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Vol. 11 - Chapter 526.2 - A blitzkrieg! The Sudden Crisis of Class-58!

The Thief King Rat.

It's notable ability was «Equipment Seal».

In the «Dungeon Activity» game, they're known as «Equipment Pillager»; a terrifying skill capable of tearing off their opponent's equipment. Once they succeed in stealing the equipment, the player's status would drop down, and if the stolen equipment happened to be a weapon, then be ready to run around in circles with no means to attack.

Though it was not invincible, and dealing a certain amount of damage would bring back the equipment.

The skill had a slight change in reality, that it instead sealed the equipment and lowered their ability to zero. Furthermore, the «Equipment Seal» could never be resolved unless they took down the boss; it was a troublesome ability through and through.

If they use it, the Class 1-58 might get the chance to escape out of the lion's mouth. And even better, their opponent could have their equipment sealed until they somehow deal with the Thief King Rat.

Plus, Thief King Rat was a strong monster in itself; the final floor boss was never a cincher after all. And with the 33 cost, they could have as many as 3 of Thief King Rat, a huge boon for them. The class leader was sure it was definitely the most useful monster in this match... excluding any drops of ««Gold Chest»» of course.

The class leader—Atrutua's decision to summon three of them was right on point. Had it been another class, they could have even turned the table while they fell into panic.

Well, only if it was some other class, that is.

Their opponent was Class-1. Even more, a majority of members were from «Eden».

"Go forth, «Thief King Rat»! Weaken them! Group 1 and 2, and also Group 5, you're in charge of protecting the Thief King!"

" " "Squeaaaaal!!!!" " "

The three last bosses of the intermediate dungeon charged in the direction of the frontline. It was a sight to behold for the first years. For allies, they're the dependable sword, for enemies, they're the form of terror.

But coming to Class-1, their perception of the last Int-low boss was quite... or rather skewed.

“Let’s go! Time to snatch those sweet sweet points!”

The Class 58 heard the rejoicing voice of the opponent's leader, Zephyr, who rushed in unflinched.

"Woaaahhh! Isn't it «Thief King Rat»? Each has 33 costs! We can have 99 points! Lucky!"

It shouldn't have been ...Lucky!

He had already equated them to be mere walking bundles of points.

He used his shield or sword to block or parry the incoming barrage of spells, and other long-range attacks, and continued his stride nonstop. The vanguard was led by Zephyr, Rika and Helck. And by virtue of «Proto Barrier» and «Regenerating Proto-Barrier», the damage they had received was barely negligible.

Right behind the vanguard was «Best of the Best, the Great Star», and even behind was other members of «Eden».

The Class-1 had yet to counterattack given the distance, but even that safe haven was at the verge of being breached. And, so did the Class-58 and Class-1 clashed in the square in front of Class-58's base.

"You're up, Karua, Ester! Saturn, prepare for a long-range attack!"

"Right away! Behold my mighty attaaackkk!"

A confrontation opened between Class-1 and the Group 1 & 2 defenders.

"Unique Skill—«Grand Magic - Meteor»! «Flare Burst»!"

"«Air Splitting Slash»!"

"«Furious Axe»!"

"«Aura Sword»!"

"«Lightning Burst»!"

In a breath, the long-range attacks came crashing toward the Group 1 & 2's tank in-charge, and also the «Thief King Rat» they had been protecting behind them, like a tsunami.

"Aaaarrggghhh!"

"Ughh, h-how are they so strong!?"

"I-Impossible!"

Just one wave of attack had wiped out the tanks of the opponent. The support student had immediately followed up by casting heal but... they could only heal a negligible portion. This was the difference between them—between high-ranking jobs and mid-ranking jobs.

Moreover, Class-1 had already chased up to them.

The tanks wasted no breath and readied their shield, their eyes brimming with resolution to fulfil their role even at the cost of their life. But, they must protect the Thief King Rat at all cost.

Alas, if only the resolution was capable of filling that gulf between them. Class-1 outsmarted the tanks and launched their attack at the Thief King Rat.

They're the three bosses, a target of fear, yet they're mere prey for «Eden».

