"Ena... are you sure about this?"
Mac changed equipment with Ena. Good thing Dexter crafts could magically adjust depending upon the user, making it appropriate to all sizes and gender.
"Yes, I think this strategy will work... and it must work... no matter what."
Dexter watched the Numbers, this time, hoping that at least, this one, they could complete the simple task he had given to them: pulling mobs the way dungeon crawlers do.
Ena decided to be the one to make the pull. After watching from the sidelines for far too long, she noticed the crucial timing that needs to be done so that the aggro of the mobs will not be gone, especially once Kur cast his heal.
"Don't forget what I tell you Kur about earlier... here I come, follow me from behind... Rin, don't forget to cast the jacket."
Ena steeled her resolve. Though she chose to be a Tank at first to fill their roles, she didn't know that Tanks have the crucial role.
She waved her mace in front of the two ogres to get their aggro and immediately ran towards the next mobs. Then activated her plate armor to taunt the ogres nearby. But because of its effect to make the user slow while it's on, she endured every club strike of the Ogre going to the next batch of mobs.
The Numbers knew how painful it was to be smashed by the club, since they died almost a dozen of times because of it, yet they grit their teeth watching their friend endure the heavy strike of the ogres.
And with another smash towards the next batch, she walked, activating her shield granted her invincibility.
"Rin! Jacket!"
A white fog spread out from the jacket of Rin, making the skills of Ena to cooldown much faster.
Since this skill didn't produce any damage or heal effect, the aggro didn't change to Rin.
Casting her taunt again, Ena watched the eyes of the Ogres while enduring every hit of their club with her shield.
'Not yet... not yet...'
Her HP was going down moderately, thanks to her defenses, yet the aggro was still not full.
'What now... what now... I couldn't let them attack until I got the full aggro...' she thought behind her shield.
She checked her HP for how fast it was going down, comparing it to the cooldown of her taunt.
'I'll die first at this rate... I... we... are we really going to be a slave forever?'
Ena, like Mac, panicked... yet she didn't move... time seems to slow down looking at the large club coming down at her.
She knows, if that one hit her, she would die without even getting the full aggro of the ogres, causing her party to get wiped.
'At least, let me hit you before I die.' Ena smiled.
Gripping her mace tightly, Ena attacked the Ogre near her, though she knows it was too late...
"Sacrifice!"
Ena was shocked; her life immediately went to full after she heard Kur.
Yet, the aggro is still with her even though it was not yet full.
She looked to where Kur is, and smiled when she saw nothing.
Casting her cooled down Taunt, she commanded;
"Attack! Now!"
The Numbers attacked, casting all their AOE spells to the clumped Ogres.
"Heal..." while Kur maintained Ena's life, healing her after he got out from his invisibility.
***
Clap... Clap...
"Nice... never thought I'd see that pro-healer move from an AI."
Dexter saw it, the Sacrifice and Invisibility combo being used by Pro-Healers that need crucial awareness especially to its surroundings.
It was a specialized move, that was hard to pull off without knowing the timing of the attack pattern of the mobs, while being mindful of the cooldown, and the motion of the Tank.
One wrong move – it'll cost a party wipe.
That's why unlike Tank that just needs to command and endure, Healers are the ones having the most stressful job, especially if their DPS don't know how to dodge and acting like a Tank.
It was also the reason why all healers disregard its DPS and only focus its heal on the Tank since there's no damage should come to the DPS, because their role is to Hit... not to get hit. Only during dungeon crawling.
"Good job, seems like no one wants to be a slave again..."
Dexter then woke Stella. He then took the food stored in his bracers.
"Let's all have dinner, we still have some time till midnight..."
***
Sand Worm Oasis, Black Inn.
Mia was joyfully eating a fried chicken brought to her by BigBlackCat.
"So, how's business..." asked BigBlackCat while puffing up a smoke.
"Well, it's all failure... we couldn't find any cheaters, that Gridlock... and I even forgot my Llama from Limitless Alliance..."
Biting the bone, she added.
"I think there's something wrong with this 'Beyond the Fog' Force and 'The Forgotten', even your boyfriend who was staying here for too long didn't say much, only telling me that I chose my tutorial poorly."
"Unlike the Original game, the politics here is so much more complicated, since we're not dealing with different nations, but with different worlds..."
"What if we rally all Earth players, and conquer this tutorial? you think it's feasible?" asked Mia.
"I don't know, even if we use all the intelligence within Black Inn, we will not be able to rally all Earth players, since no one will be able to lead us..."
Throwing the bone to the side, Mia rested her body on the sofa and stared at the ceiling.
"You remember the one you told me to follow? the one who brought news regarding Gridlock?"
BigBlackCat stared at Mia, squinting her eyes.
"You mean, the one who died suiciding naked in front of her girlfriend? yea... why?"
Mia's face got stern, she leaned on BigBlackCat and stared at her in the eyes.
"I think I stabbed him in the neck, when the Limitless Alliance hired me to kill a cheater..."
"Are you kidding me, how could someone who died suiciding, live? that death couldn't be resurrected!"
"I said, 'I think' right? so I'm not sure either... but, what if?"