Chapter 131 My Army of the Undead

"No matter why the other party wants to go to our destination now, it has been a long time anyway. What we need is not to waste time here but to get there quickly, right?" asked the Son of the Night.

His words remind us. I nodded directly and said: "Everyone, hurry up and rush to the destination. I hope the other party's purpose has no impact on our mission."

Ashford said worriedly: "Actually, I think the other party's purpose is very likely to be related to us."

"How can you be so sure?"

Before Ashford could answer, Alice next to him said for him: "This is what we speak from experience. In fact, we have tried this task many times, and almost every time it was because of other players. It failed because of interference. In addition to inviting you to participate this time, I hope that your ability can be of some help. In fact, more importantly, I hope that President Ziri, your reputation can shock some people and make them give in."

"Interfered by other players?" I asked in surprise: "What is the specific situation?"

"I can't explain this for a while. In short, we are interrupted every time, so we can't complete the task. It feels like this task is using the surrounding players to set up various interferences for us. The monsters in the task are not What a threat."

"It's really a fatal task." I said and urged: "Okay, don't stand around stupidly. Time is tight and there will be no delay. Everyone, move quickly and run."

"Okay, let's all run, don't waste time." Ashford also gave the order after me. Alice and Tank immediately started to turn around and move towards the destination, and Al jumped out first.

The Son of the Night itself teleports forward, and in terms of single movement speed, he is actually the fastest. As for Kristina, although she is a mage, she is in melee mode, so her speed is not bad.

Although most of the attributes of advanced players are somewhat skewed, they are senior players after all, and all attributes are not too low. As a result, our average speed is very fast. In fact, running in the woods is not mainly about your physical strength. Of course, physical strength is also an important factor, but what is more important is your reaction ability. It is impossible for you to move forward in a straight line in such a dense forest. You must constantly turn left and right to avoid the big trees in front of you, and you must lower your head from time to time to pass through some low tree branches or dead trees lying there. You must also be careful where you step, as there may be something buried under the dead branches and leaves on the ground. Sometimes what you step on is just soft leaves, but sometimes you step on quite large rocks. Even worse, sometimes there are some aggressive animals hiding under the leaves. Of course, I think the real threat is those mud pits. I don’t know why there are always mud puddles like swamps in the woods. The surface of these mud pits is buried in fallen leaves, making them almost impossible to spot without stepping on them. If you were walking normally, you wouldn't be able to turn around and crawl out if you stepped on the wrong foot. Anyway, you are on the edge of the mud pit, so it is not that difficult to get out. However, once it starts running, it's a different story. With our physical ability, once we start running, we naturally run very fast, and we often cover four to five meters in one step. This is because we don't dare to speed up to avoid trees. But at this speed, when we stepped down and found a mud pit, we were already at least three meters away from the shore. Of course, such a distance is fine on land, but in a mud puddle, it's really so close that even a normal person wouldn't be able to climb over it even if they're exhausted. We are all advanced players, and there are many of us, so we can help each other, so you don’t have to worry about being trapped in a mud pit, but it will waste time once you fall in, so this mud pit is super annoying, and there is nothing you can do about it. To avoid it, you can only pray that your character is good enough.

After ten minutes of running, Ashford stepped into a mud pit. Fortunately, the boy reacted quickly and rolled forward and jumped over. However, less than two minutes later, Kristina stepped on another one. Even if the melee mode is activated, Kristina is still a mage, and her body flexibility is still not as good as those of us combat types, so she sank half of her body with this kick, and the mud instantly covered her body. Waist, Kristina screamed in fright.

When I saw this situation, I had no choice but to turn around and come back to pull her, but unfortunately her reaction was too bad. Kristina usually moves on a mount, but it is rare to run with her own legs like this, so she has no experience in solving this situation. As a result, she started to struggle as soon as she got stuck. Originally, this mud pit would just sink slowly if you didn't move, but if you moved around in it, it would be troublesome. Kristina's whole body began to sink like a big iron weight. Even if I circled back the moment I heard the sound, by the time I arrived, only the part above her chest was still there. It's outside. If I were any slower, she would be completely trapped. Of course, she wouldn't drown even if I didn't care. She was just panicked at first, but she could actually come out as long as she calmed down a little. But the key problem is that this wastes too much time.

