Chapter 58: On the Importance of Healers
“Everyone get closer! Youyou and Brother Shiu stay behind us, while Lord Xisi blocks one position!”
When faced with a dead-end like this, you need to create your own terrain.
There are a total of 5 players and one pet. Starry can stay out of the formation as the tight space limits her performance. Instead, Starry’s role is to actively engage and draw the aggro of 2-3 ghouls to relieve pressure on the team.
Youyou and Brother Shiu definitely can’t outrun these ghouls; there’s no chance of escape.
At this point, it’s essential to form a wall formation, with the tankiest Zane in front, Endless Sea on the left, and Lord Xisi on the right.
Meanwhile, the Summoner and Mage protect and output from the back.
Fortunately, these two have decent builds, occupying less than a yard of space, perfectly forming an inverted V to shield them.
In a frenzied state, the ghouls’ movement speed is quite impressive, much like students rushing into the cafeteria at the end of class.
“Skill Summon—Little Butterfly!”
An orange butterfly flew out from the summoning array.
The inherent skill summon’s summoned beast attributes are quite average.
Little Butterfly:
Rarity: White
Level: 17
Health: 450
Attack Power: 23-26
Physical Defense: 13
Magical Defense: 7
Skills: None
Strength: ★
Agility: ★
Intelligence: ★
Spirit: ★
Stamina: ★
Compared to Lord Xisi, it’s significantly weaker. The Summoner class is very niche because this summoning skill is utterly useless; even a level 17 Little Butterfly only has an attack power of just over 20, making it nearly ineffective against monsters. Plus, contracts are tough to succeed, and even if the contract succeeds on lower-level monsters, like the rabbits in Beginner Village, their attributes are similar or even lower than that of the Little Butterfly.
Aside from friends and family squads, no one wants a Summoner who just sits around in random groups; after all, if you’re not connected, nobody has an obligation to carry you.
As for why Youyoufen chose this profession, it was purely because she found the Little Butterfly pretty, and there’s a misconception about summoners being easy to operate and able to grind monsters automatically.
Many players harbor such thoughts, but unfortunately, the poor gaming experience discourages them and they end up deleting their accounts to start anew.
Although the Little Butterfly has low health, it can absorb one hit, effectively counting as a health boost…
Starry charged out first, repeating her earlier tactic: the Qiu Yue Sword glowed with a cold light, freezing the leading ghoul, and then she executed a Thousand Flash Step to retreat from the battlefield.
“Prayer—Frost!” Snow and ice descended, and the temperature in the air suddenly dropped a few degrees. The ghouls’ movements also became stiff.
This time, Zane was clever.
Fire Curtain!
Taking advantage of the ghouls’ momentum, a wall of fire rose five yards ahead.
They could naturally sense the terrifying fire magic contained within. Zane’s magic attack was already a scary 263-283! If he wore the energy headband, it would be even higher, but for now, he didn’t want to dismantle the Withered Bone set; that Withered Bone Shield was still very practical.
However, none of this could compare to the temptation of food.
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The ghouls that passed through the fire curtain instantaneously lost half their health! However, they successfully charged out.
With most of the monsters around the fire curtain now…
“Prayer—Mud!”
This time, the effect of the quicksand played out perfectly.
Apart from the leading ghoul that managed to escape, the others sank deeper into the mire. Three unlucky ones were directly stuck in the fire curtain and burned to death.
“Roar—” the monsters growled deeply.
Lord Xisi was ready with the rocks, waiting for the enemies to enter the attack range.
Endless Sea was also poised with the Shattering Hammer, prepared to strike.
The half-health ghouls were the first to arrive.
“Explosive Flame!”
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Throwing rocks!
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The brave Little Butterfly was undeterred, lunging into the fray like a moth to a flame.
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“…”
The enraged ghoul swatted it away with a claw.
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The butterfly’s health plummeted!
“Bang!”
Taking advantage of the ghoul attacking the Little Butterfly, Endless Sea swung the Shattering Hammer as if hitting a baseball!
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The ghoul staggered back a few steps.
There’s no denying that heavy weapons like the Shattering Hammer are incredibly effective against agile enemies.
A companion next to it moved past and charged forward.
“Get it, Prayer—Vine!” First, bind one. “Brother Shiu, finish off that low-health one!”
“Got it!” He nodded, and the magic attack was already forming.
Endless Sea taunted the ghoul behind and popped a bottle of high-level HP potion. Under the protection of the Guardian Shield, as long as he only pulled one, he wouldn’t die easily.
Lord Xisi diligently supported with the rocks.
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Short Punch!
Chuxue’s movements suddenly slowed down, her little fists wrapped in white boxing gloves moving forward at a very slow pace.
The Flower Demon King in front instinctively sensed the danger and attempted to release floral poison to paralyze the enemy.
That’s right, the ordinary Flower Demon’s floral poison only inflicts poison damage, while the Flower Demon King’s floral poison has the added effect of paralysis.
The petals opened, and purple smoke continuously flowed out.
“Nice try!” Nangong was already prepared with a charged arrow! Waiting for this moment!
“Whoosh!”
The charged arrow shot through the air, embedding itself into the pillar, resulting in blue damage numbers!
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“Zhi!” The Flower Demon King fell silent with that strike!
And Chuxue’s attack landed against the Flower Demon King’s body.
“Boom!!!”
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Critical hit!
The already low-health Flower Demon King completely went down with that strike.
“Damn… 900 damage!” Nangong was taken aback.
At that moment, a green number of +243 floated above Chuxue, raising her originally tense health line a bit.
“Phew, good thing we brought two healers; otherwise, even Chuxue wouldn’t have been able to endure it. This poison damage is too fierce! The detox potion only works at 30% efficiency.” Traveler sighed in frustration.
They had been grinding Flower Demons here for two days, and the two priestesses who had been killed by Yuhua were back online, as Zimei added them as friends and called them right away.
Hearing that Yuhua had been dealt with, the two girls were so happy they were practically jumping for joy.
Coincidentally, neither of them had a fixed organization, so Zimei decisively pulled them into the team.
In such a holographic immersive game, players who choose support roles are still relatively few; who wouldn’t want to play a damage-dealing role to wreak havoc?
So every support player must be treated well, cared for like a baby, because in the late game, a high-quality healer is hard to come by; they usually have their own fixed squads or guilds, so it’s best to cultivate an exclusive healer for the team early on!
The girl with long black hair on the left is called ‘Princess Wencheng,’ while the short-haired girl on the right is called ‘Prince Jiangxia.’
Everyone usually just calls them Wencheng and Jiangxia.
In fact, this name has a story behind it; originally, these two girls were college roommates and agreed to play Dream of the Mists together.
When registering, Jiangxia suggested to Wencheng, why don’t you pick the name ‘Princess Wencheng,’ and I’ll take ‘Songzan Ganbu’?
Historical records state that Princess Wencheng’s husband is Songzan Ganbu.
Wencheng considered it briefly and agreed pleasantly.
Then…
Jiangxia took that name.
After leaving the Beginner Village, Wencheng didn’t hesitate to grab Jiangxia by the neck, “I take you as my husband, and you actually want to be my dad???”
