Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 200: Combat Division, Alchemy Plan

The banquet in the underground cave square prepared drinks, food and bright lights for every player from afar.

They sat in a circle on reed mats woven from cattails, the reed mats before them covered with banquet food. Burning candles were placed in the spaces between the dishes, like goose-yellow stars, emitting a comfortable illumination.

Little elves with wooden trays on their heads will serve filled wine glasses to their favorite guests. Groups of small figures shuttle back and forth, chirping like a swarm of busy and enthusiastic bees.

It was the first time for most of the companions in the camp to participate in a banquet of the elves. Looking at the glowing red fruit wine, various berries, assorted preserved fruits, roasted vegetables, and the scary-looking roasted insect meat, they were a little at a loss as to where to start.

Lin Bo, quite accustomed to the food here, introduced his personal recommendations to his companions. They all drank together. The Soul-Calling Witch was the only child, so she drank a fruit and vegetable juice specially blended for spirits.

The little seagull shuttled back and forth on the mat where the food was placed, like a king patrolling his territory. When it tasted a dish it liked, it would bring some back and put it on the night watchman's plate, unknowingly making the food in front of Lin Bo more and more.

In the team channel, players from all three camps began to share their first meals, filled with photos.

The fruit, vegetable, and insect meat banquet of the Elf camp was quite primitive and crude, but it was actually the best condition.

The players in the Crusade camp ate dry bread, stewed soup and wine. The food in the army was large and filling. [Xiadao Qingroufeng] uploaded a photo of many male players gathered together and wolfed down their food. Their mouths were as big as balls and their expressions were grinning.

The worst off is the Necromancer camp. Although they have the largest plot force, their diet is as low as the meat content on a skull.

What they ate were various mushrooms growing in the cracks of rocks, mosses hanging on the tops of tombs, and mice digging holes in the ground. These were then cooked by undead chefs, making the already unpalatable ingredients even worse. Apart from being able to maintain basic vital signs, they had no advantages at all.

Everyone looked at the dark green nutritious soup with strange ingredients in the photo, and sincerely admired these Undead players who were willing to swallow this kind of food in order to integrate into the local circle.

[Cold Rain (Undead)]: Even though we don't eat much, we can now command an army of 2,000 undead. They are all carefully selected, without any skeletons.

[Skeleton Farming Expert (Undead)]: This is called style (laughing)
[Dragon Demon Madman (Holy War)]: When we duel tonight, do you want us to bring some food with us?
[Tailor (Dead Soul)]: Yes! I really need it! I've used all my own food to increase my friendship points and character favorability.
[Skeleton Farming Expert]: Bring more food, brother. I was stubborn just now. This shitty mushroom soup will really make you hallucinate (crying)
After the laughter, everyone discussed the duel location, agreed on the rules of the team battle and the process of the game. After they were finalized one by one, the channel fell silent.

Lin Bo and his companions discussed the subsequent clearance plan.

With multiple people in a group and affix mutations, the enemy has been greatly strengthened. It is very unlikely that one can break the city alone like last time.

Therefore, it is necessary to complete some pre-tasks, strengthen one's own manpower, weaken the enemy, and then try to form an alliance with the Crusade camp. This will greatly reduce the difficulty of the Purgatory mission.

Of the three factions, the Necromancers are the most targeted. While the Fey harbor hostility towards humans, they are likely to join forces with the Crusades. A Normal difficulty quest, "Diplomat," tasks players with negotiating a battle agreement with the Crusades' commander.

It just so happens that the Crusade's Purgatory mission does not conflict with the elves, so there is great room for cooperation between players.

"The outcome is still undecided, so it's not convenient to directly clash with other factions. Let's wait until tonight to start the mission." [Wind Nest] suggested.

He is an 8th-level Elf Wanderer, a branch of the Ranger profession. Being of human race, he has short antlers growing on both sides of his head due to the favor of the Supreme Elf, and he has a faint scent of lavender lingering around him.

