By the time Edward and the others reached the top of the cliff, there was no one there.
"Sh * t, looks like this quest is over."
Joe said regretfully, hefting his greatsword. "The one who was hiding here has already escaped."
Croakatoa, who had finally caught up to the Players and climbed the cliff, panting heavily as it half-knelt on the ground, feeling like it was dehydrated.
It looked at Joe, who was neither panting nor flushed, and even had the energy to wander around, and began to doubt its frog life … it was the greatest warrior among the sticky skins, and yet it couldn't even compare to a human who was dying!
And according to what it knew along the way, this human called Joe had only become a warrior not long ago, so what kind of monsters were humans?!
"There aren't any marks on the ground, but it's not like he couldn't have escaped … But just to be safe …" Edward looked at Gou Dan.
Gou Dan immediately understood, and crouched on the ground for a moment, creating a ball the size of a ping-pong ball out of thin air.
The other Players quickly covered their ears at the sight, and only Croakatoa was left at a loss.
In the next instant, Gou Dan got up and smashed the ball hard on the ground.
Immediately, a deafening explosion accompanied the shattering of the small ball. This explosion was so loud that it gave people the illusion that they could see the sound waves spreading in all directions …
This thing was called a Sonic Bomb, a product of the Ranger's [Hundred Hunting-Sonic Bomb] skill. The [Hundred Hunting-Sonic Bomb] series of skills were basically a series of temporary tools to deal with different hunting situations. In addition to the Sonic Bomb, there were also Dye Balls, Stool Jades, Flash Bombs, and so on.
Since it could create a barrel of explosives that was half a person's height to make traps, it didn't look like it could be carried by a single person no matter how one looked at it (Players didn't have an inventory page, and items could only be carried on their bodies like before, since Xi Wei couldn't create hundreds of spaces out of thin air for them to store items), which was why the skill was nicknamed by other Players as the ranger's fourth dimension chrysanthemum.
In addition to attracting enemies from afar, the Sonic Bomb could also cause a state of shock to the unprepared enemies nearby. Even the earthworms in the ground would be shaken out …
Now, it seemed that the effect was still outstanding. Aside from Croakatoa, who was completely unprepared and fell to the ground, looking like a real big frog, another guy was shaken out of the ground!
The mage from the Society of the Secret Eye had used some sort of magic to turn the earth and rocks into liquid, turning the solid ground into a vast and calm ocean that he could hide in without a sound.
Unfortunately, his foolproof countermeasure was still broken by Gou Dan. The power of the Sonic Bomb was indeed shocking, and it scared him so much that he couldn't even maintain his magic. Half of his body was stuck on the ground.
"Erm …" Looking at the players who were eager to fight, Albert forced a smile and said, "Is it too late for me to surrender now?"
Because they wanted to get some useful information from him, Edward and the others did not directly kill Albert.
But after they successfully captured him, dug him out of the ground, and stripped him down to a pair of boxers, the System judged that they had completed the first stage of the Frogmen Guardian quest, and immediately announced the second stage of the quest.
The second stage of the quest was also very simple, which was to have Edward and the others return to the town to get reinforcements. Now that Albert, a powerful mage, was gone, it was clear that the Society of the Secret Eye's next attack on the Frogmen Village would be even more intense, and it was even possible that the entire Valla Empire branch would be mobilized.
In short, it was not very realistic to rely on the six players and the frogmen to stop the next wave of attack from the Society of the Secret Eye.
And the players who came here and participated in the village defense quest would all receive the corresponding quest rewards.
The players gathered together to discuss their next move.
"It'll probably take a day to get to the town and back, and we don't know when the Society of the Secret Eye will attack …" Edward analyzed. "If they attack before we get there, it'll be troublesome. So most of us have to stay here, and only one or two of us are needed to get reinforcements. "
"Leave it to me, I'll leave immediately." Vela stood up without hesitation. "I'm not saying this, but I'm the weakest of all the players here, and I can't help much. Just leave the legwork to me. "
The town had been attacked by the undead before, and Vela, who didn't believe in the God of Games at that time, would never forget the hope she felt when the players appeared. It was like she had been saved from the brink of death.
And now, it was time to bring hope to this ignorant and backward frogmen village that didn't even speak the same language.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Edward nodded without hesitation.
Vela immediately got up and left the place.
"Also, I have an idea," Edward said after Vela left.
"What idea?" Jessica asked curiously.
"Let the frogmen convert to the God of Games, and turn them into players," Edward replied softly.
The others looked at each other.
"That's … a little difficult," Gou Dan said uncertainly. "The frogmen definitely have their own gods, and didn't they worship Eleena as their Oracle?"
"So we'll just have Eleena tell them that their god changed its name," Edward said confidently. "Their god didn't save them anyway, so it's better to convert to the God of Games."
After a pause, he continued, "And we can also complete the permanent quest [Our Lord's Light Illuminates the Land] and get some more EXP as a reward …"
Gou Dan and Jessica: "…"
Hey, that's the real reason!
On the other hand, Joe felt that his IQ couldn't keep up with Edward's conversation, so he didn't participate in the discussion and just ate the salted fish.
Although the salted fish of the Frogmen Tribe didn't look good, because the Frogmen lived next to the ocean, they used freshly caught fish. Even though they had been salted, the salted fish still tasted quite fresh.
"Warrior, you can still eat …"
Croakatoa wobbled over and sat beside Joe, looking at Joe in disbelief as he gobbled down the fish.
Joe, who didn't know that the misunderstanding was still unresolved, thought that Croakatoa had lost his appetite because he was nervous about the upcoming battle.
"Why wouldn't I eat? This is the time to fill my stomach!" Joe thought that he wouldn't have the strength to fight if he didn't eat his fill.
"I see, you don't want to leave on an empty stomach …" Croakatoa looked at Joe with pity, making the latter feel uncomfortable. "Warrior, how long do you have left?"
Joe was confused. Didn't they say that they were allies with the frogmen? Why did it look like it was looking forward to his death?
But he quickly thought of a reason: Croakatoa's Shaman language sounded a little weird, and it might just be a grammatical problem caused by its poor learning. It was just asking how long humans could live.
"Sixty to seventy years," Joe answered casually.
"You dry skin … humans can live for sixty to seventy years in this situation?" Croakatoa was stunned.
"Only thirty to forty years in the past, but ever since we started believing in the God of Games, our lives have become much better, so we should be able to live longer." Joe sighed.
"Doesn't that mean we can even get married and have kids!" Croakatoa exclaimed. "That's quite a long time."
"Of course, isn't it? We might even be able to see our grandchildren now. "Joe, who didn't care what Croakatoa meant by 'light', said smugly.
Croakatoa hesitated for a long time before finally saying that.
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