Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 114: The Wonderful Adventure of the Snowman Kingdom
After two days of crazy leveling, Murphy has reached level 19.
He added 10 attribute points to agility and finally learned a combat skill - Assassin's Step. Now he had an additional skill of moving and dodging.
The other 10 attribute points were added to his constitution. In this way, his health finally broke through the 2,000 mark, and he was no longer the fragile melee fighter who would die at the slightest touch.
Standing outside the entrance of the ice crevasse, Murphy hesitated, whether to continue moving forward or go back to the city.
Below the ice rift is a more dangerous adventure area - the Snowman Kingdom. It is a map for adventurers above level 30 to form a team. There are not only snowmen and snow monsters, but also ancient snowmen and snowman kings.
If your luck is good/bad enough, you may even encounter the legendary Ancient Snowman, which is a big monster above level 70, and its combat power is comparable to that of the Storm Giant Lord. It is said that there is a very small chance that it will drop legendary equipment and skill books .
While I was hesitating, I heard a roar - roar!
A huge snowman about five or six meters tall suddenly emerged from a snow cave not far away and rushed towards them with rumbling steps.
This is--
Ancient Snowman: Rare elite, level 43, health 13300.
Murphy was surprised and delighted, this thing could be considered a small gift package in the Snowman Mountains. Occasionally, it would be refreshed in small quantities in areas with a large number of snowmen. It was larger in size, had higher health points, and of course, dropped better items.
Generally, a team of five people at least at level 30 is required to challenge this.
There is a high probability that blue quality equipment and materials will drop, but unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s because of bad luck or I went to the wrong place, Murphy has been brushing the snowman for so many days and never encountered it. I didn’t expect to finally encounter it this time.
Roland automatically began to command the battle without waiting for his order. Roland was the one doing the work most of the time during the past two days.
Roland (Vassal Knight): "All crossbowmen spread out and shoot freely! Razidanan - retreat gradually and prepare to take on the monsters!"
Under his command, twenty-eight crossbowmen (two of whom were killed in the previous battle) immediately formed a scattered formation and began shooting. The crossbow strings made a teeth-grinding stirring sound, and then with a "Tang" sound, one steel crossbow arrow after another was fired.
Dense crossbow arrows were all shot madly at the ancient snowman.
The ancient snowman was tall and fat, making him a perfect target. He was shot into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye. The thick fur on his body was obviously not ideal for defense against the attack of the heavy crossbow. Each arrow could cause thirty to forty points of damage. After a few rounds of volleys, his health bar dropped by one third.
The snowman roared and screamed, and rushed into the crossbowmen without hesitation. He killed a crossbowman with one punch. Just as he was about to continue to hammer away, Razidanan and two Highland warriors rushed forward.
Two axes and one spear chopped at the snowman at the same time, and then they quickly dispersed and retreated.
The ancient snowman roared and punched Lachidanan.
Bang! The block was successful. After all, Lazidanan was a level 39 royal guard, the pinnacle of a level 3 soldier. In terms of defense alone, no one in the team could match him.
Unfortunately, the mobility is lacking.
Razidanan thrust out with his spear, and the two Highland warriors attacked again. The crossbowmen were still focusing their fire. Seeing that the ancient snowman's health value had dropped to 30%, the ancient snowman finally got angry, roared, and his eyes instantly turned blood red.
Oh no, the monster is going berserk!
"Rachidanan, retreat quickly!"
Razidanan immediately began to retreat, but as soon as he released his shield defense state, he was knocked out by a punch from the snowman.
This is not the first time to play, the ancient snowman stepped down with all his strength.
Frost steps on the ground! Boom!
Frost appeared on the ground and spread rapidly forward. Razidanan and the two Highland warriors were instantly frozen in place.
The ancient snowman roared and rushed towards the three people.
Not good. Murphy thought, this guy is obviously going to take a few people with him before he dies.
This is when a hero needs to appear, and Murphy rushed forward with the dragon-slaying sword.
Storm Blade! With a swing of the giant sword, a stream of sword energy chopped the back of the ancient snowman, attracting hatred.
Assassin's Step! He leaned sideways and easily dodged the heavy blow from the ancient snowman.
Lunge - up!