"This won't work!" Ashford said looking at Kristina who was covered in mud just after I pulled her out.

"This way." I said loudly: "Al, you are the scout and go in front, I am in second place, and you guys in the back line up by yourselves. Everyone lines up in a straight line, one after the other, and try to run in the footsteps of the person in front. . Al is an archer. He has some skills like pathfinding, and his ability to identify traps is better than any of you. If unfortunately she gets caught, I will be second and I can fly over and pull her out. You are behind me. Just avoid them one by one, this should reduce the trouble."

"I don't have a problem with that," Al said.

"Then it's settled." Ashford said, "I'll follow Ziri, and you can line up behind you."

After the plan was made, we quickly completed the formation and started running forward. The path chosen by Al, a semi-professional pathfinder, was indeed much better than the path everyone ran on their own. I could obviously feel that the speed was much faster as I followed, but unfortunately I still couldn't reach my limit in terms of speed. After all, El's level is there, and no matter how experienced she is, she is still not as fast as me in terms of speed, especially if she wants to explore the path, I just need to run along.

The effect of this method was very obvious. After that, we ran for nearly half an hour without hitting a mud pit. We only encountered a giant beast that suddenly hit us halfway. However, this thing was too slow, Al I stepped directly on the head of that thing and stepped over. I followed up and drove the guy's head away with my sword. By the time Ashford and the others came over, the monster had already fallen to the ground and twitched.

"Slow down, slow down." I was running well with Elle when I suddenly heard her shouting from the front to slow down. Although I didn’t know what was going on, I gradually slowed down. When I caught up with Al, who had stopped completely, I found that the woods in front of us suddenly disappeared. There is no gradual change in the trees here, but rather like a fault, the woods suddenly end here. What appeared in front was a section of slightly yellowed gravel ground, about ten meters wide. This pale yellow area can be said to be almost barren, and the part further forward is a very obvious crack on the surface. We can't see what's underneath the crack yet, but we can be sure that it should be connected to the magma below. Something like that, because even from this far away I could smell a faint smell of sulfur.

"That's the goal?" I asked aloud.

"The target is down there." Ashford came over and said, "Wait a moment, I'll give you something." He asked Tank to put down his backpack, and then Ashford After digging in and rummaging for a long time, we found a large bag of white powder. This is the kind of powder we saw on that battlefield before.

"Is this what you were talking about?" Kristina asked.

Ashford nodded and said: "That's it. Come here, everyone, get some and sprinkle some on your equipment."

"Do I want it too?" I asked doubtfully. What I have on me is a growth-type artifact set. The artifact itself is already very rare, and the set's attributes are even more terrifying. Especially a set like mine with exaggerated single attributes is one of a kind. What's more, mine is a growth-type equipment, so it is even more rare among artifacts. Artifact. Such a powerful piece of equipment, could anything possibly hurt it? But from what Ashford said, it seems that this powder is not used to protect people, but to protect equipment.

Sure enough, I just started playing when I heard Ashford say: "There is a substance in the air down here that we don't know yet. It has no effect on people, but all metals will be corroded, even fine gold and mithril. No exception. You don't need to worry about the gems, cloth, silk, leather armor, etc. on your body, but as long as it is metal, you must get some of this powder and sprinkle it. Otherwise, you will wait for the equipment to be scrapped. "

"Damn, there is such a perverted thing?" After hearing this, I quickly got some powder and started to sprinkle it on the armor. Although I thought the Dragon Soul suit might not be affected by these things, to be honest, I really didn't dare. Take the risk.

Those powders are obviously special protective products. Before they are applied to the metal surface, they are white and flour-like, but once they come into contact with the metal, they quickly turn into a liquid, a substance that feels a bit like grease. . Originally, I thought that applying this stuff would make me look white. Unexpectedly, after applying it, the white powder turned into a very transparent liquid. As a result, not only did it not turn us into "white people", but it seemed to give the surface of the armor. It looked like it had been sprayed with polish, making the entire armor look shiny.

"By the way, what kind of powder is this?" Kristina said while applying this stuff on her earrings: "I'm going to get some and apply it on the jewelry later. After applying this, the equipment will look much more beautiful than before. .”

Ashford smiled and said, "It's better that you don't know."

