Necromancer cutting down trees

Chapter 11 Guard Missions
The most troublesome thing about collection tasks is that there are always more monsters than items.

For example, Fat Cat's ongoing mission requires collecting 8 copies of [Woodland Corn], but she has actually killed 10 [Corn Worms].

"Why do I feel that her eyes have become hollow?"

Wang Yue kept observing Fat Cat. Her expression changed from fear at the beginning to disgust later on. When she killed the last [Corn Worm], the expression on her face had already froze.

"Wang Yue."

Fat Cat said coldly.

"If you let me see such a disgusting monster in the future, I will call the police and lock you in."

"Yes, yes, miss, I will definitely change it."

After hearing the words, Wang Yue immediately transferred to the game system to talk to Xiao Nuo.

Just now, he still had a submissive attitude, but now he immediately showed a very angry look.

"Xiao Nuo, the model of the corn worm was changed during the closed beta."

"Which model do I need to change to?"

The models in the game are all made in advance. If you want to replace them with new ones, you can only spend money to find an artist.

However, Wang Yue obviously couldn't get away from looking for a master modeler. Changing the appearance of the monster can only recycle the existing resources in the game.

"Since it's a monster that appeared in the corn field, let's just triple the size of the corn, and then add feet and eyes. It might be cute to put it on like this."

"received."

After reporting the problem to the game system, Wang Yue returned to the video call with Fat Cat again.

After completing the task, Fat Cat walked back without saying a word. Wang Yue guessed that her blunt attitude just now might have something to do with Dolly's duel.

"So women are still in trouble. I really don't understand what they are thinking."

Now talking too much will only get scolded, the little devil silently followed the fat cat, and the two quickly returned to [Guard Captain Cole].

"It's really fast, as expected of a devout believer."

After accepting the mission props, Cole instantly turned the wild corn into cooked [sweet corn] as if by magic, and returned 8 portions of edible corn to Fat Cat.

Originally golden [woodland corn], after being transformed into [sweet corn], it became a common white and yellow variegated corn.

"Why does it look like the corn you cooked for me?"

"As a producer, it doesn't matter if you include some private goods."

After completing the task, he gained a lot of experience, and with the bugs he killed in the cornfield, the fat cat successfully rose to level 4.

"Please wait, I still need your help."

Cole stopped the fat cat, which was a sign that a mission was about to be initiated.

"We found the footprints of wolves in the north of the woodland. For the safety of the church, I need to take soldiers to drive the wolves deep into the woodland."

After saying this, the captain of the guard on the hill pointed to the church.

"I originally hoped that you would follow me into the depths of the woods, but I don't think believers should be able to leave the church she loves so much."

Cole prayed to the sky, presumably he is also a believer.

"Because of the cloak on your body, the task of expelling wolves that should have been released has changed."

Wang Yue explained in time, and Fat Cat immediately understood that this was to let him make a choice.

After praying, Cole drew out his long sword and pointed to the sky, ten [woodland guards] appeared from behind the church, and they ran to the hill in a row.

"I believe in you, believer. Great man who can dispel darkness, I entrust the church to you now."

[Mission Objective: Protect the Woodland Church]

[Task time limit: 5 minutes]

【Recommended team size: 2】

After the mission was initiated, [Guard Captain Cole] withdrew his weapon, and he stared at the fat cat waiting for her reply.

"Don't accept it, this is a team task, and the difficulty is very high."

"I know, but where can I find someone to form a team with?"

Fat Cat didn't refuse or accept, and the conscientious NPC kept looking at her.

And Cole's ten guards also gathered in front of the hill. As long as the fat cat didn't move, they wouldn't disappear, but it was too eye-catching to have so many soldiers in a pile.

"Oh? I didn't expect that there are so many missions in this game. Wang Yue did a good job."

"It's the team task, I didn't expect you to trigger it."

Lao Zhou and Dolly, who had returned from the cornfield, happened to see this scene.

Originally, Lao Zhou just wanted to help Dolly complete the task, but unexpectedly Dolly insisted on helping Lao Zhou collect 8 portions of corn, so he returned a step later.

"If you want to help, join the group, if you don't want to, just stand aside."

The relationship between the two is obviously not going to ease up.

Fat Cat didn't want to be humble, but Dolly didn't mind her tone, so she threw out the team invitation without saying a word.

"Don't worry about me, they won't be able to see the little devil after forming a team."

Fat Cat nodded to Wang Yue and accepted Dolly's invitation to form a team.

After entering the team, the left side of the interface immediately displays the teammate's level and portrait, the basic four attributes, and the current status.

A team can have up to 5 people, and the same team will share all the benefits of killing monsters, but the experience and gold coins shared by each person will be much less than that of fighting alone.

"Falling flowers into eclipse?"

Looking at Dolly's account name, Fat Cat couldn't help covering its mouth and laughing.

