Although a few monsters occasionally approached and were killed by them, the opponent as a whole did not make any major movements. It was obvious that the red-backed beast had a certain level of intelligence and wanted to wait for the surrounding monsters to be attracted and bury them.
"If we can't resolve this in about half an hour, we will probably be completely surrounded."
Ji Chen talked with Han Shu and speculated that he occasionally served as one of the analysts in Alice's intelligence department. Based on the information collected on the forum and the original monster density of this woodland, he probably obtained such data.
“We have to take the initiative.”
Shi Xuan's expression was indifferent.
The mage and the shooter let go of their reservations and bombarded the surrounding monsters with various skills.
This attack seemed to trigger a signal. The red-backed beast took a step forward and rumbled forward. The other monsters also rushed towards the crowd as if they had received pardons.
Chapter 147 What is Power Leveling?
The soldiers and knights on the periphery rushed forward and came into direct contact with the small group of beasts that were charging towards them.
Wang Hao, Niu Tou and Han Shu, the three front-row players with outstanding defense, started taunting to attract the hatred of the red-backed beast to their center.
"Squad leader, should we clear out the surrounding monsters first, or focus on dealing with the BOSS?"
Taking advantage of the gap, Ye Zhi raised his staff and asked Shi Xuan.
"Nearby normal and elite monsters will be replenished, so deal with the BOSS first."
Shi Xuan did not hesitate.
This was the experience she gained from previous large-scale missions.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.
"It's better to clear out the group of monsters behind first, otherwise it will be very troublesome."
Shi Xuan and others looked back and found that it was the NPC named Daisy who spoke.
These words were not recognized by the crowd. They still followed Shi Xuan's arrangement and focused their attacks on the red-backed beast, causing bursts of dazzling light to burst out on the surface of its hard mane.
In such an urgent situation, they will not let such a "spoiled" "noble lady" interfere with the team's command.
Seeing everyone's actions, Daisy didn't say anything. She could see that these people were dissatisfied with her sudden joining the team.
So at this time you have to initially establish your own prestige.
Although according to His Highness' instructions, we must give these adventurers a chance to get mission evaluations and cannot act now, we can still use this time to find the opponent's weak points.
After commanding the dozen or so soldiers to protect themselves in the front, Daisy swept her beautiful eyes towards the herd of beasts behind the red-backed beast.
The people on the other side were resisting the attacks from the surrounding monsters while directing their firepower towards the red-backed beast. After maintaining this rhythm for nearly ten minutes, Ji Chen keenly discovered something was wrong.
"No, this monster's defense is getting higher and higher."
Although the health of the red-backed beast was reduced by half, the damage now inflicted on the opponent was obviously weakened compared to the beginning. Even if the difference was only more than 20 points, it was equivalent to an overall increase of nearly % in the BOSS's defense.
The most important thing is whether this defense will continue to strengthen. Even if it does not, with their current output, it will be much more difficult to deal with this group of monsters and BOSS in about half an hour.
After being reminded by Ji Chen, everyone realized this. A wizard in the team suddenly thought of something and pointed at the group of beasts behind the red-backed beast and said, "That monster called the Thorn Armor Beast, I remember it can increase the defense of other monsters."
"Wait, now that you mention it, I remember that the dark-maned vicious dog can also increase range defense."
But even so, the number of monsters blocking the way has increased as time goes by. If they want to deal with the thorny beast and the dark-maned vicious dog behind them first, it is obviously not easy.
"If we can deal with it right at the beginning..."
Shi Xuan suddenly thought of Daisy's suggestion to clear out the monsters at the back first. Could it be that this NPC was not a burden as they thought, but was able to provide help in terms of opinions?
But just as her mind flashed, she suddenly saw a figure rushing out from the crowd's defense circle. It was the protagonist she had just guessed, Daisy.
"!?" Shi Xuan was startled and subconsciously shouted to the people around her, "Protect her!"
Although she is not a mere burden and can provide advice that is beneficial to them, just looking at her slender figure, even if she has a certain fighting ability, how can she remain safe and sound when surrounded by a group of beasts?
Not only her, but everyone in the team became nervous.
After all, if something went wrong with the other party, the reward for their mission this time would definitely be greatly reduced.
But just when they wanted to stop the other party, they were shocked to find that the other party's momentum was so swift, and a brilliant golden giant shield appeared in his hand without them knowing when.
It is hard to imagine how those slender arms could support such a heavy shield, and it is even harder to imagine how that seemingly fragile body could possess such tremendous strength.
