534.Chapter 532 531 Adele’s Otherworldly BFF is on the warpath!

Chapter 532 531.Adele’s Otherworldly BFF is on a rampage!
Thanks to the large number of new players in the Wolf Castle’s active activities, as well as Hogg sent out his jackals to “run around” in the filthy swamp, so that the original hidden danger of the swamp seems to have become safe.

Especially from the Wolf Castle to the south of the area, not to mention the wandering skeleton army, even the crocodiles in the muddy water are much less.

The jackals didn’t just issue missions to clean up the undead, these smart ghosts even handed over the task of hunting to the tireless players, and it had to be said that in this aspect of combat, the small players hadn’t been afraid of anyone yet.

They swept through the dangerous swamps almost as if they were windswept, and in groups of three or five they dared to hunt swamp tigers or blood-sucking big bats, and they were very tactical and didn’t just blindly pound away.

This change may have stemmed from the fact that the players had also participated in the raiding of the land of rotting corpses, and had a deep understanding of how to fight in this real game.

In short, digging traps became their most common way of fighting in the swamp.

But the problem was that these guys dug too many traps and usually didn’t take the time to fill them up after the battle was over. The direct consequence of this bad habit was that when Mrs. Adele’s 150-member pioneering group was advancing through the swamp, they had to spare some of their manpower to look for and destroy those traps that had already become ineffective, so as to avoid any accidental attrition during the passage of the large group.

“Bang.”

The taut rope was carefully cut, the stretched down trees re-straightening with an ear-splitting sound in the kinetic energy release, a force strong enough to hoist a full-grown swamp tiger into the air or simply yank off their claws and teeth.

“These guys can do it!”

Old Qin watched from the side as Groundnut Roast and Tomato Sauce “cleared the landmine”, and while holding a notebook to record the destruction of yet another trap, he said to Baldwin, a necromancer cloaked in hooded silence beside him:
“I just mentioned the principle to them a bit before, they actually really made this kind of hunting trap, let alone this poor choice of orientation, just this hands-on ability alone is worth appreciating.”

“Old Qin! Come this way, I found several tripwires and snares set together with trick mines.”

The student sour cucumber sent in the other direction exclaimed:

“What’s wrong with you! Is this dangerous shit even taught? Shit, these assholes are burying broadswords for the sides of the traps, but Brother Loyalty’s craftsmanship sucks, and I’ve heard that this stuff blows up when you touch it, so I wouldn’t dare dismantle it, so you do it.”

“I didn’t teach it.”

Old Qin frowned and leaned over to take a look, shaking his head:

“Real trick mines aren’t like this, this look is the wild ways learned in war documentaries, real torture, these guys! You remove the left one, don’t touch the right one.”

At the same time as the sour cucumber whining and careful “demining”, the silent necromancer opened his mouth and said:

“Is this the way you fight on your side? I have to admit that I’ve had an eye-opening experience, the jackals also use traps, but their primitive traps are like children’s toys compared to your traps that focus on killing.

The product of these explosives cunningly combined with the swampy terrain looks inhumane.”

“Inhumane indeed, you should be glad that our arsenal is not yet capable of producing competent anti-infantry mines, let alone the vicious butterfly mines.”

Old Qin frowned as he recorded the locations of these traps:

“The time of our arrival was too short to allow the war potential of the otherworld to be well utilized, but I am pleased to see that my compatriots have begun to use their ingenuity based on the existing environment.

If the explosive capacity keeps up, this swamp will undoubtedly become a filthy hell for the Jackals.”

“So much for swamp combat!”

Baldwin said in the hollow voice of a necromancer:

“The Jackals fought against us with the same mindset during the Second Black Plague, when we were heavily damaged but we soon retaliated in kind, we would put explosive psychic energy stones into the corpses of Jackal scouts, we would dig ditches with spikes in the cover of muddy water.

If casualties were not a factor, this swamp was actually very good for blockade warfare, but unfortunately in the time since then, the humans lost the courage to hold off the Jackals in the swamp, they were scared out of their wits by the Black Plague, and didn’t begin to fight back again until they were pushed to the brink the last time.