"Do you still want us to help?"

"I...I didn't."

The small episode of the screen name eased the embarrassing atmosphere between the two. Taking advantage of this time, the three-person team just walked to the small hill and prepared to accept the task.

"Please wait."

Two people came from the forest, Xiaoqing ran ahead and waved to let the fat cat notice her, while Gao Mu behind her was walking slowly, Gao Mu's eyes were always focused on the ten guards.

"Did you trigger some mission? Add me and Brother Mu, one more person will get one more test feedback."

Xiaoqing saw the guards suddenly appearing at the church from a long distance away, so he immediately dragged Gao Mu back to run.

She exhausted her strength when she reached the small hill, and fell flat in front of everyone.

"We happen to be five people. You two will leave the team first, and then I will form your team."

Dolly just glanced at Xiao Qing who fell down, and then set her sights on Gao Mu.

Gao Mu nodded and quickly completed the operation.

"Let's form a team, don't waste time."

As Xiao Qingshang, who fell down, stretched out his hand and clicked the team formation button, the five-person temporary team was formally established.

"Accept the mission."

When the five people gathered on the hill, the fat cat could finally make a choice, and the guards who had stopped in place could finally start their crusade against the wolves.

"The task reward is, wow, it turned out to be an excellent quality weapon."

After receiving the task, Xiao Qing exclaimed, and she applauded happily.

The task of [Guarding the Church] is an upgraded version of the final task of Novice Village, and the task rewards have also changed from ordinary quality weapons to green excellent quality.

The 5-minute battle is a small test for novice players. The recommended team size is 2. If you are a veteran, you can barely complete it alone.

"Go back to the door of the church first."

Captain Dolly led the team down the hill. Since it was the task of acting as a guard, there was no reason for them to take the initiative to attack.

"Don't worry, I can handle this difficult task by myself."

Lao Zhou is wielding a huge axe. This ax is the green equipment [Wild Boar Chopping Axe] that he spawned from spawning monsters. It not only damages +3, but also increases the upper limit of life by 5 points.

Warrior is the most equipment-dependent profession. In other words, a warrior with luxurious equipment can beat all enemies violently.

"In order to have enough diverse data for the test results, we will fight each monster one-on-one, and those who don't fight will watch from the sidelines. Do you have any opinions?"

Dolly glanced around, and finally stopped on Fat Cat.

"Hmph, whatever."

A group of people arrived at the door of the church, and the countdown began.

A 5-minute countdown appeared on the top of everyone's interface. At the same time, a light swept across everyone, and the surrounding scenery was also scanned.

"Don't worry, this is a parallel space exclusive to team missions. You can see it as a small room to prevent external players from assisting in cheating."

Wang Yue acted as the explainer again, except for the fat cat, the faces of the others did not show surprise, but they were full of interest.

"Is the team task difficult?"

After coming to the parallel space, the door of the church was closed, all NPCs disappeared, and the world returned to the state of the first test.

"It shouldn't be difficult...if Xiao Nuo didn't adjust the difficulty of the game."

Wang Yue had no idea, because in the end he let the game system play freely, and the extent to which it played all depended on the artificial intelligence's personal understanding.

"The enemy is coming, please be careful."

After Xiaoqing said this, she ran to the end of the team, which was related to the nature of her profession.

She was holding a wooden stick decorated with leaves in her hand, and she was only wearing the yellow cloth clothes used as novice equipment. It seemed that she was not lucky to drop it.

"Oh? This female tester turned out to be a poet. You can secretly ask her to add a thorns buff to you, so that when others beat you, it's like hitting yourself."

"Just now Dolly said let's go one-on-one, which just happened to let me compete with her again in a fair manner."

Fat Cat rejected Wang Yue's instigation and consciously stood at the side of the team.

Now the formation is obvious, with Fat Cat as an assassin on the right, Lao Zhou as a warrior in front, Dolly as the captain standing in the middle, poet Xiao Qing at the end, and Gao Mu has consciously stood on the left.

Enemies appeared from three directions at the same time, all humanoid creatures in the same attire.

[Woodland Robber: The poor man who escaped from Liberty Town, desperate to be a robber]

【Level: 4】

One person can deal with two monsters of the same level at the same time, but it will be very difficult for three.

In this mission, monsters will constantly refresh and appear, so the speed of killing monsters is also crucial.

"attack."

The three outermost members of the team confronted their enemy first, but Dolly and Xiaoqing did not make a move as agreed.

After the three of them cleaned up the monsters in front of them at a fast speed, the second wave of three monsters with full blood reappeared.

"It doesn't seem to be a difficult task for two people. Maybe the system has discovered that we are five people?"

Even with good equipment, level 4 monsters can only be killed with an axe.

He interspersed the warrior's [charged attack] skill in the attack, and it took exactly 10 seconds to deal with the enemy and encounter the second wave of monsters spawning at the same time.

