Don't call me evil god

Chapter 838 First Day, Perfect Defense

As soon as one wave passes, another one rises.

During the few days that the monster red tide lasted, there was no safe window, only a steady stream of enemies.

This is also the reason why the defense line has to send people to guard it in rotation.

Working day and night is something that even a strong man cannot endure.

Moreover, there is an obvious "output threshold" in this war.

If they could eliminate all the monsters from the previous attack before the next wave of monsters arrived, like on the diversion line, then the threat from the enemies they would face would be barely controllable.

If the defense line lacks firepower.

The last bunch of monsters haven't been completely eliminated yet;

The next batch of monsters has arrived at the front line;
That would be big trouble.

The pressure will increase as the attacks pile up, just like a reservoir that is filling and draining water at the same time. Once the reservoir is completely filled, bursting the dam is the inevitable outcome.

Fortunately, the intensity of the monster red tide's attack on the first day was not exaggerated to that extent.

The monsters rushing out from the depths of the forest were mainly composed of groups of level 3 monsters, with only a few level 4 monsters in the double digits.
As for the 5th level monster?
Only seven appeared throughout the entire day.

Whenever Bacon observed the emergence of such high-threat individuals among the monster tide, the "professional teams" that had been trained in the dark dungeons would immediately enter the scene to hunt them down.

First, a skilled ranger will attract the target's hatred and attention, gradually leading it out of the center of the monster group, paving the way for the next battle;

The strategy team worked in harmony and took over in the first place, with the standard iron triangle system of shield warrior taking damage, mage output, and priest healing.

The intensity of the hunting battle process is much lower than that of the Dark Crypt. Most of the players who have gone through the previous winter development training now have a feeling of "being relaxed and leisurely strolling in the garden" and "the monsters are reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye".

The reason couldn't be simpler.

The battles in the dark dungeons are restricted to certain areas, and they have to come up with various strategies to resist and deal with the monsters' many moves. There are also restrictions on the number of people and time, which is like dancing on the edge of a knife while wearing heavy shackles.

This time the battle is on the surface, in the wild.

Then there's no need to talk about morality and rules with the monsters, since they don't understand them anyway.

Three or four teams work together!
Shield warriors can be rotated at any time, and they don't have to fight to the end;
In the face of the enemy's large-scale attack, the methods previously used in the dark dungeon have now become emergency backup plans. The simplest way is to directly change the battlefield!
The firepower of attacking monsters also far exceeds the harsh conditions of squeezing here and there in the dark things. One round of concentrated firepower can leave serious injuries to high-level monsters. With a few more rounds of such explosions, they can be easily destroyed!

As for those low-level monsters numbering in the tens of thousands, dealing with them is even easier.

The fact that there are many mages among Nowen's followers has become a huge advantage at this moment!

"Woohoo! It's so cool!"

Gale happily worked with the two arcane life forms he summoned to guide the [Blizzard] magic. A frost and snow cloud with a radius of more than 20 meters covered the sky above the battlefield, crackling and smashing sharp ice spikes and snow blocks with strong slowing effects at the monsters.

[-731, Blizzard, Elemental Mastery, Extreme Frost...]

[-689, blizzard, ...]

[-1433, Critical Hit! Blizzard, ...]

【…】

With the terrifyingly dense number of low-level monsters during the monster red tide, Gale didn't have to worry about the hit rate of magic at all. Even if he guided the magic with his eyes closed, he could guarantee 100% coverage.

Groups of monsters wailed and lost their breath under this powerful range magic bombardment, and fell on the way to the defense line. Gale listened to the reminders of legendary experience acquisition that kept ringing in his ears, did a simple mental calculation, and was immediately grinning from ear to ear.

"Sure, sure! At this rate, we should be able to make up for the experience lost due to death on the first day, and all the experience gained after that will be pure profit!"

Being promoted to a 4th-level mage means that the amount of experience required to upgrade the legendary level each time has increased by a whole order of magnitude.

The legendary experience that can be obtained by slaughtering the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level monsters that are common in the Dark Forest cannot be said to be negligible, but it can only be said to be better than nothing.

If they really wanted to "upgrade" by killing these low- and mid-level monsters, Gale roughly estimated that it would take at least 7 or 8 years of diligent killing for them to have a chance to reach the 5th level.

Don't forget that he also has to spend a large part of his time on traveling, looking for enemies, surviving in the wild, etc.

There aren't many opportunities to actually fight.

As for hunting level 4 and level 5 monsters?

On the one hand, those guys usually roam deeper into the Dark Forest, and their locations are uncertain. It is very difficult to confirm their intelligence, let alone organize a team to go to such a dangerous environment to launch a large-scale battle.
On the other hand, if you accidentally die during this process, the loss of legendary experience will be a painful number.

Therefore, this kind of action is destined not to be carried out on a large scale at this stage.

Although having a clear path to advancement is a huge help compared to those who are stuck in a position their entire lives and cannot make any progress.

But after experiencing the rocket-like promotion from a "pseudo-level 2" to a level 4 mage in just half a year, what would it be like to suddenly force yourself to slowly endure the time?

Gail was a little uncomfortable.

The monster red tide just happened to be a perfect opportunity!

They were waiting for the opportunity to tire themselves out, taking advantage of the geographical advantages of the defense line and the protection of the gods to fight a positional blocking war!

Safety is greatly improved;

It also saves them the trouble of finding the target.

The monsters that you can never kill will rush to you!
As long as your energy and materials are not exhausted, and as long as you can still chant spells and cast magic, you can gain as much Legendary XP as you want!
Traditional wizards are limited by their spell slots and cannot unleash mysterious and powerful magic at will.

The same cannot be said of the followers of Noven.

As long as they don’t faint from exhaustion, they can keep “dumping energy”!
Calculating the efficiency of obtaining legendary experience, Gale couldn't help but humming while shaking his head.

"It seems that the monster red tide is not as dangerous as we imagined. It's almost evening now, and there is not even a monster that can really get close to the defense line."

"Not as difficult as the last three battles in the Dark Crypt Isolation Layer!"

Thanks to the [Flame Vortex] magic that swept across the battlefield, some monsters' bodies would be ignited by the flames and damaged. A large number of monster corpses burned, which not only saved the trouble of cleaning up the battlefield, but also formed a natural "flame defense line".

During the first day of the monster red tide, the diversion defense line built by the seekers of knowledge stood firm and completely wiped out all the monsters that attacked from the depths of the forest.

then.

The guards on the border of Ceylon.

Senseless.

……

(End of this chapter)