Daisy rushed into the group of monsters like thunder, and all the monsters in front of her were knocked away without exception. In just the time when everyone was stunned, she had already approached the back of the red-backed beast.
A golden light appeared and transformed into the shadow of a huge knight's hammer.
As Daisy's light shout sounded, she slammed down towards the thorny-armored beast and the dark-haired vicious dog in front.
throat.
The ground actually sank several centimeters under the pressure of this attack.
Within the range of the phantom of the knight's hammer, no matter whether it was an elite or an ordinary monster, no matter whether it was at full health or at low health, the moment it came into contact with the phantom, it would be instantly killed by the powerful force contained therein.
With just one strike, nearly 60% of the monsters around were cleared out.
Everyone was stunned.
"Don't just stand there, get rid of this big guy first."
It wasn't until Daisy's beautiful voice rang in their ears that they were brought back to their senses.
Seeing that the other side had already approached the red-backed beast with ordinary soldiers after killing the group of monsters, everyone chose to temporarily put away the shock in their hearts and joined the siege team.
But in just a few minutes, the surprise in their hearts became increasingly difficult to conceal.
Ordinary attacks can knock off about 3% of the Redback Beast's health, but by resisting the boss's angry attack, relatively speaking, his own health doesn't drop much, and as a Paladin he can recover easily.
This powerful fighting ability completely overturned their cognition. There was no doubt that the opponent could easily clear out this BOSS and all the surrounding monsters by himself.
Does this person really need their protection?
After killing the last monster with one blow, Daisy cleaned the blood stains on the knight's sword and ordered the shocked people behind her, "Put away these spoils and leave quickly, otherwise the surrounding beasts will be attracted by the smell of blood."
The crowd then managed to collect their thoughts, and were reminded by the other party that most of these monsters were those they had attacked before, and had lost a lot of blood, including the red-backed giant beast.
So naturally a lot of equipment and materials dropped.
"Did this knight sister deliberately wait until we fought for a while before taking action? It feels like the amount of loot dropped is huge as we defeated her..." While the team was cleaning up the venue, the meticulous Xiaoyu thought of something.
If a player is killed by indigenous people or other monsters, and the damage caused by the player is less than a certain amount, the killed monster will not drop any items. This is the rule of the era.
Everyone was slightly stunned, as if the situation was quite consistent when they thought about it this way.
"It must be a coincidence, Xiaoyu. How could the NPC consider this for the players?" Shi Xuan shook her head. "I think she is concerned about our mission evaluation."
If the players do not put in any effort, the mission evaluation will be very low no matter how you think about it, and the mission rewards will also drop accordingly.
They had a brief discussion, and although there were different opinions, they all came to a unanimous conclusion that this knight lady named Daisy was a great help in their mission.
But what they didn't expect was that this help would play a much greater role than they imagined in the future.
Chapter 148 Some are happy, some are sad
The monsters they encountered along the way, except for those small numbers that were easily dealt with by the crowd, most of the monsters they encountered in groups or including leaders were killed by Daisy.
Just like the situation encountered at the beginning of the outpost, the opponent always waited for them to fight with monsters and their health was reduced to a certain threshold before attacking.
Although the other party's specific intentions were unclear, doing so undoubtedly allowed everyone to obtain a certain task evaluation, pick up most of the spoils, and save a lot of time.
And as Daisy said, we were advancing along the southeast direction of the outpost.
Through the information collected from the high place looking around Yaxin Town, and with Daisy's explanation, everyone finally understood why the other party did not choose to enter Yaxin Town immediately.
Yaxin Town was reduced to ruins after being destroyed by the first wave of beasts, but the ruins of the buildings also provided a place for shelter, so now many monsters are gathering and resting outside the ruins of Yaxin Town.
If we enter directly from the front of Yaxin Town, we will undoubtedly face wave after wave of monsters blocking us, and may even be surrounded by a large-scale tide of beasts. The consequences will be unimaginable.
After Daisy took them to the southeast of the abandoned outpost, which was a location in the wheat field on the north side of Yaxin Town, everyone discovered that there was a secret passage leading to the interior of Yaxin Town.
It was obvious that through this secret passage, they could enter the interior of Yaxin Town smoothly and without any hindrance, which was much easier than breaking in by force.
Suddenly, everyone looked at Daisy differently.
This wasn't the "noble lady" who needed their protection. In comparison, it was more like the other party was protecting them.