It’s not the humans’ fault though, after all, the Jackals are clearly better suited to fighting in this terrain, and those barbarians were practically born for swamp combat.”

“Is that so?”

Old Qin scoffed at this conclusion as he closed his notebook and said:
“After the jackals really come over, I’ll organize a group of people to have a good ‘fun’ with them in the swamp, if you’re willing, I’d love for you to join us, your spells will work wonders.

We will thus be transformed into the ‘ghosts’ of the swamp, leaving those jackals with a lifelong shadow that won’t dissipate.

Oh, a talking tree~ sounds great!”

“Of course, I’d love to see and learn from the otherworldly devils’ art of war.”

Old Baldwin let out a dry and perverted laugh, it was clear that this guy was definitely a war maniac in his lifetime as well.

He was already an NPC member of Old Qin’s registered “Sharp Knife Platoon” guild, and could sign a cooperation contract with him once he learned how to summon the undead.

However, the old man, who was quite powerful in other aspects, made the necromancer curse his mother in learning spiritual energy. Old Qin’s learning progress was terrible, and it had already been several days, not to mention mastering spiritual energy, even perception was very difficult.

But it was not Old Qin’s fault.

His whole life was spent as an atheistic and determined warrior, this old age you let him believe in metaphysics, just the psychological hurdle is not very passable.

His situation was very similar to Professor Chen.

Old Chen Tou had been in the game for quite some time, but he had only learned one Spiritual Energy spell, Turning Stone into Clay, and he used it poorly, which wasn’t really because they couldn’t learn it.

“The traps on this side are all cleared, the area in front of us is no longer a quest area, there should be no traps over there, and there won’t be any of these annoying things on the road afterward, our drop mission is complete.”

Ten minutes later, Groundnut Burning shouted, Old Qin simply closed the team with a batch of explosives retrieved back to the Pioneer Corps site where they were camping and resting.

Because many players had to go to work, today’s advance wasn’t really fast, but by the time she got off work Madame Adele would start a wave of forced marching to catch up on today’s missing mileage.

This was a paramilitary operation, and there were strict requirements for the daily process.

According to the plan of the Phantom Intelligence Bureau, they had to cross the swamp in seven days, which was a very difficult task however Adele and her intelligence officers had the map of the swamp given by Hogg in their hands, so as long as they followed the paths marked out by the jackals they would be able to barely keep up with the speed of the march.

Pots were set up in the camp, the martial monk and chef Star Soul Eagle was gutting the swamp tigers the fellows had hunted back for a big pot of soup for everyone to enjoy, the assassin Shy Blossom was beside him peeling some swamp plants with his dagger.

The two of them were talking and laughing as they worked in tandem with each other, looking at the group of players walking around next to them and scowling.

This player and NPC love affair is not uncommon, playing gray man, cattle and even stick brother are the forums to discuss the topic of “paper man wife” regulars, but this player and player love affair in the game is still the first time it.

Although the eagle of the star soul and the shy flower are all denied, but look at the two people look everyone will know the original reason.

Uh, of course, the water lady and fire brother that kind of situation does not count, people originally received a certificate, is a legal couple, and then close to the turn of the monsters do not say anything.

Pomegranate Sister and Cat’s kind of situation does not count, after all, everyone generally can not beat the two of them, and do not dare to secretly spread gossip, lest one day walking on the road by the “Scarlet Valkyrie” or “Blood Blade” his Excellency put a sack.

But Mrs. Water is not having a “swamp date” with her husband, as a veteran of the Pioneer Corps, she has been drafted by Adele as a temporary adjutant, and is waiting for orders and trying to find out more information about the Valley of Darkness in Mrs. Adele’s Grey Tent.

She didn’t even hide her intentions from Lady Adele, who froze for a moment before revealing a thoughtful expression when she heard that the warriors of the Pride of the Silver Moon regiment intended to plan the Valley of the Shadow as a stronghold.

After a few minutes, she opened her mouth and said to Lady Water:

“There is room for your ideas to be realized, but I can’t give you the area where my people live, it is to be used as a frontline barracks for Maxim and the People’s Army in the future.

But the Valley of the Shadow is quite large, so you can choose another place to start another camp.

