How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

Of course, since I have already brought the performance to this point so perfectly, how could I not have thought about how to end it?

"Cross the river ahead to defend!"

There is a fast-flowing river just outside the southeast side of the forest. Compared to monsters that can only rely on their physical advantages, players and the army undoubtedly have more ways to pass quickly.

Therefore, after crossing the river, they can immediately turn around and stabilize the formation to attack the beast tide behind.

Even though there were only about 4,000 players left, they had full advantage by utilizing the river terrain. The beast tide, which had lost the assistance of the shadows, was unable to resist and was gradually eliminated.

Some of the leaders seemed to have a certain wisdom. When they saw the situation change, they roared softly to express their dissatisfaction and hatred, then chose to flee far away and disappeared into the forest.

After spending dozens of minutes, the beast tide either dispersed or was cleared out.

It means that the army and the player finally won this difficult battle.

But the surviving guild members and players did not completely relax. After a brief rest, they formed groups and returned to the forest to revive their fallen teammates.

The military is also keeping statistics on the situation.

"It's a miracle, Miss An. Only eighty-four people were injured, and they are now being treated by the pastor." Darent looked excited.

After all, in the face of such a fierce battle, the fact that there were only a few dozen injuries was undoubtedly a blessing from the gods.

Although these negligible casualties were somewhat unexpected to me, I was not particularly surprised.

After all, Kai and others, plus the strength of the monastery elite group, were there, and he had also made arrangements to make the beast group on the southeast side weaker than those in other directions.

When you add up these points, it's not surprising that this situation occurs.

Chapter 189 Ambush and Sneak Attack

What really concerns me is the damage on the player side.

From the start to now, there have been at least 15,000 to 16,000 deaths.

This means that everyone has died at least once.

This can be roughly understood from the sudden increase in energy by nearly two thousand.

Moreover, the losses on the player's side were by no means simply death. A lot of potions, scrolls and other props were used in the battle, and a lot of temple magic and wizard tower magic that could play a certain role in the battle were also cast.

It will definitely deal a blow to their strength.

More importantly, this tide of beasts is only one part of the mission, and it is not yet the end of the mission.

"How should we arrange it next?"

A certain sinister loli is still planning and considering.

The players, who had no idea of ​​their fate, had already pulled up their teammates who had died in the forest one by one, restored them to full health with the help of priests, paladins or the potions they carried with them, and returned to the outside of the forest.

All the shadows have dissipated as the duration ended, and the scattered herds of beasts can no longer pose much threat to the players.

With the previous lessons learned, if you always pay attention to your surroundings, you will not fall into the attack of the Shadow Dryad, except for those who are occasionally unlucky or short-sighted.

"Boss, it was a bit tragic. We lost about 800 people in total, and used up some rare scrolls and alchemical items. We are still well stocked with potions."

Listening to the news reported by Lan Hai, Black King Caesar stroked the stubble at the corners of his mouth, shook his head gently and ordered, "Let the logistics department record the situation and compensate the brothers who died more times."

Although the loot dropped by the bosses and monsters killed previously could make up for some of the losses, the losses were still considerable.

If even Storm was in such a state, what about the other players? The casualties of Ares, Eternal Spire, and Valhalla were only higher than those of Storm, but the most tragic ones were those of the scattered players.

The death rate is generally over 2, which means that everyone has died at least twice. The most unlucky player even died six times. Even with the protection of the event, he still lost a lot of experience.

But these are all harmless things. As long as we can complete this mission, we can make up for these losses.

"I hope there will be fewer battles like this in the future. This kind of thing really shortens your life."

Black King Caesar rubbed his eye sockets.

He considered himself a battle maniac, but he also enjoyed the kind of exhilarating battles. Although the previous battles were fierce, they brought physical and mental exhaustion.

Other players have similar ideas.

Fortunately, the subsequent situation was almost as they wished. As the army continued to lead the team through the canyon, they only encountered three waves of beasts of moderate size, and did not encounter any special terrain or special monsters.

