MMORPG: The Elementalist

It was the second level of the Graveyard of the Gods.

A sharp glint of icy cold light emitted from a pair of eyes narrowed into a line, hid in the bush at the dark corner of the forest. The gaze was fixed at the six-man Angel Faction party that was gradually approaching.

“Target appeared…”

“There are six. Three Aquamancers, a Berserker, a Bowmaster, and a Swordmaster… Their equipment seemed ordinary and only one Aquamancer with Dark Gold equipment.”

“Get ready. Once they get into our ambush, we will fight!”

“Roger that!”

After the time to attack was set, the eyes hidden in the bush had quickly swept past the Aquamancer with Dark Gold equipment in the opposing party. Greed and cruelty filled his eyes as he licked his dry lips in anticipation.

It had been a long while since he last saw such a decent prey.

They had encountered various players—some of them formed a well-established party, some solo pros who was extremely violent and rude, and the most terrible one was a group of pros. It was particularly hard in the second level of the Graveyard of the Gods. Like skating on thin ice, one had to be extra cautious. After a long time, they finally encountered opponents that were not strong and seemed easy to handle. If fortune was on their side, they could even get some good rewards.

Hey! It would be great if they could get the Aquamancer’s Dark Gold equipment.

Indulging in his own fantasy, the Bowmaster held his breath cautiously as he quietly lay prone in the bush, waiting for the party to come near.

“Eh?”

As the party drew nearer, the Bowmaster was suddenly stunned with the information of the Aquamancer he was targeting.

Qin Ruo from Angel Faction, a Level 41 Aquamancer.

‘He is just a Level 41 player? Such a rookie.

‘Wait! Qin Ruo?’

This name was familiar. It was strange. He heard of this name before.

Although the Bowmaster felt that something was wrong, he did not press further as the time left to launch an attack was merely two seconds from the moment he obtained Qin Ruo’s information.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Breaking the silence, two arrows swooshed through the air in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, two arrows fell from the sky, targeting both sides of the party and struck the Bowmaster and Zephyr Swordmaster directly. Both of them were caught off guard as they yelled in surprise and fell onto the ground. The Bowmaster did not notice any signs that there was actually an ambush laid by the opponent players.

“Be careful!”

“It’s the opposing faction!”

“We are trapped!”

“Stand in a line! Watch yourself!”

It was the party led by Qin Ruo. A group of six people stood in a line.

The three Elementalists quickly regained consciousness. They took out Magic Scrolls at the same time, pointing them to the direction of the arrows, preparing for a counter attack. After Dark Cyclone had activated Berserk, he realized that there were actually two Bowmasters from the opposing faction standing tall up on the tree branch, twenty meters away. Their bodies were completely camouflaged by the trees as they operated from the shadows.

It was incredible. They actually hid on the trees. That was not all, as another six or seven players from the Demon Faction could be seen hiding in front of the trees that the Bowmasters stood on. Not waiting for the counter-attack from Qin Ruo’s party, the three Elementalists of the Demon Faction cast AoE Spells at the same time.

Darkmist! Quagmire! The former was a spell that worked over a small area that was particularly useful for blinding the players and undermining the morale of a party. The latter was useful to completely wipe out the opponents.

There was only one Elementalist that cast an offensive AoE.

“Rolling Inferno!”

The third Elementalist cast the AoE attack, targeting the Bowmaster in Qin Ruo’s party.

Before Qin Ruo could react, a hint of dark mist swirling around them had quickly thickened. Without activating defensive spells, the opponent Elementalist summoned a stream of giant flames. The Bowmaster who fell on the ground was killed in an instant.

“Bastard!”

Beads of cold sweat streamed down Qin Ruo’s face. Before he was totally blinded by Darkmist, he activated a Magic Scroll without a hesitation which was blasted at the opponent players that were rushing toward them.

“Raging Frost Roar!”

A magnificent giant cloud of snow was blown toward the opponent players. Although the players from the opposing faction were not extremely ferocious, the ambush was ingeniously laid. Stunning!

