Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor

"Master Lighthouse Operator, you are finally here!"

Lin Bo walked towards it. The elf was a little timid, but still stood straight. Facing the wizard's outstretched palm, it bravely flew into his palm, jumped twice, and its feet were as hard as wooden bars.

"Master Lighthouse Keeper, the guardians know you're coming and have sent many Chupas to look for you. Please follow me!"

"Your name is Jiupa?" Lin Bo put on the mask and smiled.

"That's right, chirp!" The elf's voice was very childish. It circled in Lin Bo's hand like a compass, always facing in one direction.

Lin Bo's original intention was to go upstream to destroy the source of pollution, but since he met up with his fellow camp members, he changed his mind.

He controlled the star steel skeleton and soared into the air, flying straight towards the rising sun. The oncoming airflow was still heavy along the way, and he whimpered softly in the mage's ear, his words fragmented.

The elf hiding behind the wizard's fingers felt the wind coming through his fingers, and the fur on his body fell back in unison, making a comfortable sound.

"Master Lighthouse Man is flying so fast, chirp!"

In just a few minutes, he saw dozens of mounds protruding from the ground.

"Right there! Master Lighthouse Operator, please stop!"

Lin Bo followed the instructions and landed on the top of a hill. He reached out and pressed the ground, and immediately noticed something strange. There was a passage hidden in this low mound, and the entrance was obscured by a magical illusion.

This illusion is different from the mantra illusion. Its whispering animistic language is very clear and loud in Lin Bo's ears, and there is no way to escape it.

The elf flapped its wings and flew up, flying through the air like a bee, singing melodiously.

The magical illusion was triggered by a specific rhythm and automatically dispelled. A narrow hole appeared in the lawn on one side of the mound.

"Come in, come in, chirp~" The elf landed on the ground, jumping alternately on his left and right feet, leaping for joy like a hospitable host.

Lin Bo knew that this passage extended diagonally downward and was quite narrow. He would have to crawl forward, so he whispered his true name: "(True Word) White Wolf."

The wizard's body became hazy and blurred, as if covered by heavy gauze, and quickly transformed into a handsome young white wolf, nimbly diving into the cave.

The elf exclaimed, flapping its wings to lead the way.

Each faction maintains a headquarters. The Necromancers occupy the Giant's Graveyard, using the remains of ancient structures there to construct a sturdy fortress. The expeditionary force is stationed in the Pure Water Lands, not far from the city, to confront the evil enemy head-on.

At this time, the elf was leading the wolf-transformed wizards to their final home.

Along the way, it never stopped talking, talking about its daily life with its companions, about how the Chupas worked and played together, made friends with other creatures, buried their companions, and prayed for the giants who had fallen long ago and whose corpses were now desecrated.

Lin Bo listened quietly to the story of this little chatterbox.

The underground passages are intricate and without a guide, it is easy to get stuck in a dead end. Also, because the space is narrow, it is difficult to escape once trapped.

The wolf's keen ears picked up a large number of low growls echoing in the passage. Those were the undead creatures struggling in the cracks of the rocks.

The fey camp hides very deeply and will not easily accept visits from strangers. Lin Bo saw a note from a player in the same camp in the guide that newcomers need to complete several difficult tasks before they can be invited to the last home of the fey.

They traveled like this for half an hour, passing through several transfer stations. The garrisoned spirit creatures expressed great respect upon learning of Lin Bo's identity.

Finally, at a certain moment, the white wolf crawled out of the crevice, and a wide cave suddenly appeared in front of him.

Exotic, fluorescent plants of various colors, blue, red, white, and green, grew luxuriantly, with hundreds of elves bustling among the vegetation. Within the caverns, a forest of stone towered, and delicate niches carved into the stone pillars served as the homes of the chupas. Every home was adorned with fluorescent flowers.

Looking up at the dome, one can see a ray of daylight, which does not provide much illumination, but only highlights the difference between day and night.

"The Master Lighthouse Operator is here!" the little elf leading the way shouted. Like waves, the chirps raised their heads from the fields and exclaimed in unison. Childish cries of "Wow!" spread from the entrance into the depths of the cave.

They flapped their wings and surrounded the white wolf.

The wizard called out his real name in his mind, lifted the transformation spell, and restored his human body, and the elves around him exclaimed in amazement again.

Lin Bo took off his mask, squatted down and greeted these furry balls.

At this moment, a giant creature came with rumbling steps. The surrounding elves quickly jumped and hid to the sides.

