Players’ NPC daddy.

The mission is very simple, you just need to destroy the volcanic barnacles, but the process is not easy.

Although the volcanic barnacles did not form a group of monsters, their numbers were astonishing. Some were as tall as small hills, while others were so dense that they were the size of pebbles and could cause people to suffer from claustrophobia.

The most dangerous are the pebble-sized volcanic barnacles, which actively attach themselves to hard substances.

Marika was used to wearing light armor, and the moment she landed on the island, the surrounding volcanic barnacles, which looked like small pebbles, instantly stood up and then attached to her at high speed.

Marika was quick to act and immediately took off the armor on her upper body, but the light armor on her legs was still parasitized by volcanic barnacles.

After the light armor was attached by the volcanic barnacles, it could not be put into the warehouse, and there was no way to take it off. What was even more frightening was that the volcanic barnacles continued to pile up, as if they were occupying a parasitic environment. When the leg armor was full, they slowly moved towards Marika's body.

"This good deed is too dangerous!" Blaze opened the warehouse, took out the discarded armor that he had failed to forge but was reluctant to throw away, and threw it next to Marika.

The new parasitic target appeared, and the volcanic barnacles immediately changed their direction. Blazer took the opportunity to sprint towards Marika at high speed, transformed into a silver werewolf, picked up Marika and carried her on his shoulders, and crushed all the barnacles on Marika's legs with his left hand.

But after crushing the barnacles, Blaze's expression became ugly. He immediately tore off Marika's leg armor and threw it away.

A large number of corrosion marks appeared on the bright silver leg armor, and these marks were still spreading, and would eventually corrode the leg armor completely.

The pirate who was halfway down the rope saw it and was immediately scared to death. He desperately urged his accomplices above to go back quickly.

The ogre above had a history of cannibalism, but has now turned over a new leaf. The barnacles below seem to be the real cannibals who will eat people without leaving any bones behind.

"It's much more troublesome than I thought." Greenland tread lightly on the barnacle-covered island. Fortunately, she was not in the habit of wearing metal armor, otherwise she would have ended up like Marika.

She tried to take out an ordinary novice knight's sword. When she held it in her hand, the small barnacles around it did not react at all. But when she chopped it down and touched the barnacle island, the small barnacles were immediately activated and attached to the knight's sword.

The knight's sword is covered with granular barnacles, which looks very disgusting, but what is even more disgusting is the mechanism of volcanic barnacles found in Greenland.

Volcanic barnacles will prioritize metal as their target for parasitism. Not only will the parasitized items be unable to be retrieved from the warehouse, but they will also become heavier due to the weight of the barnacles.

If it was armor, the wearer would be pinned to the ground by the weight of the barnacles and unable to move until they were submerged in the barnacles. If it was a weapon, the weight balance of the entire weapon would be broken, making it unusable.

What’s even more terrible is that after being parasitized by barnacles, the host is already [dead].

Greenland took out another knight's sword and hit the knight's sword that was parasitized by barnacles. The barnacles were smashed to pieces, but countless signs of corrosion appeared on the knight's sword.

Compared to the slow corrosion of Marika's leg armor, the Novice Knight's sword rotted in an instant. The traces of corrosion were where the barnacles parasitized. The biological adhesive produced by the barnacles for parasitism would produce a super strong corrosion effect at the moment of the barnacle's death.

Greenland didn't want to test whether the corrosion effect was specific to metals.

The good news is that barnacles parasitize on the human body in a hidden state. They are only triggered when wearing metal armor. Normally, they will reproduce crazily on weapons and then prick the hands of the person holding the weapon.

If barnacles really parasitize indiscriminately, then they would be in big trouble for setting foot on this barnacle island.

However, this did not prevent Greenland from feeling uncomfortable standing on the barnacle island. The barnacles under her feet seemed to be able to drill into her flesh and blood at any time.

Melee weapons are definitely unusable, and it's difficult to control the damage from ranged weapons, so the only option left is magic.

It was very embarrassing that Blaze was not particularly good at this. The Fire Prayer would harm the host parasitized by the barnacles with the power of Amaterasu, and now the sun was hanging lazily in the sky, and the power of [Blind Eyes] was weakened.

Blaze carried Marika and looked towards Greenland for help. Greenland was so versatile, he must be good at magic.

