(29) How to hold a weapon
"Excellent! The third group set up a shield to attract its attention, and the first and fifth groups prepared their bows and arrows! After the second group changed their spears, they waited until they had released their arrows to launch a charge, and the fourth group changed their shields and prepared to cover the second group's charge and then evacuate. ”
This party methodically commanded the guild members to besiege this nearly twenty-meter-tall, multi-ton behemoth, the nine-headed troll, who was the most powerful boss in the twilight forest.
Each of the troll's nine heads spews deadly flames at the player, and if it's too close, it will gnaw at approaching players, and its thick skin and flesh are extremely durable, making it a typical monster that requires the strength of many people to fight.
There are three different props that will drop from this monster's body, the first is the 'Hydra Battle Medal', until now no one knows what this medal is for, the second is Hydra meat, known as the best ingredient in 'MineCraftOL', and it is also a food that will drop from the boss, and the third drop item is the most critical reason why the lucky house came to crusade against Hydra's 'Boiling Hydra Blood', this blood-drenched equipment, will be added in front of the name' The 'Scorch' prefix allows the wearer to have the ability to burn nearby enemies with fire even when they gain very high fire resistance.
This attribute may not seem like much to super players like Yanfeng Qili, You, Ice Hunt, and Makarov, but for ordinary players who don't have extraordinary combat skills, this is a great magic weapon to improve combat effectiveness.
Defeat specific bosses and improve the overall combat effectiveness of the guild legion through the materials obtained, this is what this party intends to do.
Of course, there are many places where there are materials to improve the strength of the team, and the reason why Izumi chose the Twilight Deep Forest is not only because there are many monsters here, which can make members familiar with the battle faster, but also because there is a special kind of tree growing in the Twilight Forest - Optimus Wood (that is, a healthy Twilight Forest tree, everyone who has played this mod knows).
This tree is known as 'Optimus' because it can reach the height of the terrible clouds, if you can find a sapling of this tree, then once it is determined that DM is really hiding the portal in the sky, then your own crusading army can also reach that place very quickly, there is a naturally generated rattan ladder inside the Optimus Tree, you can just climb up it.
If this is not possible, then the second option is to persuade all players to demolish their buildings and facilities, and use the resources that all players have harvested so far to build a giant tower that reaches to the sky.
Of course, the feasibility of this plan is extremely low, because the 'Tower of Babel' can only be built by pooling the materials in the hands of all the current freelancers, and can the current players really work together to accomplish this feat?
The Bible, the Old Testament, and the Book of Genesis have stories about the Tower of Babel.
At that time, the accents and speeches of all the people of the world were the same. ’
And as they were migrating eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. ’
They consulted one another and said, "Come!" We will make bricks and burn them thoroughly. And they took brick for stone, and stone paint for mortar.'
They said, "Come!" And we will build a city and a tower, with the top of the tower reaching up to heaven, that we may proclaim our name, so that we may not be scattered upon all the earth. ’
God came down to see the cities and towers that the world had built. ’
And God said, Behold! They have become one people, all the same language, and now that they have done this, there is nothing that they will not do in the future. ’
As a result, God disrupted the human language, made them speak different languages, and scattered them all over the world, thus preventing the construction of the Tower of Babel.
The gods are not mortals, so the gods will never understand, even if they have the same roots, speak the same language and have the same customs, human selfishness will lead to unsustainable concerted efforts, and the Tower of Babel has been an impossible goal from the beginning.
"Forget it, let's take one step at a time. After all, we are in a much better situation now than we were when we first became a mess. ”
The side stopped a little distraction, and then proceeded to direct the members of the siege of the Hydra.
Makarov's grouping method is very flexible, he divides the guild legion into groups of five or twenty people, and each group is divided into team A and team B, if these players are professional warriors from the army, Makarov will divide them into four teams each, in order to maximize the training advantages of the squad members, but unfortunately these people are just some players, if they are too scattered, the combat effectiveness of the legion cannot be maintained.
