Chapter 693: Social Skills, Dungeon Lord's Skills in Judging People (Two in One)
"It's not too late, it's the agreed time."
As always, Chiya was the first to speak. When there were many people around, he exuded the demeanor of a mature and reliable veteran, giving people the feeling that he would pick up food for you when you were eating together.
Gong Qiying nodded to him, they were so familiar with each other that there was no need for a special greeting.
Just like the previous expedition to conquer the sealed objects, the city lords floated in the air, and below them was the place where the sealed objects gathered. This time it was a plain full of exposed rocks, a bare expanse that looked lifeless at first glance.
The pale Sealed Objects [Unbelievers] wandered across the plains. Their number was beyond expectations, and the place was filled with their meaningless whispers. They looked like fanatics who had gone crazy with their belief in God.
In the distance where the unbelievers gathered, a tattered cross stood there. It looked ordinary, but was worshipped by the unbelievers as a holy object.
This is the target they are going to attack today. It doesn’t look as handsome as the Burning Demon, nor as twisted as the Blood Parasite, but it reveals a sense of weirdness.
Gong Qiying glanced at the believers for a few seconds and then looked away, because there were still three city lords waiting for him to greet them.
He raised his head and looked at the three strange-looking city lords in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh that the city lords this time looked quite anthropomorphic.
The first to be hit was a fire elemental creature whose shape kept changing but vaguely looked like an adult male. No expression could be seen clearly, and if you got close you might get burned.
This is the lord of the Explosive Dungeon, and the name of this body is "Flame".
Next to Yanhuo was a creature that was also humanoid, its entire body covered in a glowing pure white robe, leaving only a pair of eyes emitting a warm yellow light. Looking at it for a long time would make people feel a little pain in the eyes, and there was no need to install a light bulb there.
This is the lord of the Holy Light Dungeon, and the name of this body is "Follower".
There is another one.
Gong Qiying's gaze shifted again, looking at a figure that was far away from the two city lords. The dark figure noticed his gaze, and a pale and delicate hand emerged from the shadows and shook it.
The guy squatting in the corner and covering himself with shadow magic like a pile of slime is the lord of the White Blood Dungeon. His name is "Ilineth", but it is not clear whether it is his real name or the name of his body.
In short, this guy looks like a dark and crawling otaku. Because she is shrouded in shadow magic, Gong Qiying can't even see her face.
These three city lords are the three people that Chiya entrusted him to investigate.
Although it looks strange in shape, it is generally in line with the public's aesthetic taste. At least it is more anthropomorphic than the city lord who looks like a gourd string that I have seen before.
In other words, maybe one of the three of them is a traitor who has defected to the demon clan, and the most important thing is.
These people clearly hate Gong Qiying!
Gong Qiying raised the corner of his mouth and took the initiative to greet:
"Hello everyone, it's an honor to work with you today."
Come on, let me see how much you hate me. Will I perform a classic scene of making wild remarks and getting slapped in the face?
As he thought about it, he took a few steps closer to the three people and even extended his hand as if to shake hands warmly and cordially.
If it's some classic scene, maybe someone will just slap his outstretched hand away next. I'm looking forward to that scene.
The three city lords said nothing, silently watching Gong Qiying stretch out his hands to express his sincerity.
If this scene were put in a black and white comic, it would be filled with an oppressive feeling of impending storm!
"Oh my, I've heard of your great name, Godwin, for a long time. Seeing you today, I'm sure you'll never judge a hero by his appearance. You're truly a handsome man, brimming with heroic spirit!"
The flames on the flames of the Explosive Dungeon Lord's body jumped up happily. He stretched out his hands covered in flames and shook hands enthusiastically with Gong Qiying. Unexpectedly, his hands did not feel hot at all.
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A question mark appeared above Gong Qiying's head.
"My name is Yanhuo. Nice to meet you, Godwin. Let's complete the perfect crusade together today."
Yanhuo's performance was very enthusiastic, just as he looked enthusiastic. He even spoke with a bit of an accent, which made him sound kind, like an old uncle from the countryside.
Wait, that's not right?
Gong Qiying blinked and looked at Chiya with a strange look. "What happened to Yanhuo's personality, which was as fiery as fire? You call someone so passionate fiery?"
Chiya looked at the situation here with a smile and said nothing.
Gong Qiying's mouth twitched, forcing a smile as he was about to say something polite, when the Lord of the Holy Light Dungeon also came over, bowed gracefully, and shook his hand enthusiastically, saying:
"Seeing is believing, Lord Godwin. I believe our cooperation today will be a very pleasant one."
