Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

In the initial period of time, the battles Viviana encountered were relatively easy. They were basically first-level or early-level second-level enemies, and she didn't even have to stop.

But after about half an hour, Viviana clearly felt that the monsters in the maze had suddenly increased in strength to a higher level.

Viviana thought she hadn't gone too deep into the maze yet, and this change in the monster's power was unnatural.

If we want to give a reasonable explanation, we can only speculate that someone with considerable strength has entered this maze, which is why the difficulty of the maze has suddenly increased.

—(The arrival of new members also means... that one of the two teams in Dris Town has been completely wiped out?)

Viviana was surprised by this possibility. As far as she knew, the person in charge of the two teams in Dris Town was the famous Ice Star Shirley. It was impossible for her, with her experience, to organize such a poor team.

All signs made Viviana feel that this maze expedition might not be normal.

Judging from the current situation, Viviana will not have any problem dealing with a third-level monster alone, but if she continues to be consumed like this, the possibility of encountering danger will increase little by little.

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Viviana's mission this time is to reach the core of the maze as quickly as possible, and then activate the magic circle engraved in her body when she meets the maze boss to summon the red and black elders.

Although she personally was not convinced by this arrangement and felt that the use of hidden magic circles was too wasteful, since this was a family decision, Viviana did not dare to object.

However, based on the strength level of the monsters outside the maze, Viviana believes that the maze boss this time is likely to reach an astonishing level five, rather than the controllable level four she expected.

If this is the case, then the family's decision was truly foresighted.

——(I can only move forward carefully.)

Viviana dug out the magic core of the old tree demon, then restrained her breath and continued to move towards the red light column.

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The perspective switched back to Jiang Ran. He followed Sybil's footsteps and came to an orchard.

Based on Sybil's route, Jiang Ran guessed that he should have completed the mission and was heading towards the core of the maze, trying to reunite with his companions.

However, Sibyl was unable to achieve this goal because his body had been hanged from a tower.

Looking at the horrific corpse of the middle-aged man, Jiang Ran had a deeper understanding of the horror of this maze.

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At this moment, Jiang Ran was hiding far away in the mountains and forests. With the use of a telescope, he could roughly see the situation in the orchard.

The orchard is run by a group of female goblins.

These female goblins were chatting and laughing while taking care of the fruit trees, without carrying any weapons or protective gear.

There are four wooden towers surrounding the orchard, each with several goblin archers standing guard.

In addition, there were three teams of goblin warriors patrolling around the orchard, and dozens of goblin warriors resting in a nearby camp.

Overall, the orchard is heavily guarded and difficult to break into.

Sibyl did not go to the orchard, he just passed by the orchard, but unfortunately he was discovered by the patrolling goblin warriors. After the battle, Sibyl was defeated and killed.

Of course, the above statement was just a guess made by Jiang Ran after observing the traces at the scene. If it weren't for the help of the telescope, he would not have been able to use his identification ability to confirm that the body hanging on the tower was Sybil.

Relying on vague and incoherent identification information, Jiang Ran learned that Sybil was a third-order, level 75 dual-gun user.

Sybil's death meant that Jiang Ran's clues were interrupted, and he could only go back to find the Feiqi family's team.

But Jiang Ran had another idea. He wanted to get Sybil's body out of the tower. Maybe there would be some useful clues on Sybil's body.

7.20 - Risky Moves (Part )

(Alas, do you want to take the risk?)

Jiang Ran looked at these elite armed goblin soldiers and calculated in his mind whether the risk-reward ratio was worthwhile.

If he gave up Sybil's body, it would take Jiang Ran a lot of time to find the Feiqi family again.

Not only is it possible that they won't be able to find it, but it's also possible that the Feiqi family will have completed their attack on the Green Ghost's lair before Jiang Ran finds it.

And if he took the risk of seizing or stealing Sybil's body, Jiang Ran himself might be hung on the tower like Sybil - of course, in the form of a corpse.

Time was passing by every second. In order to make the right decision, Jiang Ran approached some orchards appropriately and identified the information of several key goblins through the telescope.

Guarding the towers are goblin elite sharpshooters, with four on each tower, for a total of sixteen people. However, as long as the view angle is good, Jiang Ran "only" needs to face four at the same time.

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Goblin Elite Sharpshooter, male, 53 years old

Goblin Elite Sharpshooter - Lv67

Skill: 3 / 3

HP: 3118 / 3118

Stamina: 2410 / 2421

Mana: 2120 / 2120

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On the outskirts of the orchard, there are three patrol teams, each with ten people. The leader is a third-level goblin elite captain, and the team members are second-level goblin sword and shield warriors, with both quantity and quality.

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Goblin Elite Captain, male, 49 years old

Goblin Elite Captain - Lv73

Skill: 3 / 3

HP: 6321 / 6321

Stamina: 3014 / 3084

Mana: 1150 / 1150

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The elite captain has decent health, and the data of his team members, the sword and shield warriors, are basically scaled-down versions of the captain. Each of them is a high-level second-order warrior of level 40 or 50.

According to preliminary estimates, if Jiang Ran rushed forward head-on, he would have to face at least five third-level goblins and nine second-level soldiers at the same time. This was not a situation that he could just muster up the courage to charge forward.

