How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

However, even with his powerful strength and numerous summoned guards, the Undead Commander, who was enough to make many players suffer, was now caught in a tough battle, or a one-sided situation.

The most intuitive manifestation was the life force falling below 40%, and the next moment the number was slightly lower.

boom--

As Bili's chanting ended, a dazzling spear of light pierced through the body of the Undead Commander. The skeleton, which originally emitted a faint metallic luster, seemed to become dim because of this blow.

The Undead Commander's pair of skeleton eyes flashed red, and the strength in his hands increased suddenly, pushing Kai in front of him back. The light on his body flashed, and two summoned Undead Guards blocked Kai who wanted to attack.

"This guy wants to open the aura, interrupt it quickly."

Kai was the closest, so he naturally saw his actions clearly, and quickly shouted to his companions behind him.

The Undead Commander's aura can significantly increase the attributes of himself and the summoned undead, which has caused them a lot of trouble before.

Upon hearing this, Bili and Shim hurriedly chanted the controlling magic, but at this moment, a petite figure appeared behind the undead commander and completed the task first.

boom.

The stun and kick were performed at the same time, and a dizziness sign suddenly appeared above the Undead Commander's head. Although it was very short, it also meant that the aura skill that the opponent was about to activate was completely ineffective.

The skill failed to activate, and the Undead Commander was furious. Although he was held back by Kai in front of him, he still commanded the three summoned Undead Guards to attack the little guy who had attacked him before.

This can just lighten the burden on Kai and the others.

I didn't panic, but led these undead guards to the side, using the terrain to create some distance between them.

After turning the corner and entering stealth mode, the two Undead Guards who were approaching first with relatively fast speed were at a loss because they could not sense any breath. Little did they know that their enemy had already circled to the other side and used the thieves' agility to quickly approach their lone elite companion.

If it were other players, they would definitely prioritize killing ordinary monsters before dealing with this elite, but that’s not always the case for me. It may be out of self-confidence, or perhaps out of some kind of malice.

Yes, you are the ADC.

The lone undead archer guard seemed to have noticed something and wanted to stop and observe the surroundings, but it was obviously too late. A cold sharp blade silently touched the back of its skull.

The most controlled stun is still the first to strike.

Just as the dizziness sign appeared, the rogue's four-hit combo, which he had mastered so well, dealt high damage in less than two seconds.

Or to be more precise, it is 1.7 seconds, which is more than 0.2 seconds faster than before, but it is still far behind the previous record of almost 1 second.

"Why should I compete with those perverts?" Thinking about how many thefts those guys had to do to perfect their thief skills, I felt relieved. At least my thief skills are pretty strong at this stage.

Of course, while I was thinking about the things, my hands did not stop moving. When the stun control time was about to end, I added an elbow strike and at the same time, unleashed all my remaining means of attack.

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As the last bit of damage emerged, the Undead Archer Guard finally woke up from control. The skull eyes flashing red instantly locked onto the petite figure that had dealt him heavy damage, and he immediately took an attacking stance.

But facing the drawn bowstring and the prepared arrow, I didn't worry at all and used the [Death Ray] that came with my Death Summons Set.

After collecting all the parts of the Dead Warner, this skill has the additional effect of removing control and causing collateral damage from attacks, and also has the effect of leaving the combat state.

Of course, I didn’t use this skill to escape, but to tell the other party—

Sometimes assassins are not the only ones who can cut ADC.

The moment the character switched to the Dark Word Mage template, I used Blink to nimbly dodge the incoming arrows and pointed the tip of the staff inlaid with black gems at the opponent.

The undead archer guards, who had little health left, quickly turned into black shadows and disappeared under the bombardment of magic.

After all, as a follower summoned by the Undead Commander, its level is just an elite, and it does not have the same difficult abilities as the demonized elite.

After getting rid of the undead archer guards, the remaining two ordinary undead warriors were easily killed without any doubt.

When he returned to his original position, he found that the once invincible Undead Commander had fallen at the hands of the Holy Monastery team and Satasia.

"…Why do I feel like I have to fight a low-level protagonist like myself to complete a difficult plot in order to level up a max-level SSR character?"