Greenland laughed awkwardly. She knew magic, but most of the magic she knew was for harassment in close combat and did not focus on causing damage.

If the goal is to destroy all the barnacles on the barnacle island in front of you, that is impossible.

"Wait for me to send a distress signal."

Chapter 1140 Six Degrees of Separation Summoning Technique

Greenland posted an emoji of an arrow piercing the clouds in the group chat, asking for help from a magic master, but she really underestimated the shallowness of her network.

There were less than ten people in the group, and not a single one specialized in magic. Not to mention specialized in magic, there wasn't even a high-level magician.

Specializing in magic is such a luxury, it is a way of playing that only real people can play. This is definitely not the chance for these people in [Somado] who can be called social refugees.

If you want to increase the power of magic, you have to improve intelligence. However, professions that greatly improve intelligence, such as the [Ancient Sage], will even reduce strength and agility attributes, focusing on a balance.

The protective gear used by magic specialists is mostly magic robes that are quite inconvenient to wear. Magic robes have no defensive power at all, and if they are made of special materials, they require a certain strength attribute to wear.

This means that a player who specializes in magic needs excellent teammates.

Of course, if this kind of statement is put on an online forum, it will definitely attract a lot of ridicule from players, who will cite videos of magician players performing solo operations as examples.

But those magician players will not tell the people watching the video how long they fumbled around and how long they planned before they pulled off this elegant and graceful scene.

Making a bad player play magic purely is basically like being in jail.

Even though Claire seemed to be using magic, she actually had almost no intelligence, and all her points were strength. After all, before she advanced to a higher class, Claire's game image was a muscular man who was so strong that it made people feel physically uncomfortable.

Greenland shook her head vigorously and sighed regretfully. In order to complete this task, she planned to use the forbidden [Six Degrees of Separation Summoning Technique]. There would never be more than six people between her and the players who were good at magic and very friendly.

First, she will summon friendly players from the [Fairy Kingdom], and then the friendly players from the [Fairy Kingdom] will perform a chain summon.

Greenland's target is the players from the Fairy Kingdom. Although there are no players who specialize in magic in the Fairy Kingdom, there are many combat magicians, which should be enough to deal with volcanic barnacles.

After a series of events, Greenland's expression became sad and embarrassed. She hated the "Six Degrees of Separation Summoning Technique" because it really summoned all kinds of people to her.

【Aleister LV99】

Greenland is familiar with this guy. He was the magic swordsman player who was eliminated by her during the top 64 of the world championship.

Although the [Six Degrees of Separation Summoning Technique] can summon any player in the world, she did not expect the world to be so small.

Compared to Greenland's cautiousness, Aleister was very comfortable and immediately lay on the edge of the Dead Bear to look around. But the truth is that within less than a minute, Aleister withdrew his sight and all he saw was the endless ocean.

"This is too real." Aleister complained speechlessly. He was called here by his friend because he was looking forward to the scene in the deep ocean. However, he didn't expect that the deep ocean is really the deep ocean with only sea water.

Thanks to Greenland's chain summons, the Death Bear became lively again and had some spare energy to deal with the Barnacle Island.

Not only is Aleister a warrior who specializes in magic, a series of players who come in chains are also very good at using magic. They don't need to get close to the barnacle island, they can just stand on the Dead Bear and start calling the wind and rain, using magic to destroy the barnacles.

It would have been fine if I hadn't taken action, but as soon as I did, the volcanic barnacles began to erupt.

Feeling the threat of death, they not only spray corrosive venom, but also extend tentacles from their bodies to connect with each other. The moment the connection is completed, the volcanic barnacles begin to spray black rain into the sky.

Captain Babo was the first to react. He immediately turned the rudder to turn the Dead Bear, while yelling at the Blessed One.

"That's a juvenile barnacle. Don't get hit by it, or you'll get stuck! Once you're stuck, you're doomed! They'll mature quickly on us and kill us!"

Blaze opened his mouth towards the black rain in the sky, and the scorching sun light condensed and sprayed towards the black rain. He did not hold back at all, and the power of the sun fire spread out, burning the black rain to ashes before it even got close.

