Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 71 First Failure
Large-scale combat missions use a progress mode. After the mission is started, every player can see the progress bar of the strategy in the interface.

"Unlike the previous defense, if we have the energy to spare, we can consider taking the initiative to attack."

“We should just wait and see what happens.”

Maple Leaf and Dolly, as important female characters on both sides, naturally became the main leaders of the team.

However, the two had different opinions. Maple Leaf, who had experienced the defense of the altar, was very confident in the monster's strength. She believed that with so many people, an active attack would complete the task faster.

But Dolly was stubborn and insisted on defense without even giving a reason.

She felt that some of the players who remained were not strong enough, and that the monsters on the second day were actually more difficult to defeat than those on the first day.

However, considering the face of other players, she just showed her attitude, which undoubtedly caused dissatisfaction among most players.

"Why play games when you are so careful? It's boring."

"It's not like the mission will fail if I die. At worst, I can just try again."

Players coming from the jungle are full of desire to explore, and now everyone has just accepted the same task. The so-called leader can only guide most players on what to do.

"Then we will split up. Those who don't want to attack will stay behind, and the others will follow you."

"Killing monsters will also give you experience points. Don't regret it when we come back after reaching level 7."

The temporary alliance agreed on a countermeasure for the time being, and most of the players followed Maple Leaf and took the initiative to attack, heading towards the direction of the black spots in the distance.

Only a small number of players and NPCs remained outside the fortress, including not only Wang Yue, but also Fat Cat and Rogue who had been guarding him.

"Today's cold wind is particularly noisy."

There was no wind on the snowfield, but as more players gathered, strong winds blew and snowflakes began to fall.

Wang Yue also didn't want to eat snowflakes in the heavy snow and let himself be covered by thick snow, but he was just a ruthless NPC now, and he would not be exposed if he did not move.

"If you feel free, you can bring a few wild boars and see if the cat people will help us fight."

The monster was still far away, and waiting in the cold wind was certainly boring.

The players quickly found nearby monsters to kill. The level 5 wild boar could no longer contribute much experience points, and the occasional equipment it dropped was a treat only for one or two lucky players.

“I don’t think they will be so relaxed.”

Wang Yue couldn't help but worry as she watched the players who took the initiative to attack disappear from her sight.

The system allowed NPCs to join the battle not just for decoration. In addition, with my presence intruding into the novice village, I'm afraid it would be better to adopt a conservative defense for this mission.

On the snowfield, players have already faced a new monster, the [Icefield Snowman].

[Ice Field Snowman: The snowman who was originally dormant under the snow may have been awakened by something]

【Level: 7】

The skill possessed by the snowman is [Frost Arrow], which is exactly the same as the mage's second skill. It slows down the movement speed of the target after causing damage.

The red-named snowmen started casting spells as soon as they spotted the players. The players couldn't imagine that despite their huge size, they could actually be ranged casting mages.

"Don't be afraid. Professionals with blood-replenishing abilities will take good care of players with low health. If that doesn't work, remember to take medicine yourself."

[Primary Healing Potion] can instantly restore 50 health points. Most jungle players have not had the opportunity to use it yet, so it is just right as a backup.

"It hurts a bit. Are they using frost arrows?"

As the blue ice hit the charging players, their health bars were immediately reduced.

While taking 20 points of damage to his health, his pace was also slowed down by the [Cold] effect.

The warriors can use [Charge] to immediately approach the target, but the knights are still some distance away.

Most people stopped and cast [Healing of Light] on themselves to recover health, while some directly cast [Blessing of Strength] on themselves despite losing health and prepared to fight hard.

It’s easier for ranged professions, as they all rely on their range advantage to output damage.

"Why is the snowman's health so high? Shouldn't a level 7 monster have 70 health points? I only hit 10% with my fire arrow?"

When the player gets close to him, the snowman gives up casting spells and directly attacks the melee player with his sandbag-sized fists. Even if the player successfully blocks, he will still suffer 5 points of damage.

"These crappy felt shoes are completely useless and they waste my armor."

After players obtain [Cat Fur Felt Boots], they think that they will work immediately, but the 1% ice resistance really only has a 1% chance of resisting spells.

Since the felt shoes have no armor, they take more damage in close combat.

Worse still, they apparently underestimated the number of snowmen.

Unlike the waves of monsters during defense, this group of snowmen lined up in several rows and formed a group to attack the Ice Fortress.

In other words, after getting close to the snowmen in the first row, melee players will be attacked by more [Frost Arrows] because they have entered the shooting range of other monsters.

"It's over. The speed of blood recovery is simply not as fast as the speed of blood loss."

Before the priest who was supporting from afar could finish chanting his spell, some of the melee fighters had already died from the [Frost Arrow] that hit them at the same time.

Assassins approaching with [Stealth] don't need to show their heads. Before they get close to the monster, the soldiers in the first row will be killed.

"Everyone, retreat. I underestimated the monsters' strength. Pay attention to the monsters in the first row. Kill the remaining HP from a distance. Everyone should focus on saving their lives."

Not only Maple Leaf saw it, other players also realized that the situation was unfavorable.

The number of monsters far outnumbers the players, and they are much stronger than ordinary wild monsters. It is time to retreat and reduce losses.

"Once I finish taking down this remaining HP, I'll go back to the fortress to rest."

"You guys run away, I can still hold out here for a while."

After drinking a bottle of healing potion, another warrior's health line dropped from 50% to 0%, and he directly turned into a soul state.

The hunter of the blood-greedy monster in the distance did not leave. When he was drawing his bow and arrow, he was targeted by several snowmen and was directly hit to death by ice blocks thicker than wooden arrows.

The attacking team suffered heavy losses, because if they were to be resurrected on the spot they would be crushed by the snowmen. They had only one choice - to perform a [weak resurrection] in the cemetery outside the Ice Fortress.

After [Weak Resurrection], the player cannot maintain full combat power within 10 minutes and can only wait until the time is up before joining the battle again.

Although the offense failed, most of the players involved in the offense did not blame the Maple Leafs.

On the one hand, it was because they wanted to go, and on the other hand, they didn't expect the monsters to be so strong.

Maple Leaf kept apologizing, and finally only brought a dozen people back to the Ice Fortress.

However, after seeing Maple Leaf and the others returning in a mess, Dolly not only did not blame them, but instead asked her subordinates to give them food and mana-restoreing drinks.

After clearing the remaining players, the snowman continued to attack, moving a little slower than the players, and it only took 3 minutes to approach the castle.

Wang Yue finally saw the 2-meter-tall snowman. He moved his stiff limbs and thought that he could finally start fighting before he was frozen into ice.

There are too many things going on recently, so the second update will be a little later.

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(End of this chapter)