The mage warrior was enveloped in a layer of white light and a layer of red light. Only those skilled in magic could recognize them as "Life Light" and "War God Light", which could increase one's HP and attack power. Their effect was not weaker than the priest's supportive spells, and they could be superimposed with the effects of the priest's spells. Moreover, because they only added to the individual, the mana consumption was less, so this mage warrior had obviously mastered both skills to a high level.
Therefore, among the melee players now, this mage warrior exerted the greatest power. Every time, he could deal 180 damage to the Blue Demon. The knight and the warrior, although their skills and attacks were stronger than him, could only use them once every certain period of time, and their normal attacks could only deal around 100 damage.
In the center of the battlefield, there was a strange fellow wearing black clothes. That was the summoner.
The summoner could summon various elemental spirits that transformed into human or beast forms to help him fight. This should have been a very good profession, but this game deliberately set that the summoner couldn't keep pets, so the summoner became a rare profession.
This summoner summoned four spirits at the same time: wind, fire, water, and earth. Perhaps it was because he wasn't proficient in one of them, each spirit could withstand the Blue Demon's attack at most twice. However, this was also a good way to practice skills.
With such a powerful lineup, we really couldn't act rashly. But just coming here for a waste of effort wasn't fun either. Looking at the tiger king, I saw that he was already in the stance of gathering energy and charging forward.
Five against eight, even if it was a sneak attack, the outcome was hard to predict. But the most crucial point was that I wasn't too willing to act. Even though the Fire Demon King was unjust last time, they still lost one level in the end. Now if we take the initiative to act, it's indeed not very good.
I reached out and grabbed the tiger king, indicating that we should leave. The tiger king frowned, apparently he still didn't want to let go of this despicable Fire Demon King.
While we were trying to persuade the other party with our gaze, a fierce roar was heard, and the Blue Demon died.
Now we couldn't act. We carefully retreated to the cave wall and watched as they collected the loot. The magic crystals were relatively slow to respawn, and this time there were only two very small pieces in the Blue Demon's den, estimated to be worth around ten gold coins.
The mage warrior said: "The Blue Demon is dying out more and more. Everyone says, should we try to confront the one at the bottom?"
The Fire Demon King shook his head: "Not yet. Everyone, don't be impatient. Since there are only us here for level grinding, that guy will eventually be ours. Let's wait for two more days. When all of you reach level 40, we'll go again. Come on, the medicine is enough for another hour of training. Let's train on the third floor before returning."
The group agreed and headed towards a mountain wall. Then, they disappeared from sight.
It turned out that there were three more floors below this one. The monsters below must be much higher in level. That's why the Fire Demon King and his companions were upgrading so quickly.
The monsters in the cave usually respawn quickly and in large numbers. Once you find a cave with monsters, it's definitely more advantageous than training in the wild.
The tiger king still advocated that we should chase after the Fire Demon King to teach him a lesson. Although I didn't agree with the tiger king, I wasn't very insistent on my own opinion either. As long as the tiger king thought that he hadn't vented his anger enough, I would still accompany him.
I asked the other people, Bai Yu only said: "Whatever you say."
Special release: Although Special Release wasn't willing to engage in a battle with his former companions, he couldn't oppose the tiger king either. He just said, "It's not good..." Still, Honey excitedly shouted: "Kill, loot their equipment!"
The tiger king frowned and thought for a while, finally nodding: "Honey, you reminded me... "
"Honey" is the new abbreviation we gave to "Honey". His name is indeed not easy to pronounce.
Honey was happy: "So, we'll do it?"
The tiger king heavily hit his head: "If it weren't for your words, I wouldn't have realized that on the surface I was trying to retaliate and punish the Fire Demon King, but deep down I was actually eager to loot their equipment and wasn't willing to just come here for a waste of effort." So, if we kill them this time, it would be an act of robbery. How is this any different from what that Fire Spirit King did?"
I let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, I didn't have the friend of Tiger King with me.
After some discussion, they decided to wait until Fire Spirit King and his group had used up their medicine and left, then go to the third floor to see what strange things there were. Being fully equipped with medicine, not fighting monsters would make me feel uncomfortable.
During the waiting period, everyone found a secluded place and went offline to have a snack and rest for a while. They agreed to log back in in two hours.
I went offline first, but there was no Zhao Xue'er playing songs for me in the hospital. There was really nothing to stay there for. After a few minutes, I reconnected online and took out the newly made steel bed to sleep.
Entering the "resting space" of the game, I started to play songs. The new songs were obviously not worth listening to. The reason why "Fairy Tale" was listed as a divine song was probably because it was from a long time ago and not many people remembered it. Otherwise, many players would easily trigger the quest.
It might also be the personal preference of the program designers. So of course, I chose songs from the same era as "Fairy Tale", those from forty years ago. But it seemed there weren't many good songs to listen to. After listening for a while, I only remembered one song, "Rats Love Rice". There was no choice but to remember this one. My musical cells were not many, and only this song was easy to remember.
After listening to songs for half an hour, the system reminded me that my fatigue level had recovered. I returned to the game.
The time was still early, so I first practiced some quarrying skills. Later, I was afraid that Fire Spirit King and his group would hear, so I had to switch to practicing mining skills instead. And I added the surveying, identification, and reconnaissance skills in the auxiliary bar.
Checking the cave one by one, experiencing the joy of treasure hunting, I unconsciously walked further and further.
Using four skills simultaneously was really exhilarating. Mining skills mainly detect various metal ores, identification skills can discover gems hidden in the cave walls, surveying skills mainly check the terrain and strata, and can find good stones and fossils, and reconnaissance skills enhance the effects of all three skills.
