Chapter 140
Don't think it's alarmist.
In the previous life, those guys on the capital planet did this a lot. They went to the Pergas continent to stir up trouble every few days. Once, they even occupied several cities on the border. The players on the Pergas continent failed in their counterattack, and thus lost those cities forever.
However, sneak attacks and sieges happened three years after the server was launched back then. In this life, both in reality and in the game, the timeline has been advanced a lot because of her rebirth. Xia Mo feels that the players of Vazetilan are likely to start a war in advance.
Since this is possible, the border mission is even more urgent.
Pull out the little dark horse and rush all the way to Spoons City, known as the Sapphire City.
Located in the southeast of the continent, the city is famous for its sapphire blue waters and abundant sapphires. Most of the buildings here are constructed of blue stones, which emit a dazzling glow when the sun shines on them.
Due to its incomparable scenery, Spoon City was once ranked as the third most beautiful city on the continent and became a tourist destination for couples.
Of course, Xia Mo was not here for tourism, but to take on a mercenary mission.
Every city has its own mercenary hall. If you want to take on a mission, you can go to any city. Why would she travel all the way to Spoons City?
Because she knew there was a mercenary mission here that could 100% trigger the border plot.
Although she wasn't sure if this mercenary mission was still available, it wouldn't be a bad idea to go over and take a look. If it was taken by another player, she could just take on something else.
In the mercenary hall, players were scattered here and there, and most of them left in a hurry after accepting the tasks from the NPC who issued them.
Xia Mo didn't look at the NPC, his eyes wandering around the hall.
Suddenly, when he saw an NPC with a lower position, Xia Mo curled up the corners of his mouth and said, "It's you."
"Everyone is saying that the border has been uneasy lately. Is that true?" She asked casually as she approached the NPC named Gokoden.
Gokoden raised his head quickly and looked around quickly, as if to make sure that there was no one else around.
"Adventurer, you know everything." After confirming that there were no other players around, he responded in a low voice.
Took the bait.
Xia Mo nodded and recalled the original post in his mind.
As the first player in the entire continent to trigger a border mission in the mercenary hall, the poster stole the limelight at the time. Later, under the strong appeal of other players, he shared his trick for triggering the mission - find those NPCs with less experience.
[These NPCs have some strange tasks. Talk to them and some of them will give you]
[But pay attention to the content of the conversation. If you want to trigger the border, you have to say something related to the border, such as "I heard that fighting broke out in such and such place again", "There seems to be a lot of unrest in such and such place recently"... Anyway, focus on this.]
[If the NPC pays attention to you, the job is half done!]
[The other half depends on your own efforts, because these NPCs will ask you to do things for them, and only after you complete them can you get the border missions.]
In a word, pry open the NPC's mouth first, and then talk about the rest later.
As expected by Xia Mo, Gokoden asked her to do something first.
[Gokoden's Request: Find 3 topaz to repair the broken quest table in the Mercenary Hall]
"Go, adventurer. If you can find the citrine, I will tell you more secrets."
After saying this, Gokoden lowered his head and ignored her.
Xia Mo looked at the task and raised his eyebrows.
Citrine is a high-quality crystal and is rarely seen in businesses and jewelry shops. Even if it is available, it will be bought immediately after it is put on the shelves. She has no chance at all, so relying on buying it is not feasible.
Then fight monsters in the wild.
However, she could only count on one hand the monsters in the wild that could drop topaz. If she remembered correctly, some of them were leaders and should still be sleeping. If she rashly went in to disturb them, she would probably die several times before she could get it.
She must not die, as she treasures the equipment on her body. If she falls out due to the penalty of death, she will be heartbroken!
There is only one way left——[Dawn Forest]
Go find that guy in the forest, he definitely has it.
Once she made the decision, Xia Mo no longer hesitated. She left Spoons City and rode her little black horse towards the northeast of the city.
As she went further north, the woods became denser and denser, until she suddenly entered a shadow. The system prompted her that she had arrived at the Dawn Forest.
The Dawn Forest was covered with dense vines, making it inconvenient to ride a horse, so Xia Mo had to dismount, put the mount back into the system, and walk instead.
As she walked, some vines suddenly began to crawl towards her, rustling and coming from all directions, as if they wanted to surround her.
This is a unique species in the Dawn Forest - the Green Vine Monster. Its damage is not high and it will not endanger your life, but it has a very annoying skill - paralysis.
As long as the player is slightly touched by these green vines, they will immediately be inflicted with the [Paralysis] debuff.
What's worse is that this debuff can be stacked.
When you hit the first level, your movement speed will slow down by 10%, the second level, -20%, the third level, -30%... and so on, until the character is completely stiff and dead.
