How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

The poisonous thorn balls are randomly distributed in the Shadow Swamp. Even without deliberate arrangement, the concealment itself, coupled with the swamp terrain and the dim environment inside the ruins, can be said to complement each other, making it difficult to be discovered.

In addition, I have designed some unique monsters and strengthened them. The preparations for the incoming army are now completely completed. The specific effects will only be known after the actual situation tomorrow.

The work in the ruins was finished, and there was nothing else left. I logged off to have a meal at noon, and ran to Rongla twice in the afternoon, taking the modified redstone potions and delivering them to Anna and Peggy. After they thanked me again, I returned to the Undercity ruins with a guilty conscience.

I browsed the forum out of boredom and saw that on the Nalton page, many players left messages saying that their teams encountered a leader-level BOSS. Based on their descriptions, I naturally guessed that it was Satasia, and even Ivan and Cecilia.

Not long after reading these players' resentful posts, Satasia came back refreshed, and Ivan and Cecilia seemed to have finished arranging their respective areas and returned to the depths of the second floor.

After introducing each other, I interrupted a fire demon who was planning to have an in-depth discussion with two small ones based on the size of a certain part of their body, and told them roughly about my plan.

"Evan, you and Cecilia will be in charge of the armies on both sides tomorrow. The deployment of the main force plus the arrangements made so far should be enough for you to handle. If you have some spare time, you can go to the middle to help Satasia."

"Although you are the frontal force against the army, Sartasia, with my arrangements in the Shadow Swamp, there shouldn't be any big problems. You can fight and pull the enemy as the situation demands, and just wait for my orders."

"What about you, An An? Don't you plan to use your original body?" Seeing that I didn't mention myself, Yiwen couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"It's only the first week, so of course I can't reveal all my cards. I, the big boss, will definitely be the last one to appear. Besides, if my main body is damaged, it will be difficult to recover my health."

In fact, if it weren't for the latter reason, I would really like to play with those players. However, since the time limit is so long, it is better to save as much as possible just in case.

"So, An An is planning to watch the show tomorrow?"

"Of course not." I winked at the three of them, "I plan to disguise myself and go to the army to cause trouble."

Chapter 67: The First Battle to Attack the Ruins

The next morning, I got up on time when the alarm clock rang, stretched and walked out of my room. My father seemed to have gone to the company early, and only my mother, my aunt and my younger aunt were at home.

My mother, who was having breakfast, was a little surprised to see me get up on time. "Xiaotong got up so early today. Is there something wrong?"

"Getting up early is good for your health..." I stuck out my tongue.

However, my aunt, who was about to go out, exposed me without even turning her head, "Sister, don't believe it. I know Tongtong too well. She must want to get up early to play games... Ouch..."

But before she could finish her words, she was gently hit by her aunt who was also preparing to do morning exercises with her.

"Don't exaggerate. Xiaotong is so well behaved. There must be something important in the game."

However, it seems that there is no difference whether this explanation is given or not.

So, facing my mother's funny eyes, I hurriedly finished my breakfast with a guilty conscience. When I was about to go back to my room, I heard my mother's voice from the kitchen, "Xiaotong, don't be too obsessed with playing. You will start school in two days."

"Uh-huh……"

After being reminded by my mother, I realized that there is not much time left in the summer vacation. When I thought about going to class with a group of elementary school students when school starts, I felt powerless.

I returned to the room and logged into the game. When I opened my eyes again, I was already in the room.

In order not to arouse suspicion that she had disguised herself as the saint again yesterday, she moved into one of the few attics in the front-line base under the arrangement of Anna.

The meticulous design can be seen from the not-so-simple decoration and the bed.

After all, his identity is there, not to mention that he "helped" the army to purchase a large number of redstone potions yesterday. He will not be too negligent about what is right or wrong.

As I walked out of the door, I saw Kai waiting for me, and Shim was beside him. According to Kai, Claire had something urgent to deal with, so she asked them to be responsible for protecting my safety.

