Chapter 85

As Dafei came out of the barracks, Serbia was already on the ship, inspecting and comforting the soldiers. She was truly an angel! That's why the ship's doctor must be a woman; otherwise, it would lower the morale of the troops.

Seeing Dafei appear, Serbia greeted him with a salute, "Captain, I'm fully recovered. I'll do my best in battle today."

Dafei patted her small shoulder and chuckled, "Good, let's work together! Our goal today is to explore the boundary of the barrier. By the way, you leveled up yesterday. What skill do you want to learn?"

Serbia replied enthusiastically, "I want to learn Meditation. This way, my mana will recover faster, and I'll consume less in battle."

Ah, I'm so busy. If I had known, I should have brought a bunch of spell skill books on board. Dafei sighed, "Let's learn Leadership first. Your base command ability is high, so it's the most cost-effective. The most important thing is that Leadership boosts morale, preventing the mixed units from lowering it. In the game, when units from the Light and Dark factions are mixed, the morale of the troops decreases, and the more mixed they are, the more it drops."

Serbia nodded, "Okay, I'll follow the captain's arrangement."

— System Notice: Your deputy hero, Serbia, has spent a skill point and learned Basic Leadership.

There was also a free attribute point, which was added to Knowledge.

— System Notice: Your deputy hero, Serbia, has +1 Knowledge, and her mana has increased by 10 points.

Serbia said happily, "I've become stronger. I can't wait to fight!"

As a nun, being so violent and unrestrained is really, really appealing! Hahaha, Dafei took the opportunity to pat her head and said, "Don't rush. We need to plan before we act today."

"Okay, Captain!"

She's so obedient! Having all women under me feels so good. As for having a female boss, that's just terrible.

Dafei walked out of the cabin and stood on the deck. The mini-map still showed a red cloud, and the beetles were still diligently feeding on the tree sap, completely unaffected by the destruction of a single hive. The dense forest blocked the view of the Divine Reconnaissance Spell. It was time for the Blood Eagle to take flight. Speaking of which, isn't the Blood Eagle a unique skill of the Elves? Why isn't it a sub-skill of the Divine Reconnaissance Spell? It's a bit hard to part with the treasure, but it's okay. I hope the new魅皇 (Mèi Huáng, a term that might be a specific character or creature in the game) I'm cultivating can replace it.

Dafei opened the map of the Pool of Light and chose the nearest lakeshore direction to release the Blood Eagle.

As a spirit, the Blood Eagle ignored obstacles and flew straight ahead. Everywhere it looked, there were shocking swarms of insects and numerous hives. There were indeed many hives. It was impossible to destroy them all by force. This further confirmed that the key to breaking the deadlock was outside the barrier. The system notice said that the barrier was a self-protection measure created by the World Tree to prevent more powerful enemies from invading. The more powerful enemies must be outside the barrier, providing support.

The Blood Eagle flew through the dense forest, and a huge, metallic-looking light curtain appeared before it. This must be the barrier.

Go through it! Dafei clenched his fists in excitement and tension.

The scene changed, and a fiery red world rushed towards him, with the sound of steel reverberating underground. Dafei's eyebrows shot up in surprise. It was lava, the most common terrain in hell! The metallic sounds came from the endless demonic workshops and magic towers along the coast, which stretched as far as the eye could see.

Countless level 0 demonic infants were pushing mine carts in and out of the workshops, bustling with activity. On the top floor of each tower, hundreds of flower fairies were trapped in large magic arrays.

Dafei's spirit was invigorated. Flower fairies! Found them!

At this moment, the flower fairies were struggling and screaming in pain within the arrays. The light they emitted was being absorbed by the magic arrays, and many of them were collapsing. At the edge of the arrays, hundreds of barrels of white light-emitting liquid were placed. As soon as a flower fairy collapsed, the overseers dragged her into a barrel. Workers constantly replaced the barrels that had lost their light with new ones.

As an expert, the situation was clear. The demons were absorbing the energy of the flower fairies for their own use! The white liquid must be the sap of the World Tree collected by the beetles. It could restore the vitality of the flower fairies, and those who recovered were continued to be exploited by the demons.

