Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 34: Malicious Love Stealing
Hard work pays off. With my careful "training", I finally eased the relationship between Hongxing and Wuma. Although they still cannot help Wuma to kill, they at least obey my orders and take the responsibility of guarding. Once they encounter the threat of a powerful enemy, they will take the initiative to rush forward to cover Wuma's escape. I conducted several experiments with them. In the absence of my instructions or intervention in their actions, the two sides cooperated well. Wuma was smart enough not to provoke those too powerful beings. The hundreds of members of the "bodyguard group" were basically loyal to their duties. Finally, I could let Wuma enter the high-level undead biological area with peace of mind. Devouring those weak zombies that have no "nutrition" every day could not meet its needs at all, let alone further growth. Until now, it has not recovered from the injuries caused by the "heavenly tribulation".
After more than ten days of intensive nourishment, Taotao rushed back to the "Hell Magma Pool" to soak. I had high hopes for it. It would be best if it could complete its third evolution before the "World Heroes Conference" and significantly improve its strength. Otherwise, I really don't have the confidence to compete with those dragon knights and level 7 pet players. After all, I have only played the game for less than a year, and I don't have much combat experience. If I can't gain a clear advantage in summoning creatures, once a stalemate, the outcome is really unpredictable.
Now, I seem to be still in good shape, but in fact, due to the appearance of level 6 and 7 Warcraft pets, the advantage in strength is not so obvious. This may be a restriction of the system on the necromancers who can use "Summon the Dead". Although they also have the level 6 professional "pet scroll", they cannot sign contracts with level 6 and 7 Warcraft like other professional players at will, because the professional characteristics of the necromancer are destined to spend a considerable amount of time in the "Dead Space" to conquer more and more powerful subordinates, and Warcraft pets cannot be brought into the "Dead Space". This not only has no way to fight with the power of pets, but also directly affects the growth of pets, and to a large extent loses the meaning of obtaining pets, and has limited effect on the development of necromancers. When the pets were at level 3, they were not strong, and many necromancers had not yet mastered the "Summon the Dead" skill. Choosing Warcraft as pets did not have much impact, but now it is different from the past. I am afraid that no necromancer will give up the "Dead Space" and develop purely in the human world.
The dual basic attribute enhancement effect of the dual professions makes us necromancers have a higher success rate of signing contracts across levels, and the sum of my basic attribute values is definitely one of the best. I believe that the chance of having a level 7 dragon as a pet is not too small, and I will not suffer too much at the "World Heroes Conference", but then I will face a dilemma, either give up the development in the "Dead Space" or sacrifice the growth of the pet. No matter which choice I make, my own strength will be affected. From the perspective of long-term development, I must not pay too much attention to the immediate interests. However, it is extremely difficult to sign a suitable powerful undead creature as a pet. Although it is not necessary to fight a battle with the pet's parents like in the human world and rely on force to rob, it is probably more difficult . Especially for other necromancers who developed later, it is absolutely rare to have a powerful undead creature like Red Star who has evolved in time and is just right for keeping as a pet. Most of them still have to go to "nature" to find it.
So I can only wait and look for a suitable target to appear, so that I can have a third pet. I don't regret giving up the opportunity to sign a contract with Wu Ma. With its current strength, it is not qualified to compete with the sixth and seventh level magic pets, and it is not a suitable contract object. Moreover, the characteristics of the Destruction Knights determine that they are not suitable as pets. Without the ability to continue to evolve, Wu Ma is like a tiger without teeth, losing its most sharp weapon, and it is not of much value to my future development.
As soon as I revived, I found that there were many new messages in my message box, some from Afeng, Yun Wuying... one message came every once in a while. What emergency happened? Why are they so eager to find me? I remember seeing Afeng when I was offline last time. Everything was calm and there was nothing I needed to help with. Could it be that a team fight broke out again?