In this crusade, the other cadres of the guild did not participate in the battle, they have their own tasks, that is, the wielding axe to cut the saplings and collect the rich materials in the twilight forest, the monsters in this area have been slaughtered when the legion arrives, and in the absence of monster interference, the efficiency of collection is very high, of course, because the materials in the twilight forest are too rich, so everyone comes in to collect rare materials, iron ore and coal and so on, and it is not so important.
Soon, the Hydra let out an unwilling roar and then crashed to the ground, and the guild members let out an excited roar, but at this time, a rain of arrows flew from nowhere, which caught the cheering guild players off guard.
'What's going on?' Is it a monster? Such a neat rain of arrows...... It can't be a player, right? ’
While Izumi guessed, she didn't forget the role she was currently holding, and she quickly ordered the players of the legion.
"All the shields are changed and arranged in a circle! Seriously wounded, retreat to the middle defense! ”
Izumi's command came in time, and when the legions huddled together and pulled out their shields, the second wave of arrows arrived, and this time the girl finally saw the direction of the attack from her position - in all directions.
"We were ambushed. The other side is a wise player...... We're being targeted by a bunch of players?! ”
This bad thought instantly popped up in her heart.
However, what happened next made her a little difficult to accept and confused.
After a rain of arrows, a noisy noise came from the forest, and a large number of monsters appeared in the sea of trees, howling and rushing towards the players who formed the shield array.
The number of these monsters is staggering, and the variety is even more varied, from zombies, skeletons, and spiders in the Overworld to Naga and goblins in the Twilight Forest, and almost all the monsters in 'MineCraftOL', but the most unexpected thing for all players is that some players in gold armor are mixed into these monsters.
Players mingle with monsters and then attack their own people? What kind of joke is this?
“…… Don't panic, everyone! Just how you did it during training, do it now! Hold on to your formation! Don't be swept away! ”
The blue-haired girl took out the launcher and redstone, intending to build an automatic arrow tower from this command position to cover the members below, but she was stopped by Yan Feng Qili on the side.
"Don't panic! The enemy doesn't seem to have noticed you here, so from now on use the guild channel to command, and then notify the guys who collected the material to come and support, and the commander can't reveal his location at this time. ”
With that, Yan Feng Qili changed into a pair of iron fists and rushed down to support the player legion who still hadn't recovered from the panic.
Knowing that this was a trick by Yan Feng Qili to deliberately divert the enemy's attention so that the other party could ignore the existence of her own commander, the girl gritted her teeth and held back the uneasiness and fear that were rolling in her eyes.
"Excellent! Ice Hunting! Uncle Makarov! When hemp! Be vigilant! We've been attacked by a bunch of weird guys! ”
However, the president's private chat channel received only one response.
"Be careful, President, I've got some strange guys here to stop you. It's a bit tough, but don't worry, I'll be there to support you right away. ”
But Yuu's assurances didn't calm her down, and she became even more uneasy.
'Ice Hunt and Dangma, why didn't they respond?' Ice Hunter has a spare diamond that can open the door at any time to evacuate the spare diamond, and Dangma has an alchemy golem on standby near the teleportation shaft if something goes wrong with them...... We can't go back! ’
'Makarov...... What happened to Uncle Makarov with Ice Hunting? He is the most reliable and vigilant man among us. Did something happen to him too? ’
"Don't panic! Don't mess around! You are now the host of our group! Quan, the one who needs to be calm the most at this time is you! ”
As if sensing the boss's vacillation, Yan Feng Qili, who is the number one bodyguard plus the 'political commissar of the legion', connected to the president's channel and began to appease the girl, this is the first time he has called her by her real name since joining the guild.
"Got it. ...... won't disappoint everyone."
The blue-haired girl wiped her tears and began to take over the command with the guild channel.
