How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

The Black King Caesar explained, his tone seemed casual but revealed his dominance, especially the deep fanaticism hidden in his bright black eyes.

"Ajun, Uncle An and I have discussed that once the war breaks out, we will launch a commercial strike against the main enterprises and companies under Yuwen Hao and Yuwen Hong, and block the funds flowing into the Guild Alliance as much as possible." Red Rose paused and looked at the other side of the starry sky. "We may also need some help from the president of the other side."

Chapter 118 Knockout Round Begins

"That's not a problem, but are you sure you can defeat the Guild Alliance?"

Starry Sky Beyond frowned. The so-called commercial strikes and financial assistance were all based on strength surpassing the guild alliance. Otherwise, everything was just empty talk.

Even though the demise of Blue Shadow, diplomatic incidents, and expedition events have dealt a heavy blow to the Guild Alliance, the existing strength of the Guild Alliance is still very strong. Not to mention Storm, which is a problem that cannot be ignored.

After all, the war between guilds is not a game where you just put all the pieces on the board. You need to consider various aspects such as member casualties, pensions, equipment losses, logistical support, etc. Without full confidence, he does not want to let the guild join in this important game.

"Alice can handle the storm, and I'll need your help with the rest."

The falling snow maple leaf obviously knew what Starry Sky Beyond was thinking, and gave an answer to the most important question.

"Can you fight the storm head-on?!"

The other side of the starry sky was stunned, somewhat unbelievable.

Black King Caesar, Red Rose, Meng Qingying and others beside him also showed surprised expressions, and even Zhuo Duo and Zemo subconsciously cast their glances over.

Alice is very powerful, which they are naturally aware of. Zhuo Duo and Zemo, as the presidents of the Alice branch, have a deeper understanding of this. The current strength of Dark Irene and Deep Blue Phantom is no less than that of ordinary secondary guilds. Dark Irene has developed from half a year ago to now, with the support of Alice, she has become one of the strongest secondary guilds.

If this were not the case, how could the Blue Shadow, who had used the Guild Alliance to attack Alice several times, have been easily resolved each time, or even led to the Blue Shadow's direct destruction? Even if the factor of Gray Time was involved, it was enough to show Alice's level of strength.

But Blue Shadow is Blue Shadow, and Storm is not comparable to the former. Even though Black King Caesar took away a large number of top masters, after Yuwen Hao's capital investment, he also recruited many masters from other guilds to make up for some losses. Now, it is a giant that is almost the same as the old guild Empire Epic.

Black King Caesar knows best how powerful Storm is.

Originally, they planned that Rose Heart and Alice would join forces to attack Storm, and Against the Tide, Star Mythology and Glorious Alliance would contain other guilds, but they did not expect that Snowfall Maple Leaf would directly come up with such an allocation plan.

Could it be that in just less than two months, Alice had grown to the point where she could directly confront the strength of the old guild?

This growth rate is extremely terrifying.

But although Alice is the strongest dark horse in Orwen, surpassing the accumulation of most guilds in other large-scale online games in just over half a year and becoming one of the top ten guilds in the empire, it does not have the deep foundation to fight against the old big guilds like this.

There are other things that the falling snow and maple leaves rely on, and only Qiu Ru, who understands things, and the gray years remain indifferent.

"Alice's frontal strength is not yet comparable to Baofeng's." I explained, smiling slightly, with confidence shining in my eyes, "But we have a lot of cards on our side. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely be the ones to suffer."

In the end, Alice's confidence convinced Starry Sky Beyond to join the plan.

In his words, it means sacrificing one's life for a gentleman. After all, once the war starts, there is no turning back. Regardless of whether it is successful in the end, it will face the most direct wrath of the guild alliance.

However, even though I have said so much, this plan is just the beginning.

Everything will have to wait until the end of this competition before it can be truly decided and implemented.

Time always passes quickly. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day of the knockout round.

Early in the morning, half past seven.

Outside the city of At, the entrance to the ruins of ancient civilization.

Since the elimination rounds were no longer a competition between players, the atmosphere was not too tense when all the participating players rushed to the entrances of the ancient civilization ruins. Those who were able to qualify were basically masters of the game, and most of them were full of confidence in themselves, even though the final quota for each empire was only 2,000.

Following the crowd along the spacious passage towards the entrance of the ruins that was exposed on the surface, like the ruins of an ancient city. Many players disappeared in the shining white light soon after stepping into one of the underground passages. This scene was somewhat like a large number of heroes being summoned to another world to save the world.

"Phew... I hope it's not too difficult..."

"Hehe, so you get nervous too, Ponytail Grass."

