The Great Thief - Chapter 444

Chapter 444

Chapter 444: Success Is The Mother Of Failures

Translator: Halcyon Translations  Editor: Halcyon Translations

"The long and hard search stops here; real justice will be decided by fate . Children, let’s celebrate," the Headless Paladin said as he waved his long weapon .

A big pile of pumpkins laughed as they rolled forward .

"Dodge to the left," Lu Li shouted as soon as the pumpkins came out .

This skill seemed like a prank, but it was definitely not to be underestimated . Two team members didn’t dodge in time and were killed in an instant .

These hundred-man raids were different to the standard dungeons . It was rare for players to be instantly killed in dungeons, but this situation was common in these raids .

"I’ll repeat again, you must follow instructions . If I ask you to go left, make sure you go left . If everyone went left, would you guys still collide with each other?"

It was a pity that two people had died as soon as the raid began . They died because they couldn’t tell the difference between left and right .

Nevertheless, this was a small setback, and Lu Li asked for those two players to be resurrected .

Ranged attacks started raining onto the Headless Paladin as two-digit damage values floated into the air . The boss had a total of 1 . 2 million HP, but it wouldn’t take long to clear its health bar if they continued at this rate .

However, this was a super boss, so there was no way it would go down so easily .

With a simple swing, the Headless Paladin dealt a circle of damage around himself . The melee players were all attacked, and four or five them instantly died .

Berserk!

Five stacks of Berserk – that was a 50% attack damage increase . Even Azure Sea Breeze was losing his health rapidly .

Fortunately, he had used his damage reduction in time and there was someone who was focused solely on healing his health bar .

The Berserk effect was one of the things that made the Headless Paladin quite fearsome . If he used that skill to kill one enemy, he would gain one stack of Berserk . This effect could stack up to ten times .

Each stack gave him a 10% increase in his attack damage .

"Druids, resurrect the dead . Breeze, defend as you move . The others should move with him as well . Don’t get within a five-yard radius of the main tank . Melee players, either use damage reduction or fall back if you see the Boss’ weapon rise above its head . " Lu Li made strategic adjustments on the spot, and displayed an excellent reaction when most teams would’ve wiped .

Of course, this was only an illusion . In his previous life, he had already fought the Headless Paladin twice . Although he was unable to ever take it down, he learned a lot in the process .

There were countless guides about the Headless Paladin, but only elite teams from big guilds managed to actually take it down .

As the battle continued, the pumpkins rolled out again a few times . The Berserk effect appeared a few times as well, but everyone dodged nicely . There were no more situations like in the beginning when five people died . The health of the Headless Paladin continued to decease and soon fell to 80%, which meant that they had entered the second stage .

"Fallen knights, follow my command . Fight for victory . "

A row of Spirit Knights appeared before the Headless Paladin and trampled towards the players .

"Breeze, pull the boss away . Darkness and Hachi Chan, look after his health . The other three tanks, pull three Spirited Knights each from left to right . Ranged players, keep damaging the boss . Melee players, go take down the summoned monsters . "

Since there was a lot of people in the team, Lu Li was unable to explain the guide thoroughly beforehand, and could only work on a reactionary basis . When the Headless Paladin spoke his lines, he made sure the secondary tanks were in good position .

The second stage was actually harder than the first .

The most difficult thing about first stage was the pumpkins racing towards the players . They came in great numbers, but they were slow and followed a set track, so they were easy to dodge .

However, these nine Spirit Knights were a completely different story . They each had the strength of a minor boss, and if the tanks failed to pull them at the start, they would wreak havoc .

Lu Li didn’t assign nine tanks for each Spirit Knight because these Spirit Knights came with a special buff called "Stability" . This buff had nine stacks and if any of them had less than three stacks, they would go berserk .

A Spirit Knight that went berserk was a real disaster . It would run around everywhere and kill anyone who ran into it in an instant .

It would also be a disaster if they were pulled all together by one tank, as the Stability buff gave them defense attributes . Dealing damage to them would be impossible if they had too many stacks .

Three monsters per tank – this was the best result after rigorous experimentation .

Unfortunately, theory doesn’t always go to plan in real life . Global Friendship only managed to pull two monsters, with the other one being pulled by God of Destiny . He didn’t even realize that he had pulled an extra monster .

There was nothing wrong with pulling an extra monster – God of Destiny was a defense Druid, so he had a lot of health and wouldn’t die too fast .

However, the two monsters that Global Friendship pulled instantly went berserk .

Wherever these two Spirit Knights charged, a glow of white light would rise .

"My ****," Lu Li swore as he died to the Spirit Knight that ran over him .

This waved killed a dozen people, including the commander . There were no one to hold down the two berserk Spirit Knights and the two monsters slaughtered the area .

"Reset . Those who didn’t die, run out of the dungeon . Those who can’t run out, just die," Lu Li commanded as he went to collect his corpse .

He couldn’t blame the tanks for not pulling the Spirit Knights properly – this was their first time and the situation was too messy .

In fact, it was rare for a team to make it through stage one on their first try .

With the lead of someone who has reincarnated, Ruling Sword had already been spared a lot of trouble .

Everything was reset in their second run . There were no Spirit Knights and no Headless Paladin – the boss had to be summoned again .

"Alright, success is the mother of failures . . . " Lu Li didn’t blame anyone and decided to stay rational .

"It should be failures are the mother of success . " Azure Sea Breeze was quick to correct him, and was met by a wave of laughter .

"You guys get the gist of it," Lu Li said as he glared at him and pretended that nothing had happened . "Everyone did well in the first stage; we dodged all the pumpkins . We only lost a few people at the start because everyone was unfamiliar with the situation . In the second stage, the key is to pull the monsters appropriately . I’ll set a secondary tank to each of you as a helper . Make sure you pull your own monsters and don’t pull anyone else’s . . . "

Since the cooldown for Druids’ revives wasn’t ready, Lu Li gave everyone a two minute break .

"Boss, does this thing drop mounts?" Fat Monkey asked as he came over . He had fallen in love with the Spirit Warhorse the moment he saw the Headless Paladin .

Even the Spirit Knights rode these kind of warhorses; these mounts were too cool .