After hearing this, Kristina and I immediately guessed that this thing was probably not a good thing, but fortunately we couldn't see anything now, so in line with the principle of not causing trouble for ourselves, we simply didn't ask anymore. Otherwise, how do you think we would feel if we smelled that this thing was made of the feces of some creature? The key is that even if you know it, you can't use it, so you have to use it anyway. It's better not to ask at all, so as not to worry if you find out.

After applying this thing, we didn't waste any time and walked directly to the barren area in front of us. Ashford said that if we had not applied that thing beforehand, we should have heard the system prompt that something was eroding our armor by now. But because we have already applied protective agent, we don’t hear any prompts now.

After walking to the big crack, I looked down. The crack is very deep. When you stretch your head to look, you can feel the heat waves rolling upwards. Fortunately, the temperature is still within the tolerance range of the human body. Although it will feel a bit hot, it will not really cause any harm.

The bottom of the crack is very dark, and there is no red lava as expected, but it is certain that it must be connected to underground lava, otherwise the sulfur smell cannot be explained.

"How do we get down?"

Ashford pointed to a rock passing by and said: "Just step on a rock like that and jump down. There are such protruding rocks at intervals down here, although you can only stand on each rock. There are only one or two people, but because the gap is not big, it is not difficult to jump down level by level.”

I glanced at the stones and said, "How about we take you down?"

"Ah?" Ashford didn't react.

I shouted and stretched out my wings. "I can fly. The updraft here is so strong, I can bring two people down without even fanning."

Although the crack on the surface is only more than thirty meters long, the widest part is nearly ten meters, which is enough for me to spread my wings and float down.

Ashford looked at my wings and suddenly realized, then he looked at Kristina and asked: "Can you also take people down?"

Kristina nodded and said: "But my wings are not very capable of flying. I can only carry one person with me, and it cannot be the size of a tank."

Ashford thought for a while and said, "In that case, can you help me take Alice down?"

Kristina nodded and said, "That's no problem."

Seeing Kristina nodding, Ashford said to me again: "Then can you be responsible for me and the tank?"

"Should I forget it?" Tank knew his situation. Although he is not a fat man or the kind of eccentric type, the muscles on his body are very toned after all, and at a height of 2.1 meters, how can he be so light even if he is a thin man? The key is that he is still a heavily armored knight. The defensive power of that armor is nothing to say, but the weight is indeed a bit scary. It can be said that a person like him can at least bear three or four weights like Kristina. After all, a little girl wearing a light gauze robe weighs only a hundred pounds, but he only weighs two pounds in armor. More than a hundred pounds, this weight is indeed a bit scary.

Of course I could understand the embarrassment about Tank, but instead of letting him go down by himself as he wanted, I said: "You underestimate my flying ability. To tell you the truth. My wings are magic weapons. Anything weighing less than three tons will basically not affect my flight. If it is just to buffer the falling speed, I can still carry it weighing six or seven tons. What does your weight mean?"

"Is it so strong?"

Kristina said from the side: "Don't worry about him. If you use the combined skill to combine his jet-powered familiar, he can still carry twenty or thirty tons. The updraft here is so strong, and we are just Gliding and landing is not a problem at all.”

"Then I'm relieved. But what about my wife?"

"I'd better jump off by myself." Al knew that it was unlikely that I would take her with me. It's not that I can't carry it, but there are too many people and I can't maintain mobility. After all, even if the weight doesn't exceed the standard, the size must be limited.

"You don't have to jump down by yourself." I pointed at the Son of the Night and said, "Let him take you."

"Is this... okay?"

Ye Zhizi came over and stood beside her and said, "No problem, I'll take you down. I'll make sure you're more comfortable than them."

The Son of the Night is not talking nonsense. What he does is teleportation. One step in and the next step will reach the destination. When we fly, we have to bear wind pressure and so on. Of course, it is not as comfortable as him. And there is no comparison in terms of speed.

After dividing the teams, I jumped into the big pit with Ashford and Tank first, followed by Kristina and Alice, and Al and Son of the Night last, but after they got down, they ran ahead of us. . The Son of the Night is a visual teleporter, and he can teleport directly to any position he can see, so his speed is quite amazing, and he can reach the end in just a few turns. Of course, we weren't much slower. After all, the depth wasn't very big, only a drop of more than 200 meters at most.