The strength displayed by the Undead Commander was undoubtedly that of a leader, and even at the level of a demonized leader. This was also the mission goal of the third stage of the Glorious Chapter after he killed twenty demonized elite monsters.

Kill the demonized boss (1/3)

Although I accomplished one of the goals easily, I still couldn't feel happy. After all, this so-called ease was not easy at all.

Just like the summoning of demonized elites, the Undead Commander is summoned by piecing together the black fragments dropped by the demonized elites.

The problem was that after piecing together the contract to summon the Undead Commander, he only had two elite black fragments left.

This means that if you want to complete the third stage of the mission, you must gather at least twenty or even more demonized elites.

And this is not the scariest thing.

The most terrifying thing is that I found a bulging bone under the body of the Undead Commander...

Oh no, another piece of black fragment was found.

"That is to say, this mission has a fourth stage, which is to kill the leader-level demonic creatures..." Although I had expected this, I still felt a little upset after my guess was confirmed.

The ones who were feeling even more pain were Kai, Satasia and the others nearby.

"I've been dreaming about fighting skeletons these days."

"What a coincidence, how about we form a team together tonight?"

"It feels like I'm pregnant. I want to vomit when I see these bones."

What a weird metaphor...

I glanced at Satasia behind me and comforted her, "Don't worry, idiots won't get pregnant."

"..."

"..."

Kai, who had remained silent from the beginning, suddenly spoke up, "Your Highness, have you ever thought about what to do next? If you continue with the current progress, your mission will never be completed."

Kai was right. The first two stages of the mission alone had taken him about five days. And based on the probability of the demonized elites dropping black fragments, the third stage would require at least the same amount of time to gather the other two contract summoning mission targets.

If the third stage is the end of everything, then everyone will be happy, and my mission deadline will be within ten days.

But it was obvious that whether it was the fragments that he had just picked up, which exploded from the Undead Commander, or the fourth mysterious text that had not yet been opened on the Glorious Chapter, it proved that this was just a beautiful fantasy.

According to the rule that the difficulty of this task increases, it will probably take me more than 20 days or even more than a month to spend on it.

"Actually, I'm not too sure." I sighed and shook my head.

This is similar to the principle of spending money to force-buy a card pool with no guarantee. If you give up, it means that all the money you invested before will be wasted. Moreover, the temptation of human rights cards is not so easy to give up. In economic terms, the sunk cost is too high.

Seeing my tangled expression, Kai and Bemira looked at each other and said, "In fact, we looked up the concept of demonized creatures when we went back before, and also discussed it with Master Claire."

"There are many ways for demonic creatures to be born. It is not necessary to collect all the fragments and piece together a contract."

"Yeah, and after all, this is not a birth. It's just an alternative way to imprison the demonized creature in a contract. Maybe there is an even simpler way." Satasia also echoed from the side.

“Although we don’t know the specific method…”

However, Kai's honest words caused everyone to fall silent again.

But I thought of something.

"You have reminded me that there is someone who may know a lot."

Chapter 25 Kasalia's Method

Although I had a vague idea, just in case, I let Kai, Satasia and the others stay in the Mihri ruins to continue collecting the black fragments dropped by the demonized creatures, and I returned to the Demon King's Castle.

The Barena Bunker will be opened in a few days. Hill has to deal with the affairs of the Orwyn Empire on his own behalf, so he stays in Farnes' workshop with Tracy.

So naturally, the Demon King's Castle seemed much quieter, with no other people present.

Except for a certain humanoid self-propelled pornographic book.

The dome decorated with magic crystals cast bright light, illuminating the entire magnificent library. The purple-haired girl sitting at the desk next to the second-floor railing seemed to notice something, put down the book in her hand, and waved to the figure walking not far away.

Ah, why are you so friendly today?

Although I was a little confused, I was ready to reach out and return the greeting, but I quickly gave up the idea of ​​getting along with the other party.

"Hey, poor pink-haired."

"...I am a demon king after all, can't you call me something more respectful?"

"This is already a respectful name."

Hearing this, I suddenly became curious, "What about the less respectful ones?"

"Right A." An old woman with purple hair took a sip of tea indifferently.

"…Just pretend I didn't ask." Thinking about it this way, the former is better. At least you won't be overwhelmed by the 2nd and the bomb.

