I didn't know who clicked himself in first. Maybe it was even , but the Twelve squad won the clicking competition. We spawned in the Fire Golem lair one by one. Unfortunately, I could not say that all of us survived the fight with Dominion just now. Of the originally 30 people who were supposed to run, only 25 were left. 5 had been killed outside.
"We can still do it," ZhaoYun said after checking the squad formation. 25 people ant that there were only four parties, with thankfully four High Priests. One person had to go solo.
"I will go solo," ZhaoYun offered, but Mimi the Mace Master grabbed his shoulder and said that she would go solo instead.
"We don't have enough Spear Masters for Iron Body," she argued. "I am a lee with a helt. I can solo with potions."
"Alright. Thanks, Mimi."
This ti around, we were extra careful with our movent. We only had 25 people and we could not afford to fail even a run. First of all, it was because the raid was going to be deactivated soon. Second of all, it was because Dominion would co again and again to wreck the runs.
Although we were shaken pretty badly from the fight with Dominion players, everyone gave their all for the run. We managed to finish everything in ti, and thankfully three helts dropped. DragonTalon was so touched that he almost cried when he finally got his helt.
Of the initially 11 helmless people, 5 had gotten their helts. 6 more to go. That ant that at least two more runs were necessary.
When we exited the lair map, we found a bunch of Twelve mbers outside, including Aurendiria, Ingenious, and ArrowRain.
"Guys, what happened?" I asked.
"Dominion is being completely unreasonable. Expect to be ambushed tomorrow and the day after tomorrow too."
All of us imdiately turned grim, especially the six people who still needed to loot their helts.
"They ambushed our runs. Can we also ambush their runs? If we also take the 16.00 ti slot, then we will all get the six helts," one of them almost pleaded.
Ingenious shook his head.
"I don't think that is a good idea. That will only give Dominion another reason to continue acting obnoxiously."
"But there are only two 10 AM runs left for Fire Golem! What if we don't have enough drops???"
"I am sorry, but I cannot help you with that," Ingenious shook his head in regret.
The player gritted his teeth.
After we went back to Lava County, three of the six helmless players left the guild. They presumably chose to join the more aggressive Dominion guild instead.
"I can't help them further," Ingenious said in the guild chat after the three players left.
"I am trying my best to cater to their needs, but Twelve is not Dominion. I refuse to lower our standards just for the sake of helts."
After Ingenious said that, one more player left.
Only two more helmless players were left in our guild. If they were lucky, then they would both get their helts the next day.
"I am sorry," Ingenious apologized sincerely. "For as long as you are in Twelve, we will all work together to protect and help you. That is all I can promise you."
StellarMage, one of the two helmless players who did not leave, typed in so response.
"Don't worry, Ingenious. I did not join this guild just for the sake of getting helts and boots etc... I am looking for a safe gaming community to surround myself with. Dominion's cheating and stealing way is not sothing I agree with."
StellarMage's words were seconded by GRANDARCHER, the other helmless player.
"Well said. I am not going to leave. I like Twelve's culture. Everyone has been so sweet to from the day I joined. I will stick to Twelve for as long as the guild accepts . Long live Twelve!!"
"Long live Twelve!!!" I typed into the guild chat.
Everyone else was also doing the sa. Although we all were not necessarily in the sa location screaming the words, just seeing the wall of "Long live Twelve"s in the guild chat filled my heart with overwhelming warmth. Twelve stood strong amidst the storm.
We still had one level 70 raid that evening. After hearing the details of the fight between the two guilds in the morning, Hi ca fully prepared for war. There was a slight change of plan. We were asked to show at 15.30 sharp at the cave entrance, and then a group of the strongest lees and Hi herself would enter first to take a look at the situation inside and report back as soon as possible. Further directions would be given once a report has been made.
Buffs were exchanged between Hi and her party mates before they entered. We all waited with pounding hearts for good news. One minute, two minutes... And then Hi typed in the squad chat, "Co, quick, don't dally."
We all clicked ourselves in as soon as possible after exchanging buffs with party mbers. As usual, we all spawned on top of the stone platform. Because many people clicked in all at once, we ended up bumping into each other. I swept a glance around to take in the current situation.
The five strongest lees ford a circle around Hi, and corpses of so players from Dominion lay at their feet. They were mostly ranged attackers. Hi worked as fast as possible to distribute the lees back to their original parties.
"The others will co soon," she hissed. "Attackers, kill their High Priests first and protect our own."
The map was a straightforward one with four camps ahead and Helene at the end. Dominion players poured from within the camps in front of us while we descended the stone steps. The two parties ended up eting in the middle of the staircase. Just like Hi predicted, they aid to kill the High Priests first.
Arrows and shooting stars wheezed toward and the other High Priests from a lot of directions at once. DragonTalon stepped before and shouted, "Fire Column!!!"
A fire column appeared around and DragonTalon, burning everything that tried to attack . It was an advanced skill of a Fire Elental Mage, an even better shield than the Fire Shield that DragonTalon used to summon.
"Thanks, man," I quickly said between heals.
"Don't be too happy," DragonTalon mumbled. "We are still vulnerable to lee attacks. Swords don't really get burned to dust by fire.
True to his words, when I squinted at the orange layer of Fire Column, I could see the lees of Dominion rushing toward and DragonTalon. If anything, the Fire Column was like a huge, eye-catching sign that pinpointed my exact location.
"Oh, Shitshitshitshit..."
I had party mates who were very determined to protect , but they could not block all attacks for . I was also not the type to just sit still and hide like a coward. Ti for to try sothing.
"Spiritual teor!!!" I shouted as I levitated gracefully into the air. The arrows and shooting stars were still unable to reach due to the Fire Column, but now the lees were also unable to reach . The baseball-sized teors rained down on my enemies' heads and caused them to stumble on unsteady feet around us. Could you imagine having little teors shooting at your head persistently? The skill was not enough to kill anyone, but it was enough to stun its poor victims. I was not sorry for the Dominion players, and my Twelve guildmates weren't either.
"Very good, Antares!" Hi praised from the side.
The stunned lees were quickly subdued. I was about to launch Prayer when my eyes were suddenly drawn to the digital clock at the sky. 15.56.
"HI!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
"WHAT???" she scread back at .
"It's 15.56!!!!"
Right after I ntioned the ti, everyone knew what I wanted to say. Dominion players were trying to distract us from entering the raid! If we had not noticed the ti, we would miss the opportunity to click into the lair map!
"EVERYONE, TO HELENE!!! GO GO GO!!!" Hi shouted, there was panic mixed with anxiety in her tone.
We literally pushed through the enemies and ran like maniacs toward Helene. There was only one problem. Although it was a straight path forward, it still took so ti to reach the end of the map. Teleport could only help the mages to move faster toward our destination, but it was still not enough. On top of that, we still had to ward off Dominion players who were still persistently attacking us from all sides.
As a result, we did not reach Helene in ti. It was 16.01 when we finally arrived, and no Dominion players were in sight. The usually crowded space around Helene was empty.
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