Chapter 5: Jungle Trek
"Are there only soldiers here?" One adventurer asked, "I joined the army because of my admiration for the mighty heroes of the Scourge, can you give us a glimpse of the heroic posture of those mighty heroes?" ”
"Recruits! You're in luck! The orc commander who led them to the inside of the fortress smiled: "We will have a military operation in the evening, and we will replenish a new soldier from the base camp who has never been to the battlefield like you, and you will join them in this warrior game, let us go around the river, through the woods, and kill the guards by surprise!" And the one who led this military operation was the great hero stationed in our fortress, the Venomancer! ”
I heard that there will be battles and heroes to lead them, and the adventurers are excited!
That's right, the most attractive enhancement elements in Defend the Ruins, that is, in Dota, are the equipment and skills with different effects, equipment can be purchased and crafted, and skills can only be obtained from heroes!
As a battle game, Dota in reality has more than 100 heroes to choose from, all of whom have different forms and unique skills. And in the mission world, these heroes also play a pivotal role, they are powerful, and adventurers estimate that any one of them has the strength of a senior boss monster. At the same time, they are also divided into three factions, Scourge, Guard, and Neutral, just like in the game, and each fights for its own faction!
This venom sorcerer is a hero known for his speed and toxin attacks on the Scourge side. And there are heroes on this side, and there is no reason for the other side, which means that this operation has the hope of killing the opposite hero and getting a rich reward!
On the first day of the battle, the adventurers began to adjust their state one by one. Looking at the sky, it was already approaching evening, and the evening military operation was soon coming, and the militants were all looking forward to that moment one by one.
Finally, as the sun set, a team of about 100 people arrived along the military path from the direction of the base camp, this is a group of immature faces, presumably the recruits recruited from the rear in the mouth of the orc captain.
The soldiers inside the fortress also began to arm, and the adventurers followed them out of the city, joined the recruits, formed an army of a thousand men, and prepared to set off.
Finally, when the sky was completely dark, a hoarse command came from the city gate: "Prepare to go......"
When the adventurers heard this, they all felt a creepy chill, and they subconsciously looked back to see a deformed monster walking out of the city gate.
To be exact, the word "walk" is not very appropriate to describe it, because the monster has no legs at all, and its lower body resembles a snake, wriggling its tail to propel it forward. Not only the lower body, but the entire body of the monster resembled an upright armored snake, with a twisted body, a slender neck, a small head with sharp mouthparts, and venom glands on its back that constantly opened and closed, all revealing signs of danger. But it wasn't a snake after all, and its two thick, sharp, scythe-like upper limbs warned all who despised it that it preferred to dismember its enemies alive rather than poison!
That's right, this terrifying monster is the classic hero of Dota, the Venomancer!
"According to the intelligence, the highest attribute of the Venom Warlock should be agility, which should be about one hundred and seventy points, and secondly, its spiritual and spiritual power is not low, and the venom attack is also very powerful! When you fight, be careful not to get swept up in his venom! The Persian cat whispered to Shangguan Yunhong and Poison Island, although they belong to the same force, but these heroes of natural disasters don't talk about unity and friendship, in case they are used as cannon fodder by this monster, they don't know how to die.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, this team of 1,000 people, led by the Venommancer, burrowed into the jungle and began to march south, preparing to make a detour back to the fortress of the First Tower on the lower road of the guards!
It has to be said that the soldiers in this fantasy world are far from being comparable to humans in reality. These tall monsters move in the jungle not like an army, but more like a herd of wild animals, deftly avoiding ditches, climbing obstacles, climbing rivers and rivers, and always moving off-road at speeds of more than 10 kilometers per hour, impressing even the most powerful adventurers.
As he went, the Persian cat quietly opened the map inside the zài badge, which showed a location marked with a striking red cross, and the crowd was heading in the direction of the red cross.
"I didn't expect us to be lucky, I originally planned to go here at night, but I didn't expect that the march route this time happened to be not far from here!" The kitten thought with a smile.
Seeing that the kitten was looking at the map, Shangguan leaned over and whispered, "Shall we secretly leave the team in a while?" And the poison island on the side has already pinched three bottles of invisible elixir in his hands, as long as the timing is right, the three of them can immediately disappear without a trace.
