Chapter 276 Heleqin's followers
...Senior, do you know how many flaws there are in what you said?
Aiwass's brows twitched involuntarily, and Lily subconsciously didn't believe it, and couldn't help but ask:
"Undead...what?"
"Legion—"
Haina stomped her feet nervously, wanting to run faster but not abandoning her friends and running away alone: "Try to run to a lighted house. If you can't... remember to stay quiet and silent when they appear!
"Remember, you must stop immediately, stay quiet, and remain silent! Otherwise you might be arrested!"
After hearing what Haina said, Aiwas understood what was going to happen here.
——Night of the Wild Hunt.
This is a phenomenon that occasionally occurs in Avalon and surrounding countries.
It usually occurs at the thin line between life and death. Brave warriors who die on the battlefield or the guillotine, but are not properly buried or given a proper funeral by priests, may transform into Night Knights.
A Night Rider acting alone is harmless.
Occasionally, on a cold winter night, people would see a white horse silently passing by. They had no self-awareness and would simply rush from the starting point to the end point along the route of their last battle before disappearing on their own.
This is a relatively common type of phantom demon, a yellow-named unit. If you don't actively attack them, the Night Knight will even actively avoid pedestrians. Their strength fluctuates greatly, usually being weaker than in life, ranging from the second energy level to the fourth energy level.
But if a high-ranking phantom demon named "King of the Wild Hunt" were born nearby, the situation would be different.
After hearing what Haina said, Aiwass picked up Sherlock and rushed forward with Haina...
But they were still a step too late.
A sharp chill came over him. Aiwass paused and looked up.
It was a miraculous night scene—
Under the cold moonlit night, black mist was rising.
It was a black mist slowly seeping out from the dirt road. Aiwass could clearly feel a piercing chill rising from the soles of his feet and spreading upward along his bones.
He felt as if his feet were frozen - to put it another way, it was like walking on thick snow in cotton slippers with poor waterproof properties.
The chill, like gripping ice, quickly turned into a slight but persistent pain.
——If Aiwass could see his health bar, he would surely see that it was now slowly and steadily decreasing step by step.
The black fog rose like smoke, covering the entire street.
Inside the tightly closed doors around them, lights went out one by one, as if swallowed by the living darkness. But strictly speaking, it wasn't that the lights were extinguished, but rather that they were trapped in this unnatural darkness, and they could no longer see the lights outside.
These darknesses looked like some kind of tiny mosquitoes - they spread in the form of particles and like smoke.
Immediately afterwards, countless pale cavalrymen appeared in the air like thin shadows.
They looked as if they had grown out of the black mist—first, a blurry silver-white armor condensed, then the outline of a ghostly horse. Then, the black mist sank into them, filling in their interiors, gradually becoming delicate and sharp.
When they fully emerged, they immediately came to life.
These cavalrymen shone with a pale light, and beneath their various armors were pale skeletons. In one hand they held a standard round shield with a skull face, and in the other they held a variety of weapons.
The pure white ghost horses beneath them kicked restlessly, and noisy sounds came from all directions.
The knights' rough laughter, loud calls, and the neighing of horses rang out together.
It was clearly a dark night with no one around, but it was as noisy as a festival.
Aiwass reached out and quietly held Lily's hand, giving her courage and telling her not to panic.
He stared ahead silently, trying not to move.
The others followed Aiwass and Haina's example and stopped in the middle of the road and remained still.
Finally, with a flash of lightning, rumbling thunder and a long horn sound, the noisy voices of the knights gradually subsided and became deadly silent.
After a long time, the second flash of lightning fell.
The low rumble of thunder echoed again, accompanied by the horn's blast. The undead knights excitedly struck their shields with their weapons, making a violent noise. At the same time, they shouted loudly, emitting a shrill sound like the howling of ghosts and wolves.
As the third flash of lightning fell, the knights finally began to move.
Amidst the rumbling thunder and the faint sound of horns, these night knights rushed forward.
They passed by Aiwas and his group, spontaneously made way for them, and ran past Aiwas and his group on both sides.
A strong chill covered the body from both sides.
But even so, Aiwass could still clearly feel their excited and malicious gazes.
Almost every Night Knight who passed by him was very excited and slammed his weapon against the shield when approaching Aiwass, making a loud noise to intimidate them.
There was also an undead who stood up from his horse as if performing an acrobatic trick, almost falling off it, leaning his upper body towards Aiwass and the others, waving his hand over Aiwass's head, bringing up gusts of cold wind.
However, Aiwass did not make any move.
He just stared ahead with a cold face, motionless the entire time.
Finally, all the Night Riders passed by them.
They flew into the night sky, wrapped in black clouds - flying towards somewhere outside.
As the temperature around her gradually rose, the lights in the streets and alleys came on again, and Haina finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, Sir Heleqin is not here..."
—Herchin?
Aiwass finally heard a familiar name.
He suddenly realized - it turned out to be the Ghost Knights!
After Aiwass entered Eagle Point Village, he was completely in the dark. He had never seen this dungeon before in the game. Even the main quest didn't lead to this place.
Perhaps it was a side quest, or perhaps Eagle Point Village had disappeared by then, or had undergone some changes.
But now when he heard the name Heleqin, Aiwas knew where this was.
"King of the Wild Hunt" Heleqin is a well-known world boss.
Aiwass couldn't quite remember the exact point where the quest started, but he remembered it was a world boss from one of the expansions between 3.1 and 3.3, an enemy that occurred after defeating Shadow of Avalon and before Shadow Sky Si was defeated.
He was the second Wild Hunt King players encountered, and the first seventh-level undead they encountered after the world cap was raised to level 60.
Because there was a fifth-level world boss before, who was also the King of the Wild Hunt, Heleqin was also called "The King" by players.
The Knights of the Night roam every night, but only on Saturday nights does the Lord of the Wild Hunt accompany them.
He would start the Wild Hunt every Saturday night, appearing at a certain point, moving along a certain route, killing all those who dared to move on the hunting route, and hijacking their souls - that is, if you died in battle, you could not be resurrected, and you had to wait until the Wild Hunt was over before you could be resurrected.
Players then need to intercept the Wild Hunt's route and eliminate the accompanying Night Riders. The Night Riders, with the Wild Hunt's Lord in their midst, will permanently wield a dark aura. This severely suppresses Illumination, as the range of light is minimized.
Depending on the type of Wild Hunt King, he will carry different effect auras such as "Fear Aura" and "Plague Aura".
Heleqin carries the "War Aura" and "Fear Aura", which can make everyone who faces the Night Knight feel fear periodically, and then the Knights will definitely strike hard when facing any enemy whose movement is damaged or trapped.
The Wild Hunt King will stop marching until all the cavalry are defeated. Then he will stand there and fight with the players - if he is defeated, he will laugh and leave "The Wild Hunt King's Reward", release all the kidnapped souls, and then dissipate again.
——Eagle Cape Village is the starting point for Helechin and his followers to launch the Wild Hunt March!
Damn, this is a seventh-level BOSS!
I had a fever yesterday. The temperature in Shanghai dropped so drastically...
But after taking ibuprofen and getting some sleep, my fever was gone when I woke up, but I still felt a slight pain in my back and shoulder blades. Ibuprofen works!
I just woke up a little late today, so the second chapter will be a little late! No need to ask for leave!
(End of this chapter)
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