Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

When Tongren saw Yi Guang, he was slightly taken aback.Then he showed an expression of sudden realization and surprise from the game.Yi Guang's red hair was too conspicuous, and Kirito was naturally impressed, and soon recalled the "little foreigner" he bumped into on the way home from buying games.To be honest, at this moment when everyone is trapped in the game world, Kirito instinctively feels a kind of surprise when he can meet someone he still knows outside the game world.

"Hello, Kirito." Yi Guang smiled and waved to Kirito, saying hello, "Level [-], it seems that you are working hard."

"It's okay, after all, what am I... Well, you know." Kirito looked around subconsciously, and then said vaguely, "Compared with others, I'm still too weak."

Of course Yiguang knew that what Kirito was talking about was about his status as a "beta tester". Under the current circumstances, this status is really not a good thing.If this was in other games, the "beta tester" would be called a big boss or an old player, and the occasional bragging is also a capital for pretending to be aggressive.However, in this game, the situation is completely different. The identity of a "beta tester" is hostile by many players. Although I don't talk about street mice, I have been discriminated against everywhere.

Because this is a "death game", when the strategy of the game is linked to the lives of the players themselves, the ugliness of human nature is also revealed in the game.Not to mention, even in normal online game socialization, all kinds of conflicts and disputes surrounding game strategies and resources are too numerous to enumerate. The "Game of Death" expands such disputes to the entire group of players. .

"Beta test players only care about their own strategies, but they don't care about our lives."

"Relying on my own experience in participating in game beta testing, occupy high-quality leveling areas and grab simple tasks."

"These guys are really shameless..."

Recalling what he had seen and heard in the past few days, Yi Guang couldn't help sighing, and cast a understanding look at Kirito.This is not his understanding after putting himself in another person's shoes, but an understanding born of real encounters in the true sense, because Yi Guang also had such encounters.In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Yi Guang used his inhuman physique to level up without sleep. His level was much higher than that of ordinary players, and he was the first player in the whole server with steady progress.This also makes him considered as a closed beta player for granted, and is ridiculed and ridiculed by many people, which is why he hides his player information.

His identity as the only Lv.8 player in the whole server was released, and he might be attacked by the crowd.Although Yi Guang basically does not team up with others, as a part of this game, he still needs to communicate with other players to obtain necessary information.After hiding the information, although people will still be suspected of being a beta tester, at least it will not be so mocking, and it will not be completely impossible to integrate into the player group.

People's hearts are really something that makes people feel helpless and chilling...

"Brother Lansa, you have hidden your level, so you must be very strong, right?" Kirito noticed that Yi Guang's level was not displayed, so he naturally understood, so he asked, "Can people mistake him for a beta tester? Brother Sa, you are also quite a powerful person."

"It's nothing, since you're stuck here, you have to work hard." Yi Guang waved his hand calmly, "After all, that bastard also said that as long as even one person breaks the game, everyone will After being liberated, the dead will come back. Even if the chance is small, I want to be that person myself."

"What you said is very reasonable..." Kirito nodded, and then smiled self-deprecatingly, "Actually, those of us who have already reached a certain level now, who doesn't think so?"

"So, everyone needs to work hard. The more people who work hard, the greater the possibility of everyone being rescued." Yi Guang smiled at Kirito, "But now, we want to attack the wild boss in front of us... by the way Why hasn't anyone started doing it yet?"

"No, someone has done it before, but it seems that there were few people gathered here at that time, so it failed like the 'mutual aid organization'." Kirito shook his head, "A dozen more people died, so everyone dare not do it again. Try, after all, there is only one life in this game."

After hearing this, Yi Guang fell silent for a moment, then sighed: "So, are you waiting for reinforcements as much as possible?"

"Yes, the team that tried to crusade before has sent people to various villages to recruit people." Kirito nodded, "Although it is only a low-level monster boss like a kobold, according to the players who tried to crusade before, this monster There is actually a second stage. When the health value is lower than 50.00%, a summoned beast will be summoned to attack the player from the ground. The team that attacked before was hit hard because it did not expect the summoned beast to appear, and had to temporarily retreat."

Chapter 403 Kobold: I Got It!

Since there is no resurrection setting in this "death game", once the player dies, it means a real long sleep, even if the mastermind of this game, Tan Lidou, proposed that "everyone can be resurrected as long as they clear a hundred floors" conditions, but the instinctive fear of death deep in the human heart also makes all players walk on eggshells in the game.

