Panicked when he saw the blood: "Nani? Why? ”

Su Cheng's heart was like iron: "First, it's a task now." Second, points will be deducted for interrupting all explorations and chats with career clues! ”

"Wait, wait, wait—when did this second rule come out? I don't know! ”

"Just came out! It starts with you! ”

The military service system on the island of Velana is different. Soldiers are professional, and soldiers can decide the time of retirement according to the amount of their military merits. The more and higher the military merit, the more pension. As for those who do not have any decent military functions, they can only retire when they reach old age and receive a meager salary that barely supports the family. Therefore, the soldiers on the island are willing to take on as many tasks as possible when they are in the prime of life, and some people remain in the army after obtaining the qualification for retirement, participating in the tasks they have determined, in the hope of getting a higher pension after retirement.

"This mission, because it is quite dangerous, so the reward is very high. After successful completion, my pension can be increased by at least 20%! The guard looked proud: "Actually, I could have retired two years ago, but because I was worried that Sandra had not yet become chief, I took the initiative to stay." Hehe, in the past two days, I have finally done Sandra a little favor. I don't think I wasted these two years! ”

The guards do know everything about the island. When Seven Swords found that nearly half of the supplies such as water in the backpack were used, the group happened to walk to the foot of the volcano.

Mount Velana is different from a normal ring volcano in that it has an opening in its ring. The guards said that a lord-level flame giant appeared in the volcano hundreds of years ago, and set half of Velana on fire. At that time, the chief personally stepped out and lured the Flame Lord to the bay, where a great battle was fought and the ground cracked. The Flame Lord fled back to the volcano after being wounded, and the chief pursued him, eventually killing him with the Flame Lord, leaving a gap in the volcanic ring hundreds of paces long. "It took dozens of generations of the royal family to sacrifice to leave a stable life for Vilena. Therefore Garza was so perverse, and the people could endure it in silence. ”

Looking from a high ground along the gap, the smoke in the crater is not heavy, and you can see the dark red magma cracking golden red lines from time to time, and the hotter magma is pouring up, replacing the slightly cool magma. Dozens of flames danced on the magma plane, like humans dancing.

The guard introduced: "Those fire balls are fire spirits. As we get closer, we can see that they are no different from humans except that they are surrounded by flames. We only need to kill the biggest fire spirit to complete the mission. ”

Su Su was speechless: "We don't have such a high flame resistance, we can't fight people on magma!" ”

"So they need to be drawn out, to the ground beyond the pass. Can't lead too much. The old way was to lead one or two out one by two until the biggest one was killed. ”

"Just use this?" Su Cheng took out the three arrows that Sandra handed him, feeling that the number was too small.

"Huh." The guard smiled slyly, "Miss Sandra values you very much. These arrows were used to tempt the Flame Lord. The Fire Elves only need to have normal flammable materials to attract them. ”

Su Cheng was faintly uneasy in his heart: This Sandra can't be a crow, right? If there really is a Flame Giant or even a Lord, this task will be in suspense!

The guards led the Seven Swords to collect dead branches and leaves in the woods a little farther away: "These things can lure the fire elves over." Bring more and use it more conveniently – but use less every time. ”

Not quite right, indeed. When everyone approached the gap in the volcanic ring, they found that the dozen or so fire spirits were very evenly sized, and none of them were particularly large enough to be the ultimate goal. The guard's throat was dry: "It's not good." This situation is usually a sign that the Flame Giant has been born! ”

I looked at it several times but didn't find it. Su Susu asked him, "Brother, where is the flame giant you are talking about?" Why didn't I see it? ”

"Under the lava. Fire Spirits can enhance themselves by devouring other Fire Spirits. When the group is large enough and the members are similar. To be able to live in harmony can only be an existence that everyone needs to look up to to make rules and maintain order. ”

Su Cheng asked him, "How should this situation be handled?" ”

"Try to test it as much as you can, and see if you can determine the strength of the Flame Giant. Then everyone went back and discussed what to do. Alas, hopefully this is not true! ”

As an elemental monster, the fire spirit has an elemental perception range in addition to the hatred range, and usually these two perception ranges of the elemental monster coincide with each other.

The level of the fire spirit is forty, and the attack method is to scorch the opponent with a fire-breathing body in close quarters, and is not afraid of ordinary fire spells, and has its own damage reduction effect when it is damaged by physical attacks. Of course, Su Cheng would not take the initiative to use the Vermilion Bird Fire to attack these ordinary monsters, and would use javelins to attack like everyone else. A single fire spirit only needs two waves of seven swords to gather fire. When two come out together, it will take some time; When the three are out together, the seven swords cannot be guaranteed to be undamaged. In this case, you can only withdraw from the fire elves' hatred range and start over.

