Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 96 The Mermaid Appears
This mission is a cyclical mission. When the player collects 10 tears and hands the items to Morgana, he will receive this mission again.

Although the task description and requirements are exactly the same, there are no item rewards for the task, only experience gained after completion.

This was the first time the players received such a task, so they tried to collect it again after receiving the [Blood Shark's Tears] for the second time.

However, after receiving the same task for the third time, the player was obviously unwilling to continue the boring task.

In order to collect a total of 20 tears, each player has to kill at least 50 blood sharks. Including the 5-person team, it is really a tiring task.

By the time they accepted the quest for the third time, most players decisively gave up. Even though Morgana's appearance was full of benefits, players still wanted to see new monsters.

"Xiao Nuo, the player is getting impatient. Tell me how to trigger the next task."

"wait."

"How long will you wait?"

"10"

"10 minutes?"

"9"

"It's seconds."

As the game system counted down, the surrounding shallow water began to recede, exposing the [White Crystal Grass] and the Blood Mermaid lurking in the water.

Nearly a hundred blood mermaids were exposed, and the players had finished their food after the fight. If there was another [Emergency Battle], I'm afraid everyone would die here.

"Bad review. The difficulty suddenly increased, and it happened when we were not prepared."

"If we fight once, I think we might be able to leave a few people alive."

"Sit down and recover quickly. Stay in good shape."

The blood sharks approached the players slowly, and the safe zone began to shrink. The players surrounded the NPCs in the middle, and there were countless monsters outside.

If you attack just one, all the monsters will move forward due to a chain reaction.

“Isn’t this a mission?”

"It's part of the plot."

Just when the monsters were about to approach, a column of water suddenly rushed out from the ground, pushing the blood mermaid into the sky. Then the water column dissipated, and all the monsters falling from the sky were killed.

The shallow water area was filled with sea water again, washing away the traces left by these monsters.

"What a loss! I can't pick up the bone fragment that was given to me for free."

Wang Yue said relaxedly, and several figures emerged from the bottom of the water, but fortunately these figures were all green, which were the mermaids that the players were looking for, the mermaids that were not contaminated.

Unlike the blood mermaids, the mermaids have blue scales on their bodies, and their bodies are cleaner. They hold a consistent three-pronged harpoon in their hands, and look much more regular than the zombies under Wang Yue.

"Well, it looks OK, but the level is a little off."

[Mermaid Guard: Mermaids living inside giant whales guard the last holy place of mermaids]

【Level: 10】

Like the cat-people in the Ice Fortress, the mermen are also members of the Orc race. They also escaped from the massacre and drifted to this deserted island.

Thanks to the protection of the giant whale, the mermaids gained a brief period of peace, but now there seems to be a change. Corrosion has invaded the body of the giant whale, transforming some of the mermaids into violent blood mermaids.

"The symptoms of the rampage are the same as those of monsters elsewhere on the island. The trials will draw out demons, and these demons are the culprits that cause the monsters to go berserk."

Wang Yue has fully understood the main plot of the internal test. As long as someone can complete all the trials, the darkness on the island will be purified and the players' heroic mission will be accomplished.

"Adventurers who have come from afar, we have learned your purpose from the song, but our queen is in danger, and we hope you can collect some herbs for her."

[Mission Target: White Crystal Grass (0/12)]

[Quest Rewards: Mermaid Wrap, Mermaid Dagger, Mermaid Boots]

After accepting the task, each player will receive a [temporary magic saw] that lasts for 5 minutes, which is specifically used to cut white crystal grass.

The saw is made by mermaids using ice energy. The tool itself is a piece of ice and has excellent herbal compatibility.

"Let's not talk about why we use saws to collect herbs. Why did the mermaids give us shoes? Don't they have feet?"

"It was given to us as equipment because it has no legs. Are you stupid?"

With new tools, players will of course try them out.

The first player began to cut the herb back and forth with the ice saw. After grinding for an unknown amount of time, the rock-like herb finally broke off from the roots.

"A sneak attack, give me a scare."

After he successfully collects the herbs, blue ghosts emerge from the roots, floating in the air with swords and shields held by invisible hands.

After hesitating for three seconds, its name changed from yellow to red, and it targeted the player collecting herbs and attacked.

[White Crystal Grass Guardian: The soul that fell into the water lives in the herb, and it is you who released it]

【Level: 9】

After killing dozens of blood mermaids, the players' levels reached level 9. They all learned the third skill and their combat power was significantly improved.

The player who was ambushed was a mage. The third skill he learned was not the [Fireball] cast by Dolly, but the [Freeze] with a controlling effect.

The mage can instantly cast an ice shock wave on the target, freezing enemies along the way for 3 seconds. During this period, any damage the enemies receive will break free from control.

After using the new skill to create distance, the mage player bombarded the monster wildly, and in the end the monster didn't even have a chance to display its skills.

With the first player as a sample, other players also realized that herbs were not so easy to collect, and they began to cooperate, with one person collecting while the other attacked the ghosts.

"You can actually dodge. I can't hit you at all."

"You're too unreasonable. This is a matter of probability. Look, I hit them all."

"Even spells have a chance to be resisted. This ghost is too difficult to deal with."

Fat Cat and Maple Leaf formed a group. Both of them used physical attack methods, and the fight between them was very painful.

However, Fat Cat relied on her persistence in [Backstab] and found that as long as she attacked from behind, the ghost would not be able to dodge her attack.

She did not share her discovery with Fengye, but secretly used the method to knock on the door. When it was Fengye's turn to attack, she secretly watched from the side and worried about missing the target.

"How come you almost never miss? You're so lucky."

"I've always been lucky, that's what everyone says."

Some players may encounter a situation where they cannot hit the target even once, and then be beaten to low health by the ghost.

If the players here were not all very kind and would not heal the players with low health, he would be the first one to be killed by monsters of the same level just because of bad luck.

But the players' cutting went smoothly and they completed the required amount before the ice saw completely melted.

The mermaids were very satisfied. They summoned bubbles to wrap everyone up.

The bubble began to carry the players under the water, pushing away the herbs growing underground and continuing to dive into the lightless depths.

The mermaids accompany the players outside the bubble, escorting them to where they live, singing wordless melodies along the way, letting the songs float in the sea.

(End of this chapter)