But Blazer only destroyed the barnacle larvae that came from the sky. There were more than one volcanic barnacles on the huge barnacle island. The barnacle larvae that fell into the water surrounded the Death Bear from all directions.

In the sea, is there no way for the huge Dead Bear to escape?

It's just that I haven't seen the players' methods yet.

A player waved his staff, and the boiling sea water formed into a giant hand that lifted up the Death Bear.

[Magic: Arm of the Deep Sea Giant]

This is a rather acrobatic skill, with very strict requirements on the environment in which it is used, and it basically eliminates the possibility of being used outside of ocean terrain.

Originally, this magic was unpopular, but after the players decided that the next guild war would be a naval battle, this magic became popular. As long as the intelligence is high enough, even a huge ship can be captured directly, which can be called a magical skill for ship battles.

But this trick didn't work on the barnacle larvae, which instead rushed straight to the Dead Bear using the upward flowing ocean arms. As long as the Dead Bear got a little bit of it, it would be an endless battle with the barnacles.

Players will not put themselves in danger at will. What seems to be a mistake may actually be a trap.

Another player used the same magic, but in a more delicate way, causing the single giant hand to grow countless smaller arms like branches and leaves, and these extended ocean arms separated the dark swarms of barnacle larvae layer by layer like diverter currents.

The giant ocean hand, which served as the trunk, gradually rose higher, and all the barnacle larvae ejected by the volcanic barnacles entered the giant ocean hand and were diverted to the branch arms.

The entire Dead Bear was like a syringe, slowly drawing out the poison from the ocean.

After all the volcanic barnacles on the Barnacle Island were destroyed and no longer launched barnacle larvae, the players who were good at magic used ice magic at the same time. The huge ocean hand began to freeze from the fingers, like an ice tree stretching towards the ocean. The branched arms and the volcanic barnacle larvae in them were frozen together.

A roar came from the Barnacle Island, and the entire island broke into pieces, and then an even larger island emerged from the sea.

A huge column of water bursts out from the island, and blooming rainbows appear along with the grand yet beautiful whale song.

It was an extremely huge whale, so big that it looked like a mobile sea kingdom.

[Secret Whale LV300]

Chapter 1141: Behind the Secret Realm is a Mechanism

"Oh my god, it's a secret whale, and it's so big."

Captain Babo opened his mouth wide and looked at the giant whale below in disbelief.

"The giant whale in the secret realm..." Marika flipped through the small notebook in her hand and found the relevant content.

"It is a rare world-class group of monsters, but this world-class does not refer to their power, but to the fact that there is a small world inside them. This is also the origin of the word "secret realm" in their name."

"In many seafaring stories, there are people who were sucked into the belly of a mysterious giant whale. However, the secrets of each mysterious giant whale are completely different, and the stories are also different."

"Some of them are gloomy and terrifying hells, while others are paradises on earth. There have even been stories where one spent two days happily in the small world of a giant whale in a secret realm, but when one came out, a hundred years had passed in the world beyond one's reach."

"Oh... that's very similar to Helheim." Blaze lay on the bow, looking at the mysterious giant whale below. He was very curious about where the eyes of the mysterious giant whale were, he only saw the blowhole.

Just as everyone, including the pirates, were looking at this mysterious giant whale that they might not be able to see in their lifetime, the mysterious giant whale slowly opened its mouth.

The scene could be described as a complete transformation, with a huge shadow covering the Dead Bear.

“Don’t attack!” Marika reached out and stopped everyone who was reacting subconsciously. “First of all, the mysterious giant whale doesn’t need to eat. It’s inviting us to enter the small world in its body!”

Captain Babo's eyes bulged and he pointed his finger into the mouth of the mysterious giant whale. There, a huge whirlpool was formed because the mysterious giant whale opened its mouth and swallowed the sea water.

“That’s it!!!”

"Legend has it that the giant whale in the secret realm will only come out to breathe once every hundred years, and the giant whale in the secret realm will only breathe in the same place. The silver man left us the time and place where the giant whale in the secret realm breathes!"

"Then what are we waiting for!" Blaze grabbed a rope and jumped directly off the Dead Bear. He kicked into the ice tree. His whole body was like a knife, cutting the ice tree into pieces one by one.

At the moment of falling into the ocean, Blaze pulled the rope and pulled himself back to the Dead Bear.

