Ye Ci stood at the bottom of the long staircase in the Saga Temple. She turned around to look at Mark, who was cowering in fear, and asked softly, "Are you sure that the thing you saw went in here?"
"Yes, my friend. I swear on all my belongings and my God that they went in here." Mark shuddered as he recalled the situation. He hugged his arms and trembled, "It's too scary. They don't even have a head. They don't have a head!"
Ye Ci waved her hand, signalling for Araunah to stop. Araunah's pale face had turned even paler, "Alright, alright, I understand." She turned back to look at the majestic temple, then looked at Mark again and asked, "Do you want to go in with me?"
"No, no, no. I don't want to! I'll wait for you here. " Mark shook his head, but when he saw Ye Ci's expression, he coughed and said, "Oh, my friend. My body is too weak. If I go in with you, I'll be a burden to you. I don't want to be a burden to you. I'll wait for you near the temple."
Ye Ci nodded. She knew that it would be best if an NPC like Mark did not go in with them. If he went in with them, it would become an escort mission. She would not be able to do anything at all. It would be better for him to stay outside, "Alright. Be careful."
"My dearest friend, if it's not too much trouble for you …" Mark rubbed his bony hands together, and a hint of greed appeared in his eyes, "If it's not too much trouble for you, can you bring back the goods that I've lost as well? I promise, I won't mistreat you. "
Ye Ci snorted and did not say anything. She turned to the pale Arauna and said, "Let's go in."
Araunah gripped his staff tightly and glanced at Mark nervously. He nodded his head and followed Ye Ci up the stairs of the shrine. Ma Ke hid far away and looked at the two people and one beast in the distance. He sighed and said, "Don't blame me if you die. I was forced to do this. Of course, it would be best if you can survive. My goods, my goods …"
Of course, Ye Ci and Araunah could not hear his mutterings. But as the two walked up the stairs, they could feel the wind blowing at them. Sand was blown into the air, and they could feel the pain when they were hit by the sand. Arauna furrowed his brows and asked Ye Ci softly, "White Elf, what was the headless monster that the merchant mentioned?"
"I don't know yet. We'll know when we see it." Ye Ci was speaking the truth. There were many headless monsters in Fate. How would she know what kind of monster would appear here?
"White Elf, why do I feel that the merchant's words are not reliable?" Arau carefully said, "If those headless monsters were so fierce and terrifying that they could rob his caravan, kill everyone in his caravan, and steal his goods, why would they leave him alive?"
Ye Ci looked at Arauna in surprise. Why would a normal NPC think of such a question? It seems that he is not far from being able to raise the level of NPCs. "He's not reliable to begin with." Ye Ci admitted to Arauna's guess. To Ye Ci, Mark was just a normal NPC. It did not matter if he was telling the truth or lying, as long as he could bring her to the temple. After all, the most important thing for her to do in order to leave the map was to enter the temple and trigger the decryption system of the map. Whether it was to kill the BOSS or to trigger the start of another quest, Ye Ci did not know. However, to Arauna, Mark was an outsider that he could not trust. Mark's deceit and sophistry could endanger his own life.
Ye Ci was not surprised by the fact that the two of them had different perspectives on the issue. However, in order to nurture Arauna's growth, Ye Ci answered his question from Arauna's perspective, "He must have some sort of connection with those headless monsters. He must have made some sort of agreement with them. That's why he suddenly appeared before us. Besides, his appearance was too sudden. Even I did not notice his presence. Something must be wrong with him. "
Arauna reached out and grabbed Ye Ci's arm when he heard her words, "White Elf, can we not enter the temple? If you think that Mark is not a good person, why should we listen to him and come to this place? Why should we enter the temple? " As he spoke, he looked up at the majestic and magnificent building and shuddered. "Let's not go in."
