Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 18: Killing and Destroying the Image
"Moreover, the Church of Light has not yet gained control of the city, and cannot mobilize NPC reinforcements from other churches at will. It is not a simple matter to wait until the battle starts and then rush to handle the procedures to mobilize troops. You have plenty of time to complete the battle. As for the players of the Light System, although they are not restricted and can provide support relatively quickly once they get the news, even if there are players of other professions in the Eastern Continent who have switched over, they are only at a lower level now, so there is no need to worry. And according to the current situation, it is impossible for too many expert players from the Western Continent to 'invade' here, and the threat to the mission is not great." Hei Jing continued to analyze the situation for us, which made our faces ease a little.
"High risks bring high rewards. Such a difficult task will certainly not let everyone's hard work be in vain," Hei Jing changed the subject. "In addition to the professional merits gained by completing professional tasks, once this mission is successful, participants will receive corresponding equipment rewards based on their performance and records. These are small gadgets that increase the upper limit of mental power or improve the speed of mental power recovery. Moreover, their types are quite special. They are not normal equipment items set by the system and will not conflict with existing equipment. In addition, if you have outstanding performance in the battle and meet the standards of the system, you will have the opportunity to learn new skills. I hope that everyone will strive to be the first and have an outstanding performance in the first official challenge to the forces of light." First, they pointed out the enemy's weaknesses to increase our confidence so that we can "strategically despise the enemy"; then they threw out the "bait" to lure us. Believing that "there must be brave men under heavy rewards", these old guys in the dark camp really have good intentions.
"For confidentiality reasons, from the moment you enter this cave, all communication methods have failed, and you will be cut off from the outside world until the mission is completed. Operation 'Limb Severance' will begin immediately, but it would be too conspicuous The 19 of you will be divided into five groups and rush to the Oriental Cathedral along different routes. You will meet in front of the door at the specified time and then launch the attack together. Each group has a main task or goal to achieve. After completing it, they can provide support to other groups. It should be specially stated that from the time you leave here until the battle begins, members of the same group must stay together and advance and retreat together. No one can You are not allowed to leave the team for any reason and act alone. After the meeting, each group will report the situation first. If anyone violates the rules, they will be regarded as traitors of the dark camp, and a "hunt order" will be issued to call on other players to hunt them down, and this operation will be terminated immediately. You will disperse and wait for notification. "An Guang held a piece of paper in his hand and said these words with a stern face, "Everyone who came here is ready to complete the mission. I believe that you elites will not suddenly decide to quit. Of course, we also give everyone the right to choose. If anyone has special reasons for not being able to participate in this operation, they can explain in advance. They only need to stay here for a while and will be free when the attack begins."
Dark Light scanned us one by one. No one announced to withdraw. He nodded and said, "You may all be meeting for the first time. You still lack understanding and trust of each other. In order to respect individual privacy and facilitate actions, each person will be assigned a number as your code name, and you will call each other by it."
Each of us received a number plate and put it on our chest. A faint shadow of a number suddenly appeared above each of our heads. Of course, only the people wearing the number could see each other. There was nothing unusual in the eyes of others. I don't know if it was intentional, but I (number 18), Long Xing Tian Xia (number 19), and Long Kong (number 9), three people I knew, were assigned to a group. Although there was one less person than in other groups, we had the two artifacts "Touch of the Four Gods" and "Poison|Dragon Spear" in our hands, so our overall strength should be the strongest. The task assigned to us was probably the most difficult - not only to destroy the statue of the angel of God in the church, but also to kill the two level 6 professional NPCs.
Some precautions were announced, and Hei Jing activated the mechanism. Five passages appeared on the walls around the hall. Our five groups each chose one and rushed in. The "Limb Severance Operation" officially began.
The three of them followed closely and rushed into Beijing. Unfortunately, once a pet is summoned, its true occupation will be revealed. Moreover, "shopping" with a pet in the city is either for showing off or for hostility. In order to avoid attracting the attention of the Church of Light and ensure the suddenness of the attack, this is also one of the prohibited behaviors. Otherwise, summoning Taotao and Red Star in advance can increase the chances of winning.