"Attention everyone! Begin to retreat in the direction of the temporary station, there is no point in fighting these guys here. ”
"Now, stay in formation and start moving. Pay attention to your own health and cover the wounded...... Don't leave a companion behind! ”
In the Overworld, the raiders of Naraku's prophecy arrived as scheduled, wearing all kinds of armor, or on foot or on horseback, surrounding the Lucky House's station, numbering about five hundred people.
There was only one man in front of them, a man who was more thin and weak than all of them, but he stood there anyway, and it was this unusual sight that kept the attackers hesitant to hold their ground.
On the night of Naraku's departure, Knock wakes up the remaining contract players and tells them about the enemy's impending attack, only to have a twist she didn't expect.
Knowing that they were going to be attacked, a large number of contract players fled the station overnight out of fear, and they ran so fast that by the time Knock came to his senses, the entire guild station had completely turned into a ghost town.
"We're just some contract players who don't have power, we can't even get weapons, and it's a crime to stay here, it's better to leave quickly, it's not that we're cowardly, because I can't do anything."
'No, you're wrong. That's not right! Don't leave so hastily! ’
"Yes! Oh, yes! If only those who didn't sign the contract were still here. What selfish guys! Without any consideration for our safety, why should we protect their premises? It's better to run away. ”
'No! No, none of the people in the guild have thought of it that way...... Not really. ’
When the chaotic emotions and thoughts poured into Dongdong's heart, she suddenly had a feeling that she couldn't deal with it.
Those who don't have courage are gone, and those who have a little courage are gone after they find that they can't do anything, and those who can walk are gone.
No matter how much Dongdong asked and persuaded him, he couldn't stop these people, and some people even scolded her like this.
"If you want to die, no one will stop you! But please don't come and get in my way! ”
Dong Dong doesn't know how she spent the extra few hours, maybe she's been in a daze, right?
Anyway, when little Mao Yu came back to her senses, she found herself huddled alone behind the low wall of the guild quarters with the big bow that Naraku had given her, and in front of the wall was a group of strangers who were walking towards it with overwhelming malice.
'I'...... What am I going to do? What should I do if I can't escape? ’
Panicked, she asked herself over and over again in her heart, but she couldn't get an answer.
At this moment, she suddenly heard a person shouting at the top of his voice not far in front of the wall.
"Hurry up and stop moving! This is where Lucky House is located! What do you want to do? ”
"The voice is...... Uncle Okazaki? He's out there? ”
After hearing this voice, Dong Dong cautiously peeked her head from behind the low wall, and she saw that the middle-aged man with a haggard face was standing not far in front of the wall with his arms outstretched, trying to stop the army of five hundred people from moving forward.
In fact, Naoyuki Okazaki also wanted to run away with those contract players, anyway, everyone except Dongdong chose to leave, even if it was a few non-contract players who stayed behind, they didn't have the consciousness to protect the guild station.
But coincidentally, Naoyuki Okazaki, who was about to leave, saw a dumb knock, in the context of everyone running away in one direction, this lonely retrograde figure was so eye-catching and ashamed, many people subconsciously avoided her.
The child's figure and his son's figure gradually overlapped, and Okazaki Naoyuki suddenly knew that he had no way to run away anymore.
Because he is a parent, he can't let a child do that kind of stupid thing, she is a player who has not signed a contract, and if she is hurt, she will really die.
"Knock knock, don't stay here anymore. Come with us, right? ”
Naoyuki Okazaki said.
"You can't do anything alone, so it's better to leave ...... for a while"
"No, I'm not leaving."
The little girl replied in a deep voice.
"I made an agreement with someone. Just waiting for them to come back here, not going anywhere. ”
"Don't be willful! You're just dying for nothing, you didn't sign that contract, and if you die, you're dead. Why don't you understand? ”
Naoyuki Okazaki has never been a good-natured father, otherwise he would not have been left disabled because of an argument with his son, so when he saw that he couldn't persuade Dong Dong with words, he began to come hard.
Naoyuki Okazaki picked him up and began to run away with the crowd.
