MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online - Chapter 88

Chapter 88: Raid Plan
[Adam – XP: 105.5/1000]

‘Koil and Rae both gave me 50 experience points. Those few Black Locusts gave me a total of 5.5 experience points. A long way to go before the second level…’

He then focused his attention on the box in front of him.

“Is everyone dead?” Hana whispered, her voice barely above a murmur.

“Yeah, I suppose…” Knoxx saw a pile of corpses and sighed heavily. “How many we lost?”

“We lost half, six in total…” A well-defined young man said while crouching beside his deceased girlfriend.

They were only together in Mortal Online, as they hadn’t met in real life yet.

He knew that she wasn’t really dead, but it still hurt to see her lifeless body in the game.

“Half…” Knoxx gritted his teeth. “Cursed!”

This wasn’t a good look.

This was his chance to prove himself, but he had already lost half of the team.

‘With this, we can’t complete the raid…’ Knoxx clenched his fists. ‘What a failure…’

Adam slowly opened the box and saw a black object inside.

“No way…” He whispered in shock.

“What is it?” Hana came to him and crouched beside him.

Adam showed it to her and said, “A bomb.”

“A bomb?!” Hana cried out.

Everyone heard her and surrounded them with curious looks.

After seeing the object, they were equally shocked.

“She planned to blow all of us to pieces.” Knoxx said with a scoff, “She must be out of her mind.”

From the horizon, the first light of the morning appeared, casting a golden glow over the scene.

They didn’t realize that an entire night had already passed.

The fight lasted for around thirty minutes, but they got ambushed near dawn. They expected everyone to be sleeping.

“Sigh…” Knoxx sighed and clapped his hands to garner everyone’s attention.

Adam and others turned to look at him.

“We… have to call it quits.” Knoxx said with frustration in his tone. “We lost over half of the team. More importantly, we lost our secondary magician and most of our damage dealers.

“We cannot finish the raid like this.”

“Y-yeah, we should also report this to the guild master.” Another person added.

Hana and others looked dispirited. It wasn’t nice to fail a raid like this.

These kinds of raids didn’t come every day. It could take several months before they could try again.

Knoxx saw the look on their faces. He shared the same sentiment. It was very frustrating.

At that same moment, he turned to look at Adam.

Adam was silently contemplating something.

Knoxx softly opened his mouth and asked, “Adam. Are you fine with this?”

“You’re the leader.” Adam stood up with the box in hand. “I’ll listen to you.”

“You don’t think we should continue?” Knoxx asked.

“It is risky…” Adam said heavily, “I’m not sure if the reward is worth the risk.”

Knoxx agreed with it, but then asked, “You think there is a possibility to succeed?”

“I do.” Adam said it confidently. “Yes, we lost our damage dealers and a magician, but we don’t necessarily need them in the raid.”

“What do you mean?” Knoxx asked with a frown.

Everyone else was equally confused.

An extra magician and more damage dealers were always better.

After all, the Spider Mother had a strong defense and required a well-rounded team to defeat her.

“We need two magicians to support the entire team. Now that our team is halved, one magician is enough to operate.”

“We still cannot deal enough damage just by ourselves,” Knoxx said.

“Actually, we can.” Adam showed the bomb inside the box.

“Y-you plan to use this bomb?” Hana asked in shock.

“It takes around ten seconds for this bomb to explode after ignition.”

Adam said and pointed at the fuse.

“We’ll have ten seconds to run as far away as possible, or we’ll get hit by the explosion.”

“Is it enough to kill the Spider Mother?” Knoxx asked with his arms crossed.

“No,” Adam shook his head, “We’ll have to reduce her health to forty percent, at least.”

“Forty percent…” Knoxx muttered and nodded. “That should be doable.”

“T-this is lunacy!” A player shouted, “Can we even outrun the explosion?”

Knoxx turned to Adam and asked, “Can it be done?”

“You would be surprised just how fast people can run when their lives are on the line.”

Adam said and scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

Usually, he was quite confident in his plans. However, this was reckless, even for him.

He couldn’t utter his typical confidence.

After all, anything could happen.

“We would still need to get rid of other Spider Demons before we reach the mother,” Knoxx said.

“They are swarming the place. We’ll be exhausted before we even reach the mother with our numbers, especially Hana!”

“Yeah…” Hana whispered before raising her voice. “We were supposed to share the burden during that phase, but I am now the only magician remaining…”

“We could… move the burden to us.” Adam said while looking at Knoxx.

“What do you mean?” Knoxx asked.

“Ever heard of Triple Defense?” Adam asked. “It should be a common tactic used by mercenaries.”

“Yeah, of course.” Knoxx said, “Three shieldmen are at the front, tanking all the damage, and once the enemy is exhausted, the people behind the shieldmen can attack.”

“My idea is this…” Adam took a stick and started drawing on the ground.

“Three of us will be at the front—me, Knoxx, and another one—and we’ll stop the Spider Demons from attacking others.

“Then we’ll also be the ones attacking. One sword stab to the head will kill a Spider Demon.

“We’ll move like that till we have reached the mother.”

“What if the Spider Demons attack us from the back or ceiling?” Knoxx asked. “They have Wall Crawling ability.”

“The rest will cover our rear, and about the ceiling ones… we can handle those.” Adam said, “Luckily, the hallways in that place are narrow with low ceilings.”

‘He seems to know quite a bit about their lair…’ Knoxx thought to himself. ‘Well, so do I. It isn’t hard knowledge to find.

‘From Dawnwatch’s World Library, it is easy to find knowledge about most of the early dungeon floors.’

“When we see Wall Crawlers, we’ll focus our shields in front and use our swords to ward them off. Preferably, if you manage to kill them.”

“If we fail to kill even one Wall Crawler, our ranks will fall apart.” Knoxx said with a frown.

“That’s why I suggest you choose a good third.” Adam said with a smile. “I saw you fight earlier. You’re good. We can handle most, but we also need a good third.”

Knoxx nodded and looked at the rest. Then he pointed at an orange-haired young man.

“Alan, you’re with us.”

“Alright…” Alan said with a dispirited expression.

He was the one who just lost his girlfriend and was quite disheartened about it.

‘Seeing his impression, most party leaders wouldn’t want someone whose mind is not in the right place in such an important role. However, I am different.’

Adam thought.

‘Maybe he can let out some steam by killing some Spider Demons.’

“Alright, I guess we’re doing it.” Knoxx said with a chuckle.

Even he couldn’t believe that he was agreeing to such a suicidal plan.

“Ameryn Brothers will find out today that their plan failed.” Adam said while standing up. “Once they find out, they’ll send another team to finish us off.

“We’ll need to finish the raid today and leave before they come.

“If I have to guess, we have till noon.”

“Then, let’s not waste any time.” Knoxx said and then shouted. “Pack your things. We’re going to the Spider Lair!”