SWDnovel Chapter 405 Military Merit Upgrade, Two Major Natural Disasters, Undead and Insect Swarm!
Chapter 405 Military Merit Upgrade, Two Major Natural Disasters, Undead and Insect Swarm!
Chapter 405 Military Merit Upgrade, Two Major Natural Disasters, Undead and Insect Swarm!
This directly resulted in these evil fire monsters being afflicted with a host of negative effects such as plague, poisoning, and weakness.
Once you fall to the ground, it can take you forever to get up!
With another wave of his hand, the skeletal archers unleashed another volley of fire, instantly killing all the struggling elite fire monsters.
Ye Yinzhu and the others were overjoyed, gaining a deeper understanding of the Ark's terrifying combat power.
At this moment, the swarm of insects driven by Gu Yueyuan, as well as the melee fighters in the Thunderfire Squad, had already begun fighting against the evil fire monsters.
As cadets of the Haicheng Military Academy, even if they are not special or rare professionals, their combat power is much stronger than that of ordinary monsters after being equipped with gear and skills.
Just when Fangzhou thought the outcome of the battle was decided, a slight surprise occurred.
One of the Fiery Demons, lagging behind, for reasons unknown, actually cleaved the ropes binding several merman slaves with a single strike.
Because the distance wasn't close, Ark couldn't hear what the other person was saying.
But the subsequent actions of those merman slaves gave him a rough idea of the truth.
After breaking free of their restraints, they did not attack the evil fire monsters immediately. Instead, they charged towards the Ark and the others using both their hands and feet!
These murloc slaves had clearly been driven mad by the fiery monsters.
Perhaps due to long-term oppression and abuse, they were filled with fear of the evil fire monster and dared not resist at all.
Before Fang Zhou could even speak, Ye Yinzhu, who was closer to them, had already started cursing.
"Damn idiots, instead of fighting and capturing your evil fire monsters, you come here to cause trouble for us?"
I'll send you on your way right now!
A member of the Thunderfire Squad in front of him swiftly drew his longsword and, with a few simple movements, killed the merman slaves on the ground.
The other team members reacted quickly and swiftly dealt with the rebellious prisoners.
Ten minutes later, the battle was almost over.
Under the Ark's special protection, not a single fire monster was able to escape with its life.
After the elite Felfire monsters of the lower Iron rank were killed in battle, whenever a Felfire monster tried to stand up and organize a resistance, it would receive extra attention from ranged units and quickly become a corpse.
After several repetitions, even the most formidable fire monsters lost their morale.
Furthermore, the loss of unified command meant that even after the entire army was wiped out, Fang Zhou and his men suffered no casualties.
As for the prisoners, Gu Yueyuan realized the problem when the first evil fire monster untied the prisoners, so he directly commanded the swarm of insects to rush forward.
These low-level swarms may not be much stronger than murlocs and swamp frogs in normal head-on combat, but they can unleash their full power when their opponents are restrained.
The swarm of insects quickly tore at the murlocs and swamp frogs, and soon wiped out all the prisoners.
"Haha, that's awesome!"
"Ark, thank you so much this time! I never expected it to go so smoothly!"
The Thunderfire Squad members standing nearby nodded in agreement.
After eliminating this group of evil fire monsters, they gained a considerable amount of military merit and materials, while the cost was negligible.
"Ark's skill is truly amazing; it wiped out four Black Iron-level Felfire monsters in one fell swoop!"
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"Exactly! Anyone who says necromancers are weak, I'll definitely fight them!"
"I don't know if necromancers are weak or not, but the Ark players are really strong!"
"Yes, yes, and his teammates are also very strong."
There were only three or four of them, but their firepower was far more ferocious than our 10-person squad!
As the Thunderfire Squad cleaned up the battlefield, the members excitedly discussed the Cataclysm Squad's performance.
Flattery and praise came flying in like they were free.
Fangzhou simply smiled and nodded in response to these compliments.
The reason he was able to be better than ordinary Haicheng military academy students was not only due to his tireless efforts day and night, but also partly due to his attribute panel and corpse clones.
The revolution is not yet complete; comrades, we must continue our efforts!
It is foreseeable that as time goes by and the Ark continues to grow, it will become more and more powerful!
