NOVEL WEB Chapter 112 - 112 The Siege Begins, Part 2 [Third Update]
Chapter 112: Chapter 112 The Siege Begins, Part 2 [Third Update]
The thought that the village of the world’s first player had fallen into Tan Country made the Huaxia players somewhat unconvinced. If it weren’t for those damn Rabbits causing trouble, they believed, the first place would definitely have belonged to Huaxia.
Thinking of those dead Rabbits, Huaxia players felt a pang of sourness in their hearts, “The system is really biased, isn’t it? Did it intentionally throw Rabbits at us to block our way?”
All sorts of thoughts flashed through their minds…
However, they weren’t given much time to indulge in wild speculation, as the sound of the horn suddenly became urgent.
The sound of drums thundered!
The Goblins let out a roar and then charged forward.
The Goblins didn’t have any formation to speak of, and like dumplings being dropped into soup, they rushed into the river, ready to attack Xuanyi Village on the opposite bank.
Seeing this scene, Park Yixiu smiled, “Is this it?!”
Then Park Yixiu ordered, “Let the new players gain some experience, and the old players stay at the rear.”
Among the three hundred and fifty thousand players, nearly three hundred thousand had just leveled up to Level 10. These players had just changed profession and hadn’t had much time to hunt monsters and level up before being dragged here.
Now seeing the Goblins clustered together in the water, each of them excitedly popped their heads above the water surface. Players launched a barrage of Fireballs and shot a flurry of arrows, reaping the lives of the Goblins in the water.
The Goblins were instantly left dead or wounded…
On the opposite bank, the Goblin Mages and Goblin Archers also began to counterattack.
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But they were all blocked by the warriors among the players, and the players retaliated. The Goblins on the other side were instantly killed, their ranks broken and scattered.
Just then, the Goblin Boss appeared. The King of Goblins, accompanied by the Goblin Great Swordsman, the Great Thief, and the Great Mage, came to attack.
Seeing this scene, Madman and others suddenly realized that all the monsters around the world were more or less the same, it was indeed fair.
Park Yixiu said, “Don’t panic, everyone focus fire on those four!”
The next moment, the sky was filled with Fireballs and a rain of arrows descended. Even the King of Goblins couldn’t withstand such concentrated attacks and soon lay dead in the water.
In the first round of attacks, tens of thousands of Goblins didn’t even manage to cross the little river!
“This is too easy, isn’t it?” Xiema Players and Huaxia Players exclaimed in surprise.
Madman said, “It shouldn’t be so simple, right? Or did we overthink the system?”
Wang Mingchen said, “It’s only just begun, don’t be too hasty to conclude, watch what happens next.”
Ten minutes later, the sound of the horn sounded again.
After that, a group of Skeletons walked out from the woods. The Skeletons were divided into Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Archers, and Skeleton Mages, the same professions as the Goblins.
But these Skeletons were obviously more well-trained, marching in formation, with a somewhat oppressive manner.
Seeing these Skeletons, Park Yixiu confidently smiled, waved his hand, and the warriors of at least Level 18 immediately took their positions at the front of the river. They carelessly withstood the attacks from Level 12 Skeleton Mages and Skeleton Archers, and just a few potions were enough to hold their ground.
Behind them once again was a volley of thousands of arrows and Fireballs filling the sky, the Skeletons falling in droves, and ultimately the entire army was wiped out.
The second wave was once again easily blocked by the Tan Country players.
The horn sounded again, and a huge screen of light lit up, within which was a peaceful Newbie Village. Then chickens and roosters flapped their wings and hopped out merrily from it. Seeing these plump chickens, the Tan Country players laughed, then easily took them down with their Magic Wands and bows and arrows.
The fourth wave featured zombies, who, although they had high defense and slow movement, couldn’t cross the river in the face of incessant ranged attacks and lay down.
The fifth wave was the venomous Spiders, which finally put some pressure on the players.
Because these spiders could shoot webs from a distance, and thanks to their spider legs they managed to walk on the surface tension of the water, and with their extreme speed, the venomous Spiders quickly crossed the river. Strings of spider silk shot towards the players, then dragged the players over to kill them.
However, once the higher-level players joined the battle, the offensive of the venomous Spiders was blocked again. Still, the venomous Spiders stubbornly delayed until the next wave of Wild Monsters arrived.
But due to Park Yixiu’s previous design, only a swarm of Level 2 snakes came this time, causing no trouble to the players, and soon both the venomous Spiders and the snakes were completely annihilated.
However, upon witnessing this, the spectating players fell into deep thought.
They sharply realized that, although the siege battle seemed simple, it actually concealed deadly traps.
The wild monsters’ levels were indeed not high, but they were becoming more and more troublesome.
If the players were delayed by one wave, what awaited them would be a combined attack from two waves of wild monsters meeting up. If delayed again, they would face an avalanche-like onslaught from an ever-increasing number of monsters.
If the wild monsters were powerful enough, any player might be flattened by the creatures.
With this in mind, they broke out in a cold sweat, grateful that they came to watch; otherwise, when it was their turn to establish a village, making such a mistake could mean being wiped out by the system in one fell swoop.
This insight alone was worth the price of admission.
The seventh wave of wild monsters appeared with the sound of a horn—these were a group of mantises, brandishing their scythes and unfurling their wings, they swarmed into the midst of the lower-level players. The 14th level mantises had extremely high Attack Power, and the newly reincarnated 10th level Mages and Archers couldn’t withstand their two strikes. For the first time, Tan Country players suffered heavy casualties.
The players also descended into chaos, but Park Yixiu remained composed, directing the higher-level players to kill the mantises while commanding the ordinary players to concentrate their firepower and take down the mantises quickly…
However, the mantises were too fast, and their numbers reached the hundreds of thousands; they couldn’t be dealt with in a short time.
Just then, another horn sounded, but there was no movement in the distant woods.
Suddenly, someone exclaimed, “There’s something underground!”
The ground exploded, and a giant earthworm-like creature burst forth from the soil, instantly dragging a player into the earth. A scream echoed, followed by a burst of white light, and the screaming abruptly stopped.
And this was just the beginning. The ground erupted everywhere as giant earthworms surged out, dragging players under and killing them.
Park Yixiu cast the Identification Skill on one of the earthworms, and his eyes nearly popped out!
Name: Guardian of the Underground Palace Perimeter
Gender: Male
Category: Mutation Earthworm
Level: Average Wild Monster
Level: 22
Life: 43,600 points [Constitution *200]
Mana: 5,000 points [Spiritual Power *100]
Constitution: 218 points
Power: 100 points
Agility: 50 points
Spiritual Power: 50 points
Attack Power: 500 points [Power *5]
Armor: 436 points [Constitution *2]
Magic Resistance: 100 points [Spiritual Power *2]
Skill:
Ambush: Emerges from the soil.
First Phase: Grabs the target, dealing damage worth twice the Power. Creatures with Power lower than 218 points will be dragged underground.
Second Phase: Biting, dealing continuous damage of five times the Power every second, until the victim breaks free.
“22nd level? Guardian of the Underground Palace Perimeter?” Park Yixiu suddenly recalled that after the system update, hidden maps and tasks were unveiled! That meant, near his location, there was a hidden 22nd level Underground Palace!