"Brother Yun, there's a group of people hiding over there."
A player pointed at Lin Xiao and the others, who were hiding on the other side of the sentry post.
The person called Brother Yun was a handsome silver-haired human male. He glanced at the troops hiding below the sentry post and looked at his subordinate in confusion.
"What are you trying to say?"
The subordinate's eyes flashed dangerously as he whispered.
"Those who walk the Stronghold Legion route like us are all competitors. Should we trick them?"
Brother Yun glanced at his subordinate and turned his head away. He didn't say anything.
His subordinate smiled and waved at the person beside him. He lowered his voice and whispered to the person beside him.
Soon, a dozen or so NPC soldiers on the walls of the sentry post began to lure some Demons to the other side. They attacked a small group of Demons, infuriating them, and turned to the other side of the sentry post. The small group of Demons was lured around a corner and saw two scouts hiding on the other side.
Coincidentally, the soldiers who lured the Demons to the sentry post had disappeared. The Demons, who had lost their opponents, saw the NPC scouts around the corner and charged at them.
Lin Xiao, who was behind the scouts, noticed the Demons and the soldiers on the walls the moment they appeared. He also saw who these NPCs belonged to. These NPC soldiers could clearly distinguish between ordinary NPCs and NPCs recruited by players.
He squinted his eyes and sneered.
"No matter when, no matter where, a person's bad habits will never disappear. Yun Xin, right? I'll remember you."
"Prepare for battle!"
They couldn't run, and there was nowhere to run. They could only fight. If they stayed at the sentry post, they could still receive support from the NPCs in the sentry post.
At his command, the NPC soldiers immediately got into position. The Warriors stood at the front with shields, the Archers at the back, and the Mages and Priests at the ready.
Soon, close to a thousand Demons led by a Level 75 Enhanced Elite Demon Centurion charged over. Lin Xiao looked from afar. Most of them were normal Demons. There were dozens of Level 70 Elite Demon Warriors and a few Level 72 or 73 Demon Captains and Demon Warriors.
The Level 75 Enhanced Elite Demon had more than 300,000 Health Points. Normally, it would require a team to kill it. With so many Demons under his command, Lin Xiao tapped his staff and a bolt of lightning landed on the Warriors in the front row, adding additional lightning damage to their weapons.
At this moment, Lin Xiao already felt the limitations of Thunder Mastery. Although it had high damage output, it couldn't compare to Ice Mastery or Earth Mastery in terms of control.
If it was just a normal player, it would be very good. However, for someone like him who was the leader of a fortress army and commanding hundreds of thousands of NPC subordinates, this mastery, was lacking.
"Should I find a chance to change my mastery? Or a secondary mastery, a second mastery? "
He remembered that after the opening of the Outland, the template upgrade and secondary mastery were available. However, the requirements were very harsh.
First, he had to reach the upper limit of the species level. For example, he needed to reach Level 70. For Murlocs, he only needed to reach Level 45.
This wasn't difficult. After being in the Outland for so long, he was about to reach Level 69. Reaching Level 70 was just a matter of time.
Second, he needed to reach Worship with a large faction, such as the Humans, Elves, or the Expeditionary Army.
Third, he needed to reach Worship with a faction. For example, if he wanted to take on the Fire Magic Mastery, he had to reach Worship with a faction of Fire Magic.
After these three requirements were met, he had to complete an extremely complicated and harsh quest chain.
In the past, before the Outland was opened, there was a Liver Emperor who had met the prerequisites and received the quest chain. Moreover, he had completed most of the quest chain. However, he was stumped at the last stage. At that time, that person had posted the last few steps of the quest chain on the World Channel. Lin Xiao had seen it before. It was indeed very harsh.
He had to prepare a few extremely rare items to kill a few super Bosses in the large-scale team mode. Naturally, that included super Bosses like the Giant Dragon.
It wasn't difficult to defeat the Boss. The difficult part was the limited time mode. This required a super strong team to kill the Boss quickly without being wiped out. It was very difficult.
Anyway, after Lin Xiao had seen these few quests, he decided to wait until he was strong enough to try it again. Or rather, he would change his method.
According to the system, after the Outland was opened, there would be other ways to upgrade the template or secondary mastery. One of the simplest ways was to exchange merit points. The Expeditionary Army reputation system would give out a few quotas every year.
While he was in a daze, the Devil and the first wave of his subordinates had collided head-on. The soldiers faced the Devil fearlessly and rushed forward.
In an instant, the dense green HP bars in the front row began to turn yellow and then red. The Priests at the back couldn't heal them even with all kinds of healing spells.
Seeing that the front row was about to fall, Shen Yuexin cast a large-scale healing prayer and raised the HP of the soldiers in the range.
"Crackle …"
A thundercloud covering an area of up to 60 yards shrouded the battlefield. Dense lightning fell like rain. With the bonus of his talent, each lightning bolt could deal thousands of damage. The dense number of damage numbers appeared in front of his eyes.
Ordinary Devils had about 6,000 HP. After two rounds, a large number of injured Devils died. After four rounds, the front row was cleared out.
However, compared to the thousands of Devils, the number of casualties was nothing. The most important thing was that they were in a field battle. The combat power of the human NPC soldiers was inferior to that of the Devils.