After all, in more than three days, almost 100 people have left their IDs in the "Black Iron Palace" in the "Original Town".There, it is the place where the death list of the game players is recorded, and it can also be said to be the monument to the martyrs who liberate everyone in order to conquer the game.The ordinary monsters on the first floor are already so difficult to conquer. No one dares to imagine what kind of terrifying existence will be waiting for them among the boss-level leader and the monsters on the back floor.

What if in the end, this game really cannot be conquered?In any case, everyone cannot be calm when facing death.The instinct deep in the human heart always thinks of the situation in the worst direction when encountering a crisis.It is also because of this that after losing two hands in the hands of the world boss, the players have to be extremely careful.

"However, if it is just a world BOSS, the enthusiasm of the players may not be improved. After all, it is not a BOSS that must be attacked like a floor master. Not all players can understand the importance of crusade."

Yi Guang looked at the direction of the boss field, and frowned slightly.In his position, he could already see the appearance of the BOSS, a monster of the kobold race that is very common in the background of western fantasy worlds.They are cave-dwelling animals in the setting, so in this valley map, there are also many kobolds spawned.And now this kobold boss is undoubtedly the leader of these kobolds, as can be seen from its name - the kobold lord, the guardian of the invisible treasure.

The figure of this guy is several circles larger than ordinary kobold monsters, with dark gray fur, and a dirty, shabby red linen is tied around his neck, which can be regarded as a scarf.There are sharp claws growing on its limbs, and hacksaw-like fangs are faintly exposed from the protruding mouth, which looks ferocious and ferocious.On its right hand is a black iron rod with rough workmanship and simple shape... Maybe it's a sword?Well, in short, it is a long bar weapon, constantly waving and jumping, looking at the players not far away from him with unkind eyes.

"That's true, but if you can bring more people, let's bring more people." Kirito also sighed, "Most of our 1 people are veterans of various games. This simple design The idea should not be invisible."

Yes, it is indeed a very simple design idea.In the design of most online games, the meaning of the existence of the world boss is to get equipment for those newbies who have no preparation foundation.After all, world bosses are not like ordinary regular bosses, there is a limit on the number of people entering the boss room.Even if the equipment is poor, as long as the level difference is not too large, it can indeed cause damage to the boss, and it can also be wiped out by players advertising it in the game channel and recruiting a steady stream of new forces.

The purpose of this boss design is to provide players with access to equipment or resources in the early stages.And in this game where equipment is canceled and only weapon levels are kept, the meaning of this initial world boss is the accumulation of money and the drops of various material props.Generally speaking, the materials dropped by the boss are definitely more precious and easier to use than those produced by ordinary mobs.

Correspondingly, since the game designer has opened up such a way to obtain materials, it means that the main floor is more difficult to beat than everyone imagined, so that you must accumulate resources by attacking the world boss from a low level to achieve crusade opponent's strength.Therefore, this seemingly insignificant World Boss is actually a part of the strategy that must be completed, not to mention that it is suspected of guarding a hidden labyrinth area.

And Kirito, the big beta tester, also confirmed this speculation.

"At the beginning of the game, these world bosses are the only stable way for players to obtain high-level materials. When exploring the maze, there is only a very low chance to get them from treasure chests. It is precisely because the high-level materials can only be obtained from such a stable way. The refresh frequency of the game is not high, so our progress during the internal test is not fast, and we can only complete the first five floors of the strategy in two months. The strength of those floor masters is far higher than their actual level, without upgrading Weapons, you can't fight at all."

As it turned out, Kirito's worries were a little unnecessary. Not long after, a large number of players arrived at the scene.Although beta players are not popular, there are still many beta players who are willing to share their beta experience with others, including the leaders of "mutual aid organizations" who are also beta players.Thanks to the efforts of these people, many of the ordinary players later came to know the necessity of the World Boss strategy and rushed here to join the reinforcements.

"Everyone, charge!"

In the end, following the call of an unknown warrior, the players activated their belts one after another, took up fighting postures, and took up their weapons to rush towards the first world boss that appeared in the game, the Kobold Lord.Yi Guang and Kirito blended in the crowd and charged together without haste.

"How dare you come to my cave? Do you want to steal my treasure? I'm very angry!"

And the kobold lord, after the battle was triggered, also shouted his lines and rushed towards the players.The black iron sword in his hand waved towards the players like a gust of wind.This is its first skill "Cleave", the effect is to cause moderate damage to the players in the [-]-degree fan-shaped area in front of it.

