How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

The Stuer Highlands are not much different from the common stone forests, but their terrain protrudes higher than the surrounding areas.

You can even see the entrance to the valley in the distance, which forms a pincer attack. One of the purposes of building a beacon here is to help the army establish a commanding height.

After Dolan described the content of the mission, everyone understood the purpose of this trip.

There were no major problems on the road ahead. Following Dolan's command, everyone divided into several small teams to clear out the monsters on the road while moving towards the location where the beacon was established.

However, before moving to a certain area, I gave a reminder in the channel.

"The mages in the team take turns using group attack magic to explore the way forward. It is best to ensure that there are two group attack magic spells covering the area you want to advance to at the same time."

"Why do this? Won't this just attract more monsters?"

Yueya Wanwan was confused about my instructions, or rather, other people including Duolan also had doubts.

Because Dolan divided more than 500 people into ten teams, besides me, Yuwen and the others, and Dolan, there are Yueya Wanwan and her Fourth Elite Group, and there are several familiar faces.

I didn't answer immediately, but instead contacted Ivan, who was exploring the way ahead with other thieves.

Soon, Yiwen followed my instructions and found and brought back a monster that looked round and cute but was covered with thorns.

"Poisonous Thorn Ball?"

Before I could explain, Dolan next to me recognized this monster first and explained to everyone in the channel the monster's difficult characteristics.

Primary poisoning is not a problem, but the ability to enhance negative effects and offset a purification effect is the most troublesome point.

I didn't expect that Sister Duolan was quite capable and even knew something about this kind of monster. I couldn't help but secretly admire her in my heart.

After all, there are tens of thousands of monsters in the Era, and unpopular monsters like the Poison Thorn Ball were only familiar to players in the later stages of the previous life.

Even Yun Xian and Yun Qian, who had experienced the attack and defense of the ruins that she had edited, did not recognize the monster that had tormented them for a long time. Although this was also due to her own secret arrangements and the swamp terrain that concealed her, it also showed Dolan's ability.

Chapter 163 Installing the Beacon

I took over Sister Duolan's words and added, "This monster has very low health points and will disguise itself as harmless fallen leaves. If you accidentally step on one, you can be killed and infected with its toxins."

"And the poisonous thorn balls here seem to be mutants, and they can resist the damage of one magic attack."

After my explanation, everyone finally understood why I asked the mage to use two group attack magics in a row to clean up.

Although using group attack magic is a waste of firepower and will attract the attention of surrounding beasts that would not otherwise be attracted, it is better than fighting against the toxins in the poisonous thorn balls and a group of monsters with negative effects at the same time.

Everyone in Rose Heart can still clearly tell which is more important.

So, in what should have been a peaceful morning, the sound of large-scale group magic bombardments could be heard from time to time in the Stull Heights, which seemed to have not yet awakened from the quiet of the night.

Many monsters whose sweet dreams were disturbed came forward to protest, but in the end they could only turn into nutrients for the forest, empty experience, or leftover spoils to offer to the group of visitors.

Even though it is not the most powerful elite group, the foundation of Rose Heart is still there. These members are much stronger than ordinary players in terms of equipment level and skills.

"Cherry, what's wrong? Why do you always look over there?"

In a corner of the Fourth Elite Group led by Yueya Wanwan, a mage noticed that Cherry Wine, who was also a fire mage, looked forward from time to time, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Who is that little sister? Why does it seem like the vice president and the team leader are both very open with her?"

Cherry Wine was a little far away when the group was gathering just now, and only noticed the petite figures from a distance.

Now that I was assigned to the same team, I finally understood why one of the figures looked so familiar to me.

Isn’t this the little girl who appeared when my cousin was organizing the team that day?

I was a little surprised at first, and now seeing that the other party had an obviously special relationship with my vice-chairman and the team leader, and seemed to have obtained a certain command power, I became even more curious.

"Oh, you mean Xiaotong." Following Cherry's gaze, the girl explained with a smile, "Cherry, you just recently joined the elite group, so it's normal for you not to know."

"Don't underestimate Xiaotong because she is young. She is not only skilled, but also has provided a lot of help to us at Rose Heart. For example, you know that guild dungeon that stumped the guild leader last time? It was Xiaotong who led us through it."

"And I heard that she is related to many famous people, such as Xingyue Workshop, Irresponsible Strategy Group, etc. It is said that the recently famous Alice Guild was also founded by Xiaotong."