"Arauna, there are some things in this world that you can't escape from just because you're afraid. If you want to be a hero, you must face the difficulties head-on. Besides, if we don't come to this temple, we will never be able to leave this desert … Do you want this to happen? When we run out of food and water, we will become ordinary skeletons in this desert. We will starve to death and be eaten clean by vultures. I don't care, but you will never be able to see Yue Lan and Mara again. Is this what you want? " Although Arauner was a good assistant with powerful firepower, as an ordinary NPC, he still had a lot of shortcomings. For example, it wasn't uncommon for him to be timid and retreat in the face of difficulties.
If Arauna wanted to get rid of this problem, she had to target the thing that he cared about the most and stimulate him.
As expected, Arauner was emboldened by Ye Ci's words. He turned around and looked at the skeletons that were buried deep in the sand, and shuddered involuntarily. He quickly ran after Ye Ci. "White Elf, do you think Taku encountered these difficulties after he left the tribe?"
For Arauna, who had always wanted to become a Shaman, Taku was his highest goal and a dream that he could never reach.
"Of course, I'm afraid that he encountered more difficulties than these." Ye Ci looked at Arauna and said casually, "If he wanted to become a hero, how could it be so simple? They must have gone through hardships and difficulties that we can't imagine in places where we can't see them. "
Ye Ci stopped. She stood quietly on the stairs and looked at the rows of pillars outside the temple as if she was sensing something.
"What's wrong? White Elf? " Arauna stood behind Ye Ci. Even though he had mustered up his courage, Ye Ci's strange behavior still put a lot of pressure on him. When Ye Ci stopped and stood there, Arauna quickly asked.
"Arauna, we have to prepare for battle." Ye Ci took out her bow and shot a few flares at the bottom of the pillars to illuminate the area.
Although it was daytime, which greatly limited the use of the illumination, but under the illumination of the flares, they could clearly see many black figures on horses slowly pacing back and forth under the main hall. They were all invisible monsters. If Ye Ci had entered the area rashly, she would've alerted them, and she would've been dead by now.
"So many people on horses." Arauna gulped and got into a battle stance, "White Elf, I'm ready."
Recently, Ye Ci discovered a special use for the Cat Claw. Not only could it be used as a climbing tool, but it also had a very practical function. That was … Ye Ci swung her Cat Claw and grabbed the nearest Shadow Knight. Then, with a nimble flick of her wrist, the Shadow Knight was pulled back by Ye Ci. Arauna, The Fourth Prince, and Ye Ci immediately pounced on the Shadow Knight and beat it up. The Shadow Knight fell to the ground before it could react.
Ye Ci picked up a few gold coins and a White grade equipment from the Shadow Knight's corpse and threw them into her inventory. Then, she continued to drag the Shadow Knights back and kill them one by one.
This map was a decrypted map, similar to an Instance Dungeon. The monsters in this map would not respawn once the players killed them. Ye Ci didn't have to worry about being ambushed from behind. She only needed to attack the monsters in front of her.
Although the Shadow Knights were level 85, it wasn't a problem for Ye Ci and the others. It didn't take long for them to clear out the monsters outside the hall. Standing at the front of the hall, Ye Ci extended her hand to push open the door, but the door slowly opened before her hand could touch it.
Ye Ci was momentarily stunned. She immediately grabbed hold of Arauner and rolled to the left, hiding behind a large pillar. Ol 'Four immediately followed behind Ye Ci and hid behind the pillar, carefully concealing its fat body.
"What's wrong … …"
Arauna couldn't understand Ye Ci's sudden appearance. He curled up beside Ye Ci and looked at her in confusion.
Ye Ci placed a finger on her lips and shushed him, signaling for him to remain silent. Araunah closed his mouth. When the door of the Great Hall slowly opened, a terrifying gust of wind could be heard blowing from the Great Hall. This sound was truly terrifying.
Then, a gloomy voice was heard from the main hall. The language he spoke was obscure and difficult to understand. It was obvious that it was not a language that could be heard normally. However, Ye Ci felt that the language was familiar. She often encountered this language in large-scale Instance Dungeons in the later stages of the game. If she guessed correctly, this language should be the Demon Language. This also confirmed the theory that Saga was the Demon King Naga's subordinate. The creatures in the hall were most likely Dark Demonic Creatures.
