The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

"Waaaaah, that was so brutal! Those guys were beasts!"

"Let me tell you, I was collecting materials over there at the time, and I didn't know what was going on. Those guys just suddenly appeared."

"Waaaaah, you guys have no idea how miserable I was. Those few coins sent me flying into the sky, and then some kind of Shadow Nine-Hit Combo came and slashed me to pieces."

"I was stunned. I didn't even know them. They just came up and started beating me up."

"What the hell did I do to deserve this?"

Upon hearing Xingmai's explanation, the players exchanged glances.

"Holy crap, is it really that rampant?"

"A humanoid monster? Wait, we've been exploring here for so long and haven't seen one."

"Based on what Xingmai said, I suspect those humanoid monsters might be Dark Elves. But are there Dark Elves in this ogre territory?"

"I don't know!"

For a moment, the players were a little confused. After all, they had been playing here for so long and knew exactly what kind of monsters were here.

Even in the ogre's territory, the monsters were basically the same as in their previous areas.

"Could it be that there are still some wild monsters here that we haven't discovered yet?"

Hearing the discussion, Xingmai immediately interrupted them.

"Stop, stop, stop! Brothers, we've gone off-topic. Shouldn't we be discussing revenge right now?"

"Yes, yes, revenge."

"This is ridiculous! This is our territory now. To attack us on our own turf, they have some nerve!"

"Who cares what race they are? Let's go over there and beat them up first. Besides, you said they're intelligent and can talk. We can just grab them and ask them questions, then we'll know everything."

"Star Pulse, lead the way. Let's go see what's going on!"

And so, led by Xingmai, the more than 30 players around him headed toward the location where he had just been attacked.

Meanwhile, players in the surrounding area also heard the commotion.

"What? A new monster has been discovered?"

"I heard they're from the Dark Elf race."

"Dark Elves? We've searched here for so long and haven't seen any of them. Where did they come from?"

"I don't know. Maybe we should go and take a look. I have a feeling these monsters are something else. Maybe we can recruit a new tribe, and then we'll be rich!"

"That's right, the cleanup has been so thorough lately that the local monsters in the ogre territory are decreasing at a visible rate. If there are new races, that would be good too, at least we can harvest a little more."

And so, word spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and eventually more and more players gathered.

Before long, the original team of twenty or thirty people gradually grew into a team of more than one hundred people.

Soon, Xingmai led everyone to the location where he had been attacked.

"This is it!"

As he spoke, Xingmai pointed to a spot not far away.

There was a thicket of bushes over there, surrounded by tall trees, and there were obvious signs of burning in the bushes.

"It's over there!"

"That's where they ganged up on me and beat me up just now."

Upon hearing this, the attacking salted fish nodded, then turned its gaze to one of the demon wolf clan members they had brought, and tossed a gold coin.

"It's up to you!"

The wolf demons' eyes lit up at the sight of the flying gold coins, and they nodded frantically.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, the wolf walked to the spot where the battle had just taken place and sniffed around.

"Awooo..." Then the wolf howled and led the players in a certain direction.

Meanwhile, the other players quickly followed suit.

.......

Meanwhile, on Ella's side...

They carefully explored the forest for a long time, but still couldn't find the home of that special Pata.

"Let's all take a break," Ella instructed the group.

"Captain, we've been searching for so long and haven't found it. Could it be that Pata doesn't live here?"

Hearing what her teammates said, Ella shook her head, looking confident.

"You must learn to observe carefully."

"You should have a sense of how dangerous the 60th floor of the dungeon is, since we came up from the 50th floor before."

"But now, we've been active on this floor for so long and haven't encountered a single monster, which means this area is relatively safe."

"For weak Pata, this is undoubtedly the most suitable place for him to live."

Hearing Ella's analysis, everyone suddenly understood.

"As expected of the captain, he knows so much."

"You're such an amazing captain. If we hadn't been with you this time, we probably wouldn't have been able to get to this floor."

However, just as everyone was discussing, Ella suddenly made a quiet gesture.

Then, her gaze fell on the bushes not far away.

At the same time, his teammates nearby immediately became alert.

Something's coming!

Seeing the commotion growing louder over the bushes, the team members exchanged glances and prepared for battle.

However, just when they were extremely nervous, a cat suddenly jumped out.

"Huh? Snap? Black?"

Pata Ella was also taken aback when she suddenly appeared.

It's exactly the same as the one they killed earlier.

"What is this? How come there are two identical 'pata'?" Ella asked, puzzled.

"Could it be that the one we just saw wasn't our target? Oh well, let's not worry about it anymore and take it down too." Ella quickly made her decision.

but...

"Team... Captain..."

"It's possible... it's possible that we'll be the ones who get taken down." A team member's voice came through, trembling slightly.

"What?" Ella was also puzzled, but when she saw that the surroundings were now filled with uniform black patinas, she understood why her teammates had said that.

Realizing the situation was dire, Ella took a deep breath.

"Everyone, we're in big trouble this time."

As she spoke, Ella also took out her weapon.

"They're just a bunch of 'patters,' we might still have a chance of winning."

"We just fought that Pata, and we know its skills. It's mainly defensive, and its attack power isn't as high as we thought. Plus, they're not very agile to begin with, so we still have a chance."

"We'll find a way to create an opening and break out from there. Once we break through their encirclement, it won't be so easy for these Pata to catch up with us."

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing Ella's plan.

Immediately afterwards, they all pulled out their life-saving equipment.

"What follows is going to be a tough battle!"

But the next moment...

A hail of grenades flew towards them.

"well?"

Ella was dumbfounded.

Ella had originally planned to fight the Pata and use her superior combat skills to create an opening.

To her utter surprise, this group of pats, showing no regard for martial ethics, launched a full-scale attack.

At this moment, Ella seemed to understand why there were so few monsters on the sixtieth floor of the Dragon Cave dungeon, which was clearly very dangerous. It turned out that it wasn't because this place was relatively safe, but because there was this group of strange Pata subspecies here.