Chapter 69: Escort Mission
The Volga Mines and Bane Dungeon quest chain consists of a total of twenty missions of various sizes, with the final step being an area quest that requires a group of more than 20 players to complete.
Lin Ling led everyone to find the garrison officer of the Rhine West District and received their first task: escort.
Mission: Escort;
Description: Garrison Officer Kark fears being attacked by the "Giants", and he wants you and your elite teammates to escort him to the White Rock District to take up his duties.
Rewards: 1500 XP, 2 credits.
As the captain, Lin Ling turned on task sharing and took over the task for his teammates.
Task sharing will share each task that Lin Ling takes on with others, and can also complete tasks for teammates when they are temporarily away.
"Brave adventurers, I look forward to your performance." Garrison Officer Kark said as he changed into a very formal outfit and walked out of the outpost surrounded by six mounted sergeants and rode in a spacious carriage to the White Rock District.
The rear pocket of the carriage had been converted into two standing positions for the accompanying escort to stand, and for a person to stand next to the coachman's seat.
"You don't have to follow them all." Lin Ling jumped on one position, motioned for Strawberry Nose to occupy another position, and finally arranged for the most agile of all the love-hate entanglements to stand next to the coachman. He handed over the captaincy authority to the Zen Master Watchman, and said to the drunken and Watchman Zen Master: "You go to the post station and take the car to the Baishi District, take all the tasks of the post inn, and we will meet at the corner of the pit on the first floor of the mine, there should be an NPC over there." โ
"Okay."
Zen Master Watchman understands that this arrangement allows them to complete multiple tasks at the same time in a limited amount of time, and anyway, as long as they are in the same area, no matter how far apart they are, they can share the tasks, which is why so many players in Eternity like to team up to complete tasks - there are always people who like to be lazy, or rather, to save time.
It's not a good habit.
The monsters in "Eternity" are highly hierarchical, and the monsters in each series are different from each other, so if you don't take advantage of the low level to fight the low-level monsters in person, understand how it differs from other monsters of the race, and master its weaknesses. At the advanced level, even if you team up to do a mission, you will do the wrong thing.
For example, the tendon insisted on using the fire explosion technique to smash the asparagus roast chicken of the lava three-headed dog.
Thinking of the asparagus roast chicken, the corners of Lin Ling's mouth twitched a little.
Not long ago, Asparagus Roast Chicken sent him a message message: I will cherish the flame you gave me.
Flame seems like a normal word, but when it comes to the context of GAY, it becomes abnormal, very abnormal.
Lin Ling wasn't going to have anything to do with the, he kicked the carriage and motioned for the coachman to drive.
"Drive!" The coachman waved his whip and drove the carriage to the White Rock District.
As soon as the carriage left the gates of the Rhinewestern District, the surrounding scenery became desolate.
The rocks were bare and exposed to the sun, and the cracked dirt was as shocking as a baby's chapped lips.
The scars inflicted on this land by the bloodslaughterers are not healed in a day or two.
On the way, Strawberry Nose suddenly asked Lin Ling, "Have you been to the Volga Mine?" โ
"It's Crazy Xiao Tao asking, right?" As early as Rhine City, Lin Ling noticed that there were suspicious-looking crowds of players around him. Seeing that Strawberry Nose was a little embarrassed, he smiled and comforted, "I went to the Dungeon of Bane with the Yama Shark of the Hammer of Doom and ambushed the Yaksha there. โ
"The Yaksha who is number one on the ranklist?" Love-hate entanglement joins their conversation.
"I used to be number one on the ranking list."
Lin Ling corrected the love-hate entanglement, although Yaksha also returned to the queue of level 10, he had already been reduced to an ordinary player, a stone-like existence, there was no need to pay too much attention to him.
"Tell Wild War Xiaotao that the task of escorting the garrison officer is unique, and only after the previous garrison officer dies in the line of duty, they will receive the next garrison officer escort task." Lin Ling didn't want to get into too much trouble with the Berserker Alliance, of course, there was a strawberry nose factor, but most importantly, he didn't want to offend a potential big customer.
