The Great Thief

“Wait a minute,” Lu Li said. He casually cast Blind onto the Berserker, causing him to run around aimlessly for a while.

The arrogant Priest that was holding the Magic Staff didn’t know what to do now, because her Berserker partner, Master Boben, hadn’t lost any HP yet. Although he had been hit with a Gouge, his HP remained unchanged.

Moreover, there wasn’t anyone who came to attack her as the Priest.

Why didn’t anyone attack her? She was the Priest and their healer. Even if they didn’t focus-fire her, they should have at least hit her with some crowd-control. This sense of safety felt a little unsettling; she just wanted someone to fight her.

There were two people that were just standing around Master Boben, and they looked like they were laughing.

How did she know that they were laughing? They were standing there looking at each other and their heads were shaking, so it was quite clear that they were laughing. However, the Priest thought that they shouldn’t underestimate her, as even a rabbit could bite when it was desperate.

“Let my Master Boben go!”

“What were you aiming at?” Lu Li recalled the action that Water Fairy made, and quickly discovered the problem. In fact, this was the main reason why most Thief players couldn’t achieve a high Skill Completion on Gouge.

“The forehead,” Water Fairy replied, wondering why Lu Li was asking this question.

“Sometimes, I will aim for the forehead as well, but there are problems that come with that. The first is that the forehead is a little more sturdy than the eyes, and Gouge’s Skill Completion is affected by the amount of Armor Pierce you can achieve. If you don’t achieve enough, then you can’t even break him out of Stealth.”

For some reason, Lu Li felt like he had grown up with some misconceptions.

These were misconceptions that he had heard of recently, and they were currently very clear in his mind.

“So that means my attack didn’t go deep enough…”

Water Fairy felt like that was a reasonable explanation. She thought about it before continuing to crowd-control the Warrior, who was about to faint.

“In addition, aiming for the forehead makes the skill trajectory more difficult. The trajectory of your swing can also affect the Skill Completion, as it changes the angle of the attack. The Game Company has actually added the design of a real skull, so if your hand slips or if you’re attacking a moving target, the precision of the angle will be lost…”

“Right, I think that was what happened. When the dagger got close to his head, he moved and I slipped!”

Water Fairy’s eyes lit up when she thought that Lu Li had explained exactly what just happened.

“When I use Gouge, I only aim for the forehead if my target isn’t moving, or if I am certain that I will be able to land the attack,” Lu Li said, then paused before slowly continuing, “When dealing with moving targets, particularly ones with high defense, I tend to attack… the eyeballs!”

With this last sentence, he appeared in front of this Berserker who had just gained his freedom.

System: Gouge Skill Completion 93%, Target is stunned for 1.3 seconds.

After two more System Updates, Gouge’s skill description would change.

Gouge: Target the opponent’s eyes, with a chance of Stunning for 1 second. Can only be cast when the target is facing the caster, and any further damage will release the target.

The current skill description mentioned a frontal attack on the target’s head. As for where the exact location was, that was up to the players. Although there were some that attacked the eyes, not all of them chose to do this. Females Thieves in particular were reluctant to attack the eyes with Gouge as it would produce an unsightly animation.

A white liquid seemed to spray out when this happened, which made most people feel sick.

A gaming health organisation had also complained about some of the skill effects in Dawn, and one of them was Gouge. Although it was nothing like doing that in real life, it could still

have a psychological impact on the player. Later on, this animation would be removed.

Water Fairy was also a girl, and had grown up living a sheltered life.

She had subconsciously chosen not to target the eyes when casting Gouge, but upon seeing Lu Li achieve more than 90% Skill Completion, her mind was beginning to change.

She wasn’t a weak woman!

“The skill’s cooldown should almost be done. Let’s give it another try. Hey pal, why don’t you move around a bit?” Lu Li spoke into the arena channel so that everyone could hear him.

“What are you doing?”

The Berserker lowered his hands and his feet remained motionless, but the crowd-control that had been affecting him had already cleared.

The Priest rushed over; she had almost been bored to death. These two Thieves were simply insane. They had just been using extremely low damage crowd-control skills and whispering to each other.

“We’re studying our skills. Why aren’t you fighting?” Lu Li asked in disappointment.

“I can’t beat you. I thought that my gaming technique was pretty good. This is my wife, and she was wooed the elegance of my techniques. But even then, I have been completely crushed by you,” the Warrior muttered. He felt very wronged.

“What are you talking about? Are you guys a couple as well? He couldn’t find a good place for a date, so he actually brought us to the arena. He’s drunk as well,” the Priest said.

“Hey…” Lu Li began, then opened his mouth to change to topic, “Are you fighting or not? I think your Warrior techniques are not bad. Can you help us out? We’ll only spend 10 minutes of your time.”

“This is too much. What if my husband pokes at your eyes? We’ll see if your girlfriend is heartbroken after that,” the Priest immediately retorted. “Wait, why are you changing the topic? If you aren’t a couple, then what are you? Are you two having an affair? Is there a third party who is the victim? Do you know how shameful this is? Maybe one of both of you have children. Do you know how much harm this will have on your child’s growth…”

Lu Li and Water Fairy were beginning to sweat; they were tempted to just put down this woman.

She was just far too imaginative. If they let her continue talking, Lu Li and Water Fairy would probably end up dying.

After tearing off his mast, Lu Li revealed that his face wasn’t that handsome and that he looked quite ordinary. Dawn’s first season had just ended and the arena was for PVP players, so it was impossible for them to not recognize him.

The fact that this woman was able to force Lu Li to reveal his identity was already a talent in

itself.

“You’re…” the Priest’s gasped as her eyes widened, “You’re Lu Li, oh my its really you…”

Lu Li nodded slightly.

Then the woman continued ranting, “And you actually dare to seduce another married woman? How can you face March Rain? How can you face Water Fairy? How can you face Hachi Chan? How can you face Remnant Dream? How can you face Sakura Memories… Kitty Likes Meat?”

“Please, leave them alone. Can’t you see it in his eyes? We don’t know what will happen to Stormwind City in the future.”

The Berserker quickly grabbed the mouth of his wife before she made a real mistake and decisively said, “Let’s continue but no more messing around. You have to do your best or I won’t fight.”

Water Fairy laughed and laughed to the point she was bent over. Everyone could imagine her laughing through her veil.