Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 29: Invasion of the Holy City
"But, as the headquarters of the Church of Light, the Holy City must be heavily guarded. There are NPCs of the Light everywhere in the city who are on guard and patrolling to maintain law and order. I've been there before, and I've seen that there are usually twelve people in a team, seven knights, five priests, and roughly estimated to be at least several thousand people." I was immersed in this "crazy" plan, imagining the "miserable state" of the Church of Light if it succeeded, and how badly they would be troubled and have no time to bother us again. However, Long Xing Tianxia questioned the mission, "Although we are all experts, there are only a few dozen people even if we add the two continents of North and South. The power disparity is too great, and it is difficult to cause too much unrest."
Hei Jing smiled slightly and nodded at Long Xing Tianxia, "You are right. The Holy City is well guarded. There are not only many players of light professions, but also many NPC patrols are elite troops. As soon as you reveal your dark professions, you will be attacked immediately. What's more,..." He glanced at us "celebrity" and said, "Many of you are wanted by the Church of Light. Even if you want to hide your identity and sabotage secretly, you can't do it. You can only confront the Church of Light openly. If you rush in rashly, even if there are several times more people, I am afraid you will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, and there will be no return."
After hearing this description, I suddenly woke up from my fantasy. This is not a holy city at all, but a den of wolves and dragons. They know the situation is so dangerous and still want us to die. What is their intention? They are not going to come up with another excuse to "test us", right?
"But..." Hei Jing changed the subject, showing a confident look, "This is just the usual situation. Now the whole Tianxia is in a state of panic. We dark professions are preparing to launch a large-scale counterattack. It is obvious that this is to create momentum for the upcoming 'Resistance Alliance'. In order to maintain its strong position, the Church of Light has transferred almost all level 5 light professional players and a large number of NPC elite troops to the other three continents to suppress us. Because the recent series of expansions have caused the Church of Light to be financially tight, and there is no time to recruit more people, so the defense of the Holy City has been relaxed compared to usual. Most of the people responsible for security patrols are ordinary level 5 professional NPCs, who are much inferior to you elites in strength and reaction. As long as the strategy is appropriate and fully utilized, it should be possible to create a large-scale turmoil."
"I'll remind you one thing," the silent An Guang also spoke up, "This time we are not aiming to kill people. Of course, if you have the ability, the more you kill, the better. But you must remember that your main task is to cause destruction and move around to make the entire Holy City chaotic. This will be more of a loss of face for the Church of Light than killing a few more NPCs or players of the Light Department. In addition, there is a place you must not touch. It is best to stay away from it. That is the headquarters of the Church of Light - the Temple of Light. The Pope of Light, the twelve cardinals and the twelve Knights of Light are all staying there. With your current strength, any one or two of them can take care of you all. However, they are still restricted by the rules and cannot directly intervene in the fight with the players. They cannot stay away from the Temple of Light. They can only As long as you don't get close to there, there won't be much danger. If the Holy City is in chaos, the Temple of Light will definitely send some experts to support it. The number of people is estimated not to be too large, but there should be a few difficult characters. According to your current level, the strongest enemies you may encounter should be the eighth-level professional Silver Robe Bishop and Light Phantom Knight. Although they have the ability to kill you, unless they use some powerful props, they can't use powerful skills like "God's Redemption" to threaten your soul. As long as you are careful, there won't be much danger. In addition, I will give you a little advice. It is not good to fight alone in this operation. If the force is too dispersed, it is easy to be defeated by the enemy one by one. It is also not good to gather together. It is difficult to cause too much chaos. It is best to form a group of three or four people and disperse to different areas. "
"To be frank with you, this operation is to build momentum and offer tribute to the establishment of the 'Resistance Alliance'. It is also the last operation we will host. After the establishment of the alliance, we will retreat behind the scenes and only release some professional tasks with rewards. The specific actions will be organized and planned by you. You are all outstanding representatives of dark professional players and have made a lot of contributions to the development of the dark camp. After this mission, the leadership and core members of the 'Resistance Alliance' will be initially selected based on your strength, performance and reputation. I hope you will seize this last opportunity and try your best to get a stage for yourself to display your talents." While speaking, Hei Jing's eyes intentionally or unintentionally stared at Long Xing Tian Xia, Qiu Shui Chang Tian and me. "Although we treat all players who join the 'Resistance Alliance' equally, after all, everyone's abilities and contributions are different, and there will still be some differences in the rewards obtained. There is a high probability that you will get extra rewards given by the system."
