Necromancer cutting down trees

Chapter 57 Guarding the Altar
[Warning: trigger emergency battle]

All the players saw this prompt appear, and their expressions immediately became tense.

[Mission Objective: Guard the Altar]

[Task time limit: 3 minutes]

[Failure condition: Any NPC dies]

[Task Reward: Occupational Skill Book Ⅰ]

All eyes were on the five NPCs who appeared. The players all remembered the five people on the coast, but they didn't expect that these five people would be useful.

And their level has also changed from level 1 to level 5. Among them, the lame Paulie has returned to normal and walked to the altar on his own feet.

"A monster is coming, prepare to attack."

The altar was surrounded by thorns, and when the mission countdown began, monsters also jumped out from the surroundings.

It is also level 5 [Furious Lasher], the difference is that each thorn monster has red particles floating on it, with its own enhanced BUFF.

"It's getting the frenzy buffs, they definitely boost the attack power."

On the game interface, only the red icon below the health bar can be seen, and common sense can tell that the monsters must have been strengthened.

"It hurts, this monster can actually cause 10 points of damage."

Most players only have 60 health points, and melee players need at least 5 hits to deal with level 4 monsters. After killing a [Furious Lasher], the blood volume has bottomed out.

"Melees stay away, we only do long-range output."

Persia took the lead in retreating. He held an ax to guard the side of the NPC, and handed over the enemies that appeared to his subordinates with long-range output capabilities. He was only responsible for the monsters that approached.

"The seeds from the last mission directly turned into edible recovery items, and they can still be used here."

The players retreated one after another, taking advantage of their free time to nibble on [thorn fruits] for quick recovery.

But this is not the way, the number of monsters in each wave is the same as the number of players present, even with the help of teammates, the monsters are constantly approaching the altar.

After 1 minute, most of the melee fighters had no time to restore full health and were about to go up. The players began to panic, and the team captains all opened the [Nearby Chat Channel] to discuss defensive methods together.

"Persia, you are in charge of the north. My team will resist the south. The casual players look east and west. Remember to sit down and eat food when you have time."

Relying on her female advantage, Maple Leaf temporarily took over the command, and reminded the monster of the gap through voice chat at all times, temporarily slowing down the speed of the monster's encirclement.

"Don't go out, as long as we form a circle, recovery can keep up with consumption."

After saying this, Maple Leaf directly drank a bottle of emergency [Basic Healing Potion], she secretly cast cold arrows in the distance, and at the same time knocked down the approaching monsters with a small axe.

"Are these players shaking M? Playing so embarrassingly, and still have such a happy face?"

Wang Yue, who was watching the game, found that the players were all smiling. For them who have played games for many years, the higher the difficulty, the more excited they are, as long as it is not difficult to challenge.

"Sure enough, torturing players can bring them a smile."

Wang Yue nodded secretly, then jumped off the altar and walked towards the outside of the player's defensive circle.

"Not good, why is this boss leaving?"

"What? Increase the difficulty for us?"

The condition for the mission to fail is that any NPC dies. In addition to cleaning up the monsters, the players also need to keep an eye on these NPCs. Now that Wang Yue walked out alone, this will undoubtedly increase their defensive pressure.

"There is 1 minute left, the others stay where they are, and we will follow up for a while."

To be on the safe side, Maple Leaf did it herself, and led four other players to follow Wang Yue to the outside of the altar.

Obviously the people here attracted the attention of the monsters, and half of the spawned monsters moved closer to Wang Yue, which greatly reduced the pressure on the players who stayed in place.

"You're such a pushy young lady, didn't you see that the boss's level is 10?"

"She is an anchor, and others are doing it for the effect of the show."

The players together had already noticed the female anchor, but they had nothing to say about Maple Leaf's ability to reduce the pressure on defense.

At the same time, Fat Cat joined the guards. She stayed by Wang Yue's side from the beginning to the end, and she never paid attention to [Nearby Chat Channel].

"Wang Yue, what the hell are you doing?"

"This is to increase the difficulty of the task. Didn't you see that the players are very satisfied with this battle?"

"Hmph, that's all for me."

The equipment on the fat cat was particularly luxurious. The cloak distributed by the Woodland Church increased the defense by 2 points, and the task of the Woodland Guard was rewarded with a green dagger.

Wang Yue also secretly told her the monster's weakness, the fat cat is almost a monster with two knives, and it is almost impossible to get hurt.

"It's too dangerous here, you'd better go to a crowded place and wait for the time."

Looking at the fat cat who broke in, Feng Ye kindly reminded her because she was also a female player, but she was still rejected.

There are more monsters here, and the fat cat not only needs to quickly deal with the monsters, but also attack the [Rage Lasher] who is rushing towards Wang Yue.

They had already discussed in [Secret Words], Wang Yue will not make a move this time, it all depends on Fat Cat's personal performance.

[Dagger proficiency increases]

[Current Proficiency: 5]

【Player level up】

【Current level: 6】

Fat Cat was originally logged in at level 5, and he did a few tasks on the way to kill monsters, and now he has successfully reached level 6.

In the absence of special circumstances, players will unlock new skills only when they reach a fixed level, and level 6 happens to be the unlocking level of the second skill.

"Backstab?"

The assassin's second skill needs to be launched behind the target, consuming mana to cause huge damage.

Fat Mao immediately found a good target, who was running towards Wang Yue, and gave Fat Mao his back completely.

[Backstab success]

[Damage caused: 50 (weakness)]

The eye-catching black special effect appeared on the dagger's hit point, and because the fat cat stabbed the thorn monster's core, it also triggered a weak point determination.

[Backstab] will cause double weapon damage and additional fixed damage, but it needs to be launched from the back, and it will consume 60% of mana, which can be described as a desperate skill.

However, the skill damage is very powerful, 50 points of damage directly kills the monster instantly, which makes Wang Yue a little scared.

"What a ruthless woman."

He just frowned, then immediately returned to his normal expression, and continued to walk in an unfathomable manner.

The countdown has reached the last 10 seconds, and Wang Yue thinks it's time to show herself.

He stopped suddenly, raised his right hand in the midst of the siege, and covered his left eye.

"In the name of my William, unravel the eternal curse of the dark lord, let the world face the fear, come out. Call of the dead."

A pitch-black magic circle was formed under his feet, and obsidian-like rays of light reflected on the players next to him.

A huge skeleton appeared in front of Wang Yue, with black arcs jumping from every bone in it.

"It seems to be a little more tired than I expected."

After casting the skill, she was empty for a moment, Wang Yue resisted dizziness, and stayed where she was with her weapon.

He never expected that the consumption of skills would also increase after the level was raised. The material used this time was [Elementary Bone Fragment], and the summoned object was the first-level [Skeleton Soldier].

As punishment for forcing the spell, it drained all of his mana.

But the players were already attracted by the 2-meter-high skeleton, and most of them stopped the fighting part to take pictures of Wang Yue and the giant skeleton among the monsters.

(End of this chapter)