MMORPG: Crowd Control

"You have got to be kidding me, right?" Lei Zhen twitched his mouth when he saw numerous players surrounding the entrance of the Sahara Exodus.

It didn't take a genius to know that they were waiting here for quite a while for them to exit the dungeon.

"Um, Zhen, didn't you say people rarely do player killing? Can you explain this scenario to me then?" Jessica hid behind Lei Zhen and whispered softly.

"I only said most, but you should know there are still lots of people without a brain cell." Lei Zhen rebuked, clearly sticking to his original claim.

"No you didn't. You just said some other people, not most people."

"Are you really trying to start an argument right now when we're being surrounded, Jessica?"

Jessica immediately shook her head and kept quiet. She was still hiding behind Lei Zhen, clearly afraid of the current situation.

Of course, Lei Zhen was speechless at her behavior, but it should be reasonable for her to be afraid when they are being surrounded by so many players at once, wanting to raid them.

Since he was the only man here, Lei Zhen stepped forward and glanced at the person that had shouted from the start.

"Who are you, and what do you want from us?" He asked calmly.

"Hmph, did you forget about pking three of our brothers previously?" The person sneered coldly as he inspected Lei Zhen up and down. "I see that you're the man that matches the description, so hand over all your loot and equipment. Maybe we'll spare you if we're in a good mood."

The term "pking" clearly meant player killing, and it doesn't take a genius to know that these people are in cahoot with the three men that he had ordered Candice to kill.

Lei Zhen could only sigh softly at these unreasonable people. They were the ones that attacked him first, and now they dare to flip the table around to blame it on them.

Hilarious… Truly hilarious.

"Hey, did you think we are some easy people to scam and rob?" Lei Zhen's tone turned cold as he glared at them with his eyes. He had a long day at the dungeon and barely even got the time to recover properly before these buffoons came out and started chirping their mouths.

"The gall of you, men fire your spell. Just blast them into smithereens." The person took Lei Zhen's words as a provocation and directly commanded his members to attack him.

Meanwhile, Lei Zhen sneered coldly as he ordered Candice to retaliate right away. At the same time, he had already begun casting [Rupture] beneath the enemies when he was confronting them.

Never once did he believe his words could reason with them, so he was stalling for time to finish his casting.

Alas, compared to the previous time, the enemies this time were all powerful and clearly well-prepared to understand their team's firepower.

Even with the help of [Rupture] and Candice's powerful spell, they were only injured slightly, and not killed.

"Candice, stall for a few minutes." Lei Zhen commanded and quickly went toward the back, surprising the women with his sudden retreat.

However, the women quickly regained their composure and began to cover for Lei Zhen's retreat. They might not know what he currently was up to, but they knew that he had something in mind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have just gone to the back and let them deal with the problem.

"Hah, what a spineless man. Already gone into hiding and had the women coming to face us alone." The person noticed Lei Zhen running to the back and started taunting them. He had the wicked look of an average third-rate villain whose personal lives are guaranteed to be single forever.

"Hmph, we are already enough to handle you, creeps. Imagine camping someone outside of the dungeon's entrance. How shameless of you!" Jessica sneered coldly.

Even she had a temper when people dared to act like hooligans in front of her.

As for Bella, she might not have said anything, but a disgusted expression could be seen on her face.

"Jessica, I'm buffing you with my ultimate skill right away," Bella told her and said. She then turned toward Candice and gave her a slight nod.

Candice didn't need to respond as she felt her stats increasing rapidly and began to cast a wide-range field spell. The enemies were simply too many for her to waste her time on some single-target spell.

And just like that, they continued to hold off the barrage of spells from the enemies, hoping that Lei Zhen would finish what he was trying to do.

After all, it was 3 against many, and it was completely unrealistic for them to maintain their defense much longer. The enemies were all high-level and well-equipped, their prowess overwhelmed them completely.

"Zhen, you better hurry up. My mana is running low even with the help of my mana potion." Jessica showed an exhaustive look as she yelled out to him.

"Master, I can only block them off for another 5 minutes or so. Their spells are too much for me." Candice's forehead was sweating quite a bit as she reported her current status to him.

"My buffs are still in cooldown and the barrier is weakening rapidly. At most, the barrier can only withstand for 3 minutes tops." Bella said, her body trembling slightly.

Lei Zhen nodded his head when he heard about their current situation.

"Just stall for those minutes to the best you can." He then instructed.

While they were conversing about their difficult situation, the enemies' sides were getting frustrated that their spells weren't working properly.

"Assassins, get your ass in there already and slash the barrier. Screw your stealth and finish them off." The same person shouted in fury and commanded.

And just like that, multiple people around the area started to reveal themselves, shocking Jessica, Bella, and Candice. Assassins are proficient in camouflaging skills, so normal detection was unable to spot them.

"More backup? This is insane." Jessica twitched her mouth in disbelief.