Seeing this scene, John Carter, who had been sitting on the ground enjoying the show, suddenly jumped up. Oh no!

Chapter 007: The Trap Is For You

Without a heavy shield warrior to tank, the other players were like paper in front of the boss—one hit and they were done for.

At this moment, the five warlocks and two other rogues in the team were standing right in front of the boss. The warlocks had stayed close to the warriors for easier healing.

The boss’s attack target was one of the two rogues. That rogue reacted quickly and raised his hand to use Blind, but unfortunately, he forgot that he had just used Blind half a minute ago, so it was now on cooldown!

“Puff!” With a single slap from the boss, that rogue instantly turned into a ghost and ascended to the heavens.

Seeing things go south, the other rogue immediately went into stealth and escaped, so the boss’s killing intent shifted to the five warlocks. Now things were even worse. Rogues could die, mages could die, archers could die, but the heavy shield warrior and the warlocks absolutely could not die. In a 15-man raid, five warlocks were just enough to keep up with the healing. If even one went down, things would get extremely tight; if two died, it would be a total wipe!

Among these five warlocks, three were women. Seeing the ferocious boss charging at them, they were already stunned. In fact, even if they tried to run, they couldn’t outrun the boss—warlocks were just too slow.

“Dodge!” Broken Saber was the first to scramble up from the ground. He raised his hand and threw his weapon at the demon lord’s minion, hoping to draw its aggro. However, at that moment, the boss’s slap was already coming down, targeting Grace Carter!

In that instant, Grace Carter was overwhelmed by a sense of despair. The feeling of those menacing claws coming down on her was hard to imagine for anyone who hadn’t experienced it themselves.

At the critical moment, a faint purple light shot over like an arrow, piercing straight into the demon lord’s minion’s forehead.

“Puff!” A barely audible sound. The seemingly powerless attack made the demon lord jolt as if struck by lightning. Its raised hand froze in midair, unable to come down.

“Dodge!” Broken Saber shouted.

Grace Carter was the first to react. She still didn’t know what had just happened. That attack just now seemed to be... a Mind Spike from a Controller?

The demon lord’s minion was stunned for two seconds. That was enough time for the five warlocks to put some distance between themselves and it. Grace Carter quickly cast a Haste spell on herself, pulling away from the boss while glancing at John Carter in the distance. Was it him just now?

At this point, the heavy shield warrior known as Baldy also got up. He was the main tank and the only one who could survive a boss attack at half health, but wearing heavy armor and carrying a tower shield made him very slow. It would take him a while to cover the distance.

“Heal me, I’ll hold it off first.” Broken Saber gave a hurried command. He was a main DPS warrior and already injured, with too little health left to survive a boss hit.

Grace Carter quickly healed Broken Saber, but by then, the boss had already recovered from the stun and immediately chose a new target—the culprit who had stunned it for two seconds—John Carter.

The demon lord’s minion charged at John Carter like a tank, moving twice as fast as John Carter. John Carter had already anticipated its return and turned to run, heading straight toward the archer Logan Carter, the guy who had threatened to kill John Carter’s level down to zero.

Logan Carter panicked. The usually proud-as-a-peacock archer lost all composure. “You, stay away from me!”

John Carter ignored him and charged straight at Logan Carter. Logan Carter cursed angrily and turned to run as well, but archers were still slower than rogues, and the two weren’t far apart to begin with. Plus, Logan Carter had just started running, so John Carter quickly caught up.

By now, the boss was closing in too. John Carter grinned, used the skill—Stealth.

The demon lord’s minion instantly lost its target. In front of it was only the panicked, headlong-running Logan Carter.

To it, whether prince or pauper, the treatment was the same.

Raise its hand—instant kill!

Ah!

With a cry of unwillingness mixed with rage, Logan Carter turned into a soul and ascended. He never imagined that, despite his powerful level and gear, he’d be outplayed to death by someone he considered a total noob.

Watching all this while in stealth, John Carter licked his lips excitedly. He knew that the first thing Logan Carter would do after resurrecting was hunt him down. But even if he hadn’t set up Logan Carter today, the result wouldn’t have changed, because there was no way he’d hand over the boss loot to him. Sooner or later, Logan Carter would come after him anyway.

At this moment, Broken Saber finally arrived. He looked at Logan Carter’s corpse with a grim face, then glanced at the stealthed John Carter, his expression unreadable.

Broken Saber turned and used a taunting Heroic Strike on the demon lord’s minion, successfully drawing the boss’s attention.

Then, he led the boss toward the heavy shield warrior Baldy. As a main DPS warrior, Broken Saber could only survive one boss attack at most; the second would kill him.

After Broken Saber took a hit from the boss, Baldy finally stepped up with his heavy shield. The five warlocks quickly got into position, casting Guardian Light, Power of the War God, Bloodlust, and other buffs.