Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

The [Converged Resentment Distortion Skeleton LV49 (Orange)] in front of you is in the caster state.

It seems that the passive skill [Armor of Resentment] should be activated. The layer of black light on the body has 999 points of additional magic resistance, which can last for up to 5 minutes.

During this period, as long as the magic damage does not exceed one thousand, it cannot even break its defense.

So the masters can retreat to the channel first!

After hearing Zong Shen's order, the mages hid in the passage without looking back. The Dragonborn Rangers launched [Dragon Shooting], shooting arrows at the deformed skeleton with a whistling sound.

The Lion Garrison Knights stood in front with their shields in [Garrison Knight] form, forming a semicircular formation to protect the passage entrance and the rangers behind them.

Zongtian didn't show any signs of ink, and rushed forward with the [Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword] in hand. As a muscle lord with a physical body, he has never been intimidated by anyone in terms of physical attacks!

At this time, [Converged Resentful Distorted Skeleton LV49] activated the necromantic magic [Multiple Necromantic Arrows LV40], and the five necromantic arrows were condensed almost in the blink of an eye, and flew towards Zong Shen!

Each undead arrow can cause 3.2 times magic damage. If all of them hit, all of Zong Shen's health points can be cleared. Of course, he has many life-saving means, and this move cannot kill him instantly.

However, Zong Shen was well prepared and had already activated the active skill [Red Side Reflection] of [Reflection Cloak (Orange)] before this guy cast the spell.

[Necromancer Arrow] is a first-level necromancy magic, [Double Necromancer Arrow] is a second-level magic, [Multiple Necromantic Arrows] is a third-level magic, and [Red Side Reflection] can effectively counter all types of magic of level 5 and below. Attack magic!

So when these five undead arrows flew towards him, the cloak behind Zong Shen flashed red.

The next moment, the surface of these undead arrows was covered with a layer of red light. They were completely out of the control of the angry and distorted skeletons, and they actually turned around and used the method of the skeletons to treat the skeletons.

Five counterattacked undead arrows hit the body of the deformed skeleton hard, and the black undead magic energy was wiped out on the [Armor of Resentment]!

The final damage of these undead arrows is calculated based on the magical damage of the aberrated skeleton itself.

Each undead arrow can cause 381~422 points of magic damage, which cannot break the [Armor of Resentment] on it at all. However, Zong Shen does not expect [Red Face Reflection] to be able to perform immediately, as long as his magic can be countered in time. That’s it!

I saw arrows following closely behind, hitting the huge skeletal body.

【-162】

【-157】

【-149】

【-163】

…

This guy's armor value was 0 in the caster state, so this wave of arrows took away half of his health. The bones on his body shattered and fell off, making him look smaller.

This guy summoned another [Necromantic Sphere LV40].

The pitch-black magic ball was spinning and firing an attack every three seconds.

It shifted its target and fired its attack backwards, trying to stop the dragonborn rangers.

Zong Shen was not idle either. He took the opportunity to get close to the deformed skeleton and activated [Earth Splitting Wave LV40]. Three violent shock waves shook twenty meters in front of him.

It covered a fan-shaped area in front of him, and even the rotten remains in the ruins were shaken up, and cracks appeared on the hard stone ground.

【-1059】

The 2.5 times skill damage plus various bonuses make this hit damage over a thousand.

You must know that this is a group attack skill, so it is somewhat wasteful to use it to defeat this guy.

At this time, the second wave of arrows struck, once again taking away less than half of its health.

This guy had 6,500 health points in the caster state, but now he only has a little over a thousand left.

To be honest, with Zong Shen's current strength, it's not too easy to deal with this slightly weird overlord-level monster. It's a bit of a dimensionality reduction attack.

Not to mention bringing his younger brother with him, even if he fights alone, he can easily hack this guy to death!

At this time, Zong Shen moved left and right, approaching the skeleton again, and prepared the [Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword (Gold)] in his hand for [Charged Killing LV40].

As long as you charge for 5 seconds, you can increase the slashing damage by 2.3 times!

But this guy is not an idiot left to be slaughtered.

After losing a lot of health in just a few minutes, it began to transform without hesitation.

The bones all over his body squirmed and turned into a giant skeletal wolfdog.