Demonic Creatures were Holy Creatures. Holy Attacks were much more powerful than normal attacks. Therefore, in the later stages of Fate, due to the diversity of the creatures, the requirements for each class's mastery were much higher. For example, most of the Mages in the current stage of the game were Ice, Fire, and Arcane Mages. This was related to the low damage of the creatures in the current stage of the game. It was also related to the fact that the classes in the current stage of the game did not have many skills.
In the later stages of the game, as the number of skills increased, the requirement to deal damage to the monsters in the later stages of the game would also increase. It wasn't that the Erudite class was bad. It was just that there were very few players like Ye Ci who had an overpowered passive like Strength Accumulation. Naturally, they wouldn't be lacking in mana. In a battle, mana represented attack power and damage. If a player was never lacking in mana, they could naturally become Erudite. Unfortunately, there were very few situations like this. In the middle and late stages of the game, the amount of MP had become an important factor that limited the development of each class. At that time, players could only adjust their specialization based on their skills and MP.
Other than mana, there was another factor that limited the development of a player. Of course, the most important factor was Talent Points. The more Talent Points a player had, the wider the range of choices. However, the amount of Talent Points was usually fixed. The system would only reward players with Talent Points if they were able to participate in the First Blood of a dungeon or trigger a Hidden Quest.
Sometimes, Ye Ci couldn't help but think that the Talent Points reward for the First Blood was actually the system's way of widening the gap between players. The number of players was limitless, but the number of dungeons and BOSSes was limited. The number of First Blood was even more limited. Only players with better equipment, stronger abilities, and better teamwork would be able to obtain First Clears and obtain extra Talent Points. Furthermore, the Talent Points obtained would allow them to equip themselves with better equipment, allowing them to obtain more First Clears and First Five kills …
This was a cyclical situation.
In the beginning, it might not be obvious how big of a difference there was. However, in the later stages of the game, the amount of Talent Points could bring about obvious changes. For example, being able to learn more skills, being able to obtain more HP and mana, being able to strengthen defense and other indicators, being able to learn two or three types of Talent Points, and so on. The benefits were endless. This was also one of the main reasons why Ye Ci was so passionate about First Blood.
She never thought that greed was a bad thing. It just depended on the aspect. In some things, greed was actually an effective way to improve a person's growth.
Unfortunately, such people were in the minority. Such strong players were also in the minority. No matter when, there was no absolute fairness. This was the definition of this world.
Although this was a pity, looking at it from another perspective, it did not seem to be a good thing. For example, in the later stages of the game, if it was a Fire type dungeon, Ice type professions would definitely be able to deal more damage. Therefore, the team could arrange for more Ice type DPS. In the battle against Demons, they could arrange for more Priests to participate in the battle to increase Dispel and Holy damage. Such tactics were very common in the later stages of the game. However, it was still relatively rare in the early stages of the game.
Ye Ci listened to the lengthy Demon language. Although she did not understand what the other party was saying, the string of unfamiliar language was sonorous and powerful. Ye Ci secretly thought that this was very similar to an army's pledge of allegiance before they went to war.
But, where was the army?
Sometimes, Ye Ci felt that she was really unlucky. Whether it was her luck or the words she said, it had even developed into an idea now. As long as she thought of something bad, it would basically be beautifully realized. What the hell was this?
Just as Ye Ci was thinking about where the army was at the pledge of allegiance, she heard a thunderous cheer coming from the main hall. The sound was so loud that Ye Ci felt the tiles under her feet start to tremble slightly.
"What happened?" Araulna gulped nervously.
Ye Ci shook her head, indicating that he was the one who did not make a sound. Then, she looked towards the main hall's entrance that was already open. Not long after, the sound of neat horse hooves could be heard coming from the main hall. Probably because the main hall was not as spacious as the outside, when the sound of horse hooves rang out in the main hall, it was only a buzzing sound that gave people a headache. Soon, Ye Ci saw an extremely tall black horse coming out of the main hall. It had a tall flag hanging from its hip, and on its back was a knight in black armor!