He slashed the sword upwards, but the snowman was too tall and he couldn't hit his head, so he hit his stomach directly. The giant sword ripped open the snowman's belly and emptied the last bit of his blood bar, and the snowman fell to the ground with a bang.
(Oh my god, that’s it)
Murphy looked at the huge snowman lying on the ground in silence. In fact, the blood volume actually lost by him was only about two to three thousand, less than one third. The rest was the result of the continuous output of those kingdom crossbowmen.
Murphy curled his lips in a somewhat unsatisfied manner. Although he had been leveling up like crazy in the past two days, to be honest, he hardly made any moves. There was no other way. The crossbowman's volleys could solve everything, and the monsters could basically not even get close to him.
I thought I would finally have a big fight with a small BOSS, but I didn't expect that I would be defeated before I could even have a good time.
Alas, as a prince, he doesn’t even have the chance to fight happily. It’s so miserable.
He touched the corpse and took out an ice staff. Unfortunately, it was just a blue weapon and a magic equipment.
Murphy was a little disappointed, but when he thought about it, this was the kind of thing that could be dropped from a small wild BOSS. It wasn't a plot kill, so how could there be so many good things?
However, the intrusion of this ancient snowman successfully aroused Murphy's interest. The ancient snowman was so weak, and if it was the snowman king, he would probably not be much stronger. If he happened to meet an ancient snowman, he might be able to fight him.
The ancient snowman and the ancient snowman are probably just bigger in size and more damaging. With so many crossbowmen under my command, it would be killed even if I exchanged blood with them.
Moreover, bosses without names are not considered plot characters, so you don’t have to worry about being killed by the plot. You can just try your luck.
At his command, a large group of people walked towards the bottom of the ice crack. The wide slope became deeper and deeper, and the surrounding light gradually began to dim. Only the faint blue light from the ice walls on both sides was visible.
He thought it would be a lonely underground adventure, but he had not walked far when he saw several torches in front of him, illuminating the world under the ice. The ice wall reflected the light of the torches, which was extremely bright and dazzling. It turned out that several adventurers were killing snowmen to level up.
The snowmen in the Snowman Kingdom are of relatively high level, most of them are above level 30, but like their compatriots outside, they are weak to ranged attacks, weak to fire, and only good at melee combat. Except for a skill of throwing snowballs that is very easy to dodge, they have no ranged abilities at all.
As long as there are enough archers and professions with fire skills in the team, the killing will be extremely fast. In the team before him, there is a fire curser, a sun god priest, one who shoots out huge fireballs, and one who shoots out rays of scorching sun fire. Those snowmen were burned into torches one by one, and were shot by the rangers and hunters in the team, and fell to death one after another.
Judging from their skilled fighting style, they have obviously been here for a long time.
Murphy watched for a while and was about to go up to say hello when the adventurers noticed them. Unexpectedly, they immediately showed expressions of horror when they saw Murphy.
"Oh shit, no, he's a hero."
"Damn it, why didn't the team at the door sound the alarm? Hurry up and inform everyone that a hero is coming!"
Two people in the team immediately broke away from the team and ran towards the depths of the cave, shouting as they ran - "Heroes are coming, heroes are coming, everyone pay attention, heroes are coming."
Mo Fei looked confused, thinking, what's going on? I'm a hero, not a Japanese invader.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Courageous adventurers, why are you so nervous?"
The remaining adventurers all looked at each other in bewilderment. The leader suddenly laughed and said, "We're not nervous at all. We just think that a prince has arrived and we should let everyone come and pay their respects. Haha, the weather is nice today."
That’s right, your sister, Murphy sneered in his heart, there is definitely something fishy here.
He waved his hand and prepared to lead his men away. The map in the Frost Rift was interconnected, so there was no need to take this route.
The leading wizard hurriedly stopped them, saying, "Hey, Your Highness, don't be in such a hurry to leave. There are monsters everywhere in here, and it's dark. There are also ice holes. If you fall in, you will die. Can I help you with the leveling route?"
“Get out of the way!”
He said in a cold voice, and the adventurers didn't dare to stop him and could only move aside.
Murphy continued to walk in, but he hadn't gone far when he saw a large group of adventurers blocking his way.
The thirty-four people were obviously divided into several teams, and they didn't seem to be familiar with each other. However, when facing the hero, they were surprisingly united and blocked the road ahead tightly.
