Chapter 88: Chapter 85: The Demon Camp Beyond the Barrier
Da Fei came out of the barracks as Selvia was already patrolling and comforting the soldiers in the cabin. That’s an angel for you! That’s why the ship’s doctor has to be a woman, otherwise, morale will drop.
Seeing Da Fei appear, Selvia greeted him with a salute: “Captain, I’m all recovered. I’ll fight hard today.”
Da Fei patted her small shoulder and chuckled: “Good, we’ll work hard together! Today’s goal is to explore the boundary of the barrier. By the way, you leveled up yesterday. What skill do you want to learn?”
Selvia perked up: “I want to learn Meditation Skill. That way, my mana will regenerate faster, and it’ll be less draining in battle.”
Ah, too busy to think straight. I should have brought a whole stack of Magic Skill Books on board. Da Fei sighed: “Let’s learn Leadership Skill first. Your Basic Commanding Ability is high, so the Leadership Skill boost is the best bang for our buck.” The key is that Leadership Skill boosts morale, preventing morale drop in a mixed unit with Banshees. In the game, mixed Light Camp and Dark Camp units suffer morale drops; the messier the mix, the worse the drop.
Selvia nodded: “Okay, I’ll follow the captain’s arrangement.”
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Selvia consumed a Skill Point and learned the Basic Leadership Skill.
There’s nothing to say about the free attribute points, add to knowledge.
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Selvia’s knowledge increased by 1, mana increased by 10 points.
Selvia said joyously: “I’ve gotten stronger, and I’m so eager to fight!”
As a nun, she’s so violent, so not reserved, it’s simply too much to not like! Wahaha, Da Fei took the chance to pat her head and said: “Don’t rush, today’s strategy requires thought before action.”
“Yes, Captain!”
So obedient! Having all female subordinates feels so great. As for having a female boss, that feels just awful.
Da Fei walked out of the cabin and stood on the deck. The minimap was still a mass of red clouds, and the beetles diligently gnawed at the tree sap on the trunk, completely unaffected by the destruction of one brood nest. The dense forest blocked the view of the God-level Reconnaissance Technique. It was time for the Blood Flute Eagle to be deployed. Speaking of which, isn’t the Blood Eagle a special skill of the Elf Clan? Didn’t God-level Reconnaissance include this sub-skill? Just handing back the treasure felt a bit reluctant. But no worries, hopefully, the Little Charm Emperor I recently trained can replace it.
Da Fei opened the map of the Pool of Radiance, selecting the nearest shoreline direction from his current location to release the Blood Eagle.
The Blood Eagle, being a Spiritual Body, ignored obstacles, flying forward. Everywhere in its sight was a shocking swarm of insects and the numerous insect nests. There were indeed many insect nests; relying on force to flatten all these nests was impossible. So, the key to breaking the situation lay beyond the barrier. The system prompt mentioned this barrier was the World Tree’s self-defense measure against even stronger enemies. Such enemies surely stood as a rear guard outside the barrier.
The Blood Eagle flew through the dense forest, and a giant screen with a metallic luster appeared before its eyes, which was undoubtedly the barrier.
Pass through it! Da Fei clenched his fists, both excited and nervous.
The scene changed, with a fiery world rushing toward him, ironclad sounds echoing beneath the surface. Da Fei’s brow twitched in surprise—it was lava, the most common terrain in hell! The iron clangor came from the endless Demon Race factories being built along the coastline and glowing magic towers.
Countless level 0 Demon Infant soldiers of the Demon Race bounced around, busy transporting ore carts in and out of the factories. Atop each tower, hundreds of Flower Demons were trapped in some large-scale Magic Array.
Da Fei’s spirit lifted, Flower Demons! Found them!
At this time, these Flower Demons struggled and wailed painfully in the magic array, their emitted light streams absorbed by the Magic Array, with Flower Demons periodically collapsing. At the edge of the magic array, hundreds of barrels of white glowing liquid were placed. Fallen Flower Demons were dragged into the barrels by the Military Governor for immersion immediately. Meanwhile, new barrels filled with glowing liquid were replaced, and workers carried out older barrels with lightless contents.
As a skilled player, this scene was transparent—it was clear the Demons were absorbing the energy of the Flower Demons for their use! Those white liquids must be the World Tree sap collected by the beetles, which revived the Banshees, and once rejuvenated, the Flower Demons continued to be exploited by the demons.
