Chapter Seventy-Seven: Escort Mission
The mission of this dungeon is to escort Luo Wanjin and Wan Chongshan, two surviving soldiers who have survived the war, who are in the hinterland of the hostile camp, back to their camp. The task is clear, but it is clearly not easy to accomplish. Nightshade and their all-Assassin mercenary squad would have made it extremely easy to reach their destination if they used the skill of stealth. It's a pity that the two soldiers who need protection are currently seriously injured and have low combat effectiveness, but they don't have any special skills, and they are currently seriously injured, even ordinary actions are extremely difficult, and on the way to escape, they are obvious live targets, which adds great difficulty to the actions of the whole team.
But when you think about it, it's relieved that if it can be completed so easily, it won't become a quest for players to challenge.
From the two soldiers' accounts, Nightshade and the others learned the story of the dungeon. Luo Wanjin and Wan Chongshan are the soldiers of the border guard battalion belonging to the main city of Tianji, some time ago, the soldiers of the guard battalion found the army of an unknown hostile force that had sneaked into Shenzhou, this army was strong in combat and had occupied a lot of territory on the border. In order to find out the military situation of the hostile forces' troops and report them to the higher military camps, the border guard battalion sent a reconnaissance team of 100 people, led by an officer, to sneak into the area of the hostile forces, and then divide into several small detachments to act separately. Luo Wanjin and Wan Chongshan were divided into a small team, and their missions were very smooth before, but unfortunately they later encountered the cavalry of the hostile forces, and under the fighting between the two, they suffered heavy casualties, leaving only the two of them, and then they met the Night Shadow. As for the members of the other squads, they have long since lost contact with each other because of the escape.
"How do you know that the Phantom is on the same side as you, after all, she met you in the confines of this hostile camp?"
"Haha, you're just joking! General Phantom is wearing the high-grade military uniform of our Shenzhou Guard, and he is also wearing two military merit medals, which can't be faked. As her friends, we have reason to believe that you also have the idea of defending your family and country, and you also have high skills. With you, we will be able to safely deliver the military intelligence of this spy to the border guard camp and report it to the general. ”
"That's for sure! We'll do everything we can to get you both to the border guard camp safely. ”
After packing up their things, the 9 people cleared the traces of their temporary stay and set off in the hazy night. The purpose of this is to prevent the scouts of the opposing camp from finding clues to their own side of the movement, so as to deduce the route of action. Acting at night, with the cover of the night, it is not easy to be discovered by the other party.
According to the descriptions of the two soldiers, the members of the mercenary team understood that from the place of departure to their destination, they had to cross a plain and a hilly area. These two areas are the blockade range of the hostile army, and there are patrols of the hostile cavalry anytime and anywhere, due to the intervention of the reconnaissance team during this time, the patrol of the hostile cavalry has significantly increased the number of personnel and times, not only that, but there are countless ferocious beasts in these two areas, and if you don't have the strength, it is easy to lose your life.
Although it's a game, the environment of this game is obviously not much different from reality, there are no hints of any game monsters and routes, and the Night Shadow is not familiar with this place, but fortunately, the two soldiers have been fighting here for a long time, and they have a clear understanding of the environment and direction of this place, so the group will protect the two soldiers in the center, relying on their guidance to advance cautiously towards the destination.
Both are assassins, both possess stealth skills, but there are obvious differences. The stealth skills of several of them in the empty city are all rudimentary, and they can be invisible in front of characters and monsters below their level, once the monster level is higher than them, or the character realm is higher than them, their stealth loses its meaning.
Nightshade was taught the skills of primary stealth by his master in the Forgotten Village, and later in the Forgotten Lands for the first time he brushed a copy to get a stealth skill book to learn and improve a level, and then the ethereal real person directly raised all of Nightshade's skills by a level, and now Nightshadow has been upgraded to level 3 in the skill of stealth. Each level up of this skill allows you to cross 10 levels against enemies. For example, Nightshade is now level 60, so monsters below level 90 can stealthily walk around them without being detected.
In this way, Nightshade became the scout of the team, walking in front of the team to check for possible dangers as much as possible.