Hearing the various titles coming from her companions, Cherry Wine's face was even more surprised. She really couldn't imagine that such a cute little Lolita could have such great power behind her.

After hearing about Alice Guild, she immediately thought of something.

"Could it be that everything that happened later that day was actually arranged by this little sister named Xiaotong?"

Although it was just an idea, Cherry Wine felt a vague sense of identification with this little loli who didn't seem to have much deterrence. He put his thoughts aside and cooperated with the girl next to him to release a group attack magic, Molten Purgatory, towards the area in front of the team.

The scorching flames enveloped the monsters in front of it, and also turned some easily overlooked creatures buried in fallen leaves in corners into charcoal.

With the mage's group attack magic clearing the way and my occasional guidance, Rose Heart did not suffer from negative effects like a certain guild did, and even arrived at the area in front of the mission location a few minutes ahead of them.

As long as you pass the pass ahead, you will reach the location for placing beacons in the first stage.

"Don't move forward for now. Notify everyone to gather. Some of the front row will stay, and the rest will go to the front with the thieves. Clean up the surrounding area by the way. Be careful not to move the group of monsters in front of the pass." I said aloud in the channel.

"Listen to Xiaotong. Let her take charge now."

With Duolan's oral instructions, everyone immediately carried out the arrangements I made.

After all the teams gathered, more than fifty warriors and knights were left to protect the safety of the back row, while the remaining more than one hundred front row went to the woods in front, which was slightly lower than this side, together with the agile thieves.

Make sure to clear out the surrounding monsters without attracting the attention of the monsters in front of the pass.

"Sister Duolan, give the beacon to Yiwen and ask her to install it in the front."

"But that's not the mission location."

When Duolan heard what I said, she was stunned.

"It's just to attract monsters."

Attract monsters?

Although she was puzzled, Dolan still followed my instructions and handed the important prop beacon in the first stage of the mission to Yiwen. After all, the beacon can be disassembled and has a certain amount of health that will not be easily destroyed.

It is impossible to accidentally install it in the wrong place and cause the task to fail.

However, a certain twintail girl seemed to be on strike, "It's so troublesome, I don't want to move, unless An An kisses me, then I will go."

Then I slapped him away.

After all, it's just a kiss, not a mouth kiss. Anyway, a kiss in physics is just a "collision" of two objects, right?

After seeing Yiwen's actions, Duolan finally understood what he meant by "trouble".

By making advance calculations and carefully avoiding the hatred of the monsters in front of the pass, it took me nearly three minutes to install the beacon on my body to the location I specified.

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The magical fluctuations emitted by the beacon after it was installed immediately attracted the attention of the group of monsters near the pass.

Even when they were out of the aggro range, they moved closer to the beacon. Under normal circumstances, the logic of this group of monsters would not leave the vicinity of the pass.

And just as the monster group moved, my attack instructions were issued at the same time.

The front row, who were already in an open space not far away, immediately rushed to the beacon and protected it in the middle, forming an iron-like defensive line to block the oncoming group of monsters.

With the front row defense on the open ground in front and the protection of the remaining soldiers and knights around, the output professions naturally displayed their powerful output capabilities unscrupulously.

Molten Inferno, Glacial Sigh, Chain Lightning...

Countless magic spells and skills fell on the group of monsters, bringing up dazzling light and loud noises.

In just over ten minutes, thousands of monsters, including two leaders and dozens of elites, were eliminated.

After that, I asked the thieves to go to the inner part of the mountain road and attract the monsters from deeper inside to gather near the pass. Then I asked Yiwen to repeat the previous method and install the disassembled beacon to attract the monsters and kill them.

During the process, I also explained the reasons for doing this to everyone in Rose Heart.

Chapter 164: Diseased Monster

"Under normal circumstances, these monsters will not leave the vicinity of the pass. Only by utilizing the fluctuations emitted after the beacon is successfully installed can we attract them."

"If we fight in the pass, it will continuously attract thousands of monsters from inside, causing great trouble, and accidents will happen if we are not careful, especially with the leader-level diseased monster and the terrain here."

"Terrain, what is that?"

Dolan frowned.

She knew about the pathological monster because it was mentioned in the mission description. When she saw the mission, she looked up relevant information and learned about the characteristics of this monster.

With her advice, the other people in the team also had some advance knowledge of this leader-level BOSS, reducing the possibility of accidents during the mission.