As for the redstone potion, I have already handed it over to Bemira and the others. They are also in charge of the alchemy workshop, so I can rest assured.

Claire was quite thoughtful. She left Kai as the front row. As a priest, Shim could purify the adverse effects, which made it convenient for her to act together with the army.

I thought about it and took the two of them to the military camp where they were gathering, and met Anna and the others.

"Good morning, Her Highness Sophielina. Did you sleep well last night?"

"Well, thank you Sister Anna for arranging the room. I slept very comfortably." I looked behind her and asked, "What are these things?"

"These are supplies to be distributed, including the redstone potion provided by Your Highness." Anna explained as she asked Peggy and other paladins and the captains of the army to move the supplies out.

As if she remembered something, she took out a dozen potions from the supplies and handed them to her. "These are improved antidotes made by the Nalton Pharmacist Association. They can remove some of the effects of poisoning and maintain immunity for a period of time. Your Highness, please prepare them."

"I remember that there is only primary poisoning effect in the swamp, so there is no need to specially ask the Pharmacist Association for help." I looked at the improved product in my hand, which was obviously different from the basic antidote, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Of course we can't think of saving money in this area. Just like what Lord Claire said, we have to be responsible for every soldier."

Anna smiled slightly, and her white robe made her look even more holy.

I couldn't help but secretly admire the other person's meticulous thoughts.

Fortunately, I designed the poisonous thorn ball in advance yesterday. The poisoning effect of the Shadow Swamp would not be able to bypass this improved antidote and trigger the negative effects of the redstone potion.

The chain mechanism was almost destroyed.

Thinking of this, I silently decided to place some monsters with special poisoning effects, or other types of continuous damage, in the swamp to avoid any accidents.

After bidding farewell to Anna and others, the army assembled at Isabella's command and marched towards the ruins of Undercity.

However, the team was led by three young female officers from the White Rose Legion, and the only elite combat force accompanying them was another priest from the church.

It was one thing to follow the game's event mechanics, but to describe it using the game's language, according to the plan that Isabella and the others perfected yesterday, they were planning to attack in four successive phases.

This was the first time, and they thought it was a tentative attack, so Isabella, Anna, and Peggy all stayed in the front-line base, and only one-third of the troops were sent out.

Even so, the entire army still looked powerful and marched towards the Undercity ruins like a long dragon, attracting the attention of all guild members and players at the entrance.

“It looks so impressive.”

"Those guys in front are elite-level NPCs!"

"Are these NPC troops here to lead the charge?"

Among them, Aurora and Paradise Lost are also on site.

Qingyu looked at the mighty army gathering in front of the entrance and couldn't help but open his mouth, "Wow, it turns out that what was said on the forum is true, and they really sent an army here."

"Not only the army, it seems the church has sent people here as well."

Bei Bei beside him blinked and said, "Sister Qingyu, do you think we should do the same as these people and let them lead the charge for us?"

"Yes, yes. With these troops as the vanguard, we don't have to worry about those disgusting monsters in the swamp."

"It's okay to follow behind and pick up the leaks."

Aurora and other members of the Lost Paradise team also expressed their agreement. After all, they had been tortured by the swamp in the past few days.

"I think it's okay. What do you think, Qingqiu?" Qingyu nodded and asked the person beside him. However, after a while, he didn't hear a response. He turned his head curiously, only to find that the other party was staring at a certain direction of the army, looking thoughtful. "Qingqiu, what are you looking at?"

"It's okay." Yili Qingqiu only felt that he seemed to have found a familiar figure in front of the army just now.

She didn't think about it carefully, shook her head, and expressed her thoughts, "This army should be divided into three teams, attacking the two sides and the middle. They must have explored the environment of the first layer, so the middle is probably the main force of the army."

"You're right. Following the team in the middle can allow them to help us deal with the monsters in the swamp. But have you ever thought that this incident lasted for a whole month?" While speaking, Yili Qingqiu turned around and explained to the members of Aurora and Paradise Lost.

