Chapter 17

"Lord, Lord..."

This scene frightened the four villagers except Carrie. They followed Ye Bai's example and raised their bows and arrows, saying nervously, "What do you need us to do?"

"You don't have to do anything."

Ye Baiyun spoke calmly, pulling the bow in his hand all the time, with the tip of the arrow pointing at the brown bear that was walking step by step towards the Tree of Creation, with the elegant posture of a master.

As early as when he sent villager Roman to explore the surrounding area, he discovered a large beehive. Ye Bai knew that there must be an elite brown bear monster near the territory.

Although the stereotype of "bears love to eat honey" is somewhat lamentable, it has also become Ye Bai's method of determining where brown bears appear.

She dragged four villagers to keep watch, of course not... well, it was not just to show off in front of others, but mainly so that after killing this elite monster, these villagers she focused on training could share the killing experience and improve their levels.

NPCs naturally have personal levels just like players, and each upgrade also increases basic attributes and health bars. For the villagers in the territory, the groups that need to upgrade their levels are mainly combat professions and professionals.

Needless to say, combat professions are directly linked to their strength and military power. Professionals have a minimum level requirement for many advanced professions. Although they can gain experience through proficiency to increase their levels, they are much slower than players in killing monsters, and professionals with too low a level cannot make items of too high a level.

For example, if the furious-horned beast skin in Ye Bai's backpack is given to a tailor below level 5, the other party will not be able to handle it because the strength attribute is too small to break the high-grade leather.

So when faced with such a good opportunity, Ye Bai brought along four NPCs whose levels she was planning to upgrade to gain experience.

Although Roman is not a special talent, Ye Bai had previously sent him to explore the surrounding area of ​​the territory, which has already opened up the experience progress bar of his "exploration" ability. In the future, he can develop in the direction of [Explorer] or [Sentinel]. Increasing his level is equivalent to improving his survival ability in the wild.

As for why only four villagers were able to receive this honor... it was because the village only had five bows and arrows obtained after lighting up [Hunting]. Excluding the one that Ye Bai needed, there were only enough to bring four villagers.

Villagers who have not changed their professions but are armed will be judged as the territory's [temporary militia] and can gain experience from killing and sharing. Otherwise, they will still be blank villagers, and if they encounter any unexpected situation, the possibility of danger for villagers who do not carry weapons will be greatly increased.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The angry brown bear walked over with heavy steps, but its speed was not as ferocious as its momentum.

The previous trap's damage took away nearly a quarter of its health, and there was also a [bleeding] effect that continued to deduct 30 health points per second, and a [slowing down] effect that reduced its movement speed by 60%.

At the same time, because of the close influence of the fragrance of the Tree of Creation, the brown bear, as an elite monster, also gained a special BUFF:

[Frenzy] Increases damage caused by 100% and damage received by 100%.

Traps trigger damage, and the damage value is fixed. Therefore, under this effect, only the bleeding effect of the trap is increased from the original 30 health points to 60 points per second.

At this time, any attack on the brown bear will cause double the damage, and conversely, the brown bear's attack damage will also be doubled.

To deal with a brown bear in a frenzied state, the most appropriate way to fight is to use high attack damage.

So Ye Bai kept pulling the bow and arrow since the brown bear appeared in her attack range.

This is not just about showing off your aim. After unlocking [Skillful Hands], you will gain more ways to use basic weapons. Except for the shield's blocking skill, other offensive weapons are basically [Charged Attack].

The biggest advantage of charging an attack is that the final damage is determined by the charging time.

Among all the charged skills in this stage, Ye Bai thinks the most useful one is the charged attack of the bow and arrow, because charging requires judgment conditions. First, the enemy must be within the attack range of the weapon, and second, the body cannot move when charging. Comparing these two points, the bow and arrow as a long-range weapon has an absolute advantage over other melee weapons.

However, this move is not invincible. The enemy will sense when being aimed at by a charged arrow. The sensing distance depends on the level difference between the two sides. Overall, it is an awkward situation where 'there is no need for sneak attacks when hitting low-level monsters, and charging arrows on the spot when hitting high-level monsters is equivalent to suicide'. Basically, the archer can only exert his combat power to the best extent when someone else attracts the hatred first.

Although there is no one in front of Ye Bai to attract hatred, the effect is not much different in the special situation of upgrading the territory.

Ye Bai had been accumulating power for this arrow since the brown bear appeared!

The brown bear strode towards the Tree of Creation, one hundred meters, fifty meters, thirty meters... When it was twenty meters away, Ye Bai still didn't shoot the arrow!

The four villagers nearby clenched their toes: "Lord!!"

At this distance, I can almost smell the blood and stench of the brown bear... Oh, not almost, I can really smell it!

Ye Bai has been looking at the brown bear's health bar. Along the way, its health line has dropped from more than 3,000 to below 2,000, reaching 1860.

When the brown bear was less than ten meters away from everyone, Ye Bai finally spoke: "Carrie, do it!"

As soon as the words fell, Carrie, who was well prepared, picked up something from her hand, put it to her mouth and played it.

“Woo——!”

【Angry Horn】

Attribute: Props

Level: Legend

Effect - Dragon Might: Dispels beasts within 500 meters; Shocks enemy units within 50 meters - During the shock, enemy units cannot attack or move. The duration of the shock depends on the level difference between the user and the enemy unit. During the shock, creatures take 80% more damage, while non-creatures take 20% more damage.