"Hurry up, those who have been recruited will retreat and heal quickly! The ones behind will be replaced!"

Immediately after the kobold lord's first skill release ended, someone in the team shouted.However, under such chaotic and lack of unified command conditions, a group of players fought independently like stragglers. The reminders of these players who had failed once were drowned out by the surrounding shouts and sound effects.

"Ruaaaaa——!!!"

As a result, those players who rushed forward without thinking and didn't know how to coax a wave immediately suffered a tragedy.With the roar of the kobold lord, he once again performed "Cleave", and those guys who didn't know how to retreat suddenly had only a thin trace of blood left, and they were immediately terrified. .However, the boss "Cleave" had a short-term knockdown effect, and they could only watch the ferocious kobold attack again in front of them.

dying……

"Boom!"

Then at this moment, with two soft sounds, a player holding a long gun suddenly appeared in front of the boss, took over the guidance work of the boss who lost control due to the knockdown effect, and at the same time blocked the group In front of the blood player.Needless to say, this is Yi Guang. He brandished his long spear and stormed the boss's head. The attacked boss, whose hatred mechanism was established again, immediately abandoned those players who were knocked down, and stormed towards Yi Guang. .Yi Guang was also unambiguous, using his marksmanship, entangled with the opponent like a swimming dragon.

"Sure enough, no matter how realistic it is, some of the basic settings of this world still follow some kind of internal procedural logic." Yi Guang watched the attack towards him, and let go of the heads of those players who were knocked down. The human lord nodded thoughtfully, "Let me see what tricks you have!"

"Go and heal!" At this time, Kirito also rushed up, and said to those players who got up while Yi Guang dragged the boss, "We will block this wave!"

As he said that, Kirito also jumped in the direction of Yi Guang, picked up his one-handed sword and attacked from behind the boss.Along with him, there were several defensive players holding the one-handed sword and shield. They quickly replaced Yi Guang who helped everyone hold down the boss for a few seconds, and brought the strategy back on the normal track.

"careful!"

Just as Yi Guang was about to retreat after exchanging hatred with those shield warriors, Kirito yelled.Before Yi Guang could react, he saw a black shadow descending from the sky, and a huge force knocked him down instantly, followed by a series of continuous attacks like a storm.

"Hey Mom! Don't slap your face..."

Another skill of the kobold lord, knock down.

Yi Guang could only roll his eyes helplessly, he was not capsized in the gutter, but really unlucky.I just moved to the target range of the boss pounce at that moment, which is equivalent to hitting the enemy's muzzle.Immediately, he felt as if someone had stuffed him with stuff, but he couldn't vent his suffocated feeling, which was really heartbreaking.

Fortunately, his current level is higher than that of all the players. Even the superficial physical data of the disguised player is higher than that of everyone present, so the loss of health is not too serious.In the eyes of others, it means that Yi Guang's blood volume has decreased by nearly one-third in an instant, but in this kind of melee, few people will pay attention to such details.

Those who still pay attention to details at this time are really Quanerjiu...

Yi Guang just took the opportunity to return to the back row, activated his healing ability, and restored his health.Yes, in the novice stage of this game, there are no professional functional branches such as tanks and nurses. Healing can only be done by relying on the basic skill "primary healing" that each player has at birth.Fortunately, everyone's health is not very high in the early stage, so basic healing skills are enough.

But no matter what, after Xiaodi suffered a few losses, the players suddenly became more serious, and gradually someone began to take on the temporary command.It can only be said that when human beings face death and real danger, although they are always accompanied by fear and panic, they can also show an amazing spirit of unity and cooperation at the same time.

Slowly, the players more or less mastered the BOSS routine.There is a "cleave" about every 20 seconds, and then there is a "pounce" between every two "cleaves". The release and landing point of "Pounce" can be roughly judged by the movement of the skill and the direction the boss is facing. The fixed point is a straight-line distance of about five meters in the direction the boss is facing. The attack range is not large, and it depends on the number of people standing firmly Density, probably the number of catches of one to three people.

"The BOSS HP will reach 50.00% soon, everyone pay attention to your feet, the summoned beast is about to appear!"

Under the careful strategy of the players, the health of the boss was quickly suppressed by 50.00%. According to the previous bloody lesson, the boss will enter the second stage.Sure enough, after shouting this sentence in the crowd, the kobold lord yelled again, shouting a series of strange syllables that people couldn't understand:

"WoMOdAolE!!!"