I strolled along the way, taking the opportunity to recover my physical strength. When I officially launched the attack, I had to stay in the best condition. I came to the designated meeting place in the square in front of the Oriental Cathedral. There were people coming and going here, and it was very lively. There were many players in and out of the church, but I didn't see many of them were professionals of the Light Department. Most of them were probably here to see the new things. Moreover, the church was a "non-combat area". Except for the two opposing camps of the Church of Light and the "Resistance Alliance", other irrelevant players could not "use force" in it. Once a battle broke out, they would be quickly evacuated. Therefore, we could attack boldly without any risk of accidental injury. In addition, bystanders did not have the right to provide evidence, so we did not have to worry about being wanted because of their witnesses.
Each group came from different directions, informed each other of the situation, proved that no member violated the rules, and immediately dispersed by group and walked towards the gate of the Eastern Cathedral. However, because I had carefully looked at the night-time no one who had a feud with us, I found that he had a white headscarf wrapped around his head for decoration compared to the previous time in the cave. Although it was meaningless for the battle, some female players who love to dress up and young men who want to pretend to be elegant have a preference for these special ornaments. I thought he should have some outstanding qualities when he dared to challenge our Tongxin League, but I didn't expect that he was a shallow person who liked to show off.
As soon as we walked into the door, the professional badges automatically appeared, and the eight elite knights guarding the door seemed to be alerted and began to raise their spears. Almost at the same time, we also launched an assault, first summoning our respective pets, and the necromancer naturally had to use "Summon the Dead", and began to attack according to the tasks of each group.
One group has been assigned to deal with the eight guards at the door, and the other groups quickly rushed in. I cast "Summon the Dead" to summon two dark knights and dozens of ordinary Devouring Ghosts - Ghost King Xiaobai has not had time to go through the test of actual combat, and I don't know how much effect it can play. I dare not risk using it in such a crucial battle. As for the pet, I summoned Taotao first. On the one hand, I have to leave 10% of my mental power to perform other skills. On the other hand, I use the most powerful and never-shown Scarlet Spider Knight as a trump card, and summon it when necessary to give the enemy a fatal blow.
The other seven undead wizards were also quite powerful. The weakest one, number seven, summoned two black warriors. The number seventeen summoned a dark knight and a black warrior, and a skeleton king. In terms of mental strength, they were not much worse than me. However, generally speaking, they were a combination of dark knights, black warriors, skeleton shooters, and skeleton kings, and there was no unique variety. Fortunately, the hall of the church was spacious enough, and when the alarm sounded, irrelevant players were quickly teleported out of the church. Even with so many undead creatures, it still didn't seem crowded. In the empty hall, there were no other players except the nineteen of us, indicating that as expected, the light players would not hinder our mission.
The missionaries who had no fighting power in the hall had already died tragically at the hands of the undead creatures we summoned. Only a few of them saw the opportunity and ran away quickly, saving their lives temporarily. At the same time, many NPCs of light-related combat professions rushed into the hall from the side doors around, and came towards us aggressively.
The target of our group - the two level six professional small bosses have not appeared yet. I don't know where to find them, so I have to start with these level five professional small fry. Their attire is the same as the seven guys I killed back then. As Hei Jing introduced, the ones who are responsible for guarding the church are just ordinary guys. I picked on the seven of them alone before I was promoted. Now with the protection and cooperation of Long Xing Tian Xia and Long Kong, my strength has been enhanced. I think it will be no problem to deal with twenty of them. After beating these little brothers, are you afraid that the boss won't come out?
Long Xing Tianxia took the initiative to attack. The "Poison|Dragon Spear" in his hand was really powerful. Coupled with his superb fighting skills, a few shots made an elite knight of light green all over. The Bishop of Light had to use "Purification" to remove his abnormal state. I commanded two dark knights to cooperate with his actions and follow him to attack. In terms of strength, they were all above the knight of light. They were unstoppable. The light NPCs who acted hastily and could not form effective cooperation were simply unable to resist. Wherever they went, they were either dead or injured. Long Kong stayed nearby to protect me. Although he felt that there was a gap between the two of us, it did not affect his work. He kept blocking the knights of light rushing towards me to buy me time to transfer. The dozens of devouring ghosts floated around me. They rushed to the knights of light who tried to approach me. Physical attacks had no obvious effect on them. They grabbed wildly and their physical strength was quickly consumed. I also imposed the "Dead Curse" on them. The lone army went deep into the depths without the support of the bishops of light. They either died at the hands of Long Kong or fell under my "Death Cloud".