The team of pharmacists of the Berserker Alliance is a great name.
In order to feed them, the Berserker Alliance will definitely need an abundant supply. It just so happened that Lin Ling was able to provide them with enough cherry spiritsโa versatile base agent.
Instead of entering the regional center of the White Rock district, the carriage turned around and headed for the Volga pits.
"There's an ogre over there."
The sharp-eyed love-hate entanglement saw the figure of the ogre on the stone cliff on the side of the mountain road, and he shouted, "Protect against the arrows! โ
Strawberry Nose immediately took out a wide vulture shield and held it up, protecting himself and Lin Ling behind him.
"Don't worry."
Lin Ling also saw those ogres, he pressed down the shield of the strawberry nose, and suddenly launched the wings of flame to rush towards the stone cliff, blasting away the group of filthy big men before the ogre could shoot poisoned arrows.
Ogres have very little resistance to fire.
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The explosion of the Flaming Wings easily inflicted a triple damage on them, and Lin Ling didn't expect that his first magic would trigger the effect of the newly learned "Specialty: Mage Talent", inflicting three times the fire damage on the ogre. He clenched his fists, and the ensuing physical shock also inflicted a triple damage on the ogres, shattering them into pools of flesh and blood.
Spike!
The strawberry nose that took out the bow and arrow and the love-hate entanglement who raised the crossbow looked at Lin Ling who slowly landed on the stone cliff in astonishment, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief with a strange expression.
I haven't seen you for a while, and this mage is even more ghostly.
There weren't too many ogres left on the cliffs.
Attacked by the Wings of Fire, almost all of these ogres were the first to meet their High God, Gruel.
Lin Ling pulled out a lightning fragment from the cuff of his robe, and waved his wand at an ogre rushing up from the mountain path, and the brilliance of mana was convenient for him to gather into a cluster of essence light in front of him and launch it.
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Despite their tallness, ogres are medium-sized creatures that fall into the deterrent category of arcane missiles.
An arcane missile made of lilac flashes a special effect that stunned the ogre, leaving it silly in place.
Ogre: Level 10 Ogre; Health 340/750.
"Zero big! Watch your back. The love-hate entanglement that remained on the carriage cried, and as soon as he finished speaking, several ogres leaped down the cliff and besieged the carriage.
"Thank you."
In fact, there is no need to say more about love and hate, Lin Ling also heard the heavy footsteps of the ogre.
Thanks, but it's just a matter of habit.
Lin Ling turned around and used a Nether Impact on the ogre who was about to sneak up on him, knocking it down from the stone cliff. He took a step and aimed his fingers at the ogre, who was stunned by the arcane missile, and used the unusually slow fire blast to cast.
The flaming, viscous flame turned the ogre's into a humanoid torch, bringing light to the black-pressed mountain paths.
Lin Ling glanced at the situation next to the carriage.
As Lin Ling blasted away the attacking ogre with his wings of flames, the six mounted sergeants guarding the carriage were unharmed. They came and went freely under the siege of ogres, and were able to take out two or three ogres with each charge on horseback. And Strawberrynose and the love-hate entanglement tightly guarded the carriage, killing any ogre who dared to approach it.
This was the reason why Lin Ling left the two of them by his side.
Drunken and Watchful Zen Master are already strong compared to the average player. However, in terms of lethality alone, they still can't compare to the love-hate entanglement that chose the Wanderer as an advanced level, and the Strawberry Nose who chose the Giant Warrior advancement.
Lin Ling waited for a moment, and after exiting the battle, he cast an invisibility spell on himself to cover his figure. He strolled down the trail, ignoring all the ogres he encountered along the way.
"Shoot, shoot!"
The garrison officer Kark finally came to his senses from his panic, and he kicked the carriage, and the coachman and the servant who were in the same carriage trembled as he threw his crossbow from under the seat of the carriage, wound it and shot at the ogre outside.
The crossbow, which is used as a weapon in the plot, shoots down one ogre after another, exerting a power that surpasses that of the main body by a hundred times.