"...Tsk, I'm afraid that if I rank too high in the end and make someone cry, that wouldn't be good."

"Hey, broad daylight is really suitable for dreaming. I'm already talking nonsense."

"Go to hell, you stupid auger head."

"Hmph, rebound!"

"Super rebound!"

He usually looks like a little adult, but when he quarrels, he is no different from an elementary school student.

Ignoring the pair of enemies who had started their daily bickering, I looked at Yun Qian, who also had a tense face beside them.

"Is Xiao Qian nervous too?"

"Hmm..." Yun Qian looked at the team in front of her, clenching her hands timidly, "I'm afraid that if I get eliminated, I'll... disappoint my mother and everyone else's expectations... Uwaaa!?"

But before she could finish her words, I reached out and grabbed her cheek and squeezed it gently. "Okay, don't think too much. Xiao Qian has done a great job. This is just a game to have fun. Just do your best. It's not cute to have a frown on your face."

Yun Qian blinked, as if he had finally figured it out, and nodded with a serious look.

"Well, Xiao Qian will try hard!"

"Eat a cookie and you won't be nervous."

The white-haired loli popped her head out from the side and handed two packs of biscuits to me and Yun Qian respectively.

I was a little surprised by Cecilia's generosity, as she has a sweet tooth, but of course I wouldn't refuse it.

"what about the taste?"

"Feeling, average?"

"It's not very tasty, Yaya..."

“I also think this tastes better.”

Cecilia took out another bag and started eating it.

“?”×2

No matter what, what is coming will come.

After going down the stairs, the entrance to the underground passage was right in front. After cheering each other on with Ivan and the other little ones, we stepped in and were soon submerged in a large area of ​​white light.

System: The participating players enter the first stage of the elimination trial. In the simulation stage, 5, 4, 3...

As the countdown ended, the white light dissipated, the vision in front of me became clear again, but the surrounding environment was different.

There was a dark forest before my eyes.

The sky above seemed to be splashed with dark paint, dull and muffled. A few crows flew down from a distance, making creepy cries. There seemed to be strange shadows shaking between the interlaced trees, and an eerie feeling was revealed everywhere.

Chapter 119: Castle

This scene doesn't need any retouching and can be used to shoot a horror movie.

If we let those little guys come over, they will probably just give up or choose other levels, except for Cecilia. That guy will just blow this place to pieces. After all, all the fear comes from insufficient firepower. There is nothing that a primordial machine can't solve. If there is, just get another one.

Fortunately, we have no shortage of firepower on our side either.

"Ahri."

Along with his soft call, a petite figure like a doll appeared from mid-air.

After resting for a whole day, Ahri seemed very active after being summoned. She was not frightened by the surrounding atmosphere at all. It was not until I lured her with the rainbow crystal that she quietly lay on my shoulder and enjoyed the food.

I looked at the system prompts, and after entering each level, a clear goal for passing the level will be given.

Objective: Enter the back garden of the Earl's Castle, kill the monsters and obtain the Soul Key (0/1)

It seems that we need to find the Earl's castle first.

I made up my mind, switched to the thief profession, activated the phantom on Lawrence's wings, drank a bottle of agility potion, asked Ahri to add agility buff to myself, and stepped into the forest. In the knockout rounds, the use restrictions of ordinary enhancement potions and recovery potions were lifted, of course, some powerful items were still grayed out.

With the troops divided into three groups, the target was quickly found.

To be precise, I first found a road in the forest, and then found the castle in the distance.

It stands majestically and anciently at the end of the road like an ancient fortress, but it might be more appropriate to describe it as a guardian in the dark in this gloomy forest. At least it makes me feel a little heavier and thicker in front of my eyes.

Behind the castle, where it connects to the distant mountain road, I could vaguely see a well-decorated garden that was different from the forest. However, this garden was blocked by tall iron fences. When I approached, I could feel it being pushed away by an unknown force.

Strange, can't we just go straight through here?

I frowned in confusion, but didn't pay much attention to it.

Since this road was blocked, I turned back to the road and walked through the wall to the main gate of the castle. It was a heavy door with a bit of peeling paint on it. I pushed it open with a creaking sound and walked into the hall of the castle.

It was dark in here, with only a little light coming through the windows, which was not enough to illuminate the hall.

I called out to Ahri softly, and this clever little fellow understood. He used the light magic to control several balls of light to fly toward the lamps on both sides of the wall. Only then could I see the appearance of the entire hall.