Although it’s called a valley there, it’s actually a small basin extending out from the fringe area of the Barren Mountains, and there are mountains and rocks in the various areas that block it, creating a unique mountain path that’s hard to spot and easy to defend.

This is also the information I am going to tell you.

It’s very difficult to try to attack the Valley of the Shadow from the outside, my people only need to hold a few mountain pass strongholds and rely on the terrain to stop invaders several times their size, but it’s not without its problems.”

The dark baroness took out the map she had obtained from Uncle Bella and placed it in front of Lady Water’s eyes, pointing to several directions in the valley as she spoke to her:

“It is precisely because of the treacherous terrain that causes it to be very difficult for us to try to evacuate from it even in extreme situations. The dark valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and its water source comes from the ‘Huma River’ in the Barren Mountain region, and its tributaries enter the dark valley in the form of waterfalls, and that’s a place we can’t climb.

Therefore once an external enemy attacks the valley, we have no other way but to fight to the death.

The accident in which I left my clan was also caused by ogres and jackals driving the dog-heads to attack the valley using the tactic of an underground raid, so in my opinion, the Valley of the Shadows isn’t actually a perfect stronghold. Are you sure you want to operate there with your companions for a long time?”

“It’s in a great location, isn’t it? Adele-sama.”

Lady Water’s hand traced the map and said:

“Not to mention the fact that we could station an army here in times of war, just to choke off the road to Transylvania.

Even in peacetime, the location where the Valley of Darkness sits is right on the road that leads from the Tainted Swamp to the Brass Fortress through the Baffent Canyon, and if we open up the merchant road in the future, then our stronghold will become the last stop for Transylvania’s smuggling merchants to get into the Dark Mountain Range.

If we can maintain the size of this trade route, then just collecting taxes and providing services to the merchants every year will be enough to make a new city stand in the Dark Valley.

Even though the limited environmental terrain makes it impossible to get too big, for a guild and mercenary group like ours, it’s already generating enough revenue for us to spend it lavishly.”

“You’re not the only one who can see the key to this location, Lady Water.”

Adele said as she drew a few arrows on the map with her pencil:

“The ogres, jackals, dog-heads, and even the evil goat-man clans that roam the Barren Hills can see the advantages of this valley, and my memories as a child are of never-ending conflicts, large and small, centered around it.

You occupy this place means you become an enemy to the life around you.”

“I can’t wait for there to be as many of them as possible, Lord Adele.”

Lady Water let out a light laugh as she spoke confidently:
“It’s only right for the natives to fear these barbarians, because you only have one life to live, and your precious life shouldn’t be wasted on good bravery, but your disadvantage is precisely our advantage, and I believe that our ‘Silvermoon City’ will become the most bustling stronghold of the foreigners in the future!
Countless warriors will set out from here to spread the majesty of Transylvania and Lord Murphy across the Dark Mountains.

Please believe me, Lord Adele, this stronghold is the best for us.

So now I just need to convince you to agree to let us run this stronghold”

“Convince? No, no need.”

Adele shook her head and spoke very directly:

“As long as you can still hold this place at the end of the Black Plague, then when the war is over, this will naturally be your territory. This is the rule that Governor Murphy set for Transylvania, you have contributed to a land, and that land will naturally return loyalty to you.

However the problem of the Valley of the Shadow I told you just now, if the Jackals come with all their nests, especially after Maxim’s army withdraws to the swamp defense line, it will be really hard for you guys alone to hold the place.”

“That’s what we need to consider, Ms. Adele!”

Lady Water said in a deep voice:

“Please leave this duty to us, we will hold there until the war is over, until victory comes!”

“Well, you’ve asked for it.”

Adele knew that Lady Water’s appeal among the players, she knew that this elegant lady in front of her was one of the current “elected leaders” of the foreigners, seeing Lady Water so resolute, she no longer persuaded, but held the arithmetic pearl.

A few moments later, the sound of ding quietly sounded.

[Stronghold Quest – ‘Standing firm until the last day’ has been triggered!

