How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"It turns out that Alpha's identity is so special."

“I don’t know what the Secret Council is, but it sounds pretty powerful.”

Ignoring the whispered discussions among the crowd, Reese continued to explain and told them his speculation.

"The forbidden magic effects in the Secret Council are very similar to the changes in the forest, and the changes occurred after he arrived. It's not such a coincidence. Considering the situation of being hunted by the Council, I guess he was hunted by the Council because he had come into contact with this kind of existence."

"Besides, Lord Alpha must have made his own judgment when he asked you to come. I believe in Lord Alpha."

When he mentioned Alpha, his tone was extremely respectful, and it was obvious that he was full of trust in him.

"So do you know where the wizard is now?"

Hill asked the other party.

"Well, the direction he's heading towards is a woodland surrounded by cliffs. I can take you there now." Reese nodded, but his face looked a little strange and he frowned. "But that mage is very strong. I don't know if I can handle it."

This lack of confidence in my look immediately reminded everyone of the words Alpha had left behind before, and they no longer had any doubts about my next move.

"Mr. Alpha gave this to us. I wonder if it will be of any help to you." I took out the cross from my backpack and handed it to Camilla in front of me.

Seeing the glowing cross in front of him, the worry in Reese's eyes suddenly dissipated, and a strong light emerged. He carefully took it and said, "This is Mr. Alpha's token. It can enchant weapons. Now I am completely confident."

When Reese was about to make preparations, his sister Tina Meryl, a nature mage happened to come back. After hearing Reese's statement, she joined the crusade team without any hesitation.

When the two of them went to get ready, everyone couldn't suppress their strong desire to complain.

"The person who wrote the letter was actually a man. What's with the disgusting tone of voice..."

"You don't understand, right? This is the so-called forbidden love. Even an ordinary man would be moved by a transvestite of that level."

"I think Reese is simply grateful for Alpha's help, and he admires him too much."

After all, no one had thought about this situation.

Even Dolan was no exception. She seemed to be able to imagine what expressions and lively scenes the sisters in the guild's pioneering team would have when faced with such a plot.

But before that, she still had a trace of doubt.

"Ms. Hill, how did you find out about this?"

Dolan's voice attracted the attention of others, and they were also very curious.

"Because the Gruin people have a strong sense of family, they all use their family names when they are outside, so some Gruin people have the habit of leaving their family names when writing letters." Hill reminded them lightly, and then added, "Also, the translation of the previous letter was not very complete. If you are familiar with Alinga, you will know that the first-person pronouns in that letter are mainly used for men in Alinga."

"But if that's the case, then why can the plot be triggered when the letter is given to my sister?" Yeyuan asked the key point.

Hill didn't say anything yet, but I took over the question and answered, "Reese used the Alinga language, which means Alpha must have stayed here for a long time and is familiar with this language. This means that there is a high probability that sister Tina has come into contact with Alpha and may have special feelings for him."

"What a sinful fellow," Yiwen said from the side, "He is not as single-minded as others."

I rolled my eyes. "The plot was probably triggered because she felt like she wanted to help Alpha. In fact, if someone secretly followed Tina upstairs, they would know that her weapon was taken from her brother Reese's room. This is also a clue."

Qiu Se Ru Shui was thoughtful, "Most people would choose to give the letter to their sister, thinking that triggering the plot is the right thing to do. This way they fall into the misunderstanding of inertial thinking, thinking that the problem lies in other aspects, and they would not think that they triggered the wrong plot. The designer of this plot is very thoughtful."

"Ah, now that Sister Qiu puts it like that, it really seems like she's amazing!"

"That is to say, the content of the letter was also deliberately designed in this way to mislead us."

However, this is just the bad taste of a certain novelist.

Listening to everyone's discussion, I couldn't help but secretly complain.

Chapter 129 Gilbert the Defector

Led by Reese and her sister Tina, the team passed through the forest and headed towards the southeast cliff. They soon came to a relatively open space near the river, where there was a wooden house that was obviously built temporarily.

