Chapter 187: Potentially dangerous
Under the artificially clear night sky, a desperate struggle is going on.
More and more monsters were attracted by the rituals of the shamans and gathered from all directions. As if they had a deep hatred, they frantically charged at the camp of the crusade, but they could not find solid fortifications, and could only die in vain outside the wall.
However, the number of monsters gathered is still increasing.
Standing on the command tower in the center of the camp, the panda stared at the countless scarlet eyes that were swaying in the distance in the dark night, and asked in surprise, "How many beasts are there? There are too many!"
His surprise was by no means a camouflage. At first glance, there were overlapping eyes in the night, and he didn't know how many pairs of eyes there were. A pair of eyes is a monster, and there are probably thousands of monsters here.
Thousands of monsters? ! What a joke!
Don't talk about monsters, even if it is an ordinary beast, if it is thousands of words, it is a very scary thing.
And... how can a wolf's den lake keep so many monsters?
"It's not all monsters," said the old knight who served as James's staff. "To be precise, they are demonized beasts. Most of the monsters in the area of Wolf's Den Lake are just demonized beasts, which are really good enough. 'Warcraft' level, far less so."
"Ordinary beasts are so powerful?" Panda asked.
"I'm not that strong in normal times," the old knight said. "When I was in my thirties, I once served as the guard of a great magician and followed him to investigate here. According to research, although the beasts here are usually magical beasts. The trend, but it will not almost completely become a monster like it is now. Only when the shaman initiates the ritual will they temporarily transform and become what they are now."
"...Then why do you still hold a ceremony?" Panda felt a little puzzled, "It should be much easier to destroy ordinary beasts than to destroy such quasi-monster beasts."
"Because only this kind of ceremony can stimulate the magic in their bodies, attract them all, and lure them to take the initiative to attack. If they are not attracted, the crusade will be stationed in the chaotic magic area near Wolf's Nest Lake for a long time. Search little by little - this kind of magic can contaminate beasts into monsters, and of course people can't touch them for a long time." James replied.
Only then did the panda understand what was going on and nodded lightly.
It is certainly not a good choice to turn an ordinary beast that can be easily killed into a much more powerful quasi-monster. But compared to letting the soldiers risk contamination to go deep into the chaotic and magic-rich areas to carry out long-term sweeps, this approach is, after all, a slightly acceptable choice.
There are dangers both horizontally and vertically. The dangers that the eyes can see are better than the dangers that cannot be seen or touched.
And for the soldiers, dying in battle is bad, but turning into a monster is even worse—the former is just death, the latter is more serious than death.
"As for the problem of the excessive number of beasts here, the great magician also studied it." The old knight continued, "The final conclusion is that the abundant magic power here makes the vegetation, water and even the air full of water. Energy. Beasts can easily take in enough energy, so in the same range, there will be more beasts surviving.”
Panda was about to show that he understood, but suddenly his body shook slightly and asked, "So, what about in the lake? There are monsters on the shore, shouldn't there be also in the lake?"
The old knight was silent, and after a while, he slowly said: "Everyone knows that no matter whether it is normal research or wartime crusade, you must never approach the lake."
The panda immediately understood what he meant, and felt a chill behind his back.
According to Jaime, Mulandana's crusade had nothing to do with the monsters in the lake.
Although they know that there may be monsters growing and multiplying in the lake water - no, there will definitely be. But they really can't lead the monsters in the water to kill them. As for the crusade in the water... Neither humans nor orcs are good at water warfare. Taking the initiative to go into the water to crusade a large number of aquatic beasts, what is the difference between sending them to death!
So they can only adopt the practice of "out of sight, out of sight". After so many years of accumulation, they don't know how many monsters have accumulated in the lake. If it wasn't for them not being able to leave the water, I'm afraid it would have caused a catastrophe long ago!
He recalled carefully and remembered the mission near Mulandana in the game.
The mission here is mainly to destroy beasts and monsters, and the locations are everywhere. However, near Wolf's Den Lake, there is a high-level dungeon. The final boss of the dungeon is a murloc high priest. The guy himself is not very strong, but It will summon terrifying giant aquatic monsters.
This dungeon was probably from the 50th-level era. For him in the 100th-level era, it was really far away, and it was also a bit pediatric. But thinking about it carefully, in reality, it is actually a very scary thing.
A monster that requires a group of players of more than forty levels to unite to destroy is enough to threaten the entire Mulandana.
According to the game's plot, those murlocs did cause serious damage to Mulandana and brought huge casualties.
Thinking of this, he frowned and asked, "Have you ever thought that there might be murlocs living in the lake..."
James frowned and looked at the old knight.
The old knight sighed: "The great magician thought about this at the beginning and carried out research. It's just that there are too many monsters in the lake, so he really can't do much research. From his research results, Because there are so many monsters in the lake and they are messy, it is difficult to accommodate any intelligent creatures to establish a tribe. Even if there are murlocs, it is estimated that they are murlocs transformed by monsters. Of course, monster-shaped murlocs are not easy to deal with, but compared to demonization After all, the murloc tribe is much easier to deal with."
Panda continued to ask: "So, have you seen the murlocs before?"
"I haven't seen it." The old knight replied immediately, "I haven't seen it, and I haven't heard anyone say it. Maybe there are no murlocs in this lake."
"The goblins on land and the murlocs in the water are known for their wide distribution and large numbers. Don't you think it's strange that there are no murlocs in this large lake?"
The old knight nodded: "Of course it's strange, but... we can't take the risk to investigate further just because it's strange."
James' face was already serious, and he understood what the panda meant.
Compared with the demonic beasts in front of them, the murloc tribe that should exist in the lake, but no one has seen, is obviously more dangerous.
If you have the conditions, you must investigate deeply to see if there are murlocs in this lake, and if so, what are they doing?
Panda nodded secretly, but said nothing.
The hints he gave were enough, and if he went on, he didn't know how to hide it.
Speaking of which, it's just right now. If you continue to guide, people should doubt "how do you know there are murlocs in this lake, and you have been preparing for many years, and you want to make big news"?
He can't always say something like "Your world is actually a game I played at the beginning. Those murlocs in the game succeeded in making big news, made a big scene, and suffered heavy casualties."
Even if it is to be roasted on the rack until it is half cooked!
After talking about the topic of Wolf's Nest Lake, they turned their attention back to the battle in front of them.
More and more magical beasts have gathered from all directions. They let out mad roars and slammed into the walls and fences desperately, but they were always in vain, and they just gave their lives in vain.
wrong! They didn't die in vain, because their bodies piled higher and higher in the trenches. If this goes on, sooner or later they will fill the trenches with corpses, even as high as walls.
At that time, they can easily break through the wall and enter the camp of the crusade...