Chapter 20: The Maggot Nest
86_86680A week is not short, but it is not long, and everyone in the Scarlet Squad has also made full use of this week's time and has had plenty of rest and relaxation.
Since the last few professional squads were attacked, the atmosphere in the Lu Gauin area has become a little tense, and under the instructions of one of the leaders, the other classes have become more cautious when they go out to practice.
Of the several squads that Lu Goin was attacked, except for the Thunderbolt squad, the rest of the squads suffered 1 to 3 casualties, which can be described as heavy damage.
Despite the so-called Legion of Redemption hiding in the shadows, the Scarlet Squad is still not ready to change their original plan, and today is the day they set off for the maggot's nest.
The maggot's nest is located beneath a distant oasis, and like the Temple of the Clawed Viper, it is a place that ordinary professionals do not want to visit.
There are many reasons why professionals are reluctant to come here, but the main one is that the terrain is so narrow.
Of course, if the terrain is just narrow, it won't be too much of a problem, but the point is that the maggot's nest contains a staggering number of scarabs and death beetles, which are an evolved version of the death beetle, and when attacked, like the death beetle, they will also cast a large area of charged bullets.
As we all know, the trajectory of charged bullets is erratic, and the movement speed is relatively slow, and it is very easy to dodge in open terrain, but in terrain such as maggot nests, it is impossible to dodge patches of charged bullets.
The maggot nest is actually the nest dug by the sandworms, and the passages here extend in all directions, and the terrain is very complex and varied.
Because they are dug by sandworms, the passages in the maggot's nests are generally not too wide, and each passage can only allow a maximum of two people to pass side by side, and the height is only less than 3 meters, so the range of activities of professionals is naturally greatly limited.
In addition to the Death Beetle and the Scarab Beetle, there are three other types of monsters, one is the aforementioned Sand Worm, and the other two are Stone Worms and Black Locusts.
The Stone Worm and the Sandworm are the same kind of monster and are an upgraded version of the Sandworm, while the Black Locust is a monster that is quite annoying to professionals.
The Black Locust looks like a monster formed by a group of thumb-sized locusts, but in fact it is a ghostly monster.
This monster is actually a spirit the size of a basketball, and the staggering number of locusts that surround it are just illusions, and if you don't understand the characteristics of this monster and attack the locusts around them to confuse their enemies, then those attacks will be ineffective.
But the annoying thing about black locusts isn't that, it's their attack characteristics.
The damage caused by the Black Locust's attack is almost negligible after hitting the Professionals, but it is precisely this that is the most unbearable, because although the Health of the Professionals does not consume much, after being attacked by the Black Locust, the stamina will drop wildly.
This is also the horror of monsters like black locusts, if it is in the passage of the maggot's nest, it will be forgotten, after all, in the passage, although the professionals are inconvenient, the same is true of the monsters.
Professionals often only have to face 1 or 2 monsters at the same time, so they don't have to worry too much about losing stamina.
But there is also some wide terrain in the maggot nest!
Imagine what it would be like if a professional faced with a swarm of black locusts and a dead beetle at the same time.
If you attack the death beetle, then a large area of charged bullets will instantly drown you, if you don't attack, then the monsters will also beat you to death, it is this dilemma that makes the professional really unwilling to come to this place to experience.
In addition, the environment of the maggot's nest is also unpleasant, after all, it is the nest of insects, how good can the environment be?
Filthy excrement, disgusting slime, rotting human corpses, all sorts of filthy things fill these narrow passages, and you can imagine how terrible the environment is here.
However, this is not too much of a problem for the Scarlet Squad.
Because the equipment of the blood red team is too luxurious, most of the team's lightning resistance and toxin resistance are very high, so the monsters such as death beetles, scarabs, sandworms and stone worms that use lightning and toxins as their main means of attack are naturally not to be afraid.
Of course, monsters like black locusts can't cause them much trouble, after all, even if a few melee professionals in the team stand in place and let these monsters cut, they may not be able to do much damage.
As for the harsh environment...... Joke! What could be worse than a sewer?
Since all the problems are not a problem, the maggot nest will naturally not be too difficult for the blood red team, and their purpose this time is just to adapt to the battle in the narrow terrain.
When all the preparations were in place, the people of the Scarlet Squad stepped on the teleportation station to the distant oasis, and after a white light, the people of the Scarlet Team came to the distant oasis again.