Xia Mo didn't want to be entangled by these annoying guys, so she ran in an S shape. After a few minutes, she successfully left the group of green vine monsters behind.
However, getting rid of the green vine monster was just the beginning. As she walked further in, Xia Mo discovered that more and more mechanisms began to appear on the ground and trees.
Sometimes, when she stepped on a fallen leaf, hidden weapons hidden in the dense branches would fly out and pierce her body; sometimes, when her arm accidentally touched the waist-high weeds, a bomb would suddenly pop out from the ground and explode on the spot...
After dozens of times, even Xia Mo, who prided himself on his quick reaction, was beaten to a pulp by these mechanisms.
If she hadn't brought a portable power bank to replenish her blood at any time, she would have probably died in the dust.
However, this made Xia Mo even more certain that the guy she was looking for was nearby.
Whoosh! An arrow suddenly shot out from the front!
Xia Mo was quick-eyed and quick-handed. She ducked to the side and dodged, but more arrows were shot out at once, like a hail of bullets, all chasing in her direction.
Xia Mo had to walk quickly through the woods.
She couldn't help but feel lucky that she hadn't been touched by the green vine monster before. Otherwise, if she was paralyzed, she wouldn't be able to avoid these dense arrows.
He rolled quickly on the ground covered with vegetation, and a row of long arrows whizzed out in a straight line.
Ignoring the arrows, she jumped up from the ground and threw the skills in her hand horizontally. A series of explosions instantly sounded in the dense grass in front of her!
"Ahhh my ass!"
A round green creature rolled out from inside, stroking its butt cheeks that had been blown open by her, while shouting angrily: "Cunning human! I, Eric, will never let you off easily!"
After saying that, he took out something similar to a remote control from his dirty work clothes, pressed the red button on it, and an iron cage fell from the sky!
Xia Mo gripped her weapon tightly and rushed to the side. The iron cage failed to lock her in and she fell to the ground with a dull clang.
"Damn it! Damn it! My signature skill didn't even catch you!"
The nimble green fingers pressed the red button frantically. Every time he pressed it, a black iron cage would descend over Xia Mo's head.
Xia Mo dodged while secretly finding it funny.
How many iron cages did this guy build near his lair?
Yes, the one she was looking for was the goblin Eric.
However, it is different from the one that is set up at the stall at the east gate of the royal city. If the props sold by Knu to human players are considered level 1, then the one being made now can be regarded as level 10 by their race!
As an old goblin who is extremely skilled in making all kinds of tools, equipment, hidden weapons, traps, and fortifications, Eric was well-known in the eyes of players in his previous life.
It’s a pity that Eric hates humans very much. In the official information card, there is a sentence describing his disgust for humans.
——"Let me come into contact with humans? Ha, I might as well die!"
——"Don't bury me in the ground when I die. I hate sleeping on the same land with the human race!"
The last iron cage failed to lock Xia Mo. Eric was furious and took out another remote control and pressed it hard.
The forest ground suddenly began to shake. Xia Mo had a bad feeling and quickly jumped back to distance himself from Eric.
At this moment, the big trees behind all fell to the side, and a wolf-shaped war weapon rumbled out from the ground.
As expected of the strongest goblin, he can even create biological weapons.
Xia Mo's eyes narrowed, and she leaped toward the side of the mechanical wolf. The mechanical wolf's liquid did not hit her, but splashed on the vegetation, which was instantly corroded into black powder.
She then pushed herself onto the ground with one hand, did a backflip, and aimed the weapon in her right hand at the mechanical wolf.
Use Mark of the Dead
[Undead Mark Failed]
It actually failed?
Xia Mo was startled, and then he realized that the mechanical wolf was not a monster but a weapon, and therefore did not meet the requirements of the undead mark. So he hurriedly retracted his weapon and ran towards the denser woods despite the hatred of the mechanical wolf.
The corrosive liquid sprayed towards her again, and all the soil she stepped on was corroded into ashes by the liquid.
"Hahaha, human, you can't escape my weapon!" Eric put his hands on his hips and laughed arrogantly.
After laughing, he pressed the remote control again, and the ground of the Dawn Forest shook violently again. The land broke open, the big trees fell, and a mechanical leopard appeared in the woods.
"Go, my baby No. 2, and bite those damned humans!"
The mechanical leopard received the order and roared as it chased the target.
Xia Mo also attacked the mechanical wolves at the same time, but she found that her skills caused very little damage to these mechanical weapons, and she didn't even get a single critical hit.
It seems that magic skills are useless against these things.
Then use the dagger!