It's been made very clear. We are not here to kill people. We are here to cause trouble and sabotage. The top bosses of the Church of Light will not come out to trouble us. At most, they are a few silver-robed bishops and phantom knights of level 8. Without the help of the "holy disk", they can't use the "divine salvation" that can kill our souls. They can only destroy our bodies. At most, they will stay in the "resurrection corridor" for a few hours. It's no big deal. And according to Hei Jing, our performance this time is also related to our position in the "resistance alliance" to be established. Let's not talk about the northern continent for now. The southern continent has been very noisy recently. It has made some achievements in the struggle against the Church of Light and has a momentum to surpass our Eastern Continent. If we are suppressed by the people of Desert Eagle, Night Bonfire and Tianxing, Long Xingtian, the "No. 1 master in the Eastern Continent" and me, the "No. 1 wizard in the world", will lose face, and it will also bring shame to the Eastern Continent with the largest number of players.
"The mission has been explained clearly, but there is no guarantee that there won't be any accidents. After all, we are deep in the enemy's lair, so there are still risks. So you can freely decide your own actions and have the right to retreat at any time during the battle. In addition, according to the rules, I still have to ask you one question before the mission begins. Is there anyone who wants to withdraw from participating in this operation?"
All the players who were summoned were experienced players, none of them were timid. Facing Hei Jing's questioning gaze, they all shook their heads and denied. Hei Jing smiled and nodded, "Well, from now on, the mission of 'Going Straight to the Dragon' officially begins. Everyone, set off immediately and gather at the western continent according to these coordinates. There will be someone there to pick you up. Remember, you must arrive within two hours. If you are late, you will be automatically abandoned."
No wonder the gathering was set at the Howling Plains this time. It turned out to be convenient for traveling through the gate of time and space to rush to the Western Continent. In order not to attract attention, we all acted alone. The slow-moving Undead Wizard set off first. Because I had Taotao to travel with me, my speed was faster than that of the Magic Knight, so I was arranged to be the last. Fortunately, there was a "Peace Avenue" along the way, so I didn't encounter any danger.
After passing through the gate of time and space, I set foot on the Western Continent for the first time. This is an abandoned land where high-level monsters are rampant. Various strange roars can be heard from all around from time to time. I can tell at once that they are not made by any good people. I dare not stay for long and ride Taotao straight to the designated gathering place.
After leaving the Abandoned Land, we entered the Cold Wind Plains and hurried over according to the coordinates. The meeting place was behind a few small mounds. As we had plenty of time, we did not deliberately speed up along the way. Many players had already arrived here. The Desert Eagle, Night Bonfire and Sky Star from the Southern Continent, whom I knew, were all there. They greeted each other politely. There were also a few Elf Magic Knights and Necromancers from the Northern Continent, but the Red Lotus, whom I knew, was not among them. I guess it was because they were trapped in the Valley of the Dark Wind for so long that their development was delayed.
Players came over one after another and gathered with Long Xingtianxia and Long Kong to chat. They all felt a little confused. According to the requirements of the task, we need to enter the holy city through a teleportation array. There is no village in front and no shop behind here. We don’t know how to "smuggle" here. There is no trace of the mercenary group’s base nearby, and it is impossible to "borrow a road". Can a teleportation array be conjured out of thin air?