As before, after the members of the Scarlet Squad left, the members of the Crimson Squad, Flame Squad, and Rainbow Squad also began their own missions or training, but this time, everyone had a two-way portal ready to avoid being isolated after a surprise attack by the Redemption Legion.
In the vast Aranoqi Desert, it is very important to find directions, and a clear map can save you a lot of unnecessary trouble.
The maggot's nest was not too far from the teleportation station, and following the instructions on the map, it took everyone less than two hours to reach the entrance of the maggot's nest.
Not only the passage in the nest, but also the entrance to the maggot's nest is very narrow, and since you can only pass through a maximum of 2 people at the same time, the order of the team is also a problem that has to be considered.
For this, everyone had already thought about it before setting off, so everyone quickly lined up the formation.
At the head of the line were Jason and Anies, after all, the two of them didn't have any long-range attack means, so they had to be placed at the front.
The second row is Nina and Xiang Yuanyang, although Nina's level is low, but don't forget, the necromancer's damage amplification curse ignores the level limit, although her damage amplification is only 1 point, the range is limited, but the passage of the maggot's nest is so wide, so the damage amplification of level 1 is completely enough.
Soaring Air Slash is also a medium-range attack, and is a group attack skill, so it can also deal good damage to enemies in the second row.
In the third row are naturally the main ranged attackers of the team, Luni and Karin, and the output ability of the two of them naturally goes without saying.
In the end, it is Matthew and Lin Ling, Matthew's aura has a wide range, so Jason and Anies in the front row can also fully enjoy Matthew's aura bonus.
And in this narrow terrain, the role of scouts is almost 0, although Lin Ling's damage is not bad, but her HP is not high after all, so she is also broken with Matthew.
In this way, the team entered the maggot nest one after another in the predetermined order.
As soon as they entered the lair, the hot temperature in the desert was instantly diluted, but everyone was not happy about it, because the smell of fish began to appear in everyone's sense of smell.
I have to say that the density of monsters in the maggot nest is not covered, and everyone walked along the passage for less than 100 meters, and a large number of dense monsters swarmed in, of course, when the two sides began to contact, only the 2 monsters in the front row were able to attack Anies and Jason.
It was a mixed horde of dead beetles and scarabs, and the number of monsters in the passage was so dim that it was impossible to discern the number of monsters.
Jason's height after transforming into a werewolf is not much different from Anies, in order to avoid affecting the vision of everyone behind him, so both of them attack in a half-squat, although this is a little inconvenient, but their main purpose is to absorb damage, so it doesn't matter.
Behind Jason and Anies, Xiang Yuanyang kept casting the Qi Slash skill Qi Slash, and due to the existence of the team contract, Xiang Yuanyang's Qi Slash directly penetrated Jason and Anies and attacked the monsters in front of him.
Nina, who was next to Xiang Yuanyang, was responsible for applying damage to the monsters to deepen the curse, and after the first monster was killed, she switched to the corpse explosion skill.
As for Luni and Karin behind them, they are naturally attack-oriented.
Luni casts an ice crush on both Anies and Jason at the front, and then begins throwing ice spikes.
However, the terrain was too narrow for Karin's multiple arrows to be effective, so Karin switched to using Burst Arrows to attack, which also dealt considerable damage.
After that, Matthew and Lin Ling were relatively relaxed, all Matthew needed to do was to keep switching between the resistance lightning aura and the prayer aura, providing Anies and Jason with lightning resistance and health recovery speed, and then throwing a holy light bullet from time to time to increase the amount of blood for the two.
And Lin Ling has nothing to do, she only needs to do nothing.
But I have to say that having a necromancer in the team is different, and the corpse explosion of the necromancer is indeed very suitable for playing in this terrain, as long as a corpse explosion goes down, the monsters that have been hit by the corpse explosion will not die but will be crippled, if it weren't for Nina's limited mana, then the person with the highest output of the team this time should be Nina.
These seemingly staggering number of monsters didn't delay the Scarlet Team for too long, and in just about 5 minutes, the dozens of scarabs and death beetles here were all dealt with.
It is worth mentioning that the gem explosion rate of the maggot nest is indeed not covered, just a few dozen monsters, 2 broken gems, a broken purple gem, a broken ruby, and in addition, there are only some scattered gold coins and potions