Chapter 939 - 885: Japan’s Misfortune
Mitsubishi Team Command Center.
The Mitsubishi Team, building on their momentum, sent all their main players into the ever-changing Magic Box Space, beginning the ultimate task of Pandora’s Box, the largest scenario currently accessible to players. In the Magic Box Space, players face armies led by 108 Demon Generals, and after defeating them, face the ultimate BOSS, Pandora, the Hero.
As previously mentioned, any large guild, before launching a large-scale BOSS battle, would send a highly skilled test group to harass and test the wild BOSS, collecting various BOSS ability data. For example, the Dragon Slayer Guild’s strategy against the Demigod Crow.
However, the Japan region chose a different task challenge mode, requesting instances opened by high-end NPCs like the Demon King, which is the only chance for players to encounter high-end entities. Once the instance begins, they must go all out, leaving no opportunity for testing.
But the Mitsubishi Team, with their overwhelming momentum and strong combat power, no longer needs testing. Under Absolute Misfortune, the Misfortune Knight’s 5% critical strike chance becomes a 100% critical strike, and any minion is mere cannon fodder before the Misfortune Knight. From the start, the battle instantly turned into a lopsided, easy fight against the lone BOSS.
Not to mention, with the Divine Artifact War Axe’s high attack speed Misfortune Knight, even the BOSS struggles to hold out for long under the army’s siege.
In short, any problem that requires force to solve is no longer a problem in front of the Mitsubishi Team. So now the problem is the Illusion Realm, riddles, mazes, and so on.
And the solutions either require the entire strategy department’s wisdom to overcome challenges, or paying resources and gold, or using sheer numbers to fill the maze. For the Mitsubishi Team, this is also not a problem.
So although this is the most important and difficult battle for the Mitsubishi Team, compared to the previous Milota Maze, where the tense excitement of terrain changes was ever-present, the early strategy in the Magic Box Space is much easier.
Even though the team leader and group leaders realized the problem and were shouting deafening slogans like "Don’t be arrogant! Don’t be careless! Don’t relax until the last moment!" at the command center, it’s undeniable that not a drop of cold sweat appeared on any member’s forehead.
Easy is easy, not being nervous is not being nervous, this is an undeniable fact.
Are we too strong? Or is this instance too strange? Igarashi was unsure. So every time a Demon General was defeated, Igarashi would ask, "Without Absolute Misfortune, how difficult would this BOSS be?"
The strategist’s answer was always the same: "Without Absolute Misfortune, we would at least lose countless troops and spend a lot more time, so the BOSS is strong, but we are stronger!"
Yes, we are stronger! The first hour passed, Igarashi was half-convinced, the second hour, Igarashi was nearly convinced, the third hour, at 10 AM Beijing Time, 11 AM Tokyo Time, when the massive Mitsubishi Team finally gathered in front of the final BOSS Pandora, Igarashi was convinced beyond doubt!
Yes, our Japan region is very strong!
At this moment, the 108 Demon Generals that had been defeated reappeared in front of the Witch Pandora, covered by Pandora’s Hero Aura. This is the true ultimate BOSS, all previous BOSSes were just subordinates under the ultimate BOSS!
And the Misfortune Knight’s critical strike is ineffective against BOSS-level creatures. At this moment, the Mitsubishi Team, with nerves relaxed for 3 hours, finally tensed up, blood finally began to boil, and the group leaders, who had been shouting all along, poured all their strength into a hoarse and frenzied roar!
Pandora’s laughter echoed across the battlefield: "Mortals, appearing before me so quickly is beyond my imagination, you are truly remarkable, but you will go no further..."
Professional players naturally aren’t interested in NPC death flag speeches, the key is how to fight?
And after three hours of anxious waiting, Igarashi, facing the final decisive battle, was so excited that his whole body trembled: "Gentlemen, if we successfully complete this task, we will successfully reclaim the Magic Box, the number of Divine Artifacts will exceed our imagination, and this hero, Pandora, may also become our captive, possibly even our subordinate, this battle must be victorious, may the fortunes of war in our Japan region prosper!"
The entire command center shouted in unison: "Victory! Victory!! Victory!!!"
The strategy department quickly devised a plan: cannon fodder members conduct an all-out assault, at all costs restrain the 108 Demon Generals, then main members deliver a decisive blow, creating conditions for the Misfortune Knight’s decapitation operation against Pandora.
The Mitsubishi Team had an incredibly smooth start, sweeping through with virtually no losses, and now, concerning the fate of Japan’s national fortune, exhausting all preserved strength in the decisive battle was not out of the question, as long as the battle ultimately won, no matter how many soldiers fell, they could be resurrected post-battle.
With the analysis of battle data against the 108 Demon Stars, before the battle even began, the strategy department concluded a victory rate of at least 60%. The remaining 40% depended on Pandora’s abilities.
The decisive battle begins!
The Mitsubishi Team’s third echelon consisting of 10 members and a total of 30,000 level 2 soldier Military Governor cannon fodder army charged!
