Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1087 - 145 All Missions Shift to Annihilation

Chapter 1087: Chapter 145 All Missions Shift to Annihilation

The squad specifically formed by Longjing Tea, if they were to engage other players in PvP, would certainly bring them joy and smiles.

Unless they used destruction spells for bombarding from ultra-long distances, or accelerate to a speed that even Lin Yiyi, post-double enhancement, couldn’t react to, and push through the three Wizards’ interference to take out the back line.

Just take down one, and the remaining two will be much easier to deal with.

Otherwise, it’s like a turtle shell.

If you force the damage onto Lin Yiyi, as long as she doesn’t get instantly killed, Husky will slowly heal her back up. If you can’t break through, you’ll really be dragged to death... unless you use lives to exhaust all three mages of their mana.

But if it’s PvE, then the situation is somewhat different.

The reason is simple.

It’s impossible for Longjing Tea’s task to just be defending the hot springs pass...

If the opponents realize they can’t win, they can simply shake their numbers or turn tail and run.

After all, they’re not confined to a dueling arena, obligate to fight to their death in one battle.

If the enemies can’t effectively combat Longjing Tea’s squad - once they realize the stakes are too high, they can simply escape. And their sole means to prevent the enemy’s escape is Longjing Tea’s Decree spell.

And most crucially... although they have support from the King and the Church, they still must keep their identities hidden when in action.

The rule of hiding their identity is simple.

As long as they are not captured alive or their identity exposed publicly, that’s fine.

——Which means, if Longjing Tea takes too long, haven’t completed their task yet, and get surrounded by enemy reinforcement... then they’ll have to commit suicide to respawn back in the city.

Aside from the main tasks of bullying the weak, testing endurance and area of effect damage in extermination tasks... allowing Longjing Tea to unleash full dominance. After all, high-ranked Soul Reaping Wizards have an unconditional overwhelming power against lower-ranked Transcendents, and even if the other side has set traps, they can simply grab someone to lead the way.

However, extermination tasks are the least in number.

Their usual tasks principally involve kidnapping assignments.

Kidnapping tasks are a lot simpler... because the targets being kidnapped are usually not Transcendents. With Longjing Tea’s mind control, they won’t be exposed by the target’s struggle. With some luck, they just need to take out the accompanying personnel when the target goes out, then control the target and leave.

Initially, they thought they could take on "Elite Interception" tasks.

But after trying, they realized it was not really doable.

"Elite Interception" tasks usually involve blocking the patrolling cavalry police in front of the incident area.

It sounds like "just need to block the elite on the other side", which seems suitable for them. But in reality, it’s not feasible.

Because the other side has brains.

When they figure out there’s no way to get through this route... unless they are really hardheaded, they would normally choose to retreat and find another path.

And at that time, Longjing Tea can’t stop them.

Then Longjing Tea realized something... this "interception" task, although nominally "interception", actually means annihilation.

Of course, they can also choose to execute a true "interception" mission. But if they only block without killing, they must stay there... until their allies complete the mission and successfully retreat, then they can leave.

In such a case, the pressure on their own side will keep increasing. They might even fail the mission due to being unable to withstand the pressure.

"——So these tasks, can’t they all just turn into assassination missions!"

Husky suddenly saw the light: "Interception means assassinating the reinforcements before they even enter the battlefield, and annihilation missions are about killing all the enemies in the targeted area. If the theft of items and the kidnapping of important figures are discovered, one can also directly assassinate all the discovered targets. Destroying evidence is essentially stabbing the witnesses to death..."

"It’s not so much about assassination, it’s more about annihilation."

Thirteen Spice corrected: "Based on experience, I feel like if too many people discover an abduction, theft, or evidence destruction in progress, the mission might also turn into annihilation — killing all the witnesses."

Lin Yiyi choked at his words.

She couldn’t help but complain: "That doesn’t sound auspicious at all; you’d better prepare a Contingency of Mindfulness in advance..."

"Everyone, stop, just stop!"

Longjing Tea helplessly slapped the table: "Don’t you want to take on those high-difficulty missions?"

"I definitely do want to..."

Lin Yiyi shrugged: "I just feel that it’s highly unlikely there would be any super high-difficulty cleaning missions."

"So let’s take on other missions."

Longjing Tea said gravely: "Do you remember that ship?"

Thirteen Spice immediately recalled: "The one that was hijacked by ’Venomhand’ filled with ’demon’s blood’?"

Longjing Tea offered a bold suggestion: "I believe that in the first phase of this ’event,’ the most important thing is the intelligence about this ship. A ship’s worth of ’demon’s blood’ is not a small sum."

"Whether to dispatch the army or the mounted police would both be reasonable. Yet the Union Kingdom has been doing nothing..."

"That means... in this incident, high-level officials of the Union Kingdom are involved?"

Lin Yiyi subconsciously analyzed.

Thirteen Spice shook his head: "Rather than saying it’s the high levels of the Union Kingdom, it’s more like the core members of Ingrid’s power. This ship is definitely a trap... Actually, it’s all part of a well-laid conspiracy, including the capture of ’Venomhand.’

"The problem is, since we can easily see it’s a trap, then what’s the point of its existence?"

"Could it be a bluff?"

Husky posed another guess: "It’s actually not a trap at all, but just too coincidental... and so it has fooled everyone?"

"We can’t rule out that possibility. But when we’re making our plan, we can’t take this possibility seriously."

Longjing Tea answered: "We’ve all suddenly gathered because we received a mission. I suspect this is indeed Annan who has summoned us... But what if we weren’t here right now?

"Even if knowing it’s a trap, but the harm of a ship full of demon’s blood is too great... Annan would most likely forcefully investigate the situation. There must be traps set up to either assassinate Annan or inflict severe damage.

"However, now that we have entered the country under the guise of ’Duke Annan’s personal guards,’ the situation has changed...

"Since Annan’s personal guards are here, there’s no need for him to risk his life personally. I think there might be something left behind specifically to capture evidence to frame us."

"But can this really be considered framing," Lin Yiyi mocked, "we are indeed here to steal."

"It doesn’t matter—"

Longjing Tea waved his hand grandly: "In any case, we have to get the goods, and we can’t fail the mission! It’s like playing cards. If there’s a trap in the endgame and you have no wind in your hand, always avoiding it isn’t the way... The actions of others are also limited."

"But what if we fall right into the trap with our move?"

Lin Yiyi was still somewhat worried.

Longjing Tea struck a pose like Commander Ikari: "So, I’ve contacted old Goose and the others."