The monsters glared at Reign and the others, seemingly ready to attack them at any moment.
The team got ready, their weapons were out, and pointed at the over one hundred powerful monsters that were currently surrounding them. They knew that a fight was inevitable, even if they managed to arrive at the end of the platform, they wouldn't be able to go up as the monsters would block their way.
They could, however, try to put more pressure on the monsters before attacking. Their mana alone was enough to pressure the monsters as they could feel that the enemy was stronger than them, the more time passed, the more pressure would build up and be stronger.
"So, what's the plan, we can't just wait, we have to attack them first and surprise them, killing as many as possible in the first 5 seconds of the fight is imperative if we want to win this battle without using any of our trump cards," Shadow said with a calm voice, nobody was truly worried at the battle as victory would be theirs without a doubt, but it would be a problem if they were to use some of their trump cards that had a cooldown.
"Well, that's the plan, just wait until we get a good chance, the monsters aren't really cooperating with each other, we just need to wait until a crack forms in their formation before attacking them there, we should power through, and get out of the circle they have formed before attacking them with full force, other than that, there's nothing that we can really do right now," Wolf said in a calm voice as Reign and the others nodded.
They were confident in Wolf's ability to analyze the situation and concoct plans for them, if he says that there was only one way to do something, there really is only one way.
The cracks in the formation of the monsters were something that was already starting to form, it seems like there wasn't anyone commanding them at this moment and they didn't know what to do exactly.
"Whoever controls these guys, is definitely far away, they're not giving them any commands as far as I can see." Reign said as he looked at the monsters around them.
"They've been here longer than us, they've probably taken control over a bunch more groups like this one, things will become more difficult from this moment on, I'm just curious about how they were able to control so many at once," Beast added from the side as he had his bow drawn out and ready to fire.
"Well, if their leader is here, then that would explain it, well, if he was here alongside the other higher-ups, from what I was able to tell, there were a couple of people in those two groups that were relatively strong, but there were some whose mana levels I wasn't able to fully sense, they might have used some sort of mana blocking device or equipment." Reign said as the others all nodded.
The group that was controlling the monsters was one that was shrewd and mysterious, they still knew nothing of them, well, nothing about the higher-ups, they knew plenty of how it worked as Bones had given them all the information he had.
"That guy was really easy to interrogate, much easier than that draif you captured," Wolf said as Reign chuckled.
"You're still unable to get him to submit?"
"Yeah, the annoying bastard just doesn't want to submit, I'll try once more when we get back, but honestly, I don't think he'll change his mind, we're probably going to have to kill him, or let some of the weaker players do it, maybe he'll drop some good items for them."
"Agreed, we gave him multiple chances, if he's so set on dying, we should honor his wish." Reign said before a change occurred.
The formation of the monsters changed, but not like they hoped it would, 5 monsters suddenly lunged at Reign and the others, seemingly unable to contain themselves anymore.
The team all attacked, a measly 5 monsters would be unable to do anything to them, and they quickly died, but the problem lay in the fact that the other monsters had become enraged and were attacking as well.
Reign and the others launched their skills at where the five originally came from, eager to break through and get out of the encirclement. The monsters that stood in their way fought fiercely, but they were simply unable to go against the concentrated firepower of Reign and the others.
The team broke through, it turned out to be even easier than expected as the control the enemy had over the monsters seemed to be weaker than what they initially thought. The skills that hit the enemy and blasted them away made the other monsters fearful and some even stopped attacking them.
Reign and the others didn't know why this was happening exactly, maybe the monsters were trying to break free of being controlled, or perhaps they simply hated the feeling of another being ordering them around and forcing them to die.
One thing was certain, however, even after some monsters were trying to break free and stopped attacking, a majority was still under control and showed no signs of trying to break free from the control that had been put over them.
Reign and the others quickly went to work, with some monsters staying back, they were now facing about four-fifths of the initial number of enemies. Even though it wasn't a huge change, it was still better than fighting all of them right away.
Some of the monsters, even though they were attacking them, weren't able to fight at their full strength, perhaps that was also something that happened because of the control that had been put over them.
Reign and the others only faced an enemy that controlled monsters once, and that was Bones together with the 5 other members of the enemy group. Compared to this manner of control, Bones and his men did things differently back then.
They used their powers to draw the monsters toward Reign and the others and didn't truly control them, which made the monsters believe that everything was their choice, and thus fought with everything they had.
The monsters here were different, they were put under control and had orders they followed, not to mention the fact that these monsters were much more powerful compared to those that Bones and his men used to attack Carlo's group.
Reign didn't wait for the monsters to come to them, he and Shadow used their speed to their advantage and started creating chaos amongst the monster's ranks. There were some monsters whose speed was close to Reign and Shadow's, but those were dealt with at the beginning as the two focused on killing the fast ones first.
With Reign and the others not holding back, their mana pressure had increased as they slaughtered the enemy in front of them. The battle was going a lot smoother and easier than they expected as the monsters were simply unable to put up a good fight.
More and more monsters started showing signs of trying to break free of the control and soon, more than half of the initial monster group was killed. Reign and the others didn't come out scot-free, wounds could be seen on their bodies and they had used a fair amount of mana, but it was nothing.
Compared to how they thought the battle would go initially, this sort of conclusion was above even the best-case scenario they had. The remaining monsters were unable to do much, most of them were now trying to break free of the control and get away, but they were all killed by Reign and the others and soon the whole area where they were fighting was covered in blood.
Some of the blood even started flowing down from the edge of the platform and fell down to the platform below it.
Reign and the others were all panting, the battle wasn't as hard as they thought it would have been, but it was still not an easy one. They made their way to the edge of the platform before climbing up and taking a rest on the platform above it.
Their stamina was on the low side and they had also used a fair amount of mana during the previous fight, they needed to rest a bit before continuing to climb.
It would only take them about 30 mins of rest before they would be back at their peak state.
Somewhere in the building, however, a group of people stopped moving as the person at the very front stopped.
"The first group is dead." The man spoke as the others all nodded.
"All of them are gone, boss."
"I felt them trying to resist me for a short period of time before they died."
"Hmmm, it seems we have a new team in the building, judging by how quickly they dealt with the first group, it's definitely 'them'." The person at the front said before flashing a dangerous smile and chuckling.
"Let us see just how powerful you are."
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