Not far from the wooden house, a figure in a gray robe was sitting on a magic circle carved by the river, meditating.

Reese stopped at the bushes in front of the clearing. "The man in front is the mage I mentioned. His perception is much better when he is meditating. If we get closer, he might notice us. And it looks like his injuries have healed a lot. It may not be easy to defeat him."

"Tina and I are not used to following other people's orders. We can just assist each other when the time comes. Adventurers, you can discuss the strategies and methods of the battle here first, and you can notify us at any time when you are fully prepared."

As he spoke, he checked his equipment with Tina beside him, and adjusted his physical condition and spells.

"The next boss battle will be a bit difficult. I will take over the command of the team." Hill said.

Naturally, everyone had no objection. After all, it was their first time to encounter an Abyss-level dungeon and this BOSS.

Even Dolan and her team failed many times at this BOSS, and each time they never reduced its health to more than 50%. Moreover, it was a nightmare level of difficulty. In terms of understanding, they might not be as good as Hill who came from the strategy group.

Seeing that everyone was a little nervous, I smiled and said to them, "Don't worry, we have the help of Meryl and her brother, and Reese's weapon has been specially enchanted. With Sister Hill's command, it won't be that difficult no matter how difficult it is."

The soft and pleasant voice of the cute little girl can often make people happy, and everyone in the team relaxed a little.

After listening to Hill's simple description, they also knew what kind of abilities this so-called defector from the Secret Council had.

Although the BOSS's defense and health are only slightly higher than the weakened Corrupted Dryad Lord, it has a high Arcane Shield. The shield automatically recovers at regular intervals, and the defense will decrease during the period when the shield disappears, but the damage caused will also increase.

The main attack method of the BOSS is Arcane Orb. When the health drops below 75%, it will cause area damage. Therefore, the hatred in the back row must not be allowed to overflow under any circumstances, otherwise the high damage will instantly take away the fragile output profession. After it drops to 50%, it will summon alienated creatures to fight together.

"We just need to assist the Meryl brothers and sisters in dealing damage. We don't need to think about dealing as much damage as possible."

Hill pointed out the key point, "Reese's weapon is enchanted, so if you control the hatred well, it won't overflow. The paladins take care of each other in the front row, and the priest mainly heals Reese. It's not difficult to beat him if you slow down the pace."

After understanding the main fighting methods, everyone also informed Meryl and her siblings.

Reese wiped off his weapon and stood up. Just as he was about to lead the way out of the forest, I grabbed his clothes and said, "Mr. Reese, magicians must not be interrupted in their meditation. Although this method is a bit despicable, if we can succeed in the sneak attack, we can catch the opponent off guard and make it easier to deal with him."

The other party pondered for a moment, "That makes sense, Tina, prepare the spell."

Upon hearing this, Tina, the nature mage, carefully condensed her spell. Although there was distance and cover from the forest and the opponent was also an arcane mage, the gathering of elements during meditation was also very obvious. There was nothing wrong with Tina's approach.

"Holy Word Mage, give her a blessing. Warlock and Shadow Word Mage, prepare to reduce her defense." Hill spoke up and took the lead in giving Tina a BUFF that increased spell damage.

Qiu Se Ru Shui raised his staff and released a BUFF to Tina's next skill to increase the damage. Yu Zhai Yuan also hurriedly prepared to release a skill with armor-breaking effect. I yawned and then used the only defense-weakening skill within the tenth level of the dark magic.

"Use your skills."

As the light of the staff in Tina's hand became brighter, Hill's voice gave a signal to me and Otaku Yuan.

Two balls of black light fell on the robed BOSS in the distance one after another, and the next moment a dark green leopard shadow jumped out of the forest and pierced through the opponent like lightning.

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The four-digit damage suddenly woke the opponent up from his meditation, "Who!"

At the same time, the BOSS's information was finally revealed to everyone.

