Chapter 176: Each has a ghost
Sherlock's place where they are stationed is relatively remote, and it is still a little far from the center of the mage group, not to mention that there are still crowds of people, so he can only observe through Arashi's perspective.
This kind of group spell should be the second time he has encountered it, the last time it was when he was fighting for the first pass of the demon outpost, the Glory Guild arranged a five-person group spell to control the boss of the third level, the Demon Hunting Spider.
This time the number has multiplied tenfold, and I don't know what kind of powerful spell it will be.
Perhaps because of the group spell, the chanting time was unusually long, and it took a full three minutes for the group of mages to finally complete the spell.
The massive magic condensed into a bright point of light, slowly rising from among them.
"Everyone, close your eyes!"
Hearing the captain's shout, Sherlock instantly realized what was going to happen, sent a command to Arashi, and then closed his eyes and buried his head in his arm.
After a few seconds, he felt a blinding glow hit his eyelids, which lasted for about 10 seconds.
It was only after the sense of light returned to normal that he opened his eyes again, and there was a bright light in his eyes.
The Snake Valley, which was still dimly lit just now, was as bright as day, and a huge white ball of light overhead enveloped the entire area.
It's not going to last a night, Sherlock has already gotten the answer, it's just that it's so shocking that the player already has this ability.
"Prepare to enter the valley!" As the regiment commander, Dean naturally knew about the entire battle arrangement, so he was not too surprised.
Sherlock collected his thoughts and contacted his partners who were still outside.
As soon as they enter the inner valley, the army of players will face the lair boss Golden Python and its little brothers, and they must hurry in to attract the attention of the other party while the final boss Sigris has not yet come out.
The four people who were waiting not far from Snake Valley completed the Stormhammer trade as soon as they received Sherlock's message, and Logan and Nina walked into Snake Valley with the quest items.
The first part of their plan is to get close to the NPC, so Mikoto Misaka and Kuroko, who are thieves, can only stay outside the valley for the time being, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the other party.
"Adventurer, send the Stormhammer here." Sigris, located on an altar in the depths of the Snake Valley, instantly felt the spell mark on the Stormhammer, conveying his thoughts through the lightning emblem.
The Thunderbolt Emblem's idea transmission function is short-distance and single-item, and Rogan naturally can't reply, so he can only follow the path pointed out by the NPC to the interior of Snake Valley.
"Commander, my friend asked me to go to their group, I'm sorry!" The plan officially began, and Sherlock had to rush to the round immediately, so he made up a random reason to quit the group.
Although this kind of group does not restrict the freedom of the members, it is still necessary to say it before leaving, which is the basic quality of being a player.
Rejecting Dean's retention, he ran in the direction of Logan, time was pressing, the golden python had already appeared, they had to deal with the NPC mage before the lair boss was killed, otherwise everything would be someone else's wedding dress.
"Let's go!" After receiving Sherlock, Logan walked along a remote path without saying a word, and the mutated golden-threaded snakes on the road also got out of the way under Sigris's instructions.
There aren't a lot of players in this position, and most of them are also busy farming, only a few people noticed that three players were surrounded by snakes, but they only cursed two idiots in their hearts, and forgot about it in a blink of an eye.
It's no surprise that in such intense battles, players die every second.
The three of them followed the path spread out by the golden snake, bypassed the huge golden python, and finally passed through a rock wall to the innermost part of the snake valley.
This seems to be an illusion enchantment, and you can't feel the space inside at all from the outside, whether it's vision or the other four senses, it's obscured.
But Sherlock, who was on the outside, saw it clearly, and the golden python's tail swept up a storm and blew the player in front of him away.
"Adventurers, give me the Stormhammer, and you will be rewarded."
This area is not very large, about 300 square meters, except for a high platform erected in the center, there is only a relatively delicate stone house left.
A Terran mage in blue robes stood on the altar and said to the trio.
"Honorable Mage, two of my druid friends have also been of great help to me in retrieving the Stormhammer, and I wonder if they will receive your gift as much as I do." Rogan didn't hand over the Stormhammer, and slowly approached as he lifted the conditions.
"Of course, but you'll have to give me the Stormhammer first." Sigris felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
These greedy adventurers always want more, but without a reasonable reason, he can't completely break the rules set by the Lord God, so he can only agree to it temporarily, which is why he has never wanted to deal with them.
"Sigris-sama, I don't know if you can reward us with the task first, you know, in the face of a big man like you, we are always a little uneasy if we don't get something."
Logan's words are beautiful, but in fact, they mean the same thing, I'm afraid that you will cheat.
As mentioned before, some high-level NPCs in the Forgotten Realm have a lot of autonomy, and they can make some adjustments to the quest rewards or something.
It's okay for the kind and orderly camp, as long as you don't mess with them, you generally won't go too far.
The NPCs of the chaotic or evil camps are not certain, although there is a range of value for the quest reward, and they can't break it, but they can give you something messy but with a high value.
For example, ordinary equipment and skills that far exceed the player's level, strange objects with harsh usage conditions, broken treasure maps, and so on.
There have even been cases of players being killed by an NPC just after receiving a reward.
The former is the usual routine of the orderly evil, and the latter is the classic behavior of the chaotic evil camp.
Therefore, when many players take the tasks of the NPCs of these two camps, they will have two more eyes, and they really can't negotiate and then hand over the tasks honestly.
"Adventurer, don't get an inch, give me the Stormhammer." Sigris could barely control his anger.
"Well, I hope you'll keep your word." Luo Gen came to just give it a try, and since he couldn't cheat the task reward, he could only go directly to the last step.
Looking at the barbarians who walked up to the altar step by step, Sigris's spirit also eased, of course the reward will not be deducted, but these few people don't want to get out of the snake valley alive.
Once he got the Stormhammer, he would be able to free himself from the devouring of the altar, not only the adventurers, but also those outside, not a single one of them would want to run.