Volume 8: The Road to the Ancient Dragon Chapter 383 Night Attack
Murphy was not planning to bring all his troops with him. Finding the ancient dragon was a patient job. The Frost Mountains stretched for hundreds of kilometers, and it was not easy to find the ancient dragon's nest hidden in it.
It must be a long-term plan.
After much hesitation, Murphy decided to leave 200 Dragon Riders and 200 Dragon Blood Giant Warriors on the ship to protect the safety of the fleet.
These warships are his assets and also the vehicles for evacuation, so they must be protected. Besides, there are so many adventurers serving as cannon fodder, so of course they must be put to good use. There is no need for the Dragon Knights to bring too many.
Murphy arranged for two knights to stay behind with the troops, but he was still worried. It felt unreliable not to leave a hero behind. After thinking about it, he decided to keep Razidanan. Although his fighting ability was average, he was a hero after all.
As for the other four, they would naturally be kept by their side, as they were also counted on for fighting.
Hearing that Murphy was about to set off, Van Cleef couldn't help but come over. This fellow did come with the ship, but he was not a hero template, but a lord template.
VanCleef (Baron of Moonbrook): "Prince Aidan, please let me go with you to find Lord Varian. I will do my best to help you."
Murphy did not refuse. Although the lord's personal strength is weaker than that of a hero, he generally has aura skills that can effectively improve the team's combat efficiency during military operations, so he is still somewhat useful.
"Okay, let's do it together."
Van Cleef reminded him that this time, in addition to hunting the ancient dragons, he also had the mission of finding Varian.
It is a bit difficult to find it directly like this, but fortunately he has a trump card.
Directly activated the additional skill of the hero's specialty [Brotherhood Leader] - Summon Brothers.
[Summon Brothers: As the leader of the Brotherhood, you have the "Summon Brothers" function (only once a month), which allows you to summon all Brotherhood members. The brothers who accept the summons will appear by your side in the most reasonable way within 24 hours (there is a certain probability that the summoning will fail).]
The success rate of this skill summoning is closely related to the intensity of the target. The closer the distance, the easier it is to succeed. Murphy had only used it once before and successfully summoned Arthas.
Since they are all on the same continent, I think there is a high chance that Varian can be summoned directly.
Soon the expeditionary force was assembled, including 300 dragon riders, 300 dragon-blooded warriors, nearly 1,000 adventurers, five heroes and a lord. Such strength should be enough to walk sideways on this dangerous road.
Murphy thought with confidence and set off with the assembled troops.
The vast wilderness is endless and filled with a cold atmosphere. Mosses unique to the frigid zone can be seen everywhere, and there are also some coniferous forests growing on the land that has not yet been completely frozen.
The biting cold wind was still blowing, and the players in the team had to light torches or use magic and divine arts to dispel the cold.
Lead-gray clouds floated in the sky, carrying an ominous atmosphere.
The levels of wild monsters are generally very high. Fortunately, there are many people here, so if we occasionally encounter a few, we can kill them with just a few focused fire.
Although the environment was a bit bad, the atmosphere in the team was quite warm. After all, it was an unopened map and the players were still very interested in it.
Not long after walking, Murphy discovered a problem: the number of people seemed to be gradually decreasing.
From time to time, adventurers in groups of five or ten would break away from the main group and head toward the surrounding wilderness.
There were originally a thousand adventurers, but several died during the naval battle. Now less than one has disappeared, leaving only a little over nine hundred.
Morgan Lisa rode on the green dragon's back and let the dragon carry her. She whispered, "Aidan, did you notice that a lot of adventurers ran away?"
Murphy was not surprised by this situation. These adventurers came to Northrend to collect intelligence. They were not afraid of death. They just wanted first-hand information.
Although it is safer to follow the main force, the intelligence resources collected along the way are all shared, and it is obvious that there will be no profit to be shared.
Therefore, acting alone becomes a very risky but hugely beneficial thing.
You never know what you might run into in this cold wilderness.
If you find a resource point or a relic copy or something, you will make money.
Almost all those who left the team left in small groups. A lone adventurer has almost no chance of survival in this wilderness, and it is too costly for a large group to explore.
The most efficient strategy is to send five people to conduct a reconnaissance and then return to the team after collecting information.
Murphy estimated that many more people would leave next.