Even Irines, who had been huddled in the corner like a coward, slowly moved over, stretched out a pale arm from the shadows, bumped fists with Gong Qiying, said "Irines", and then hurried back to her original position.
Yanhuo and his followers began to ask about each other's well-being. Gong Qiying responded to people's enthusiasm somewhat passively, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what was going on.
Didn’t they say that these people clearly hate me? What’s going on in this situation now? No matter how you look at it, they seem to have a very favorable impression of me, right?
"Alright, let's stop here with the greetings. The sealed objects have sensed our arrival and are starting to get restless."
As soon as Chiya said this, Yanhuo and his followers immediately let go of Gong Qiying reluctantly.
"I should have already explained the characteristics of the Faithless to you all, but just in case, I'll explain it again. Don't think I'm nagging."
Chiya began to talk about the characteristics of the Faithless again, and Gong Qiying was listening, but his eyes were looking at Yanhuo and his followers in front of him.
Then he narrowed his eyes.
He had felt a sense of disharmony when Yanhuo treated him so warmly just now, and the disharmony was exacerbated when his followers ran over. After thinking about it carefully, he finally found out why.
Because although those two people looked enthusiastic, they were actually cold inside, and it could be said that they had no emotional ups and downs at all.
It's like the kind of office worker who has to act polite even to people he dislikes because his senior is around.
I see, it's just a fake smile.
Gong Qiying's confusion was resolved.
Sure enough, no matter how much the city lords hated him outside, they would not openly turn against him at this time. That would be too embarrassing and would lose their dignity.
He looked back at Irines. Well, it was impossible to tell any emotions from that shadow, so he just assumed that she was just like Yanhuo and his followers, hot on the outside but cold on the inside.
He didn't know whether to be glad or disappointed that none of the classic scenes that would raise one's blood pressure happened. However, this situation at least showed that everyone was an adult with brains. If they didn't consider their true inner thoughts, today's crusade should be a pleasant cooperation.
But there is one more thing.
"If I tell them that I will take over this dungeon, how will they react?"
"Only after the enemy is killed can the Cross use the absorbed faith to create new faithless people. Okay, that's all. Is there any problem?"
Chiya looked around, nodded, and said:
"Then let's get started."
As soon as he finished speaking, it was as if some kind of restriction was lifted. The Faithless on the ground instantly sensed the enemy's presence and all became violent. The scene was filled with sharp roars.
Several bone dragons burning with spiritual fire roared and flew over from the horizon, spewing cold flames toward the ground. The faithless people touched by the flames howled in pain and died in large numbers. At this time, Chiya took the first step.
Why does it seem like these few Skeleton Dragons can single-handedly defeat the Faithless?
But the next moment, the ordinary cross suddenly emitted an invisible wave, which quickly covered the bone dragons.
The spiritual fire burning in their eye sockets shrank to just a flame in an instant, and their heavy bodies were deprived of their strength and fell heavily to the ground. The unbelievers nearby rushed over and smashed the bone dragon's hard skull with a few quick punches. It was truly a heroic force.
As the power of the bone dragons was absorbed, a large number of unbelievers suddenly emerged from the land around the cross, quickly making up for the previous losses.
"The bone dragons are the closest to unintelligent monsters I have, but they can't escape the influence of the cross. So I can't help you in this battle. It's all up to you."
"Don't worry, I will definitely be able to kill these ugly monsters."
Yanhuo made a confident voice, and he waved his hand. Dozens of fire elemental creatures that looked similar to him gathered on the ground and burned the faithless with raging flames.
Fire is the destroyer of carbon-based life forms. Even in a fantasy world, fire has miraculous effects, and a large number of unbelievers are ignited.
But the cross exerted force again at this time, and the moment it was covered by the invisible wave, the size of the fire element creature suddenly shrank!
The unbelievers rushed forward and annihilated it completely with a single blow of their fists! The fire elemental exploded into embers all over the ground.
After their death, the Cross used their "faith" to regenerate non-believers, and their number seems to be even greater than before. Isn't this completely ineffective?
But at this moment, the remaining fire on the ground left by the fire elemental creatures suddenly exploded violently, completely engulfing the surrounding unbelievers. When the smoke cleared, no one survived.
And at the cross, no new unbelievers are created.
