Chapter 65: Fighting in the Jungle
On the first level of the maze, where the torrents converge, is a cave called the "Chamber of Thousand Rocks".
More than three hundred elite mermaids stood here, holding harpoons and quietly staring at the rocky caves and the wide grottoes.
Dozens of cave entrances are connected here.
Not only do rushing waters converge here, it is said that the devil's army and baggage train also passed through here!
It is no exaggeration to say that this is the transportation hub in the southwest of the first level of the entire maze.
If you want to change the direction of the water flow, building a dam here is the best option... It only takes a few rock walls to divert the rushing torrent to other outlets.
Sodo of the Greyfin tribe believed that if an outsider like himself could think of this, there was no reason why the owner of the maze would not know it.
That guy might already be on the way!
"You, be alert all around!"
Giving the order for the soldiers to disperse, Sodo closed his eyes.
With the tip of the harpoon in his hand pointing downwards, he completely submerged his five senses beneath the water's surface, spreading them around with the flowing waves.
Everything within a hundred meters is under control! A ferocious smile appeared on the corner of Sodo's mouth.
The taste of the devil——
He can't wait!
…
Southwestern part of Silverpine Forest.
A sturdy lizardman stood beside the cave entrance, staring at the cave entrance flooded by river water with a majestic gaze.
After a long time, he murmured.
“…I don’t know if those eight-legged bugs have drowned.”
Hearing the chief's voice, the tribesmen standing around exchanged glances, but had no idea and talked in low voices.
"I think he was drowned."
"It's been almost two hours, and we've pumped at least tens of thousands of tons of water into it."
"Tens of thousands of tons? That's more than that!"
Nils didn't say anything, but just looked at the patriarch Sanu with some worry.
Ever since they were humiliated by the devil's messenger last time, their clan leader seemed to be possessed and never used normal names to address the monsters in the maze again.
For example, the little devil is a mouse with wings, and the burrow spider is an eight-legged insect...
It can be seen that he is still angry.
Niels paused for a moment and whispered.
"By the way, I didn't expect that the new demon king would not care about the life and death of Shadow Weaver's Nest... It seems that we overestimated him."
"Who knows?"
Sanu grinned, stared at the entrance of the maze with his eyes slightly narrowed, and continued.
"Maybe, just like those gill snakes said, that guy has already gone to the intersection of the torrent. In any case, we just need to make sure the water flow here is smooth-"
Before he finished speaking, a gunshot was heard in the distance.
The lizardmen quickly looked in the direction of the gunshots, only to see a flock of birds at the edge of the forest startled and dust flying.
"A musket?!"
"Is it human?!"
"How could it be——"
Voices of surprise came one after another, and the faces of the lizardmen showed expressions of doubt and even a hint of panic.
Compared to the new demon king, it is obvious that the human army that defeated the demon king's army not long ago is more worthy of their fear.
The same goes for Sanu, the head of the clan.
When he heard the gunshot, his heart skipped a beat.
However, as he looked intently into the distance and saw the white bones running in the rolling dust, he immediately reacted, having been stunned a second ago.
"Not human—"
At the same time, the roar of the Earth Dragon sentinels came from afar.
"Undead!! It's the Undead!"
Without time to hesitate, Sanu immediately pulled out the dragon tooth spear that was stuck beside him and let out a war roar at the tribesmen scattered around.
“Get ready for battle!!!”
In a flash, the encounter at the edge of the jungle had already begun! On one side were more than 500 Earth Dragon warriors, and on the other side was an army of undead consisting of 800 skeleton soldiers and undead rats.
Judging from the panel attributes alone, the latter's overall combat power is far inferior to the former, even though one-eighth of these 800 undead are Black Iron-level transcendents.
Almost all the Earth Dragon warriors had no doubt that they only needed one charge to defeat this group of ignorant cannon fodder troops! However, something unexpected happened to all the Lizardmen -
"Long live the Demon King!!!"
With a loud bang, [Smothered in the Chemical Pool], who was wrapped in explosives, rushed towards the lizardmen in the front row with bare hands.
The lizardmen who had just gathered had not yet reacted to what was happening when the explosion blew them away in an instant!
The power seemed to far exceed that of human gunpowder, so much so that when Nils saw the flickering flames, he even had the illusion that this was actually magic.
