735. Oh no, I'm the best one now
The Gentiles returned to the Black Flame Pass position not just to retrieve Lord Heather's relics, they had other goals here.
However, the appearance of the Dark Lord Infected represents a rather terrible sign, although Lord Heather and the unleashed Lord of Darkness have been swept into the depths of the astral plane, it is highly likely that the evil god has spread his power before being banished from the material world.
It spreads in the same form as the hunting electors that Grand Overseer Hygson saw in Mossy Valley.
In the current state of the Lord of Darkness, his chosen choice must be the reluctant Lord of Heather, but that doesn't mean that he can't use his power above reality to shape a group of "dark elects".
In the most extreme case, perhaps the Dark Lord's electors are still trapped in the ruins of the battlefield and have not left.
It's certainly not a good thing to let these dangerous creatures run around, so the clever little players immediately sent a warning and report to the NPCs as soon as they encountered the infected, and the news was also relayed by Adele to Murphy, who is currently in the Shadow Valley.
The Vampire Governor immediately sensed the danger of this and quickly sent a mission to the high-level players currently in the Shadow Valley:
γDing! Random EventsΒ·' The Poison of Darkness has been triggered!
Event Content:
A detachment of explorers in Transencia accidentally discovered the conspiracy of the evil god during their return to the Black Flame Pass, and the dark lord who had been torn apart from the material world by Lord Murphy using the astral plane to banish him with his filth, and a group of individuals suspected of being the chosen of the evil god were still operating outside the ruins of the Black Flame Pass.
The intrepid explorers are trapped in a crisis, but the news they send back heralds a new one.
Lord Murphy decided to extinguish the restless black flames before they ignited, so he enlisted the brave men to intervene in the chaos with him to the Black Flame Pass.
Mission Requirements:
Travel as fast as you can to the ruins of the Black Flame Pass through the Earth Priest's Earth Walk, find the Dark Lord Infected, and the possible Chosen Ones of Darkness and perform purification.
Rewards:
Unknown. γ
Immediately after the mission, Murphy approached the Earth Priests in the valley and asked them to provide teleportation services for the players who were about to assemble, while he himself took Villanter and Bonnie and the Patriarch's guards through the portal to the Black Flame Pass.
According to Murphy's estimate, the Lord of Darkness would not have much time to choose the carrier of his power when he was facing exile, and he definitely "gifted" his power seeds in an indiscriminate diffusion way.
Those zombie-like gnolls infected are the victims who can't carry this gift, they are just the residue of the evil god's power, and the real danger is still under the Black Flame Pass.
Therefore, Murphy's goal is clear, he enters the underground tunnel after reaching the mountain pass position that has been dispersed by the alchemical flames, and how to accurately find the Dark Lord's electors in this complex area that is more dangerous due to the terrain changes of the mountain pass, this matter does not require much skill.
Remember the two cans of [DATA EXPUNGED] that Murphy drank at the Swamp Exhibition Hall earlier?
It raised Murphy's perception of subspace power and individuals to a rather acute level, allowing him to feel the spread of darkness as soon as he entered the tunnel.
It's like a witch hunter's lock-on perception of enemies of nature, so Murphy doesn't even need to look specifically to spot the traces that shine in his eyes.
As expected, the hiding place that those guys had chosen under the filth of the astral realm was here, in the tunnel that the rats had dug up earlier to the very core of the Black Flame Pass.
Their deep prowess into the earth has allowed them to escape the ravages of the astral tear, and they have been able to hide for the past few days, and the filthy psionic energy has blocked out the mutant aura of these guys, if it weren't for the whims of the little players who came here to "hunt for treasure", they would have really been dodged by these guys.
This wave, this wave is another great contribution by small players.
"Actually, it's not a big problem, because the filthy psionic energy of the astral plane is also fatal to these newborn dark elects, and their power given by the evil god will interfere with their thoughts and spirits, and in this case, it is easy to cause catastrophic consequences if they are invaded by the filthy psionic energy."
Veranse, who had studied the power of these gods and ghosts, followed Murphy all the way to find out, explaining to Bonnie and the other vampire guards:
"The farther you go on the path of cultists, the easier it is to go crazy, not only because the poor worm chooses the wrong person to bow to, but also because the power of the evil gods always takes effect on the mind and soul, which is the most significant power characteristic of subspace creatures.
They are always able to transcend the body's protection of the soul and take effect directly at the real point.
Or rather, they like to pollute the souls of lower creatures before distorting their flesh.
Here's why cultists are so good at hiding.
Most of their corruption is from the inside out, and when a cultist's flesh and blood begin to twist, it means that he has come to the end of this path, and in that form they are truly poisonous, and even every drop of blood will poison the world.