"What's that? Crossbow? The first time he saw an NPC using a weapon, he watched curiously as the coachman struggled to open his crossbow and said, "If my crossbow were so troublesome to use, I'd be dead by the time the ogre approached." โ
"That's right, so you're not an NPC."
Lin Ling revealed his figure, he entered the carriage, and said to the garrison officer Kak, who was busy loading the crossbow, "Please allow me to help Your Excellency. โ
"Of course, Arcane Mage, didn't I hire you just for this time?" Garrison Officer Kark handed Lin Ling the crossbow in his hand, and at the same time ordered his two servants to send crossbows to Love-Hate and Strawberrynose.
"Follow me, you'll often come into contact with this thing on the border battlefield in the future." Lin Ling stepped on the crossbow arm, laboriously pulled up the tight bowstring to jam the bracket, filled in a crossbow bolt and looked at the strawberry nose.
Strawberry Nose is worthy of being called a war dog in the previous life, and he is more proficient in using the crossbow than himself.
In contrast, the Love-Hate Entanglement, even if it is equipped with a crossbow, does not know how to use the crossbow. Looking at his tangled appearance, I'm afraid he will have to practice two or three more times before he can reload the crossbow arrow.
"Listen to me." Garrison Officer Kark got out of the carriage, stepped on the shattered edge, drew his saber from his waist, and played heroism, "Shoot." โ
Lin Ling and Strawberry Nose raised their crossbows at the same time and shot crossbow arrows.
Black glow flashes.
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The two ogres flashed the same damage over their heads and flew out as if they were kissing a speeding truck head-on.
"The plot weapon is just easy to use." Strawberrynose patted the crossbow and said, "It's a pity that the reload is too cumbersome and not suitable for normal use, and it is a good long-range attack when guarding the stronghold." โ
"yes, but ......"
Lin Ling said as he shot a crossbow bolt again, killing another ogre. As he reloaded his crossbows, he said, "That is, this kind of plot weapon is easy to use, and if you change it to a normal crossbow, it will not hurt you to cut them." โ
Strawberry Nose showed a hint of a smile, and Lin Ling's disguised praise made him very useful. He didn't think that the damage of the crossbow would be low, but he didn't know that Lin Ling beside him had used a quest item to shoot the lava three-headed dog not long ago.
That damage is really not much higher than a flat slash.
Call!
The love-hate entanglement finally loaded the crossbow, he lifted it up with joy, he didn't know that there was such a thing as recoil in this world, he squinted his eyes like Lin Ling, and before he could hold it firmly, he couldn't wait to pull the trigger hard. The crossbow immediately soared into the sky, and the sudden recoil lifted the love-hate entanglement backwards and slammed it to the ground.
Pathetic guys.
Strawberry Nose and Lin Ling retreated slightly, pretending not to know the love-hate entanglement for the time being.
However, the love-hate arrow accidentally shot down the tribal banner that the ogre had planted behind. He jumped up from the ground and said triumphantly, "Yay! You see, I deliberately aimed at where! โ
The battle banner is the soul of the primitive tribe.
As the battle flag fell, the ogre's morale weakened.
"Rush!"
The garrison officer Kark let out a shout, and the bloodied mounted sergeant immediately blew the horn of the charge and charged to the sound of the horn.
Horses' hooves trample the muddy earth.
The blood-stained tassels were held high and flattened, and the glittering spears burst out with a brilliant luster.
The mounted sergeant roared and rushed into the ogre's final assembly procession, the spear pierced through the ogre's body, the great sword split their heads, and the horse under the crotch trampled the ogre under the horse's hooves, and the mounted sergeant screamed wildly, fearless through the ogre's procession.
But that's not enough.
That wasn't enough to defeat the ogres who ambushed Garrison Kark.
Lin Ling didn't want to receive an apology letter from Furious Xiao Tao - he apologized to himself for stealing the garrison escort mission that they were supposed to complete. He pointed ahead, and the love-hate entanglement and Strawberrynose willingly joined the fight.
Behind them, Lin Ling held the divination orb.
The cold glow bursts from it.
The shattered ice chips that fell from the sky indiscriminately baptized everything on the earth, slowing down the ogre's pace and robbing them of the last shred of life.