Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 67: Snake People and Ancient Relics
It was the first time that Murphy had seen a player with an explorer template. This type of player was very rare. On the one hand, explorers, like adventurers, needed to spend point cards to play, and on the other hand, explorers' combat power was not very strong. Their skill system mainly focused on non-combat skills such as climbing, swimming, diving, horse riding, communication, bluffing, and archaeology.
Although they have some self-preservation abilities, they are nothing like adventurers, who are born with combat as their ultimate goal.
The worst thing is that explorers can also die. Although it is not very common, it is still possible to destroy the account if you are unlucky, so generally only some hardcore niche players will play this template.
Haomiao Ruyan was wearing a tight expedition outfit. One has to say that the elf girl had a great figure . While her body was slender, her curves were impressive, and her movements were especially light and agile. It was really pleasing to the eye to watch her jumping and moving in the snow. However, she ran a little too fast, making it difficult for people to keep up, especially Razidanan, who was panting heavily in his heavy armor.
Murphy simply made small talk: "By the way, is the Explorer template fun? I heard it's hard to play."
Haomiao Ruyan glanced at Murphy, and his expression was no longer embarrassed. "It's okay. The main thing is that I can walk around everywhere. I have liked adventure and extreme sports since I was a child. However, extreme sports are too expensive in real life, and you might die. After climbing Mount Huashan once, my mom kept nagging me for half a month, so - I'd better satisfy my addiction in the game."
"Can you climb up Tongtian Peak?"
"Haha, I'm not crazy, but I have climbed Mount Hyjal and even taken a photo on the World Tree. Do you want to see it?"
Although Murphy had no interest, he nodded anyway. Haomiao Ruyan then called up the photos she had taken with the camera elf. She was standing on the crown of the World Tree with a cheerful expression, and several night elf guards beside her gave her a wary look.
"Didn't the night elves give you any trouble?"
"Just build up enough reputation in advance."
"Wait a minute, I remember that Kalimdor is not open to players yet? How did you get there?"
"Indeed not. I went there on a pirate ship with a group of pirate players."
"Ah? This is also possible? Doesn't that mean I can go to Northrend too?"
"Probably, but what are you doing in Northrend?"
"Nothing." Murphy shook his head. He was going to Northrend to grab Frostmourne, but the Orc War hadn't started yet, and Ner'zhul probably hadn't become the Lich King yet, so Frostmourne naturally hadn't been put in place. It was impossible to get Frostmourne in advance.
The two chatted for a while, and the atmosphere was not as awkward as before. Haomiao Ruyan looked at Mo Fei and said, "By the way, what are you doing here? Don't say anything like it's for the kingdom's responsibility."
"What else can I do? Of course, I have to complete the mission, which requires me to reach the summit of Tongtian Peak."
Murphy didn't elaborate, and Haohan Ruyan didn't seem interested in asking further questions.
"Then you're in trouble. Did you see the storm on the top of the mountain? It's estimated to be at least minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius there. Even the people of Alterac can't stand it. The wind speed there is estimated to be faster than a typhoon. Griffins and hippogryphs can't fly in, not to mention the lightning. But maybe the storm will stop in a few days."
Murphy thought that if the storm would stop, it would be easy. He could just get a griffin to fly up. It would be no problem for a prince to do this. However, he doubted this very much. This storm was obviously not naturally generated, but more like the effect of some spell.
Considering the hidden attributes of the mission he had accepted and the antiquity of the mission items, this storm might have been blowing for tens of thousands of years. The hidden mission was indeed not easy to complete. The only clue now was the ancient ruins. Perhaps he could find a way to get up the mountain there.
"We're here!" Haomiao Ruyan suddenly stopped and pointed ahead. There was indeed a piece of dilapidated ancient ruins near the foot of the mountain. Most of it was covered with snow, but some traces of alien civilizations could still be seen.
Murphy looked at Haomiao Ruyan with some surprise. They were still several miles away from the ruins.
However, he immediately realized the problem. He looked at the snowfield ahead vigilantly. The ground around him was uneven, and it seemed that there was something hidden under the snow.
"Be careful, these ice shells are not solid, the snake people are hiding underneath."
She pulled a dwarf grenade from her pocket and threw it far away.
Boom! As the explosion sounded, the ice and snow ground instantly shattered into pieces. The ground suddenly collapsed, revealing a huge pit and a dark tunnel. A strange creature crawled out of the tunnel and looked at Murphy and others.
This is a strange creature about two meters tall. Its head and neck almost occupy half of its body, and are bent like a snake. The lower body shows the characteristics of a reptile. The body is covered with rags . It holds a shield in one hand and a strangely shaped curved sword in the other.
Snake-man rogue, monstrous humanoid: Level 33.
"Hiss—get away human, this is not the place for you."