In this wave, although new faithless creatures were born when the fire elemental creatures died, the number of faithless creatures taken away by their explosions was slightly more than those newly born, so it was a small victory overall.
"So that's how it is. They're making use of the deathrattle." Gong Qiying saw the strategy adopted by Yanhuo. It was indeed feasible, but the efficiency was a bit too slow.
Irineth then sent out her own monsters, a group of headless gargoyles.
These were truly unintelligent monsters that only knew how to kill, so the cross had no effect on them. It seemed Irineth intended to confront the Faithless head-on.
But the only problem is that the Faithless is too powerful. With just a few punches, they can smash most of the gargoyles into pieces. The battle scene is quite brutal. Even if they can win, I am afraid that the loss of mental strength will be quite great.
The followers summoned magicians and paladins who had turned into skeletons. They actually cast holy light magic in the form of skeletons, which looked extremely incongruous.
The Holy Light seemed to have a special attack against the Faithless, causing considerable damage, but the only problem was that these magicians and paladins were intelligent, and the cross worked on them.
After a wave of force, the magicians and paladins slowed down for a moment, but when the Faithless surrounded them, they suddenly regrouped and started killing!
"As I expected, unwavering faith can withstand the cross." The followers said proudly, "This is the power of our unwavering faith in the Holy Light!"
As if to prove their faith in the Holy Light, these skeletons fought with great bravery.
Sometimes, in certain situations, having faith in your heart really works well.
However, when the third wave of the cross arrived, these magicians and paladins with firm faith were ultimately unable to hold on.
Every fluctuation would deprive them of the "faith" in their hearts, and they would be weakened one after another and die at the hands of the faithless.
Moreover, because their faith is so strong, the cross absorbed this power and produced a large number of non-believers in one go. The situation on the battlefield is now a bit chaotic. It is impossible to see the number of non-believers. It is also unclear whether the number of non-believers killed by the skeletons or the number of non-believers born because of them is greater. It is impossible to count.
"Hey, hey, don't make things worse!" Yanhuo laughed teasingly, but there was a hint of repression in the laughter, as if he was suppressing his anger.
It's no wonder. While I was fighting fiercely here, my teammates sent more troops to the enemy. Anyone would feel annoyed.
"It was just a momentary mistake."
The follower retorted calmly.
"That was just a test. I now know that unwavering faith in the Holy Light can resist the nothingness of those without faith. Victory is an absolute outcome. The blessing of the God of Holy Light will always be with me."
He started picking and choosing from his own available monster resource library, and was gesturing in the air, looking like he was doing some calculations.
"I will form a legion of holy light. They will help each other like family and bring a devastating blow to the heretics. No one will die here, and in this way, no new unbelievers will be born!"
Followers are very confident in their plans.
Rays of holy light descended upon the battlefield of the faithless. There were paladins wielding huge swords, spearmen galloping on horseback, angels wearing wings, and even more, priests surrounded by white holy light.
These priests are covered in thick holy light, and anyone who gets close to them will feel like they are being healed. This means that they have enough milk and can continuously provide treatment to frontline combatants.
But there is also a fatal problem, that is, the weakening fluctuations brought by the cross are aimed at all members present, and the priests will also be affected.
So at this time, the characteristics of the skeleton are reflected.
However, after these priests and combat soldiers have been weakened to a certain extent, they will automatically disintegrate and gather on the newly appeared soldiers. At this time, they are not considered to have been killed by the cross, so even if the power of faith is absorbed, the cross cannot use it for the time being.
As long as we rely on this kind of combat method, we can continue to fight against the faithless!
Gong Qiying looked at the instructions of his followers and nodded involuntarily.
The monsters outside of the Senn dungeon are also very unique, so other dungeons should not be underestimated.
"But I have a question," he said at this point: "Wouldn't the faith absorbed by the cross be like a snowball?"
Although this tactic makes the faith absorbed by the cross useless for the time being, over time, as long as you can kill any Holy Light Monster, you will also gain the faith of several generations of monsters before this Holy Light Monster.
At that time, if any monster dies, the number of unbelievers will explode slightly.
"Yes, that's indeed the problem," the follower nodded, "so we have to resolve this quickly, otherwise it will be disastrous."
Gong Qiying & Yanhuo & Irines:
"Why didn't you tell me in advance, you bastard?"
Yanhuo roared angrily and quickly sent in a large number of fire elemental creatures. In an instant, the battlefield was filled with terrifying high temperatures.
