Chapter 37 Magic Sound

While we were wondering, we suddenly noticed the sound of horse hooves behind us. When he turned around, he saw that the three-life cavalry was coming along the road. I know the cavalry at the head of the platoon, the squad leader I just met at the City Lord's Mansion. They screamed immediately after seeing us, and we watched in confusion as they rushed to our side. The captain jumped down immediately and pulled out a scroll from his armor and handed it to me. "Fortunately, I caught up."

"What's this?"

"It's like this." The cavalry team leader explained: "Because a few people just came to inquire about the mission that the team took, so our city leader himself recalled the mission issued at that time, but after talking to you, he felt like If something was wrong, I checked some written records and found that the wrong task had been sent.”

"What? Sent the wrong mission?"

"Yes." The team leader said angrily: "It's better than that careless secretary. The mission assigned by the city lord was to find high-grade iron ore, but the secretary got the wrong mission scroll. This is their scroll."

Zhenhong came up and asked, "Then what mission do they have?"

"Our city lord checked the mission record and found that what was taken away was the mission to find the Stone of Blessing. This mission cannot be completed at all with the quality of the team's personnel. Although the secretary has accepted the punishment, the problem is that the team has already We have set off, so the city lord hopes that you can rescue them if possible. I have to go back to resume my life, so I say goodbye." The team leader ran away in a hurry with his men.

Jin Coin said: "I wonder why such a small guild was assigned such a fatal mission. It took me a long time to assign the wrong mission."

I thought for a while and said: "I think that's not the case, because the system doesn't know that we will come to find these people two days after the mission is issued, so it was impossible to include our rescue when the mission was issued before. The system will not Publish a mission that cannot be completed. Based on this situation, it can be inferred that the original setting should be possible. So I think this is probably the case. They originally received this mission, but the difficulty is slightly higher. It is very likely that they will encounter that Special circumstances such as the Old Demon is not at home. In this way, the task can be completed. But because of our sudden appearance, the difficulty of the task has increased. The city lord sent a new task scroll indicating that we are also included. In this case, the difficulty of the task is Calculated based on our comprehensive strength. If I am here, the difficulty of the task will probably rise to an unimaginable level."

Crystal Flame also said: "The openness of "Zero" is too high. Many players use a small number of people to apply for tasks, and then lead a large group of people to do the tasks in order to take advantage of the system. As a result, the system will temporarily increase the difficulty every time to create trouble for those people. It’s such a disgrace. I think the system has considered us as foreign aid this time. I have never encountered such a highly intelligent main system before, and it can actually take advantage of players."

In previous online games, players found ways to take advantage of system bugs. Because the IQ of the landlord system in "Zero" is too high, the situation turned out to be the other way around. The system's intelligence has surpassed that of humans, and it is impossible to take advantage of it. Although there are still bugs in this system, as long as you use the bugs, they will definitely be discovered. The main system will immediately dynamically modify the data to make up for the bugs. At the same time, special measures will be taken to offset the effects of bugs that have already been exploited. For example, a player once discovered a place called the Holy Land in the Forest where you can increase your luck points. The luck points can be increased permanently and will not be automatically eliminated over time. The bug was fixed within three hours of using it. Later, he encountered a task that the system set for him. As a result, he was hit by a super curse during the task. All the luck he gained was cursed back, which meant that he gained nothing.

In fact, the system is quite reasonable and allows others to exploit bugs. But don't go too far. As long as the impact is not too exaggerated, he will usually let you use this bug once as a reward for discovering the bug. However, the situation like that guy's luck brushing over 100 lands is a typical case of greed.

Anyway, now that we are included in the mission, if we don't rush to support, the chance of survival of that team is infinitely close to zero.

"What to do now?" Jin Coin asked me.

"Go and save people. What else can you do!"

Since we knew the route in advance, we moved forward very quickly and soon arrived at the gate of the Demon Grotto. This is actually a small cave, nothing special. But since there are no animals nearby, I judge that there is indeed something very troublesome here. But just as we were about to go in, we suddenly heard a mess of throaty screams coming from the cave, and they were obviously coming towards the entrance of the cave.

