Chapter 165: Sky City, Dragon Tower!
"Excuse me, how do I get to the Sky City?"
As soon as Xu Mu left the association with Celia, he went out, turned left, and came directly in front of a bald man in a cassock.
Feng Zhen, a master of wind fist style.
He is also a fighter's job change instructor.
The place where Xu Mu just conducted the job transfer evaluation was the gym he opened.
As soon as his job change was completed, Xu Mu began to carry out the hidden mission he had received not long ago - searching for the city in the sky.
Of course Xu Mu knew about the Sky City. It was located in the area west of Huttonmar. There was a high tower connecting the sky and the earth in the area near the sea.
However, if the player enters the Sky City to spawn monsters on his own, the mission will be considered a failure.
The subsequent series of hidden main lines will not be opened, and you can only level up by killing monsters, which is not worth the effort.
"Oh, I've heard of you. Not long ago, you were an adventurer who set the highest record among all professions in the Adventurer's Association. Your bravery is admirable." Feng Zhen smiled at Xu Mu in a friendly manner, and then asked, "But what are you going to do in the Sky City? It's very dangerous there because the magic barrier is loose. A large number of monsters living in the Sky Tower have also begun to become active. They have all absorbed the power of the large magic circle and are extremely brutal."
"Even you, warrior, your talent is obvious to all, but it is precisely because of this that you should stay in Hutton Mar to further your training and develop your potential. Instead of entering such a dangerous place, all the mentors in Arad Continent will be sad if they know that you have an accident."
Feng Zhen righteously rejected Xu Mu's request.
Xu Mu guessed that this type of NPC could not see the player’s level.
But somehow, they should be able to feel the players' strength.
And this strength is not the player's true burst damage.
It's just based on the player's level.
In other words, in front of Feng Zhen, he is still just a level 15 newbie.
Compared to these NPCs who are often level 30 or 40, the Sky City, which even they find difficult to deal with, naturally does not want to allow themselves to enter such a dangerous area.
"What should we do? This bald uncle seems difficult to talk to." Celia quietly pulled Xu Mu's sleeve and said.
"It's okay, leave it to me." Xu Mu chuckled, then turned to Feng Zhen and spoke.
"I received a commission from President Sharan to go to the Sky City to rescue a missing blonde girl named Lorien."
"Lorian? Hiss... Such a familiar name." Feng Zhen thought for a moment and asked Xu Mu to wait.
He took out his magic communication device and contacted Sharan, the president of the Magic Guild of Arad Continent, and asked about the matter in general.
Sharan was stunned at first: "I didn't give this commission to any adventurer?"
But after repeating the name Lorian over and over again in her mind, she always felt somewhat familiar.
"Could it be that I have missed this incident because the Magic Guild's affairs have been too busy recently? But if it is true, I should remember the matter of life and death more clearly than anyone else... Never mind, Feng Zhen, take the adventurers into the Sky City first to see if there is any negligence."
"Yes, I see."
After cutting off the connection, Feng Zhen nodded to Xu Mu.
"Come with me."
[Congratulations on completing the hidden main mission: Explore the Castle in the Sky! ]
[Mission Difficulty: C-]
[You get rewards: 20% experience capsule*1, gold coins +1000! ]
With Feng Zhen's release, the first hidden main line regarding the Sky City area was completed.
Xu Mu knocked the capsule off without saying anything.
20% progress at level
The ranking also jumped slightly, from 1800 to around 1500.
However, there is still a few places left to get the daily settlement reward that can only be obtained if you rank 500.
Soon, the second process of the hidden main task continued to pop up.
[You have triggered the Sky City area, hidden task ②: Investigate the Sky City! ]
[Mission Difficulty: C]
[Mission Description: Please go to the Sky City, investigate the source of the anomaly, and then report the problem to the Magic Guild President Shalan.]
[Task Rewards: 30% Experience Capsule*1, Level 15 Equipment Random Gift Box*1, Gold Coins +1500]
Subsequent tasks are at hand!
Afterwards, Xu Mu and the others followed Feng Zhen and headed straight to the Sky City.
During this time, Celia let out a sound of surprise.
"Wow! Warrior A, Master Feng Zhen really took us to the Sky City!"
"How did you know that little sister Lorien disappeared in the Sky City?"
Celia, who thought she had no way to go to the Sky City, was surprised to see Feng Zhen lead the way after Xu Mu said a few words.
"It seems like there is a god guiding me forward." Xu Mu made up a story and added, "Also, just call me by my name, Xu Mu."
Celia will be by his side for the rest of the long journey.
A Warrior A on the left and a Warrior A on the right made Xu Mu feel very uncomfortable.
It would be better to just call your own name.
