Chapter 192: Demon Slayer Brave
The surrounding situation changed, and Ji Xun carefully read the enlightenment that appeared.
"You have entered the Third Holy Grail War: Battle of Ironforge Fortress"
"Current Cataclysm Tier 4D Grade, Current Difficulty Mortality Rate: 50.3%"
"Space Exploration Progress: 26.3%"
"Keyword: War Mode"
"Clue: The Demon Legion of the Hell Lord has captured several frontier fortresses on the Demon Mountains, and the war has been triggered; Ironforge is a major city of war on the edge of the Kingdom of Deresa, and it will be a key barrier to prevent the demon army from entering."
"D-Class Story Mission: You and your teammates are the 'Falcon Legion' supporting the Kingdom Scout soldiers of Ironforge Fort, and you need to go out of the city to find out the movements of the demon army and transmit information back to Ironforge according to the commander's arrangement."
"Hint: Rumors have spread that humans and demons have been fighting for the 'Holy Grail of Sismak' for thousands of years, and there seems to be a shadow of a god behind this war between humans and demons."
As soon as the inspiration came out, Ji Xun listened to the discussion of his teammates around him.
After all, it's war mode.
This is not a big scene that ordinary people have ever seen.
"It's actually a space for war mode! Damn, why did you forget to ask this stubble when I explained the previous mission. Now it's a problem. β
"Tut, you don't think that the Lionheart family took such a high settling-in fee to let us come for a vacation, right? The mode of war is reasonable."
"Hey, I've heard that if War Mode really wants to survive, the probability of drawing rare cards is very high. If you can draw a special card like a [Space Teleportation Card] or something, you won't have to worry about it in your life."
"It's not easy to get out alive. This D-level difficulty has nearly half of the mortality rate, and I don't know what difficulty I will finally challenge this time. β
"Look at least a B-level difficulty plot. However, the Lionheart family and the Bai family are all elites, as well as the elites of the mammoth regiment, the Beamon regiment, and the silver crown. With those guys on top, it's not necessarily us who are dead."
"Yes. It's up to who's luckier and can survive to the end. β
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After seeing that it was in war mode, although the hunters had an accident, it was only a moment before the noise stopped.
This time it was a large space with the participation of 1,000 people, and three or four hundred wild hunters were recruited.
But those who participated were basically the core members of various veteran hunter groups.
This is completely different from the crooked melons and cracked dates recruited in the last "Outpost Battle", this is a group of old hunters who are already experienced and have good combat power.
The mortality rate of the previous cannon fodder regiment exploration does not mean that they are the same.
What's more, the Lionhearts family sent by them are also the elite of the official regiment and mercenary group.
This is also the basic trust that can attract so many masters to participate in this task.
Just looking at the lineup, many people guessed that the difficulty of this space challenge was definitely not low.
Compared with those stunned teammates around him, Ji Xun had long known that this alien space encrypted by the Lionheart family was in war mode.
Nanjing's mother has given him the latest detailed information.
There is no discrepancy in the information that has been revealed.
I have long been familiar with it.
Ji Xun also knew very well that the people of the Lionheart family were also going for the Holy Grail, and this time it would inevitably trigger a more difficult plot.
At least it is an A-level difficulty plot, so there is a small probability that you may come into contact with the [Sismark Holy Grail].
However, the number of participants is directly proportional to the difficulty of the extradimensional space.
The more crowded, the more difficult it becomes.
At present, the plot with the highest difficulty has been triggered is C-level, and the mortality rate is more than 70%.
It is known that the B-level has been triggered, which is the second plot, and no one has survived so far.
That's why so many masters were sent in.
This time there is bound to be a breakthrough.
Nan Jing's mother specially asked to follow this time, also because those masters are there, and the hope of success will be greater.
And there are probably other deep meanings.
But it's not a big problem.
If he can't find the Holy Grail this time, even if he gets out alive, Ji Xun's lifespan won't last long.
So whether it's A-level or S-level difficulty, he seems very indifferent.
While thinking, Ji Xun's eyes observed the surrounding environment.