The marble-like floor and the walls on both sides were painted with classical patterns, connecting several passages. Above the head was a huge and exquisite glass chandelier, but it could no longer provide any lighting. The red carpet was laid all the way to the sculpture in front of the stairs. The brass sculpture was dilapidated and had long since lost its original paint color, but you could vaguely see its former grandeur.

The back garden should be located behind the right side of the hall.

According to the direction I had noted before, I was just about to cross the passage opposite the sculpture and step into it when I suddenly caught a glimpse of a human-shaped skeleton sitting on the back of the sculpture.

The skeleton was wearing luxurious clothes and was obviously a nobleman in his lifetime. He was most likely the owner of the Earl's Castle. His skeletal arms were holding a painting. Through the light of the light spell, one could vaguely see that the painting seemed to be of a beautiful woman.

I shook my head and walked forward along the passage without paying much attention, crossing the hall and corridor all the way to the back garden.

This back garden is bigger than he had imagined, and what he had seen outside the iron fence was probably just a corner of it. Due to lack of care, many trees in the garden were withered, weeds were growing everywhere, and even occupied the original paths.

Just when he had taken a few steps in, the ground suddenly trembled, and several skeletons crawled out of the ground. A cold wind blew, and a ghost with bared fangs and claws attacked him.

I was a little startled, but reacted quickly. I immediately dodged the ghost's attack and stabbed it in the back with the Shadow Slayer in my hand. I didn't stun it but directly used a backstab, because ghost monsters are immune to most control effects and have a certain reduction in physical damage.

However, even with the reduction, his high damage directly cut down most of the health of the ghost, and it was taken away by the subsequent casual attacks. Looking at the other side, the skeletons that crawled out of the ground were instantly killed by Ahri's ice arrows, leaving only one skeleton staggering towards him without fear, but he easily solved it with just a few moves.

Wandering Soul: Level 120, HP: 0/48500

Inferior Undead Skeleton: Level 121, HP: 0/52300

Now I have the chance to take a look at the attributes of these monsters. The characteristics of their race make them more fragile than monsters of the same level. In addition, I have now reached level 116. In my eyes, these monsters are as fragile as glass.

Sure enough, the first level is very simple.

I felt a little relieved and explored forward. Although the goal was set in the prompts, it was not easy to find the so-called soul key in such a large back garden.

Fortunately, with the help of Phantom, he quickly found a special area deep in the garden.

This is the end of the back garden, backed by the forest, and the iron fence separating the inside and outside suddenly leaves a corner empty in the middle. A path extends from it to the open space in the forest, and it seems that a faint trace of white can be seen in the open space.

Plus, there are a lot of ghosts and skeletons wandering around here, which may be the key to passing the level.

I didn't hesitate. I picked up the dagger and cleared the surroundings with Ahri. After a simple search without any results, I cast my eyes towards the forest path in the distance. Not too far along the path, I saw the true form of the white trace -

A tomb half a person's height.

Although the tomb was covered with dust and the flowers and plants around it had withered, it looked much tidier than other things in the entire castle. It was obvious that it had been carefully maintained before the castle fell into decline.

The person buried here must be the count's beloved woman, perhaps the woman in a painting.

I thought to myself, planning to go closer and explore around the tomb.

It's impossible that the authorities would be so evil as to hide the key to the soul in someone's grave, but if that were the case, I can only say I'm sorry.

However, what I didn't expect was that when I got closer, I found that there was a ghost in front of the grave.

The figure of this ghost is extremely faint and can only be seen clearly when you get close. It seems that she may disappear at any time. In her hand is a faint blue key, which is obviously the soul key needed to pass the level.

I immediately prepared myself for battle.

But when he saw the amount of blood on the other person's head, he was stunned.

Marissa's Ghost: Level 1, HP 100/100

Chapter 120: Seal of Mercy

Although his health and level are consistent with his weak appearance, it does not fit the appearance of the final boss of the level.

Especially when I continued to get closer, the other party had no intention of actively attacking, or it could be said that she didn't care about my approach at all. There was a dazed look on her soft face, and she lowered her head slightly, and kept repeating an inexplicable low moan.

"Carl...Carl...where are you..."

If other players encountered this level, they would probably just kill the ghost named Marissa and get the Soul Key from her as soon as possible to pass the level. However, it was a bit difficult for me.

If it was a fierce monster, even if it was an elite monster of a higher level, I would kill it without any hesitation, but when I encountered a monster that posed no threat, I felt a little reluctant. Especially when the other party looked so pitiful.

"Forget it, it's more important to pass the customs."

But just as I sighed and was about to help the other person get rid of it, I suddenly thought of something.

That was the barrier that we encountered outside the iron fence before.