Evil gods tend to be generous, but it is this 'generosity' that causes their followers to fall into the abyss. β
"Thank you for the Cultist Encyclopedia, Lecturer Veranse, but considering we're currently hunting down a dangerous group of dark voters, can you stop intimidating Bonnie and her men?"
Murphy whispered.
In the midst of Velanther's strange laughter, he touched his brow and said to the others:
"They're just up ahead! I could feel the Light-eating power of the Lord of Darkness engulfing my senses, and there were quite a few of them, gnolls, kobolds, rat people, and dwarves. This Lord of Darkness is really not picky, and he has a good appetite.
Kill these guys.
They can't be allowed to escape the Black Flame Pass with the power of the Lord of Darkness, and until the Shining Artifact is found, these things will be useless. β
"Huh"
Bonnie and her men immediately drew their weapons, and Villanzor drew two "newly distributed" hot swords.
Although this thing is not as destructive as her original two Shadow Spider War Knives, this is a divine weapon given by Murphy's master, and the commemorative significance is naturally extraordinary, and the hot melt sword also has the advantage of cutting people without bloodshed.
The province also has to give the cute little players the weird friendship task of helping her do the laundry.
"Rush!"
At Murphy's command, he and his vampire minions rushed into the dark tunnels ahead.
This place is exactly the same as when the power of the Lord of Darkness was spread before, there is no light source, and even the orange light when the hot sword is activated will be engulfed by the darkness, making Velanther watch with a gloomy look as his weapon's energy continues to be consumed rapidly, flickering with an arc of light as if it is a bad contact.
The power of the Lord of Darkness is a bit strange, it seems to be based on the concept of darkness, and anything that can emit light will quickly extinguish in this realm.
But there is a light that it cannot extinguish no matter what.
"Hmm"
In a low, moaning of pain, a pale light lit up along the outline of Murphy's body.
Omega the Purifying Power is as powerful as ever, illuminating the darkness while causing the surrounding elect to scream and try to strangle these outsiders in the darkness and sacrifice them to the Lord of Darkness.
Their bodies are covered with a layer of black smoke-like "armor", apparently deeply transformed by power, which means that the Omega program is twice as lethal to them!
The same necessary evil that wrapped around a circle of white light was humming, and it hurt, and the evil sword did not want to share the pain to himself, and it desperately wanted to share the stinging sensation with his enemies.
So it rushed out at the first moment, stabbing a fallen dwarf in the heart with gray eyes and shouting.
Feed!
It's really noisy for you to shout at the top of your voice, bastard!
This super-powerful targeted destructive power is really pleasant, and the sound of necessary evil is even worse, and the repeated punctures quickly disperse the gathered dark electorate, and under the strange white light of Murphy's body, Bonnie and Villanzer also join in this slaughter of evil by "good".
There is a danger to these dark electorates.
In the dark realm where they cast, their movements and attacks are silent, they cannot be perceived, like ghosts in the night, and as dark electors, their attacks are not only blessed by divine powers, but also have the bad effects of life devouring and spiritual pollution.
This trait can be tricky for Midnight Vampires.
But again, Murphy has a special attack against the forces of chaos, and these dark voters who have not yet grown up cannot turn the sky in front of him.
With the Omega Purification Force pressing down on the array, the cleanup went very smoothly, but after the last dark elector was killed and the dark curtain shrouded in the entire pit shattered, Murphy soon discovered something troublesome.
There were many footprints moving along this underground tunnel, in other words, a group of dark voters had left the gathering place before they arrived.
The nezumi dug a tunnel that runs through the entire mountain pass, and in the worst case, there may have already been an escape from the dark electorate.
"Can you do a divination?"
Murphy retracted the necessary evil, and turned back to Willanther, saying:
"I know it's going to be hard, but please understand my feelings right now, we've had enough trouble, and it's best not to let these dark electors create more stormy situations, especially if we have a feud with the Lord of Darkness."
"The conceptual power of the Lord of Darkness obviously interferes with divination results."
Villanser replied with some embarrassment:
"I'll try to figure out where they can flee, but with all due respect, master, even if they can break out of the ruins, they will have to pass through the areas where the filthy psionic energy is most entrenched, and they can't withstand that kind of scrubbing in their mental state at this time, and even if they do, they will become a bunch of madmen and psychotics shouting the name of the evil god."
"Hmm, so you think it's a good thing to let a bunch of crazy people and psychopaths with dark powers roam around the dark mountains today?"
Murphy said with a straight face:
"You're from the depths of the Dark Mountains, Vilanthor, aren't you afraid they'll bring that dangerous light-eating power into the Eternal Rift?"
