Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 67: The Dungeon (Part 1)

Ye Ci eyed the elementals.

Flawless Reflection and another Hunter called An Apple A Day nodded, "Yes."

"Go and attract the aggro of those mobs. If you can't handle them, activate Feigned Death." Ordered Ye Ci. She then began to instruct the rest of the party to began preparations for battle and headed towards the elementals alone.

After Ye Ci left, An Apple A Day whispered to Flawless Reflection, "Trying to hold the aggro of the mobs as a Huntress... I thought it was really hard to control the aggro for our class? Hunters only have Decoy to redirect aggro, how is she planning to pull it off?"

Flawless Reflection did not understand Ye Ci's intention either. He shook his head, "We'll just have to wait and see."

Ye Ci crept carefully to a small hill 50 yards away from the elementals. She grabbed hold of the low hanging vines and climbed upwards. She stood at the top of the hill, nocked an arrow and took aim, silently estimating the distance between her and the elementals.

They were closely packed together. Each elemental was only 2-3 yards away from the others. There was a thin line separating a safe distance and a fatal one.

If the elementals were 2 yards apart, their aggro would be linked once triggered. But when an elemental was 3 yards away from another elemental, their actions wouldn't be linked. It was a very clever design.

As the queen of soloing dungeons in her past life, Ye Ci required no aiming assistance. Her eyes were her most trustworthy tool.

There were once a lot of buildings in Frosty Wasteland. After thousands of years of decay, some became nothing but soil, while some formed into little hills like the one that Ye Ci was on. Hordes of monsters scoured the spaces between buildings. A party that was not familiar with the terrain would easily be annihilated.

Ye Ci's position was the best position she had found in her past life's experience of soloing the dungeon. She would only trigger 5 monsters at most from her position. If she was able to grasp the firing angle, timing and the distance perfectly, she would only trigger 2 monsters at a time.

Ye Ci nocked an arrow and waited quietly for the elementals to move to a position that favored her the most.

One minute passed, and then another.

Ye Ci stood as still as a statue on the hill, as if she had blended in as part of the dungeon. The players who were waiting below were so anxious that their hearts were already in their mouths. They stared at Ye Ci, not wanting to take their eyes off her, fearing that things would take a 180 degree turn if they took their eyes off her.

Flawless Reflection stared intently at Ye Ci as well. He was even very careful when he blinked, afraid that he would miss something.

Without warning, Ye Ci let loose the arrow and immediately headed back towards the group.

Did she hit? Or had she missed? Did she trigger an entire horde of them or only a few? Flawless Reaction's anxiety was at its maximum as he asked, "How many are there? How do we handle them?"

"Get the tanks to do their jobs." Ye Ci did not even turn her head as she calmly gave the instruction.

The tanks immediately got into position. 3 elementals appeared, baring their fangs at Ye Ci's direction.

"Shield Bash."

"Taunt."

The tanks immediately engaged an elemental each, and the healers followed up.

The elites of a top guild were very different from the others. They knew what needed to be done even without instructions from Ye Ci. Their positioning was excellent, and their game awareness was good. It would be absurd for a party like this to not be successful.