Chapter 381: Landing in Northrend
After this brief interlude, the fleet began to continue northward, adding two new warships, and Murphy had to send some sailors to the ship, the number of people was too small to be counted on, but it made the carrying capacity increase a lot, not as crowded as it was at the beginning.
The rest of the voyage was smooth sailing, with the Storm Dragon Knights escorting, and no unsightly monster dared to provoke the fleet, and by the third day, the fleet was in the icy waters of Northrend.
Before the shadow of the Northrend continent could be seen, the weather gave the expedition fleet a disadvantage.
The air suddenly became cold, the cold sea breeze was mixed with snowflakes, and the sky became gradually overcast, and the dark and gloomy sea water was mixed with ice, and from time to time the waves crashed against the side of the ship, making a deafening crashing sound.
A bitter cold wind blew through the passengers of the fleet, bringing with it a chill, stiffening hands and feet, and a slight freezing injury.
Alteracs like Murphy and Razidanan are fine, because Alterac people live in ice and snow and have 30 points of cold resistance, so there is nothing wrong with this extremely cold weather.
Others don't have it so easy.
Especially the Storm Dragon Knights, the Dragon Knights are trained by a variety of different types of knights, including the Knights of the North Wind, the Lordaeron Noble Knights, the Feudal Knights, the Ranger Knights, and so on......
Except for the Knight of the North Wind, which has its own cold resistance, the other dragon knights are somewhat sympathetic.
MURPHY GLANCED AT THE EXTRA DEBUFF ABOVE HIS HEAD.
[Chilling Wind: You will take 20 cold damage every 60 seconds, and gain a layer of cold effect, reducing movement speed and attack speed by 1%, this effect can be stacked up to 100 times, after stacking to 100%, the unit will be frozen into an ice sculpture.
Notes: The bitter cold winds of Northrend can bring a terrifying chill, and those who are unprepared tend to die in the cold, and only a warm flame can dispel the ice and bring you hope for life. γ
This thing is an environmental hazard that is almost unavoidable.
Of course, there seems to be a lot to deal with, and the easiest way is to pile up ice resistance, as long as the freezing resistance is above 20 points, you can not be harmed.
The Elemental Envoys on the ship had to give the others the buff of 'Resistance to Cold' one by one.
LUCKILY, THIS DEBUFF IS SLOW TO TAKE EFFECT, AND IT TAKES AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR TO ACCUMULATE TO THE EFFECT ACTION.
AND AS LONG AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THE FLAMES, THIS DEBUFF WILL QUICKLY RESET TO ZERO, SO IT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE.
Morgan Lisa (Grand Arcanist): "Oh, we're almost there, it's really cold." β
The mage is convenient, Morgan Lisa directly put a 'lava shield' on herself, and her body was shrouded in a layer of scorching fire, which was completely a walking stove, and the three female teammates followed behind her, rubbing the warmth.
Aidan (Captain of the Dragonfall Knights): "It's really cold, but don't worry, I'm ready for this expedition, there are adventurers to brush the buff, and if it doesn't work, you can also light a torch, no problem." β
"Captain, it's an iceberg!" Suddenly there was a shout from the lookout.
Sure enough, on the sea in the distance, a huge iceberg was slowly approaching the fleet.
Captain Szender immediately turned around and prepared to avoid the iceberg, but the iceberg seemed to be impassable with the fleet, and slowly approached.
When he was only a few hundred meters away, Mo Fei suddenly noticed that there was a long durability strip on the top of the iceberg.
Dangerous Iceberg (Ice Elemental Aggregate) durability: 195000.
I wiped it, and there was even a blood bar?
If you have a blood bar, you won't be afraid.
Aidan (Commander of the Dragonfall Knights): "Avoid the front!" Broadside β ready to fire! Heavy artillery salvo! β
One by one, the cannon windows were opened, and aiming at the iceberg was a heavy artillery salvo.
Boom Boom! A volley of shells all slammed into the iceberg, and the huge recoil caused the Storm Dragon King to tilt sharply.
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1001οΌ -1013οΌ -996οΌ -999οΌ β¦β¦
A salvo of more than 30,000 HP was lost, and it was almost impossible to deal with such a large iceberg.
