5. Foothold Chapter Ninety-Four: Bounty Mission
The Naga Sea Witch is an unusually powerful mystical spellcaster who is very good at ranged attacks, despite not being strong in melee combat.
Born with the ability to manipulate storms, lightning, and water, these scale-clad children of the sea are often seen by coastal fishermen as a symbol of an impending storm.
Naga Sea Witch's ultimate Tornado effect is to create a violent tornado, which can sweep enemy ground units into the air and cause stun and heavy damage.
Although the power of this spell is far less powerful than the ninth-level spell Tsunami in this world that can create a catastrophe and destroy a harbor city. Such a powerful spell is called a pseudo-legendary spell or a sub-forbidden spell by mages, and its power exceeds that of ordinary ninth-level spells, but it has not yet reached the boundaries of the true legendary realm.
Because of the power of the pseudo-legendary spell, the Golden Archmage also had to be fully prepared and pay some price before he could cast it.
However, compared to the seventh-level war spell Lightning Storm that can only be mastered by silver mages, the overall power of Naga's tornado is also similar, and the attack range is the broadest of all the heroes' ultimates.
And Star Fall is the longest-lasting attack ultimate of all hero skills, but it is precisely because of the long duration that the destructive power in a short period of time is not as good as tornadoes and earthquakes, and the preparation time required to launch is also relatively long, and there is no genus xìng that can restrict the enemy's movement like the two, and it is easier to be killed by people in close quarters in the cast state.
What satisfies Donald the most is that the Tornado's magic ultimate can attack enemies in the sky and ground at the same time, as well as all construction units within range.
Unlike the fixed range in the game, real tornadoes can move according to the caster's will, which means that the tornado will follow wherever Donald goes for the duration of the spell. Of course, Donald's mental strength is limited now, and he can't move the tornado beyond his own three hundred feet, which means that within a six-hundred-foot line of sight, it is all within Donald's attack range.
The Flame Lord's Flame Burst is stronger than the Tornado in terms of attack power, and the range is about the same, but it has the small flaw of not being able to capture air units and the range is fixed and immovable, so it may be possible to consider it in the future, and now you can only choose the Tornado that is more suitable for the current situation.
The only flaw with this talent spell is that it consumes too much mana, as do the other big finds. When a tornado is released, almost all of the mana in Donald's body will be consumed, and as the level strength increases, the power and consumption of the spell will also increase accordingly.
Fortunately, he has many ways to replenish and increase the upper limit of mana at any time, and when the time comes, his body is full of recovery xìng props and he prepares enough recovery potions, and the lack of mana is not a problem at all.
On the fifth day after Donald led the team back from Mt. Izumo, many adventurers and drinkers were talking in the taverns of Boulder City.
"Have you heard? The lord of Dalaran, Baron Melinna, announced a bounty a few days ago, and many adventurers are planning to pick it up!"
"Forget it, that kingdom hero, the first day of the Northern County, the mage master is ready to clear the ogre monsters found near the territory, and he wants a powerful adventurer, what kind of fun is my little swordsman of the black iron rank to follow?"
"But as long as you participate, each person will have three bottles of intermediate alchemy potions to use in battle, and after the matter is completed, there will be a bounty of one hundred gold soles for killing a monster, and a high-level spell equipment will be obtained for killing ten monsters.
"Then you have to have a life to enjoy it, listen to my uncle, adult ogres are at least bronze strength, and five warriors at the peak of black iron also need skillful cooperation and sophisticated equipment to be able to deal with one, it is said that there is a tribe of dozens of ogres,"
"Why don't we also form a team of a few acquaintances to take over the task, so that the safety is also guaranteed, and then sell the potion in hand and divide it equally, how can one person have a hundred gold soles to take, maybe he can be lucky enough to kill an ogre, and then live a hundred gold soles!"
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In addition to a few taverns in Boulder City, the neighboring Red Maple Town, the Shining Gold Town in the south, and the Green Wood Town under the rule of the Bloodstone Fortress in the west have also received news, and adventurers and mercenaries have been discussing this mission in the past few days, and many people have rushed to the territory of Dalaran.
In order to quickly release the mission throughout the North County, Donald sent his own airship, and it was not a problem to fly people all over the North County overnight.