The Dead Bear followed the collapsed ice tree and slowly fell towards the whirlpool in the mouth of the giant whale in the mysterious realm.

At this time, an embarrassing situation arose.

There is a vortex in the chin of the mysterious giant whale, and there is a cloud of fog in its throat. Obviously, the fog is the entrance to the small world inside the mysterious giant whale's body.

Greenland slapped his face hard and sighed in frustration. You can only gain if you give and you must get rewards if you pay. These are the correct rules of this world that will never change.

"Hey! Hurry up and go to the giant whale in the secret realm. That's your reward!" Greenland grabbed the cable and shouted at the players she summoned using the [Six Degrees of Separation Summoning Technique].

"Of course, you can also choose to go with us on the Dead Bear to find the Fountain of Youth. What do you say?"

Aleister made a choice on behalf of several people, which was to go to the small world of the mysterious giant whale.

They originally came to help with the idea of ​​taking a look at the ocean. The story of finding the Fountain of Youth, which sounds very long, is not suitable for them. The giant whale in the secret realm is indeed a pleasant surprise.

It wasn't just the players who wanted to stay, there were also a few sailors whose dream of going to sea was to see legendary beasts like the mysterious giant whale. Captain Babo took off his hat to these sailors and bid them farewell silently.

Fortunately, there were not many sailors who wanted to go to the mysterious giant whale. Aleister and his men each took one with them and jumped into the fog in the throat of the mysterious giant whale to embrace their fantasy adventure.

The Dead Bear headed towards the whirlpool in the mouth of the giant whale in the secret realm.

This time Blaze opened his eyes wide, wanting to see the principle of crossing the vortex.

Last time he subconsciously closed his eyes. Normally, after closing his eyes, he could use his [Blind Eyes] to know everything around him, but when he passed through the vortex, it was very special. He only saw various spots of light.

At the moment when the Death Bear sank into the whirlpool, Blaze saw an extremely beautiful scene. They seemed to be walking through a tunnel composed of water currents, and there seemed to be a blurry world in each and every stream of water.

Unfortunately, the shuttle process was very short. Within a few seconds, the entire water tunnel began to collapse from the back and squeezed towards them. Finally, the Dead Bear was [squeezed] out of the tunnel, broke through the sea surface and landed in another unknown sea area.

"Ahem... Marika, is there any change in the compass?" Blaze shook his wet hair and asked Marika.

Audrey only brought a number from her knowledge, and she didn't know what to do next. They could only hope that the [Callisto Compass] would be advanced enough to automatically calculate the next area based on their location.

"I don't know." Marika carefully fiddled with the antique for a few times, and when she found no response, she handed it to Audrey who was squeezing her hair. "Does this require a password?"

"It shouldn't be. My ancestors only gave me one set." After taking the compass, Audrey knocked it twice with her hand without any care, and then turned it casually. The whole compass seemed to be broken and had no response.

Greenland squatted on the observation deck and looked into the distance through a telescope. She said as if she had discovered something: "Everyone, I don't know if you have heard of the theory of continental plate movement. Anyway, the terrain thousands of years ago is completely different from the terrain today."

"I think the ancestor did intend for us to pass through seven whirlpools in succession, but he probably didn't know that the point he originally planned would be greatly deviated."

Blaze nodded to the chicken beside him, and the chicken immediately spread its wings and flew in the direction Greenland was looking, and flew back after a while.

"There are some huge stone pillars over there that look suspicious at first glance."

"That's probably the next mechanism, or it could be the next riddle. Only by solving it can we know the location of the next vortex." Greenland shouted, then muttered softly, "It's like this in general treasure hunting stories."

The Dead Bear slowly approached the stone pillars. These stone pillars did not look naturally formed at all. They were very neat and there seemed to be some kind of pattern hidden in their arrangement.

Greenland has proposed many classic decryption methods, such as a special angle that allows you to see all the stone pillars at once, and then you can see that the stone pillars form a stone wall, and there will be some clues on this stone wall.

The Dead Bear circled the stone pillars and actually found clues. There was more than one stone wall. They wrote them down on several pieces of paper. They really couldn't understand what was on them, but Audrey and Greenland recognized them at a glance. They were musical notes.

The Stonehenge records a song.