"Ah? So your name isn't 'A'..." Celia blinked her eyelashes quickly, as if she was thinking deeply: "It seems so. Many warriors like to give themselves a number. Is 'A' your number?"
"Well, you can understand it that way." Xu Mu said.
As for Lorian.
She was not an NPC made up by Xu Mu.
But there really is such a person.
However, her appearance in DNF as Lorian was before the big transfer version. Before the big transfer version, Lorian accidentally entered the sky city while looking for her pet Dinks and was captured by a monster.
Then, the adventurer and GSD acted at the same time and rescued Lorian.
During the Great Transfer version, the world of Arad continent collapsed, splitting into two dimensional worlds.
In the original continent of Arad, Lorian was transformed into Clara and became the "Queen" chess piece in the desperate chess game copy.
Eventually he was killed by adventurers.
Although there is no confirmation that Lorian is Clara, if the player is careful, he can find Lorian's lost headband and the remains of her pet Dinks in front of the BOSS door.
In another world, Lorian was not transformed, but was transferred to the demon world and became the Red-haired Witch. (A level 100 BOSS located in the center of the underground track in the later stage)
Xu Mu didn't know which version of the DNF copy he was currently in.
Therefore, he deliberately used Lorian's name to try to get the ball out of Feng Zhen and Sharan.
Unfortunately, Lorian doesn't seem to exist in this world.
But judging from the comprehensiveness of the profession, it is definitely not an ancient version.
"Is it a fusion of all versions, and then taking the best plot from each version?"
"That's why Feng Zhen and Sha Lan both seem to have some impression of this name. But they can't name the specific person." Xu Mu guessed.
…
The closer you get to the west coast, the tighter the security along the road becomes. Soldiers are constantly patrolling back and forth, dispersing any civilian NPCs who try to get close.
However, Xu Mu discovered that there were occasional players walking around nearby, but they were ignored by the NPCs.
"Could it be that if they don't accept the mission, it won't trigger the ban on Sky City? Can they enter Sky City freely?" Xu Mu pondered.
But think about it.
After all, Celia is now his exclusive assistant, and the tasks she accepts are unique.
Other players will not be able to receive this task if they are intercepted by NPC.
Then I can only fight goblins in the Forest of Loran for the rest of my life.
"Warrior, we're here." Just as Xu Mu was thinking, Feng Zhen's voice came to his ears.
Only then did Xu Mu realize that he had arrived at the foot of the Sky City.
This tall tower that reaches heaven and earth can only be seen through CG and illustrations in the game, and the visual impact is not that strong.
Now, it is truly here before our eyes.
The straight tower that rises into the sky is majestic and towering, with a height of thousands of stories. Looking up at it will make people feel dizzy.
"I can only send you here. My fighting skills are difficult to adapt to the environment here."
"Next, it's up to you. If you encounter any accident, please use this. No matter what, the mentors of Heartonmar hope that you can return safely." Feng Zhen took out a magic scroll and handed it to Xu Mu.
[You received a gift from the NPC: Quick Return Scroll (limited to the Sky City area)]
【Quick Return Scroll】
[Effect: After use, you can ignore the current environment and teleport back to the Magician Guild]
[Restrictions: None, unlimited number of uses.]
This thing is a good thing to save your life.
Although players can open the dungeon light screen and choose to return to the city.
However, other players need to be out of combat to activate it.
This scroll of returning to the city can force you to return to the city regardless of any environment.
In other words, even if he had only a little health left, he could still see the monster's slap coming towards him in the face.
As long as you react quickly enough, you can start running immediately!
This did provide a little wiggle room for easing the restriction that he couldn't be resurrected.
"Thank you very much, Teacher Feng Zhen." Xu Mu said politely, put the scroll into his backpack, and took Celia directly into the Sky City.
[You have entered the Dragon Tower area! ]
[The monsters in this area are level 16 to 23, which is much higher than your current level. Please fight with caution.]
After the prompt sounded, Xu Mu looked around.
Compared to the terrain of the Roland Forest, the movable range of this sky tower is much smaller.
Each floor is less than 5,000 square meters and is not sealed on all sides. It is built with white Roman columns, providing a wide view.
It’s easier when the tower has fewer floors.
Once you climb high enough and are accidentally knocked away/knocked to the edge by a monster, you may fall directly from the edge.
Not far away, there were about a dozen pterosaurs flying at low altitude.
Although they belong to the dragon family, they are all short in stature, only the size of a human child.
【Flying Spirit Pterosaur】
[Level: 18]
[Attack: 220]
[HP: 13000]
[Skill: Slide Wing Impact, explosive dash attack, causing a small range of knockback and causing 100% attack damage. ]
[Skill: Dive, swoop into the air and dash to the ground, causing large-scale damage, the damage value is 200% of the attack power]
[Introduction: A dragon-like creature that has close ties with the heavens, guarding the first checkpoint on the road to the sky, and a half-dragon elf who hates humans very much.]
