Chapter 337 Ritual Mutation
At this time, in the underground wilderness, at the edge of the area that the lantern light can cover, there are already ferocious or evil figures appearing one after another, and in places that the lantern light cannot reach at all, There were also frightening sounds or noises coming one after another, as if all the nearby monsters were rushing towards here.
"Please help us deal with the incoming monsters! I will complete the ritual as soon as possible!"
The old mage with a majestic face finally said to Wang Zhifan. Once Wang Zhifan nodded, he turned and walked to the side The little dirt bag on his side continued his spellcasting.
“Brother, you happen to be a melee professional and I am a long-range professional. How about we cooperate?”
The Gunner player wearing a cowboy hat immediately extended an invitation to Wang Zhifan with a smile. It seemed that he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so in this instance.
“Okay.”
Wang Zhifan glanced at him and had no answer. He didn’t mind at all that this dungeon removed the penalty mechanism, which meant that shooter players could fight from behind without any burden. He shoots coldly, and may even unite with the surrounding NPCs to plot against him.
This is the confidence brought by strength. He knows that even if he is attacked and surrounded by these people, he can easily counterattack, not to mention that it is basically impossible for them to sneak attack.
"You guys guard that side! We'll guard the other directions!"
The archer holding a long bow then shouted to them and assigned everyone their defensive tasks.
This task is reasonably distributed. There are currently nine people present. Except for the old mage who is casting a spell, two people are arranged to defend in one direction to fully deal with the gathering monsters.
Wang Zhifan actually has no interest in these monsters that are about to fight with them. He can judge their approximate strength through perception from a long distance away. They are all monsters that look bluffing but are actually not very strong. Good stuff, but in order to obtain information smoothly, he decided to act as a ritual guard.
So in this underground wilderness area illuminated by a lantern suspended above the tomb, Wang Zhifan cooperated with the young gunman in a cowboy hat behind him.
He charged forward very actively, pulled out the Wolf Slayer Blade and slashed at the incoming monsters, and guarded the safety of the direction with the gunmen behind him, leaving other directions to the NPCs.
Some of these people were warriors and archers working together, and some were bombarded with magic spells from dual mages. Each showed their abilities and managed to eliminate the monsters one by one fairly smoothly.
Whoosh! Uh-huh! Bang!
With a flash of sword light, a wolf-headed monster in front of Wang Zhifan was instantly killed by Wang Zhifan. Then he turned around and rushed to the flank, cutting the other monster in half with a single blow.
The young gunman behind fired a volley of pistols from his left and right hands, naming the monsters that Wang Zhifan could not take care of one by one with great accuracy.
The two cooperated quite well at first, but soon the young gunman responsible for outputting firepower from the rear discovered a very strange phenomenon:
More and more monsters were rushing towards him past the warriors in front, as if they were less interested in the person in front and more interested in him, the gunner outputting firepower from behind.
"Brother! Hold the monster! The monsters are all running towards me!"
The young gunman, who felt very puzzled, immediately shouted to Wang Zhifan in front, hoping that he would stop fishing like this. , transfer the excessive pressure to him.
"I'll try my best! But these monsters only like you! I can't help it!"
Wang Zhifan in front immediately replied while killing monsters, and also deliberately increased the pace of killing monsters. , seems to be "at full capacity", showing that he is really not trying to fish, but the monsters don't want to see him.
Monsters of different shapes immediately overcame Wang Zhifan's blockage and rushed toward the young gunman wearing a cowboy hat behind him, forcing him to speed up his firing pace and jump up and down and run in circles to avoid them. The monster was approaching and he was so busy that he could no longer relax.
"It's really weird! Am I born to be a human shield?!"
The man was thinking in his heart while attacking, feeling puzzled, like this He had never done this before, but it had never been so outrageous. If the person in front of him hadn't blocked him with all his strength, he felt that all the monsters coming from the current direction would attack him.
"Haha... It's not a good thing if you want me to withstand all the pressure alone."
Wang Zhifan naturally knows what is going on. In fact, it is all due to collusion and the monster's inaction. Attacking him made the monsters go straight to the young gunman. If he had a dark heart, he could let all the monsters attack this man, but for the sake of fairness, he still stopped about half of the monsters.