The strength of the opponent was nothing. What worried Qin Ruo the most was the opponent that was extremely intelligent, especially those who were capable of sneaky tactics and unorthodox strategies.

This time, the opponent players had laid a perfect ambush—hiding and waiting for the prey to fall into the trap. They had actually been waiting for the windfall in the second level of the Graveyard of the Gods! That was not all, the Bowmasters had even hidden in plain sight, up on the trees, so the prey would step into the trap without knowing it.

The raid was a great success. Without the Elementalists casting any defensive spells, they took the advantage of the great eyesight of the Bowmaster, closely monitored the opponents from high above the ground, and killed the only Bowmaster in the opposing party.

Qin Ruo was absolutely sure that there must be an invisible Bandit in the opponent Squad. Once the Bowmaster was killed, the Elementalists left were nothing. Not only could the other two Elementalist hardly escape, he too was in extreme danger. Not waiting for Qin Ruo to activate Water Veil, a few warriors, Elementalists, Bowmasters, and a Bandit rushed over. The annihilation was as high as 90%.

It was a vicious strategy… The only flaw was…They missed out something important!

“Poochie!”

Just as the party was completely engulfed in the Darkmist, a loud scream could be heard. Poochie had appeared. It jumped off Qin Ruo’s shoulder and landed on the ground, out of the Darkmist. Horrified screams rang and lots of system notifications about the death of the opponent players appeared.

“Fuck!”

“What is this?”

“Where the hell did this monster come from?!”

“Damn! It moves too fast! Bowmaster! Kill it!”

“Crap! I can’t target it! It’s too fast! It might hit you instead!”

“What?”

Several warriors who had been ravaged by the Raging Frost Roar had their HP almost depleted to zero. Poochie swiped four soldiers with its paw and slammed into the three Elementalist who stood stunned at the back, without their defensive spells activated.

However, the thing Qin Ruo worried the most had happened!

Before they could escape from the Darkmist, the shield was broken and shrieks were heard. Two Elementalists lied on the ground, one killed, another fainted.

In a hurry, Qin Ruo conjured the Water Element around them.

“Frostburst!”

Boom!

A loud bang sounded, as the system notification about the death of four opponent players flashed across. It was four Bandits.

The opposing party was quite something; they were able to detect and defeat four Bandits that were hiding in the Graveyard of the Gods.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

They did not even get the chance to catch their breaths as more arrows were let loose, resulting in a rain of arrows descending from the sky.

First…Second…Third round?! There were three Bowmasters!

Dark Cyclone and the Zephyr Swordmaster retreated to the side while taking in HP Potion (L). It was such a pity that even if they had retreated and escaped from the ambush, they were presently exposed in the eyes of the three Elementalists and Bowmasters.

“You f*cking shit!＂The Dark Cyclone scolded as he retaliated. In a mere second, his body fell on the ground with a plonk, as he in an instant. The Zephyr Swordmaster was of the same fate, killed by only a single Magic Attack.

Five out of six died in a split second (The Elementalist that fainted was killed in the shower of arrows). Qin Ruo was the only one left hiding in the Darkmist.

Despite the sudden killing of five opponent players, the Demon Faction party was not the least bit relieved—they were actually terrified.

With a mere Raging Frost Roar, their attacks were stopped midway. A single Frostburst had instantly slaughtered four valuable Bandits. Even though the remaining six of them could survive the battle, they could no longer stay in the second level of Graveyard of the Gods as easily as before.

Moreover, not only was the Illusory Raccoon that had culled four Demon Faction warriors in a row still alive, but it had also presently rushed toward the three Elementalists of the Demon Faction.

It went without saying who was the real owner of this monster. While only one player and his pet left, what made them terrified was they suddenly recalled the real identity of this Level 41 Aquamancer who was trapped in the Darkmist.

He was the Aquamancer who was capable of killing thirty elites from Demon Faction and a Tier 4 Elite Boss!

Crap! It was most unfortunate for them to encounter this jinx!