Chapter 818 - Three Chest Dilemma (1/2)

The 500 players spread out across the hall and slowly approached Bencroft. King of the World and Sun arrived within 80 meters of him. They took out their crossbows and fired. Whoosh whoosh whoosh! A volley of bolts flew through the air.

Bencroft brandished his greatsword and knocked down multiple bolts.

Put put put! Several bolts struck Bencroft.

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Miss!

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The Mages waved their staffs. A shower of magic rained down on Bencroft. However, their spells were barely breaking into the double digits.

Bencroft was a defensive type boss. Nie Yan didn’t have high hopes of killing him. He just wanted the team members to lead Bencroft away long enough for him to open the other two chests.

They quickly found a steady rhythm. Though the battle looked chaotic, one would eventually notice a sense of order. If Bencroft were to charge over toward them, they could scatter and withdraw at the drop of a hat.

“Annoying pests!” Bencroft growled. He was a Warrior. Even his longest distance ranged attack only had a range of 10 meters. If he wanted to deal with these Mages, he would have no choice but to charge at them and leave the chests unguarded.

「Keep up the damage!」Nie Yan ordered in voice chat. Sweeping his eyes over the team members, he inwardly sighed. It was a shame Tang Yao couldn’t be here. With him missing, their damage output took a noticeable dip.

“ARRRGHH!” Bencroft’s patience reached its limit. He charged at the Mages.

“He’s coming!”

“Everyone, retreat!”

The team members immediately scattered in all directions.

Bencroft failed to catch anyone. He could continue chasing after them and kill quite a few of these pests. However, as he looked over his shoulder, he was already quite far from the throne. Worried for the chests, he decided to retreat.

Seeing Bencroft returning to his original spot, the team members stopped running and came back.

Bencroft was visibly annoyed. Even though these 500 players dealt very little damage to him, to the extent that it wasn’t even enough to overcome his health regeneration, he still felt extremely depressed.

“Scram, you vermin!” Bencroft roared.

His words were ignored, as the players of Asskickers United continued testing his bottom line.

Bencroft couldn’t hold back his anger any longer and charged toward the team members again.

Seeing this, Nie Yan immediately rushed toward the throne. As he arrived in front of the chests, he was shocked to discover that the red one had respawned!

Blue, green, and red, three chests lay before him. Nie Yan knew one of them contained Abak’s Leg Guards of Focus, and at least one other would erupt into flames. He had a one in three chance of picking the right chest.

Nie Yan gazed into the distance. The infuriated Bencroft had started murdering all in range of his blade. Anyone that was caught by him was instantly cut down, including Bladelight!

Logically speaking, Bladelight should be able to withstand at least a single attack. After all, his defense was even higher than that of Lil’ Gold and Paladin Lafus. However, Bencroft’s attacks had an additional armour break effect. When Bladelight attempted to block, his armour was broken, and he was instantly killed!

Seismic Slam!

Bencroft slammed his greatsword into the ground, unleashing a shock wave that sent over 10 players flying.

The team members were dying left and right. They’d come to Nie Yan’s aid not to kill a great boss, but to give him a precious few seconds at the cost of their lives. However, he couldn’t make a decision. He hesitatingly stared at the three chests in front of him. Which one contained the leg guards!? Bencroft would be back any second, he had to hurry!

Just as Nie Yan was about to select the green chest, Bencroft came rushing back. Nie Yan hurriedly fled with Shadow Waltz.

The ground was littered with corpses.

「What are our casualties?」Nie Yan asked.

「70 dead!」

Nie Yan’s eyes went wide in surprise. Not even 20 seconds had passed, yet Bencroft had already killed 70 players!

「Revive them,」Nie Yan said. He glanced over at Bencroft with a brooding expression. Just which chest contained the Leg Guards of Focus? Red, green, or blue?

Nie Yan was endlessly vexed. He could only rely on his luck. A one in three chance of success. Every attempt would result in the loss of many lives!