And now, she has directly transformed into a nanny and made careful considerations for their tasks.
Following the secret passage into Yaxin Town, what happened next was pretty much what everyone had imagined.
While clearing out the monsters encountered on the road, Daisy discovered clues faster than many of the observant thieves in the team. She followed the clues and soon found the important documents that the mayor of Yaxin Town lost during the evacuation.
After the first trip, Shi Xuan and the others felt that this so-called A-level large-scale wartime mission was even simpler and easier than the B-level large-scale mission they had completed before. Not only that, the process was also almost the same and it only took two hours of effort.
However, the profits gained were more than three times more than those of a large-scale B-level mission. Of course, this was due to Daisy's consideration, which allowed everyone to get a higher mission evaluation, and also included the other party's additional "compensation" for the officers.
Thinking about it now, they seemed a bit ungrateful at that time.
Although Daisy left without saying much after returning to Antia, everyone was left with a deep impression of her.
"They work so hard and put in so much effort, and it feels like we are getting all the benefits." Han Shu exclaimed in amazement.
"Yes, it feels like cooking beef..."
Qiu Shanyuan, who was standing next to him, was beaten by Ye Zhi and others before he could finish saying the word.
"Perhaps it's because the document is really important."
"But there's no need to help us so much along the way, right? And you even left us so many spoils."
"This knight sister is so handsome, and she's such a nice person..."
While everyone was discussing heatedly, Shi Xuan reported the completion of the task to An Rou. She originally thought that this was just a lucky mission, but she didn't expect that the other party would arrange for her to accept another task.
And the words hinted that this mission was the same as the previous one, and there would be special NPCs to assist.
"Remember to have Achen and the others take on some related wartime missions so they can be completed together. Orange should have compiled the list. You can ask her for it."
The oranges that An Rou was talking about were sweet oranges, and Shi Xuan also had good friends who knew them.
It is said that she is their senior in high school and the president of the news agency. She was spotted by Teacher Qiu and appointed as the director of the intelligence department that Alice had initially established.
Although she is a hidden profession of Shadow Hunter, she doesn’t like leveling up. Instead, she has a special liking for collecting intelligence. She is quite a strange senior.
But what she was more curious about was how Sister An Rou knew the special features of these wartime missions, and seeing that she even asked Sweet Orange to collect information on related tasks, it was obvious that she had more than just ordinary knowledge.
Not only Shi Xuan and others, but also the members of Alice's Guild who received An Rou's message and easily completed the tasks with the help of NPCs, also had many puzzles about how the other party could know these "special" wartime tasks.
However, this did not prevent them from continuing to accept the list provided by the other party with doubts.
After all, the rewards provided by this large-scale task are really too generous. In addition, every member of the team can accept some related small tasks in advance, so the efficiency of the benefits is simply several times that of ordinary players.
Even the elite groups of the big guilds cannot compare to such benefits.
So, from this moment on, Alice, whose number of people and development time were just starting out.
However, with a slow but steady trend, those guilds with a certain foundation were gradually squeezed down on the guild contribution list of the event.
It’s just that while some people are happy, others seem to be sad.
The military reception office in Riedenburg was crowded with people.
Here players can undertake various wartime missions, gain more contributions than simply killing beast tide monsters, and can also obtain honors that are rarely obtained in normal times to improve their military ranks.
Although the highest rank among players at this stage is only a centurion, and players don't know much about it, but even so, the role of rank is extraordinary. After all, the attribute increase brought by the increase in rank alone is enough to make people jealous.
The most important thing is that in this incident, military rank also plays a profound role——
Once you reach a certain rank, you can recruit soldiers from the official Antia army.
Although the number is not large, even the player with the title of Centurion can only recruit a small team at most, but imagine how impressive it would be to have several soldiers following you when traveling.
This also created a high level of enthusiasm among the players involved in the event, which can be seen from the warm atmosphere in the reception area.
But compared to the excited group of players around, one voice seemed a little out of place.
"Hey."
Silently stranded, thinking about what happened before, he couldn't help but sigh again.
This voice was heard by the captain next to him, Yi Renge, who couldn't help but become curious, "What's wrong, Wusheng? Sighing like this is not your normal behavior."
Before Wushengtanyan could say anything, a petite and quirky thief girl next to him, Yi Yiran, said with a smile, "Brother, you came online late. Brother Wusheng was originally planning to go on a mission with us."
Chapter 149: Strange Wartime Mission
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