At the appointed time, the NPC in charge of the meeting finally appeared. His profession was the Holy Mage of the Undead. He was an old fellow who looked skinny and had lived for who knows how many years. He looked at us one by one and said, "Welcome all warriors of the dark profession to come here to complete this arduous task. I am the Holy Mage of the Undead, Black Shadow, and I will be responsible for sending you into the Holy City." He then took out a black disc with a diameter of about 20 centimeters and full of scales and patterns. "This is the artifact 'Transmission Star Disc' given by the Lord Death. Once activated, it can generate a transmission array at any location and connect to any other transmission array in the same continent. Unless it is blocked by a prohibition set by an artifact of the same level, even the transmission array of the hostile forces can be forcibly broken through and transmitted into. Of course, activating and maintaining the transmission array requires a lot of mental power. The level of the user's mental power determines how long the transmission array lasts, and it can only be used once within eight hours. With my strength, I can't last long. It is impossible to transmit too many people at a time. I can only use it for small-scale raids."
As the shadow chanted the spell, the disc began to spin rapidly, emitting a dazzling light. At the same time, it slowly floated up and stopped in mid-air. Then it shot out a yellow beam of light, which reflected on the ground and revealed the shadow of a teleportation array with a diameter of about two meters. It gradually became clearer from blurry. "This teleportation array has been connected to the teleportation array in the Holy City. You will appear in the Holy City after you enter. However, there must be NPC guards of the Light Department around the teleportation array. You must be prepared for a fight."
There are 37 players in total preparing to invade the Holy City. Our Eastern Continent has 6 Undead Wizards and 7 Magic Knights, accounting for 13 people. The Southern Continent has 7 Undead Wizards and 8 Magic Knights, which is two more than ours. According to Long Xing Tianxia, it is because they have achieved good results, so there are more outstanding players. The Northern Continent has the least players, only 4 Undead Wizards, 5 Magic Knights and 9 people. The last two who came were actually 2 dwarf wizards. Even the short-legged fat guy Xin Bi Tian Gao has mixed in. When he saw me, he immediately ran up to express his "respect" happily. He was full of flattery, which made me feel a little embarrassed. It seems that with the "Corpse King Crown" of the Fifth Corpse King that I gave him, his strength has greatly improved and he has successfully advanced to the fifth profession. Even if there is no tiger in the mountain, he can still emerge and act like a king. The level of the dark professional players in the Northern Continent is probably not that high. No wonder none of them were selected in the "Four Continents Elite Challenge" last time. Making such an arrangement should be a balancing measure between the three continents.
Pets and summoned creatures cannot be teleported, and Red Star, Little White, and Bat Man and Bat Lady cannot be summoned in advance. If we want to create greater chaos in the Holy City, we can only delay as much as possible. The area of the teleportation array is limited, so we can only enter in batches. The ones walking in front are all magic knights, who can resist the NPC guards near the teleportation array and protect us, the undead wizards, from successfully invading the Holy City.
When I appeared in the holy city, Long Xing Tian Xia and Desert Eagle, who had entered earlier, had already started a fierce fight with the NPC guards. These were indeed ordinary level 5 professional NPCs, and they had accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with them. Although they were outnumbered, they were not at all inferior. As more and more magic knights and undead wizards rushed out of the teleportation array, the NPCs could no longer resist and were forced to retreat step by step.
Seeing that they could not hold on any longer, these NPC guards immediately blew the whistle. As soon as the whistle sounded, nearby guards would come to support. We have a mission to accomplish, so we naturally cannot continue to dwell here. Fortunately, these NPCs are unable to stop us and can be dispersed to other places in the city at any time.
I first summoned Red Star and Bat Lord, and then summoned more than 200 Skeleton Archers to create chaos, leaving 10% of my mental power just in case, and then joined Long Xing Tian Xia and Long Kong. The three of us are most familiar with each other, and we have already discussed to act together. I originally wanted to "promote" Xin Bi Tian Gao and let him go with us, but I didn't expect him to be embarrassed and look at me pitifully, saying that he had agreed to help a few friends. I had to kick this "loyal" guy away. We are not a charity, and a small temple cannot accommodate too many Bodhisattvas. Look at the southern continent, the Desert Eagle is also combined with Night Bonfire, Tianxing and another magic knight. The four people are combined to obtain the greatest results through this mission and compete for the leadership of the "Resistance Alliance".