The form switch is completed, the upper limit of health points has been increased by 5000 points, making its remaining health points once again more than 6000 points, the armor value has changed from 0 to 150, and the bludgeoning damage has also changed from 162~169 to 242~249. , In addition, black bone spurs sprouted from the bones all over its body, which had a 10% melee damage counter-injury effect.

Zong Shen didn't care so much, he went up and struck out [Charged Slash] which had been charged for 5 seconds!

"Bang bang!"

The heavy sword struck the side of the deformed skeleton in the deformed form, directly shattering the bones at the hit site!

【-827】

Due to the change in damage gain multiplier and this guy's solidity value, this blow only caused more than 800 points of damage!

At the same time, a black light flashed and hit Zong Shen's chest. The slight impact was resolved by him at will.

Two damage value judgments also popped up on his head.

【-83】

【-0】

The upper damage value is black, which represents counter-injury, and the lower damage value is white, which represents the final damage data after I don't break my defense.

More than eighty points of damage could not break Zong Shen's defense.

The normal attacks of the Rangers can no longer break through defenses. As a third-level unit, even if they obtain experience upgrades through killing monsters and training grounds during this period, they cannot deal more than 150 points of damage at level A. They must activate skill bursts. .

This is the lag and shackles of military levels.

It is indeed difficult to fight from low level to high level. Before, I only took advantage of the fact that the aberrant skeleton was in the caster form and the armor value was 0.

So now, it's time for Zong Shen to take action!

"The mage team is ready!"

Zong Shen shouted while dodging the bites and claws of the deformed wolf-dog skeleton.

Although he is not afraid of the opponent's attack, he will not stand there and get beaten in vain!

His voice echoed in the hall, and the mages soon followed Kaginia and Favid out of the passage, chanting spells!

As the magic value was consumed, each spell model was constructed.

The corresponding magic elements were attracted by the spell model, and finally after the chanting was completed, the spells were completely formed.

While Zong Shen was restraining the deformed skeleton in the form of a giant wolf-dog, he struck out [Charged Slash] from time to time and watched as more than a dozen different magical rays of light hit its body, bursting out with the brilliance of various elements.

What followed was the crisp cracking sound of bones.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third waves followed, mixed with Zong Shen's chops!

Under such circumstances, after another two or three minutes, the health of [Converged Resentful Distorted Skeleton LV49 (Orange)] was completely cleared!

The bones that made up its body were all turned into powder.

In order to prevent these ashes from being included in the [Hidden Mission: Repair Azshara Sewer Underground Fortress], he gave [Pascal Covenant's Big Bag (Gold)] to Vereesa.

Ask her to select an unoccupied storage space specifically for collecting ashes.

The storage function of space storage props can ensure that nothing is forgotten.

However, Zong Shen feels that this kind of task may not be very strict. After all, the ashes after incineration are easy to scatter and fall everywhere. Maybe some of them fall into the corner, and it is impractical to collect them all.

Zong Shen estimated that he could complete the task by collecting most of the ashes.

No matter here, this needs to be dealt with.

After the [Converged Resentment Distortion Skeleton LV49 (orange)] was destroyed, a black and gray bead fell to the ground. It was quite small, comparable to a small melon.

At the same time, a prompt for a successful kill also appeared.

[Kill the LV49 aggregated resentful deformed skeleton]

【Gain 11928 experience points】

This wave of experience was very satisfying, and several Dragonborn Rangers immediately rose to a level on the spot.

Zong Shen picked up the black bead.

Although it is only about the size of a melon, its overall weight is not light at all, as heavy as a copper ball.

This thing is probably the "polymer core" that the strategy module highly recommends.

He focused his attention on it and began to check the attributes.

[Negative Thought Aggregation Core (Unknown)]

[Grade: unknown]

[Weird polymer core, possessing strong negative emotional energy]

[Place it next to various skeletons and unexpected things may happen]

(As an aggregation of emotional energy, as mentioned before, this core can assemble bones

Before using the core, be sure to conclude a loyalty contract, otherwise you may lose control and go berserk)

In other words, with this core, one can cultivate a deformed skeleton similar to the one just now.

As long as you cultivate independently, you have unlimited possibilities.

Because according to the strategy module, the potential of this thing has no upper limit.

In other words, as long as Zong Shen can obtain a sufficient number of skeletons or skeletons of a high enough level, he can create very terrifying monsters.