Mystic Gilbert [Boss]: Level 10, 13603/15000

Just one encounter reduced her health by nearly 10%. Although she had the help of interrupting meditation and various BUFFs, it can be seen from the side that Tina's magic damage is unmatched by anyone in the team.

Gilbert, whose meditation was interrupted, reacted quickly. He immediately stood up from the ground and looked towards the forest. When he saw Meryl and her brother, his face looked a little strange. "It's you, Reese. Why did you attack me?"

It seemed that Gilbert, remembering the previous rescue, did not launch an attack immediately after being ambushed, but wanted to ask for a reason.

"What do you think, you traitor to the Secret Council?" Reese had no time to think about the old friendship with the other party. He raised the big sword in his hand and rushed out of the forest, charging towards Gilbert. "I didn't expect that I would help the culprit who caused this change. I will take the responsibility of defeating you."

Gilbert was startled and quickly chanted a spell. The arcane shield that appeared in front of him immediately blocked Reese's charging body. "I don't know what you are talking about. I have never done such a thing."

"Do you think I will still believe you? Go to hell." Reis roared and slashed the arcane shield with the greatsword in his hand. The metal sword body rubbed against the shield, producing dazzling sparks and knocking off nearly 10% of the shield in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Gilbert could only gather a magic ball made of arcane energy, and the battle seemed to have begun.

As early as when Reese launched the charge, under Hill's command, Shuiyan, Feiyu and Niutou were a few seconds slow and waited until Reese completely attracted all the hatred before launching the charge.

"Keep the taunt, no need to activate defense, and mainly use the Paladin's blessing on Reese."

Hearing the voice coming from behind, several people did as they were told, using shields and armor to block the direction of Gilbert's movement, and letting several other paladins come forward to help. The holy light that fell on Reese's body instantly added a lot of defense to him.

Only after all possible buffs have been added, can you consider yourself and your teammates around you.

Chapter 130: Strategy in Progress (I)

The back row was stepping up their output at full strength, and suddenly countless magic spells were thrown towards Gilbert. Although most of them were blocked by the arcane shield, some of the damage penetrated the shield and hit Gilbert, causing dozens of points of damage.

Gilbert's health was slowly decreasing, and gradually, everyone realized what the so-called assistance was all about.

Even with such a full output, Reese, as a warrior, still firmly controlled Gilbert's hatred. The shining blade in his hand slashed at the opponent's arcane shield, creating fierce sparks and taking away about 5% of the shield each time.

Although he was mainly bearing Gilbert's attacks, his health was firmly above the healthy line under the care of the priest, instead of being reduced to low health like the other front-line players in the team after being hit by two magic balls.

Sister Tina is also very powerful. Although she is a nature mage who specializes in consumption and summoning, her output is comparable to more than half of the damage of the entire team. This makes everyone think that with just a nurse, these two people can completely solve the BOSS.

Soon under the attack of everyone, Gilbert's health dropped below 75%.

"I didn't do anything, why are you doing this to me!" Gilbert shouted angrily.

What greeted him was still Reese's long sword, "No need to quibble."

"You are really going too far."

Seeing the other party's ruthless intention, Gilbert finally realized that there was no chance for further discussion between the two. The arcane sphere condensed in his hand was accompanied by a silver lightning snake, which looked very terrifying.

"Separate from Reese, stand symmetrically on both sides, activate shield wall and defensive posture, and the Paladin buffs yourself and your teammates."

Hill's voice rang out from the team. It didn't have much emotion but made everyone feel at ease. The front row dispersed their formation and surrounded Gilbert in the center. The Paladin activated the halo as Hill said.

The holy light shone again, but this time it was Hill who asked the elk to buff Reese's defense. "Use the blessings in turn, and replenish them when the effect is broken. Reese's treatment will be mainly left to you."

"Okay." The elk nodded.

"Slow down the output, warlock, use the skill that reduces attack."

As for the back row, there are not many requirements, just slow down the output rhythm to avoid OT situations.

