"What exactly is a 'wooden house' here? What's the point of us looking for it? ”

The centaur opened his mouth, asking the others this question.

"Maybe it's some kind of record point? Milestone? Judging from the mission description, it exists in more than one place, and it should have a very important role. ”

Polaris expressed his speculation.

"Just check it out."

Dongyang pointed to the wooden house not far away, and immediately greeted the centaur and the madman, and the three players of the Valhalla Guild took the lead towards the wooden house.

"But ......"

Polaris frowned.

"As mentioned in the mission, there are dangers lurking around the cabin, so it's better for us to be careful."

The quest reward clearly states that the person with the highest contribution to the quest can choose any faction supernatural knowledge, which makes Polaris excited.

He secretly made up his mind to strive for the highest level of contribution in order to obtain that transcendent knowledge.

Therefore, he is also very attentive to this mission, and does not want the team members to die easily, resulting in an unnecessary waste of resurrections, so as not to fail the final mission.

But Dongyang didn't seem to care, stopped and said:

"This is information that must be known, and even if it is dangerous, it is worth trading a life for this information."

He beckoned, and led the centaur and the madman onwards.

Chenxi felt that Dongyang's words made some sense, so she also took honey grapefruit and followed the three people in front.

"Polaris, what are we going to do?"

Su Keying came to Polaris and asked.

Behind her stood Tail, Doghead Gold, and Oblivion.

After experiencing the Wonderland journey during the closed beta together, they still trust Polaris' judgment ability.

"Don't walk together, lest we be annihilated, let's keep up with us at a distance......"

Polaris said with a deep breath.

The trust these people have in him makes him feel good.

"If there is an accident, we can rescue it in time."

After saying that, Polaris walked in the direction of the wooden house.

The others nodded and followed.

The two groups of people were dozens of meters apart, getting closer and closer to the wooden house.

Dongyang glanced back at Polaris' squad and shook his head with a chuckle.

But at this moment.

Behind a tree, black smoke rose.

"Be careful! There is a case! ”

The centaurs shouted a warning.

The others pulled out their weapons, most of them a pair of mechanical gloves and a trumpet musket.

The centaur himself, on the other hand, took out the spoon-shaped artifact and instantly transformed it into a long "shovel" and carried it in his hand.

He positioned himself as a fighter who stood in the way of the front and protected his teammates in the back row.

In the midst of the black smoke, a humanoid creature with an indistinct face stepped out from behind the tree.

It wears a straw hat and carries a logging axe.

"Danger! This is an elite monster with a red name of 'deadly'! Let's gather fire! ”

Dongyang threw a probe and shouted.

He immediately raised his musket and pulled the trigger on the lumberjack.

Boom!!

Tongues of fire spewed out, and countless tiny steel balls smashed into its body, sputtering out dots of black smoke.

“！！”

Dongyang's eyes widened.

He noticed that the lumberjack had only paused for a moment, and then took another step towards his group.

"I don't believe I can't kill you!"

Dongyang gritted his teeth and said coldly.

"Shoot them all!"

He reloaded his ammunition and opened fire again on the lumberjack.

Several people around him, except for the horsemen, also raised their guns and fired.

Boom! Bang bang bang!!

There was a dense burst of gunfire, the black smoke on the lumberjack's body twisted and fluctuated, and his body retreated again and again because of the overwhelming small steel balls, and his body was crooked and deformed.

Eventually, the lumberjack lost control of his balance and was thrown upside down by the projectile and fell to the ground.

There was a thud, and dust was raised.

"Well done!"

Dongyang let out a long breath and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Vice-president, something seems wrong."

The centaur frowned.

He tightened the spoon in his hand and stared at the humanoid monster lying on the ground not far away, constantly emitting black smoke.

The crowd didn't receive a kill prompt, knowing that the black smoke monster named "Lumberjack" wasn't dead yet.

"Not only is it not dead, but it can't even see a single wound on its body!"

The centaur said in a deep voice.