The failure of Class-58 had most stemmed from their over-reliance on the guardian monsters. Maybe they shouldn't have deployed the monsters beside the tanks.

After all, Class-1's had been the base—or not, it was the bosses all along.

" "Screeecchh!" "

"What!?"

It was a bygone conclusion when they finally realised the situation. Class-1 completely ignored the last defence line, and mounted an attack on the Thief King Rats.

"Don't hold backkk! Don't think about the opponent, just attack, and retreat immediately! «Attribute - Fire»! «Brave Heart»! «Brave Slash»!"

With an energetic sword, Zephyr brings down his sword clad in flame—their weak point.

"My magic shall obliterate all! «Mega Flare»! «Flare Impulse»!"

Saturn launched his spells—an intermediate rank fireball spell, and a thunder fire twin-attribute spell—from distance.

"Fufu, mere rats are only suitable to rust on my sword at best. «Boulder Slash»! Unique Skill—«Secret Technique - Gigantic Slash»!"

Jilong smashed down his sword in a vertical motion.

"Long had been anticipating my axe and muscles in this situation. Behold, this charming bulge of my arms! «Axe of Destruction»! Unique Skill «Action Explosion»!"

Tom flexed his biceps, and with a swing containing every ounce of his strength, he decimated the rat in front of him.

Soon after Zephyr, the rest of Class-1 focus fire on the boss.

"Squeallllll!"

The burst of action takes down one rat, then another rat.

Class-58 was stunned silly. They might have weakened versions of actual bosses, and only have a bit of higher HP than the normal monsters, nevertheless this subjugation speed was still too abnormal.

At the same time, their first strategy had turned out to be a failure. Everyone in the Class-58 just shared the same though—What in tarnation?! Were Bosses this easy to be defeated?!

Of course, a reason could be attributed to the fact that it had been a ten person party while it was generally a 5 people party.

Either way, they couldn't let it go on. The leader of the tank squad regained his bearings, and just happened to see the final Thief King Rat under the flurry of attack. A strange expression flashed on his face, Thief King Rats were summoned to protect them, yet here they're going to protect them instead.

"P-Protect the boss! Don't let them take down the Thief King Rat at any cost!"

The tank squad had just tried to insert themselves between the boss and Class-1, but their plan was foiled by a huge body that became blockable.

"What impudence to ignore this Venerable, eh? Behold, «Aura Sword»!"

With a theatrical gesture of his hand, It was Helck who stood in front of the tank squad as the blockade. It was his time earning tactic.

"Shit! Step Asiddeeee!!"

The tanks picked up speed and rammed into him, albeit it proved to be futile attempt due to lack of strength. Helck remained still on his spot.

Just as the remaining Thief King Rat was isolated from its protectors, Zephyr's sword zoomed at it.

"You have mixed your priorities. You know where you're wrong? You put guardian monsters in charge of attack. The guardian monsters award points when defeated. No matter how strong they're, they would still remain an object to be protected. You had created a pitfall for yourself the moment you forgot the basics and relied on them."

"Squeallll!!"

Maybe it was stubbornness of last Thief King Rat, its fist enchanted with «Equipment Seal» cut through air and toward the opponent.

"Oorryyaaaaa!! «Lightning Burst»!"

A fist and the sword collided, and offset each other.

"—! Now!"

" "Haaaaa!!" "

As Zephyr's command echoed, Tom and Jilong tackled, Karua and Ester launched their offensive that was followed by the rest of member's attack. And at last, Zephyr's «Swift Strike» became the coup de grace that reaped the last silver of Thief King Rat's HP.

"Alright, time to slip away!"

As soon as Class-1 confirmed this, they immediately took their exit from the field then waited to see the effect dispersing.

They'd come in a flash, and went by in a flash after raging around—they're a disaster akin to a storm, truly.

The sole silver lining amidst the misfortune was at least the Class-58 had still retained all of their members. Meanwhile their opponent had left with 99 points splendidly.

"What in the world... was all of it......"

A weak mumble made its way out of Class-58's leader Atrutua.

Right, I forgot to mention additional chapters will be published in Saturday/Sunday.

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