Irines also shuddered. She estimated that the expression on the face of the shadow below would not look very good, because the fighting style of the gargoyles under her command had obviously become more violent, and similar stone-type monsters were also increasing in number.
Gong Qiying also wanted to complain but had nowhere to complain.
Originally, everyone was still in the testing stage, figuring out which combat method was the most appropriate, even if it took some time.
As a result, the bastard follower turned the situation into a time-limited competition right from the start!
If we can't solve the problem of the unbelievers before the snowball of the Holy Light Monsters starts rolling, the number of unbelievers underground is expected to experience a surge!
"Hurry, take back all your monsters now, the situation can still be saved!" Yanhuo roared angrily, and it seemed that he could no longer suppress his temper.
"Believe in me, believe in the Holy Light."
The followers did not do so, but continued to throw in more monsters, causing the flames above Yanhuo's head to shoot straight into the sky.
He has the confidence to do this.
Because the seal of the Unbelievers has not yet reached the point where it can be broken, even if his plan fails, the increased number of Unbelievers will most likely not lead to the seal being broken.
The more direct reason is that he believes in the strength of the monsters under his command.
Indeed, with the blessing of the Holy Light, and the seamless coordination and strict combat discipline among his monsters of various professions, he was like a god when facing the Faithless, and quickly broke through the tense battlefield.
Judging from the current situation, his plan has a high chance of success.
"Tsk." Yanhuo cursed the religious lunatic inwardly and threw more of his monsters into it. The fire elemental creatures began to launch explosive fireballs at the group of non-believers, but the non-believers built a solid meat shield near the cross.
Irineth threw in more gargoyles, but nothing new. It seemed as if the types of monsters she could use in this raid were very limited.
The three city lords are fighting on three fronts at the moment, but their targets are all crosses surrounded by dense crowds of unbelievers.
As long as they can destroy the cross once, they can take advantage of the moment when the unbelievers are in a state of stagnation and destroy them all with the force of thunder. All they have to do next is to destroy the cross again and again until it runs out of energy and falls into dormancy, and the seal will be pacified.
As for why they didn't choose to place the monster directly near the cross?
That's because the closer you are to the cross, the greater the weakening effect you receive, and the faithless people surrounding the cross obviously look more powerful.
Directly sending monsters over is equivalent to sending energy to the opponent, which is not worth the effort. It is better to advance from the outside little by little, continuously reduce the number of monsters, and then break through the cross in one go.
Gong Qiying also agreed with their plan.
The three city lords surrounded the Faithless from the east, west and south, while he focused on the north.
Compared with the three city lords, the monsters he sent out now were of various types and in small numbers. It was obvious at a glance that this was a test, a test of the strength of the faithless.
First up are the puppet soldiers of Lake Lienia. Although they are not affected by the cross, they are too fragile and can be easily surrounded and torn apart by a large number of unbelievers.
Then there is the stone statue of a little devil that looks like a stone. It turns out that this thing can be affected by the cross. The same is true for the Return to Tree Guard Dog. Both will be affected.
"I've almost figured out the rules."
Gong Qiying stroked his chin, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes, and then he invested a large amount of mental energy at once.
The next moment, a giant figure stood on the ground.
The cast shadow instantly covered the cross.
“Huh?” “What?” “?”
Yanhuo and the others let out surprised sounds and looked at Gong Qiying. They were shocked by the strength of the giant, which was full of money (mental power). With such a high cost, the strength must be quite strong!
"Godwin, are you sure there is no wisdom?!" Yanhuo shouted.
The monsters sent out so far from the three dungeons of Explosion, Holy Light and White Blood seem to be at the strongest elite level, and there are no boss-level monsters.
Is it that they don't have it? That's impossible. Is it that they don't want to? It's because they can't send it out.
Because the more powerful the monster, the greater its intelligence generally speaking. This is common sense in the dungeon!
Irines and her team have plenty of boss-level monsters, but it is not convenient to send them out here. Only the Holy Light Dungeon, which is snowballing, can use stronger monsters.
In order to avoid the failure of their plans, the followers actually did not dare to use overly powerful monsters.
Faced with the city lords' questions, Gong Qiying nodded calmly.
"Don't worry, it's absolutely unintelligent."
And he was very confident in the strength of this giant.
[Giant Halberd Golem Guardian - Galid Limited]
Because this golem guard's nickname is Gallid's number one master.
To put it simply.
It's a monster with incredible blood and stats.
(End of this chapter)
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