These three groups of monsters became scapegoats for the initial forest beast tide, and were quickly resolved after being attacked by players and guild members to vent their resentment.

In the end, including the more than three hours spent in the forest, a total of more than seven hours of effort, at around six in the afternoon they finally avoided being spotted and reached the destination of this operation -

The valley behind Mosley Bay.

That is, the route along which the Demon Expeditionary Force will send its elites.

Because there is still some time before the army's predicted arrival, players choose to log off, have dinner, and then quickly log on.

Of course, a certain loli was no exception. In other words, if it wasn't for the fact that she wanted to have time to log off and eat, so as to avoid being lectured and scolded by her mother, she would even arrange one or two more waves of beasts to come.

After coming back online, the group of players received orders from the army and hid quietly in the woods.

Although it was dusk, the sky was already tinged with a dark haze due to the effect of Holy Night. In the distance, the front line of Mosley Bay still smelled of gunpowder and war, but the valley and woods behind were quiet.

It seemed that even the sounds of the animals were lost in the dense bushes, with only the restless night breeze making tiny noises.

At this moment of silence, thousands of figures quietly crossed Mosley Bay under the cover of night and came to the plain in front of the valley.

If you look closely, you will find that although these figures are similar in shape to humans, they have very different appearances. They are actually a demon expeditionary force.

The demon who seemed to be the leader of the army looked up into the distance.

"It is just as Lady Garcinia thought."

Baker looked at the quiet valley in the distance and thought to himself.

Now the Demon Expeditionary Force is divided into three parts, led by Guinness, Jacinia and the commanders of the first and second legions respectively. Their team is under Jacinia's command.

Their mission was to launch an attack behind the Mosley Bay front.

In order to ensure the implementation of the plan, Garcinia assigned more than sixty elites to the more than four thousand legion soldiers, so that they would be able to fight even if they encountered regular legions.

They also used up precious mystical scrolls to help them bypass the spies and detection in Mosley Bay.

At the same time, he ordered the main force of his expeditionary force to launch continuous attacks in front of the front line and intensify firepower in order to divert manpower from Mosley Bay to deal with the frontal offensive and thus ignore the rear.

Just like now, patrols could be seen in the past, but now only a few outposts maintain the most basic vigilance, and this so-called vigilance is not worth mentioning at all in Baroque's eyes.

"Inform the soldiers behind us to speed up. We need to cross the valley before the time planned by Lady Garcinia."

Baroque instructed his deputy.

With the leader's order, the army's marching speed increased again.

In less than twenty minutes, they arrived at the woods outside the valley.

Looking at the forest that seemed much quieter than usual in terms of detection magic, like a huge mouth quietly opening in the dark night, Baroque felt a faint foreboding in his heart.

But he didn't take it too seriously.

Because they had to hurry, Baroque did not let all the soldiers disperse, but led the entire army directly into the woods.

However, not long after entering the woods, Baroque's earlier premonition came true.

"Uh-"

A scream broke the quiet atmosphere in the woods, followed by the sudden clanging sound of weapons colliding.

Baroque, who was instructing the soldiers behind him not to fall behind, heard the unusual noise and subconsciously turned his head to look forward.

A dozen soldiers at the front of the army not far away fell to the ground as if they had been attacked, and the attackers had already emerged from the bushes.

There were several figures wearing gray-white standard armor, looking heroic, with obvious light power radiating from their bodies.

The beautiful female paladin in the lead had just pierced the body of a demon soldier and shook off the black blood on the spear. She looked up at Baroque as if she had sensed something and smiled slightly.

In Baroque's eyes, it seemed quite provocative.

But he was not angry because of this. Instead, he was frightened because more and more figures began to appear around the woods, and strange noises were heard from the front, left, right, and even behind.

The army he led had been surrounded without him knowing when.

"Enemy attack! Defend where you are!"

Chapter 190: Counter-Encirclement

"Enemy attack! Defend where you are!"

As the sharp horn sounded in the army, all the demon soldiers reacted and quickly gathered together to form a defensive formation with the battlefield mage and black priest in the center of the team as the point.