Unconsciously, forty minutes passed. Although I didn't find much, it was indeed very interesting. When Fire Spirit King and his group left, I would come back to dig slowly.
At this moment, there was a very long cave wall in front of me. The system announced: "You have discovered a dragon fossil."
I was startled. I walked towards that passage. After a careful look, the entire cave wall was actually a fossilized skeleton of a dragon. I was now walking inside the dragon's body.
After walking for tens of丈, I still hadn't finished the passage. This dragon was really huge, wasn't it?
Just then, I seemed to hear a faint knocking sound behind me, from a long distance away. Could it be that Tiger King and his group had logged in earlier and were summoning me? I hurriedly returned along the same path.
The knocking sound got closer and closer. I was sure it wasn't Tiger King because this was the sound of mining and quarrying, and except for Tiger King who had the stone worker profession, no one else knew these skills. I had a bad premonition in my heart and cautiously approached.
At the place where we just logged off, Fire Spirit King and his group were scattered in various places. Some were mining and quarrying, and others were practicing their daily life skills. Besides the previous eight people, the team also had a thin, gray-clad assassin.
The assassin said gruffly while smelting metals: "Finally, we can take revenge. Fortunately, our 'Shadow' brothers arrived late today. They heard the conversation of those fools, otherwise, we would have missed such a good opportunity."
The assassin said in a strange voice: "I was very anxious because the signal in the cave was poor and I couldn't send messages to you. I almost wanted to shout at you, but seeing that they didn't want to act yet, I held back. I didn't expect that such a good opportunity would come and they would all log off at once."
The knight was an European, somewhat unconvinced: "Our nine, and they are five. Actually, we could win in a frontal battle. There's no need for this sneak attack. It's a waste of time to wait here."
The Fire Lord said urgently, "Lanx, you don't know how treacherously these people betrayed us back then. When dealing with such people, we don't need to be fair. Most importantly, if we have a direct confrontation, they will surely know they are no match and will turn and run. That would be infuriating."
Lanx remained silent. The sorcerer calmly said, "Fire Lord, since we are in the same team and have been cooperating for so long, your matter is everyone's matter. There's no need to say too much."
The summoner hesitated and spoke, "Right now, I'm concerned that we have almost run out of potions. If we get into a protracted battle later, it might not be good."
The Fire Lord snorted coldly, "They won't have a chance at all. One of them will be defeated in less than three seconds. Even if two of them log in at the same time, it's the same. If it's really a tricky situation, five of them will all come at once. In such a narrow encirclement, they won't be able to survive for more than three minutes!"
My heart tightened and cold sweat broke out. This was definitely the most dangerous situation I had encountered so far. No matter how powerful the enemy was before, we could still overcome it through effort and wisdom. But now facing this ambush, there was really no chance!
There are only thirty minutes left until the two-hour appointment, and the Tiger King might log in earlier. We can't delay any longer!
I blessed myself with the Blessing Spell, Divine佑 Spell, Acceleration Spell, and Refreshing Spell. I secretly made the turtle armor myself. Since we are facing multiple enemies now, only armorizing the shield is not enough. While full-body armorization has a poorer effect, there won't be obvious weaknesses on my body.
I mounted Flying and took several large red potions in advance. Suddenly, I leaped out from the corner and fired a string of fireballs at the assassin.
Among this team, the one with the least health should be the two priests, but the priests have high magic resistance and are of little use in sneak attacks. So I chose the most agile, most dangerous, and with less health, the assassin.
Assassins usually wear lightweight equipment to enhance agility, so this guy called "Shadow" has very low magic defense. With just one fireball, I burned him 107 points of health.
When the Fire Lord was at level 30, the intermediate third-level fireball could deal 120 points of damage to the Blue Demon and was similar when dealing with the Tiger King. Now, although I only have the primary third-level fireball, my spirit power is far higher than the Fire Lord's original level, so the fireball is quite powerful.
After three fireballs, all the enemies realized it. Shadow quickly dodged, and the attacks of the others were launched crazily at me.
I understood that this assassin, who is in his late twenties, couldn't have more than 400 health. We couldn't let this opportunity slip away. Against nine enemies, I couldn't kill anyone else anymore. Reducing the threat to the Tiger King and their team by half would be good.
Ignoring all the attacks, I calmly fired the fourth fireball, without any error. I hit the moving Shadow at high speed. There were no screams. The assassin turned into white light.
Killing someone does come at a cost.
With the protection of my turtle and Divine佑 Spell, and the protective shield of the Priest God outfit activated, the Moon God's arrow shot off and took away 113 points of my health. The summoner's two elemental monsters dealt 65 points of damage to me, and the knight's normal attack slashed off 141 points. The sword mercilessly cut off 130 points.
The turtle is now 15 levels, which can add 250 points of health to me. With the life necklace and Priest God outfit, my total health is now 652 points.
The two priests are sending late healing spells towards the white light left by Shadow's death, while the sorcerer is farthest away from me, not rushing over. Just as I turned my horse around to run, the Fire Lord's magic finally came.
The reason why the Fire Lord's magic was slightly delayed was not only because he saw me hesitate for a moment, but also because he didn't cast his most proficient fire magic, but instead sang a spell with a longer duration of lightning.
It must have been a high-level lightning spell that dealt me 190 points of damage. If it weren't for the fact that I had taken several blood potions beforehand and was regenerating my health, my life points would have been exhausted by now. However, a thought flashed through my mind: "It's over."
Although the lightning spell is relatively slow, it has an advantage that no other spells can match - it causes dizziness. People and monsters who are hit by the lightning spell will generally be stunned for half a second to one second. During this period, I have had enough chances to be killed many times.