The Flame Elves were reduced one by one, and the last three were all farther away from the magma core, and ordinary ignitions were no longer effective.

Su Cheng took out an arrow that Sandra handed him: "Su Sushu, take it and shoot it on the magma side, the location, it's in the core area and our midpoint." ”

An arrow was fired, and a flame ignited at the landing point, instantly transforming into a small flame spirit more than two feet tall. The three large flame spirits were like bonfires blown by the wind, and the flames on their heads surged upward, and at the same time set off to pounce on the small fire. The flame elf closest to everyone got the convenience of the platform, rushed to the side of the small flame elf first, opened his mouth and sucked the little flame elf into his mouth, and his body was also shocked, and he grew more than half a foot taller. Devouring its kind, the flame elf also spotted a group of intruders at the same time, wisps of fire like arms waved, and three flame elves pounced on the seven swords at the same time.

Before Su Cheng and the others could make a move, a golden hole suddenly cracked in the core area of the magma, and one person said, "Three fools!" If you want to die, it's better to die in your brother's mouth! "The voice is like a broken hair dryer, with a 'whoop' gasp. The three flame spirits stopped at the same time, and then rushed in three directions in unison.

The crack in the magma core area suddenly made a 'pop' sound, as if a big bubble came out, exploding a golden light, the light dissipated, and a flame giant with a height of more than three meters jumped out of the crack, and the flame arm slapped left and right, catching the two fleeing flame spirits in their hands. Lava erupted from the Flame Giant's fingers, and more flames clinged to the Flame Giant's palm and arm, merging with the Flame Giant.

Devouring two low-level kinders, the growth of the Flame Giant is not obvious.

The third flame spirit was to flee to the end of the Seven Swords in a panic. The seven swords were not polite, the six people gathered the fire, and the Tianshan Wonder Man held the shield to block the way of the fire elves.

The Flame Spirit fell to the ground, bursting out with a fist-sized red crystal. Su Cheng scooped it up and sent a picture: Molten Heart. Increases fire elemental affinity. When used in moderation, it can enhance the lethality of fire-based magic.

The Flame Giant, who was still in the center of the magma, saw Twilight Orange take the Molten Heart, and exclaimed, "Bad luck." raised a dozen of them, and one of them came out useful, and they were destroyed by you! Hand over the Molten Heart, and I'll be kind enough to let you out of here! ”

Twilight Orange didn't reply, only chatting with the guards: "What will happen if we fight?" ”

The guards stared at the Flame Giant and replied, "Death Light!" With any luck, you can escape here. But where can you escape? If you don't surrender the Molten Heart, the Flame Giant will hunt you down throughout the entire range of Velana! It's going to go all the way – we can't afford to lose. ”

Dumb talk! Su Cheng scolded in his heart: Let it eat this, its strength will be stronger! Maybe it's so strong that we don't have the right to negotiate! Besides, Brother is going to use this as bait - you can't let the last bloodline of the royal family of Velana be used as bait, right? "Scatter and flee. Be careful not to run away from places with a lot of combustibles! ”

Two people didn't listen to Boss Su's command and fled to the woods not far away.

Escaping from the crater range, the avatars of Su Susu and Ajibayi also became black and white. After two seconds, the avatar returns to color.

Su Cheng said: "Deliberately, right?" Did you die out? ”

Su Shushu grinned: "The boss is the boss, and we will never think that we are running around without listening to the command!" I also wonder if I'll be kicked out of Vilana this time by hanging up! Luckily, we died and returned to the palace! It's just that the durability of weapons and equipment is terrible! ”

According to Arnold's confession, during this mission, the player who dies will be punished by 'returning to the novice village'. Now there are two people who have tried the law, but they only died and returned to the palace of Wilana, indicating that the system recognizes that the Seven Swords have completed the trial task assigned by Arnold. Everyone's hearts are full of light!

After escaping, the guards also breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought I was going to die!" Well done little guys. The Flame Giant didn't come to hunt down everyone, probably to better integrate the power of those two Flame Elves! Either way, we've found out about this year's flames, and we can go back and make a difference. ”

When he saw the blood, he sprayed venom again: "Who said the day before yesterday that it seems that he can sacrifice his life for Verana and Sandra!" Now I'm just thinking about ...... difference."