This "Ironforge Castle" is a military city with black tones.
The city is not too big, but there are a lot of blacksmiths.
Because there is a vein of high-quality iron ore in the nearby mountains, this city is also a very important ordnance production site for the Kingdom of Teresa.
"Judging from the current information, the rumor of the appearance of the 'Holy Grail' is the nearby Wind Mine. Could it be fake news spread by NPCs? β
Ji Xun thought of Nan Jing's mother's information in his mind.
The Lionhearts have explored the space four times, and have gotten clues about the possible possibility of the Holy Grail pointing to the mines.
That's the benefit of having intelligence backing it up.
Originally, if I wanted to know this, I had to spend a lot of manpower and time in the city to talk to NPCs before I could guess it a little bit of inquiry.
But now that he knew in advance, it also saved too much energy.
And the main plot is also clear.
But now that he knows, Ji Xun is skeptical of the known information.
This "Battle of Ironforge" is just a special battle in this Holy Grail War, and it is far from the time of full-scale war.
The difficulty of the plot triggered in this space before has only reached level B, and generally speaking, the information that appears may be misleading.
At least if you follow this story quest normally, it is impossible to get access to the Holy Grail.
Therefore, there is no other way.
Find some triggers that don't follow the normal development of the plot.
This time, the map of space is almost endless, and it is unrealistic to blindly look for it.
This requires some abnormal intelligence channels.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun's eyes flashed with a gleam.
His gaze looked far beyond the city, as if searching for something.
Although there was no light, his remarkable dark vision now allowed him to see the endless mountains clearly.
His ability to never forget allowed him to judge from the undulating shape of the mountains.
"Demon Mountains. It's the same place. β
Ji Xun muttered in his heart.
That's right.
What he saw was the Demon Mountain Range where the fortresses of the last Outpost Battle were located.
After reading this, he also determined that the two interdimensional spaces were the same map!
He could even clearly tell which col of the mountain range the most critical Thunder Fortress was in.
Ji Xun even felt that if he went all the way towards the mountain range, he would still be able to find the fortress that had now been captured by the demon army.
After confirming this, he was a little more confident.
Not only does he have the latest intel on the Lionhearts, but he also has the information he got from the last perfect playthrough of Outpost.
Unique information!
But at this time, Ji Xun thought of something else, and pondered in his heart: "But then again, last time I took away the key item of [Power Gem Golden Ball] through an abnormal plot channel, and I don't know if the teleportation array is still there." Is the current plot of Ironforge an extension of the changed plot, or the original plot? β
According to what he knew, the [Power Gem Golden Ball], a special item of the catastrophic level, was basically "unique".
Even if it's in an extradimensional space.
In other words, if it appears in the space and is taken away, even if someone enters the same space next time, they will not get a second item of the same kind.
"Ironforge Castle" and "Outpost Battle" are two related spaces, and the power golden ball is a necessary thing for building a teleportation array, and it is a key plot item that should not be ignored.
Ji Xun thought of this, and he was also very interested.
His instincts told him it would be the latter.
If the plot of Ironforge was affected by the last episode, then the essence of the existence of the alien space may not be a simple "copy".
It's a bizarre world that can evolve.
The most important thing is that the last things and information in Ji Xun's hands will maximize their value!
didn't have time to think about it, at this time, the officer's shouting pulled Ji Xun's thoughts back to reality.
"Soldiers of the Falcon Legion, now that the demonic spies have appeared near Ironforge Castle, your task is to find them and clean them up!"
"Now the squads are starting to resupply. An hour later, the teams set off in batches! β
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It's pretty much the same as last time, and the war mode is just going to war.
The group of people who came in would go straight to the front line of the battle with the demons.
The commander of Ironforge announced the mission, and everyone had an hour to move freely.
As soon as the free event was announced, the redemption panel appeared.
Just seeing the names of those equipment supplies from the Quartermaster Department, the hunters got excited.
"Tsk, the war mode is worthy of the war mode, and the items exchanged for military merit are so exaggerated! Gold-quality materials abound, as well as a variety of finished cards."
