Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 27 Bonus Temptation
For undead creatures, "Touch of Death" is definitely their nemesis. As long as I can use the artifact to break their mental defenses and absorb their mental power, and they cannot hurt me, then their destruction is only a matter of time.
Faced with tens of thousands of undead legions, the exhausted Dark Knight no longer has any chance of winning. Of course, due to the daily online time limit, I can't let this battle drag on endlessly. I must do everything I can to weaken its resistance and destroy its fighting spirit. Only in this way can I absorb soul power more smoothly and accelerate its destruction process.
In the repeated struggles with me, the Dark Knight, who was attacked from all sides, could no longer hold on. The zombies rushed to his side step by step, and the rotten flesh hung on his body and tried desperately to rub against his shiny armor. According to the records in the "Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures", the dignity and innate superiority of being a superior person would never allow himself to be trampled by despicable low-level undead. Therefore, the Dark Knight almost instinctively focused most of his energy on resisting the physical invasion of the zombies, and could only watch me use "Sperm Absorption|Marrow Devouring" to unscrupulously harvest his soul.
This is the Dark Knight's weakness, burdened by vanity. Of course, if it doesn't happen to be in this situation, it would rarely be used under normal circumstances. At least with my current strength, it is impossible to force a complete Dark Knight to such a point.
As time passed, the Dark Knight became weaker and weaker. Finally, under my strenuous efforts, he was left with only a trace of mental strength and collapsed to the ground. However, I was also extremely tired. It was not a physical problem, but my highly tense mind could not bear it anymore. I had to use "coercion" and "soul contract" to control the actions of the zombies, and at the same time use "touch of death" to absorb the mental strength of the Dark Knight as much as possible. I could not relax at any time . This was also a great test of my will. The last battle with Carbon was due to exhaustion caused by the long duration, but this time it was because it was too intense.
Even though it has failed, the Dark Knight still refuses to communicate with me. It turns a deaf ear to my orders to surrender. I am too lazy to waste my words on these arrogant guys. They would rather die than surrender. It is better to take the most direct approach. On the one hand, I will release "coercion" to it with all my strength. It will be affected to some extent even if it is unable to resist. On the other hand, I will command the zombies to line up and step over it one by one. Of course, the most important thing is to step hard on its face and trample its self-esteem. This is a method of mental destruction that I came up with based on the characteristics of high-level undead creatures, so as to increase the success rate of forcibly signing the "soul contract".
I concentrated on feeling the Dark Knight's disordered consciousness, reluctance, humiliation, sadness, anger... Especially the moment when the zombie's stinky feet stepped on its face, its emotions fluctuated even more. It could be said that it was completely hopeless and only wanted to die. But this is the opportunity I was waiting for. I stood by and used the "Soul Contract" to coordinate with the action of the feet stepping on its face to attack in time. Even so, the Dark Knight's spontaneous resistance in his subconscious was quite strong. Several times I felt that I was about to succeed, but was frustrated by the last barrier and could not break through it no matter how hard I tried.
Although spontaneous resistance could not last too long, my energy was over-depleted. I felt dizzy and dazed, and it was difficult to concentrate to accompany it. Seeing that I could not continue, I was forced to give up the plan to conquer it and carry out its physical destruction. I never thought that after being baptized by more than a hundred zombie feet, the arrogant Dark Knight suddenly lost consciousness and fainted, whether due to severe injuries or anger. I was scared and thought he was tortured to death. Fortunately, after careful inspection, there was still a very weak mental fluctuation. Finally, so many subordinates were not sacrificed in vain.
In the game, creatures fainting is a rare occurrence. It only happens when the body and spirit are in a state of collapse and on the verge of life and death. There is only a thin line between life and death, and it is extremely difficult to grasp the right degree, so I did not intentionally torture the Dark Knight to faint. However, this should be the best situation for me. The mental resistance of the fainted Dark Knight has dropped to the lowest point. I barely concentrated my energy and performed the "Soul Contract". After the previous two failures, the Dark Knight finally became my subordinate in the flash of glory that was finally called for.