As her thoughts turned, Xia Mo had changed the weapon in her hand to a dagger, and her feet turned accordingly. Taking cover from the big tree next to her, she quickly moved to the side, and the mechanical wolf fell behind her and turned. However, due to its large size and high center of gravity, it was not as smooth as Xia Mo in turning.
The steel claws on his limbs left deep claw marks on the soil. It was in this gap that Xia Mo grabbed the vines and leaped away from mid-air!
With a clang, she landed on the back of the mechanical wolf, raised her hand and swung the knife, the blade inserted into the gap in the spine. She exerted force with her hand, and with a click, the gears at the spine of the mechanical wolf were broken off by her.
When it comes to mechanical things, a single move can affect the entire body. A broken gear will affect the functioning of the entire spine.
Click, click! The mechanical wolf suddenly started moving like a cassette tape, stopping and starting. After a few seconds, its parts stopped working properly and it exploded, turning into a pile of scrap.
"No! My best weapon, No. 1! Damn human, I won't let you go!" Eric stomped his feet like crazy, his green face turning red with anger. "Kill her, No. 2, kill her right now!"
The roar resounded through the forest, and the mechanical leopard leaped out from the bushes, trying to bite off the neck of the human in front of it.
Relying on his small size and agility, Xia Mo used the same trick he had used on the mechanical wolf. As expected, the mechanical leopard also exploded on the spot, becoming a pile of sparking ruins.
How could Eric bear this?
Who was he? He was the pride of the goblins! His creations had never been defeated by humans, and now! Now! His two treasures had been reduced to ruins!!!
The great goblin will never allow himself to be teased by an ant! He will kill him!
"Brute Hammer!"
He took out a big iron hammer as tall as him and hit Xia Mo with it.
In addition to being good at manufacturing, the goblins are also very powerful in terms of military strength. They are divided into two factions: magic and physical. Obviously, Eric belongs to the physical attack faction.
Xia Mo bounced away, not giving him a chance to attack, but instantly went around behind him, switched back to Xingguan's weapon, and smeared poison on him.
The toxin penetrated Eric's skin, and the word -100 popped up above his head every second, and his movements were forced to stop for two rounds.
"Damn it! You actually poisoned me! I'm going to kill you!"
When Eric found that he was starting to lose blood, his face twisted with anger.
Taking advantage of the gap between these two rounds, Xia Mo almost crushed him to death.
After two rounds, Eric jumped three feet high and chased her with a hammer, but unfortunately Xia Mo still dodged it nimbly.
When fighting the enemy in close combat, the most difficult profession to deal with is the assassin, followed by the hunter, and finally the warrior and the paladin. The reason is simple: the skills of pure meat shield professions are relatively open and dynamic. Whether it is chopping, slashing, swinging, or turning, a pre-swing action will directly betray them.
Eric is similar to a human warrior player. In Xia Mo's eyes, every action he makes is as obvious as answering an open-book question.
So no matter how Eric hit her, he just couldn't hit her. After dozens of times, not only was he tired, but the health bar above his head also lost most of its power due to Xia Mo's multiple attacks.
"...Human... I won't let you go..."
But even though he was staggering from exhaustion, Eric had no intention of surrendering.
Xia Mo was speechless. This guy's health bar was almost gone, yet he still refused to give up! She didn't dare to attack him again, for fear that if she used another skill, he would fall to the ground.
You know, she still needs to get the topaz from him. Killing the person, oh no, the goblin, is not worth it.
There was no other way, so Xia Mo had to put away his weapon and play chase with Eric.
Fortunately, the goblin was not fast, and Xia Mo was able to catch him easily. After running in the forest for more than 30 minutes and almost running a circle around the Dawn Forest, Eric stopped panting.
“…You, you can really run!”
Xia Mo also panted slightly: "Thank you."
Eric clenched his fist: "I'm not praising you!"
After saying that, he started chasing again while howling.
Xia Mo was speechless and had to keep running.
From a God's perspective, her running posture and speed were almost the same as at the beginning. If it weren't for the slightly flushed face and beads of sweat on her forehead that indicated that she had just finished a long-distance run, it would be impossible to tell from her movements alone.
On the other hand, the goblin Eric behind had already started swinging his hands around while running, his pair of thick short legs were shaking, and his body was swaying from side to side, as if he would fall down at any second.
No matter from which detail you look at, this chase has already ended.
Another 30 minutes passed, and finally, Eric gave up the chase, gasping for breath.
“…Human, you’re lucky…!”
Even if he lost, Eric would not admit it directly.
"Tell me... what are you going to do..."
He sat down on the ground and stared at Xia Mo unwillingly.
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