Its body is covered with gray hair like an ape, its arms are thick and long, its face is smooth like a human, it is wearing simple wooden armor, and holding a shield and a stone stick in its hands. These armor and weapons emit a faint magical aura.

"Young great one, the guardians hope to meet you." The giant spoke in a dull voice.

It stared at and sized up Lin Bo, its face filled with solemnity. After a while, it finally relaxed its expression, revealed a faint smile, and lowered its head to show respect.

"Please show me the way." The wizard replied gently and nodded.

Chapter 187 Purgatory Mission Begins

Lin Bo followed the giants and passed by the farmland tended by the elves. The fur balls on the side of the road chirped, bit off the plump berries hanging on the branches of the fluorescent bushes, held them on their heads, flapped their wings and flew to the wizard to ask him to taste them.

"It's delicious." Lin Bo put the sweet orange-red berries that looked like tangerines into his mouth and chewed them. They were juicy and contained some magical substances that could slightly boost the body's vitality.

"Happy, happy~" The elves were so happy that their hard work was recognized that they bumped into each other and rolled around among the flowers.

The wizard saw that, except for these elves, the rest of the creatures were very strong. Whether they were patrolling herds or armed guards, they generally tended to become larger.

There is a mission in the "Summary of Elf Faction Missions" called "Awakening Ancient Potential", which mentions that the natural creatures in this wilderness have more or less inherited the power of giants.

They are not descendants of blood, but have been influenced by the spiritual energy emitted by the giants, becoming taller and stronger.

Therefore, the beasts and guards that Lin Bo saw along the way can actually be called giants.

However, monkeys were the most affected. Not only did their physiques grow larger, but their mental abilities also greatly improved. Most of them were able to grow to a size similar to that of humans, being short, stocky, and hairy. They were called mountain goblins.

There are also a very small number of mountain goblins that have broken through the size limit and grown to three or four meters tall. They are called giant mountain goblins. They are regarded as the most orthodox giant race. Today, the number of surviving ones is extremely small.

It was the giant mountain demon who led Lin Bo. It explained the current situation of the elves in a concise and concise manner: the guardians were weakened, the natural spirits of the wilderness were bound by the necromancers, the undead creatures kept trying to invade, and the water purification land was occupied by humans... Every word it said that fell into Lin Bo's ears could trigger a new task.

[Network Tip: You have triggered the mission - Liberate the Natural Temple (Desperate Situation)]

[You have triggered the mission - Spirit Rescue (Extremely Difficult)]

[You have triggered the mission - Guerrilla Heroes (Difficult)]

[You have triggered the mission - Diplomat (Normal)]

【…】

Some of them he'd seen before in the "Mission Summary," others he hadn't. Some of the missions had hidden trigger conditions, but Lin Bo probably ignored the prerequisites because his faction's friendship value was too high, so there wasn't much to learn from. He still wrote down the mission information, intending to upload it to the public archives when he got back.

Crossing the farmland, we arrived at the training ground. The fey faction's combat units were beasts and goblins. The goblin guards' combat techniques, though simple, were highly refined, and combined with the giants' physique, they had considerable lethality. However, their weapons and equipment were rather rudimentary, with only a few being enchanted.

A mountain goblin warrior staggered back to the edge of the field, almost bumping into the mage. Lin Bo raised his hand and pressed down on its back.

"Master Lighthouse Operator." The young mountain goblin hurriedly apologized, and the giant mountain goblin scolded it for its poor martial arts skills.

Lin Bo touched the warrior's wooden armor, feeling its material, then used his star steel-wrapped fingers to carve words on the back armor, muttering Gu'dorei spells in a low voice.

The mountain goblin's words of reprimand were stuck in his throat. His eyes were fixed on the mage's movements, and he pinned the bewildered mountain goblin warrior down. While waiting for the mage to finish engraving, an enchanted breastplate suddenly appeared, with dozens of power runes gleaming on its back.

"Go ahead. Hone your skills." The wizard patted the goblin warrior's shoulder.

"Yes!" Although it didn't understand the meaning, it still straightened its chest, looked excited and encouraged, shouted, and joined the battle in the training ground again.

"You are too kind. This child is not worthy of wearing magical equipment." The mountain goblin's tone became softer.

Lin Bo observed its equipment and found that the arm armor and leg armor were enchanted with runes, so he asked where the local enchanter was.