Seeing that he wasn't very interested, Ye Yinzhu didn't waste any more words and directly showed off the spoils of war.
"Fangzhou, we owe you everything this time, and we'll need your help again in the future, so you can choose first."
The members of the Thunderfire Squad nodded in agreement. Without Ark's assistance, the battle would never have gone so smoothly.
In any case, at least for now, this is definitely a powerful ally that we need to cling to!
Fang Zhou didn't stand on ceremony; it was what he deserved.
Moreover, if he doesn't take anything this time, it will probably be difficult for him to cooperate with Ye Yinzhu and the others in the future.
He glanced around and found that most of the equipment was used by the evil fire monsters, and the quality wasn't very good.
Only two things were somewhat interesting, but only a little.
One is a horn used by the evil fire monsters.
Its effect is that after it is blown, it can allow friendly forces to roughly determine their direction and distance, with a maximum range of 2 li.
The evil fire monsters use this to pass on simple messages to each other.
This thing has some effect on monsters that have no technology whatsoever, but it's really useless for the cadets of Haicheng Military Academy.
But let's just treat it as a toy. Maybe it can be used as an alchemy material in the future, so Ark will accept it.
The second one is called the slave-catching rope.
As the name suggests, it is used to bind slaves, and the strength and morale of the bound slaves will decrease.
However, it has a great limitation: it can only be used successfully if the opponent is completely unable to resist.
Overall, it's a bit of a letdown.
However, these slave-trapping ropes of varying quality were, after all, the brutal creations of the Lava Demons.
The Abyss materials and Abyss alchemy used in the game are valuable knowledge reserves for Ark.
Therefore, he also put away these slave-catching ropes, intending to study them later.
Next, Fangzhou took some monster materials worth hundreds of contribution points.
These materials may come in handy in the future, whether for alchemy or potion making, and are very valuable resources.
Fangzhou didn't take anything else.
Although I did put in a lot of effort this time, I can't take everything.
Otherwise, who will hang out with you next time?
Moreover, there weren't any particularly high-quality spoils to begin with.
Being too greedy will only make people despise your character.
Seeing that Fang Zhou had finished picking and still had quite a few spoils left, Ye Yinzhu and the others were slightly surprised. They hadn't expected Fang Zhou to be so restrained.
It's important to understand that although these are just ordinary equipment, they are, after all, from the regular army of the Fiery Demons.
While these items aren't top-tier, they can still be useful in daily tasks and combat.
Even if it were just thrown to Haicheng Military Academy for recycling, it would have been fine. I didn't expect Fangzhou to only take a small portion.
They exchanged a glance, and both knew what the other was thinking.
We have to latch onto this powerful figure!
Ye Yinzhu broke the silence first, smiling and saying, "Ark, you're so generous."
These things, while not top-of-the-line equipment, are still very useful to us.
Especially the equipment of these evil fire monsters; taking it back to the military academy can earn you some contribution points.
Fang Zhou smiled slightly and waved his hand: "We're all teammates, it's only right that we help each other."
Moreover, although these spoils have value, they are not of much significance to me.
"We won't need it even if we take it back, so we might as well leave it to you."
With Fangzhou's insistence, everyone quickly cleaned up the battlefield and divided up the spoils.
The Ark replenished some mana and used the Resurrection skill to heal the wounded undead.
After adjusting their condition, Fangzhou and his team began their march towards the second patrol of the Evil Fire Monsters.
This time their operation went much more smoothly.
Not only because they had already had experience, but also because the second patrol didn't seem to have captured many prisoners.
Therefore, without their obstruction, the battle ended much more quickly.
After the third patrol of evil fire monsters was dealt with in the same way, Ye Yinzhu couldn't contain his joy and grinned from ear to ear.
He's in a really good mood today.
He had considered giving up when he encountered those swamp frogs.
They were even considering whether to abandon some spoils to cover everyone's retreat.
But unexpectedly, they encountered Ark, a powerful ally.
Thanks to the other party, I really benefited a lot this time.
Although everyone worked together to complete the task, the other party might have succeeded even without you.
He felt he owed the other person a favor, so his attitude changed further.
After dividing up the spoils once more, Ye Yinzhu and the others exchanged glances. Without needing to say anything, they all understood each other's meaning.