He [Charge] left the team and rushed towards the bandit in front, successfully attracting the attention of the left and right monsters.

"Leave the right one to me, Xiaoqing, go and clean up the one on the left."

[Fire Arrow] was ready in Dolly's hands, Xiaoqing cast [Thorns] for herself and ran towards the enemy.

After obtaining the thorns buff, all team members can see the "cactus" icon appear on the right side of Xiaoqing's portrait.If you ask the system to zoom in on the icon, you can also see 10 minutes of buff duration remaining.

"Please, please fight me."

After chasing up to the enemy, Xiao Qing hit the enemy's back with a stick, causing 2 points of damage, and successfully made the monster focus on himself.

The robber's weapon was a tree branch. He immediately turned around and swung the weapon down. Xiaoqing successfully parried the stick without taking any damage.

At the same time, the attack triggered the thorns spell on her body, and a thorny ball of thorns appeared from her and flew towards the robber.

【Damage caused: 3】

This back and forth caused 5 points of damage, and the efficiency was no slower than Lao Zhou.

But even faster is the mage.

Dory fired a [Flame Arrow] followed by a second shot. The moment the flame just hit the monster, the second [Flame Arrow] was cast and fired.

In the end, the monster fell on the way of chasing, and even the body was burnt.

"Mages are like this. As long as they have mana, they are strong, and they can't do anything if they are blue."

As a keyboard warrior, Wang Yue started void output.

He told Fat Cat not to be discouraged. After all, assassins are more suitable for fighting alone, and the advantage of fighting in a team is not as great as that of mages.

"You don't need to comfort me, it's not like I can't understand. She was stuck with the spell cast at the limit distance, so she was able to release 4 small flames just before the monster approached."

After saying this, Fat Cat picked up his dagger and moved forward to attack the third wave of enemies.

Less than half a minute has passed now. Although the monster is not strong, the refresh time is too short, and the recovery time for the team members is not enough.

"Switching and changing, I can't move anymore, and if I charge again, I will really rush to death."

After 3 minutes, the old boat in front of him felt a lot of pressure.

Although the monsters on both sides could be cleaned up in time, he was the only one in front. Even with a green ax, he still only had 10 health points left.

"I saw the message Wang Yue sent me."

Dolly, who cast the spell, said abruptly, focusing all the team's attention on her.

"When, why don't I know?"

Wang Yue, who had been observing the battle, immediately opened her mailbox, and after finding that there was no problem, she opened the message bar to make sure that she had not sent random messages.

"He explained that the difficulty of the task will be adjusted according to the player's proficiency, which is a statistical output model based on the big data of the player's historical games."

"Really? So I'm so powerful."

Before Wang Yue started to think about how to explain the abnormal increase in task difficulty to the testers, the eldest lady took the initiative to excuse herself. He now suspects that he may have misunderstood the other party all along. Is Dolly actually a good person?
"I am very satisfied with this difficulty."

Gao Mu, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. He knocked a bandit into the air with a hammer. The red light on his body was the knight's buff, a [Power Blessing] that could increase damage for a short time.

"I think this design is good. It can take into account both old players and novices, so that everyone can have a suitable experience."

Xiaoqing gnawed on [sweet corn] to restore her strength, and she agreed with Gao Mu's opinion.

The other two test ghosts also expressed their agreement, but Lao Zhou has secretly sent his suggestion to Wang Yue, hoping that he can reduce the task time during the internal test of the game.

Five minutes passed quickly, and the last wave of enemies was killed by the joint efforts of five people, and the prompt interface of mission completion popped up.

The parallel world disappeared at the moment of completion, and the scenery shattered like glass. The five people returned to the hill in front of the church in the next second, and [Guard Captain Cole] was waiting for them in front of them.

"Good job, you and your companions successfully guarded the Woodland Church."

Everyone who completed the task got the excellent quality equipment of the corresponding profession, and the experience of combat plus task rewards made everyone rise to level 5.

After handing out the task rewards, Cole opened his arms and roared towards the sky.

"Friends of the Woodlands!"

"Fatmao and her partner fall into ruins, Lao Zhou doesn't drive, Qingqing works hard, and Mr. Mo defends our church!"

"They are heroes of the woodlands, cheers for them!"

After saying this, the captain of the guard bowed to everyone.

"I didn't expect your character name to be the most normal."

Wang Yue is already in full bloom, this is completely the moment of social death.

If you let your classmates know your screen name like this in school, the whole class will probably discuss the meaning behind this screen name, and it will only become more embarrassing in the end.

"I am very satisfied with this link."

Apparently Gao Mu liked being called Mr. Mu very much, and he was full of praise for the act of calling out his screen name.

　There shouldn't be someone with a screen name that wasn't sent by the system, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)