The Demons’ objective could only be one: to breach the barrier and destroy the World Tree. Perhaps the Light Energy of the World Tree was something the demons were extremely wary of, as seen when the brood nest’s flesh fell into the Pool like plunging into acid. Thus, the demons likely came up with the method of exploiting Flower Demons, using a force of the same nature to destroy the barrier? Anyway, that’s basically it.
So, the key to breaking the situation lies here, which involves rescuing the Flower Demons and destroying the towers. Now, let’s see what their defense forces look like.
At this moment, Under the towers, Abyss Lords, Level 6 Soldiers of the Hell Race, were on guard, with large patrols of Level 3 Hellhounds, and Level 5 Hell Horses—wait, were there riders on the Hell Horses? What the hell! Hell Horses, known as Nightmare Beasts, mortal enemies of Unicorns, are the most arrogant and irritable Level 5 Soldiers of the Hell Race, yet could be ridden? This was a Hell Race type never seen in official data!
Human warriors riding an ordinary warhorse become Level 6 Knights, so what level would a Hell Race warrior riding a Level 5 mount become? What caliber must these horse-riding warriors have to tame a Hell Horse? This combination might even outmatch a Level 7 Great Demon, right? Could such a force be attacked head-on?
That’s the difficulty of the Epic Quest!
Bah! In front of my Giant Cannon array, what do you count as! When my ship approaches the shore, a round of coastal bombardment will lay even a BOSS down, not to mention these non-BOSS troops!
The key issue was, indeed, the tower. Clearly, this is a Magic Tower, or perhaps a Magic Cannon, with a range surely exceeding a Crossbow Cannon. Although the magic cannon’s attack would be somewhat weakened when passing through a barrier, could my ship withstand much longer?
Just then, Da Fei’s vision blacked out.
—System Prompt: The Blood Flute Eagle’s energy was exhausted and cannot be used again today.
Ah! How could there be a blackout at the critical moment? So many Flower Demons await my rescue, while I still need to devise a plan and find a proper spot for coastal bombardment!
At this moment, Da Fei could only turn his helpless gaze toward the two Little Banshees. How should I put it? As a commander, one should have the commander’s insight, or perhaps, cruelty. And as a soldier, even if one is a female soldier, a Little Banshee soldier must grasp the awareness of being a soldier.
Da Fei shook his head and pointed to the minimap: “Go, and make sure you return alive with intelligence.”
The two Little Banshees became almost transparent and quickly spread their wings silently, disappearing into the sky, soon vanishing from the minimap’s two green dots into the red cloud. Da Fei’s heart knotted.
As Da Fei fretted over the safety of the two small soldiers, the president of the Dragon Slayer Network Entertainment Company, Ma Yinglong, was equally anxious. He bore the nation’s great responsibility, dignity, confidence, the nation’s future, and, well, the guild’s future.
The time for the National War was drawing closer. On the surface, Dragon Slayer Guild’s number one in the Hell faction, Lei Huolong, casually and leisurely contacted ordinary Hell Race players everywhere to come and play, saying, “Let’s go together, I’ll show you foreign blond girls, make the nation proud, get on TV, and so on,” but inside, he was burning with anxiety.
China Region’s biggest advantage was its population. Whether they could gather as many ordinary players and even small studio teams to help in the secrecy before the war would be crucial to victory. Gathering manpower while maintaining secrecy was very hard.
The Hell Race in the China Region was indeed underperforming. There were really few players compared to other races, and even fewer studios. Unlike human elves who could engage in maritime trade, the Hell Race just killed and fought all day. The sky was red, the blood was red, and everything inside the players’ helmets appeared red, which over time made their eyes unbearable. And still being part of the Dark Camp, just look at the popularity of the Undead Race—the Death Knight heroes are super cool! Check out the Undead Mage heroes, they’re too awesome! Female vampires, stunningly beautiful! Whiter than clouds!
It seemed, intercepting the enemy before the national borders before the war began was hard, and I could only preserve strength. Once the National War erupted, their foreign territories would assault the Pool of Radiance initially. The Dragon Slayer Guild would immediately mobilize nationwide to attack the foreign players from behind, and if they could coordinate a two-way attack with the Elf Clan’s so-called Super Hero, even better. If the Japan Region and the Super Hero wore each other down, that would be for the best.
So the last key, what exactly is the Elf Clan’s Super Hero? Only when the battle opens will it be revealed.
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