After successfully landing at the bottom of the crack, I discovered a very strange phenomenon. Before, I felt a lot of heat waves steaming upward in the crack, but when I got down, I found that the bottom of the cave was actually cold. It's not that the temperature is low, it's just not as hot as expected. Originally, I thought that this place should have a high temperature of at least 40 to 50 degrees, but after coming down, it felt like the temperature was only 20 degrees. Not only was it not hot at all, it seemed to be a little lower than the surface temperature.

"Why is this place colder than above?" Kristina also noticed the huge change in temperature right away.

Ashford explained: "There is a huge glacier below. The temperature is relatively high here, and the temperature is even lower further ahead."

The Son of the Night sniffed and said, "It seems that the smell of sulfur is gone."

I nodded and said, "Yes. Why does the air down here feel better than up here?"

"Actually, the sulfur smell you smelled before was emanating from the rocks on both sides of the passage that we came down from, and the temperature of those rocks is not low. We flew down directly, so we don't feel anything. If you go level by level When you jump down, you will find that the rocks here are very hot in many places, so updrafts form." Alice explained.

"I see. Where should our mission target be?" I asked, looking at the eight passageways spread out in a radial pattern around me. To be honest, it's quite surprising that there are so many side roads. I originally thought I would just follow the road after coming down, but I didn't know there were so many side roads.

"This way." Ashford took the lead and walked towards one of the passages. As he walked, he explained: "Although there are many passages here, it doesn't matter which one you take. They all lead to the same place in the end. , it’s just that the things you encounter on the road will be slightly different.”

"Then why did you choose this one?" Kristina asked.

"Because it's you again today." Ashford said with a smile.

Soon we understood the reason for Ashford's words, because not long after we walked forward, we entered a relatively large underground space, and then we saw a lot of messy bones and mummies. Filled every corner here.

"Are you kidding? Is this a cemetery?" Seeing the corpses and bones in the pit in front of us, even those like me and the Son of the Night, who specialize in dealing with corpses, were a little surprised.

Ashford said with a smile: "This mission limits the number of people, but it does not limit the use of the environment to create servants during the mission. You have two people here who can resurrect the dead. Wouldn't it be a waste if you don't make good use of them?"

Seeing Ashford looking so proud, I stretched out my hand to stop the Son of the Night who was about to summon his servants, then turned to look at Ashford and asked, "Is there a need for cannon fodder ahead?"

Ashford nodded and said: "We will enter a large underground space in a while, where we will encounter the first batch of real guard monsters in this mission. It is also possible to charge hard with your fighting power, but From the perspective of saving mana, it is better to summon a bunch of servants to rush forward."

I nodded and said, "Then bring more. How much do you think is appropriate?"

Ashford said with a smile: "Of course the more, the better."

"you sure?"

Ashford was confused by my question, but in the end he nodded and said: "Yes, the more, the better."

"Okay then." After I said that, I rubbed the Evil Dragon Guardian ring on my finger, and then a thick mass of purple confusion flowed out from my Evil Dragon Guardian ring. This fog was not like an ordinary fog, but rather like a living thing. As soon as it appeared, it began to squirm and expand continuously. It only took a minute to make the large area in front of you several times larger than the school playground. The space was completely covered with a thick layer of fog, and the fog didn't stop there. Instead, it kept squirming and started to spread upwards. I guess if I didn't stop, they would have grown to the top of the cave and spread to the surrounding area. of other caves. Of course, I didn't need that much mist, so just letting them cover the entire cave stopped them from growing.

"What are you doing? Summoning the undead doesn't have to be so big, right?" Ashford obviously didn't quite understand my behavior.

I kept moving my hands while explaining in my mouth: "If you only want a few skeleton soldiers, of course you don't have to go to so much trouble, but you said the more the better, so it has to be a little more troublesome."

"Then what are you...?"

"You'll understand in a moment." I said and snapped my fingers, and the fog that had been quiet in front of me suddenly started to boil again for some unknown reason. As the mist continued to roll, Ashford and the others suddenly heard a chirping sound, and the sound began to get louder and louder, and finally turned into a rather deafening chaotic roar. Ashford and the others once again turned their doubtful eyes to me, but I didn't look at them. Instead, I frowned and shouted: "What are you waiting for? Get up. Line up. Line up according to the level of the troops."