"That's true...... The black smoke seemed to be repairing its injuries. ”

Chenxi and the others looked at it and frowned.

"What kind of undead monster is this?!"

Dongyang clenched his fists.

"Try it with fire!"

Polaris and his party rushed over from the rear at this time, and he opened his mouth to remind him.

At the same time, he urged the mechanical gloves he was wearing in his hands and took the lead in throwing out a high-temperature fireball.

Rumble!!

The fireball slammed into the black-smoked lumberjack, causing a raging fire.

The specially crafted fuel stained the surface of its body, causing the flames to burn and crackle.

The lumberjack struggled violently on the ground, black smoke billowing and seemingly hurting.

"It worked!"

Dongyang's eyes lit up.

"All breathe fire with gloves!"

He glanced at Polaris in surprise, then beckoned to his teammates and used his mechanical gloves to spray flames.

Boom ——!!

The crowd aimed at the lumberjacks on the ground and spewed out several pillars of fire.

Roar!!

In the center of the flames, black smoke filled the air, and a beastly roar was heard.

Call......!

The flames lasted for seven or eight seconds, and the man's mechanical gloves began to spew steam, apparently overloaded.

When the flames dissipated, everyone saw that the ground had been burned out of a pitch-black crater, and the inner walls were crystalline, steaming, and the air was distorted.

But the lumberjack was gone.

"Burned to ashes?!"

Kotou Jin said.

"Impossible...... Because there are no kill hints! ”

Polaris said in a deep voice.

"Be careful!"

The centaur suddenly noticed the black smoke flashing in the afterglow, and his face changed drastically.

When everyone heard his reminder, they were vigilant.

But after all, it was still a step too late.

Behind the tree closest to Dongyang, the lumberjack sprang out in the dark, raised his logging axe and chopped it down.

Woo - poof!!

Blood splattered, Dongyang was instantly beheaded, and the ground turned into a white light and disappeared.

The centaurs and maniac beside him were taken aback.

No one thought that the lumberjack would appear from behind the trees next to them!

Whining!

The Logging Axe swept at everyone with a puff of black smoke.

The madman had just raised his musket, and before he could pull the trigger, he was like a small sapling, cut off by the waist!

His eyes widened as his internal organs shattered and flew wide, turning into white light in midair.

One more player on the team!

The centaurs who were close at hand held their giant metal spoons in front of them. In the next second, there was a loud bang, and the logging axe slashed at it, sending out dazzling sparks.

Immediately, the centaur screamed, and was blasted out by a huge force, slamming into a tree, vomiting blood and seriously injuring himself.

"It's too brutal in melee combat! Get out of the way! Scattered! ”

Polaris shouted.

As soon as Dongyang, who had a faint temporary captain's posture, died, everyone fell into a little panic.

Polaris immediately made a decision and commanded:

"Su Keying, you and Tail Yin rushed straight forward, arrived at the wooden house as soon as possible, and saw what was in there...... Doghead Gold and Oblivion Mowgli help me cover and be vigilant around to avoid a lumberjack teleportation sneak attack! ”

Polaris threw a ball of flames right in the middle of the lumberjack, and suddenly rose into flames, like a torch was lit.

"I don't know how high the output is, but the flames do hurt it! Chenxi and Honey Grapefruit assisted me in setting fire to it, at least restricting its movements, and buying time for Su Keying and them! ”

When the people heard what he said, they immediately took action.

After a little hesitation, Chenxi and Honey Yuzu also chose to obey Polaris' command and breathed fire at the lumberjack.

Roar ......!!

Lumberjacks writhed in black smoke and flames.

Su Keying and Tail Yin, under the delay of Polaris and others, successfully arrived at the door of the wooden house.

But in the next second, they showed frustrated expressions.

Because the door of the wooden house can't be opened at all!

"We can't open the door, it's like it's connected to the wooden house, inlaid together!"

A little far apart, Su Keying spoke in the chat room.