"It's only the first week. How could they break through the first level so easily? And from what I've observed, the NPC in charge of this operation, Isabella, is not here. It's only her subordinates who are leading the team. This means that this is most likely just a tentative attack."

"Plus, the boss inside the ruins will definitely not ignore the movement at the entrance. The army has the means to deal with it. If we are caught in the middle, we will become cannon fodder."

Everyone nodded in confusion. Bei Bei hesitated and asked, "Then should we choose to go to both sides?"

Yili Qingqiu smiled slightly.

"No, we can just follow from a distance, but... we should follow 'the player who follows that army'."

Chapter 68: Chaotic Battle

As the ban on the entrance of the ruins was lifted by the guards, the army also poured into the ruins.

The dimness of the ruins made the soldiers feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, Nalton had made preparations in advance. Under the instructions of their respective team leaders, they took out fluorite lanterns. Although they could not completely light up the entire cave, they were enough to illuminate the surroundings.

"Paco, Mosiah, take people to both sides."

This attack was led by a girl named Lucina under Isabella's command, a level 30 elite warrior. After instructing two other lieutenants, also level 30 elites, to lead a part of the troops to attack the two sides of the first floor of the ruins, she hesitated, turned around, and looked at a petite figure in front of the team.

"Your Highness Sophielina, the swamp area on the first floor of the ruins is very dangerous. Are you sure you want to follow us?"

If I don't follow you, how can I keep track of your movements and disrupt you?

I secretly complained, but even though I thought so in my heart, I still had to speak more nicely, "The brothers and sisters around me are not afraid, so why should I be afraid? Sophielina wants to fight side by side with everyone."

Looking at that bright and lovely smiling face, the people around felt warm in their hearts. Is this the glory of Her Highness the Saint?

Lucina calmed herself down and smiled slightly, "Since Your Highness is so determined, I won't force you. So do you have the confidence to protect Your Highness' safety?"

"Have!"

The whole army's vigorous shouts seemed to shake the entire entrance.

Feeling the sudden change in the momentum of the surrounding army, I was a little surprised, thinking that the other party was indeed from the military. At the same time, I also regretted why I had spoken so nicely just now, giving the other party a reason to boost morale, which was simply shooting myself in the foot.

But no matter what, the army, under Lucina's command, entered the middle area of ​​the first floor and came to the swamp.

Through the light of the fluorite lantern, seeing the muddy swamp ahead, Lucina decisively ordered the army to use the improved antidote and the redstone potion I provided. This potion, in my experiment yesterday, proved that the frequency of negative effects was increased a lot. Although the fire resistance effect was also increased by 20%, it was generally more harmful than beneficial.

What's more, there is the effect of the poisonous thorn ball.

I smiled secretly, distributed the unmodified redstone potion to Kai and Shim, and secretly stuffed a few portions of gray alkali potion into their hands.

Gray alkali potion can help to be immune to intermediate and lower level poisoning effects, but the disadvantage is that it cannot be removed, which means that it needs to be used in advance. Although it is a bit expensive, this is the only way I can think of to deal with the mechanism I designed.

After using the potion, the army finally stepped into the swamp.

The groups of flaming trees that had been placed at the front of the swamp and had been bothering many players were now being dealt with easily by the army. However, even though Lucina had not learned about the characteristics of the monsters from Isabella, she understood that it was best not to get entangled with them when she saw how quickly these flaming trees were growing.

"These monsters cannot be killed. We have to get rid of the mother. Warrior Team 1 and Team 2 will be responsible for attracting hatred, Knight Team 1 and Archer Team 1 and Team 2 will be responsible for clearing the way, and the rest of you will protect the mages and priests and quickly pass this section of the road."

I was not idle either. In order to avoid being seen as slacking off, I chanted aura skills with beneficial properties or used healing methods on the injured warriors and knights next to me. Of course, the effects were not as good as Shim next to me.

After all, under the designed magic disguise template, Sophielina's identity is just an eighteenth-level elite priest.