The arcane orb in Gilbert's hand hit Reese's body heavily, taking away a certain amount of his blood. At the same time, silver lightning snakes were also transmitted to the surroundings along the ground.

However, the positions in the front row had already been dispersed, and with the effects of various defense enhancements, although the flashing lightning was fierce, the damage suffered by the front row was actually not very high and was still within their tolerance range.

With such steady and cautious tactics, everyone found that it was not particularly difficult to deal with, especially Dolan and others who were members of the Rose Heart pioneering team. They were inevitably surprised to see that the BOSS that had troubled the guild for a long time was so simple.

Although a large part of the reason was that the correct plot was triggered, with the assistance of the two siblings Reese and Tina, and the effect of the cross enchantment left by Alpha, Dolan couldn't help but wonder, even if her team had this advantage, could it really be so easy.

It is true that the equipment is much better, but there seems to be no one in their guild who has a good understanding of the BOSS's abilities and can perfectly command. This makes Dolan even more curious. Are all the people in the strategy group so powerful?

Putting everyone's surprise aside, the battle continues.

Gilbert's shield was regenerated after being broken. As the amount of shield decreased, his own health gradually approached the 50% mark.

At this critical moment, Hill's voice suddenly rang out, "Use a damage skill that ignores the shield effect. If there is no damage, stop."

Although they didn't quite understand why, everyone still did as they were told and used the skills in their hands to ignore the shield as much as possible. There were not many skills with this effect at the current stage, but there were always some that could be used in a team of twenty people.

The gorgeous magic and the destructive blow penetrated the flowing arcane shield and completely reduced Gilbert's remaining health to more than 50%.

"Damn it, you forced me to do this."

Gilbert, whose health was reduced to less than 50%, realized the crisis. He used an invisible halo to shock away everyone around him, then took out a black crystal from his arms and crushed it. The black light outlined a strange pattern in the air.

The forest beside the cabin was enveloped by a gray-black light, which absorbed all the vitality of the surrounding trees and finally turned into two monsters that looked similar to the Lord of the Fallen Tree Spirit. However, these two tree spirits were only the size of the original body, and the health displayed was only one-third of the latter, so their defense would not be that high.

Seeing the black tree spirit coming out of the forest, Reese and Tina looked at Gilbert with eyes filled with anger.

"How do you want to deny it now? It turns out that you are the culprit of the mutation." Tina gritted her teeth.

"It's because you guys kept forcing me to use this forbidden technique. Believe it or not, I've never used it before."

Gilbert was also angry.

"Still quibbling, you bastard, don't you have any conscience at all?"

After being shaken away, Reese rushed forward again. The golden light on the sword in his hand seemed to become stronger because of his anger, but at the same time, Gilbert's momentum also became stronger with the application of that strange pattern.

The front row, which was also scattered, saw the two fallen tree spirits turn their attention to the back row, especially the main force Tina, and subconsciously wanted to go back to rescue them, but Hill stopped them, "Don't worry, continue to hold Gilbert."

Upon hearing this, the front row who were about to retreat paused, and then blocked Gilbert together with Reese.

Just as the output professions in the back row were puzzled by Hill's actions, facing the fierce attack of the Fallen Dryad, Tina gritted her teeth and quickly chanted a complicated spell, and the free natural elements formed faintly glowing lines on the ground.

As the spell fell, a huge forest giant appeared from the magic circle in front of Tina and stepped forward to block the attack of one of the fallen tree spirits.

"If the front row had rushed back, Miss Tina would not have released the stone giant." I spoke at the right time and answered everyone's doubts.

Hill issued orders one after another.

Chapter 131: Strategy in Progress (Part 2)

"The thief will distract the other fallen tree spirit, while the others will use control skills and focus on dealing with the tree spirit on the stone giant's side."

Nightwish and Ivan, who had been on standby nearby, saw that there was something they could do, so they immediately sneaked to the remaining Fallen Dryads, used backstabs and chisels in succession to attract the opponent's hatred and attention, and then coordinated with other people's control skills to use the thief's unique agility advantage to delay time.