The three weaker groups will be on guard, occupying advantageous positions to contain the enemy's actions and blocking the enemy's attack in the hall as much as possible. The two main attack groups, including us and the necromancer No. 17, must not only find the enemy's weaknesses to kill them as much as possible, but more importantly, they must wait for an opportunity to attack the golden twelve-winged angel statue enshrined on the altar in the center of the hall. Once it is broken, it means that the Eastern Cathedral has lost its qualification as an agent of the Church of Light, and its establishment in the city will be cancelled. To restore it, it will require many complicated procedures, which cannot be completed overnight. More importantly, it is a heavy blow to the image of the Church of Light and has great representative significance. Killing people to establish prestige and destroying statues to gain fame, this is the ultimate goal of "Operation Limb Severance".
Of course, it is not easy to smash the twelve-winged golden angel statue. The altar itself is protected by a barrier, which is said to be set up by the cardinal himself. It is difficult to break through. Moreover, it is also something that those light-related NPCs desperately want to protect. They would rather die than allow us to blaspheme. If you want to complete the task, you must go through a fierce battle.
I have already used the "Touch of Death" to attack those particularly arrogant bishops of light. Although the power was weakened by "Purification", the effect was better than last time because my own strength has improved. I have picked three in a row and accumulated some mental power. It is not enough to use "Summon the Dead" again. There is no problem in letting Red Star appear at any time. The charging Long Xing Tianxia did not use the "Poison|Dragon Spear" to exert the power of the artifact to kill those NPCs or smash the angel statue. He just used the magic ability to avoid the real and attack the virtual with the cooperation of the two dark knights . He took advantage of the loopholes to pick five or six knights of light in a row, and also destroyed two bishops who were too close to the front to detoxify the knights of light. Of course, the three guys who collapsed on the ground would not be let go, and they also returned to the embrace of "Heaven".
Two level six professional mini-bosses finally couldn't wait to appear. The Knights of Light and their horses, who had cast "Holy Blessing", were shining with a layer of white halo. The brightness alone was higher than those level five elite knights, and their speed was also much faster. After a few jumps, they had already rushed towards Long Xing Tian Xia. However, the Archbishop of Light knelt in front of the altar with his head down, and intermittent chanting could be heard, as if he was praying to the gods. A hole slowly opened above him, and a strong white light could be faintly seen coming out of the hole. It seemed that he was casting a more powerful magic.
However, Long Xingtianxia and I had already made a plan on how to deal with the two of them. A dark knight took a hard shot and turned around to block the earth knight, while Long Xingtianxia quickly stepped back a few steps and threw out the "poison dragon spear" in his hand. With a dragon roar, he turned into a dark green poison dragon and rushed towards the archbishop who was kneeling and praying in the distance. Almost at the same time as Long Xingtianxia launched the attack, Taotao, who had been waiting nearby and holding back, received my order and increased his speed to the limit. After several consecutive leaps, he also approached the archbishop. He opened his mouth and a beam of "ghost fire ray" quickly sprayed over. The light knight seemed powerful, but in fact, his role in the melee was not as good as that of the light priest. He killed the archbishop with poor defense ability first, and the remaining earth knight was alone and could not resist the attack of Long Xingtianxia and me.
At the moment when the poisonous dragon approached the archbishop, a faint white light shield suddenly lit up around him, which actually blocked the poisonous dragon's momentum. After a moment of stalemate, the light shield became brighter and brighter, and cracks kept appearing. It seemed that it was still unable to resist the power of the artifact. Suddenly, it exploded with a "pop", and the archbishop also trembled violently. The poisonous dragon rushed forward and hit him heavily.