"Shoot!" Murphy started shooting without saying anything.
A row of arrows shot towards him. The snake man raised his shield to block, but his shield was only the size of a pot lid, not enough to protect his body. He was hit by four or five arrows in an instant and screamed, "Hiss, invaders - kill them all!"
Following this roar, more than a dozen snakemen crawled out from underground, and the exits of their nests were everywhere in the surrounding snowfields.
Five or six snake-men wanderers armed with curved swords and shields.
Four or five snake-flayers armed with strange spears.
There was also a snake-man phosphorus fire warlock waving a staff and about to cast a spell to launch a fireball.
"Back off! Everyone, back off!"
You can't fight so many monsters head-on.
Storm Blade! Murphy swung out a sword, which collided with the oncoming fireball and turned into sparks all over the sky.
He commanded his soldiers to quickly move the formation backwards.
The crossbowmen retreated while shooting arrows, and the sword and shield infantry lined up to form a defense line. The snakemen were unwilling to passively take the beating, so they rushed up in a swarm. After two of them were shot dead, they started to fight with the infantry in the front row.
Murphy couldn't afford to give up at this time. He blocked two snake-man wanderers who were trying to cut the back row and shouted to the elf, "Hey, can you help cut that warlock?"
After all, you've spent money, you can't just sit there and watch.
The elf girl drew out her weapon helplessly. It was a very light sword. Explorers were different from adventurers and were not combat-type characters, but they also had certain self-protection capabilities.
At this time, the elf girl flexibly avoided the attacks of the surrounding snakemen, raised her hand and threw out several smoke bombs. The smoke filled the air and obscured the sight of the snakeman warlock. The girl took the opportunity to go behind the snakeman warlock.
Puff! The long sword pierced through the heart of the snakeman warlock.
While the back row was being cut off, the battle in the front row began to develop in a direction that was favorable to Murphy and his men. The crossbowmen's volleys easily took out the two snakemen that Murphy was holding back, and they began to turn their firepower to shoot at the snakemen who were fighting with the infantry.
It must be said that Lazidanan, the Royal Guard, was really tough. Sparks flew when the snakeman's curved sword slashed at him. His health dropped by dozens of points. He withstood several rounds of sieges, and when he saw the opportunity, he thrust forward with his spear, and with a "puff", he pierced a snakeman through, lifted him up high, and threw him out with all his strength.
The crossbowman continued to shoot arrows mechanically, and the sound of arrows hitting flesh was endless.
After seven or eight snakemen were killed in the battle, the remaining snakemen finally realized that they could not win, and suddenly they scattered and went into the tunnel one after another.
Storm Blade!
Puff, a snakeman running at the back was knocked down by a sword, and a white light flashed on Murphy's body, and he was upgraded again. He looked at the dark tunnel with unsatisfied feeling. The fighting style of these snakemen was weird, but he gained a lot of experience points, four to five hundred each.
I leveled up five times in one day, which is not slow at all. Of course, it was mainly due to the large number of my followers. It would be difficult for ordinary adventurer players to level up so efficiently.
Murphy looked at the dark tunnel. The fighting power of these snakemen was not weak, so he didn't dare to go in rashly. Although he won the battle just now, he lost an Alterac hunter and a light infantryman. This was the first casualty he had suffered today. The sword and shield infantrymen were also injured, and even Razidanan had more than half of his blood lost.
The elf girl seemed to be not used to the scene of corpses everywhere. She looked at the tunnels with some uneasiness, "I'm going back to the camp, what about you guys?"
"Let's go back too and come back tomorrow."
Murphy waved his hand and everyone retreated immediately.
Soon they returned to the dwarf camp.
This camp is a safe zone where Murphy can go offline. These soldiers cannot leave, so Murphy lets them rest where they are to restore their health.
No matter how serious the injury is, it can be restored to full health after a good night's sleep.
After exiting the game, Murphy did not relax. He sat in front of the computer and started looking up information.
Dragon's Feast Land - this name always made Murphy feel a little strange. He searched on Baidu but couldn't find any useful information. He then went to the game forum and still found nothing.
He turned his attention instead to the literal meaning of the place name.
He mainly looked up the meaning of the strange word "享". According to what he found out that night, 享 means eating or village banquet. In ancient times, when ceremonies and celebrations were held in the countryside, or when pigs and cattle were slaughtered, there were usually some ceremonies. Because meat was relatively rare in ancient times, it had to be shared by everyone. The so-called '享' was a group of people gathering together to eat meat.
Although it may not be completely accurate, it is roughly true.
The so-called dragon feasting place, is it the place where the dragons gather and eat?
You guys just eat, why are you running so high? You're stopping me from completing my task.
Murphy sighed and said, "Don't worry, don't rush. This kind of task will definitely not be easy. Besides, there is no time limit, so just take your time."