"Everyone, be careful." I warned as I put on a defensive posture, and everyone else also put on a defensive posture. In fact, the only ones who can really fight here are me, True Red, Gold Coins, and Crystal Flame. Bingbing is a purely auxiliary type, Bingling's combat ability can be ignored, and Crystal Princess's organ doesn't look like it can fight no matter how you think about it.

Just when everyone was getting ready to defend themselves against the attack, the voice finally reached the entrance of the cave. Because the light outside is good, the inside of the cave seems relatively dark, and we can't see clearly what's going on inside. We can only judge from the sound that the other party is approaching. Suddenly, a large group of monsters rushed out of the darkness at the entrance of the cave. Most of these things are upright creatures that walk on two legs, but their bodies and heads are all weird. Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, including tall, short, fat and thin. And on their shoulders are all kinds of weird heads. The heads of these monsters do not look like the heads of mammals. On the contrary, it looks like some kind of bird. There is a wide and sharp mouth on the front of the round head. Of course, not all monsters have the same head. A few monsters have insect-like or strange-shaped heads.

Monsters are not naked. They are all wearing costumes. Most short monsters wear a piece of animal skin around their waists, while taller and stronger monsters usually have a jacket, and a few also have shoes, pants, or even scarves. In addition to clothes, monsters also have weapons. Although most of them only carry rusty broken knives, they do have weapons after all, and a few monsters also carry shiny high-end weapons.

We were really startled when we saw so many monsters rushing towards us at first, and everyone immediately moved closer to each other to form a defensive circle. Protect Bingbing and Crystal Princess, who cannot directly participate in the battle, in the middle. But just when we were on guard and ready to fight, the monsters howled and ran past us as if we didn't exist. Some monsters even waved their arms as they ran, as if they were crazy.

We all stood there stupidly, watching nearly ten thousand monsters rush past us, but none of them wanted to attack us. True Red and Gold Coin both looked at me with baffled expressions, and I could only respond to them with a blank expression.

"This...? What's going on?" Bing Ling asked.

I said uncertainly: "It looks like they are running away from something. There may be stronger monsters chasing them."

"Could it be that Earth Demon?" Jin Coin asked.

"It's unlikely, right?" Zhenhong said: "If the Old Demon is so powerful, why would those monsters enter the cave? If they took the initiative to attack the Old Demon, they shouldn't be in such a mess, right?"

I nodded and said, "Those monsters don't look like they are here to attack Earth. Instead, they look like Earth Demon's subordinates."

Bingbing thought while saying: "In that case, maybe the person who drove them out would be...?"

"That guild?" We all almost shouted together.

"Isn't it possible?" He started to doubt as soon as he finished calling out the gold coins. "Do they have this ability?"

Zhenhong also said: "The possibility of NPC monsters escaping is very low, and it is even rarer when defending the lair. Have any of you ever seen the enemy running away with his little brother when fighting a boss?"

"It's better to go in and take a look here than just guessing here." Bing Ling suggested.

We took this advice and started walking cautiously towards the cave. I couldn't see clearly inside just now because the light difference was too big, but I felt much better when I came in. The cave is actually quite bright, at least it does not affect our ability to observe the surrounding environment.

The hole is a very ordinary hole. The width is about ten meters and the height is about four meters. There are many branch roads in the cave, but when they intersect with each other, it actually doesn't matter which path you take. The entire cave extends downwards, and the slope is not very big. But if you keep going down like this, the bottom of the final cave will probably be quite deep.

As we were walking, there suddenly came another strange sound in front of us. Judging from the silhouette, it is that kind of monster again, and this time the number is larger. Mixed with echoes from inside the cave. It sounds quite messy. Zhenhong frowned and said, "Why does this sound sound like crying?"

"I heard the same thing." Bingbing agreed.

As the sound got closer and closer, I quickly asked everyone to form a defensive circle against the cave wall again, but obviously our actions were in vain. This group of monsters was just like the previous group, they completely treated us as transparent people and ran past us. However, this group of monsters is also different from the previous group. The main thing is that they are more embarrassed. They discard their helmets and armor one by one and throw them away along the way. Moreover, when they passed by us, we could hear their cries relatively clearly, and we could vaguely hear some of the monsters shouting words like "Help" in strange accents.