"Everyone should divide the work among themselves first, and then split into multiple groups to advance the mission as soon as possible. The window of time left for us to fight a decisive battle is very short, and we must be ready to challenge the leader of Purgatory before dawn." A storm warlock spoke. She was an elf with black skin and white hair. The surging storm magic power turned into flashing arcs of electricity in the depths of her pupils, and her body was always lifted up by the invisible wind and slightly suspended in the air.

There are three mandatory tasks. First, the "Liberate the Temple of Nature" on the Desperate difficulty level, which revitalizes the Spirit Guardians and brings them back into the fight. Second, the "Spirit Rescue" on the Extreme difficulty level, which buffs allied creatures and inflicts debuffs on undead creatures. Finally, the "Diplomat" on Normal difficulty. There are also many optional tasks, such as purifying water sources and removing cursed totems, which can further enhance the blessings of the Nature Spirits.

Players took out the mission map of [Wilderness of Fallen Giants], estimated the time and manpower required for each mission, determined the division of labor, and arranged the battle plan. Everything was planned in an orderly manner.

The banquet was in full swing when a group of young mountain elves danced by the fire, extending their hands to invite the guests, and many players happily joined in.

Lin Bo left the meeting midway and went to meet the guardians.

Although the dungeon was refreshed, the elves had forgotten what they had said to the lighthouse keeper, but their respect for him became more obvious. When the guardians met him, they called Lin Bo "Eternal Honored Guest."

"Give this to me." The mage pointed to the glowing heartstone.

The old turtle, the giant wolf, the big pig and the blue peacock talked in a low voice, and then the branch brought the giant's relics to Lin Bo.

"We don't know what you'll do with it. But we have complete trust in your decision. Go ahead, child of power."

The blazing red stars fell from the top of the mountain, held up by the wizard and displayed in front of the elves and players. Bathed in brilliant light, it felt as if a faint warmth was flowing under the skin, making all living beings feel sincerely soothed.

When you get within a certain range of the Heart Stone, a small boost of Life Spring will appear in the player's health, and Lin Bo, who controls the Heart Stone, will once again experience the feeling of his pulse pumping with infinite vitality.

The teammates had no idea that the wizard only had to leave the table for a short while before bringing back the key item to unlock the Purgatory mission.

"Shouldn't it be normal to let the guardians recover their strength first before they are willing to hand over the heartstone? What on earth did this guy do to get such a high faction friendship value?" A priest in the nature realm looked confused.

The Soul-Calling Priestess clapped silently, her hands opening and closing slightly like small scallops.

The other teammates came closer out of curiosity, and after getting permission, they gently stroked the heartstone, feeling the vigorous energy within it, which made their skin numb, as if the giant's heart was still beating after all these years.

Lin Bo made a request to the giant mountain demon beside him, and he was then guided to an empty open-air forging workshop with a wide area suitable for production operations.

The mage planned to use the free time during the day to prepare some combat resources.

In a recent battle, the Whale Fire Ring sustained some damage. The metal mycelium possesses self-repairing abilities, and feeding it some food can mend the damage. However, due to its inherent quality and structure, its lethality cannot be further increased.

The current difficulty level of undead creatures is more formidable, as their equipment and physique have been enhanced. If bombarded with enchanted Featherscale Star Steel, the metal wear will become very serious, and they will not be able to withstand high-intensity impacts for more than a few seconds.

Besides, Feather Scale Star Steel cannot carry Dragon Language Runes, so he plans to refine a better magical material for future needs.

After studying a large number of advanced alchemy formulas, Lin Bo has never had the time to try them out in practice. However, he has accumulated a lot of elixir materials from the affix treasure chests he opened every day.

Now that he has the Heart Stone in his hand, he plans to use its abundant life energy to create a simplified version of the Philosopher's Stone, and then use the Philosopher's Stone to enlighten the metal and smelt out stronger alchemical products.

(End of this chapter)