"The last rune enchanter has long since died. Later, we drew upon the power of nature spirits to enchant weapons. Now, even these spirits are bound by those who torment the undead, and we no longer have the means to enchant weapons. However, an elder guards the library. He says that the clay tablets contain words of power left by giants, but the spirits cannot decipher the secrets."

"After visiting the guardian, please take me to the library."

"You will get what you wish for." The giant mountain demon replied solemnly.

Away from the training grounds, we passed by the stone fences and houses built by the beasts and mountain elves.

The terrain continued to rise, and before Lin Bo's eyes was a subterranean hill, nearly fifty meters high. Looking up, he saw thick vines covering the steep slopes. Atop the mountaintop, a rich ochre-red light perched, spreading the magical power of the natural wilderness, nourishing the plants of this underground world with a constant flow of vitality.

The giant mountain demon climbed up the vines and invited the wizard to sit on his back.

Lin Boze just jumped into the air, walked in the air, and rose to the top of the hill, where he could clearly see the guardians of the place.

The vines that spread across the hill like blood vessels all converged at a giant bald tree on the top of the mountain. Under the trunk was a thick, pale turtle shell as big as a pond. The old turtle stretched out its neck and placed its head flat on the ground. It raised its eyelids and looked at Lin Bo, welcoming him.

"Son of Strength, thank you for coming all this way."

Also expressing their gratitude were a huge white wolf with dull fur, a large red-brimmed pig with disabled eyes, and a blue-feathered peacock with an abnormally swollen torso.

A ray of light from the crack in the dome shone on the top of the mountain. They were bathed in the bleak sunlight, and the dark shadows cast by their bodies were like iron, which could not hide their physical fatigue.

Lin Bo returned the greetings one by one, his gaze resting on an ochre-red rock in the middle of the bare tree canopy. It was this rock that emitted inexhaustible magical energy.

That's the giant heart fossil mentioned in the guide.

Each camp in [Giant Wilds] has a Purgatory-level boss monster, and the giant corpses of the Necromancer camp have a special invincibility mechanism. The never-ending negative energy makes it impossible to be destroyed, and the attack power is extremely strong. Only by returning the heart fossil can the invincibility state be broken.

As the most difficult task for players in the Elf faction, the prerequisite for defeating the Giant Corpse is to obtain the Heart Stone. There is no restriction on the specific method. If you don't want to increase your friendship points, you can also forcibly take away the task props through illegal acts such as cheating, stealing, and robbery.

Lin Bo patiently listened to the four guardians telling the story of this land, about how a giant came here in the past, educated the creatures in nature, shaped bodies for the ignorant guardians, and then fought against the dragons and was seriously injured and died.

All the ups and downs of life are dissolved in their deep voices.

As soon as they finished speaking, the wizard pointed at the Heart Stone and said, "Give it to me."

The guardians were all shocked.

The wolf's voice was like that of an old woman as it whispered, "A giant fell, his heart turned to stone, lighting up the sky. Evil outsiders sought to seize this legacy, and for sixteen years the fey and human armies battled to protect this treasure."

The big red-brimmed pig hissed, "Son of Strength, without it the bushes will die and the beasts will have no food."

The blue peacock endured the surging necromancy within his body and said wearily, "Give it to him. Let the great one hold the giant's heart."

The old turtle raised its neck without saying a word, and the bare tree growing on its back stretched out its branches, handing the dazzling heart stone to the wizard.

This ochre-red fossil, no bigger than a fist, has blood vessel-like veins all over its surface, emitting brilliant energy that alternates between light and dark like a pulse.

Lin Bo raised his hand to take the heart stone. When he touched it, he felt a warm current flowing from his palms into his body, and his heart in his chest also roared like a drum, with a frequency similar to that of the heart stone.

He heard only a deep silence. The Heart Stone spoke nothing, yet lent its power to the mage.

A prompt pops up on the comprehensive network information board.

[You have triggered the mission - Return to Dust]

Return to Dust: Defeat the giant corpse summoned by the Necromancer

Difficulty: Purgatory

Description: The necromancers attempted to control the power of the giants. They succeeded in awakening the huge corpses that should not have awakened, but they could not control the remains of these majestic lives. It is time to end the ambitions of these fools and grant the giants the eternal sleep they deserve.

Chapter 188 Comet Passing the Sky

"Son of Strength, whatever you do, please use the Heart Stone wisely." The old turtle beneath the tree spoke slowly, speaking at the fastest speed. Its subsequent sigh blew up a gray wave of dust from the ground.