The demons' goal must be to break the barrier and destroy the World Tree. Perhaps the light energy of the World Tree was something the demons greatly feared. The destruction of the hive, where the flesh of the hive fell into the water like it was in a pool of strong acid, was a clear indication. So, the demons probably came up with a method to exploit the flower fairies and use the same type of energy to destroy the barrier. That's probably what's happening.

So, the key to breaking the deadlock is here. It's just a matter of rescuing the flower fairies and destroying the towers. Let's see how strong their defenses are.

At this moment, groups of level 6 Abyssal Lords were guarding the base of the towers, and large numbers of level 3 Hellhounds and level 5 Nightmare Horses were patrolling. Wait, Nightmare Horses with riders? What the hell! Nightmare Horses, scientifically known as Nightmare Beasts, are the mortal enemies of unicorns. As a level 5 unit of the Hell faction, they are extremely proud and irritable. How could they be ridden? This is a type of Hell faction unit that has never been seen in official data!

Human warriors riding ordinary warhorses become level 6 Knights. So, what level would a Hell faction warrior riding a level 5 unit be? The strength of the rider who can tame a Nightmare Horse must be formidable. This combination of strength would probably even be a match for a level 7 Great Demon. Can we really launch a strong attack?

This is the difficulty of the epic quest!

Bah! In front of my massive cannon array, you're nothing! My ship will dock at the shore, and a round of shore cannons will take down even a boss, let alone these non-boss units!

The key issue is this tower. It's clearly a magic tower, or a magic cannon, with a range that must exceed that of a ballista. Although the attack of the magic cannon will be somewhat weakened when it crosses the barrier, my ship can still withstand a few hits!

At this moment, Dafei's vision went dark.

— System Notice: The Blood Eagle has run out of energy and cannot be used today.

Ah! How can it go black at a critical moment? So many flower fairies are waiting for me to save them. I need to study a plan and find a suitable location to bombard with shore cannons!

At this moment, Dafei could only look at the two small succubi with a helpless gaze. How should I say this? As a commander, one must have the resolve of a commander, or be cold-hearted. And as a soldier, even a female soldier, a young female soldier, one must have the resolve of a soldier.

Dafei shook his head and pointed to the mini-map, "Go, and come back with the information alive."

The two small succubi became more transparent, then flapped their wings and flew silently into the air, quickly disappearing. Soon, the two green dots on the mini-map vanished into the red cloud, and Dafei's heart was in knots.

As Dafei was worried about the safety of the two small soldiers, the president of Dragon Slayer Entertainment, Ma Yinglong, was also deeply concerned. He bore the responsibility of the nation, the dignity of the nation, the confidence of the nation, and the future of the nation, or rather, the future of the guild.

The time for the national war was drawing near. Lei Huolong, the top player of the Hell faction in the Chinese server, was seemingly carefree and relaxed, inviting ordinary Hell faction players to join in, saying things like, "Come, come, I'll take you to see foreign blonde girls and get on TV for the glory of the nation," but he was also extremely anxious inside.

The biggest advantage of the Chinese server was its numbers. Whether or not as many ordinary players as possible could be gathered before the war, and even the help of small studio teams, would be key to the success of the campaign. However, it was very difficult to gather people under the condition of secrecy.

The Hell faction in the Chinese server was indeed not strong. Compared to other factions, there were far fewer players, and even fewer studio teams. Unlike humans and elves, who could sail and trade, the Hell faction was all about fighting and killing. The sky was red, the blood was red, and the world inside the players' helmets was a bright red. Playing for too long could strain the eyes. Moreover, as an evil faction, look at how popular the Undead faction was. Their Death Knight hero was so cool! Their Necromancer hero was so awesome! Female vampires were so beautiful, white as clouds!

It seemed that intercepting the enemy at the border before the war was difficult. The only option was to preserve strength and let the foreign servers rush to the Pool of Light once the war broke out. The Dragon Slayer guild would then mobilize the entire nation and attack the foreign players from behind! It would be even better if they could coordinate with the so-called super heroes of the Elf faction for a two-pronged attack. If the Japanese server and the super heroes wore each other down, that would be the best outcome.

So, the final key is, what exactly are the super heroes of the Elf faction? We can only wait for the war to start to find out.

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