Mission Description:

Ms. Adele, who was given the responsibility of overseeing the affairs of the Valley of Shadows by Lord Murphy, saw the determination of the “Pride of the Silver Moon Regiment”, so she decided to give the foreigners a chance to show their courage, and the “Pride of the Silver Moon Regiment” had to stick to the Valley of Shadows and cooperate with the Kadman People’s Army to fight against the Black Plague. The Pride of the Silver Moon must remain in the Valley of Shadows and fight with the Kardaman People’s Army against the Black Plague, and hold the valley until the end of the Black Plague, even after the People’s Army has possibly retreated.

If the Pride of the Silver Moon can do this, they will have control of the Shadow Valley stronghold.

Mission Objective:

Hold until victory.

Failure Conditions:

The Legion of Jackals and their minions attack the Valley of the Shadow.

Event Rewards:

Deed to the Valley of Shadows X1, ‘Freehand’ Mona’s Legacy Treasure Trove Key X1, ‘Shadow Hydra’ Truman’s Gladiator’s Treasure Chest X1.

Tip!

This quest is extremely difficult, so please ask the members of the “Pride of the Silver Moon” to grow their organization and seek all possible support before the Black Plague begins.

Tip!

This mission is attached to an ‘Order of the Second Lord of the Order of the Blood League’, with which the mission recipient can communicate and coordinate with the commander of the Blood League Clan’s Deserted Mountain Defense Line to a certain extent, and obtain certain operational assistance from the other side.

Looking at the prompt in front of her eyes [Yes/No to accept the mission? prompt, Lady Water did not hesitate before accepting it.

She was not without a chance of winning, Brother Woo Meow’s Big Bird Regiment had already made it clear that they would fully support the Silver Moon Regiment, and the Dark Valley was close to the trade routes, so she could gain the full support of the five administrative villages with that, and what was most lacking right now was people.

Lady Water intended to hire a group of budding players as cannon fodder in the following . Uh, armed defenders with great courage!
However, after the mission was taken, Lady Water didn’t leave immediately, instead, she looked around and then softly said to Lady Adele, who had lowered her head again to organize her documents:

“I have noticed that there has been a slight change in your attire .”

“Hmm?”

Adele looked up at Lady Water in surprise, she did not understand what this foreigner was trying to convey.

“It’s like this, as you know I am a master seamstress, I can tell a lady’s change of mind by her dress, for example, from your attire dressing, I realized that you might have suffered a little bit of emotional problems in the past few days.”

Mrs. Water sat down across from Adele’s desk, and she said softly:
“Need someone to talk to who won’t give away their secrets? It’s not that I’m bragging, I still have a bit of experience in relationships, so I might be able to come up with some ideas for you, after all, judging from the eyes of us foreigners, Lord Murphy definitely belongs to the category of ‘Diamond King’ as well as the very best men.

Are you really going to give up?
In my opinion, your advantages are really great, and as long as you grasp the right approach, Lord Murphy’s conservative heart will also open its arms to you.”

“This is not a matter for you to get involved in, Mrs. Water!”

Adele said coldly:

“Please be decent!”

“Well, I’m not supposed to say it, but I just can’t bear to see a fine woman like you go down a path of no return all alone.”

With a certain compulsion, Lady Water first turned off her arithmetic jewel, before she whispered in not-so-skilled Transylvanian:
“The administrator on the forum who enjoys watching the tomodramas shared by little Vikrama, who keeps liking them but always dives in, and who has an interest in espionage documentaries is you, isn’t it?”

“You!”

“Shh, shh, shh~! Now there are very few people who know this, and I’m one of them, and look, if you guys are really just NPCs in some game, a piece of data code, then I don’t need to get involved in this at all.

I’d just think it’s a shame that the plot was cut.

But here’s the thing, you guys are real.

You are living, real people, and I’m not going to lie, Ms. Adele, these past few months together have made me think of you as otherworldly friends, and I feel that when a friend is in need of help, those who are in a position to help must step in to assist.

Such as now.

Think of it as a secret, Adele, think of me as an otherworldly friend, voice those hesitations in your mind, you’re not worried about me spreading gossip about you in the otherworld, are you?

Trust me!
I can help you! Really, and I’d love to help.”

(End of chapter)