A Level 60 boss was already the highest level of wild bosses. Bosses that were stronger than this could only be found in quests or storylines. Legends said that such bosses were more intelligent, stronger, and had better loot. However, their whereabouts were also a legend. There were conditions to be met to find them, so of course, they were much rarer than wild bosses.
As for wild bosses, Parallel World didn't want to have a situation where people formed parties to farm them at fixed times, so their whereabouts were set to be very unpredictable. In other words, bosses of various levels wouldn't stay in their own leveling areas like monsters of various levels. Instead, they would wander around.
Hence, some people had doubts. What would happen if such a high-level boss ran to a leveling area where low-level players were leveling up? In the end, they were mercilessly mocked by the system. Just avoid it. It's just wandering around anyway. It'll be gone after a while …
There was a legend in the game. At the beginning of the game, when players were still very low-level, there was once a high-level boss that wandered around. In the end, it actually wandered around the entrance of a main city. Countless players didn't know what it was and died tragically at its hands. When they finally reacted and tried to avoid it, the boss actually waddled into the city. When the players panicked and thought that a massacre was about to happen, two very ordinary guards who usually stood at the corner of the city gate took action and killed the boss in a few moves.
This legend made the players realize two things.
First, the guards were very, very powerful. Even a conservative estimate put them at the highest level of bosses, so they couldn't be underestimated.
Second, the boss that died at the hands of the guards actually dropped an item. Moreover, the item dropped was very beautiful, causing countless people to fight over it. As for who got the item in the end, no one knew. In any case, if there was a top-notch expert in this main city, he would be looked at with suspicion by the entire city. Then, he would be hit with a brick, stabbed in the back, and stabbed in the back. This led to countless bloody PK incidents, and in the end, it successfully cultivated the impulsive and violent culture of this main city.
This main city in the legend was called Yueye City.
Until one day, a certain unknown brat suddenly formed a gang and rapidly developed it into the strongest guild in Yueye City. Furthermore, he bullied the other players to the point that they didn't dare to voice their anger. It was at this time that everyone suddenly realized that this person, who had always been hiding his true strength and not revealing his true strength, was actually the one who had struck the jackpot when the guards at the city gate slaughtered the BOSS. This lucky guy was called Silvermoon.
A mere high-level BOSS accidentally wandered to the entrance of the city and brought so many troubles to the entire city. It was hard to say whether the system's' roaming setting 'was good or bad. However, after this incident, the incident of a high-level BOSS wandering to the entrance of the city never happened again. Moreover, the officials accepted the players' opinions and made the BOSS not move too quickly. They would stop and walk, and at least there would be time to rest from time to time.
Later on, some players praised the BOSS in Parallel World by saying, "You're a lone wolf, forever alone in the boundless wilderness of the leveling zone."
Parallel World's BOSSes were hard to fathom, but the Shadowmist Assassin was an exception because its background was that of a lost player. Lost players would often end up back at the starting point after wandering around, and this happened to the Shadowmist Assassin as well. Even though it did not go around in circles, at the very least, its movement speed was very slow. That was why Limp Hands was able to find the BOSS in such a short period of time and even bump into it.
"Quick, make way! Let me see!" There were quite a lot of people watching the BOSS fight, so Ye Xiaowu squeezed his way to the front row. The fog in Xiawu City had been removed from their monitoring feed, and the camera could freely zoom in and out. Currently, they were using a long-range shot to get a better view of the overall situation. Ye Xiaowu could clearly see the Shadowmist Assassin quietly walking through the fog, and not too far away from it was a group of players who were on high alert.
"Who has its aggro on?" Ye Xiaowu threw this question out. As a designer, he knew the Shadowmist Assassin's biggest characteristic. Besides being a lost player, it also had this unique aggro system. The Shadowmist Assassin's aggro range was huge, and more importantly, the aggro system would stop calculating once it locked onto a target. In other words, the Shadowmist Assassin's aggro target would not change for any reason until the target was dead. This also meant that the aggro could not be removed.
"Is there really no way to remove the aggro?" His colleagues from the monitoring team knew of the Shadowmist Assassin's unique characteristics, so when they saw Ye Xiaowu, they immediately asked this question to confirm.
"There are only two ways: Kill the Shadowmist Assassin or log out," Ye Xiaowu answered.
Everyone was silent. This was the same as not being able to remove the aggro.
Creating such a unique aggro system. Ye Xiaowu and his colleagues deliberately created such a BOSS in view of the popularity of MMO's HP and tank job classes pulling the aggro of the monster, while the DPS job classes crazily dealt damage.
You want to draw aggro, right? Sure, there's no need to trouble you. Once our Shadowmist Assassin has locked onto a target, you can't change it even if you want to.
You want to focus the aggro on your HP and tank job class? Sorry, then. Our Shadowmist Assassin only knows how to determine its target, so any random attacks or skills that specifically create aggro are useless against it.