The guard did not blush: "Young man, life is precious!" If I die here, how do you think it can help this? As you can see, this flame giant is definitely not something that a few of us can deal with right now! Bringing back the information and letting everyone discuss a better solution is the way to go! ”

Boss Su spoke: "What Brother Guard said is very reasonable. We rushed back to be more confident when we returned! At first sight, if you have a way to deal with the current situation, then tell everyone about it! ”

"What can I do? Her Royal Highness has a way, okay? By the way, the trial mission is considered complete, is the restriction of seven people entering Velana still valid? If it doesn't work, we can bring people in! Brother Bing, how many people do you think it will take to overthrow this flame giant with our strength? ”

The solution was figured out by everyone. The guard didn't shirk, he looked everyone up and down before saying, "If all of you have the strength of the Lord, ten people may be able to kill this demonic beast." If it's all of your strength, you need at least forty people! ”

Vomiting blood at sight: Am I that bad?

The guard said: "People with balanced attributes may not necessarily have strong combat effectiveness, but in the face of people with balanced attributes and higher attributes than you, you can't use simple addition and subtraction to measure the gap between you!" ”

The words made everyone look at each other.

Sanqi asked, "Then tell me, if we have infighting, how many people will it take to win Lord Twilight?" ”

"I don't know if the Lord has ever studied magic, and if he has magical abilities, the five of you together will probably not be his match...... Add two people with similar abilities, and you should be able to win miserably! ”

Boss Su not only knows magic, but also has more than one! Everyone is still not convinced. Sanqi opened the door: "Brother Orange, why don't we find a gladiatorial room after we go out?" Seven of us beat you to one! ”

Boss Su was distracted, thinking about the candidate for forty people. Hearing Sanqi call him, he didn't react yet: "What? Want to fight me? How many people are you going to call? ”

"That's it. Seven of us scare you one! ”

"Hehe, even if you can't win the fight at that time, I will beat you to tears first!"

Sanqi pouted: "I know." Speaking of this kind of battle, you should have hacked our priest to death first, right? Xiao Man gives you a 'must burn', you can't run! ”

Burn or not, let's find a way to get through this level now. "We have no problem finding forty people, the problem is how to get in and out of this space when the time comes. Do you think this is a space, should it be a copy or a secret realm? ”

Copies can be brushed every day when they are dead and alive, and whether they can enter and exit the secret realm is controlled by high-level NPCs. In other words, the access to Vilana Island is controlled by Sandra. Even with Arnold's advanced settings, he could only use Sandra's needs to set up Velana as a 'one-off' copy. Now, the task assigned by Arno has been completed, and the island has no contact with Arnold, and the decision of the player's entry and exit is completely in the hands of Sandra. With Seven Swords' love for rescuing Sandra twice, as long as this space is not a one-time mission space, Seven Swords may come and go here often. Anyway, there are no magical beasts in this space, only there are level 40 fire elves in the crater, which is very suitable for low-level players to come in and level up - if the number or strength can keep up, the fire elves are also a good target for monster farming.

This question can only be given to Sandra.

Only one day on the way back, the team met the usher sent by Sandra.

Su Susu and Agibayi returned to Vilana, and after greeting Su Cheng, they went to find Sandra, and the two informed Sandra of the discovery of the flame giant in the crater. Sandra was busy deliberating with the leaders and elders of the various tribes, going back and forth over and over over and over about taxes, the army, economic development, etc., and when she heard the news of the Flame Giant, she thought it was a good thing, and immediately put other matters on hold and started a discussion with the others about the situation of the Flame Giant. Those small tribal leaders, village chiefs, and the like who came to discuss the meeting were confidently negotiating various support conditions with the new chief, and when they heard about the Flame Giant, they didn't quite believe it—they lost all their bargaining chips in an instant! No one dared to talk too much about Sandra at this moment, and they all expressed their willingness to mobilize the warriors in their hands first to obey the command of the new chief.

Sandra can be regarded as getting the military power on the island, and as for other things, it will not be a problem after taking control of the army. Her first order was to send an army of fifty men to meet Lord Twilight, and at the same time, they were to set up two supply and observation posts on the road.

Su Cheng wanted the people of the Seven Swords to come in and attack the Flame Giant. On the one hand, Sandra needs to further establish her prestige, and her own profession is a troubadour, and her abilities are biased towards support, and it is difficult to achieve her goals through combat. Second, in the current situation where many people have not returned to their hearts, Sandra does not dare and should not stand on the front line of the battle. So he was confident and felt that Sandra would not refuse.