But he didn't care. The purpose of adventurers' existence was to be cannon fodder for exploring the way. Scattering them out could always play a role in reconnaissance. His target was the ancient dragon, and he didn't even look at ordinary resource points. And if he really found an ancient dragon, these adventurers wouldn't be able to eat it, so they would definitely come to him for help.
However, reconnaissance cannot rely entirely on adventurers. After walking for more than two hours, Murphy sent out another wave of Dragon Riders.
Not long after the dragoons were sent out, one of them came back to report that it had discovered a mine on the edge of the mountains ahead.
This aroused Murphy's interest.
Ordinary resource points are naturally useless, but mines - that's another matter.
When he arrived at the mine with his troops, Murphy was surprised to find that it was actually a level 5 mine.
There are various mines in the Sky World, which are generally divided into levels.
Level 1 mine caves refresh copper and tin mines, as well as level 1-10 cave monsters.
Level 2 mines refresh copper, tin, and iron ores, as well as level 5-15 cave monsters.
Level 3 mines refresh copper, tin, iron, and silver mines, as well as level 10-20 cave monsters... and so on.
The higher the level of the mine, the higher the level of the refreshed ore resources, and the higher the level of the monsters inside.
Low-level mines are usually inhabited by ogres, goblins, cave spiders, and the like.
There will be high-level monsters such as zombies, cavemen, and earth elementals in high-level mines.
A level 5 mine can produce gold ores and mithril ores. The former can be exchanged for gold coins directly at a bank, while the latter are high-end forging and enchanting materials.
The key is that no one is trying to rob this mine, so you can mine it with peace of mind. If you can occupy it, you will definitely make a fortune.
Unfortunately, Northrend is an undeveloped area without even a resurrection point. Without adventurers, it would be impossible to defend it with only soldiers.
After sighing, Murphy ordered to continue moving forward, but the adventurer leaders began to grumble to themselves.
After making corrections for a while in the open space outside the mine, the second wave of ten Dragon Riders came back to report. As expected, a few more were killed.
Murphy was already very sure that there must be something terrible waiting for him in the forest in the northwest, and he was quite looking forward to it.
"Ah! It's a monster!"
“So many monsters!”
Suddenly, a scream came from the adventurer who was walking in front of the team to explore the way.
Murphy hurriedly led his men over, and at the bottom of a snow slope, he saw a group of migrating monsters.
They are mammoth men. They have thick limbs, two powerful arms, thick spears on their bodies, and a pair of huge tusks in their mouths. They look very majestic and domineering.
But now they don't look majestic at all, instead they look like they are running away from something.
Hundreds of mammoths were moving hurriedly towards the southwest.
"Oh my god, there are so many mammoths. Look - there's a mammoth destroyer! A terrifying second-level boss! Captain, let's go."
"Prince Aidan, what do you say? Do you want to do something?"
Murphy shook his head. "Don't worry about them. Keep moving forward."
This mammoth tribe is quite powerful. The mammoths are standard large units, each of them has blood roar, high defense and strong attack power. At least dozens of people will be killed if they are defeated. The key is that there is no decent BOSS. It is not profitable to take action by yourself, and sending adventurers will easily cause casualties to the troops, so there is no need to waste time.
The key is that the days in Northrend are short, so we must seize the time to march.
Although they were not very happy about the order, the adventurers had no choice but to obey since Murphy had made an earlier statement.
Continuing along the edge of the mountain, when we passed the foot of the mountain, a village with a rough and primitive style appeared before everyone.
This should be a Vikus village, with a huge dragon head carving in obvious style. However, like the nameless village at the port, it is deserted.
This made Murphy feel even more weird.
At this moment, the sky was gradually getting dark.
Murphy had the team camped in the village. In fact, the village didn't even have a wall, so it was far from being very solid, but it was still a stronghold, which was better than sleeping in the wild.
Huge bonfires were lit, dispelling the chill that hung over the army and illuminating the darkening night.
Murphy did not dare to log off. He discussed with a few people and decided to take turns to keep watch. Those who were willing to log off had to turn on the message reminder so that they could go online immediately in case the camp was attacked.
But it's only a little after six o'clock, so no one is in a hurry to log off.
Everyone gathered around the fires, taking out food from their backpacks and roasting it. Some drank dwarven liquor, some ate roasted bread, listened to the whistling night wind, and talked about the day's march and the upcoming adventure. It really felt like an adventure.