But Dolan really doesn't know much about the terrain.

Before I could say anything, Yun Xian showed a bitter and resentful look, "Lie, what kind of terrain can a plague land be? Of course it's a disgusting terrain."

When she saw the familiar words in the task description, she recalled the fear of being dominated before.

After the naive Yun Qian explained, everyone realized that they had encountered the same thing in the incident that happened in Constantina next door a few months ago.

"The negative effects will spread to other players???"

"This BOSS seems to provide damage based on the number of negative effects."

"It makes my scalp tingle just by listening to it..."

It was from Yun Qian that they learned what it would be like to fight against that diseased monster that randomly spread DEBUFFs in this kind of terrain. Just thinking about it made them feel sick.

Fortunately, these people, like the two sisters, don’t know who the culprit is.

So, ignoring the strange looks from Ivan and Cecilia next to me, I still explained it with confidence.

"That's why I asked you to lure the monster out and deal with it."

After two consecutive attempts to lure monsters in, which took a total of about half an hour, the monsters in the pass were finally cleared out, leaving only the leader-level diseased beast and the surrounding monsters.

However, if you want to lure monsters next time, you need to change your strategy.

Because the Deinobeast is a mutation of the wild wolf and is incredibly fast, the diseased Deinobeast, as the leader, has even more outstanding abilities.

Even with the group of thieves in Rose Heart who have completed the first level and cooperated closely with each other, it would probably take several attempts before they could successfully bring the other party out.

Fortunately, Cecilia stepped forward at this time and forged a mechanical gargoyle using the drawings she obtained from Loblanche's alchemy notes.

Relying on its extremely agile skills and powerful ability to attract hatred, it not only caught the diseased beast behind, but also brought out most of the monsters around it.

Looking at the huge wolf-like creature that appeared near the pass ahead, I immediately gave orders on the channel.

"Everyone use the poison resistance potion, and the front row should use the ice resistance potion as well."

"Although the diseased monsters are spread randomly, the first wave is likely to cause negative status related to poisoning. In addition, the bite of the diseased monsters is physical damage, and also has some frost corrosion effects."

Although Rose Heart was not involved in Tracy's mission in the early stage under my arrangement, which resulted in its logistical strength being generally weaker than those of the big guilds, it was able to train several outstanding pharmacists through cooperation with the Star-Moon Workshop later on.

Moreover, in terms of materials, the Heart of the Rose itself has given special attention, so the supply of potions is not much inferior to that of other guilds such as Storm.

Dolan was generous and let everyone use two high-level potions.

The attack of the diseased monster was fierce, but it could not pose much threat to the many players who were well prepared, not to mention that they were all elite members of the Rose Heart.

Even though they cannot compare with the most core elite groups, they are still worthy of being called elite.

And there are quite a few powerful T positions among them.

Qinghua and Mu Qing, who can be regarded as the top shield warriors in the entire guild, are in the four groups led by Yueya Wanwan. In addition, there are more than a dozen outstanding fighters and knights from other elite groups.

Led by Qinghua and Mu Qing, those in the front row quickly blocked the position of the diseased monster, and the two figures took on the tasks of MT respectively.

Shield strike, use the momentum to lean forward, take a defensive stance, and strike bravely.

The series of movements were smooth and flowing, and compared with the most powerful hookah in the Rose Heart, they did not seem to be inferior.

After withstanding the first wave of damage from the diseased monster, the blessing and treatment from the priest behind can firmly attract the hatred of the diseased monster, providing a powerful output space for the output profession.

Among these people in the front row, there is a figure that looks particularly eye-catching.

Yun Qian's huge shield formed a sharp contrast with his petite body. It was hard to believe that he was a Paladin. However, hidden under such a cute appearance, he gave people an inexplicable sense of security.

Not only was he second only to Qinghua and Mu Qing in terms of enduring damage, but he also stood up at many critical moments to resolve potential unexpected situations.

What's more, she carries the powerful blessing effect bestowed by her sister from time to time.

"...Elites of the Faraway Land, please protect and bless us all, Brillanz!"

As a complex spell was chanted, a dazzling golden light condensed at the tip of Yun Xian's staff, and soon turned into a wave of brilliant light, covering the front row including Yun Qian.

First career change, sage's advanced skills.

Greetings from the Shining Spirits.

While providing high defense and temporary health bonus to friendly units in a large range, it can also help them be immune to two fatal damages during the duration.