The Persian cat shook his head: "Don't worry, you can see this battle first, I have a more interesting plan!" ”
Poison Island and Shangguan frowned suspiciously, but they didn't say anything and continued to march with the troops.
The team of more than 1,000 people passed through the forest, and it was impossible to be motionless, and they also encountered several monster lairs along the way, but with the strong strength of the Venom Warlock, these little wild monsters were not worth mentioning at all. Eventually, after more than three hours, about ten o'clock in the evening, the troops came to a damp swamp.
It's called the Ghost Fish Swamp and is part of the river, so it's much easier to cross on foot than other deep water areas that you have to cross by boat. But the premise is not to alarm the fish-people who inhabit the area, a brutal race that kills people without blinking, and they will treat all creatures that enter the swamp as food, and attack indiscriminately.
To make matters worse, the fish-man tribe in this swamp also has a powerful leader, Cunzài, known as the Fish-Man Nightcrawler, who is also a neutral hero in the Dota game. Under his leadership, this barbarian tribe can exert combat capabilities comparable to that of a regular army!
But after hundreds of years of exploration, the natural disaster and the guards have a considerable understanding of the periphery of this swamp, and now the poison warlock leads the army through the safe area in the eastern part of the swamp, although it is also the sphere of influence of the fish people, but there are few people active, even if the fish people find out, go back to report the kung fu, the army has already crossed the swamp.
The Ghost Fish Swamp not only covered part of the river, but also occupied a large area of the natural disaster and the guards, even if it was just a rubbing, and when the troops left the swamp area and completely entered the guard's sphere of influence, it was already a matter of the second half of the night.
As soon as they stepped out of the swamp, many adventurers felt suddenly enlightened. As far as the eye can see, the green meadows and lush trees are different from the lifeless atmosphere on the other side of the natural disaster, and the place is full of life, even at night, there is such a peaceful and warm smell that makes people linger.
Adventurers greedily breathe in the fresh air here, and after getting used to the rancid miasma emitted from the natural disaster, the air here becomes more and more sweet and fresh, and people can take a sip as if they have tasted old wine. But unlike the adventurers, the soldiers of the Cataclysm side covered their noses one by one, showing very disgusted expressions.
It seems that the infected creatures have adapted to the cursed land, where the air is fresh and pungent to them. On the other hand, the Scourge has made the environment lifeless, but in fact, it is also for their own better survival.
But now is not the time to get tangled up in the air, and the army will immediately start pulling out after a little rest. From here there is still more than two hours to the fortress of the One Tower of Konoe.
While the soldiers and adventurers were looking far away in the direction of the First Tower of the Konoe, only the three members of the Chengguan Brigade looked west, where, near the southwestern edge of the Ghost Fish Swamp, there was a towering peak, which was extremely steep, and the mountain was like a sharp sword reaching into the sky, and it looked unreasonably thin, almost as strange as a man-made structure. And on that mountain peak from time to time flew a few big birds circling, but at such a distance can still be seen, the size of the big bird, I am afraid that it can catch up with the glider in reality.
The Persian cats who had investigated the world of the Ruins Defense War naturally knew that they were not actually big birds, but black mayflies.
Don't listen to the name of the creature as mayflies, and think that they are a group of big flying insects that are weak and can't help the wind. In fact, if you look closer, you'll definitely associate these creatures with a mythical creature for the first time: Wyverns!
Yes, these black mayflies have a strong body covered with scales, a thick and powerful tail, a pair of huge wings with a fleshy membrane, strong limbs, sharp claws, and a big head like a tyrannosaurus rex with horns, with a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, these monsters should be more appropriate to call black dragons!
Yes, that mountain is known as the Black Dragon's Lair, and that mountain is inhabited by hundreds of black mayflies. The reason why people gave these flying dragon monsters such a harmless name to humans and animals was because compared to the real owner of this mountain, the leader of the black mayfly population, these flying monsters that were often seven or eight meters long were indeed much cuter.
Yes, the name of the Black Dragon's Lair does not refer to the hordes of black mayflies, but to their leader, the Black Dragon King, one of the six ancient monsters in the world who perched on the top of the steep mountain peak!
And this monster also happens to be the key to whether Ma Le can be cured.
Silently noted down the location, exactly the same as on the map, the Persian cat took out a rag that emitted a strange smell, hung it on the branch, and then glanced at the poison island and Shangguan, and the three of them silently continued to follow the large army.