The standard NPC soldiers were Level 55, while the standard Devil soldiers were Level 60. In a situation where both of them were ordinary templates, the Devils not only had racial bonuses to their HP and Attack, but their levels were also five levels higher. It was impossible to defeat them.
In the thirteenth second, the first wave of Warriors began to die. Even the Priests couldn't heal them.
Fortunately, the battle here attracted the attention of the sentries. Previously, when the Devils divided their troops, most of the players on the wall of the sentries were indifferent. The two competitors were even gloating in their hearts. However, the NPCs were still fair. In addition, the Devils divided their troops to reduce the pressure on the other side. They immediately sent a group of soldiers over, including a few powerful Ice Mages. From the top of the wall of the sentries, they cast Blizzard to slow down the Devils.
Lin Xiao immediately seized the opportunity and ordered his subordinates to fight while retreating. They maintained a certain distance from the Devils and circled around the sentries to kite. At the same time, he constantly cast Thundercloud and Blizzard.
As he slowed down, he burst out with high damage. Soon, he cleared out wave after wave of Devils.
"I need to level up my Mage NPC!"
Ice Mages were really good. However, newly recruited Ice Mages didn't have such large-scale Blizzard. They had to be at least Level 60 to be equipped with it. Even Elite Mages were the same.
NPCs were different from players.
With the support of a few Ice Mages on the wall, they barely blocked the Devils' attack. Wave after wave of Normal Devils died under the double damage of Blizzard and Thundercloud. There were even a few Elite Devils among them.
When about two hundred Normal Devils died, the Centurion Commander couldn't sit still anymore. He raised his several-meter-long sword and personally launched an attack.
In this situation, Lin Xiao had no way to retreat. If he ran away, he would be too far away from the sentries and lose the support of the Mages and Archers on the wall. He would only die faster. He could only risk it.
Under the temporary command of his girlfriend, he buffed himself with a Lightning Shield and rushed towards the Devils' main force.
Now that he was at level 68, he had an additional 340 points of Intelligence. In addition to the normal leveling and equipment bonuses, he now had nearly 700 points of Intelligence. The Lightning Shield dealt lightning damage equal to the caster's Intelligence * 0.6, which was 420 points. In addition to the 400 points of Magic Damage, he had a total of 870 Magic Damage.
He charged into the Devils' horde and cast a Lightning Force Field that covered a 60-yard radius. Enemies in the area were stunned for two seconds and then paralyzed for four seconds. Another wave of Lightning Chain that he had learned at Level 60 exploded. Another wave of Thundercloud fell, and all the Normal Devils in the area were killed in a short two seconds.
The remaining Elite Devils were paralyzed. They could attack but couldn't move. They were ground to death by the continuous Thundercloud and Blizzard.
At this time, the Centurion Commander had already rushed over. It charged at Nie Yan from afar. Its huge body was six meters tall and wrapped in a terrifying aura. The huge force sent Nie Yan flying over a dozen yards. He fell to the ground in a Stunned state.
One yard was equivalent to 0.9 meters. Ten yards was nine meters.
Fortunately, the Devils around him had been cleared. Otherwise, he would've been chopped to death in a matter of minutes.
A group of Warriors rushed up to protect Nie Yan. The Centurion Commander used its four-meter-long sword to kill the Warriors one by one.
A Level 73 Strengthened Elite already had ridiculously high attack power. The suppression it had on a Level 55 Normal NPC was too great. It could definitely one-shot the NPC.
However, Lin Xiao had a few seconds to recover from the stun. He immediately used Lightning Strike to stun the Centurion on the spot, then turned around and ran. The two Elite Warriors quickly rushed up and raised their shields. In the next second, they were swept away. Their HP of more than 10,000 was instantly reduced by two-thirds. Fortunately, they were still alive.
"There's no way to block it at all!"
Lin Xiao was speechless. The level difference was too great. He was immune to most of the Fireballs and Frost Arrows from the ranged Archers and Mages. Even if he did take damage, it would only take a few dozen damage. Compared to the Centurion Commander's 300,000 HP, it was nothing.
If they surrounded the Centurion Commander, they might've been able to wear him down. However, the problem was that there were more Devils than them.
Furthermore, there were only a few Mages on the walls. They couldn't control so many Devils. After the Centurion Commander broke through the defensive line, the remaining Devils swarmed forward.
Three minutes later, Lin Xiao resurrected at the Eagle Lookout Altar with his face covered in dirt. His girlfriend stood beside the altar and held his hand to encourage him.
"Don't be discouraged. It's only a temporary defeat."
His girlfriend could fly. After confirming that there was nothing she could do, she directly flew to the Eagle Lookout Tower to take refuge. If he couldn't fly, then there was nothing he could do.
Holding his girlfriend's soft little hand, he felt a lot more comfortable. He held her hand and said,
"Don't worry. This loss is nothing. I can accept it."
Lin Xiao raised his head and looked to the side. Yun Xin was walking over surrounded by several subordinates. He looked at Lin Xiao apologetically and said, "My apologies.
My subordinates were preparing to lure the Devils away to relieve the pressure on the Eagle Lookout Tower. I didn't expect you to be there. "
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