We were made even more confused. What was it that made them so miserable? It doesn't matter if you throw away your armor, you still have to shout for help. Moreover, although these monsters don't seem to be very strong, there are already more than 20,000 in these two batches. If they united, they would be a formidable force. What on earth is so cruel? It is much harder to scare away 20,000 monsters than to defeat them. This power to deter them must be very strong.

After the monster passed, we started to move forward. Not long after we passed, we came across a relatively large space, but there was no one there. In such a large cave space, there is not even a single person except for a downward staircase entrance in the center. However, there were discarded equipment everywhere on the ground, making the place very chaotic. Look at the style of those equipment. It was probably left by the group of monsters just now. It could also be left behind by previous monsters.

We quickly reached the entrance to the lower underground cave, descended a staircase dozens of meters long, and then entered a new space. Here is the same passage again. We have to move on. Not far ahead, we encountered a third wave of monsters. The number was greater than the combined numbers of the previous two groups, and the level of embarrassment was greater than that of the first two groups.

Jin Coin sighed: "Good guy, this is already 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, what on earth is so awesome in it?"

Zhenhong said: "If we encounter him again, how about we capture him as a prisoner and ask him?"

As if in response to Zhenhong's call to send us prisoners, three more monsters came running over crying. It would be a waste not to catch such a lone three-person team. Zhenhong, I, and the gold coins conveniently caught one each. The monster's strength is around level 700, and its combat effectiveness is quite strong, but it does not pose a threat to masters like us. The three monsters were quickly subdued, but they seemed to be very excited and could not calm down.

"What happened?" Zhenhong kicked the monster tied into a rice dumpling next to her. "This one seems to have lost his mind."

"Me too." Jin Coin reluctantly gave up the interrogation.

I threw what I caught to the ground, and then used eternity to cut a long bloody gash on his arm. The severe pain really made this guy regain a little sense. No more crazy throaty screams. But as soon as he recovered, he immediately started shouting: "Let me go, let me go, please, don't let me stay, let me go!"

We were all confused by his words. Why did this monster react so hard?

Because we were still in a daze over his performance, the monster thought that we were unwilling to let him go, so he immediately changed his mind and said: "If you are unwilling to let me go, then be a good person and kill me? Please, Kill me quickly? I don’t want to hear that voice again, please!”

"Let us let you go. Tell us what made you run away so madly?"

"It's the magic sound!" The monster immediately cried and replied: "Those people are simply scarier than us monsters. Their magic sound is so powerful! I beg you. Let me go or kill me." ?I don’t want to be here! Please.”

I didn't answer him, but continued to ask: "Tell us who else is down there?"

"In addition to the ten outsiders, there are more than thirty guards. In addition, our king is still below."

"How far is it from here?"

"Go to the front and take the next step."

"Okay. You can get out." I picked him up and threw him out. The monster started running and ran out. The other two monsters who were still nervous were eliminated by Zhenhong and Gold Coin respectively. Provide experience points without providing information, very fair treatment.

I said to Bingbing and the other four magic sound masters with some excitement: "It seems that the allies we want to win are very powerful!"

Bingbing also smiled and said: "Yes! The super magic sound that can scare away tens of thousands of monsters must be very strong. And the opponent seems to be using offensive magic sound, which is exactly what we are missing."

Bing Ling has a different view. "I don't think it's necessarily an offensive magic sound, maybe it's a spiritual one. For example, the fear spell can also achieve this effect. At this time, this fear spell is obviously very powerful, and it can actually kill monsters around level 700. Scared away.”

Princess Crystal suddenly said timidly: "I have a different opinion."

"Tell me about it." I asked her with a smile.

Princess Crystal thought for a while and said: "I know there are high and low levels among players, but I am also a high-level magic sound master after all. It is hard for me to imagine that anyone's magic sound can be as strong as this."

Jin Coin said: "But that monster clearly said it was because of the magic sound that he ran away?"

"So I feel very strange too." Crystal Princess replied.

