Cataclysm King

Chapter 96 Dog King
After entering the different-dimensional space, 500 people stood in the open space of the fortress, listening to the battle arrangement of the fortress commander.

"Everyone, some demons have appeared in the dark sawtooth forest outside the fort recently. You need to investigate their origins. There are sixteen beacon towers in every corner of the forest. You need to light them. At the same time, the kingdom will reward your bravery. , the combat achievements you have obtained will be recorded on the military merit card, and you can exchange for the required supplies at the military supply office."

After this guy finished speaking, enlightenment also appeared at the same time: "The D-level legion mission is triggered, and the demons outside the fortress are active frequently. As the elite investigation team sent by the kingdom, you need to investigate the truth about the recent abnormal activities of the demons. You and your teammates will Go to the Beacon Tower in the Dark Sawtooth Forest, and get 1000 combat points for each lit one;”

This is the basic mission of the "Third Holy Grail War: Outpost War".

Ji Xun looked at the content on Enlightenment, and had a general direction for the next task, and said in his heart: "Leaving the space only needs 100 combat points, and lighting a beacon tower will give you 1000 points. The reward is quite generous."

Go to the forest to light the beacon tower, and the task seems simple.

But the current death rate of 90.00% is not just numbers.

That also indicates that this task is extremely risky.

Compared with the inevitable risks, Ji Xun is more curious about other things: "But having said that, the intelligence says that military achievements can be exchanged for a lot of good things in this different-dimensional space. What are they?"

Two hundred hunters all saw the enlightenment, obviously curious about the same thing.

At this time, a magical light curtain appeared next to the fortress commander on the high platform, and there were densely packed war merit exchange items on it.

Looking at the past, Ji Xun was immediately attracted by the dazzling word "gold" in the front row.

The displayed content is as follows:

[Shield of Order (Gold)]: 100000 combat exploits, devil horn*18, advanced devil horn*1
[Summon High-level Undead (Gold)]: 98000 combat achievements, devil horn*15, high-level devil horn*1
[Earthquake Art (Silver)]: Combat Merit 9500, Demon Horn*5
[Quick Step (Silver)]: Combat exploits 9400, Devil's Horn*4
[Blade Storm (Rare Black Iron)]: Battle Achievement 2000, Demon Horn*1
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Enlightenment: "After the skill cheats are obtained, you can choose to exchange them for a lower-quality degraded skill card; you can get combat merit by killing demons, and the horns of demons are produced by disaster-level demons. The final holder can increase the settlement reward"

This is just a list of merits exchanged for martial arts.

There are equipment classification, material classification and special classification in the back.
It's like a treasure house has been opened for everyone, and they haven't touched it yet, but the luster of the treasure is already blinding people's eyes.

"Sure enough, it can be exchanged for gold materials."

Ji Xun is also looking bright.

It was the first time for him to come into contact with various extraordinary items of gold quality so closely.

I had only heard of the name before, but in this different-dimensional space, it gave people a strong sense of expectation that as long as I worked hard to kill monsters, I could redeem it.

As soon as this magic light curtain appeared, the other hunters beside them also became excited.

"Hahaha gold items! And so much silver!"

"My God, if I can exchange one, I will never have to worry about it for the rest of my life."

"Is this the war mode? The rewards are too exaggerated. I can't wait to hunt demons now."

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It is rare for the low-level hunters of the innocent city to come into contact with extraordinary items of black iron quality. Where have they seen treasures of this level?
Everyone was so excited that they were gearing up, wishing they could rush down to the fortress to hunt down the demons immediately.

But Ji Xun was surprised for a moment, and soon calmed down.

Most likely just take a look.

Various items of gold quality can be exchanged for nearly [-] combat points.

Although I don't know if it is easy to obtain combat merit, but one D-level mission only rewards [-] combat merit points, which requires completing [-] D-level missions?
It can be seen that it is almost unnecessary to think about raising [-] military exploits by normal means.

This is not the most difficult.

Ji Xun looked at the "devil's horn" behind him, and his eyelids twitched slightly.