That means clinging to the coattails of the Ark boss and resolving the Lava Demon's mission as soon as possible.
They can't afford to fall behind in the upcoming competition!
After eliminating the outer patrol of the Fire Fiends, the Cataclysm Squad and the Thunderfire Squad merged and continued their march toward the Lava Demon Camp.
Even from a distance, they could feel the heat in the air.
The surrounding temperature is constantly rising, and the cracks in the ground beneath our feet are getting bigger and bigger due to the drought. There is even a risk of twisting your ankle if you are not careful.
Finally, they saw a huge, fiery red lava volcano, at least ten meters high, in the distance.
The hill resembled a burning fortress, radiating a fiery aura that deterred anyone from approaching.
Around the lava hill, the cracks in the ground are more pronounced, and occasionally lava can be seen gushing out of the cracks, emitting a pungent sulfur smell.
The blazing flames shot up several meters, distorting the surrounding air due to the intense heat.
A dozen or so short, stout figures were busily working around the lava volcano.
It appears that the entire camp was also built around that huge lava volcano.
However, the camp looked very rudimentary, with only some simple barricades and two tents, and no guards were seen.
Upon seeing this, Ye Yinzhu was immediately delighted: "Could it be that the difficulty of this mission lies entirely with the patrol team, while the camp's defenses are quite lax?"
A member of the Thunderfire Squad couldn't help but say, "Yeah, boss. They only have two small, shabby tents. Even if they're packed full of people, there will only be a dozen or twenty at most."
If it were still those evil fire monsters, they wouldn't stand a chance against us.
"That's right, it's all thanks to Ark, we—"
Before he could finish speaking, there was a loud "boom," and the giant shield skeleton warrior at the front was instantly blasted into the air.
Before it could even issue a warning, it was reduced to a pile of scattered bones.
At the same time, a flash of fire appeared, affecting at least three or four skeleton warriors nearby, scattering fragments and filling the air with the smell of burning.
Fortunately, the skeleton warriors were fearless and obeyed orders without question.
Under Ark's command, they maintained their disciplined formation and did not scatter or break apart. Therefore, they did not trigger any more dangerous traps.
When no more explosions occurred, Ye Yinzhu couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "We're still hundreds of meters away from the camp."
"Why would they set up a trap so far away? How cowardly are these guys?"
More importantly, if there are traps here, how much will they have to pay to cross this hundred-meter distance?
However, Fangzhou and the others had no time to respond to Ye Yinzhu's nonsense.
Not only because it was pointless, but more importantly because the camp had already reacted to the series of explosions!
The once quiet camp instantly became noisy as more than a dozen figures rushed out of the tents, weapons in hand, looking at them with tense expressions.
With a roar, a ferocious-looking demon with gray skin, red eyes, horns growing from its temples, and a mouth full of fangs emerged from the tent.
His appearance was that of a typical lava demon. Due to the continuous extraction of evil power from demons over countless years, the appearance of the entire lava demon race had undergone extremely terrifying changes.
However, what attracted Fangzhou and the others' attention even more than his appearance was the weapon in his hand that emitted a red light!
Ye Yinzhu rubbed her eyes hard, then asked somewhat blankly, "Fang Zhou, am I seeing things? He's holding a rifle with a bayonet?"
Fang Zhou couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly: "That's right, indeed, and his bayonet was even enchanted with fire."
The demons are a subspecies of humans corrupted by the Chaos Abyss.
Aside from their inherently evil and chaotic nature, they are not much less intelligent than humans from Earth.
They are not only skilled in mining and blacksmithing, but also extremely adept at mechanical engineering and other fields, with the Lava Demons being the best among them.
However, when the lava monster appeared before him with a bayonet rifle, Ark couldn't help but be amazed.
Since the Mythical Era, due to the enormous changes in the underlying physical laws, the humans of Earth were forced to abandon their already highly advanced firearms and begin to follow the trend of the times, striving to master the special powers of professionals.
It is said that we should learn from the barbarians' superior techniques in order to subdue them.
It seems that while the humans of Earth have done a good job in integrating technology and professional civilization, these Abyss Demons are also making continuous progress.
Their strength and wisdom should not be underestimated.
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