What's more, there are only two remote locations where you need to issue a mission, that is, Greenwood Town and Shining Gold Town, where adventurers and mercenaries in the North County gather the longest, especially Shining Gold Town because of its developed commerce and north-south passage, many mercenary groups are stationed in the town all year round. Because of the close distance between Boulder City and Red Maple Town, it is enough to send someone on horseback to release it, but as for Far Mountain Town and Lord Gerry under the rule of the Macbeth family, Donald has no intention of going there to release it at all.
With an airship on the way, the messenger sent by Donald had completed the mission in just one day.
Hiring mercenaries and adventurers to help in the war was a deliberate decision made by Donald.
Mercenaries are essentially the same profession as adventurers, in fact, most mercenaries are adventurers, and only a few join the mercenary group in the first place. Mercenaries who act alone are not mercenaries, they can only be called adventurers, and only adventurers who fight in teams can be called mercenary groups.
So the mercenary group is just a larger and formalized group of adventurers.
Although the ogre tribe is strong, it rarely leaves its inherent territory and appears on the side of Izumo Mountain, if you find a way to lure it out, with the strength of Dalaran, you should be able to eat it, and it is estimated that most of the ogre's living force can be eliminated after so many times.
Once the number of adult ogres drops below twenty, Donald is sure that he will storm the ogre's lair alone and wipe them out once and for all.
But after some thought, Donald found that these ogres were not worth taking action himself, and the price he paid for clearing the ogre tribe by himself was also very huge.
Donald made a simple calculation, the number of ogres is more than fifty, even if only two or three are brought out to destroy each time, he will spend at least two thousand gold soles when he summons creatures, and if the number of enemies drawn out is increased by two to three times, then he will basically consume thousands of gold soles worth of magic cores.
With this money, it is enough for him to hire a powerful mercenary group with silver masters to solve it.
And although the summoned soldiers under his command are all tireless and fearful, elite warriors who will only strictly carry out his orders, they will also be injured and die after all. Unlike those temporarily recalled creatures, they have a time limit, and they won't be a pity if they sacrifice themselves for their own victory. And Clinton and them are all real human beings, who have been together for so long and already have feelings, it is not worth sacrificing them to fight the ogre.
So hiring mercenaries and adventurers to do this dangerous battle is the most suitable choice, anyway, after returning from the royal capital, there have been a lot of money in the territory one after another, and there is no shortage of money to spend at present.
In the previous life, "money can make ghosts grind", "people die for money, and birds die for food" The truth is also common in this world.
"But we still need to make some preparations and find some foreign help. ”
Donald, who had made his decision, gathered his men from the territory and prepared accordingly for the plan in a few days.
Three days later, a tavern and an inn were quickly completed under the supervision of William, the magistrate, and were able to be completed in such a short time because they were based on the original buildings of the town.
When Donald came to inspect it, William reported to him, "My lord, the tavern was completed ahead of schedule because of its simple decoration. But the hotel needs to be more complicated, and there are many rooms, so for the time being, it is only a simple repair, and there is no problem with check-in, but it is not as comfortable as after completion!"
"Time is urgent, it's good to be able to stay, this time it's going to entertain those adventurers and mercenaries, it's good for them to have a room to live in, and they won't ask for too much. The rest will be done slowly after a while!"
"In the past few days, because there are more outsiders, there have been some problems with the security of the territory, but it is not a serious matter, but the garrison is still a little busy, even counting the reserves. ”
Donald listened to William's return with some headaches.
Thinking about it, there are only about 30 official members of the Dalaran militia garrison, and counting the reserve members who participated in the training, there will only be 70, and many of them are children in their early teens, who are unable to deal with emergencies.
It is obviously impossible for dozens of people to inspect and manage a town that can accommodate several thousand people and two villages in the north and south.
So Donald thought of a temporary way to deal with it, and instructed William: "From now on, the garrison will only be responsible for the security patrol in the town, as for the security of the two villages of Wind Chime Ash, you order to go down, and temporarily hand over the management of their hunting team, although the strength of the hunting team is not high, but the deterrent power of a hundred archers is enough to deter adventurers below bronze." ”
After saying that, Donald sighed in his heart, it seems that he has to launch a plan in advance to strengthen the armed strength of the territory. @。