Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 27 The Problem Left by Xiaoyue
I have been wandering around the Dragon Valley for eleven days, but still have nothing to show for it. Most of the dragons I have seen are single, and I have not encountered any with families or pregnant. Of course, this only refers to level 7 dragons. There is no need to consider dragons above level 8. Even if you really get a dragon egg, I am afraid no player would dare to try to sign a contract with it. The gap in strength is too great. Even with the enhanced "pet scroll", there is no hope of success. I finally found a few pairs of level 7 dragon couples. After tracking and investigating for a long time, there was no sign of a baby or pregnancy. I sent Xiaobai and other devouring ghosts to conduct a carpet search within a radius of several miles, and found the location of the dragon's lair. I also assigned Xiaobai to sneak in and investigate in detail, so there is no possibility of misjudgment.
After resting up, I went online again, ready to continue the in-depth search. According to the agreement beforehand, I had to say hello to my companions who were still online, ask about the situation, and see if they had found anything. I carefully checked the surroundings first to make sure there were no dragons, so as not to attract their attention during the call. These guys will not take the initiative to cause trouble unless you provoke them, but once they are interested, it will be difficult to deal with them. Once, maybe I spoke a little louder, and accidentally disturbed a light gray level 7 earth dragon resting in the bushes nearby. I was almost killed by a sudden big rock, forcing me to flee everywhere, in a miserable state. In the end, I sacrificed a few dark knights to get away by luck. From then on, I never dared to be careless again.
I checked the communication column and found that the Guardian of the Heart and the others had all gone offline to rest. Only Yue Linglong was still online. Her search area was adjacent to mine, and our progress was similar, not far apart. Just when I was about to contact her, the signal light suddenly flashed first, and she actually took the initiative to call me.
Looking at the timing, if Afeng knew, he would definitely say that this is a telepathic connection. I smiled slightly and answered the intercom, "Hello, Xiaoyue, how are you, have you found anything?"
The strange thing is that I didn't hear Yue Linglong's cheerful response immediately as usual. Instead, I heard a burst of rapid panting, and there was a faint strange roar. I was stunned at first, and then I reacted. It sounded like the dragon. Was she being chased by the dragon? If that was the case, it would be troublesome. From the panting, it seemed that she was very tired. She had a white dragon horse as a mount. It was impossible for ordinary ground dragons to chase her so embarrassedly. Could it be that she was extremely unlucky to provoke a flying dragon or some particularly powerful ground dragons? I couldn't help but get a little anxious. Everyone was responsible for searching in their own area. Although there would be no substantial loss if they died accidentally, it would take a lot of time to go back and forth after resurrection, and the search progress would fall behind a lot. For a girl like Xiaoyue who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside, it was difficult for her to accept the result of a mistake when completing the work assigned to her. Similar things had happened before, and she was depressed and blamed herself for several days.
"Hey, Xiaoyue, where are you now and what happened?" Whether it is for Afeng's "dragon-hunting plan" or to prevent Yue Linglong from being sad, I don't want her to make any mistakes at such a critical moment.
The panting sound coming from the intercom calmed down a little, and Yue Linglong finally spoke, "Brother Dai, I...I found...I found a velociraptor egg, and an adult velociraptor is chasing me. Come here quickly, my coordinates are XXXX"
Great! I was overjoyed when I heard Yue Linglong's first words. I finally found the dragon egg, and it was the most ideal velociraptor egg. Just like when I chose the rhino as Afeng's mount, according to his fighting habits, the flying dragon that focuses on agility and uses sports tactics is not suitable. The war dragon that is used to rushing hard is his best choice. Although the velociraptor is the weakest type of war dragon, it has a higher success rate compared to Afeng's basic attribute value. However, the words that followed puzzled me and gave rise to many questions. How could a velociraptor chase her so badly when she was riding the white dragon horse? She could completely get rid of the opponent with her speed. Could it be that the white dragon horse had encountered something unexpected? And she told me her location, and it seemed that she wanted me to save her. In fact, as long as she informed me or any of Afeng's friends of the coordinates of the velociraptor egg, she would have completed the task and done what she should do. The rest of the work would naturally be taken care of by others. Why should she be so tired and persist so hard? It seemed a bit superfluous and like she was causing more trouble, which was not like her usual style. Why was that?