He hurriedly read through the letters one by one. Someone was trying to forcibly occupy a monster nest that Afeng and his friends had discovered first, and snatch a monster egg inside. This was the nest of the seventh-level monster Purple Lightning Magic Leopard, which was just suitable as a pet for the thunder magician Xue Wuxia. He was originally mobilizing people to prepare for armed robbery, but he didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway. Suddenly, another group of people appeared and also discovered the nest of the Purple Lightning Magic Leopard. They immediately showed up to fight. Afeng negotiated with them to no avail. The other party was extremely tough and refused to give in. Generally, when encountering such a situation in the game, there is no moral etiquette to talk about. The strong are respected, and in the end, they can only rely on force to solve it. Now the two sides are confronting near the Purple Lightning Magic Leopard's nest. They are evenly matched for the time being, but there are two adult Purple Lightning Magic Leopards standing by and watching covetously. They are afraid to take the initiative to provoke a fight. They are constantly recruiting people, which shows that they are determined to win and want to decide the ownership through a big battle.
The message also reported the other party's "number", the Yasukuni medium-sized mercenary group, the name is really a bit strange, it seems that I have never heard of it, and the strength of the nameless people is not that strong. Damn, I couldn't help but curse. After all, the Tongxin League is now a famous mercenary group in the Eastern Continent and even the whole "World". It is strong, and there are still these ignorant people who dare to provoke it. Could it be that they really bully us because we are women in charge of the Tongxin League, and we are less evil and easier to bully? But it's no wonder they do that. Everything is tempting. The purple lightning magic leopard is an extremely powerful seventh-level magic beast. Although it may not be able to defeat the seventh-level magic dragon alone, it is not afraid of it because of its absolute advantage in speed. Whether its magic beast eggs are used for personal use or for sale, they are a great temptation. Few people can resist it.
There are only a few people left in the garrison, and those who are capable of fighting have rushed over to help. The location of the conflict is on the Pami Plateau in the Ten Thousand Mountains, which is quite a distance from here. Alas, Taotao cannot be summoned for the time being, and can only rely on his own two legs to travel. Now he has no chance to run.
I contacted Afeng. The battle has not started yet. Both sides are still in a standoff. The key is that there are two purple lightning leopards, which are uncertain factors. They may intervene in our battle at any time. It is hard to say which side will gain the upper hand. Moreover, both sides are targeting the monster eggs in the nest. The best way is to concentrate superior forces and take the monster eggs into our control before launching an attack to avoid unnecessary trouble. Because of such a big commotion, the location of the purple lightning leopard's nest has been exposed, which will inevitably attract the covetousness of other players and forces. If we fight to a loss and fail to kill the purple lightning leopard and get the monster eggs, it is very likely that a third party will take advantage of it, which is also an outcome that neither side wants to see.
The fight for the pet egg not only involves the honor of the mercenary group, but also concerns the face of Chinese players, because the Yasukuni Mercenary Group is composed entirely of Japanese players. No wonder it is easy for me to think of the Yasukuni Shrine, which is notorious in the minds of Chinese people. Just for the name, we must not lose to them, otherwise how can the Tongxin Alliance face people in the future?
Although the Yasukuni Mercenary Group has not been well-known so far, its strength should not be underestimated. The forty or fifty players who have appeared have all reached level six professions, and some already have level six magical pets. Moreover, since they are confident that they can compete with our Tongxin Alliance, their overall strength must not be too weak, and they must be treated with caution.
However, judging from the remaining time, it is getting late, and most players should not have much online time left. It will take a while to get to the destination. Players like me who set out from the base and have no mounts to travel to will not be able to get there in a short time. The opponent's goal is the same as ours, to get the purple lightning magic leopard's egg. They will never take action easily without confidence or unless they have no choice. Therefore, the real decisive battle should start tomorrow. Afeng and his team will also take turns to go offline to rest in order to survive the online time limit. Anyway, they don't have the strength to fight on two fronts to kill the purple lightning magic leopard, so they have to do so. According to normal circumstances, the opponent cannot be prepared for this emergency. The situation is probably similar to ours, and they should not have the strength to take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack.