This was truly an extremely despicable design. Ye Xiaowu and his colleagues had proudly named this aggro system of the Shadowmist Assassin's Calm. As for how players should fight it under such a design? Even they had not considered this. Creating difficulties for players seemed to be where these people found joy in doing so.
That was why Ye Xiaowu was very excited when he heard that someone wanted to hunt down the Shadowmist Assassin, but he was very surprised when he heard that the hunt had been going on for quite some time without anyone dying yet.
This was when someone pointed out the player who had drawn the aggro. "That's the guy."
The screen was quite far away, so Ye Xiaowu could only make out a Mage in a black robe. He could not make out his face clearly. However, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be him?
Ye Xiaowu zoomed in on the screen.
"Hey hey hey!" Everyone was dissatisfied. This sort of activity required them to look at the big picture. What was the point of zooming in on a single person?
There was no need for them to get too close; it was enough for Ye Xiaowu to recognize this person.
"Sure enough, it's him …" Ye Xiaowu felt like crying.
"That Mage is very skilled. He's able to block the BOSS's attacks every time," a colleague from the monitoring team commented. This person was clearly new, yet he actually did not know the story between Ye Xiaowu and that Mage. Many of his colleagues in the monitoring team knew about this story, and that Mage had infuriated Ye Xiaowu's game designer many times.
"It's attacking!" the new colleague suddenly shouted. The Shadowmist Assassin on the screen slowly circled around the perimeter of the encirclement before suddenly lunging right at it. Everyone knew that the target was that Mage, so all they wanted to see was how he would resolve the situation.
Needless to say, that new colleague was very excited. "Ha! Look! He blocked it again!"
Everyone was silent. Some stole glances at Ye Xiaowu's expression, and some even wished that this was happening in-game. That way, they could quickly privately message this new colleague and not act like a fan of that Mage. They should first take care of their comrade Ye Xiaowu's emotions!
"But no matter how he blocks it, it seems like he only has those few moves. There's nothing new," the new colleague said. He was the one who had discovered this battle with the Shadowmist Assassin right from the start, and he was immediately drawn in by Gu Fei's endless ways of dealing with the BOSS. He had been hoping that Gu Fei would come up with something new, but it had been a long time since anything new had appeared.
"I feel that it's not that he doesn't have any new moves. It's just that the BOSS only has those few ways of attacking, so it's only natural for him to use the same method to deal with it," another colleague said. It was apparent that this colleague was new, so much so that he did not even know who Ye Xiaowu was. He even tried to curry favor with this stranger who had squeezed himself into the front row. "Don't you agree? I'm XXX, and I've only been here for three days. Why haven't I seen you before? "
All the colleagues silently thought of the famous line from Fist of the North: "You're already dead."
The expression on Ye Xiaowu's face was indeed very unpleasant. The leader of the monitoring team quickly arranged, "Xiaoliu, go over there and turn on the computer for Mr. Ye. Lock the screen here and let him properly observe this BOSS fight that's beyond his level. Perfect the setting!" Everyone was very familiar with the excuse that Ye Xiaowu often used to loiter around the monitoring team.
Ye Xiaowu went to the individual seats, and he heard the newcomer behind him ask, "Mr. Ye? Which Mr. Ye? "
Back in the game, Eternal Dominion was the only one who had accurately hit the BOSS in that wave of attacks, but Sword Demon and the others had gotten the chance to directly clash with the BOSS, so they were getting used to it and had improved quite a bit compared to before.
However, the important thing was that Young Master Han and Brother Assist were nodding their heads as they muttered to each other. In this exchange of blows, Gu Fei did not take much damage, but he still bestowed a wave of Heal on everyone, leaving everyone scratching their heads in bewilderment.
Young Master Han explained to everyone, "Looks like I've guessed correctly. The BOSS's aggro won't be drawn."
"What do you mean?"
"Miles has only attacked that one time all this while. Even though they've been fighting for so long, the BOSS's aggro shouldn't be that high, logically speaking. Plus, I've already repeatedly used Heal on it, so any monster should have its aggro directed at me at this time. Thus, I believe that this BOSS should have some sort of special aggro system, and it should have already locked onto Miles as its aggro target, "Young Master Han explained.
"There's such a thing? Could it be that the aggro generated by your Heal isn't enough? "War Without Wounds asked.
"Look, guys." This time, it was Brother Assist who spoke. Lifting his little booklet, he pointed at it and said, "The aggro generated by a Priest's Heal should be XX. Young Master has healed XX times so far, and I've roughly recorded the distance between him and the BOSS and the distance between the Heal and the BOSS. According to the formula XXXXX, the aggro generated by Young Master should be XXX. As for Miles …"
"Do you guys get it?" While Brother Assist was explaining, the Shadowmist Assassin had already attacked them twice. "Counting these two times …"
"That's enough …" War Without Wounds raised his hand to stop him from continuing. "We don't get it, but we believe you. But if you explain things to us like this again, I'll beat you up. "
"I'll help beat you up," Royal God Call added.
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