Unfortunately, after I finished speaking in a panic, Yue Linglong turned off the intercom. She didn't answer my calls, leaving me with many questions but no answers. I could only head there as quickly as possible according to the coordinates she gave. Fortunately, the place is not far away, otherwise Taotao would be soaking in the "Hell Magma Pool" for cultivation and there would be no way to summon him out for transportation. The speed of travel would be much slower than before and it would take more time.
I saw Yue Linglong from afar, wearing the fiery red "Phoenix Feather Cape" I lent her, which was very eye-catching. I wondered if she was so careless in covering her tracks to make it easier for me to identify her. But it was really strange. The white dragon horse was still being ridden by her, and the one chasing behind her was just an ordinary adult velociraptor. But both Yue Linglong and the white dragon horse under her looked exhausted. It seemed that this chase had been going on for quite some time to make a professional knight so tired. And looking at Yue Linglong's actions, she would turn around from time to time to tease the velociraptor, as if she was intentionally attracting the velociraptor to chase her, which made me even more confused.
In view of Yue Linglong's strange behavior, I didn't dare to act rashly for a moment, for fear of accidentally interfering with her plans. I should contact her first and then talk about it. I showed up and shouted to her: "Xiaoyue, I'm here, how can I help you?"
Xiaoyue turned her head and looked at me, with a happy smile on her face, but she was still running, not daring to stop, and gasped a few times, "First, summon a few undead creatures to distract the speed dragon. Xiaobailong and I are almost exhausted."
I immediately summoned two terrifying giant bear knights, rushed forward to contain the velociraptor, they are faster and more resistant to attack, from the tone of Yue Linglong seems not to get rid of the opponent for the time being, so the terrifying giant bear knight will be more effective. In addition, there are Xiaobai and some devouring ghosts, they will definitely come in handy in the next action. For the sake of insurance, Red Star was also summoned, ready to fight at any time as needed.
However, this velociraptor seemed to hate Yue Linglong very much. Even though it was harassed by two terrifying giant bear knights, it still chased her closely. This grudge was really big. Fortunately, it was restrained, which inevitably distracted her. Whether it was parrying or counterattacking, Yue Linglong's pressure was finally slightly reduced. She was able to take time to talk to me, but she still refused to withdraw from the battle circle and insisted on entangled with the velociraptor.
"Brother Dai, I'm sorry to bother you, but I can't help it. This velociraptor is pressing me too hard, and I don't have time to explain it clearly on the intercom."
"Oh, it's okay, it's nothing, but I don't understand why you would do this?"
"My online time for today has exceeded. If I don't stay in combat mode, I will be forced offline, so I must fight with this velociraptor."
I see, no wonder I'm so tired, this is also a setting of the system, except for executing some special tasks, only when you stay in combat can you stay online for overtime. Of course, in order to prevent some players from using this rule to kill monsters overtime and "illegally" earn seniority points, the overtime part will be deducted during the normal game time, and the total online time will not increase, and it won't be any advantage. But I still can't solve the doubts in my heart, "Why don't you tell Afeng and the others the specific location of the dragon egg? They can notify us, is it worth it?"
"But there is not much time left. Even if we tell Brother Feng, they won't be able to come in time. Moreover, we may have gone too deep into the Dragon Valley and exceeded the effective distance. The communication with the outside world has been disturbed and we can't contact you for the time being. We can only wait for you to come online. We must grab the velociraptor egg as soon as possible. It may be hatched at any time. In that case, Brother Feng's success rate of signing a contract at a higher level will be lower." In some special areas, if the distance is too far, it will indeed affect the contact with the outside world. I have summoned undead creatures to help. Yue Linglong's little white dragon is faster, so the progress is naturally faster than other companions. And I can meet with Afeng in reality, so I haven't contacted them in the game for the past few days, and I didn't know that I had lost contact with the outside world.