However, the other side had already anticipated their actions.

The woods are located on elevated terrain close to the mountains. The battlefield mages, archers in the army, and the back-row professions in the player group have been waiting here for a long time.

When they saw the Demon Expeditionary Force beginning to gather in formation, they had already started chanting magic spells.

This is the moment when they demonstrate the power of magic.

Blazing storms, sighing glaciers, crashing thunder...

Complex spells lit up the dark woods, dotted the sky like colorful fireworks, and also ignited the formation of the Demon Expeditionary Force at the moment of falling.

Among them, the magic performed by Bili was the most eye-catching. The majestic power of light gathered into the phantom of a golden spear, which fell in the center of the expeditionary army and killed dozens of soldiers.

Boom boom boom——

The sound of explosions and the flash of light from the bursting magic easily knocked over many demons on the outside, causing the latter's formation to fluctuate like rippling water, unable to completely stabilize.

As a Dark Word Mage, I naturally took on the responsibility.

After the lengthy spell ended, a giant black flame was mixed into the numerous magics in the sky. Watching the flame explode in the army, red numbers appeared on the screen one after another.

I can’t tell you how happy I was.

But I did not continue to cast area magic. Instead, I placed more than a dozen dark word engravings, which are the advanced version of dark word engravings, near the high ground. At the same time, I gave a few instructions to the elite group of the monastery.

Looking at the group of people in the distance who were unscrupulously venting their firepower, Baroque gritted his teeth, but he was not without means to deal with it. "Protect the middle, mages and archers, counterattack!"

"Moro, go and get rid of those damn guys."

"Yes."

Moro, who was hiding in black clothes nearby, responded, and as soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared into the air. At the same time, hundreds of figures in the army also disappeared.

They are all responsible for assassination missions in the army, and all of them are level 80 assassins. As the team leader, Moro is an elite assassin of level 85.

They were already feeling guilty for their own negligence and failure to notice the enemy's encirclement in time, so they naturally obeyed Baroque's orders unconditionally.

After entering stealth mode and leaving the army, he immediately rushed towards the enemies on the distant high ground. Even if he could not eliminate all these mages and archers, he had to interfere with them so that they would not output firepower so unscrupulously.

If it were normal, they would definitely notice it with their rich experience.

However, Moro and others were so anxious that they did not notice the abnormality on the ground on the road leading to the highlands.

By the time Moro noticed it, it was too late to warn, and even he himself was unable to avoid it and stepped on one of the hidden traps.

The figure's brief appearance did not escape the eyes of the priests on the high ground, or rather, they had been paying attention to this side since they were reminded.

"Use illumination."

The dazzling light rose into the sky, lighting up the surrounding trees and bushes, and naturally illuminated the figures of the demon assassins who had stepped into traps or were set up by someone's magic.

!! ?

Moro was startled, but his years of combat experience allowed him to react quickly. He shouted to his men around him, "Don't retreat, charge!"

They were just a bunch of unarmed guys. Once they got close to them, they would be no match for these well-trained assassins.

Moro thought so.

Under normal circumstances, this is also the most appropriate approach for thieves when facing back-row professions. After all, they have been marked and cannot evacuate in a short period of time. It is better to use their own high agility to approach the enemy.

Even if they lose the ability to stealth, thieves are still a nightmare for squishy professions when they get close.

But that was not the time now. Since I had expected that thieves would approach, how could I not have a backup plan?

Six or seven hundred warriors and knight players emerged from the bushes on the high ground, completely destroying Moro's plan. They immediately launched a charge the moment they appeared.

He caught up with Moro and the others and intercepted them halfway.

Even though these assassins were at level 80, including several elites like Moro, they could not withstand being surrounded by several or even dozens of warriors at the same time.

Even if they wanted to retreat, it was too late because the thieves who had ambushed them in advance were also surrounding them from behind.

As assassins, Moro and his companions knew that it was impossible to escape safely from the hands of thieves who had many means of control, so they could only grit their teeth and launch attacks on the surroundings.