"There are so many treasures that I have never heard of in my life, let alone seen them."
"If you can really make up enough combat merits to exchange for something, that's the real good thing!"
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One by one, they were so excited that they were talking.
But Ji Xun looked at those and looked very calm.
After all, it's not the first time.
Just like last time, hunting demons will give you merit points.
But the difference is that this time, because it is a fourth-order space, there are adventurers from the 1st to 4th orders who enter.
The points earned for hunting demons are also judged based on their own strength.
The greater the rank gap, the less merit will be gained.
It will not give high-level card masters the opportunity to kill low-level monsters in groups to brush up their combat exploits.
Ji Xun didn't care too much.
After all, the main purpose of his visit this time was not to exchange things for war merits, but to the Holy Grail.
Ji Xun was more interested in the people who came in this time.
This time, a total of 1,000 people entered, which is quite a lot.
He glanced at the hunters who hadn't come to the level to take a closer look.
There are a lot of guys with their heads and tails hidden.
Although I can't see the face clearly, I know that it is elite just by looking at the momentum.
"There are a lot of masters."
Ji Xun muttered in his heart.
Seeing nothing, he glanced at his teammates again.
A team of thirty people, most of them are a large hunter group called "Three-Tailed Fox", the captain is a third-order swordsman master, and there are a few scattered people.
Ji Xun, a registered second-order swordsman, is also a backbone, but because he is a scattered person, he is not very eye-catching.
Everyone else went to the city to buy all kinds of equipment in high spirits.
didn't see anything, and Ji Xun also followed.
However, as he walked, he saw a familiar face.
"Jia Yu?"
Ji Xun looked at the immature mushroom head, wasn't it Xie Guozhong's little assistant?
How did this kind of elite graduate of the Federal Academy come to this high-mortality alien space?
Ji Xun also instantly guessed that it might be that the top management of Bureau X was also interested in the Holy Grail.
And it's not just Bureau X, judging from the intelligence of Nanjing's mother, almost all of the Lionheart, Bai Family, Orlan Remnants, and Silver Moon Sect are very concerned about the Holy Grail.
The ingredient people who came in this time were very complicated.
"Is this Jia Yu implicated by Xie Guozhong?"
Ji Xun thought that since the people in Bureau X had sent Jia Yu into the space of war mode, they obviously had some meaning of punishment.
The most likely thing is that he was implicated in Xie Guozhong's crime.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun also frowned slightly.
In this way, this mushroom head is more or less implicated by himself?
Although they were acquaintances, they didn't want to recognize each other.
Ji Xun's current identity is very sensitive, and he is in great trouble after being exposed.
Thinking that if you meet it later and can help a little, you can help.
However, he didn't know that the mushroom head Jia Yu was muttering something in his mouth as he walked: "Ah, the space suppression is really completely inaccessible." If you want to get the Holy Grail, the risk of death is not small."
Ji Xun walked all the way in the city like this.
He also wandered around the city with the [Relic Demon Point] he got last time.
He knew that there was a demon in the demon army that could disguise itself as a human in human skinβPishtako.
Those demons may not be out there, and they may have been lurking in for a long time.
Along the way, the most common thing is all kinds of blacksmith shops.
"My good man, I can buy silver-quality equipment directly in the city! The price is still so cheap! That's only one-tenth of the outside."
"Oh my God, these blacksmiths have a whole set of silver gear! Oh, look what I found, [Exquisite Silver Magic Sword]! This attribute is not much different from relic-level equipment."
"Oh, damn it, you need magic cores and all sorts of energy crystals to buy these equipment! I didn't bring much."
"Didn't you notice when you signed up before? Who told you not to bring more. β
"I even gave my son the settling-in allowance, how could I bring too many demon cores with me."
"Yes. But if you can get out alive, Lao Liu, you will lose a lot. β
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Ji Xun had known this information for a long time.
Because Ironforge is an important ordnance city, hunters can buy some weapons against demons at low prices, such as demon-destroying arrows, swords, armor and leather armor, and other enchanted equipment.