The knight's armor was emitting a faint glow, making the black armor look even more magical. A long sword was hanging from his waist. The blade of the sword was shining with a silver light, and was emitting a cold aura. Of course, the most eye-catching thing about the knight was not the accessories, but the fact that there was nothing on his shoulder!
A Headless Knight.
Ye Ci's heart sank.
The Headless Knights were the hardest to deal with. Their Magic Resistance was relatively high, and their Physical Evasion was relatively high. The most effective way to deal with them was to use the Holy Words of a Priest. However, the success rate of a low-level Holy Word was relatively low. If the Priest's level was high enough, a single Holy Word could kill a Dark Creature instantly. Unfortunately, Ye Ci did not have a Priest by her side at the moment. She only had herself, a Hunter who was half physical and half magical. She also had a Dinosaur who was purely physical and a Shaman who was purely magical. It was still a little difficult to deal with this guy.
Ye Ci cast Identify on the Headless Horseman, and was left speechless. Damn, this monster was actually a level 95 Quasi-Boss monster. And his name was Pantel. In Fate, as long as an NPC monster had a name, its attack power was definitely not to be underestimated. Furthermore, this was a Quasi-Boss monster. It was definitely not easy to take advantage of it.
Just as Ye Ci was still thinking about how to deal with Pantel, she suddenly saw him walking down the stairs of the main hall. Behind him were rows of Headless Knights. They came out of the main hall one after another, and there were about 20 of them in each row. Although they were not dressed as majestically as Pantel, their armor was still neat, and their aura was extraordinary. Ye Ci counted, and the hall fell silent after about 20 rows of people. It seemed that they had reached the end of the hall.
They all followed Pantel to the bottom of the main hall, and lined up neatly in the sea of sand.
Ye Ci was afraid that these Headless Knights would see her, so she dodged and hid behind a pillar. She also summoned The Fourth Prince back. Although the pillars outside the main hall were thick, Ye Ci felt that it would be difficult to hide The Fourth Prince's fat body. In such a dangerous situation, it was better to let him hide for a while.
Pantel gathered the Headless Knights on the sand in front of the main hall and had them start training. They would gather and split up, and form various formations. After a while, Pantel waved the long sword in his hand and gathered the Headless Knights into a square formation. Then he started talking again. Ye Ci still did not understand what he was talking about, but it was not important. What was important was that Ye Ci knew that these Headless Knights would not be left alive.
But how would they kill them? This was a problem.
Ye Ci asked Arauna to hide behind a pillar while she entered Stealth. She wandered around the main hall for about 10 minutes, but Pantel did not seem to have finished talking. He continued to chatter, which made Ye Ci feel a little strange. Could it be that these demonic creatures also paid attention to large meetings and small meetings? What was it that took him so long to talk about?
Of course, this was not the main problem that Ye Ci was concerned about. The main problem was that she had to find a place where she could deal with these Headless Knights without hurting herself. Soon, Ye Ci saw two huge rocks under the main hall to the left of the Headless Knights. These two huge rocks were each as tall as a person. They were thick and large, and when stacked together, they formed a 45-degree angle, which was just enough to accommodate two or three people. These two huge rocks were backed against the foundation of the main hall. There was only a narrow entrance on the east side that could accommodate one person. As long as someone blocked the entrance, these two huge rocks could become a blind spot.
According to Ye Ci's experience in her previous life, if these huge rocks appeared in maps, there was a 90% chance that they could be used to block monsters. However, the location of this block needed to be very precise. Ye Ci decided to go to the middle of the two huge rocks to find a spot that would not only allow her and Arauna to take too much damage, but also reduce the impact of the Headless Knights' attacks. She would be able to grind them to death.
After climbing into the middle of the two huge rocks, Ye Ci looked around and realized that it was a good spot to block monsters. It could be considered as an unintentional BUG. The two huge rocks formed a triangle against the foundation of the main hall. On top of the huge rocks, the stone slabs that extended from the foundation of the main hall cleverly covered the huge rocks. It looked as sturdy as a small stone house. As long as she summoned The Fourth Prince to block the gap at the entrance, she could completely prevent the monsters from rushing in.