I rested for a few hours, and then I logged on the next day and set off for the Pami Plateau. Because I had to hurry, and the places I passed were all places where monsters were rampant, I couldn't summon the undead creatures in advance. The smarter corpse wizards were too slow to keep up with my actions, and the undead knights didn't know how to hide their tracks and avoid trouble. They were used to rushing around, so they would inevitably clash with monsters, which would delay my trip. Moreover, a large target would easily attract the attention of those with ulterior motives and expose my identity. As the saying goes, people's hearts are unpredictable. They might want to eliminate a potential enemy and take advantage of my alone time to attack. It's easy to dodge an open spear, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. I'm afraid I'm in danger. Alas, the key is that the situation is too complicated. I guess there are many forces hoping that we will both lose. I can't tell who is the hidden enemy, so I can't take precautions.
Of course, I am not completely defenseless and really have to travel alone. Red Star's IQ is obviously higher than that of ordinary Terror Knights. He can execute my orders better and follow me naturally. Originally, the Blood Bat couple were the most suitable ones to summon in this situation, but it's a pity that they are no longer in good condition, so I had to give up and summon Xiaobai instead. As for Wu Ma, he hasn't recovered from his injuries yet, so forget it. Besides, I don't want to disturb him under normal circumstances.
The closer we got to the Pami Plateau, the more tense the situation became. There were more and more players in groups of two or three. I didn't know them. They were from third-party forces. Although I heard that there were many level 6 and 7 monsters here, which originally attracted many players to search, the number of people in front of me was obviously a bit beyond normal. No matter what their purpose was, I had no intention of provoking them and causing trouble. I avoided them from a distance and headed directly to the lair of the purple lightning leopard.
According to the news from Afeng, it has been more than ten hours, and the two sides are still confronting each other. No one dares to act rashly. As a mercenary group with little reputation, Yasukuni Society has shown unusual determination and is constantly gathering more and more people to fight against our Tongxin League. It was originally an ordinary "fondling" incident, but now the action is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of participants is increasing. It has escalated to a direct confrontation between the two mercenary groups. It is really unexpected. I don't know why the leader of the mercenary group, who is called the Shogun Samurai, is so "stubborn".
Seeing that I was almost at my destination, I paused for a moment and began to cast the "Summon the Dead" to prepare for the upcoming battle. Just as I finished casting the spell, suddenly, without any warning, several flashes of light of different colors flashed by and rushed towards me. In an instant, they were already in front of me. They were archers. I was ambushed by several archers.
Archers can be said to be the nemesis of magicians. Although they also use long-range attacks, they have a longer range and faster speed, which is extremely threatening to magicians with thin bodies and low defense and agility. And judging from the direction of the arrows, they should be magic arrows cast by the archer's strongest single attack skill "Gathering Qi and Strike". The number of sneak attackers is at least not less than five. Against me who is defenseless, even with the "Damage Conversion" of "Dark Demon Robe", it will definitely be an instant kill.
If I really died before I could achieve my goal, I would be so angry that I would die. I came all the way here and was about to reach my destination, but I was ambushed. This was too pathetic. However, facing the sudden magic arrows, I was unprepared and had no way to avoid them. Moreover, I had just cast "Summon the Dead" and had no time to react.
The situation was grim, but I didn't give up. I had to try my best. I seized the last chance and tried my best to adjust the position of the summoned undead. Two terrifying giant bear knights and a dark knight appeared beside me in an instant. I wanted to see if they could take the attack on my behalf.
The opponent's arrangement was flawless, and the timing of the sneak attack was also very good. The attacks came from several different directions, blocking the space for me to dodge. They must be masters. If it were any other player, or if I had not just finished casting the "Summoning of the Undead", I would definitely have no chance of survival even if I could cast the "Three Shields Protection". Fortunately, the undead took most of the attacks for me, and I was only hit by two arrows and seriously injured, and narrowly escaped death.