"- Have you checked the windows or anything? Is there any other way to get in? ”

Polaris threw out a cloud of flame again, his palms burning and steam overflowing.

He asked in the chat room.

"—I've checked it all, and the windows won't open, it's only made of wood, but it's harder than metal! And when you look in from the outside, it's only pitch black inside. ”

Su Keying replied.

"-Forget it, let's withdraw first, don't waste the resurrection, this monster hasn't died yet, we won't last long......!"

Polaris ends up sending out a text message in the chat room.

Immediately, he opened his mouth to command his teammates around him, choosing to fight and retreat.

But in the next second, everyone's originally nervous hearts were even more raised.

Because they saw that behind several trees around them, black smoke was slowly rising!

"Here we go again! Five lumberjacks! ”

Kotou Jin opened his mouth wide and counted to his companions.

"You can't beat one, now five! Walk! You go first! ”

Polaris shouted.

Doghead Jin and Forgotten Mowgli glanced at each other, said a word of encouragement, and then turned and ran.

Su Keying and Tail Yin ran from the other end of the wooden house because they were too deep, and they had to pass through many lumberjacks. So the two of them were unfortunate enough to be targeted by a lumberjack and sent away with two axes.

The centaur who was seriously injured and fell to the ground was also killed by a passing lumberjack with an axe.

Chenxi and Honey Yuzu gave a cheering look, and also put away their weapons, preparing to evacuate.

But one of the lumberjacks raised his axe and swung it at a nearby tree.

Honey Yuzu was running away after the president, and in the trees beside her, a quick axe suddenly burst out of thin air, and before she had time to react, she directly cut it in half!

Chenxi was startled.

She took a deep breath, quickly calmed down, and quickened her pace.

Behind him, the many lumberjacks, covered in black smoke, took steps to chase down the players.

Polaris just wants to continue to contain the fireball, but finds that the mechanical gauntlet's fuel block has been exhausted. And because of frequent overload, it is not hot at this time, and it cannot be used in a short time.

He sighed, and had to take out his musket and retreat.

However, the lumberjack does not seem to be able to walk fast, but is actually able to use trees to move through space. After a few breaths, he came to Polaris' side and hacked him to death.

Only three out of ten players survived in the end.

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The group reunited at the starting location.

Seven players, including the dead Toyo, Crazy Benmaniac and Centaurs, were also resurrected here.

"I've watched all the conversations in the chat room just now, and the wooden house can't be opened, and we don't know what it does at all."

Dongyang's face was slightly gloomy.

It's a bit of a loss to lose a life in vain, but not get the information you want.

"Those lumberjacks are too strong, we joined forces, and none of them took out a single ......"

The dog's head and golden heart palpitated.

He and Forgotten Mowgli glanced at each other, feeling that even if he drank the Hercules medicine, he probably wouldn't be able to beat the black-smoked lumberjack.

After all, people seem to be physically immune!

No matter how hard the Minotaur's fist is, it is useless......

People don't eat this set, no, I should say that I like to eat this set very much, and the minotaur is in tears!

The lumberjacks were burned by fire for a long time, and they did not die. Add to that its elusive ability to shuttle through trees, and its spooky attacks that use trees to divert axes, and it's terrifying!

"Staying in Wonderland will continue to deduct sanity points, what we have to do now is to explore in the opposite direction of this wooden house according to the task description......"

Polaris said in a deep voice.

"We don't have much time, and we've already died once, and we've dropped one level, so we can't spend money on it, and we can go back at a loss!"

Dongyang glanced at him and finally nodded.

"You're right, Polaris."

It may be that the previous support and temporary takeover command made Dongyang look down on this lone casual player.

Although he had heard about this man before, he had never seen it with his own eyes.

"Let's go."

Dongyang said.

He took one last look back at the cabin in the distance and gritted his teeth.

The picture is distorted and fluctuated.

The statue gazes at the lake, where ten players are seen walking briskly away from the cabin.

Chen Lun leaned against the Maggie statue and watched the scene with a smile.