"Did you see it clearly ? That velociraptor egg is really about to hatch?" I suddenly had a bad feeling. It was so unlucky. Why did this happen?
"Yes, I was about to log off, but I unexpectedly discovered a velociraptor's nest. I rode the little white dragon and rushed in, and saw an adult velociraptor holding eggs there to incubate. Judging from the color of the velociraptor eggs, they should be hatched soon. However, before I could observe carefully, I was chased out by another velociraptor that just returned. It seemed very angry and kept chasing me. Once I go offline, I can only come back eight hours later. I am afraid that I will not have enough time and the velociraptor eggs will hatch. So I have to tease the velociraptors to stay in combat mode and wait for one of you to come online. Fortunately, you came in time. If you had come a little later, I am afraid I would not be able to hold on." Yue Linglong had to take a few breaths after saying a few words, and at the same time, she had to stab the velociraptor from time to time to maintain her combat mode. It seemed that not only she might fall off the horse at any time, but even the white dragon horse was trembling when running, and there was a danger of collapsing to the ground at any time. In the end, she even gave me a smiling face in return. She was so tired, it was hard for her to smile.
"Okay, I know all the situation. Tell me the coordinates of the velociraptor's nest, and I'll figure out what to do next. You should go offline and have a rest." Fortunately, he had logged off early today because he had to call his parents, and there were still a few hours left. Otherwise, he would definitely not be online now and would not be able to see Yue Linglong. By then, he might only be able to catch a baby velociraptor for Afeng. In that case, not only would it be much more difficult to capture it, but the success rate of signing a contract across levels would also be relatively low.
After getting specific intelligence, I asked Hongxing to join the battle to further contain Sulong. Yue Linglong barely distanced herself from Sulong and left the battle. After she survived the time limit, she waved goodbye to me. Before leaving, she reminded me, "Brother Dai, I'm counting on you for everything. Don't let Brother Feng and I down!"
Having lost its target, the velociraptor immediately vented its anger on the three of Red Star. Once it got serious, the Terror Knight would naturally not be a match for the dragon. I was also eager to get away to see the velociraptor egg, and had no intention of continuing to entangle with it. I sacrificed a Terror Bear Knight to cover the other Terror Bear Knight and Red Star to withdraw from the battle. However, I did not send them back to the "Dead Soul Space", but just let them escape far away. The battle in the velociraptor's nest will definitely require their efforts in a while, so there is no need to waste mental energy. The velociraptor was unable to catch up, and it might be worried about its partner and unborn child in the nest. It roared a few times in the direction they fled, and turned away in dismay.
After the velociraptors left, the surroundings were finally quiet. I was able to plan the next specific action plan. After thinking about the matter from beginning to end, I couldn't help but smile bitterly. Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue, left a few words and left me with a big problem. The enemy is two adult velociraptors, and I am the only one on my side. I can't get support from my companions for at least a few hours. Even if there are, there are only a few, which is a drop in the bucket. The difference in strength is too great. Moreover, to place the monster egg in the "pet room", I must touch it with both hands for a certain period of time. The fierce velociraptors will never give me this opportunity. Unless I can summon all the undead legions in the "dead space", there will be no possibility of a strong enemy. The most troublesome thing is that time waits for no one. According to Yue Linglong, the little velociraptors may break out of their shells at any time. I am afraid that there is not much time for me to summon more men.
While heading towards the location of the velociraptor's lair with Red Star and the surviving terrifying giant bear knight, Xiaobai and some devouring ghosts are following closely in the sky. While thinking about countermeasures, there is no good idea. What the necromancer needs most is time, which is also the key to our ability to defeat the strong with the weak. But now there is no time to lose, we need to take action as soon as possible, and there is no other companion to support us, so even a good cook cannot cook without rice.
