Chapter 107 Incredible Alliance
【Server Announcement:
Dear minions of the devil, the corruption of chaos is brewing on the B4 floor of the maze, and the battle is about to begin! All participating players are requested to rush to the target area to assemble and prepare for the fierce and exciting battlefield! The winner will receive generous contribution points and ghost money rewards, and those who perform outstandingly will also gain the favor of the devil! This battle is different from the past, we will temporarily join forces with our enemies to expel the chaotic forces that are more hateful than Saint Sith!
Therefore, we will temporarily add friendly unit marks to former enemies, so be sure not to accidentally hurt friendly forces! I wish you all a happy game! - Planner Youyou.
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Maze B3 floor, Ironfang Castle.
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, who received the server announcement, is waiting for the tiny mole man master to add underworld characters to his armor.
Sitting on the stool next to him, Hu Wan was the first to show a surprised expression on his face and muttered something.
"Faction battle? Floor B4? Has anyone been there?"
The Minotaur warrior scratched the back of his head and spoke in an uncertain tone.
"Maybe the Demon King went first?"
The NPCs in this game seem a bit too hardworking.
In addition to going through the main storyline by itself, the game can also open the map by itself. If the player's movements are a little slow, there will not even be a chance to SKIP.
"Interesting... Chaos? The server-wide announcement means that this time it seems to be joining forces with the surface forces?" Yiye Zhiqiu touched his jaw, and the soul fire in his skull flickered with interest. "It seems that something incredible has really happened on the B4 floor."
Hu Wan said subtly.
"It's rare that you say something meaningless."
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu said with a smile.
"Haha, after all, we don't have enough information. We'll find out if we go and take a look... Come to think of it, we don't even know what the B4 floor is like, and it's not listed on the official website."
Just as he finished speaking, the Mole Man master standing on the workbench finally finished his work with a clatter, kicked the lining of the breastplate with his foot, and screamed.
"Here! Done! Next next!"
"Thank you."
Yi Ye Zhi Qiu picked up the breastplate lining from the table, inserted it into the steel wire ring around the ribs, and secured the leather buckle.
The hardened and lightweight chest armor is lighter than before and looks stronger. The only drawback is that it reduces the MP recovery per second.
Yiye Zhiqiu speculated that this kind of underworld text would continuously consume mental power. If too many people were brought along, it might even cause the MP value to be deducted every second.
The amount of MP recovered and the total amount are both related to mental strength.
It seems that even if you are a warrior, if you want to achieve higher strength, you have to consciously train your mental attributes.
"My dagger has been processed as well, let's get ready to go." Hu Wan picked up a dagger emitting a netherworld-colored glow from the workbench next to him.
The entries he added were [unhealable], [sharp], and [protected from the wind].
The former is strictly a "curse", while the latter two are "statuses". Their strength and effects are unknown and can only be known after testing.
In addition, the two entries are set to be triggered only when the dagger is pulled out of the scabbard, so it will not increase the mental burden when the dagger is inserted in the scabbard.
It can be said that it is very suitable for burst players with weak mental strength.
"Well, we're ready to go," Yiye Zhiqiu nodded, looked at the minotaur warrior next to him and said, "Call Pighead to gather. Where did he go?"
The Tauren warrior who stood up from the bench had a puzzled expression on his face.
"I don't know. I saw him standing with his brother just now, but he suddenly disappeared. Wait for a moment, I'll go look for that bastard—"
Before he finished speaking, there was a commotion near the garbage dump not far away, and a strangely shaped robot was seen making a familiar strange laugh.
"Fuck! I feel so strong now!"
To be precise, it is not a robot, at least it is more like a lizard than a human.
A heavy steel plate was hung in front of him, with the joints connected by modified gear structures, and a steel helmet made from an iron pot covered his face.
The patchwork rubbish has armed it from toes to teeth!
On his left arm was a short cannon made of a modified iron pipe, and on his right arm was a folded mantis knife. On the broad breastplate was written a ferocious word "explosion" - that was not an inscription, but was mainly used to scare outsiders who knew a little about the "Lin's Inscription" but not completely.
Of course, maybe this exoskeleton really has the ability to self-destruct.
After all, this was the work of the Chemical Pool guy, so no one would be surprised even if the gasket on the inside of the breastplate was two kilograms of explosives.