He vaguely remembered hearing it from somewhere.
The ancient Mechanicus followers are able to use a powerful "explosive magic" that can even change the color of the sky and the earth and cause mountains to collapse with a wave of their hands!
Just as he was stunned, another skeleton soldier rushed towards the lizardman warrior who was stunned by the explosion at the front line in the same way, and it seemed that he was still chewing something in his creaking mouth.
"Cat girl! My cat—!"
Boom! The shock wave of the explosion raged in the forest. This time, the power seemed to be stronger than the previous one, and it directly blew a gap in the Lizardmen's line! Seeing the tide of skeleton soldiers rushing towards them, Nils and Sanu's faces changed completely.
If these were all exploding skeletons, what the hell would we be fighting for? Skeleton soldiers are cannon fodder.
Exchanging flesh and blood for cannon fodder, they will lose no matter how they exchange!
"spread!!!"
Nils roared, asking the tribesmen who had subconsciously gathered together to disperse, but he did not expect that the situation on the battlefield would suddenly turn into a group of skeletons chasing a group of lizardmen.
Being chased by the undead...
What a shame! Sanu's eyes were bloodshot, and he took a deep breath and was about to roar at the sea of skeletons, but a roar came first.
"Shut up!" (Dragon)
The powerful roar was like a hammer hitting a forge. The earth-shattering sound shook his mind and he almost subconsciously closed his mouth.
If it were any other time, it wouldn't be a big deal if he was silenced, but the dragon roar that rolled out of his throat almost reached his mouth.
The energy of the shock was forcibly held back by his tightly closed mouth, almost displacing his internal organs.
Wiping the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, Sanu stared with wide eyes in the direction where the roar came from.
No mistake——
That's a dragon's roar!
And unlike his pure roar, the other party obviously mastered the real dragon language and injected more advanced power into the roar! But why? !
Sanu couldn't understand.
A mere necromancer is actually qualified to use the power of the Dragon God? !
What a blasphemy!!! "Ahhhhh......!"
A ball of rage surged in his heart, Sanu clenched the dragon tooth spear in his hand, and his amber pupils had completely turned blood red.
He's going to kill this guy!
Whether it's revenge for the dead tribesmen or for the glory of His Majesty the Dragon God!
This necromancer must die!!!
"Solar Engine!!!" (Dragon language)
Furious roars resounded throughout the entire battlefield, and the spreading shock wave ripped pine needles off the trees within a radius of dozens of meters!
The lizardman paused unconsciously, then raised his head and let out a deafening roar.
Surrounded by the earth-shaking war roar, the scales of all the earth dragon lizardmen were coated with a faint golden color!
Not only that—
Their originally overwhelming momentum also underwent a drastic change at the same time!
The amount of explosives produced in a chemical pool is limited, after all, not every skeleton soldier carries a pack of explosives.
The lizardmen stopped running away and charged head-on at the rising sea of skeletons.
Faced with the impact of these shock units, the skeleton soldiers, who were not even at level 1, were instantly knocked away, and their numbers were reduced at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The battle situation that was originally turning in favor of the cemetery was turned back by the opponent.
Missy, hiding in the treetops, was shivering.
She was cheering for him a second ago, but now she didn't dare to cheer anymore as she watched large numbers of skeleton soldiers fall down.
"Damn it... When did these lizardmen become so strong?!"
really--
Are you all slacking off while working for Master Reggie Dragun?! She tried to find the Demon King, but he was gone.
This guy——
Could he have run away? Of course Luo Yan didn't run away.
Just out of caution, he rode Alacdo up a tree at the beginning of the battle and began to prepare for casting the spell.
Build a position!
The patriarch of the Earth Dragon Clan is likely to have the strength of fine steel level, and it can only be higher, not lower. He must treat him with 200% caution.
This isn't just for himself.
It's also for the cemetery! Hu Wan, who was holding a musket, looked at the crazy lizards in astonishment, and couldn't help but exclaimed and complained.
"What the hell?! Is this guy going on a group rampage?!"
Yi Ye Zhiqiu, who was standing aside, remained calm in the face of danger, and the soul fire burning in his skull even emitted a faint sharp light.
"The boss battle is coming!"
The man standing here is different from before!