Let's talk about Jiang Ran himself. After eight days of full-scale training, his strength has indeed changed by leaps and bounds. However, since he is still stuck at a class bottleneck and has not yet advanced, the ceiling effect still has a significant impact.

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During the previous eight days of training, Jiang Ran had mainly focused on improving his skill levels. The specific changes were as follows:

Production Occupation Hunter: Level 4+1↑;

Manufacturing Occupation: Pharmacist: Level 3+1↑;

Skills: Focus: Level 12+3↑;

Skill·Calculation power improvement: Level 15+5↑;

Skills: Trickster: Level 20+5↑;

Skills: Shadow Behind: Level 11+9↑;

The most direct benefit of improving occupation and skill levels is the increase in attribute values. As a second-order, level 50 "Shadow Killer", Jiang Ran's current attributes are a bit "biased".

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Jiang Ran

Vitality: 3100 (2840+260↑)

Stamina: 2439 (2088+351↑)

Magic: 7690 (6590 + 1100↑)

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However, the characteristics of the attribute values ​​are in line with Jiang Ran's fighting style. Without so much magic power, the characteristics of his skills cannot be brought into play.

In addition to the numerical improvement, several of Jiang Ran's skills have also undergone new qualitative changes.

A new entry has been added to the skill "Focus": Positive correction +1 when making dodge judgments.

Although Jiang Ran is still unclear about what "judgment" means in these skill descriptions, this undoubtedly improves his dodging ability.

After several rounds of growth, the overclocking item for skill and computing power improvement can now double Jiang Ran's computing power. Only by experiencing it in practice can one understand the specific value and the joy of quick thinking.

Finally, the most important skill is the shadow behind you.

After reaching level 20, the range of summoning shadow copies is expanded to 20 meters, and the existence time of shadow copies is increased to 25 seconds.

Since the cooldown time of this skill is only 15 seconds, it means that Jiang Ran can summon up to 2 shadow clones at the same time in the future. This is a major change that can arouse people's imagination!

Thanks to these growths, Jiang Ran did not have to fight hard even when facing the third-level Goblin Fearless Warrior alone today.

However, facing five third-level goblins and nine second-level soldiers at the same time in the enemy's home turf was too risky.

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However, if fighting head-on doesn't work, then we'll use wits.

Jiang Ran's usual style is to fight with his brain.

He first sneaked around the orchard and had an idea in his mind. The rest depended on whether the actual operation could be consistent with his expectations.

(Stupid Loli: Jiang Yan, you are really addicted to taking risks.)

(Jiang Ran: This is about maximizing returns while taking moderate risks.)

Jiang Ran glanced at the word "Jiang" on the palm of his hand, and then activated the first "delay trap".

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In the woods two hundred meters away from the orchard, Jiang Ran used vines as a fuse and set up an ignition device that would cause a fire in about twenty minutes.

After starting the device, Jiang Ran ran to the other side of the orchard 150 meters away as quickly as possible, and then ignited and started the same device.

After completing these two preliminary actions, Jiang Ran sneaked to a position only one hundred meters away from the orchard, waiting for the opportunity to come.

The bushes here were thick, perfect for concealing his presence.

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Not long after, Jiang Ran saw black smoke rising from the southwest, which was the first fire point he set.

The goblins in the orchard soon discovered the fire, and then a team of patrolling goblins rushed towards the fire.

After a while, black smoke began to rise from another fire point, which quickly attracted away a group of goblins.

As a result, there was only one team of goblins patrolling near the orchard, and the goblins on the watchtower were distracted by the two fires.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Ran lit a fire arrow and shot three arrows in succession, which hit the most densely wooded area in the orchard. Not long after, a third fire broke out inside the orchard.

Now, most of the goblins in the orchard were in a panic, and even the goblins in the nearby camp ran out to put out the fire.

Seeing this, Jiang Ran knew that the time had come, and immediately ran towards the tower where Sybil's body was hanging. While running, he summoned the shadow clone at the farthest distance and gave orders.

A few seconds later, Jiang Ran was close enough to the tower. He activated his skill "Focus and Concentration" and shot an arrow from a distance of a hundred meters. He accurately cut the rope hanging the corpse and made it fall to the ground!

During this time, the shadow clone that had just been summoned had already run to the bottom of the tower. He picked up the corpse and then ran towards the place designated by Jiang Ran!

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Up to this point, everything was going smoothly, but during the final retreat, the shadow clone was discovered by the shooters on the tower.

As the horn was blown from the nearest watchtower, the other three towers followed suit.

Arrows shot towards the shadow clone one after another, and soon hit his shoulder and side.

Just as the shadow clone was about to be knocked down, another shadow clone arrived in time holding an ironwood round shield!

After throwing the smoke bomb, he immediately waved his round shield to help his companions block the arrows!

However, the smoke bomb was not very effective, because the goblins immediately changed their strategy and used fast and dense arrows to make up for the lack of accuracy.

Moreover, after the horn sounded, loud wolf howls were heard in the goblin camp, and a large number of goblins riding giant wolves were rushing towards the shadow clones!

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7.21 - Less than expected clues