The price is also very low.
If you get out alive, just buying these things and reselling them is enough to make a windfall.
That's why the war model is also called the "get-rich-quick mode".
The hunters looked at the sophisticated equipment and rushed in excitedly one by one.
If you can, you can immediately change into a shining silver outfit.
However, Ji Xun is not so optimistic.
The extradimensional space has always been cruel.
The better the equipment provided by the story, the more difficult it is.
But it doesn't prevent you from buying when you need to.
Ji Xun has a large enough storage ring and a large enough magic core.
He also buys a lot of quality gear.
Not to mention taking them out and reselling them, these things are not bad to deal with the demon army, even if they can be exchanged for combat exploits.
But as I walked around, I soon saw inspiration appear.
"Trigger the C-level story quest to investigate the fallen Thunder Fortress and find out the situation and movements of the demon army; Complete the mission to get a high merit reward based on the level of detail of the intelligence."
Ji Xun was not surprised.
This is the optional scenario that has already been explored and triggered before.
Seeing the increased difficulty of the enlightenment prompts, the hunters did not complain except for a few complaints.
After all, it's all here.
What's more, there are so many masters coming.
Those golden knights of the Lionheart group are all real nobles, and they all dare to come, and the hunters don't dare to think that they are mud legs.
What's more, it's still an optional plot.
This means that you can choose not to choose.
Everyone can still finish the first episode and leave.
However, what the hunters didn't expect was that Enlightenment reappeared: "Triggering the B-grade story mission, it is rumored that the [Sismark Holy Grail] has appeared in the Wind Mine Cave, and the Demon Lord has sent a red-robed shaman to find the whereabouts of the Holy Grail. Everyone must find and kill the red-robed shaman to stop the demon's plot."
The difficulty of the plot suddenly rose to B.
And it's an all-hands task.
At this moment, the hunters began to scold the mother.
Everyone knows the difficulty of the war mode, and when it reaches grade B, the mortality rate will definitely soar.
But there is nothing to be done.
And those aristocratic elite knights still gave everyone great confidence.
After all, the risk is shared by everyone.
Seeing this, the corners of Ji Xun's mouth slightly raised a playful arc.
But he knew that except for a few key personnel, no one knew that the current mortality rate of B-class missions was 100%!
Because it has been explored four times, the general direction of the location of the Demon Legion can be confirmed, and it is not difficult to complete the C- and D-level missions of the first stage.
And this B-level plot is the second plot of the so-called "No One Survives".
"It's fast."
Ji Xun carefully read the content of the enlightenment, and after seeing that there was nothing wrong, when he walked out of an alley, he had already changed his face.
There was not much of an hour of free activity, and he didn't wander around anywhere else, but came directly to the City Lord's Mansion.
The City Lord's Mansion in the hands of the city guards is currently in the "unexplored area".
According to the information, the people of the Lionheart family tried many methods, but they were unable to enter the city lord who contacted the Ironforge Castle.
Ji Xun wanted to try.
As soon as he walked to the mansion like a small castle, the sergeant guarding raised his spear and shouted, "The city lord's mansion, there is no order to prohibit approaching!" β
However, at this time, Ji Xun took out a rune token and said, "I am entrusted by Master Merlin of the Falling Eagle Fortress, and I have top-secret information to inform the city lord!" β
That's right.
In his hand is the plot item he got from the last "Outpost Battle", the "rune token" that can prove the identity of Mage Ronan!
It's also a shortcut he wants to try!
Only abnormal ways can contact the Holy Grail, which is also the entry point that Ji Xun thought of.
The City Lord's Mansion is definitely the key to a difficult plot.
However, as soon as this token was taken out, a unique wave of magic power attracted the captain of the guard.
The man checked it, and then actually gave Ji Xun a respectful chest salute, and shouted a very special title: "Lord Demon Slayer Brave!" β
When Ji Xun heard this title, his expression was awe-inspiring.
Because he immediately understood that the plot of "The Battle of Ironforge Fort" was really changed by the last "Battle of the Outpost"!
(End of chapter)