"Is that so?" A cunning skeleton soldier stood beside him, chuckling strangely. "This is the fruit of the wisdom of our Anxunsi Group! I call it Mr. Mighty No. 1! Currently, there is only one such exoskeleton in the entire universe, so you can be happy!"
Somehow the Anxunsi Magic Workshop was upgraded to the Anxunsi Group.
However, Yiye Zhiqiu felt that this was not the point.
As for the real point, the pig-headed man seems to have realized it...
"Awesome! You're my real dad! Wait, brother, how do I take this thing off?!" He had been offline for a long time, and as soon as he came online, he felt nothing else but a shitty urge in his heart, which became more and more intense as time went by.
He swallowed the chemical pool in one gulp and laughed.
"I can't take it off, I can't take it off, hehe...Have you forgotten that I used the Hades welding technique when I put this thing on you? Just look at those high sparks. I can assure you that even if you break this thing, you can't break it!"
Pig-headed warrior: "??? Moby? Welding?!"
He drank the chemical pool in one gulp. "As we all know, Astartes don't change clothes... Well, don't just stand there, the Demon King is calling you! Hurry up and show him the latest product of the giant space company Anxunsi Corporation! Try to kill as many as you can before you die."
Pig-headed warrior: "What the hell! You are such a liar!"
Testing the company's equipment is risky, especially when the company doesn't charge money.
Yiye Zhiqiu silently noted this in his heart.
Not far away, Zheng Fangxiang and other professional life players were walking out from the direction of Tieya City, holding a large number of iron pipes in the shape of muskets.
It seemed to be a scaled-down version of the "Magic Crystal Boost Cannon", which was mainly modified from the tubular materials on the first floor of the maze. Therefore, it looked relatively abstract, and its actual effect was also quite abstract. Its power depended on the inserted magic crystal and the charging time.
But the relative advantage is that this thing is not picky about people. As long as you can pull the trigger, even a mole man can operate it easily.
The only drawback is that it is quite useless.
Even if it doesn't explode accidentally, the impact force is enough to be described as amazing. It is more suitable for rats or skeleton soldiers whose lives are worthless.
Seeing the commotion outside Tieya City, Zhuangzhuang, who was sitting on Bond's shoulder, vaguely guessed something and shouted sharply to the players.
"Wait a minute! Did something happen in the maze? You guys - ugh! Are we fighting humans again?"
Although the Iron Fang Tribe had not come here when the Demon King's army and humans were fighting, they had heard about the feud between the two sides.
"No, no, the opponent is something else. The humans on the surface are our friendly forces this time." He shouted at him after taking a gulp of the chemical pool.
This guy's tone is becoming more and more like the Mole Man.
However, considering that the pronunciation of the skeletons is the same, these mole people may not be able to understand the flavor just by listening to the interpretation in the translation crystal.
"Friendly forces???"
Zhuangzhuang opened his front teeth in surprise, having never heard such shocking words before, and then asked again.
"Who is the opponent?"
He drank the chemical pool in one gulp: "I heard it's called chaos."
“Chaos thing!!” Zhuangzhuang’s face changed instantly, and he almost fell off Bond’s shoulder. After he stood firm, he screamed, “I know that thing! It’s not a good thing! The dwarves who enslaved us before were tortured by that thing!”
"So we plan to deal with them... What, you want to come with us?" Brother Yikou, who was always looking for trouble, encouraged with a grin.
Zhuangzhuang's eyes rolled around, and he suddenly had an idea. He pointed his big hand at the group of rats.
"You! Fangs! You! Missing ears! And you step out! Go support the Demon King's army!"
Those who were called out were all former elders of the Thirteen Fangs Council.
Having never been to the battlefield before, they were immediately terrified and sat on the ground, unable to speak.
"We don't want these useless people, just drive the big guy up there," he said, taking a sip of the chemical tank and pointing at the giant mechanical dog of his competitor. But then he touched his chin and muttered, "Can this thing get up there?"
As soon as the translator Crystal translated his creaking sounds into human language, the old councillors who were slumped on the ground screamed and shouted.
"It's okay, there are other entrances!"
"That's right! I know there's a big one nearby!"
Hearing this, he was immediately delighted and pounded his fist on his palm.
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"Very good! Then you can follow me."
Sharp Teeth, Missing Ears: "Aaaaaaa??!"
Ignoring the group of noisy mole people, Zheng Fangfang gave his brother a dissatisfied look.