But to be on the safe side, a contract-restricted aggregate of loyalty must be created through the lord system, such as [Pet Contract], so that it can fully obey its orders under the constraints of the lord system.

"This operation is really a bit troublesome..."

"There is no shortage of combat power in the territory now, not to mention there are not so many bones to cultivate it."

"So let's wait until the opportunity is right."

Zong Shen thought in his heart.

He planned to wait until a large number of bones were obtained in the future before cultivating them.

Now that there are no bones, it is impossible to cultivate it to a certain degree of strength at once, and an aggregate without strength is useless, so it is better to ignore it for now, otherwise it will be a waste of a [Pet Contract].

After putting away this [Negative Thought Aggregation Core (Unknown)], Zong Shen returned to his treasure hunting journey.

There are five golden circle marks in this hall.

As the end of the branch on the right side of the sewer gate below the Poison Swamp, he hoped that this place would give him a surprise.

The first is the first golden circle marker, located in one corner of the hall.

This is a platinum-level treasure chest, with its entire body shining with silver-grey light.

【Platinum Treasure Chest】

[An unknown platinum treasure chest, no one knows what can be found]

(There is nothing wrong with the treasure chest, you can open it with confidence)

Zong Shen put it away happily. The platinum treasure chest was one of the top treasure chests that was more precious than the gold treasure chest.

It is also the highest-level treasure chest that Zong Shen has come into contact with so far, and it is guaranteed to be able to unlock an epic-level item!

Usually one can only be found occasionally in large ruins.

On average, you have to find dozens of treasure chests to have a certain chance of finding a platinum treasure chest.

After collecting the treasure box, Zong Shen walked towards the second golden circle mark.

Here he found a magic storage box.

It is similar to the one used by Mr. Mars to hide money, but the style is much older.

This magic storage box has almost decayed, and its durability is still one-tenth.

Even the dirt covering the surface has condensed into a mud crust, which doesn't look good.

[Magic storage box on the verge of decay (purple)]

[Quality: rare grade]

[Sturdiness value: 7500]

[Armor value: 60]

[Magic Resistance: 55]

[Durability: 37/400]

[(Enter magic value to open)]

However, there is no limit to this storage box, you only need to enter the magic value to open it.

This kind of storage box is not a space storage prop, but functions like a safe on earth.

Zong Shen directly entered the magic value and opened the storage box.

[Open the magic storage box on the verge of decay]

[Level 3 Dark Night Patroller Recruitment Scroll × 9]

[Level 3 Dark Night Huntress Recruitment Scroll × 7]

[Level 3 Dark Night Dryad Recruitment Volume × 4]

[Level 3 Claw Druid Recruitment Scroll × 11]

[Level 3 Raptor Druid Recruitment Volume × 6]

[Tier 3 Natural Druid Recruitment Scroll × 3]

[Level 4 Dark Night Huntress Recruitment Scroll × 2]

[Level 4 Dark Night Shooter Recruitment Volume × 5]

[Level 5 Dark Night Silver Moon Hunter Queen Recruitment Scroll × 1]

…

Good guy, did you give out a big gift package of recruitment coupons?

Among them, the fifth-level unit of the Dark Night Huntress [Dark Night Silver Moon Huntress] was actually released.

Zong Shen put away all the recruitment scrolls and headed to the location marked by the third golden circle.

He has accumulated a lot of recruitment scrolls in his hands from the end of the Balrog challenge to now, including all types of recruitment scrolls.

According to his idea, Zong Shen prepared to recruit intensively before the defensive challenge started.

Anyway, the recruitment roll will be calculated into the strength level.

There is no shortage of command points in the territory now, especially since Mariel is equipped with several pieces of "Tribune" series equipment and has taken on a large number of farmers' command.

Even Zong Shen himself has a lot of control left.

Things like [Lion Knight] and [Centaur] are all exclusive to the command of the recruiting buildings or props, and do not need to take up the command value of the heroes for the time being.

The third golden circle mark is another treasure chest, but it is a silver treasure chest.

Treasure chests that exist alone are basically not traps.

Zong Shen glanced at it and put it into the storage compartment.

Next is the fourth golden circle mark, which is not far from the third mark point.

He had even seen something at the marked spot!