"That's right, compared to a poor village like this, the mountain bandits' hideout is the real treasure trove!" Seeing that Edward was starting to waver, Jom struck while the iron was hot, "And after the two waves of attacks just now, other than the Boss Barren Giant, there shouldn't be many enemies left in the hideout!"
Indeed, the two waves of attacks at noon and at night had crippled nearly sixty of the enemy's men, and all of them were young and strong. Even for a large bandit nest, there were only so many of them left. After all, if they were any larger, it would easily cause unrest and summon the surrounding churches to wipe them out.
Even though the mountain bandits had a record of defeating the Holy Army of the Courtyard of Grains, that didn't mean much, the Holy Army of the Courtyard of Grains was the weakest among the large churches, you couldn't expect a bunch of peasants without any supernatural blessing to be that strong, could you?
And it was precisely because of this that the Church's influence was lacking, even though the God of Harvest had many believers in the mortal realm, he was still stuck at the edge of becoming a higher god, unable to take another step forward and become a Divine Father.
"That's true, but do you know where the mountain bandits' hideout is?"
Edward wasn't the kind of person who would act on impulse, so he immediately asked, "Don't worry about it.
"Uh …" Jom was immediately silenced by his question.
That's right, where was the mountain bandits' hideout?
Could he interrogate the captives? He looked around the battlefield and saw that the only thing still breathing was a dying chocobo … A group of players were gathered around the chocobo, discussing how long it could live and whether Coca-Cola would be of any use to it, it was an eerie scene.
No wonder the villagers didn't dare approach the players.
At that moment, the scrawny gray Shar-Pei that had been listening to their entire conversation suddenly stood up and started barking at Jom.
"Where did this dog come from?" Eggface frowned, feeling that things weren't as simple as they seemed.
The Shar-Pei ignored Eggface, barking furiously at Jom.
After a moment of confusion, Jom suddenly came to a realization. "You want to avenge your master?"
The Shar-Pei didn't nod, it just stopped barking and started sniffing the ground. After a while, it ran in the direction of the mountain bandits, turning back to bark at Jom after a while.
"Let's follow them."
Jem told the story of the dog to Edward and the others, and Edward made up his mind immediately.
The other players naturally decided to tag along. They had come here to join in the fun and fight the Boss. What was the point of staying in this desolate village?
Most of the villagers stayed in the village, but a few hunters led by Joey followed the players.
"We're going to fight the barren giant, what are you guys doing here?" Terry asked Joey on the way. "You're just getting in the way."
He was a very straightforward person, and he had no intention of hiding his thoughts. He clearly put his true intentions out in the open.
— — You guys are too weak. You'll only hold us back during the boss fight.
"I know we probably won't be of much help." Joey was silent for a moment. He now knew that his initial guess seemed to be wrong. These two youths were not children who were thrown into the battlefield at a young age. Their personalities were not cultivated from witnessing bloodshed. Instead, they were cultivated from living with those strange fellows who did not know why they were foolishly laughing even though they were about to face an incomparably powerful enemy. They even had the time to tell funny jokes.
But even though these people behaved strangely, sometimes even a little idiotic, in Joey's eyes, they were unquestionably good people. Terry and Jom would have a better life with these people than with him, so he didn't mention adopting them anymore. "But at least we can watch your fight, and if anything happens, we can rush back to the village so they can prepare in advance."
Jom glanced at him but didn't say anything, and Terry didn't continue chasing them back.
As for the other players, their attitude was even simpler — — they were just neutral units, and their levels were so low, it didn't matter if they were here or not.
When the players, led by Shar Pei, arrived at the mountain bandits' hideout, they realized that they seemed to have underestimated this group of bandits.
The mountain bandits' hideout was built on a cliff, but 'built' wasn't the right word, because they had hollowed out the middle of the cliff and made it their hideout.
So the players had no choice but to look up at the bandits' hideout as they discussed how to attack it.
Some of the players even posted pictures and the current situation on the forums, allowing players who couldn't make it in time to join the discussion and express their thoughts.
When the players got close to the hideout, the thing they thought was a giant rock at the bottom of the cliff suddenly came to life, swinging a fist the size of a private car at them!
"This is the Barren Giant?" Jom, who bore the brunt of the attack, immediately felt that something was wrong after he dodged the enemy's slightly clumsy attack. He realized that while the stone man's attack was powerful, it could create a large crater in the ground with a single punch, and if a normal person was hit, they'd probably be turned into a pancake. But it was just too slow, it couldn't pose much of a threat to the players.
But then a health bar and name appeared above the head of the stone man that attacked them.
[Stone Giant Soldier, Elite, Level 12]
Then more stone giants appeared from the ground, a rough count and there were more than ten of them!
"These things seem to be the Barren Giant's servants, let's kill them before the boss comes out!" Edward, who had gained experience from killing monsters, immediately started commanding the players to gang up on the stone giants.
These high attack and defense but extremely slow stone giants were no match for the players, and soon most of them were killed, leaving only a few behind.
Obviously, the people who set up the defense didn't expect the stone giants to be defeated so easily, it wasn't until the stone giants were almost completely wiped out that a rhythmic tremor came from the ground.
Thud, thud —
Thud, thud —
Then, a hand several times the size of the stone giant's entire body slammed into the cliff, and a terrifying figure that was hidden by the cliff slowly emerged from behind.
It was a monster that was almost thirty meters tall, almost as tall as the cliff, its weight immeasurable, but every step it took shook the earth and mountains. It was a super creature that could crush a tree that would take two people to wrap their arms around it with a single stomp, and could even rival a dragon in adulthood.
It looked like a human, but its body was covered in spikes that looked like stone pillars, and its skin was as hard as a city wall. Other than a giant gray eye, it had no other organs on its face.
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