Chapter 159 First Blood? First Five?
Everything was proceeding extremely smoothly, as though the First Blood for the first boss of Castle Ruins had Upwards Ho!âs name on it. Mi Lu was feeling excited. Even though he had already experienced a number of First Bloods, he couldnât help but feel moved each time a new First Blood came out. It was an emotion that even seemed to affect his limbs, causing them to slightly tremble.
âMaintain this pace, do not relax! Clerics, take note of your MP! Drink a potion if you have run out of MP! If you ran out of potions, take some from the Priests who have extra!â
The bossâ HP bar became smaller and smaller. When the boss had about 2% remaining, Mi Lu was already extremely exhilarated. Even his usual, steady voice was full of excitement, âSteady, steady! Everyone, you donât have to give me face, give it all the damage you can deal! Donât be afraid of OT-ing! Iâll take responsibility if you do!â
Even though the current situation was extremely nerve-racking, Mi Luâs words still caused quite a number of people to silently chuckle.
âCongratulations to Guild Wolf Pack for achieving First Blood on Gru, the first boss of Castle Ruins (Normal Difficulty). Guild Prestige Points x300, Global Prestige Points x4000, Gold x1500. Let us remember the names of our heroesâŠâ
Just as Gru, the first boss, had a sliver of HP left, an announcement sounded out in the world channel and following the announcement was a long list of player names. The abrupt appearance of the announcement caused Mi Lu to be taken aback. He stood rooted in place, as though his mind and thoughts had been blown far away.
It was not just Mi Lu. Quite a number of players were stunned into silence, stopping whatever they were doing. It was as though someone had poured a bucket of cold water over a bunch of fireworks that were about to set off, and the surroundings became dreadfully silent.
Looking at the situation, Ye Ci felt an ill omen. Things would really start to go downhill if their party were to be wiped out due to everyoneâs carelessness. She exclaimed, âHurry up and take him down! If weâre wiped out now, 200 DKP will be deducted from everyone!â
As expected of Ye Ci, who was an existence akin to a god in the eyes of all Upwards Ho! players. Even though everyone was feeling lost, they quickly regained their attack rhythm and the first boss soon fell in less than 10 seconds.
A system announcement followed soon after. âCongratulations to Guild Upwards Ho! for achieving First Five on Gru, the first boss of Castle Ruins (Normal Difficulty). Guild Prestige Points x200, Global Prestige Points x3000, Gold x1200. Let us remember the names of our heroesâŠâ
Even as the world channel announced their guild name for achieving First Five, the entire party was feeling extremely down at this moment. The excitement for achieving First Five was not felt at all. Everyone remained where they were, either standing or sitting wordlessly. It was obvious that this was a massive blow to their confidence. Ye Ci turned to look at Mi Lu. Even though Mi Lu did not look despondent, it wasnât hard to understand how uncomfortable he felt judging by his pale face.
These emotions must not be taken lightly.
Naturally, Ye Ci understood this point very well. An invisible pressure would quickly loom over the entire guild if it was not managed properly. When that happened, it would be a herculean task to raise morale.
âWhatâs this? Weâve gotten First Five! Are you all not happy?â Ye Ci found a nearby rock and sat down, grinning at everyone.
In response to her words were sighs and silence. It was evident that Ye Ciâs banter was unable to raise any morale in her party members at all.
âNo one is going to check the loot? If you guys arenât going to do it, I will! All of you know that my luck isnât very good, but Iâm always passionate about that! So, donât blame me if anything goes wrongâŠâ Standing from her seat, Ye Ci clapped her hands together as she stepped towards Gruâs corpse.
Seeing that she was about to reach the corpse, Bai Mo grabbed her arm and sighed, âMy dear cousin, can you stop hitting everyone when theyâre down? Do you think that itâs so easy to bring down a boss? If you add your bad luck to the equation, I think there will be a lot of people who will be unable to eat in peace.â
Bai Mo also knew that this situation must not continue. Exchanging a glance with Ye Ci, the two of them decided to put up a bit of a show.
âItâs precisely why I donât understand! Weâve already gotten First Five and you all still have no appetite? Just what do you all want?â Ye Ci started laughing.
âIsnât it because we had just missed out on a First Blood? Why are you not disappointed in the slightest? Donât tell me youâre a spy sent out by Wolf Pack?â Bai Mo started to joke as well.
After he had pointed out the knot that was in everyoneâs hearts, people slowly started to join in the conversation. âGuild Leader, we were so close to bagging that First BloodâŠâ
âThatâs right, it was just by a few seconds.â
âItâs all my fault. If I had called for everyone to assemble earlierâŠâ Mi Lu blamed himself.
âNo, Iâm to blame. If only I was punctualâŠâ
âNo, it was my faultâŠâ
In a short moment, the entire party had emerged from their negative state and became a self-blaming session. Although the feelings of regret and resentment remained, it was still much better than that half-dead state they were in just now.
Seeing that everyone was in a hot debate, Ye Ci started to signal for everyone to quiet down. She laughed and said, âI know that our guild, Upwards Ho!, is a small guild and we need every First Blood we can get. However, donât treat this like a mission. Getting First Blood is good, but First Five isnât bad either. Even if we donât get First Five, taking down the boss is also something to celebrate.â Her smile seemed to calm everyone down. âEveryone, donât be so extreme and readjust your mindset. Wolf Pack is the best guild in the eastern continent with talents abounding, thereâs no harm in losing to them once. Competition is what makes the game fun! FurthermoreâŠâ
Pausing for a while, she successfully managed drew everyoneâs attention to her, âEven if we are unable to get First Blood on any of these bosses, so what? Donât tell me that makes us all inferior to others? Of course not, Fate will not treat us badly if everyone does what they should be doing.â
At her words, everyone lowered her heads in thought and started to rethink their mindset. It did not take long before a few optimistic players had gotten over it and started to happily converse with others.
âMiss Gongzi, which class did you use to interrupt the first bossâs skill?â Just then, Sir Ditty, the guild leader of Wolf Pack, sent Ye Ci a private message.
Ever since Sir Ditty had fought alongside Ye Ci at Blue Light Coast against Tang Dynasty, they found themselves strangely alike in temperament. Although they each had their guildâs interests at heart, it did not stop them from being friends.
âThen what class did you use to interrupt the boss?â Ye Ci narrowed her eyes, answering his question with her own, knowing that this wily fox was here to find out what she knew.
âI asked you first.â
âIâm a girl, you should give me some respect by answering my question.â
âAlright then, we used Druids.â
âMy side used Priests.â
âAh? You can interrupt the first bossâs skills with the Priest?â
âThatâs right, so Druids can do the same? I didnât know that.â
Two wily foxes started a whirlwind debate till the point that even their tails were about to be swept away. However, Ye Ci was snarking inwardly: Bullshit, she had never heard of another class that was able to interrupt this bossâs skill aside from a Dark Cleric even in her past life. This bastard was lying!
Actually, wasnât she the same as well?
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