After the experiment, Ye Ci asked Arauna to come over quietly.
Arauna was now level 86. According to his level, he could now insert 14 totems at once. Ye Ci asked him to insert the totems around the huge rocks so that the totems formed a pot shape. As long as the monsters came in later, they would be able to kill them easily.
After making all the preparations, Ye Ci snuck out and headed towards Pantel, who was still talking nonsense at the entrance of the main hall. Ye Ci made a rough estimate. There were around two hundred to three hundred Headless Horsemen in the area. Including Pantel, they were all linked together. As long as they attacked one of them, they would not hesitate to charge in the direction of the attack and kill the enemy in the shortest time possible.
Ye Ci was on two legs, while the enemy was riding on four legs. She did not think that she could outrun them, but with a bottle of Haste Potion, she might be able to do so. Ye Ci remembered that she had obtained two bottles of Intermediate Haste Potions when fighting the Shadow Knights. They could be put to good use now. She took out a bottle and held it in her hand. At the same time, she drew her bow and shot an arrow at Pantel, who was closest to her.
Bleeding Arrow!
Hit! Continuous damage!
Ye Ci was surprised. She was really lucky. She was able to hit a monster that was 35 levels higher than her in one hit. Damn, the chance of that happening is way too low! However, she did not have time to care about this. She did not even have time to see how much HP the Bleeding Arrow had taken. She immediately turned around and drank the Haste Potion. Then, she started running towards the two huge rocks.
Of course, because there was a difference of 35 levels, the Bleeding Arrow did not deal much damage to Pantel. However, the continuous damage caused him to lose 100 to 200 HP per second. Unfortunately, this meager amount of HP was nothing compared to Pantel's recovery ability. He turned his head and looked in Ye Ci's direction. Although he did not have a head, Ye Ci could still feel his cold, snake-like gaze on her back!
Pantel had discovered her!
Wasn't that obvious? Pantell was a high-level monster. He could easily kill Ye Ci with ease. How could he not know where she was after being attacked by Pantell? Pantel let out an extremely sharp cry. Ye Ci felt the entire ground begin to tremble.
She did not dare to look back. Just by listening to these sounds, she knew how terrifying the situation behind her was.
Ye Ci's speed was not considered slow. Moreover, she had drunk an Intermediate Haste Potion. However, in this situation, Ye Ci still felt that she could not outrun the four-legged monster. She ran as fast as she could, as if she did not care about her life!
Pantel was very angry. He rushed to the front of the group and roared angrily at Ye Ci. His voice seemed to have magic. When it hit Ye Ci, her speed immediately decreased.
Damn! It was actually a sound wave attack! Ye Ci was depressed. She looked at the DUFF on her body. It actually reduced her movement speed by 50%! If this continued, wouldn't she die for sure? She looked up. She was very close to the two huge rocks. She gritted her teeth and activated the skill "Darkness Dispel" on her ring!
Pantel could not summon this skill again for the rest of the journey! He had to have a cooldown, right?
Darkness Dispel!
Immediately, the 50% movement speed reduction buff on Ye Ci disappeared. Ye Ci immediately ran towards the two huge rocks.
Pantel clearly did not expect his opponent to be able to run so fast after being hit by his sound wave attack. The advantage he had just closed the distance between them was gone. He could not help but be furious. He squeezed his horse's belly and charged towards Ye Ci without a care.
"White Elf, hurry up! That big guy is right behind you! " Arauna shouted at Ye Ci as he hid behind the huge rocks and looked out through the cracks.
Ye Ci obviously knew that Pantel was right behind her. However, she was still seven or eight meters away from the huge rocks. It would take her at least two seconds to reach them.
Sometimes, one second was very short. It was just the blink of an eye. But sometimes, one second was very long. It was long enough to decide a person's life or death.