"Kirito, run!"

Afterwards, Yiguang and Kirito felt that the ground under their feet began to shake.There was a warning sign in Yi Guang's heart, and he immediately thought of the command shouted "watch out for your feet", so he hurriedly grabbed Kirito, dragged him and flew to the side.At the same time, where Yiguang and Kirito were standing just now, the ground exploded with a roar, and a huge creature emerged from it.

"This, is this... a catfish?"

Chapter 404 When the African shipwrecks, seals will inevitably come ashore

In the folklore of Neon, there is a huge catfish living underground, and it swims around the Neon Islands with the leylines and ocean currents.When the gigantic catfish gets angry, it rolls its body underground and an earthquake shakes the place it's perched on.Therefore, in the traditional concept of neon, once the catfish in the water appear to swim around and turn over and jump frequently, it means that an earthquake is coming, which is the inseparable relationship between them and the huge "earthquake catfish" underground. The phenomenon of homogeneous induction in speech.

There is no authoritative conclusion on whether this statement has a scientific basis, but the influence of this legend in neon culture is beyond doubt.Even in a modern society where science and technology are advanced and humans can explain and predict earthquakes scientifically, we can still see the imprint of the "earthquake catfish" culture in the lives of neon people in many ways.

For example, there are catfish logos on the uniforms of neon earthquake relief personnel; props and elves related to "earthquake catfish" have also appeared in the famous "Doraemon" and "Pokémon" series; The gourmet show "Zhonghua Yiyi" - that is, "China's Little Master" also appeared because of the earthquake associated with catfish cooking... It can be said that "earthquake catfish" is a relatively famous neon traditional folk culture. an element.

And now, the second stage of the kobold lord who appeared in front of Yi Guang and others once again showed everyone the influence of the traditional culture of "earthquake catfish" on literary and artistic works.The kobold lord, who was in a rage, summoned a huge catfish from the ground. The catfish jumped up from the huge crack that suddenly appeared on the ground, causing a lot of damage to nearby players.

However, because someone had already reminded them to "watch out for your feet" before the summoning, most of the players managed to avoid a not-so-large attack judgment range except for a few guys who didn't listen to the command.After all, it is a novice boss with a recommended strategy level of Lv.10. No matter how the skills are strengthened, it cannot be too much, otherwise the strategy will be a bird.

However, considering the current average level of players, it is indeed too early to conquer this boss.Leveling up without rest and without sleep is like Yi Guang with a cheat, but he has only just reached Lv.8 at present, and the players in the elite group are probably only Lv.5 or Lv.6.In terms of level, it was indeed too early. The common level suppression in online games brought great obstacles to the strategy.However, after knowing the level of this BOSS, a large number of active players still chose to rush here as soon as possible, which also shows that this group of players attaches great importance to the progress of the strategy.

What are you afraid of if the boss level is higher?For field bosses, just use a large number of people, and the damage is low. It's okay to grind it to death—even relatively calm players like Yiguang and Kirito think so.Therefore, it is inevitable that the player's tolerance for boss skills is relatively low, just like the player who has been overwhelmed by the catfish and entered the state of residual blood.

"It's not good, the boss combo!"

The attack of the catfish is not continuous. After it caused damage to the player once, it dived into the ground again and disappeared.The kobold lord once again attacked the group of bloody players with his body, and jumped in the direction of the group of players with the "flying" skill.This is a routine used in many game designs. After the BOSS launches a powerful attack, it will receive a relatively weak but highly targeted skill. Walk.

"Oops! The control is actually invalid..."

There were also experienced tank players among the crowd, trying to get between the kobold lord and the remaining blood players to interrupt the boss's skill attack.But obviously, the reason why the boss in the game is a boss is not only because it is powerful, but also because there are many differences between the template of the boss and the template of ordinary monsters.

For example, immune to all control skills.

Therefore, when those sword and shield warriors rushed between the kobold lord and the remaining blood players, they were a little shocked to find that the basic strengthening and control skills that players can learn in the game alone cannot make the kobold The human lord's pounce stopped.When his own weapon released the "knockback" skill on it, an invisible "enchantment" formed around it to counteract the "knockback" effect.Its body was still like a cannonball, heading towards the group of players with residual blood.

"Ruined!!!"