The distribution of beasts in this plain is relatively sparse, most of them are about 70 levels, and with the night shadow in front of them, the group can always pick the route with the least monsters to walk. Along the way, the few of them in the empty city did not let the two soldiers do it, and they easily killed the monsters along the way. One is that their rank and number can easily handle these small number of beasts, even if they are unlucky enough to die, they can be resurrected and start over, and the other is that the current task is to escort these two people to arrive safely, if they are not careful, these two seriously injured soldiers are killed by monsters, then the task cannot be completed, and all the efforts of this copy will be in vain.
"Damn the enemy, they're coming!" There was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance behind them, and Luo Wanjin and Wan Chongshan changed their faces in shock, "There are many people, I'm afraid it won't be less than 100 horses!What should I do?"
Although there have been traces of hiding before, but all the way to kill, in a hurry, there will be some unnoticed places, originally pinned on the refresh of the system, but unfortunately it should not be in time, these more or less traces are like road signs to guide the tracking of the hostile patrol.
Wan Chongshan's face turned pale, looking at the team of few people on his side, he lost his previous confidence for a while. "It's over, there are so many people, how can we go back and report the enemy situation to the general!"
"Okay, partners, don't scare yourself, this battlefield of life and death has been experienced, what else can't be passed, if you can't avoid it, the big deal is to die in battle! "But don't worry, before they can attack you, you'll have to take us down!"
As a soldier, when he put on that military uniform, he had already put life and death out of the way, and if he really couldn't escape, then he could kill a few more enemies and die a dignified death! Holding the weapon in his hand, the eyes of the two were extremely firm.
"Quick, there's a small hole in the dry ditch here, dig them in and hide them in again, and make a cover to block them!" "Since Night Shadow began to cultivate spiritual power and spiritual veins, his sensing ability was many times stronger than the rest of the people, and he had already noticed the loud sound caused by the galloping cavalry behind him. The missionaries must not be able to die, there are many enemies, and it is inevitable that there will be places that cannot be taken care of, rather than putting their lives at risk, it is better to hide them and wait for this attack to end. After some searching, he finally found a small hole where only one person was hiding, and he had an idea.
Soon the two soldiers were hidden, and then completely erased the traces of activity in the vicinity, and several people rushed to the other direction to lurk, deliberately making some walking traces along the way, leading these enemy troops to track, and keeping the two soldiers away from the battlefield.
"It's coming!" Nightshade shouted in the Mercenary Channel.
"Well, it's their misfortune to meet us!" Liu Nian gestured with the weapon in his hand and smiled murderously.
"Hehe, I've been cutting monsters all day long, I haven't killed people for a long time, and it's just in time!" came the vicious voice of soot.
The enemy was getting closer and closer, and the rumbling hooves were loud in the silent night, and they rode tall horses, dressed in jet-black armor, holding long weapons in their hands, and carrying huge bows and arrows on their backs, and rushed straight in the direction of Nightshadow's mercenary squad like the wind. Nightshade made a rough estimate, and there were about a hundred and ten people.
The empty city of the enemy cavalry reached the close range and immediately stuck to it silently, and the sound of sharp blades piercing into the body sliced, the cavalry rushing to the front could not react, and several people fell in an instant. The uncontrolled horses panicked, and the cavalry that was galloping behind them crashed head-on, and there was a neighing of horses, and the enemy's advancing ranks panicked. Taking advantage of the cover of the night, such a chaotic scene was a good opportunity for assassination, and the mercenary squad raised their swords, and some hostile soldiers fell.
"Haha, have you noticed, there is also experience in killing, and this experience is quite a lot, kill one of us outside to kill several monsters of the same level!"
Hearing the reminder of vitamin life, the rest of the mercenary team became excited, and the attacks in their hands became more and more intense.
Nightshade is a girl, and in the face of such a bloody killing scene, they are forced to stay far away by the empty city. Nightshade has the class skills of an archer and is better suited for attacking from a distance. Finding the longest distance that could be used to effectively attack, Nightshade constantly changed the field, using the arrows picked up in the ring, under the cover of night, to constantly harvest the lives of the enemy.
The mercenary squad's strong attack caught the cavalry off guard, but after all, it was a well-trained army, and they quickly organized their ranks, divided into squads, and began to defend and attack.
Assassins, who pay attention to one hit and then flee far away, are better at sneak attacks. It is a disadvantage to attack the enemy head-on. Although the Assassin's stealth skills are good, they are in a state of truce, and once they attack the enemy, they will reveal their body. In the face of the orderly attack of the enemy army at this time, it was difficult to start for a while.