Their existence was doomed to be fleeting like moths to a flame, possibly not even capable of depleting Pandora Army’s mana, but their value was to test Pandora’s attack and defense prowess. Yes, even in a decisive battle, temporary testing is possible.
On the battlefield, one black hole after another appeared, swallowing a large number of Military Governors, then they vanished.
At this moment, the Mitsubishi Command Center was moved! Such complete obliteration meant that even if victory was achieved, the troops could not be resurrected! Could the main members’ Elite Mag Forces and Elite Hellhound Unit withstand such losses?
Finally, the members of the Mitsubishi Team started to truly feel tense!
And the staff immediately responded: "Report, we have tested Pandora’s attack and defense, attack around 150, defense around 100, lower than we estimated, our planned win rate increased to 70%! But Pandora’s black hole effect is unknown, our win rate dropped to 50%!"
Captain Tsukamoto decisively adapted: "Because Pandora has a black hole, I suggest, the second echelon to be the main force in the decisive battle, the first echelon’s mobile troops to act as cannon fodder, to lure out Pandora’s black hole, everyone use personal skill to avoid the black hole, consume the black hole!"
Using high-level troops as cannon fodder is typical of the Undead Race’s tactics! But in the decisive battlefield, as the manager, Igarashi will absolutely not interfere with any decision of the frontline combat commander, without hesitation he waved his hand grandly: "Do as Mr. Tsukamoto says!"
At this moment, in just over twenty seconds, the first echelon’s troops of as many as 30,000 had already suffered more than half casualties. Tsukamoto shouted loudly: "First echelon, attack!"
At this moment, the 14 Demon Lord players besides the Knight of Misfortune moved, their Hellhounds and Hell Horse Army were the spearhead of the decisive battle, the whirlwind on the battlefield, but at this moment, they were cannon fodder!
One black hole vortex after another appeared before them, but in this short half-second, these high-skill professional players immediately halted and timely evaded, only the high mobility of the Hellhound and Hell Horse could successfully complete such a high-difficulty tactical move!
Yet even so, still half of the troops were consumed by the black hole, but the main force members’ lure tactic finally worked, the number and frequency of black holes appearing were decreasing more and more. With such numbers and frequency, even the members of the second echelon could easily cope, no! Even if not coping, the Mitsubishi Team could afford the loss!
The staff excitedly shouted: "Conquer the black hole, our army’s win rate increased to 70%!"
The entire command center erupted in cheers!
This is the moment! Tsukamoto shouted loudly: "Second echelon, main battle force, attack!"
The second echelon’s 50,000 Demon Child Sea moved, the red sea surged toward the battlefield, the moment of decisive battle finally arrived! The battlefield was in chaos, the sky was a sea of fire, the army was amidst black holes, there was no longer any talk of tactics or strategy, only the consumption of troops and mana.
Two minutes passed, already half of the members and half of the troops perished. Even if these units could not be resurrected, it’s a loss that the Mitsubishi Team could endure compared to the final harvest of Divine Artifacts and the capture of the God-level Female Hero, all losses were insignificant!
Finally, the Mitsubishi Team completely isolated and surrounded the Demon General Army, the commander Pandora was finally successfully isolated!
At this moment, the staff excitedly cheered: "Win rate 80%!"
That’s right, this battle was in the Mitsubishi Team’s precise control and calculation from the start. A national-level team doesn’t fight unprepared battles, the advantage was already inevitable!
Igarashi hysterically yelled: "Go, Mr. Tsukamoto!"
Exactly right, just like a sports match, an advantage of 99% that cannot be converted into a goal in the final step makes everything equal to zero, Tsukamoto personally operated the Misfortune Knight Army, the strongest and most elite army in the Japan Area, launched the decisive attack towards victory...
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Beijing Time 10:30, Tokyo Time 11:30.
Ono Shinichiro anxiously awaited the result of this battle that concerned Japan’s fate. Now, the instance’s time limit had passed, the result should be out! But Ono had not received the president’s joyful news, a strong sense of unease surged in his heart, could it be that our country was unsuccessful?
Impossible! They are all professional athletes, everything is under calculated control, how could they lose?
Just as anxiety filled him, the phone rang, it was the president!
Ono Shinichiro hurriedly answered: "President!!?"
At this moment, a sigh came from the other end of the phone, Ono’s heart sank: "Impossible!"
Igarashi sighed: "Ono-kun, let me tell you a good news and a bad news. The good news is, our athletes successfully conquered the Pandora’s Box instance and gained the Demon King’s favor."
Ono excitedly asked: "What about the Divine Artifact?"
Igarashi said woodenly: "None! No equipment at all, even Pandora escaped and didn’t become a captive! In this battle, we had 74% of our elite forces completely lost and could not be resurrected..."
How could this be! Ono was shocked right there, the phone in his hand fell crashing...(to be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote recommendation ticket, monthly ticket, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)