'Go in the direction I set......

As early as the beginning, he closed the wooden house of "Forest No. 1", and these players naturally couldn't get in.

I didn't plan to let them into the cabin, but simply used it as a save point for players.

It's like herding sheep, pushing the players in a certain direction, finding a way for me, and finding the next cabin. ’

Chen Lun kept smiling.

Only seven players have died at the hands of the Lumberjack, giving him 700 XP and 3 stat points.

It's not much, but it's better than nothing...... At least there are not too many attribute points. ’

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The light of the forest was still so dim, and the shadows of the trees were eerie.

Ten players walked through it, and there was no communication, except for the rustle of footsteps on dead leaves, and there was a dead silence.

"Without encountering the spider silk when we first came to Wonderland, we were able to speed up a little bit...... Sanity is not enough to sustain us in staying here for a long time. ”

Polaris whispered.

The others looked at each other a few times and seemed to agree with this statement.

"Okay."

Dongyang nodded.

The crowd began to move from walking to running.

The surrounding woods cut by, and the breeze was cool.

After running like this for a few minutes, the crowd soon encountered danger again.

A figure turned its back to them, stopping in front of them.

It looked like a human, clad in a dirty gray cloth robe, hunched over, and seemed to be muttering something.

Hearing the footsteps of the crowd, it turned around.

Players were shocked when they saw a vicious rat face!

The rat-man was dripping with blood from his mouth, as if chewing on something, and in one hand he was carrying a bloody piece of flesh and in the other hand he was holding an inverted wooden stick the thickness of a thigh.

"Yes, yes......"

The rat-man muttered.

"Yes, yes......"

It repeats simple words, its cloudy eyes filled with madness and murderous intent.

Swish!

The rat-man suddenly moved.

It lunged at the crowd, raised its mace, and smashed it on its head.

"Yes!!"

Rumble!

The huge impact smashed a hole in the ground, and countless mud and sand rolled up and fell leaves.

Polaris and the others dodged and dispersed in time, only Forgotten Mowgli took a step slower, was rubbed to his thigh, and the blood flowed in an instant.

He screamed in pain and fell to the ground, in a bleeding negativity.

"Shoot!"

Dongyang shouted.

The crowd gathered around the nezumi and shot at it.

Bang bang bang bang ......!!

Squeaky ——!!

Blood bloomed on the nezumi's body, and it was sprayed with countless small steel balls, and let out a terrible scream.

After a round of fire, it fell to the ground on its back. The horrific upside-down wooden rod also rolled down beside it.

There was a pop and a little fallen leaves were splashed.

[Kill the polluted creature "Caveman"!] Gain 80 XP! 】

The crowd received a kill prompt, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally met a slightly more normal monster.,If you can't kill this.,I really can't play!"

Dongyang sighed.

The lumberjack he met just now caused him a lot of psychological shadows.

The last shot that resulted in a lethal kill was given to Chenxi's head, and she gained 300 XP points, which were split equally among the others.

"Let's keep walking."

Dongyang put on the ammunition and said to the others.

But he found that there was something wrong with everyone's expressions.

"Vice-president, we seem to be surrounded!"

The centaur said nervously.

Dongyang turned around and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

In the surrounding woods, dense figures of rats began to appear, and most of them were similar to the one just now. But there are also a few nezumi, dressed in leather armor and holding huge machetes.

Even, Dongyang saw a rat man with two heads, dragging a large hammer that looked extremely heavy.

"Yes......"

"Yes, yes......"

The dense murmuring reached the ears of the players, and there was an indescribable weirdness.

"What are we going to do?! There are so many ......! ”

Kotou Jin spoke anxiously.

Dongyang's brows furrowed, he looked around, and found that his side had been surrounded, and if he wanted to rush out, he was afraid that it would be even more difficult.

"You can't retreat, anyway, you don't have much sanity left, so it's better to go all out and kill as many monsters as possible......"

Polaris said calmly.

