Chapter 8 Gold Shines Everywhere

Here, Akaphiel had to admit that the support abilities of the fellow named Sailor were indeed useful. Without the extra three points of Strength, he believed his mastery of the shield wouldn't be so skillful.

"Get lost!" Akaphiel roared, sweeping the giant shield, heavily striking the body of a viper wolf that pounced on him! The sharp shield spikes immediately left this guy with very deep and painful memories. If it dreamed at night, it would definitely dream of being naked and falling into an endless cactus field. It let out a miserable wail, immediately flying away, spurting blood.

However, at this moment, another elite viper wolf that had been lurking nearby seized the opportunity and pounced fiercely. Akaphiel shouted and slammed the raised tower shield to the ground, then thrust his shoulder forward, immediately forming a triangular fulcrum, firmly stabilizing the shield. Even though his strength was insufficient, with such skill, the shield was difficult to break through, preventing a defense breach.

With a loud "bang."

This elite viper wolf couldn't stop its momentum and crashed into the sharp shield spikes, letting out a wail. Five or six blood-spurting holes immediately appeared on its body. The ensuing ranged fire also beat it back again and again. Akaphiel repelled two beasts in a row, but the disadvantages of using such a two-handed tower shield were also revealed. Its defense was excellent, but during rotation and evasion, it inevitably revealed huge flaws, so it could only rely on the team to make up for the missing parts.

However, the advantages of using this heavy shield were also very obvious, that is, relying on the shield's terrifying defensive power, one could often obtain a powerful damage reduction effect. To give a direct example, if Reef carried this shield in the Star River world to withstand the Queen's tongue-thorn tower attack, he might not even need to break through the extreme value to deal with it. Of course, if he encountered a sea of ​​bugs... then he would die unusually quickly while struggling.

Although he repelled the elite viper wolf again, Akaphiel's heart sank, because he had seen that the deputy who should have been covering his flank had just been knocked to the ground by a viper wolf, and was torn at the throat, immediately entering a seriously injured state. The team skill was activated, and he flashed away.

The beast that had just tasted the sweetness of flesh and blood roared angrily from its throat, and looked directly at Akaphiel, who was the closest, baring its fangs and claws, pouncing on the back of his neck.

Akaphiel was also at his wit's end at this time. This was also a disadvantage of the tower shield. He took a deep breath, and the part of his neck that was about to be attacked quickly turned gray-white, as if it were granite. Obviously, his defense had been greatly improved! This was also one of Akaphiel's trump cards! Stone Skin Art! If it weren't for the team's warning, and that he couldn't fall down and retreat at this time, Akaphiel wouldn't have used this move at all.

But the expected crazy attack and pain did not come! A fist shining with metallic light stretched over and hit the viper wolf's head heavily, sending it flying. Akaphiel turned his head and saw that it was the fellow named Sailor who had stepped up and guarded his flank in time. No one would dislike such a timely assistance. Akaphiel nodded and laughed:

"Thank you, hold on for two minutes, and Hack will come to replace you when he recovers."

As a result, Fang Senyan replaced him for a full ten minutes! It wasn't that Hack didn't come to replace him, but that Akaphiel didn't want Fang Senyan to leave.

For Akaphiel, since he discovered that Fang Senyan throwing a potion could increase his basic attributes by a full 6 points, he knew that he and Sable had underestimated this guy. However, what Akaphiel never expected was that even though he subsequently gave Sailor a very good evaluation, he realized that he still underestimated him when he partnered with this guy named Sailor!

In fact, Akaphiel had cooperated with Hack for four whole worlds, and the two sides cooperated fairly well, but after "Sailor" filled Hack's position, Akaphiel immediately felt that Hack's previous cooperation could only be described as a mass of carbohydrates emitting an indescribable aura. Hack usually stayed by Reef's side, doing nothing more than making up for the flaws that appeared when Akaphiel waved his shield. He was still an offensive person at heart. Once he saw an enemy's flaw, he couldn't help but take the initiative to attack the enemy.

For the team, this was a positive move, but for Akaphiel, this behavior was quite unhelpful, because the battlefield was changing rapidly, and no one could ensure that there would be no accidents. If an accident happened and Hack was not at his post, then it would be a serious dereliction of duty.