…
Taking a quick glance at the attributes, I have to say that the attribute values of the monsters in the Sky City have soared a lot in an instant.
Compared to the level 16 Loran Minotaur, which only has 130 attack points and 8,000 health.
The pterosaurs are only 2 levels higher than the Minotaur, but their attack is almost doubled, and their health points also skyrocketed by 5,000!
"If this hit me, I'm afraid I'd lose a third of it."
Xu Mu only has 5,000 HP at most now. Under the debuff of ten times difficulty, a single attack from these monsters can cause a high damage of 2,200 HP!
Even if the defense can block part of it, this attack is still very painful.
And, the most terrifying thing is.
These pterosaurs like to launch group attacks.
In the distance, there is a dense group of more than ten pterosaurs.
If they were attacked in groups, even a team of 20 would probably be killed instantly.
Xu Mu did not alarm them immediately, but told Celia to retreat to a safe area.
Then he walked to the edge of the area map.
Switch careers.
He took out a blue cross from his backpack.
Directly plug in...
No, no, no, I dare not stick it on the ground.
Xu Mu, who liked the Blue Fist profession very much in his previous life, almost dropped the cross reflexively and started fighting with bare hands.
He calmed himself down, raised the cross high, and whispered.
"Blessing of courage!"
Buzz!
A brilliant light flows upward along the body like a visible melody.
Xu Mu's whole body shook violently, and he felt that the power was almost about to burst out!
He looked at his own panel again.
The original attack power of 500 points is enhanced by this noble healing buff.
It directly jumped to 2500 points!
Five times the damage bonus!
Immediately, Xu Mu switched professions instantly, raised the shield in his hand and smashed it to the ground.
"The thought of faith!"
A pale white light wrapped around Xu Mu like a silver dragon.
Quickly switch profession again, Qigong Master.
"Hah! Weapon of Light!"
Whether it is Paladin's Faith or Huahua's Light Soldier, they are all auxiliary damage-increasing buff skills.
Both can increase the double attack of players within the range by 25% (the game uses skill attack, but for the convenience of calculation, the attack power is used here.)
Add these two buffs together.
Xu Mu’s attack panel has directly soared to 3,000 points!
Then, Xu Mu tried to add buffs for other auxiliary professions.
But unfortunately, the buff bonus of one milk + double 25 has reached its upper limit.
In other words, the maximum buff Xu Mu can currently get is about a 5.5-fold increase in attack.
"5.5 times is enough for now."
Xu Mu only felt that all the strength in his body was surging.
He decisively switched to the Asura profession and stepped into the range of the Dragon Tower.
He whistled at a dozen pterosaurs gathered not far away.
Soon! A group of pterosaurs had red exclamation marks on their heads, and they turned around, flapped their wings and rushed towards Xu Mu.
Xu Mu gently took out the leaf knife from his back and raised it above his head.
Immediately, the attack was like thunder.
Suddenly a vertical strike was slashed in the air!
“Buzz!”
A sword energy condensed from the power of waves gushed out from the blade of the Withered Leaf Knife!
It formed a crescent shape and swiftly attacked in the direction of the pterosaur!
Evil Light Slash!
The moment the sword energy touched the pterosaurs.
The exaggerated damage numbers began to bounce up one after another! They appeared densely packed! -
4578!
4874!
5019!
"What a powerful injury!"
The high damage made Xu Mu raise his eyebrows.
Even at the difficulty of ten times damage reduction.
Xu Mu's attack was still as powerful as a crushing blow.
Directly cut off nearly half of the pterosaurs’ health bars!
Let me explain the setting of the buff. After thinking about it, I finally chose the classic combination of 'upper limit of one healing buff + two 25 buffs'.
The reason is this, the combination of 1C1 milk and double 25 should be the combination that runs through multiple versions of dnf, so that even many readers who are not continuing to play dnf can roughly know this system.
Second, I have considered whether to directly give the protagonist all the professional buffs.
That is, the Berserker's rampage can be eaten, the Blind Man's murderous fluctuations can be eaten, and the Sword Soul's ultimate weapon can also be eaten.
But in the end I gave up on this setting, because the buffs of more than 50 professions combined can increase the damage by hundreds of times... If the buffs are too big, it will be distorted.
And then another thing is, if, if the protagonist can drive like this.
Other players can actually do the same. They can form a 50-man group, select different professions, and add buffs so that everyone can enjoy this incredible damage bonus.
Therefore, after final consideration, we chose the system of 1 healer and double 25.
Whether it is the protagonist or other players, the upper limit of the buff they can receive is this.
Of course, I will let the protagonist create buff equipment for the sub-C later, and it will definitely not just be the current 5.5 times damage increase.