Murphy gnawed on a piece of pork ribs, and the scene before him reminded him of his experience in the explorer camp at the foot of Tongtian Peak. However, at that time he only had a few people, but now he was with an entire army. The feeling was completely different.
"I quite like this feeling." Kaya Windrunner suddenly said , "I feel that sitting by the fire and chatting is more adventurous than fighting monsters during the day." Her eagle made a cry, as if agreeing with him, or as if asking for food.
Kaya took out a piece of meat and fed it to the eagle.
Morgan Lisa said, "Don't you find it strange that we didn't encounter any decent monsters throughout the day."
Meng Meng Big Boobs said: "Didn't you meet the mammoth man?"
"But compared to the horrors rumored, it seems there's no danger at all."
Just as several people seemed to be discussing, Phoenix, who had been silent all the time, suddenly opened his eyes - "I feel a huge evil."
There was a holy light in her eyes and the sword in her hand was shining.
The Lightbringer is an advanced heroic class of the Paladin. The devout belief in the Holy Light enables some Paladins to merge their souls with the Holy Light and swear to spread the divine will throughout the world, thus gaining the power to perceive evil.
[Sense Evil: You can sense evil creatures within a 100-yard range, including demons, undead, and void creatures. You can also actively use this skill to consume extra mana to increase the sensing range.]
At this moment, Phoenix's face was full of solemnity.
Murphy reacted quickly, "Everyone, prepare for battle! Hunter, flares!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The hunter shot a series of flares into the air, instantly illuminating the surrounding darkness. In the darkness, countless ferocious monsters had surrounded the camp.
It's the undead!
The fat and cute walrus men, the three-meter-tall Vikus, the huge mammoth men, the weird-looking wolverine men, the three or four-meter-long cave monsters, and many creatures that Murphy could not recognize, have all become undead now, with faint blue light in their eyes.
There are also many human undead, including slow-moving zombies and skeletons, fast-crawling ghouls on the ground, and undead warriors in tattered armor... I really don't know how there can be so many human undead in such a remote place like Northrend.
Damn! So many monsters. Murphy was surprised.
He immediately understood why the village was empty. He probably knew that everyone had turned into undead and been taken away.
As if stimulated by the light of the flares, the undead surged over like a tide.
"Dragon Blood Giant Warriors - form a blade wall!"
Three hundred dragon blood giant warriors immediately lined up in three rows, forming three human walls.
They swung the two-handed swords in their hands vigorously, and wherever the swords passed, flesh and bones flew.
It is worthy of being an extraordinary soldier. The damage is extremely high, and the sweeping attack can kill enemies on a large scale. After forming a sword formation, it is like a harvester.
"Adventurer, add blood to my soldiers!"
One after another, healing spells fell on the dragon-blooded giant warriors, healing the wounds on their naked muscles and restoring their health .
Magic professions can release group magic as much as they want. With these three human walls blocking in front, magic professions can output firepower quite comfortably.
The fourth side is defended by adventurers with tank profession of more than 100 meters. Although their level is not as high as that of Dragon Blood Giant Warrior, they have better equipment and more complete skills, and the defense line they form is equally indestructible.
This huge hollow square was not in danger of being breached for the time being.
However, Murphy was not completely reassured. He didn't know how many undead souls were in the darkness around him. He could only see the undead souls constantly pouring in, wave after wave.
There were too many monsters, especially the cave-dwelling spider monsters, which spewed poisonous spider silk and flying insects from afar, and the skeleton archers, which shot dense arrows, constantly consuming the blood of the meat shields.
Although the Dragon Blood Giant Strength Warrior is very powerful, it has a huge weakness - it has no shield and is a sitting duck in the face of long-range attacks. It can only hold on by relying on its health.
It seemed that the nanny among the adventurers could no longer provide milk.
Cute big breasts stood up.
Hero Skill——Holy Supernova!
A ball of dazzling holy light, with cute big breasts as the core, turned into a golden halo and spread in all directions. Wherever the halo passed, blood numbers appeared above everyone's head.
+410! +512 ! +398! +390! +405!
The undead souls seemed to be covered in sulfuric acid, emitting white smoke and their flesh and bones melting.
-345! -297! -401! -432! -389!
Dense damage numbers instantly appeared on the screen. This hero skill can definitely be called a lifesaver.
She is indeed a professional wet nurse, the amount of milk she produces is amazing.
It’s time for me to take action!
Murphy thought - the dragon incarnates!
It instantly transformed into the form of a storm dragon.