Cost: 100 psionic energy or physical strength

Remaining uses: 4/5

This is the material Ye Bai obtained from the nightmare copy BOSS Angry Horned Beast, which is the single horn on its head.

The reason for this dragon's might is that after the Wrathhorn metamorphoses at level 20, it will evolve into the Wrathhorn Earth Dragon. In a fantasy world, no creature with the word "dragon" in its name is easy to mess with.

The [Angry Horn] that the Wrathhorn will inevitably drop is the essence of the Wrathhorn. The horn in the metamorphosis period at level 20 already has dragon-related effects.

If it is a higher level horn of the Wrath-Horned Earth Dragon, the number of times it can be used and the effect of its use will be improved.

Lords who have this item will basically not encounter too much danger during the first three upgrades of the 'village' in the territory. The monsters that appear in the early upgrades of the territory are basically nearby wild beasts, and the 'dispel' effect is a natural counter.

At this time and distance, when level 40 Kali used the Horn of Fury, due to the level difference, the brown bear encountered the dragon's might and was subjected to the [Stun] effect for a full 22 seconds!

This item is most suitable for Kali in the whole village, not only because she is the highest level, but also because others need to consume physical strength to use it, but only she has psychic energy.

"20, 19... 4, 3, 2, 1!"

Ye Bai was counting the seconds, and even at a distance of ten meters, he was still accumulating strength until the last second of the stun effect.

"call out!"

-1540!

With a loud 'bang', the huge body fell heavily to the ground. A level 15 character with an ordinary longbow should not have been able to deal damage to the brown bear, and the shot hit the soul.

This is four times the damage caused by frenzy and shock, and the damage that can only be achieved by charging for a long time.

As for the hit rate?

Ye Bai retracted the bow and arrow in a leisurely manner... Who doesn't have the confidence to hit the target every time within ten meters?

The battle ended at this moment. In today's battle, Ye Bai was responsible for output, Carrie was in charge of controlling the situation, and there were four experienced babies who served as the atmosphere group.

"My Lord! Miss Carrie! You are amazing!"

"Oh my god! My heart almost jumped out of my chest just now!"

Ye Bai smiled and opened the territory panel. Carrie's level was too high, so there was no movement. The four villagers were all upgraded to level five. As the main output, she gained the most experience in the experience pool, which was enough to upgrade to level 17.

A morning star lit up in the sky, indicating that a night had passed. The flowers on the Tree of Creation quickly withered, fell to the ground and turned into nothingness, causing the territory's control range to expand from 600 meters to 700 meters.

The villagers who had been hiding in their houses came out one after another and found that not only was their territory intact, but the ground was also littered with fresh carcasses of wild animals. For a moment, the entire Baiye Village was immersed in the joy of harvest.

Ye Bai did not touch the beast's corpse, but asked the villagers to collect it all and send it to the hunter's cabin where Sean worked.

The corpses of monsters killed by players in the dungeon will disappear directly and turn into various collectible standard drops and enter the player's backpack; if you kill animal creatures in a non-dungeon environment, the player can choose whether to consume physical strength to use the life skill [Skinning] every time he touches the corpse. The quality of the meat and leather drops depends on the proficiency of the skinning skill.

Players who are lords have an additional option - to let the NPC villagers in the territory deal with the corpses.

Villagers also increase their skinning proficiency by handling corpses, and villagers working in the Hunter's Lodge will receive an additional bonus to this proficiency.

Ye Bai handed all the beasts over to the reserve hunter 'Sean' to deal with, starting with the lowest-level wild wolf, then the wild boar, and finally the brown bear. One wave could increase his [Skinning] skill proficiency by several levels!

Ye Bai will give priority to providing any resources that can improve the territory's professionals.

Her physical strength is limited, and even if she spends her energy, she can only improve the proficiency of one or two skills at most. However, if she trains suitable villagers, she will be able to flourish.

After all, the skills of the subjects are the skills of the lord, and Ye Bai can have them all!

On the same morning of the game, Zeta, who had just confirmed his territory, spent his first night.

Under her arrangement, the villagers also began to build the territory in full swing. At this time, Ruilan Village had built a well, a bonfire, and a house, and the materials for the blacksmith shop were still being collected - Zeta also realized the importance of production tools at the first time.

Looking at the completed buildings, Zeta opened the [Lord Ranking].

'Rui Lan Village' Zeta's name ranked second, followed by a value for the territory's comprehensive score.

When Zeta just built the territory yesterday, he paid attention to this score. At that time, the territory had nothing and the comprehensive score was 0.

When the villagers arrived, the territory score changed from 0 to 5. After building a campfire, it became 6. After building a well, it became 10. After building houses, it finally became 14.

Obviously, this score is linked to the construction of the territory. Population growth will increase the score, and different buildings will also increase different scores.

After seeing the territory score, Zeta immediately started building in his own territory, trying to calculate the conditions for increasing the score, and then roughly assess the situation of the White Night Territory.

At this moment, Zeta looked at the double-digit score of '14' for his own territory, and then looked at the outrageous four-digit score of '2516' for the White Night Village above him.

The candidate for the throne of the Ruilan Empire fell into deep thought.