"Our equipment is still being debugged. Is it appropriate to just throw it to the front line like this?"
He drank the chemical pool in one gulp and said with a grin.
"What's the big deal? It's just right for us to deploy them on the battlefield! If you guys hadn't destroyed our prototype, I would have thrown the Waga No. 1 up there."
Zheng Fangfang finally sighed in giving up.
"If you cause trouble for the Demon King, it will be your fault."
That adult is extremely petty.
He was just showing off his talent in home design, but the Demon King never approached him alone since then.
"It's mine, it's mine," he said nonchalantly, waving his hands after taking a gulp of the chemical pool. "Anyway, I'm already in debt, so I don't have to worry about it."
Zheng Fangfang: “…”
Not far away, Alacdo and the construction team of Iron Tooth City also gathered together.
Standing in front of the spider swarm, it roared in an impassioned voice.
"My little ones! The Demon King risked his life to go outside the maze for us! Now! The time has come when the Demon King needs us!"
“Tsk, tsk, tsk——!”
The swarms of underground spiders made a buzzing sound, and the earth-shaking sound was enough to make a person's SAN value drop wildly -
Whether it is enemy or friendly forces.
From the third floor of the maze to the Demon Lord's territory on the surface, the players who were summoned by the Demon Lord all put down their work one after another, picked up the equipment in the conscription barracks, and formed a group to gather towards the flag position on the map...
Whether it is the group of Long Xing Tian Xia who are working together to kill monsters, or the three little demons who are tinkering with the textile loom... at this moment they only have one task.
That is to sacrifice one's life and even one's soul for the Demon King!
Since the target was the entrance not far from Misty Town, the huge movement naturally attracted the attention of some adventurers in the maze.
The monsters in the maze acted so unitedly, and in their memory, it was when Reggie Dragun was still alive.
Could it be——
Is that rumor true?!
The Devil is really resurrected?!
The fear value of surface humans is increased by 1.
Just as the adventurers in the maze were in doubt, in Fort Campbell, far outside Thunder County, the bedridden old duke was slowly getting up from his bed, looking out the west window, towards the direction of Thunder County.
Compared to a month ago, he looked much older, as if he had completely transformed from a strong warrior into a frail old man.
The only thing that seemed to have not changed was his eyes.
Although old, it still retains its dignity and sharpness.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the door, and a knight in plate armor walked in and knelt on one knee in front of his bed.
The heavy plate armor on his body was as light as a piece of paper, and the silver luster exuded a holy aura.
"Sir, news has come from Thunder City that the local church has detected Chaos contamination... but it is currently unclear where the contamination came from."
Retracting his gaze from the window, the old duke looked at his subordinates and spoke slowly without any expression.
"Stand up and talk to me... Tell me, have the Knights found any news?"
The knight nodded slightly, then stood up and continued.
"Yes... Some time ago, Knight Commander Mel reported that the necromancers active near Thunder City were suspected to be the apostles of Chaos. He found traces of the Mad Talker during his reconnaissance activities and has executed the prisoners suspected of being contaminated by Chaos."
Grand Duke Campbell was silent for a long time, then he sighed slowly and said.
"You know... what I'm most worried about right now is not the citizens of Thunder City, but our Knight Commander Mel."
The knight was slightly stunned, then spoke loyally.
"Please rest assured, my lord. Mel White's loyalty is impeccable. The White family has been loyal to you for generations, and even more loyal to Master Saint Sis."
Grand Duke Campbell shook his head.
"That's why I'm even more worried that he might get stuck in a rut."
This is the horror of chaos.
They test not so much people's piety as their reason.
Unfortunately, his time is running out.
In order to defeat Reggie Dragun, he drew out his ancestral sword "The Light of Legend" and summoned the heroic spirits of his ancestors to possess him.
That should have been done by younger kids.
But he really didn't want his children to bear such a heavy responsibility... they had more important things to do.
For example, leading the people of the Principality of Campbell to live a happier life in a new era without the Demon King.
However, he did not expect that soon after Reggie Dragun fell, a bigger storm followed...
He is not attached to eternal life.
If only Saint Sis could give him a little more time.
Grand Duke Campbell closed his eyes and prayed silently in his heart.
What he didn't know was that in the maze beyond his sight, his loyal subordinates were joining forces with the Demon King's army...
(End of this chapter)