Just as he opened diablo ii, Shikaku gave his suggestion.
Unlike Kakashis Squad, Shikaku's chosen professions reduced their resilience but maximized their ranged output.
Only a squad composed entirely of Elite Jonin would dare to do this; any other combination would likely be wiped out by the zombie horde.
Hyuga Hiashi and Akimichi Choza chose the Barbarian class.
Inoichi Yamanaka chose the Druid class.
Nara Shikaku chose the Paladin class.
The Aburame Clan Chief chose the Necromancer class.
The Inuzuka Clan Chief and two other Clan Chiefs chose the Elemental Mages class... Upon entering the game, the Patriarch Squad did not, like other squads, hunt monsters together as a group of eight.
Instead, they split into two smaller teams to hunt monsters separately.
Each sub-team had one Barbarian as the main tank and one summoning class as the secondary tank.
With one primary and one secondary tank, they were sure not to die as long as they didn't face multiple small monsters.
However, the sub-team with a Paladin and one Elemental Mage had lower output than the other sub-team with two Elemental Mages.
Nevertheless, their efficiency in killing monsters and gaining points was higher than all other squads.
This also included Kakashis Squad.
"As expected of an Elite Squad composed of various Clan Chiefs, their monster-killing efficiency is high."
As the current top team in this event, Kakashis Squad and Guy's Squad naturally also came to the internet cafe.
When he saw Hyuga Hiashi and the other Clan Chiefs, Kakashi instinctively felt uneasy.
He was very aware of the Ninja qualities these Clan Chiefs possessed.
Under normal circumstances, a squad formed by these Clan Chiefs would definitely win first place in this event.
But this was not a normal situation.
Firstly, they had half an hour less time than other participating squads.
Secondly, their game characters did not have additional assistance, such as the martial arts bonuses from the legend of jin yong heroes.
Naruto's Barbarian could only fight evenly with a Dark Skeleton because he had the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill; even then, his strength was still suppressed by the Dark Skeleton, which shows how strong that skeleton was.
And Guy was also able to dodge the skeleton's attacks so many times because of the Divine Speed Hundred Changes light footwork bonus.
Others were also able to successfully run up to the altar due to various light footwork bonuses.
Therefore, even though the Patriarch Squad had two Barbarian classes and two summoning classes, in Kakashi's opinion, they might not necessarily be able to withstand the Dark Skeleton's attacks.
However, for now, the Patriarch Squad was doing very well.
They only took an hour to clear all the monsters near the camp.
After clearing the small monsters, they did not head straight for the Evil Cave but spent some time returning to the camp for supplies.
Red and blue potions were definitely needed, especially blue potions, as sufficient mana was required to maximize the Elemental Mages' output.
For output, they even pooled money to buy three good quality weapons for the three Elemental Mages, while the other five used plain white weapons dropped by monsters.
Besides potions and weapons, with their last bit of money, they bought a town portal scroll.
"Do they plan to continue farming small monsters in the wilderness after clearing the Evil Cave?"
"Isn't that a bit overconfident?"
This purchase of a scroll made not only Kakashi frown but also Guy shake his head.
The money spent on this town portal scroll would have been better used to buy one or two more potions.
In their opinion, the Evil Cave wouldn't be cleared quickly, and facing either the zombie horde or the Dark Skeleton would be very dangerous.
Even the fastest Kakashis Squad took three hours to clear the Evil Cave.
What made Shikaku and the others so confident that they could clear it faster than Kakashis Squad?
Was it just because the Patriarch Squad had one more Mage and Paladin than Kakashis Squad?
With such confusion, everyone watched the Clan Chiefs' operations intently, wanting to see what they would do after entering the cave.
Soon, they saw it.
After entering the cave, Shikaku did not choose the middle path but opted for the left one.
His idea was good: clear out the other miscellaneous troops first, level up a few times, and then get better equipment to strengthen themselves.
This choice was somewhat unexpected.
As everyone knew, inside the cave, except for a few wider areas, most places were narrow.
During the activities of the past few days, everyone believed that the best order was to first kill the zombie horde, then clear the small monsters, and finally kill the Dark Skeleton.
This thinking was not wrong; killing the zombie horde first to gain a level boost would make clearing the small monsters much easier.
If they cleared the small monsters first, it would be time-consuming and laborious, not to mention that when facing the zombie horde, the advantage in monster numbers would be enough to compensate for their level advantage.
Shikaku had indeed considered these issues; his choice was based on his own ideas... Time passed quickly, and after the Patriarch Squad cleared the small monsters on both the left and right sides, they returned to the initial fork and entered the middle passage.
Not long after entering, they saw a large group of 'zombies' surging towards them.
Their Ninja qualities kept them from panicking; instead, they began to maneuver according to their plan.
"All summoned creatures, attack!"
At Hiashi's command, the Druid and Necromancer directed their summoned creatures to advance and block.
This was not for offense, but to buy time.
While the summoned creatures blocked these 'zombies,' the eight immediately returned to the fork in the road along the original path.
The space here was significantly larger than the middle passage.
"Barbarians stand in the first row, summoned creatures on both sides of the Barbarians."
"The second row is the Paladin and Druid."
"Everyone else stands in the third row."
The first row of tanks was responsible for blocking the zombie horde, the second row of supports was responsible for filling gaps, and the third row of damage dealers was responsible for killing monsters with full effort.
The entire arrangement was logical and well-structured.
Soon after they had taken their positions, the zombie horde arrived as expected.
The expanded terrain space was a double-edged sword.
Here, the Patriarch Squad could spread out and maximize their attacks.
Similarly, this also allowed the zombie horde to fully exploit its numerical advantage.
The increased contact area doubled the pressure on the two Barbarians.
Fortunately, with red potions and the support of the Paladin and Druid from the rear, otherwise, the two of them would definitely have been overwhelmed by this zombie horde.
But even so, when the summoned creatures died and the Druid and Necromancer re-summoned animals and skeletons, a large number of 'zombies' still broke through the defense and rushed into the formation.
"Front row hold, back row free attack."
This small situation didn't faze Shikaku; under his command, the 'zombies' that had broken into the formation were quickly cleared out.
"We can't hold on much longer."
Just then, the two Barbarians couldn't hold on anymore.