Only catastrophe-level demons can produce devil horns, which directly indicates the difficulty of obtaining them.

The gold items in the munitions inventory are probably like carrots hanging in front of a mule's eyes, they can be seen but cannot be eaten.

Ji Xun focused on those silver items, and he also said with emotion: "There are so many good things. There are so many skill books that are hard to find outside. There are also some rare skills that have been lost."

There are also some relic-level equipment and rare materials.
Ji Xun's eyes quickly scanned the prize list, and wrote down the redemption list.

Want to see what suits you.

Scan the list, scan and scan, and there are indeed more!
What did he see in the material column, his eyes froze: "[Rhiya Sensitive Alloy]? Are there any materials like this?"

This is the main material of his [Plague Doctor's Scalpel]!
Ji Xun also didn't expect to see the Shenshen Alloy that the major commercial firms in Innocence City hadn't heard of in stock here.

He had another idea before.

A flying knife is inevitably inconvenient, such as flying out and not being able to get it back immediately.

It would be perfect if I could get a few spares.

But not to mention that the forging skills of the relic cannot be reproduced.

The most important thing is that the material is nowhere to be found.

This is a material that is even scarcer than gold exercises.

I didn't expect to see it in the war merit exchange catalogue.

Ji Xun looked at other things calmly.

But this sensitive alloy, I really can't move my eyes away.

"10,000+ military exploits"

Ji Xun shook his head to calm the restless emotions in his heart.

The war mode is very straightforward to encourage participants to kill monsters crazily.

After Ji Xun took a rough look, he also found that the military supplies catalog was not the same as what was mentioned in the previous intelligence merchant.

After thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me.

The will of the different-dimensional space seems to be based on the needs of each batch of incoming hunters, so as to ensure that the exchanged items must have the exclusive items that the hunters themselves need.

Guarantee that everyone has a strong desire to kill the enemy and earn military merits.

The big cake is almost drawn.

The fortress commander raised his hand again, and a map was placed in front of everyone: "Okay, everyone, this is the map of the Dark Sawtooth Forest. Divide into teams, and draw lots to decide which beacon tower to go to."

The other hunters were still lingering on the war merit exchange list, but Ji Xun restrained his eyes and stared carefully at every detail on the map of the high platform.

This is a military map, very professionally drawn and very detailed.

Ji Xun knew at a glance that this must be another hidden clue given by the will of the different-dimensional space.

Although the map only shows the local topography of the Demon Mountains, the general outline presents an "8" pattern.

In addition to the topography and topography, some small characters are also marked on it.

Enlightenment automatically translates these ancient characters into readable characters.

Ji Xun not only memorized the content, but also recorded those ancient characters along the way.

The Thunder Fortress they are currently in is at the bottom of the figure 8, the outline is the mountain range, and the fortress is just south of the outline of the figure 8.

The mark on the north side is: Demon Territory of the Extreme North.

Looking at the scale, there is one such fortress every 100 kilometers on the mountain range, and there are three fortresses in total on the map.

There are two other places: Meteor Eagle Fortress and Xiangfeng Fortress.

Ji Xun looked at it, thinking quickly in his heart: "The 'Battle of Outposts' should be a war around these fortresses."

This information is definitely not useful in the D-level plot.

However, the difficulty and plot of the different-dimensional space can be triggered by digging deep.

Judging from the previous customs clearance experience in different dimensions.

Now that the intelligence has emerged, it must be connected to some other hidden plot.

Ji Xun didn't miss any available information, carefully observing every detail on the map.

The space under the word 8 is the dark sawtooth forest, which spans hundreds of kilometers.

Sixteen beacon towers are drawn with red crosses on it.

This is their task this time.

There are too many details on the map, and the viewer is dazzled.

The other hunters only took a rough look, paid attention to the location of the beacon tower, and were not interested.

But Ji Xun has been concentrating on checking.

It wasn't until the fortress commander put away the map that he gave up.

All that needs to be said has been said, and the next step is to execute the task.