"It's not far anyway, let's go down and have a look." I took the lead and walked deeper into the cave.

Just like what the monster said, it is indeed not far from the bottom of the cave. We quickly reached the deepest part of the passage. There was indeed a downward staircase, and there was actually a looming magic barrier flickering at the entrance of the staircase. After a little reconnaissance with magic power, this seemed to be no ordinary defensive barrier, but a sound insulation barrier. Since there was no danger, we boldly walked through.

I walked in front and was the first to cross the barrier. As soon as I came over, I didn't even wrinkle. I instantly understood the pain of those monsters just now. And it was obvious that we had misunderstood the meaning of the monster. There is indeed a powerful magic sound here. But instead of magical music, it's the voice of the devil.

"Holy shit. Whoever you are, stop right now." I started shouting before I even saw the situation in the cave, and I covered my ears while rushing down, trying to see who was there. The bastard is acting weird.

The entire lower underground cave is filled with this unpleasant but harsh sound. The sound has cadences like music, but has no sense of beauty at all. It is simply noisier than noise. The sound was like using metal to scrape porcelain or glass, which made people feel frightened. The hairs all over my body stood up almost instantly, and a wave of nausea rose from my stomach. "Ugh...!" I vomited before I could even rush down the stairs. Fortunately, I didn't wear a helmet in order to speak more easily on the way. The feeling of vomiting in the mask was not good.

Zhen Hong, who followed me in, was so surprised that he slipped and rolled down the stairs. It can make a martial arts master who mainly trains his lower body lose his balance and roll up the stairs. The destructive power of this sound can be imagined. To say it is a magic sound is simply to praise it. This sound is a hundred times more terrifying than the magic sound. Zhenhong rolled all the way to the middle of the stairs, and I reached out to hold her up, but seeing stars in her eyes seemed like she was about to die.

The next few girls entered the soundproof barrier together, but turned around and ran out almost in unison. Damn it, why am I so stupid! At that time, we should not rush down, but should retreat back to the top. It was impossible to fight normally amidst this deadly sound, and the guy who made the noise had no reaction at all to my voice. I don’t know if he ignored me or didn’t hear it.

"Zhenhong, are you okay? I'll take you out." I reluctantly supported Zhenhong and carried her out. As soon as she passed the barrier, I collapsed to the ground. "Huh, what a narrow escape! Your magic sound can only kill people, but this sound makes people want to live and die! Can you create a soundproof barrier with gold coins? Add a sound barrier to each of our ears. One. If you continue like this, you will have a nervous breakdown from that voice."

Zhen Hong weakly said to Jin Coin: "Do you have any dizziness medicine? I'm dizzy and the whole world is spinning."

Jin Coin took the 'medicine' and gave it to Zhenhong, and then said to me: "Is this the level of the two people in the information? There must be a limit to how ugly it sounds!"

Crystal Flame also said: "That's right! The intelligence collector also said that the other party's strength is very good. Is this considered good strength?"

Bing Ling said: "In a sense, music that is hard to hear can be considered as one of the manifestations of strength to a certain extent, right?"

Bingbing shook her head and said: "No, no. The sound I heard just now was so unpleasant, it was not made by musical instruments at all. The Qingxin and Mingjing in the information were guzheng and pipa. After all, these two items are also the traditions of our country. Even if you find someone who doesn't know how to play a musical instrument and pluck it randomly, it will be out of tune at best. How can you make such a sound?"

When Bingbing said this, I also remembered it. "That's right! That's not the sound of a musical instrument at all. It sounds like the sound of some kind of metal friction, and there seems to be someone's voice in it. Could it be that the source of the sound is the earth demon? But that's not right! What if it's the earth demon? If so, those monsters who ran out were all his subordinates, and they should have known that he had this ability, so why did he scare them away now?"

"I'm dizzy." Jin Coin said, "Is there a third team below?"

"Unlikely, mission areas generally do not allow two teams to appear at the same time." Crystal Flame said.

Bing Ling immediately said: "But the problem is that this was not their mission in the first place. They came here because they got the wrong scroll."

"That's hard to say!"