He filled his mechanical glove with a brand new fuel block and moved his fingers.

"These are XP points, and they also drop Otherworldly Materials...... At the very least, we must make up for the loss of two deaths, and by the way, clear the way for the next resurrection! ”

With that, he threw a high-temperature fireball at the nearest nezumi.

Rumble!!

The nezumi carried the wooden stick and tried to jump away, but it was a step too late, and was contaminated by the bursting flames, and half of his body burst into flames.

Squeaky ——!

There was a burning smell, and the nezumi screamed in pain and fell to the ground and rolled on the ground.

Thundered......

Ratmen surged towards the players, muttering the word "yes" over and over again, raising their weapons to reveal bloodthirsty faces.

Players raise their hands and shoot down one gray cloth-robed rat after another. But the nezumi behind stepped on the body of their companion and rushed forward.

And the players' muskets, before they have time to reload, have already been close to them!

Woo-knock!

An upside-down wooden rod slammed into Kotoujin's head, shooting him in the head.

You're dead! 】

In the next second when the dog's head gold turned into white light and disappeared, the forgotten Wuji, who was sitting next to him, was not spared, and was taken away by a stick.

"Don't fire at the same time! There will be a gap in firepower! Su Keying, you and the tail note are a few, and we'll make it up when we reload! ”

Polaris shouted.

He was short, dodging the knock of the nezumi in front of him, and then spewed a flame close to him.

Rumble!

Although he lit it, he was too close to it, causing some flames to be stained on his body.

Polaris endured the burning pain, rolled and fell to the ground, using the mud and sand on the ground to extinguish the flames on his body.

But there are so many rat people that there are twenty or thirty of them.

It was a bitter battle, and in less than two minutes of fighting, the player team was left with only Dongyang, Centaurs, and Polaris.

"Don't fight, pick up the loot first! They will disappear as soon as the time limit expires, try to pick up a little more with this life, so that you don't lose money! ”

Polaris spat out blood and spoke to the other two.

He opened the panel and took a quick glance, and found that he had accumulated 500+ experience points, which was enough to recover the loss of two deaths.

"Good! Centaurs, you cover me! ”

Dongyang said.

"Vice-president, hurry up, I won't last long!"

The centaur put away his musket, picked up the long spoon in his hand, and engaged the nezumi in hand-to-hand combat.

His opponent was a leather-armored rat-man armed with a machete, and his strength was obviously stronger than the ordinary gray-robed rat-man.

The centaur slammed it on the rat-man's head several times in a row, making a rattling sound, but only wounding it, not killing it.

This only angered the nezumi by squeaking and raising its machete, splitting the centaur in half!

Bloody!

"Yes, yes......!"

The bloodthirsty nezumi chanted in a daze.

There were more than a dozen nezumi corpses on the ground that had been slaughtered by the players. They quickly disintegrate into tiny particles and sink into the ground, leaving in their place some otherworldly materials such as rat fangs, rat tails, claws, and eye entrails.

There are even a few very rare transparent balls [pure substance]!

It's a pity that there are too many rat people around, and the centaurs also died bravely.

Polaris and Dongyang only had time to pick up two or three pieces before they were brutally killed by the rats.

Before he died, he watched those extraordinary materials gradually become transparent until they disappeared.

Blood is dripping from both of their hearts!

It's all their blood and sweat! O their toil!

That's it...... Evaporated!

And what they didn't know was that somewhere in the fairyland, by the lake, the familiar black-hat young man was whistling and counting the loot at his feet.

"The needle doesn't poke, and it's nine extraordinary materials in hand...... Well, there's also 1000 XP and 2 stat points. ”

Chen Lun smiled and muttered to himself.

Then he put his elbows on his cheeks, revealing his thoughts.

In other words, the income from attribute points is gradually decreasing...... It seems that only the first sight of the players kills, the reward is the most? ’

Chen Lun once again looked at the surface of the lake and raised his eyebrows.

'This North Star, kind of interesting......

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