Along with my roar, the sound below suddenly paused, followed by a burst of more violent noise, but this time the sound was slightly more regular than before, and everyone noticed that it had already risen. The fog that was more than two meters high was actually gradually sinking and lowering, and as the fog descended, the scene ahead finally became clear.

"Oh my God!" Ashford and the others collectively screamed when everything in front of them was revealed, because the cave in front of them was full of moving undead creatures. Of course, the most numerous ones are skeletons. There are also zombies, death swordsmen, undead knights and even high-level undead such as necromancers, ghosts and lichs mixed in among them. There are even many animal undead creatures among them, of course. The most eye-catching thing is the huge ghost dragon in the center of the cave. Although the ghost dragon is not as powerful as a real giant dragon, it is a high-level undead creature after all. Although its direct combat power is not very good, the aura effect attached to it is super disgusting. People with low magic resistance would rather fight with a living one. You don’t want to encounter an undead dragon when fighting a giant dragon, because if you encounter the cursed aura of these guys, even if you are as strong as a superman, you may instantly become an old man over ninety years old. Let alone fighting, you can Raising the weapon in hand is already the limit.

Just when these guys were making a fuss, all the undead creatures in front of them had already lined up. The team is a relatively complete square formation, with skeleton soldiers on the periphery. The number is probably not close to 10,000. In the middle are zombies and undead warriors, and further in there are undead knights and higher-level dark temple guards. I even saw a small group of blood knights.

"Oh my God! Is the Lord of Darkness a relative of yours?" The tank guy obviously didn't know me very well, and his jaw almost dropped when he saw the undead army in front of him.

Ashford explained to me: "The Dark Lord of China is now his personal secretary. Our Dark Lord and this guy are buddies. That Hades of the Olympus Protoss just recently I went to his place to be a small land for him. The relationship between Anubis in Egypt and him was like brothers, and he himself also had the priesthood of Hades in China, but said To be honest, I really didn’t expect him to have such ability before.”

"Stop guessing." I said to them: "This ability has nothing to do with those gods. Don't forget, my first profession was the Black Warrior, and there is a hidden attribute in the Black Warrior's advanced profession. As an undead leader, as long as you gather enough evil points, you can command the undead creatures that have no home. My evil dragon guardian ring comes with a large-scale undead transformation circle, which can directly transform bones into undead creatures with a certain probability. High-level undead appear. This is how the high-level goods in the center come from. In addition, I do have a buff from the gods, and this is a permanent buff. As long as I get close to the undead creature, the opponent's strength will be affected. If they don't exceed me, as long as it's not a matter of principle, they will take the initiative to get close to me. To put it bluntly, my affinity for undead creatures is 100%. When normal undead see me, it's like seeing a relative. Do you understand?"

Tank nodded and said: "I understand, you are the devil of hell!"

"Hahahaha..." Kristina laughed at Tank.

"Okay, okay, wouldn't it be nice to have more cannon fodder?" Alice said. "There are so many undead, we no longer have to worry about failing to complete the mission this time. If anyone makes trouble again, we will use the undead army to trample them to death."

Ashford nodded and said: "With so many undead running together, it's really not a problem to trample all the players to death. By the way, Ziri, can you command so many undead?"

"Nonsense, what the hell am I going to do if you can't command me?" I said, waving directly to the front and shouting: "The undead knights will divide the pairs and form a strategic square. The beast-shaped undead will go to the front to explore the way. The past few... The ghosts will assist me, and the other high-level undead will come to the back of the formation to suppress the formation. After completing the whole formation, the front army will charge forward."

There were two neat sounds, and all the undead moved in unison twice, and then began to line up again. However, lining up actually meant dividing into separate lines, so the speed was very fast, and most of the undead didn't move much. It took two minutes to complete the formation of the team. All the undead over there looked towards me. I just nodded, and a big lich over there flew up and made a sharp whistle. The undead around it It started moving immediately. An undead knight closest to the opposite door exit led his team to run forward, and the skeleton soldiers behind him immediately followed with neat steps.

