Chapter 1 (Volume 22) The First BUFF Mission

The returning fleet did not send out a transport boat. Instead, the entire fleet sailed near the island where we were, and then a few of us flew directly over. After boarding the ship and communicating with the captain, I learned that they came to pick us up collectively not to flatter us, but because there were two fleets confronting each other in the main channel. Although there was no real fight, a fight could start at any time.

According to the captain's introduction, these two fleets should be American fleets, which means that the lethality of the buff mission has begun to take effect. In order not to be accidentally involved in this war, the North American fleet of the guild had to make a large circle to avoid the waters where both sides were located, otherwise they would not have entered the waters near the island where we are located.

After picking us up, the fleet was divided into two parts as required, and nearly half of the battleships were retained. Their task was to start the preliminary construction of the port on the spot, while the other fleets quickly returned to Essinger.

As soon as I arrived at Essinger, I directly connected to the War God's communication and asked: "Is there any news about the buff mission I asked you to find?"

"Already received one." The military god replied very quickly.

"It's very fast." I didn't immediately ask about the mission content, but suddenly changed my words and asked: "How is the situation in Russia now?"

"It seems that the power of the buff mission has begun to show. Russian and Korean players have withdrawn into the country. Because the internal forces no longer trust each other, large-scale operations have begun to have difficulties, and both sides have to use their own strength. We have temporarily withdrawn our inherent sphere of influence. It seems that until the overlord guild is decided, all countries will be unable to conduct external operations."

"That's a good thing. Okay, let's talk about the mission. What mission did you receive?"

"We don't know this yet, so you need to ask yourself."

"What? Haven't you already accepted the mission?" I asked the God of War in surprise.

The God of War said helplessly: "This is the first time we have experienced this. The process of buff missions seems to be very different from ordinary missions. As long as you are a member of the Overlord Guild or the Ruling Guild, you can trigger the buff mission, but you may know this This kind of task is usually done by the top people in the guild, so the buff task is directly set to the transaction mode. The person who takes the task will not get the task directly from the task NPC, but will be asked if he is willing to help, and the NPC will Directly give instructions that if you are not strong enough, you can find someone with more ability to complete it. If you choose to ask someone for help, the NPC will not tell the task content, but will wait until the person who takes the task arrives. As for directly agreeing to help, Although it hasn’t been tested yet, we guess that the candidate will be selected directly. After that, the task will not be transferred.”

"That means to do a mission, you have to agree on the spot, and then you can hear the mission briefing, right?"

"That's pretty much it."

"Okay then. Tell me where to pick up the mission, and I'll go listen to the mission briefing."

In fact, the place where I received the mission was not too far away, but the location was a little strange. After confirming the buff mission notification, the God of War immediately began to issue orders asking players in our guild to pay attention to collecting buff mission information. but. I didn’t expect there were so many members in our guild. He has traveled all over the world, but the first buff mission he received was actually in Japan.

Yes. The first mission was received by a scout from our guild. This scout is one of the tactical investigators belonging to Fulcrum City. Their mission is to operate in the Japanese player-controlled areas outside the Fulcrum City controlled area. Monitor and warn players of possible offensive activities against Fulcrum City on the day of advance warning.

Because of this mission, these players usually travel in disguise in nearby Japanese cities or in the wild. Unexpectedly, one of the investigators here would receive a buff mission inexplicably. It turned out that this was our guild's first buff mission in the world.

Although the mission location is a bit inconvenient, we don’t really care about this. The strength of the few of us is here, and ordinary people can't do anything to us. Matsumasa is one of our people, and Nobunaga Ghost Hands is probably thinking about how to seize the dominance. Without masters like them, no one can hinder our actions even if we move arrogantly on Japanese territory. There is no point in rushing forward except to die.

After confirming the location, we first got Hades and Pandora out of the Temple of the Earth Mother, and then let all non-players return to their respective places. It is not convenient to bring NPCs to the buff mission. After sending away these great masters, only the four of us players are left. As the top four in the world's combat power list, we not only represent the highest combat power of the Frost Rose Alliance, but also represent the highest level of combat power in the world, so , the task of the four of us testing this is the best.

Teleporting from Essinger to Fulcrum City, and then without making any disguise, we rushed directly to the place that the God of War talked about. In fact, this place is not very far from Fulcrum City. After all, it was the peripheral investigators of Fulcrum City who discovered the mission, so the location must not be too far from Fulcrum City.

According to the coordinates, we quickly found the target location. This place is actually not a city, but a wild supply point. It is a village created by a gathering of NPCs, but it does not have a teleportation array or a city wall. However, it has an NPC store that sells medicine, which is also commonly known as a system store. This kind of village-style supply point is very common in the game, and the one in front of you is the same. The only difference is that the village in front of you doesn't know what gives people a very weird feeling. We saw this village in the valley when we were far away from the village, but from a distance we found that the entire village was filled with a vague layer of purple-black smoke. At first glance, it looked like a fire. The way it ends.

In addition to the weird smoke, there is another uncomfortable thing here, and that is the temperature of this place. As we got closer to the village, the temperature around us kept dropping. We felt a little hot when we were on the hillside, but when we stood at the entrance of the village, we already felt a little cold. This chilly feeling seems to spread not from the surface of the body, but from the inside of the body. The cold makes people want to shiver, but the feeling on the surface clearly tells us that the ambient temperature is actually not low.

"What's going on in this ghost place?" Zhenhong has already discovered that something is not right here.

Gold Coin was more straightforward. He directly took the Tianzun Sword in his hand and said while being on guard for something: "You are really right, this is a 'ghost' place." (To be continued...)