy thought about this and could not hide the disappointment in her face . However, Lu Li knew that she would sponsor them for their cause anyways .