The wind whistled past her ears. Ye Ci's body subconsciously leaned to the left. Dodge! A longsword pierced past her ear. Even though it did not hit Ye Ci, it still took away a third of her health. Ye Ci shuddered and ran even faster.
Pantel did not hit Ye Ci this time. His body paused for about a second. Then, he roared angrily. He raised his horse's front hooves high and charged towards Ye Ci!
In that instant, Ye Ci actually rolled into the middle of the huge rocks. Pantel's horse's hooves brushed past her body and stepped on the ground. A pair of deep and fierce hoofprints were left on the soft sand. Ye Ci looked back and felt a chill in her heart. She knew that if this pair of hoofprints stepped on her body, she would probably die. She did not dare to stay any longer. She immediately summoned The Fourth Prince and put him in a state of stagnation. Then, she stared at the entrance.
Ye Ci raised her eyes and looked outside through the gap. She only saw the wind and sand flying. Countless Headless Horsemen were charging towards the two huge rocks. All the aggro was now on Ye Ci. If she did not get rid of the aggro, the Fourth Prince might be stabbed to death. So, Ye Ci had to transfer all the aggro to Araunah.
She stared at the Headless Horsemen outside. Once they entered the range of the totem poles, she said to Araunah, "Start attacking!"
Although Araunah was a little nervous, he was not that afraid because he was with Ye Ci. He nodded and immediately started chanting a spell. Ye Ci immediately faked her death after Araunah's totem poles released a chain of damage.
"You have left the battle!" The system notified her.
As long as Ye Ci left the battle, she would no longer have any aggro. As long as the Fourth Prince stood at the entrance, the monsters would not attack him. This was the rule of the game. Attack the unit with the highest aggro. The team with no aggro would not attack …
Not only did the chain of lightning cause a lot of damage, but it also caused a large area of paralysis. The Headless Horsemen's movements were obviously slowed down. Ye Ci took a deep breath. She ordered Araunah to continue attacking as she opened her backpack. She remembered that she still had three bombs left. It seemed that they would come in handy now!
Just as the Headless Horsemen were running around like headless flies due to the paralysis and inertia, a bomb silently landed in the middle of them. Unfortunately, no one noticed it.
"Boom!" There was a loud explosion!
A huge crater appeared in the sand from the explosion. Sand swords flew out along with the loud explosion. They smashed into two huge boulders, but the boulders blocked most of the attack. However, some sand still rushed in through the gaps between the boulders and caused some damage to the two of them. However, it was not serious. Araunah's Rejuvenation helped the two of them recover.
Looking at the gap, they could not see anything clearly due to the smoke and dust. After a while, when the dust settled, they saw a huge crater in the sand. Many Headless Horsemen's corpses were scattered around the crater. However, some of the Headless Horsemen managed to dodge the attack, but they did not have much HP left. Moreover, due to the side effects of the bomb's shockwave, they were not very energetic and were staggering.
Although Pantel also managed to dodge the attack, he did not look too good. At least, judging from his muddle-headed appearance, he did not look too optimistic. Ye Ci used Detect on him again and found that the attack just now had reduced his HP by more than half. Now, he had less than a third of his HP left.
"7. Araunah, continue attacking!" Ye Ci saw Pantel in this state and was secretly happy. Although she did not deal much damage to this guy, with Araunah around, it would not be difficult to kill Pantel. Moreover, she and Araunah were in such a strong fortress, so they were extremely safe.
Araunah nodded. The bomb just now had given him a lot of confidence. Although there were still many Headless Horsemen scattered outside, he no longer had any fear in his heart! He closed his eyes and began to chant a spell. The totem poles inserted outside felt their master's call and began to sizzle, once again shooting out extremely powerful damage values.
Looking through the gap, Ye Ci could only see a sea of red damage values. It was very refreshing. Coupled with the experience points on the screen, she sincerely felt that this method of farming monsters was really cool. Unfortunately, this method of farming monsters required too many things. If one could not achieve any of them, they would not be able to succeed in the end. But even so, Ye Ci still felt that she had gained a lot today! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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