Chapter 9 Skull

When the bear-like man spoke, he spread his arms wide in a very uninhibited manner. He leaned back, his right foot resting on his left knee, as if he were sitting on a loose, thick sofa.

But in reality, he was only sitting on a wooden stool. The air behind this fellow seemed to be tamely supporting him. It was as if this guy was constantly exercising his abilities.

Although the people around him looked lazy, they all assumed a posture of listening intently. From this alone, it could be seen that this person's word was law, and although he seemed boorish, he was actually meticulous. Anyone who was slightly disrespectful would likely be remembered by him.

A man with a goatee followed his train of thought and said:

"My lord is right. Having too many MTs (Main Tanks) on the battlefield is indeed a very troublesome matter. Every MT possesses the ability to rescue or strengthen their teammates in a timely manner. Once an MT seizes the opportunity, a sure-kill situation or even an exchange of pawns can turn into a complete loss. I have suffered such losses more than once in previous battles. Therefore, in the upcoming team battle, we must think of a way to deal with this properly."

"Focus fire! With just the four heavy sniper rifles in our team, we can take down two MTs first!" a man wearing sunglasses shouted fiercely.

"It's not that simple," the goatee man said, seemingly unwilling to offend the bear-like man, but clearly disdaining the sunglasses man's words:

"Have you really fought against such powerful MTs? Snipers are indeed useful against plot characters, but no matter how high the attack, it is first limited by the 40 rule, and then weakened by the MT's high defense. I have seen an MT's shield, and it almost rivals the total defense of all my equipment! Finally, the damage has to be reduced by the MT's own defensive talents! Four heavy snipers focus-firing to take down two MTs? What a joke! If you consider the honor potion, it would be lucky to kill one MT with four heavy snipers focus-firing!"

The sunglasses man widened his eyes as if he had heard a great joke:

"Four heavy snipers can't take down one MT? Are you kidding me! Do you know how much my highest damage is now? A critical hit can break seven thousand!"

"Seven thousand is high?" the goatee man sneered. "First of all, your perception is a weakness, so your hit rate has always been a major problem. Secondly, truly powerful MTs often possess the ability to suppress your critical hit rate. You probably won't be able to land a critical hit on them, so the theoretical damage is only 3500. After removing the 40 rule reduction from 3500, there is only a theoretical kill of 2100. Adding the MT's high defense, which can negate at least half the damage, your actual attack power is at most around 1000 points. Furthermore, don't forget that the MT also has powerful defensive talent support, so this 1000 points of damage might even be weakened to around eight hundred! And I haven't even calculated the MT's talent skills and auras!"

"The health of an Awakened MT is at least three thousand points or more! Four heavy snipers hitting him at the same time would barely reach this figure! And don't forget about the existence of team abilities. In any case, the MT will have the chance to drink an honor potion, right? Rakki Faerian, do you still think four heavy snipers can instantly kill an MT now? Using the experience of battles between plot characters to measure battles between contractors is already a very foolish thing. Using the battle experience between plot characters to measure the contest between teams led by MTs is even more of a grave mistake!"

"Tarth is right, it's always good to be cautious," the bear man concluded the argument. "Our team doesn't pay enough attention to MTs, and it's probably too late to sharpen our swords now. However, our attack power is still second to none, so our positioning should not be in siege warfare, but in sudden attacks!"

The bear man's face turned fierce, and he waved his arm violently:

"A surprise attack from the side! After the enemy's main force is drawn away, we appear and pierce through their proud barrier in one fell swoop! Tarth, you said there shouldn't be too many MTs, right?"

Tarth also smiled easily and said:

"Lord Bill, MTs not only need strength to appear, but also luck. A team that has one is already extremely lucky. Besides, the opposing side already has a disadvantage in numbers, right?"

The bear man Bill nodded in satisfaction, grabbed a roasted pig leg beside him, glistening with oil, and began to chew on it:

"That's good! Go and contact Team Five. Their team's attack power is insufficient, but they are especially good at attrition. Let them attract attention in the front, and we'll chase after them from behind! Go all out!"

The sound of Bill tearing the roasted meat with his teeth was mixed in with his garbled words, giving off a doubled sense of roughness and greed:

"Screw these guys' undefended a**holes!"