No, I'm not here to play Landlord with this guy.

I remembered the important matter and asked Kasaria, who was leisurely sipping black tea across from me, "There should be a lot of information about demonized creatures in your library, right?"

As a holy relic left over from the old times, the reason why the Eternal Library is called Eternal is not only because of the long years it has experienced, but also because of the huge amount of books recorded in the library, which is not inferior to, or even more than, the various national libraries in the Light Camp.

Although I know that there are very few records of demonized creatures, if it is an ancient library, at least a lot of relevant information will be preserved.

But what I didn't expect was that Kasalia shook her head, and seemed very decisive.

"Didn't I tell you that I am now just a fragment of the ancient library? Naturally, all the books that were previously collected have been lost."

"Nothing stayed?"

"No." Kasalia destroyed my last thought, but the next moment she suddenly changed the subject, "Although I don't have relevant information, the book you collected a few days ago may not have it."

"Books?" I was holding my head in distress because my ideas had failed, and I couldn't help but look puzzled when I heard this.

Kasalia didn't have the time to appreciate the cute look of the little girl, and simply reminded her with a few words, "Mage Tower."

The Mage Tower in Loblanche?

Some books had indeed been collected in the Mage Tower before, but why did Kasalia say that there was information about demonic creatures in it?

My mind was racing.

Enzo discovered that the Glorious Chapter could lift the curse of the Mihri Ruins, and later gave it to his good friend Loblanche, probably intending to ask him to research the key to lifting the curse.

In this case, Loblanche would naturally investigate the information of the Mihri ruins in detail, which should include the aspect of demonic creatures.

After figuring out the connection, my eyes suddenly lit up, "Where are those books now?"

After moving from Kasaria to the Great Library, I naturally became a librarian because of my own characteristics. But what I never expected was that this librarian was so considerate.

"When I was talking to you just now, I had already saved all the contents in my library. What do you want to know?" Kasalia put down the teacup.

"How demonic creatures are born."

Although the process was not consistent with my initial idea, I finally understood the key to demonization. With a general idea in mind, I felt a lot more relaxed.

"Thank you." I looked at Kasalia opposite me. Even though this guy is a bit difficult to deal with at ordinary times, he is still quite reliable at critical moments.

But the next moment I took back this comment.

"If you want to thank me, why not help me persuade Miss Hill."

"You still don't give up!"

After returning to the Mihri ruins from the Demon King's Castle, I immediately gathered Kai, Satasia and others together.

"Does your Highness have any ideas?"

Facing everyone's doubts, I nodded and briefly explained the key points of demonization that I had learned.

Unlike what Satasia said before, the demonized creatures are more like containers than creatures, containers that are infused with demonic power and destroy souls.

This can also explain why he lost his mind after being demonized, because it was simply the result of his instincts being controlled by the devil's power.

But this is not the key point. The key point is that it means that it is feasible to create demonic creatures, and the idea was proposed in LoBlanche's research.

By injecting the demonic power into the monster the moment it is killed, the failure of the demonic power to erode the soul can be avoided to a large extent. In theory, the stronger the negative emotions the monster had during its lifetime, the smoother the fusion process will be.

"Demon power... does that mean we need the power of Your Highness or Miss Satasia?" Kai thought, "But Your Highness, your strength may not be enough."

Kai was right. Fasitu was a high-level demon, that is, more than 200 levels. The demonic aura he left behind could easily transform some of the undead in the Mihri ruins into demonic creatures.

No matter how I think about it, that is not something that I, who is less than level 20, and Sadashiya, who is around level 20, can do.

But I hadn't considered this at first. "So, don't we have other items that contain demonic power?"

I took out the black fragment from my backpack. I originally thought of it as a tool to complete the contract, but now it seems that is not entirely the case. It is obvious that it contains a strong demonic power, just as the description of the item itself says.

"As for negative emotions..." I thought for a moment, "The undead in the Mihri ruins already have deep resentment, so there shouldn't be any problem."

It's easy to say, but it may not be the same thing to implement. After all, this is an approach that adopts the concepts within the game, which is equivalent to bypassing the system framework. Whether such data logic exists is still a question.