Captain Adeline's roar made Xia Nan, who had already guessed something from the changes in the expressions and movements of those around him, snap fully back to his senses.
"Taunt?"
The first thing he felt was absurdity.
In his previous life, although he had buried himself in work after graduation, he had played his fair share of games as a student. Naturally, he knew about special skills like "taunt," which drew an enemy's aggression.
But in his impression, the ones who used such skills were generally Warrior-type players with excellent defense and powerful physiques. Their purpose was to create room for the other teammates in the party to deal damage, or to pull enemies away and ease the pressure on their companions.
After crossing into this world and learning that "Combat Skills" and "magic" existed, he had also imagined similar abilities during his training.
He had even considered, if he or his teammates possessed related skills, how they should be used in battle to bring out their greatest effect.
He just had not expected his first contact with the other side to happen in this way.
"I've become a trash mob?"
After the absurdity came a bone-chilling cold that rose from the depths of his heart.
His thoughts had been tampered with in silence, indirectly controlling his body and making it perform eerie actions that went against his original will.
It made his scalp prickle, and horror surged in his heart.
Fortunately, Xia Nan's physical qualities, strengthened by the panel's Attribute Points, along with the Perception he had improved through extra training over the past few days, helped him withstand most of the erosion from the external energy.
Although he was still affected by "taunt" and could not flee, at the very least, he was aware that he had been