The first death since this raid finally occurred when the boss's blood volume remained at 40.00% seven: three players who didn't have time to move in time died from the boss's catfish and flying pounce combo.Immediately all the players fell into a brief silence, but as the boss rushed into the crowd again and released "Cleave" at the players, they all heard Yi Guang's roar:

"What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and hit the boss, do you still want to die?! Hurry up and hide!"

At the moment when casualties occurred, what appeared in Yi Guang's heart was not the same confusion and astonishment as other players, but a sense of powerlessness and irritability that had not been seen for a long time.Looking at the dead players and the terrified looks of other people around him, he seemed to be back on the battlefield he was familiar with.The northern border of the empire, the western desert, the smoky lake, Casas... The memories of killing and death on the battlefield filled his heart in an instant.He recalled that in the past that had already blurred his memory, he also witnessed the death of his comrades who fought with him many times.

Since stepping into the realm of God, many states of mind in his heart have been subtly changing with the growth of strength and the change of life form.In particular, Chuhuo's erosion of memory has caused his memory of what he has experienced to become blurred, which unknowingly made his character a little biased.He has become more silent than before, and he no longer takes the initiative to make friends with others as he did when he first entered Infinity.

As he once introduced himself, he was becoming a lone wolf, a lone ranger.Even when he was attacking the boss now, he didn't do anything eye-catching, intentionally or unintentionally lowering his sense of existence-even though he was actually the highest level player in the game.

Until this moment, seeing the death of the player with his own eyes, a certain long-lost feeling returned to his heart again.His body, like what he had done countless times before, rushed to the front of the boss first, then raised his spear, and began to scream at the same time, trying to remind those players who were still stupefied.

He became a soldier fighting on the battlefield again...

"If you don't want to die, listen to the command carefully!" Yi Guang rushed towards the boss to try to attract hatred, and at the same time turned to those guys who were still stupefied, "This little casualty scares you? What about the more difficult bosses in the future? It's war, the boss battle in this game is war! Do you still expect the two psychopaths who designed this game to have any compassion for you?"

In this "death game", the boss battle is like a veritable bloody battlefield, and Kayaba Akihiko and Tan Rito who designed this death game will never have any mercy.Although these players are ambitious and have the ability to become stronger, they are just a group of nerds who grew up in a peaceful environment, just like Yi Guang who has just entered the infinite world.They may have the aptitude to become stronger, but their mentality is not adapted to death. As a veteran who is used to this, Yi Guang feels that he must stand up at this time.

So, he rushed to the kobold lord without hesitation, and then used his skills to pull back his hatred.However, as a price, while pulling back the hatred, he was also injured by the "Cleave". Even as the current highest level player, his HP was instantly reduced by more than one-third.

However, he also managed to buy time for the other players. I don't know how much they listened to Yi Guang's words, but they did pick up their weapons again and continued to attack the boss.After experiencing the second-stage skills once and paying a few more lives, the players finally started to really get serious, and most of them could follow the rhythm of the large army.In fact, there are some people who don't obey orders and go their own way... This kind of people can only say that they deserve it if they die.

Yi Guang is not a saint, and he did not dare to use divine power until he had cracked the game world.He can only do his best to help other players, ask him to exchange his life for his life, and even go to bury these ignorant guys... Sorry, this really can't be done.

In short, the first boss battle was finally over after some twists and turns.Following the unwilling roar of the kobold lord, the body of the boss turned into light and exploded. At the same time, some items were condensed into the light, and flew into the crowd like meteors, and finally landed on some players.

"this is……"

After Yi Guang finished the boss battle, he wanted to talk to Kirito, but unexpectedly, two beams of light from the burst of the boss flew towards him and Kirito at the same time.The two fished it out, but they didn't expect a small light curtain to appear in front of them.After a closer look, I found that it was a material dropped by the boss.

【Magic Crystal x3】

【Keer X15000】

【Dog Meat X5】

"I knew that I shouldn't expect anything from the boss's drop..."

Yi Guang looked at the drop list, and couldn't help but roll his eyes. Except for Cole's drop, which is really rich, the other two items are simply too much to complain about.The magic power crystal is a layer of weapon upgrade materials that most monsters have a chance to drop. Although the drop rate is not high, it is not a rare thing. Even with Yi Guang's unlucky luck, there are three forty.Not to mention dog meat, which is a common food drop, and kobolds and wolf monsters have a chance to drop it. It is the primary material for practicing "cooking" skills.

I'm so exhausted that I just drop this for me? WTF? !