Sandra really needs the help of the adventurer. "Some people are skeptical about the death of their father. Some people have taken too many benefits from Monroe and are worried that I will settle down once I get a foothold. There are also a few who are die-hard loyalists of necromancers. These people, I need their help, and I can't turn my back on them and face the flame giants. Hope your people can help me! You may not be many in number, but you can form a personal guard that I can reassure me. ”

Lord Twilight laughed and said, "Of course you can rest assured of my people. You may not know that these people are my comrades-in-arms and brothers, but as mercenaries, they are also my actual subordinates. In addition, my mercenary group has several times the strength of this. I calculated, in addition to retaining enough force in my territory, the mercenaries I can send here will not be less than forty, and the strength of individual soldiers is between Su Susu and Ajibayi. You've seen both. ”

Sandra's eyes lit up: "Really? Although the strength of these subordinates of yours is average, they are well-equipped, and the professional mix is also very level, forty people, almost equivalent to one of my hundred-man team. They can make a big difference. When will they get to Vilena? ”

Su Cheng frowned, eldest sister, this is your business, right? "My brothers are always ready to come. But Sandra, they don't have access to Wilana! ”

Sandra groaned slightly: "Lord, as a nobleman, do you have your own fiefdom?" Wilana can become a sister city with your fiefdom, so that the two places can be connected in the form of portals! ”

"I'm the mayor of a small town. I can't ask for an official connection with Wilena. Can you tell us about the cost and time requirements for this? "The Seven Swords don't have a high-level legal profession that can build portals, and the only way to achieve this goal is to rely on gold.

For the needs of this matter, Sandra is clear: "The two-way fixed-point portal needs a magician-level magician, or a magician-level mage who is proficient in space magic. Velana doesn't have that kind of top talent. If I were to hire a mage from another country to complete this task, it would cost about 30,000 to 40,000 gold coins and a week. ”

40,000 gold coins, the seven swords can be taken out, but it is not cost-effective, and the time is too long. The Flame Giant doesn't know when it will run out of the crater and wreak havoc on the island. Moreover, if Qijian really came up with such a huge amount of money, this month's salary payment would be stretched. "Is there another way?"

Sandra pulled out a stack of card-like cards: "This is the Velana Directional Teleportation Scroll. There are about fifty of them. Enough for your brothers to enter Vilena. I really hope you'll accept the first option! Wilana is willing to help you with half of the coins! ”

Lord Twilight took the teleportation scroll, "I'd like to be able to ally with Wilana first, too." But we're afraid we don't have that time. With these teleportation scrolls, how about we advance the two lines together? ”

Combat aid is agreed, and Lord Twilight asks about Doug again. Sandra said, "He was killed by the soldiers. I have ordered him to be buried with his children, and when the body of his wife, which was left behind in the sea near the harbor, usually floated into the bay, he was buried with the family of three. He also left a suicide note, handing over his inheritance to you! He thinks that Wilena's hope is in me, but I need your help. Doug has a rare wisdom at his age, and he foresaw everything! ”

Su Cheng didn't know what kind of inheritance Doug could have, but he was willing to check it first: "Please help me take care of his inheritance." When I'm done with the Flame Giant, I'll visit him and clean up his legacy. I want to keep some souvenirs, other things, and possessions, or use them to support the poor people on the island! ”

Back in Bluestone City, Arnold has already left, and Twilight Orange submits the mission to Hawley.

Arnold was not wrong. Congratulations, your party has completed the mission without any damage. Your mercenary group has five alliances! ”

The rewards are five cards, with only three contents: Alliance Initiator (team), Alliance Leader (team), and Referee (can only be a mentor of the Mercenary Guild).

"The alliance must be carried out by the leaders of both sides. In front of the certifier, fill out the form, sign, confirm the master-slave relationship, and hand it over to the mercenary mentor. Teams that do not meet the conditions for lifting and unilaterally tear up the covenant will be severely punished! ”

Seven Swords' current allies are three teams: the Eagle Mercenary Regiment led by the Pamir Eagle (Level 2), the Spider Legion led by the Prodigal Son (Primary), and the Apollo Mercenary Regiment (Primary) formed by the Golden Amir, with a total number of 160 people. Su Cheng also plans to let Fu Tao lead the team to establish a Seven Swords Affiliated Mercenary Group to absorb those players who have long been determined to join the Seven Swords, but have not been able to enter due to the quota limit, this team is called 'Competing Double Stars'! Except for the Apollo Mercenary Regiment of Golden Amir who could not come due to the level of the map, the leaders of the Spider Legion and the Eagle Mercenary Regiment had already set off for the Bluestone City Mercenary Guild to go through the formalities.

(End of chapter)