Although these players ultimately could not escape being exiled, the destructive power of the advanced power users was fully displayed in this incident. Of course, all countries strengthened their management of adventurers afterwards, but that's another story.
And next, the Ghost Knight's Thousand Army Strike left Antitina, this well-educated noble daughter, utterly speechless. That kind of all-penetrating strength seemed like it could distort nature, though it was just an illusion, it still brought about a sense of despair.
The younger sister among the Elemental Sisters couldn't help but shiver, while her elder sister hugged her tightly, and together they persevered. This was also the perseverance of the Rubis Mercenaries, had it been any other mercenaries, they would have long fled without a trace by now.
Mercenary code dictates keeping promises, but after all, people are still people.
Everyone held their breath.
But it seemed like a miracle happened at that moment.
After the Ghost Knight charged to a certain spot, as if there was an invisible line there, it suddenly stopped. The Undead raised its head, and through the mask, its dimly glowing eyes looked at the people in front of it, raising its hand to swing the long spear, unleashing two invisible wind blasts.
The wind blasts moved forward, plowing deep grooves into the ground, with the surrounding black pines instantly toppling over. However, unfortunately, the wind blasts dissipated before even touching Brand and Hu Que.
The mercenaries saw the Ghost Knight stopped behind that invisible line, futilely swinging its long spear trying to kill their lord and captain, but it proved to be in vain—because it simply couldn't reach them. At that moment, these people almost truly believed they were divinely protected, that it must be Lord Martha watching over their lord from the heavens. Follow current novᴇls on novel·fiɾe·net
Even Antitina's eyes sparkled with a peculiar glint, though she slightly hesitated, and that glow turned into doubt.
Roman clasped her hands together, exhaled a sigh, and showed a smile. She thought to herself, as expected, her Brand was the best: Auntie, see, Little Roman also has an excellent lover now.
The mercenaries cheered, even Hu Que looked at him with disbelief. But Brand did not relax at all, he had predicted accurately, the Ghost Knight's activity range was indeed at this location, and it wasn't hard to guess, just by calculating the patrol radius of the Monster Lord one could infer the activity radius.
The patrol radius of the Ghost Knight itself was pitifully small, not to mention it was a storyline monster, its activity range was even lesser; in fact, there was a formula for it, though Brand never bothered to memorize, his experience was sufficient.
He made a gesture to the others behind him: everyone enter the Ghost Knight's attack range.
Everyone was stunned.
Isn't this good, we can hit it, but it can't hit us! Almost everyone thought this way, some even took out their crossbows and measured, fearing their lord had momentarily forgotten they had remote attack capabilities.
"Lord..." Hu Que couldn't help but speak.
"Listen to my command." But Brand interrupted. Things weren't that simple, if the Ghost Knight remained unable to reach them, it would soon turn away, though it was a mission monster, it wasn't foolish.
Under his persistence, the mercenaries reluctantly obeyed and entered the Ghost Knight's attack range. Fortunately, under the slowdown effect of the Ice Split Arrow, the terrifying Undead's attacks became predictable, the experienced mercenaries would not struggle to evade the wind blasts.
Brand knew as long as it didn't unleash a Thousand Army Strike, even if these Rubis Mercenaries were within its attack range, it couldn't harm them, it could only futilely swing its long spear to demonstrate its existence.
The mercenaries quickly realized this point. Thus the combat scene immediately became comical, the Ghost Knight seemed like it was trying to hit a mole, while the mercenaries dodged around like a group of rats, occasionally retaliating with their remote weapons—the only difference being, the Ghost Knight could never hit them, and the mercenaries didn't care about their image.
Surviving was all that mattered.
Hu Que was almost stunned by the sight, if the scary strength of the Ghost Knight had previously exceeded his understanding, the peculiarities of the combat techniques at this moment again surpassed his comprehension. He believed himself to have fought in wars for decades, yet he had never seen such an exchange.
Brand saw Hu Que's expression, feeling a slight sense of pride. He knew that in past wars, it was often a small number of people who truly determined the outcome, knowledge held by few, thus the mindset towards war followed set patterns.
But he was different, he came from a highly civilized world—at least half of his soul did. In that highly civilized society, universal education granted everyone the right to think, endless creativity allowed players to develop infinite tactics in this virtual world.
In his era, the gaming industry had a famous saying: The freer the rules, the harder the players.
Players always sought one-shot solutions, unconstrained by conventions, leveraging any available resources and advantages to strike the enemy, achieving asymmetrical warfare.
Brand had confidence in this idea, as if it represented all human wisdom. Standing on another level, looking down at this world, a world struggling in darkness, filled with suffering.
He handed the remaining Ice Split Arrows to Hu Que, said nothing more because he trusted the old mercenary knew when to apply the DEBUFF to the Ghost Knight. The Ice Split Arrow was one of the most commonly used Magic Arrows, there was no reason the Rubis Mercenaries wouldn't know its use.
Mercenary Captain hesitated for a moment: "Lord?"
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