While these two people were struggling to kill monsters, the NPCs in other directions were also progressing smoothly. Just by looking at their appearance, you could tell that they were powerful professionals. They were enough to control the situation when facing a group of monsters that had a certain number but not outstanding quality. , it didn’t take long for the nearby land to be filled with the corpses of various monsters, and the number of monsters that followed became increasingly scarce, which meant that the difficulties at this stage had been passed.
Wang Zhifan saw that there were fewer and fewer monsters coming to die, so he turned his attention to the old mage in the center. He found that the old man was still chanting incomprehensible spells with his eyes closed, but the lantern on the tomb The light became slightly darker, as if something was beating in the flame of the lantern.
"Is the ceremony almost successful?"
Not understanding the progress, he immediately asked the gunman in the cowboy hat who had also finished defeating the monsters. You could see a little sweat on this guy's forehead now. It was obvious that he had done a lot of exercise being chased by those monsters just now.
“I don’t know either…”
The young gunman shook his head after hearing this.
"I have only known them for two days, and they did not explain the details of their plan to me."
The person explained, took out a bottle of pure water out of thin air, opened the top and took a sip.
"How much information do you know about the Demon King now? Are you interested in communicating with me."
Wang Zhifan felt that this person was quite honest, at least there was no trace of anything in the previous process of killing monsters. Wanting to deceive him, I decided to share the current progress of the copy with him.
The cowboy hat gunner nodded immediately after hearing what he said, and said:
"What I understand so far is that the devil is about to appear, but no one knows when and where it will appear. Its strength is said to be very powerful and cannot be fought by ordinary players. Fortunately, there are many powerful indigenous forces in this world waiting to deal with it. The arrangement of the dungeon is to allow us to assist these indigenous forces and join them in their fight against demons. During the king's crusade, as long as we can kill the demon king together with the local forces, this copy will be completed..."
"Are you guys sent by those kingdoms? "
Wang Zhifan guessed what was going on after hearing this. Before entering the dungeon, he heard from Jack that various kingdoms were recruiting high-level professionals. Now these people are likely to belong to the power of a kingdom and are one of the manifestations of the local people's positive actions. one.
“Yes, I came to this dungeon in a royal city. The players who came with me all joined the indigenous forces, but the tasks assigned to them were different. Our team came to the dungeon. Looking for clues to investigate the Demon King’s traces, some other players are joining the team to find legendary artifacts that can fight the Demon King, while others are helping to hunt and collect rare anti-magic materials..."
The young gunman introduced the situation of their group of players. It can be seen that they are luckier than Wang Zhifan and others in terms of task orientation. Unlike Wang Zhifan and others, there was a lack of information sources when they first arrived. The arrangement of the dungeon may be based on the strength of different player groups. A balancing act taken when there is a gap.
"Where are you? Do you have any fresh information?"
After sharing, the young gunman looked at Wang Zhifan with some expectation.
"I understand that the devil is most likely to be in a seal. You can collect runes to unlock its seal, or wait for it to release the seal on its own. The seal is located in a different space..." The other party was honest enough, and Wang Zhifan also Not being stingy, he also told him the information he had obtained, which quickly made the young gunman frown.
"It turns out it's in the seal... Those NPCs have never mentioned this, and the runes have never been mentioned. It may be that we players have not entered their core group, and they think there is no need to explain..."
The two chatted for a while, each gaining something, until the movement from the old mage attracted them.
I saw that the old mage had stopped chanting incomprehensible spells at this moment. He was staring firmly at the lantern hanging on the tomb, staring at the creation whose light had become very dim. The staff in his hand was pointed at it, as if there was some dangerous enemy inside.
"Descendant of the Demon King! I swear on my soul! Answer me the traces of the Demon King! I will give you your freedom! Otherwise I will imprison you forever! Let you suffer the pain of burning fire forever!"< br>
The old mage seemed to have imprisoned the soul of the so-called descendant of the Demon King, and now entered the stage of interrogation, which caused everyone around him to stop their actions and concentrate on watching his performance.