I lay on the ground and recovered some energy, then carefully looked at this newly conquered subordinate. I couldn't help but frowned and began to face reality. The joy in my heart was immediately diluted. Although he was called the Dark Knight, his miserable appearance didn't look like a strong man at all. He lost the most important mount of a knight, and his strength was greatly reduced. The round shield in his left hand was completely broken. The main weapon, the saber, seemed to be usable, but it also had countless gaps. I didn't know how much power it could still exert. The only thing that could bring me some comfort was that the helmet was still intact, and the armor only had a few holes in insignificant places, and the defense ability was not greatly damaged. Otherwise, this so-called Dark Knight who I had tried so hard to conquer would really be a waste in name only.
At first, I just wanted to defeat it, but now that it's one of my own, I always feel that I don't like it in every way. It is far inferior to the Dark Knight in my mind. Maybe it is on the same level as the disabled black warrior of Skynet. I still doubt how much role it can play in the battle.
At this time, the official of "Tianxia" has announced the competition content and reward plan of the "Four Continents Elite Challenge". The four representative teams selected by the public recommendation according to the number of votes will compete one by one, and the final ranking will be determined according to the win-loss relationship between them. According to the ranking of the team, each contestant can get rewards of 25,000 gold coins, 10,000 gold coins, 5,000 gold coins and 1,000 gold coins, and at the same time, they can get a chance to draw a lottery, and can draw a piece of professional equipment with the highest level of artifacts, holy artifacts, heavenly artifacts and earthly artifacts in turn. It can be said that they will gain both fame and fortune, and there are many temptations.
This news further stimulated the ongoing fierce propaganda war, especially those players who hoped to become formal members, who spared no effort in launching a vigorous election campaign. First someone took the lead, and then the others followed suit. They personally went to the downtown streets of major cities to give public speeches to increase their exposure. Everything was aimed at expanding their influence, and they put on the posture of real-life political elections, which became a unique landscape in Tianxia.
Because I was already famous, and after the "Four Hidden Professions vs. Level 5 Warcraft" incident and the "Phoenix Feather" mission, I became even more famous. According to the survey and statistics of "Tian Media", I can be said to be the popular choice. In terms of votes, I have always been far ahead of Long Xing Tian Xia and Yamato Spirit. My selection is almost a foregone conclusion. There is nothing to worry about. Moreover, I think that participating in the competition is at best a reward for a chance to draw equipment. Although artifacts and holy weapons are good, they are not so easy to draw, and there is no personal grudge involved. As a newcomer who has just started to grow, I do not have the ambition and awareness to overwhelm players from other countries in the virtual game. The championship and the second and third places are just empty titles. There is not much substantial difference. Therefore, I am not very enthusiastic about preparing for the competition.
But when it comes to the prize money, the meaning is different. This is one of the two major goals when I decided to enter the game. Everything is clearly marked with a price, no discounts, 25,000 gold coins, after deducting various fees, should be able to be exchanged for 200,000 RMB, which is a considerable fortune for me. It takes at least 10 to 8 years of hard work in reality to accumulate it. The second place only gets 10,000 gold coins, which is shrunk by half in an instant. The gap is really too big, and I can't give up easily.
The high bonus aroused my desire, so I had to prepare seriously, and strive to improve my strength in the remaining ten days. The first thing to do was to quickly upgrade to an intermediate thief and learn one more skill. The last time I learned "Observe Words and Mood", I was very disappointed. It didn't help me improve my strength at all. I don't like to pry into other people's privacy, so I rarely use it. I practiced to three stars purely to meet the conditions for promotion, and mostly I just stared at acquaintances or monsters.