"I wish they did, master."
The Weaver Girl smiled maliciously, and said:
"The Mejewa family is in a big disaster, and the other Shadow Elf families should also feel threatened and pressured, believe me, master, those of my compatriots are a bunch of bastards who don't see coffins and don't shed tears, don't expect them to do anything until they are really threatened.
Divination will take a little time, my lord, and let your warriors continue their hunt in the ruins of this polluted position.
The Dark Lord has sprinkled more seeds of power than meets our eyes, and that guy is cunning, and he found a way out for himself before he was banished to the astral plane.
And with His hatred for you, I think you should have prepared.
Soon, perhaps, a cult similar to the Nightmare Church of Bafont will be established, and one of their goals is definitely to take your head off for their own gods. β
Murphy rolled his eyes at the warning.
Well, it's not that bad, if those guys do make a cult, their players will have another "team dungeon" to happily brush up on in the future.
Bonnie and the other vampires poured alchemical oil on the smoky corpses, setting a fire to purify the dark minions, and in the foul smell of fire and the eerie black smoke that screamed, Murphy tried to leave, but froze at the start.
This movement was noticed by the perceptive Willanther.
Spider Lady approached her master and asked in a low voice:
"What's wrong? Your face is ugly, do you sense something bad? β
"Well, that's not a bad thing."
Murphy looked at the "Congratulations!" that popped up on the character card. +1 for Nursery Kindergarten Graduates! He touched his chin with some weakness and said:
"The first silver man among the Gentiles was born, and just now, the mighty Great Traveler completed her silver trial, and a new era was pushed away by her own hands, and I should be proud of their growth."
"Yes, you're still a black iron as a leader, and your subordinates have broken through silver one after another, and I heard that Adele is also preparing for her own silver trial."
In a strange tone, Villanzer reached out and patted Murphy on the shoulder, and as if comforted, the spider lady whispered:
"On the bright side, my master, you may not have to fight on your own in the future, but there are more powerful men than you who are willing to go to the trouble for your orders. I think you can. Uh, what do you mean by that word?
Oh yes!
You can lie down happily!
Anyway, no matter how much you try to catch up, you can't keep up with the steps of those amazing aliens to level up, right? Just lie down directly at the starting point, and save a run. β
"Will you comfort people? You're the priest of Lady Spider! Bastard, is that how you usually enlighten believers? β
"Uh, our Shadow Elves' spiritual enlightenment is usually in bed, do you need me to enlighten your boring mood? I'm willing to risk being crushed by Lady Tracey~"
"Velancer"
"Huh?"
"Bonnie has drawn her sword, so you better shut up."
"Oh, okay."
ββ
On the ruins of Position 8, Brother Cat and Sister Pomegranate ventured close to here, one left and one right, and the two of them almost stepped on the rattling ice.
They didn't know exactly what was going on here, but the dozen or so Dark Lord Polluters frozen into ice sculptures and the strange smoothie-like wreckage scattered around them showed how fierce the battle had been.
The most intuitive manifestation is that the temperature here is much cooler than in other places, as if a Nord legend of the winter spirit has wreaked havoc here.
The two looked at each other, and walked forward a little more vigilantly.
After rounding a broken rock, the two saw Yuan in the broken tunnel in front of them, the hunter was frozen like his grandson, but he still held the orchid flower in his arms that had passed out.
The latter's body was frozen in a layer of seemingly thin but solid ice, and she still maintained a tired and sleeping posture after exhausting her combat strength, and her weapons and shields were placed at Yuan's feet, and all the infected bodies here were cleaned up by the two guys together.
"This is considered a success, right?"
Sister Pomegranate looked at the frozen orchid, she put away her weapon, and said to the cat brother who was holding the sword of the sun beside her:
"So, the burst of power of the Silver Trial will affect the player's body, and you can see that Orchid's legs have grown again, and her long hair shaped like ice."
"It's also possible that it's just that the Great Wilderness bloodline of the Nords is so peculiar."
Brother Mao, who still maintains the original bloodline, speculated and said:
"After all, each race has a different way of tapping the power of the ancestors, for example, you vampires will definitely not make such a change in the environment to release the power. But to tell the truth, the particle effect of this Silver Rank Promotion is indeed cool, and it is much more dazzling than the dry potential release of the Black Iron Trial. β
"It's a pity, Orchid could have gotten more ancestral power, but your damn agreement held her back."
"People are not strength parties in the first place, and not every girl is as brave as you, cough cough, I won't say it, okay. Hurry up and take her back, didn't you see that Brother Yuan was about to roll his eyes from the cold? β
(End of chapter)