Obviously they didn't intend to let them pass.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "What do you mean?"
A ranger came out and said, "My friend, can you please give me some favor and fight monsters somewhere else?"
"Why?"
A bald warrior shouted, "Why else? You're a hero. If you kill the Snowman King, the adventure level of the entire area will be lowered, the monster refresh rate will be reduced, and the number of bosses will be reduced. Then what's the point of fighting? We've finally found this great place to level up and get treasures, we can't let you ruin it."
The adventurers agreed one after another, "That's right, it's not easy for us to level up. All the good places outside are occupied by those big guilds. We finally found a good place, and you heroes come along to join in the fun."
Murphy was speechless. Well, what these people said was true. It didn't matter if he killed the ancient snowman or even the ancient snowman. These were all monsters without names. But the Snowman King was most likely to have a name (generally, only those with names were considered plot characters, and those without names didn't matter). If he was killed, it would most likely trigger a plot event.
On a certain day of a certain year, Prince Aidan bravely killed the Yeti King, causing the number of Yetis in the area to plummet. The adventure level of this map will most likely be lowered as a result, but generally speaking, it will recover after a period of time.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Don't worry, even if the Snowman King is killed, another boss will appear sooner or later."
This is also a feature of this game. The monsters and bosses in the same area are not static. The biggest variable is the hero, or the plot character.
If the characters in the story kill the boss of a certain area or destroy the monster's nest, new monster forces will develop after a period of time.
For example, the bandit stronghold that Murphy destroyed before. Without the bandits, there will naturally be ghost skeletons to fill the vacancy of monsters. Over time, an undead elite will evolve from it to become the leader. If someone clears out all these undead, there may be beast settlements, or cultist camps, goblin tribes, etc. to settle there. In short, an area will not be left empty for a long time.
It's a bit like natural ecology.
If the Snowman King was killed by him, either a new Snowman King would emerge, or an Ice Elemental Lord from the elemental plane, or a frost lizard, white dragon, storm giant, etc. wandering from other places. In short, such a large Snowman Kingdom would not be allowed to decline.
However, the adventurers did not buy it.
"But the Snowman King's loot is good and it's easy to farm. We wiped out several times before we figured out the routine to beat the Snowman King. If you kill the Snowman King, don't expect a new BOSS for a few weeks. Even if you farm a new BOSS, you don't know what the loot will be or whether it's easy to beat. So sorry, brother, give me some face and farm monsters somewhere else."
This request couldn't be said to be completely unreasonable, but Murphy was still a little unhappy. Why? We were just playing games, why did we have to book the entire place?
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "What if I say no?"
There were twenty-seven kingdom crossbowmen behind Murphy, plus him as a hero and a few melee soldiers, so even if a group of adventurers came, they would have a fight to the death. Although there were many adventurers in front of him, they were obviously not affiliated with each other. They were all small groups of three or five, and their levels were also uneven. There were quite a few small ones at level ten, and quite a few at levels twenty or thirty, but there were only three or five big ones above level forty.
This is also a major feature of the game Sky World. Since there is no concept of level suppression, players of different levels can fight monsters and level up together, and the interactivity is very high.
It is normal for a big player to take a small player on adventures together.
If a real fight comes, Murphy is not too weak.
At this tense moment, a new team of adventurers arrived. This team obviously came out from deeper underground. They were all above level 30, and the leading female mage was even level 41.
Seeing Murphy, he greeted him with some surprise.
Xinbu (Mage): "Your Highness, do you remember me?" It was the female mage who had worked with him to clear out the bandit stronghold.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Hey, Xinbu, why are you here too?"
Xinbu (Mage): "I'm here to brush the skill book of Ice Storm."
Murphy looked at the team's configuration: a level 41 mage, a level 39 ranger, a level 373 sorcerer, a level 29 warrior, and even a level 40 elementalist. What a coincidence, isn't it? An elementalist is needed to fight the black dragon.
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "Okay, for the sake of my friend, I will withdraw. But you have to do me a favor. I have to fight a BOSS tomorrow. Can you masters cooperate with me? Don't worry, I won't let you work in vain. Fifty gold coins each."
Xinbu (Mage): "No problem."
Aidan (Prince of Alterac): "See you tomorrow then."