"The promotion task is 'Crocodile King's Tears', which requires you to go deep into the Crocodile River in the west of the continent to obtain a tear dropped by the Crocodile King. It is an optional third-level professional promotion task of extremely high difficulty. Players can decide whether to accept this task. Those who complete it can get super-value rewards. Those who give up can re-apply for a promotion task of normal difficulty, but if you apply to quit midway, you will be punished by not being able to apply for a new task for ten days. However, because you are hidden dual-professional, the difficulty of the promotion task for a thief as a second profession is doubled. Therefore, for you, 'Crocodile King' will become an optional indefinite task, which means that you can also choose not to accept this task and give up the opportunity to obtain super-value rewards, but once you take this task, you can no longer quit midway and must complete it to be promoted. Moreover, the reward you get after completing it will be halved, and you can only choose one of the two rewards: super-value attribute increase and super-level skill." The grandfather in charge of the promotion task in the Thieves Guild announced such a news that made me happy and worried.
This is a choice that every player who is promoted to an intermediate thief will face. The main purpose is to improve the strength to stimulate the development of the thief profession. The opportunity to obtain super-value rewards is good news for any player. Strong and confident masters will give it a try. I have heard of this task a long time ago and want to give it a try. If it doesn't work, I can apply for withdrawal and re-upgrade after ten days. However, this unlimited condition requires me to make more efforts and take greater risks, and the rewards I get will be discounted by half. Such an opportunity has almost become a chicken rib, so I have to carefully weigh the pros and cons.
The Crocodile King is not the boss of all the crocodiles living in the Crocodile River, but the leader of a group of crocodiles. He may have dozens or even hundreds of crocodiles under his command, and the size of the group varies. The Crocodile King's Tears, as the name suggests, are pea-sized transparent crystals similar to tears that flow from the Crocodile King's eyes. They are a very precious medicinal material. It is said that high-level doctors can use them to prepare "eye-brightening pills" that can enhance vision for a certain period of time, which is extremely useful for shooters. However, the Crocodile King is not something that everyone can see, and it is not like a real crocodile in reality that will shed tears easily. It must be in a good mood and without external interference before it can shed tears. Therefore, the ordinary way of killing monsters and grabbing treasures is not applicable.
Moreover, the tears will generally sink to the bottom of the water and can only remain in the water for a maximum of six hours before decomposing. If you want to get it, you must wait quietly beside the crocodile king, and snatch it immediately after it sheds tears. However, this involves several issues. The first is how to get close to the crocodiles. You must know that crocodiles live in water, and you cannot get close to them without excellent swimming skills; the second is how to lurk quietly beside the crocodile king without being discovered by the crocodiles. This requires finding a river section suitable for hiding your body, such as turbid river water and dense aquatic plants; then you must have the strength to eliminate this group of crocodiles. You can't expect the crocodile king to leave here and wait for you to pick it up after shedding tears, or your diving skills have reached the level of being elusive and can move silently beside the crocodile king without being discovered by it. You can only kill them or drive them away; finally, you need a little bit of luck. Some players have successfully achieved the above three aspects, but in the end they lacked a little luck. No matter what, they could not pick up the crocodile king's tears at the bottom of the river, resulting in failure. These are all the experiences of senior players on "Completing the extremely difficult promotion task 'Tears of the Crocodile King'" published in "Tianmei". Of course, if you don't want to go through so much trouble and think you have both strength and good fortune, you can try your luck and kill or drive away a group of crocodiles including the Crocodile King at will, and then carefully salvage them in the place where they rest, and you may be extremely lucky and get a drop of the Crocodile King's tears that have just been shed.
I can swim, but I'm far from being an excellent swimmer. I can dive a few times, but it makes a lot of noise. When I stick my head out, I often twist my nose and gasp for air. Unless I'm deaf or blind, I can't hide it from others. It's impossible to quietly approach the crocodile king and observe for a long time. I do have the strength to destroy the crocodile king, but if they insist on staying in the deep water, I don't know if the zombies and skeleton shooters will fight in the water without actual combat. As for luck, such an illusory and unpredictable thing can't be said to exist until the end. It's better to prepare for the worst. It's better to believe that it doesn't exist than to believe that it exists. Based on the preliminary judgment, my prospects for completing this task are worrying.