A few rounds of salvos cracked in the iceberg, and with another salvo.
Rumble! The huge iceberg instantly cracked and collapsed, revealing its inner body.
It's a 'Frost Elemental', just an elite monster.
Another volley, the Frost Elemental was killed on the spot, but unfortunately it failed to explode any equipment.
Mo Fei couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and what made him even more speechless was that soon another iceberg appeared in the distance.
"Do you want to attack again?"
"Don't fight, get out of the way."
Mo Fei can see that these activated icebergs should be formed by the gradual condensation of the frost element absorbing seawater, and they should be special lives in the Northrend Sea, not a boss at all, or don't waste shells.
Fortunately, the iceberg moved very slowly and was quickly thrown away.
This thing is really a bit weird, Mo Fei didn't dare to be careless, and sent the Dragon Surveyor again, and then he found the iceberg to bypass it in advance.
Fortunately, such 'dangerous icebergs' are not common, and with the presence of air warnings, the fleet has not encountered any more dangers.
It's convenient to have air force reconnaissance.
In the evening, there was another anomaly.
A scouting Dragon Surveyor flew back to the ship.
Dragon Surveyor: "Your Royal Highness, you have found a ship five nautical miles away. β
Mo Feixin said that it was just a ship, so there was something to be nervous about.
Dragon Surveyor: "It looks like aβghost ship!" β
Murphy was taken aback, the ghost ship? He'd never seen it before, but he'd heard of the legend of the ghost ship, which was said to have been created by Hela, the goddess of death, to collect the souls of those lost at sea.
After pondering for a moment, Murphy decided to check it out for himself.
Leaping into the sea, he turned into a storm dragon and flew in the direction of the ghost ship.
From a distance, I saw a ghostly green glow on the dark sea.
A huge warship shrouded in the aura of the forest is sailing silently in the night.
The Ghost Mist (Giant Ghost Ship) is a world-class first-order boss. Health 225000.
My day, how can anything be a monster in this hellish place?
A normal ship is supposed to be a vehicle template, but this thing is a boss template.
Isn't the boss supposed to be the captain of the ghost ship?
He got a little closer, and could faintly see in the distance that there seemed to be a number of ghost pirates in action on the bed.
Maybe there's a ghost captain boss on it.
It's better not to provoke this thing.
Murphy didn't dare to continue to get closer.,There will always be a loss in brushing the boss.,Although it was a crushing battle to fight the angry tide raiding fleet before.,But it still lost seven dragon pilots.,Twelve or thirteen adventurers died.,I don't know how much to lose when I hit this thing.,My goal is to slay the dragon.,For this kind of wild boss, you can only give up first.γ
Have the Dragon Rider go back and inform the captain to let the fleet get around.
Murphy himself continued to monitor the ghost ship from the air, the ghost ship floated quietly on the sea, exuding a ghostly shadow, calmly sailing on the sea, not even a track, and below the sea, behind the ghost ship, there were more than a dozen iron chains hundreds of meters long, each of which was tied to countless 'lost souls'.
The scene was rather eerie.
Murphy watched the ghost ship disappear into the icy waters before flying back over the fleet and landing back on the Storm Dragonlord.
The fleet continued to sail through the dark sea, and by noon it had finally seen the horizon of Northrend in the distance.
Murphy took out the map and checked it, and the location they were now should be Howling Fjord.
Howling Fjord is a treacherous area of broken reefs and cliffs that stretch through the valleys in which the sea forms steep harbors that make offshore navigation dangerous.
Whenever the north wind howls into the rock walls of the gorge, it will let out a terrible howl, hence the name of Howling Wind Fjord.
Murphy has an old friend living here, but he's not going to visit.
Continuing away from the coastline and heading west, the shattered cliff canyons are gradually replaced by frozen shores covered in snow and ice, and large areas of ice floes are gradually appearing on the surface.
Many penguins can be seen looking at the fleet from the cross-current ice, and occasionally walrus people can be seen driving a fishing boat with a unique style, going out to sea to fish, and often fleeing quickly when they see the fleet approaching, sometimes they simply don't even need the boat and jump directly into the sea.