Fang Senyan and Reef pushed open the door of room fourteen.

The guy who was raising the wine bottle and drinking directly from it... was beyond Fang Senyan and Reef's expectations! This person was not their first choice for hosting, nor even a substitute.

"Skull...?" Fang Senyan said with some surprise.

Skull drained the remaining wine in the bottle, then took a bite of the bottle and crunched it:

"Yeah, surprising, isn't it?"

Fang Senyan smiled wryly:

"It is a bit... but your fondness for wine bottles surprises me even more."

Skull laughed loudly:

"This is a special product of the space, crystal chocolate wine. The taste of the bottle is chocolate. Do you think I enjoy gnawing on equipment? So I don't let go of even the wine bottles."

"Is that so??" Fang Senyan couldn't help but snap his fingers and order a bottle. Sure enough, he found that although the wine bottle crunched when bitten, it tasted like very thin ice flakes, and had a sweet chocolate flavor that was much better than the wine inside.

Such a misunderstanding quickly narrowed the distance between the three of them. Moreover, although Skull had a high opinion of himself, Fang Senyan and Reef were also powerful MTs, and they could also catch his eye. Life-and-death battles were common in the Nightmare World, so there was nothing much to say about those grievances. What was important was the present, so it was nothing to laugh it off.

The three then talked about what had happened since they last met. Only then did they learn that Skull's team had suffered a heavy blow, and almost all of his members had died. At this time, he was introduced by Zeus and pulled into Nightmare Space C. Of course, both Zeus and Skull also received a lot of benefits.

Zeus was also an ambitious person. The reason for introducing Skull was actually because he was somewhat envious of the dual MT mode. However, not everyone can run a dual MT mode.

The relationship between Fang Senyan and Reef was built up bit by bit. In addition, Reef himself was already disheartened. However, Skull was not willing to be a second-in-command. Or rather, Zeus's ability was not enough to make Skull willing to serve as a second-in-command.

Therefore, the conflict between the two was buried from the beginning. In the end, the two managed to maintain a little reason and parted peacefully. Now Skull had also pulled together a team and even had a Chosen One. But he didn't expect to encounter a bloody world when the team's foundation was most critical! If he wasn't careful, then this new team could collapse in an instant!

Of course, if he could survive at this time, what would follow would be the team's dramatic expansion.

So Skull thought of Fang Senyan. The dual-MT configuration from that day's battle had also left a deep impression on him. And Skull was also a pragmatic person. His first hope was to preserve his team, and then to advance.

At this time, Fang Senyan did not refuse such cooperation either. With his planning and arrangements, he was naturally not afraid that Skull would dare to plot against him. The two discussed for a while, agreed on the terms of the cooperation, and gradually moved on to other things. However, most of it was still concern about fighting the many with the few.

"I just don't know what the battlefield is? It only says to choose one from the Battle of Helm's Deep, the Defense of Minas Tirith, and the Final Battle of Mount Doom, and it hasn't been decided yet," Reef suddenly said.

"In any case, since we have a numerical disadvantage, we should always be assigned to the side occupying the favorable terrain, right?" Skull said, looking at Fang Senyan with some expectation: "I like the Final Battle of Mount Doom. Seriously, that's also our closest chance to the One Ring. If possible, even if we lose on the bloody battlefield, being able to get the One Ring would make the trip worthwhile."

Fang Senyan's face became somewhat heavy:

"The stronger the power of something like the One Ring, the smaller the price to pay absolutely won't be. It's like the Fangtian Huaji (halberd) used by the most powerful generals in our history. It can be said to be a divine weapon, but if ordinary people were to use it, they would only smash their feet. It's best to have something that suits you."

Reef suddenly asked Skull about the MT aura. Reef's MT aura had not yet awakened, and it had always been a concern. However, Skull congratulated Reef instead after hearing this. It turned out that there were advantages to awakening the MT aura early and advantages to awakening it late.

Awakening it early can certainly provide assistance in advance, but this thing needs to be upgraded, and the required merit points are also astonishing! Awakening it late means that it is possible to awaken at lv3 or lv4 in one go, which can save a lot of money.

For Reef, since the MT aura was not a necessity, there was no need for it to come out now and gild the lily. It would be better to accumulate for a while.