"Hehehehehe..."
A few seconds later, a bit of a permeating laughter came from the dimly glowing lantern. The voice was slightly childish, very similar to the cry for help they first heard.
In response to this impolite response, the old mage immediately took action. He pointed the staff in his hand towards the lantern over the tomb in front, and a white light passed through the center of the lantern, letting the inside The being suddenly let out a painful scream.
"Answer me! The descendant of the Demon King! You are just the most inconspicuous of the Demon King's countless descendants! You are an existence that was completely abandoned by it! You should take revenge on it! Instead of keeping secrets for it!"
After physically attacking the opponent, the old mage launched a psychological offensive, causing the darkness in the lantern to gradually flicker, as if the opponent's mind had been shaken.
"I don't know..."
A few seconds later, the childish voice reappeared, but it was full of confusion. It had no idea where the devil was.
"Recite its name silently! You will know! Tell me where it is!"
The old mage taught the soul of the descendant of the devil on the spot how to locate the devil.
"Is this method really reliable..."
Wang Zhifan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he watched all this, but he didn't say much out of ignorance about this aspect and kept all his thoughts in his heart.
As everyone watched in anticipation, the lantern above the tomb soon heard a voice again:
"Hahaha...it's coming...it's coming..."< br>
The voice changed from the confusion before, and was instead filled with a kind of excitement and madness, as if it was the reunion of relatives who had been waiting for a long time.
“What! The devil is coming?!”
When the old mage heard what it said, his expression suddenly changed. He couldn't help but look around, but he didn't notice any change in the surrounding scene.
"You're lying! I'm going to punish you!"
Feeling that he was being tricked and a little out of control, the old mage then used his staff to emit a holy light to torture the being in the lantern, thinking Make it truly surrender.
However, what he didn't know was that Wang Zhifan, who was standing behind him, suddenly turned around and looked into the distance with a very serious expression.
In the direction he was looking at, a scarlet eye appeared in the darkness. This red color was not very eye-catching in the current world where monsters were swarming, but it gave people a particularly strong sense of sharpness. Just a glance It seems to be able to penetrate people's souls and make them lose consciousness.
Of course, Wang Zhifan's feelings were based on those with ordinary strength. To him with the title of Overlord, he was unscathed. Only a slight strange feeling reminded him that he was definitely not a simple existence.
"Is that the Demon King? Why can't I feel its form?"
Wang Zhifan instantly judged that there was a high probability that it was a Demon King-level existence that could make him feel dangerous. There was only this kind of existence, but those eyes disappeared in the darkness in an instant, and there was no trace of the related spirit or entity. He had no chance to rush forward and fight.
"The Demon King really came just now, but left again."
After thinking about it, he decided to remind others of the situation, but when he turned around, he saw that the old mage had disappeared. , the place where he was just now was empty, and there was only a handful of gray-white things on the ground.
The lantern above the tomb also fell to the tomb in front of everyone, shattering like fine glassware, no longer as bright as before.
"Enemy attack!"
"Everyone, be careful!"
......
Many NPCs around then exclaimed, and someone cast a light spell With emergency lighting, someone turned around and shot multiple arrows behind him, even though there were no enemies behind him.
"He...he turned into ashes!"
The young gunman in the cowboy hat also looked shocked at this time. Under the illumination of the light spell, he raised his hand and pointed at a small pile of gray and white things on the ground, with an expression of disbelief. said.
Wang Zhifan didn't pay special attention to what he said. Instead, he first activated his perception to the place where the lantern was broken and determined the condition of the soul of the so-called descendant of the Demon King.
"It disappeared... completely disappeared... it should have been completely destroyed by some powerful force in an instant."
Wang Zhifan's intuition told him that this existence was as dead as the old mage. It was just as thorough, and he was killed in an instant, so fast that his perception could not capture the specific process.
"Is the devil demonstrating? Or is he warning? Haha, it made me feel the hidden weakness."
Wang Zhifan may be the only person present who was not frightened. On the contrary, he wanted to hurry up I saw the devil.
(End of this chapter)