"Let go of me! I don't want to go! Put me down! Hurry up and put me down! Uncle Okazaki is a badass! ”
I didn't expect this person to do this, and immediately struggled desperately in Okazaki Naoyuki's arms, at this time she was as willful as a child.
"Hurry up and let me go!"
Finding the right opportunity, Dong Dong bit Okazaki Naoyuki's arm hard, and almost broke free from his arms when the middle-aged man was in pain, and then stared at each other angrily.
"Badass! Bad apple! Bad apple! Uncle Okazaki is a badass! ”
"Aren't you afraid of death? I'm here for your own good! ”
Naoyuki Okazaki was angry, and he yelled angrily at Dongdong.
"It's just a guild station, if you lose it, you lose it, but you only have one life!"
As a result, after shouting these words, Naoyuki Okazaki found that the anger on Dongdong's face disappeared, and she stared at the middle-aged man with confused and incomprehensible eyes.
"I always say that I am dead~ I am dead~ I am dead...... Why is everyone so afraid of death? ”
Dongdong knew what death meant, but she couldn't understand why everyone was so afraid of death, so afraid that they didn't hesitate to give up even the place where they lived, and even important agreements had to stand aside in front of life, she really didn't understand.
"Wayward dead girl! Take your liking! ”
Okazaki Naoyuki was forced to speak by Mao Yu's simple and puzzled gaze, so he simply left angrily.
Then, the man came to the army of hundreds of people so stupidly, and he still wanted to do something.
"We know this is the Lucky House, the richest guild of all the players, which is why we're here."
One of the leading players walked up to Okazaki and replied loudly.
"In order to get everyone out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible, we are all struggling! So it shouldn't be a big deal to borrow a little from your comrades, right? ”
"Nonsense! You're just trying to ruin this place! This is the work of those children, don't you think it's too much? ”
Naoyuki Okazaki is not a non-contract player, and he can't take up arms to intimidate the other party, so he can only hope that his words will stir the conscience of the other party.
"Ouch! When did such a wealthy man of Lucky House become so stingy? Am I here today because of your lack of filial piety? We had to get it ourselves. ”
The consequences of the Lucky House's long-term weakness and tenderness finally broke out today, and there are too many people in this game who are only interested in picking the fruits that others have worked so hard to cultivate.
"Haha! Sure enough, just like the news that person gave us, there are no guards at the current Lucky House station! ”
The man looked at the empty wall and was overjoyed, so he stared at Naoyuki Okazaki viciously.
"Uncle over there, get out of the way! It's not good to get hurt! ”
“……”
Naoyuki Okazaki wanted to retreat, but his mind flashed again with his son standing on the basketball court desperately holding his arm that could no longer lift his shoulder, so he stood firm again.
As a parent, I should take the initiative to understand and understand my child's willfulness and feelings, but at that time, I didn't notice Tomoya's mood and made a big mistake. ’
'At least...... Let me, an unqualified adult, protect the willfulness of another child in this game world. ’
The leader rode his horse and rushed forward, drawing his sword from his waist.
"If you don't go away, you'll pay a terrible price! Big...... Karma? ”
He shouted triumphantly, and halfway through his shouting was like a chicken or duck choking someone's neck, unable to make a sound anymore.
A feathered arrow flew precisely across his cheek and hit the ground behind him, sinking into the ground for three points.
On the city wall, the person who shot this arrow was also stunned.
She didn't know how she shot the arrow, from taking the arrow to opening the bow and then letting go, all the movements were done subconsciously, and the bow seemed to become an extension of her limbs in an instant.
"You ......"
When he saw that Dong Dong was alone on the wall, the leader suddenly became bold, and he was about to say something, but he felt a cold in his head, and his helmet had been shot away by an arrow.
"Ah...... What's going on? ”
Dong Dong finally discovered a strange thing, he didn't even want to shoot an arrow just now?
The body involuntarily shot the arrow.
Looking at the helmets that were pushed to the ground, the five hundred rabble, shaken.