Although Akaphiel had told Hack a few times, Hack still went his own way and didn't change much. Moreover, there were not many defensive guardians who were willing to be deputies. They did dirty and hard work, and their honor had to be covered up under the light of an M (masochist). To put it bluntly, they had no share in eating meat, and they could only drink half-full soup. So Akaphiel could only face the reality helplessly.

But Fang Senyan was not like this. All his energy was focused on assisting Akaphiel! He would never do anything extra, and his overall view and reaction speed were first-class! In this way, Fang Senyan looked extremely low-key, even so low-key that he seemed to be lazy and slippery. For example, he didn't kill a dying monster that was close at hand, or he let go of a monster that he could obviously stop, and sometimes he just seemed to be in a daze.

Only Akaphiel, who benefited from it, knew that since Fang Senyan stood over, he had almost never been attacked by enemies from the side. Once flaws appeared in the wielding of the tower shield, Fang Senyan could always eliminate the hidden dangers in the first time. Moreover, when Akaphiel wanted to take a breather, he didn't even need to say it, and the Sailor would take the initiative to fill in the gap and protect him behind him.

And when Fang Senyan seemed to be in a daze, he was counting the number of monsters remaining, telling Akaphiel some data in the current team, estimating when someone could recover and rejoin the battle, someone estimated that the m value was gone and needed to slow down, and the ranged attack in the west was changing magazines and the strength might be weak for a few seconds, so that he, who was focused on defense and had a poor view, could have a clear understanding of the overall situation.

In other words, after partnering with Fang Senyan, Akaphiel realized how much a qualified and competent deputy could help him.

In fact, objectively speaking, Hack had done a pretty good job as an auxiliary deputy, but it was a huge mistake to compare him with Fang Senyan.

There is a saying: the only one who understands a woman is a woman. By the same token, the only one who understands an M is actually an M himself. Why was Fang Senyan so aware and could always understand what Akaphiel needed most? Besides his own reasons, it was also because Fang Senyan's own positioning was not a deputy, but also an M!

Moreover, Reef knew that the two would inevitably fight side by side in future battles, complementing each other's flaws, so he taught Fang Senyan all his experience and knowledge. Under the combination of various factors, Fang Senyan could of course understand Akaphiel's various needs naturally.

To put it bluntly, if Akaphiel wanted to find a deputy like Fang Senyan, then he would have to find an M-level one to compare with, but how could someone with this strength be willing to be in the position of deputy?

So this was actually a proposition destined to be a dilemma. Unless the team was determined to take a dual-M route from the beginning, but if they had this idea, they might not be able to find the right person. Because in the current stage, M is also a scarce resource. Most people hold the view of rather being the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox. Under the condition that M has not yet reached saturation, it can be said to be extremely difficult to form a dual-M team unless there are special circumstances. The specific situation can be understood by thinking about the coincidence when Fang Senyan recruited Reef at that time.

As the battle gradually entered a white-hot state, the other members of the Illuminati also began to notice the abnormality. That is, Akaphiel had been holding on at the front for too long today! Almost all of those who could enter the space battlefield were senior contractors, and they had been cooperating for a long time, and they paid great attention to various details.

Logically speaking, the viper wolves had already produced elites at this point in the battle, and the intensity of the attack was already quite strong. Akaphiel had been at the front since the beginning of the war, and he should have been replaced and rested for thirty seconds long ago. According to past practice, this gap was usually made up by the joint efforts of Yuan Zhan and another core team member, Youmu, forming summons and high-intensity attacks to fill this gap.

But Akaphiel had never made a gesture to request a replacement, and Yuan Zhan and the core team member Youmu, who had been ready to go, continued to act as the team's insurance, watching the development of the situation. The eyes of these two were also extremely sharp, and they quickly saw that the key to this battle being so smooth was actually on Sailor, the outsider!

His potion had caused the overall strength of all team members to skyrocket, and he also cooperated very tacitly with Akaphiel. Not only that, but as long as they were melee contractors near Fang Senyan, they had also received his emergency rescue and care in times of danger.