In fact, no matter what it is, as long as it looks similar in appearance and has uniform movements, if there are a little more in number, it will have a very amazing momentum. These skeleton soldiers were quite scary in appearance, but as soon as they started walking in unison, they immediately made a clattering sound like a regular army marching in unison. The momentum was really amazing.

"Speed ​​up." Looking at the skeleton soldiers walking like a goose, I thought it was a bit slow, so I shouted loudly, and the skeleton soldiers immediately entered running mode. Undead creatures are good for two reasons. One is that they have no physical strength, and the other is that their personal consciousness is weak. Having no stamina gauge means that you won’t get tired, so the undead army can travel a thousand miles a day and eight hundred nights like a thousand-mile horse. Moreover, even if they charge tens of thousands of meters at full speed, they can immediately join the battle after running. Any decrease in combat effectiveness occurs. If there is a living army, the physical strength will naturally decrease after running. If you jump directly into the battle without taking a rest, your combat effectiveness will inevitably decrease, and these undead creatures do not need to worry. As for the weak personal consciousness, this is also an advantage, especially when you are a member of the legion.

For the regular army, soldiers' obedience far exceeds their intelligence. A bunch of obedient fools are definitely more suitable soldiers than a bunch of monkey-minded troublemakers. Of course, this is limited to ordinary soldiers of the regular army, such as scouts and technical soldiers, which are of course another matter.

Undead creatures have very little self-awareness, so they just fit the characteristics of stupid soldiers. When fighting, he doesn't care about personal gains and losses, and can execute every order accurately, even if he is asked to die without hesitation. This kind of soldier can be said to be the best soldier that any general dreams of.

As the supreme leader of the Iron Crusaders, Ashford is naturally very clear about the benefits of undead creatures. He was extremely envious when he saw that I could easily summon such a large group of undead creatures. "I said Zi**, this army of undead creatures can be transferred?"

"No." I shook my head directly and said: "These are not regular undead resurrected with the Resurrection of the Undead. Although they look similar, their combat power is actually the first level higher than that of regular undead. Moreover, if the enemy's soul cannot be absorbed during the battle, then , these guys won’t exist for too long. If they don’t absorb souls, they will start to disintegrate in eight hours at most, and those who persist the longest may not last ten hours.”

"That's it!" Ashford was obviously a little disappointed. Seeing what he meant, he might have been thinking of taking over these undead to form a huge undead army. You must know that undead creatures are the most vulnerable type of soldiers. A necromancer can easily recruit tens of thousands of skeleton soldiers when encountering a large cemetery or ancient battlefield. Although a single skeleton soldier is of little use, No matter what type of troops they are, as long as they number tens of thousands, they still have some power. If you punch through at least 10,000 holes, you can pile up a slope with bones in front of the city wall. If something goes wrong later, you can just step on the mountain of bones and rush up. Isn't this an advantage? Even after the battle is over, these dead skeletons can be summoned again. The broken bones are removed and the remaining ones are pieced together. At least 80% of the skeletons can be resurrected, and in the process All that needs to be paid is some mana of a necromancer. What else do you have to complain about such a unit?

Although Ashford was a little disappointed that he didn't catch the undead army, he didn't care too much. The Iron Crusaders didn't lack these miscellaneous soldiers, but they thought they were cost-effective, so they wanted to reserve some for cannon fodder. If they didn't have them, there wouldn't be any. No, it's not worth feeling sad about.

"That's right." After recovering, Ashford suddenly remembered something and asked, "How do these undead creatures of yours contact you?"

"Contact?" I looked at Ashford in surprise and asked, "Why contact?"

Ashford looked at me in surprise and asked, "If we don't contact each other, how can we distinguish between ourselves and the enemy when we encounter other creatures?"

"Distinguish between ourselves and the enemy?" I looked at Ashford blankly and asked, "Why do we have to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy?"

"If you don't distinguish between friend and foe, how can you kill everything you see?"

"Of course not. It will attack anything that is alive, and it will certainly not care about dead things." I explained.

When Ashford heard this, his face suddenly changed color and he pointed forward and asked: "Then the undead you are summoning now will attack all the ** creatures they encounter?"

"of course."

"Quick, stop them!" Ashford and Alice shouted almost at the same time: "There are mission NPCs ahead! Can't cut them!"

"I x, why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought the front was full of monsters and enemies!" (To be continued)