As the ice floes gradually increased, Murphy had to ask the captain to reduce the speed of the ship to avoid being damaged by the ice floes.
However, collisions are inevitable, and each impact reduces the durability of the battleship.
Murphy began to regret it a little, ready to come and go or ignore the treacherous environment of Northrend, and did not build an icebreaker, these ordinary warships continued to lose their durability under the impact of ice floe, but fortunately, they brought a lot of materials on board, and there were craftsmen on board, who could repair while sailing.
From time to time, artillery bombardment was used to fire ice floes that were too close.
Even when it was too dangerous, Murphy had to take to the skies in the form of a dragon to protect the fleet.
Thunder Breath!
Rumble! A huge ice floe was directly shattered, and the scattered ice no longer posed a threat to the battleship.
"Wow, Brother Aidan is so handsome." A soft and cute voice came from below,
You don't have to guess to know that it's the voice of the cute big.
After a long day of sailing along the deserted and icy shore, at noon on the fourth day, I finally found some buildings on the shore, as well as a rudimentary trestle bridge jutting out to the sea.
It's the port!
No, it should be the dock, to be exact.
The pier is small, and the villages above it are also small.
But it was also a stronghold, and Murphy was ready to land here.
The fleet approached without stopping, so he ordered the fleet to drop anchor two or three hundred meters away from the coastline.
First, a few landing boats were sent to transport more than 100 adventurers and their heroes.
Stepping on the pier and looking around, there is a small port village in front of me, the style of the building is very primitive, it is made of huge logs, and you can see something like a totem pole on the outside of the village.
Murphy doesn't remember that there was an Alliance settlement in Northrend, maybe it was a camp for monsters, Viking pirates, walrus fishermen, etc.
To his surprise, the village was empty.
Not to mention people, not even a monster.
Walking all the way to a simple hall in the middle of the village, I still didn't encounter a single monster or NPC.
Mo Fei pushed open the door, and there was a fire pit in the hall that had been extinguished, and judging by the style and specifications, it seemed to be from the Viku people.
It's strange, where have all the people gone? Could it be that a player came before them? But even if it's swept away by the player, then at least the corpse should be left.
After checking it out and not seeing why, Murphy decided not to care about it anymore.
"Let's land here."
This small village is at least a stronghold, and a coordinate point can be displayed on the map.
In the game, there is no such thing as a meaningless design, and in general, there is always a subtle connection between strongholds, and from here, you are sure to find more monster settlements, or dungeons, dungeons, ruins, and the like.
It's the worst thing, but it can also trigger a task or something.
With Murphy's order, the adventurers couldn't wait to go ashore, followed by the dragon-blooded giant warriors of the Dragonborn Knights.
The small village was soon overcrowded.
Murphy sent ten dragon riders to reconnoitre, and there was no obvious path in the icy wasteland, and he was ready to make sure of the information before moving on.
However, by the end of the night, only seven Storm Drakes had flown back.
It's not good.
Listening to the report of the returning Dragon Surveyor on the geographical situation he had detected, Mo Fei couldn't help but think as he looked at the gradually gloomy night.
Razidanan: "Your Highness, what should I do now?" Did you encounter a monster? β
Murphy nodded, "It should be, and it's a flying monster." β
The Dragon Surveyors are flying at high altitudes, and even if they are ranged monsters, it is impossible to take them down.
The only possibility is that there is a flying monster, could it be the primeval dragon?
It also feels likely, according to the information provided by the Explorers Guild, the white dragon should have established its own dragon group.
Murphy gathered the map he had spotted and the direction in which the dragon knights had disappeared, the danger was mainly in the northwest, and the northeast was untouched, and there was a wasteland with a lot of wild animals, reindeer, arctic wolves, crampon bears, mammoths, and the like.
Although the beast is also a monster category, it belongs to the monster category with the lowest danger factor, because the beast generally fights alone, except for the wolf pack will concentrate a certain number, basically does not pose a threat to the army.
However, after a moment's hesitation, Murphy refused to head northeast, and instead focused on the northwest direction on the map.
Since there is danger, I want to go that way.
Gather your troops β let's go!
(End of chapter)