I guess he should be of some use this time! Seeing this, Gou Shi on the side hurriedly pushed the stupidly standing [Past Like Smoke] forward, and then pointed at the lizard that yelled first and shouted.
"Hey man, did you see that guy?! Go up and give him a hug!"
"ah?!"
"Stop it, go now!!"
Being urged and ordered around like this, Wang Shi Ru Yan ran in a daze and rushed towards the lizard that was covered in gold all over.
Noticing his actions, a nearby lizardman holding a scimitar immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"Fuck, how do I blow this thing up——"
Wang Shi Ru Yan searched for a long time but couldn't find the fuse. Suddenly, his toes kicked the root of a tree and his whole body fell forward.
"day--"
Almost at the moment he hit the ground, scorching flames gushed out from the palms of his hands and instantly turned into a boiling air wave!
With his last glimpse of consciousness, he saw that several lizardmen were blown away by the shock wave of the explosion, and even two pine trees nearby were knocked down!
A few naked bones stepped over his body, without a pause, and immediately rushed to the next death.
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Then, his consciousness was fragmented.
Although he died without knowing why, for a moment he felt...
This life is worth it.
“…”
The connection is lost.
Zhao Jinyan, leaning back in his chair, let out a long sigh, tore off the second-hand VR glasses on his head, first wiped the sweat off his head, then took several deep breaths before calming down.
His heart was beating wildly.
It felt like it was about to burst out of my chest!
After an unknown amount of time, a hint of fanaticism gradually emerged on the face as pale as a dead fish, and he seemed to have been reborn and came back to life from his confusion.
This game——
It's simply amazing!!!
…
The fighting in the jungle continued, and the collision of bones and flesh did not stop because of the fall of a skeleton soldier.
The lizardmen bathed in golden light were like bronze men that were invulnerable to swords and guns. No matter how hard those LV0 cannon fodders hacked at them, they couldn't be hurt at all!
However--
After all, what they rely on at this moment is the power borrowed from the gods.
As time went by, the halo wrapped around the earth dragon warriors gradually faded, and the scales shining with golden light finally stopped glowing.
A lizardman warrior had just chopped down a skeleton soldier with his scimitar, but the next second he was stabbed in the chest by an undead rat holding a spear.
"First blood! First blood! I got it! Haha!"
The player who succeeded in the sneak attack let out a weird laugh.
Although he was smashed on the head by a flying axe before he could finish his joy, the extinguished soul fire had already expressed the satisfaction in his heart.
One undead for one lizardman.
No matter how you look at it, it's a win! The Earth Dragon warrior whose chest was pierced by a spear let out a roar of pain, but eventually fell into the blood-stained mud with a heart full of reluctance.
Seeing that the Earth Dragon warriors who had the upper hand were showing signs of fatigue, Luo Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, finally seized the opportunity and gave the order to attack through Bond's mouth.
"Fire!"
The brand new sword rose up from Bond's hand, and then it slashed down with a sound of breaking through the air! The players who had been waiting for a long time finally had to bear it no longer and pulled the trigger.
“Pah, pah, pah—!”
A series of dense gunshots rang out in the forest, and the noisy rain of bullets raged through the forest, instantly knocking dozens of Lizardmen warriors to the ground.
Looking at the skeleton soldiers firing like human soldiers, Nils, who was standing among the earth dragon warriors, widened his eyes in surprise.
It is not uncommon for undead to have self-awareness.
But this was the first time he had seen them in such large groups! He couldn't let them continue shooting!
He swung the scimitar in his hand and knocked down several skeletons in succession, then shouted loudly to the soldiers beside him.
"Don't bother with these cannon fodders! Go ahead——"
Before he finished speaking, Gou Shi, who had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, finally seized the chance and pounced on him with a scream.
"Mine!!! My BOSS!!!"
Nils subconsciously swung the scimitar in his hand, but saw the flame in the opponent's skull flickering with a glimmer of success.
not good--
As soon as he thought of this, it was too late.
The unstable nitroglycerin exploded in an instant, and the flickering flames and flying bone fragments engulfed him in an instant! This was the last explosive.
But at the same time, this is also the last bronze-level temple warrior of the Earth Dragon Clan!
"Nils!!!"
Watching the last young talent in the tribe fall, Sanu let out a roar, and his amber pupils turned red as if they were about to drip blood.
