Necromancer chopping down trees

Chapter 98 Race against time
Ten minutes have passed, and the speed at which monsters appear has caught up with their speed at which they die.

Although the Mermaid Palace was right in front of them, the main force of players had already stopped completely, fighting the monsters without pause.

"What should I do, Maple Leaf Sister? I have no more mana."

"The best solution now is to sacrifice a few players. We should take advantage of them to draw fire and break out."

"I can ask my men to clear the way, but I have to pay for it."

Maple Leaf was also distressed when he heard the complaints from his teammates. The non-stop fighting left the players with almost no time to use food.

But if he acted rashly, more monsters would attack him, and he would die in the fight before he could break out.

[Wang Yue, do you think I can break through by sneaking? ]

[It should be possible. You can wait until the players die and then use stealth to escape. No one will blame you then.]

Having thought of a way out for Fat Cat, Wang Yue also had to plan a way out for herself.

I stumbled in here by accident. If I were to teleport out and return to the blood pool from the ancient castle, I might not have the same opportunity again.

"That shouldn't be the case. The difficulty of the mission doesn't have any elite or team markings. It should be a normal mission with single-player difficulty."

Wang Yue was worried because there was only 1 minute left in the countdown on the interface.

It only takes a few tens of seconds to get from the players' current location to the mermaid's palace, but these few tens of seconds are enough for a person to be hit by more than a dozen ice arrows.

"We need a hero at this time, and that hero cannot be me."

Among all the people present, Wang Yue is the only one with the highest health, but he will still die if he is targeted for dozens of seconds. At this time, the players' mana has already run out, and Wang Yue cannot bet on the nurse to leave the mana for healing to an NPC.

"We should use the NPCs as bait and run to a safe location while the monsters are attacking them."

Maple Leaf could only think of this method in the end. Before, in order to preserve their combat effectiveness, the players had specially added blood to the mermaid guards. Now, they could not protect themselves, and this was the only way to try to rush out.

"Rangers, move to the melee position, have your guards enter the battle, and when the countdown reaches 30 seconds, everyone rush together. Ignore the monsters that are chasing you."

In fact, Fengye was not the only one who thought of this solution, but most players did not have the nerve to abandon their companions.

Now that they have someone in charge, they can accept this slightly malicious practice with peace of mind. In order to ensure that the "herbs" can be delivered to the queen of the mermaids, perhaps the guards' deaths are worthy.

"My goodness, I was optimistic about this woman before, but I didn't expect her to be so cruel."

The abandoned NPCs here obviously also include Wang Yue. After specifically instructing Fat Cat not to worry about him, Wang Yue called Morgana and the other two. He also wanted to rush out while the mermaid guards were fighting to the death.

"Anyway, it wasn't me who did anything bad. It was the players who did it first. I just took advantage of the convenience."

Wang Yue comforted him like this. He summoned a cannon fodder skeleton to use as bait, and then asked Rogge to put [Truth Shield] on everyone.

"Go forward, don't look to the sides."

Wang Yue seemed to be speaking to Rogge, but in fact he was speaking to himself.

After the players retreated, the guards continued to fight the demons. All magic was thrown at them, and the protective bubble [Tidal Barrier] broke in almost three seconds.

"Cannon fodder keep charging forward, don't be afraid."

The skeleton cannon fodder stepped on the crystals on the bottom of the water and walked forward quickly, soon surpassing the player team and running to the front.

The new monster team immediately chose the skeleton cannon fodder as their first target. A skeleton with only 20 health points could attract three ice arrows with a damage of 15 points at the same time, which could be considered a worthy death.

While swimming, Wang Yue continued to summon cannon fodder, and soon all the newly joined monsters focused their attention on him.

"Hehe, let me play the hero again at the last critical moment. I calculated the timing just right."

To add to his performance, he raised his rapier straight up and pointed it at the palace in the distance.

"Victory is just around the corner, adventurers, don't give up."

Wang Yue spoke passionately, but her pace did not change and she always moved forward.

[Frost Arrow] has landed on his shield, and [Shield of Truth] will be broken after 2 seconds.

But Wang Yue was not panicked. His high level made him resistant to control effects, and he could add blood to himself. At the same time, he could summon cannon fodder to attack and disrupt the monster's casting target.

"I'm so touched. William actually bought time for us."

"These NPCs are very dedicated. I will come back to collect their bodies after I complete the mission."

"I think you are just trying to get something for nothing. It's just crocodile tears."

The players relied on Wang Yue's attracting firepower to pass the last section of the journey, and arrived in front of the bubble that wrapped the palace.

But the bubble that protected against foreign enemies did not open for them, and they were blocked outside.

"We don't have any mermaid guards left. Do we have to keep one to open the door?"

"Isn't there William? Look, he's already here."

There are 10 seconds left on the clock.

When Wang Yue saw that the players had no way to enter the bubble, he suddenly felt that he had been careless again this time.

There were already three teams of monsters following behind him, casting [Frost Arrows] on him, and another two teams were cleaning up his skeleton cannon fodder.

In addition to mission failure, the monsters chasing him will also take his life.

"Isn't it just a broken bubble? If you don't open the door for me, I'll make one myself."

Wang Yue pulled out the bone spur and stabbed the bubble fiercely. As a barrier protecting the palace, it was much more fragile than Wang Yue had imagined, and a hole was pierced through it with just one stab of the sword.

Wang Yue stabbed quickly and then kicked the broken barrier away.

Also kicked away were the mermaid guards that emerged from the bubbles. They were the guards protecting the palace, and they appeared immediately after discovering the loopholes in the barrier.

"We brought the white crystal grass to rescue your queen."

The players couldn't wait for Wang Yue to finish speaking, and pushed him into the palace together. All the players stepped into the palace before the last second, and the system prompted that the mission was successful.

But this is not the end of the breakout story, because Wang Yue destroyed the bubble, and the mermaid guards have to guard the gap until the bubble is repaired.

The demons had discovered this loophole, and after the monsters surrounded and killed the guards who were left behind, they launched a fierce attack on the bubble opening.

"Thank you, enthusiastic adventurers."

[Weiwei: The mermaid queen's personal bodyguard, the mermaid tribe's strongest warrior]

【Level: 15】

The weapon of the female mermaid Vivi is not a harpoon, but two slender knives. She is even bigger than the male mermaid, and the blue scales on her body are denser.

"I heard you brought important herbs. Please follow me."

Weiwei flicked two long knives, and the players were once again wrapped in bubbles.

Everyone was sent to the palace by the bubble. They saw the female mermaids in the palace and the mermaid queen who was trapped in the bubble in the center of the palace and was dying.

(End of this chapter)