Under Lucina's command, the team quickly crossed the section of the swamp in front of the explosive trees and came across the so-called mother tree - the area where the explosive mother tree grew.

Now, even without Lucina's orders, the army knew how to act, and they all focused their attacks on the monster. Sharp swords, flying arrows, and energy-filled spells. By the way, there was no fire magic among them, as the fire magicians had already followed the other two lieutenants to attack the areas on both sides.

After all, using fire spells here is undoubtedly asking for trouble. Even if some players have tried to learn the ideas provided by an irresponsible strategy group next door in a copy called Forest Ruins and wanted to clear monsters by self-destruction, the result was that the plan failed - because they did not design the monsters to have low fire resistance at all.

Back to the topic, although it is true that the saplings will no longer grow as long as the explosive mother tree is dealt with, the army is also in a difficult situation. Apart from the annoying characteristics of the monsters that interfere with the surroundings, the explosive mother tree itself is not easy to deal with.

Not only did the attacks have the effect of starting fire, forcing the soldiers in the army to disperse to fight in order to avoid a situation where bomb nests were gathered, but the explosive mother tree also had the ability to self-destruct the surrounding sub-trees every time its health was reduced by one third, which also caused them to suffer greatly.

After all, you will never be able to recognize where each sub-tree belongs, and you will never know whether the sub-tree in front of you will explode if the mother tree loses one-third of its health.

Even I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to deal with the monster I designed.

"Your Highness, step back."

Kai raised a giant shield and knocked away the giant shield worm in front of him. He and Lucina beside him attracted the hatred of the surrounding monsters. At the same time, they cooperated with the mage and priest behind them to direct their output towards the explosive mother tree behind the giant shield worm.

Looking at the "fireworks" that suddenly exploded not far away, I silently moved away from them by a few meters and lamented the difficulty of melee professions. Not only do I have to deal with sub-trees that may explode at any time, but I also have to worry about the opponent's vines counterattacking before death. I also have to distract myself from fighting against the monsters around me that have various torturous characteristics.

The situation was cruel, the process was brutal, and it made me subconsciously think -

Can we increase the intensity?

Shim next to me came closer and seemed to want to say something, but I noticed something and quickly dodged, "Hey, you still have fire on you, you don't know when it will explode, stay away from me first."

Yes, there is another situation. In the dim environment of the Undercity ruins, the army and the group of players following behind are like ignorant girls.

No matter when we were attacked, we didn't know which ungrateful explosive mother tree left behind the "seeds", not to mention the current chaotic situation.

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By the way, the photos I took after more than a month of delay are finished. Although I’m not very satisfied with them, do you want me to post them in the group or in Pineapple Circle?

Chapter 69: Players are the best cannon fodder

Shim then noticed his own condition and coughed awkwardly. He used Purification to remove the fire on his body and the negative effects on the people around him. Then he came closer and complained in a low voice, "Your Highness, isn't your design a bit too evil... too much."

"Is that too much?" I pursed my lips. "With so many people, if it wasn't designed like this, they would have been conquered long ago."

"That's true, but our current situation seems to be very troublesome." Shim raised his hand and added the effect of healing to Kai who was not far away. Fortunately, even in such a dim vision, she could still find the target accurately. Could this be the telepathy between lolita controls?

However, what Shim said made sense. Although it would be a good thing for him if the army stayed here, it might not be a good thing for him now.

After all, in such a chaotic situation, it would be very uncomfortable even with the protection of Kai and Shim.

It was like the planner personally experienced the levels he designed. The original nature of torturing the players turned into torturing himself, which made me regret why I decided to follow the army yesterday.

But there is no point in regretting it now, so it is better to think about how to solve this problem.

Although the characteristics of the Explosive Mother Tree and other monsters were a bit troublesome, with the level suppression of the army itself and the high fire resistance of the redstone potion, coupled with Lucina's command and the excellent response of the team leader, after being at a loss at the beginning, they still firmly grasped the advantage of the battle.