He wanted to avenge him, but he couldn't find the enemy! Seeing Nils die on the battlefield, the lizardmen trapped in the quagmire roared in anger and rushed towards the skeleton archers who were reloading.
However, how could Luo Yan, who had been waiting in ambush since the beginning of the battle, let these guys succeed so easily? "Skeleton Grip!"
The dazzling black light struck the muddy ground like lightning, and pale skeleton hands emerged from the soil like mushrooms after a spring rain.
It was not a hand—
There were tens of thousands of them! The densely packed bones looked like a forest of thorns!
They grew wildly, wreaking havoc on the vast land, trying to imprison everything that passed by them! "Ah——!"
"Damn it! What is this?!"
“My foot’s been caught!”
The momentum of the Earth Dragon warriors' charge suddenly stopped.
It was this unnecessary pause that made this their final charge.
“Fire!!!”
There was no need for Luo Yan to give any commands, nor was there any way for him to give any commands. The player who completed the loading first quickly pulled the trigger, followed by the next one.
“Pah-pah!”
The continuous sound of gunfire splashed on the positions of the Earth Dragon warriors like raindrops, ruthlessly taking them and the skeleton soldiers and cannon fodder away.
In just a few breaths, there were only a dozen Lizardmen soldiers left standing, and the muddy ground was littered with corpses.
And at this moment, the corpses actually began to stand up slowly.
Expressions of fear appeared on each of the scaly faces.
Mass summoning of the undead!
If facing the endless undead was terrifying enough, now they had to face the corpses of their former comrades—
Seeing that his tribesmen had no strength to fight anymore, the surrounded Sanu waved the Dragon Tooth Spear, which served as both a staff and a weapon, and finally made some kind of decision.
He raised his hand and knocked away the dozen skeleton soldiers that surrounded him, then he let out a roar filled with hatred towards the forest.
"The Demon King—"
"I admit you're quite capable!"
"But if you think that you can make the Earth Dragon Tribe surrender just by doing this, then you are underestimating us who have the blood of dragons flowing in our veins!"
Sitting on Arakdo's back and standing in the shadow, Luo Yan spoke in a slow voice.
"I never said I wanted you to give in."
"I want your head."
The devil's followers can still be won over.
There are only two choices for those who abandon their faith in the devil - complete death or complete surrender.
Okodo, who was fighting on the front line, shook the blood off the blade, repeated the words of the Demon King, and then rushed towards Sanu like a gust of wind.
Seeing the young talents of the tribe being tortured into such a state that they were neither lizard nor ghost, Sanu was filled with grief and indignation, and finally uttered the final spell.
That's not Dragon Language!
"The great dragon soaring in the sky—"
"Your descendants are willing to sacrifice all their blood and the teeth of young dragons, calling for your glory to reappear in this corrupt land!"
The tip of the Dragon Tooth Spear flickered, and finally disappeared like dust.
After understanding the content of the spell, Luo Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.
This is--
Sacrifice?! Without any hesitation, he immediately used the Silence Spell.
"Shut up!" (Dragon)
It's no use!!! However, Sanu, who was standing in the eye of the storm, seemed not to hear it and continued to chant the chilling spell.
Golden lightning surrounded his body, and suddenly a bolt of lightning fell from the clear sky and struck him hard on the head!
The surging electric current stirred up a thousand feet of dust, destroying his body in an instant! But at the same time, the thunder that descended from the sky also gave him a new body!
"roar--!"
The violent air currents blew away the dust.
When the dust settled, the presence standing on the battlefield made all the players open their eyes wide in surprise.
The chief of the Earth Dragon Clan who had stood proudly in front of Okodo had disappeared.
Instead, there was a real dragon with a wingspan of more than ten meters, a head that was higher than the pine trees, and as big as a mountain! Luo Yan hadn't reacted yet.
Arakdo, who he was riding on, kicked his eight legs and collapsed in fear on the spider web between the tree branches, almost causing the Demon King to fall off.
"God of Devil! This, this is such... such majesty?!"
On the other side, Missy, who was floating in the air, was even more helpless. She was scared to death by this horrifying scene.
"Damn it... Damn it... Damn it... Gigantic dragon?!"
This is really the end!
(End of this chapter)