The 300 members of the Lionheart family must protect that Young Master Kahn, so they will not separate.

They drew lots to select one of the Beacon Towers.

There are still fifteen left.

Two hundred hunters are divided into teams of 13, and each team goes to one place.

Once the fortress commander said he could move freely for a week,

The huge fortress was like a recruiting site for the hunter union, and it immediately became noisy.

"Is there any doctor who formed a team together? There is a lack of a doctor in the team."

"Let's form a team of assassins who are good at reconnaissance, led by veteran jungle hunters, and the chance of clearing the customs is high."

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Because the death rate in this space is very high, the hunter union's recruitment of card master professions is also uneven.

Doctors are extremely scarce.

Ji Xun doesn't care what team he joins.

This mortality rate is not much different with or without doctors.

As for his crappy black knight, it's not difficult to form a team.

After all, there must always be someone in the team who can resist damage.

The two hundred hunters were quickly divided into teams. Ji Xun glanced at his teammates and saw that the "old, young, sick and disabled" were complete.

After all, there is a settling fee for coming here this time, and many of the people who come here want to gamble on their luck and steal chicken thieves, so they don't count on their strength.

However, Ji Xun was a little surprised that,

He actually saw a familiar guy in the team.

"Is the Lionheart family's eyeliner in the team? It's really careful."

What Ji Xun saw was not someone else.

It was the leader of the black wolf regiment that he had seen in the greedy mine camp in the outskirts.

Two days ago, I heard that the Black Wolf Group had approached the young master of the Lionheart family. Now that I saw it, I guessed the intention.

Such a strong lineup came in and arranged eyeliner, it must be to ensure that the young master is safe.

"Tsk tsk."

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes.

For some reason, looking at the group of well-equipped ferocious beasts, he always felt an inexplicable urge to move in his heart.

The Thunder Fortress was built on a pass in the Demon Mountains.

The fortress is surrounded by cliffs.

To go to the north below, you need to ride a huge gondola with a wooden winch.

The hanging basket can hold 100 people at a time, and there are two baskets in total.

Ji Xun and these hunters are cannon fodder, so he went down first.

As soon as he got on the hanging basket, Qidi gave a prompt: "It has left the settlement range"

Looking at this prompt, Ji Xun thought, "That is to say, even if you have obtained enough meritorious service in the wild, you have to return to the fortress to settle the settlement?"

More hints mean more hidden information.

Ji Xun vaguely guessed that there seemed to be some plot hidden in this setting.

Normally there is no need to do this.

If you can get enough military exploits, what's the difference in going out?
Unless there is some hidden plot that requires the player to return to the fortress to complete?
Ji Xun looked at the steep rock walls around him, his thoughts raced, and he thought of various situations that this setting might point to.

The winch descended slowly in the air, and below was an endless darkness that made people feel chills on their backs.

The darkness full of unknowns seems like an abyssal monster devouring human life.

The hunters are jumping into the huge mouth of the monster little by little.

The fellow hunters held their weapons one by one, staring nervously at the cliff that was unknown how high it was.

Looking up, the flames on the fort gradually disappeared.

The wind howled.

An atmosphere of fear spread between the two hanging baskets.

Even Ji Xun was worried that some monster would attack him during this process.

But unexpectedly smooth.

After descending about 300 meters, the hanging basket suddenly stopped, and someone shouted: "It's here!"

The blue light in Ji Xun's eyes was introverted, and he looked around.

After the fusion of [4 of Spades-Wolf Walker], the night vision ability has also been enhanced day by day.

Everyone jumped out of the basket and carefully looked at the place where the fire had dissipated.

Seeing no trace of the monster, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, the gondola also came down with the beast army of the Lionheart family.

100 people came down first, after driving the hunters to the edge of the forest far away from the basket.

Then the next 200 people came.

Under the protection of heavy soldiers, the Ninth Young Master Kahn walked out of the basket with a face of reluctance.

He didn't glance at the cannon fodder at all, and shouted: "Let's go, solve it early, and go back early."

The reconnaissance team sneaked into the dense forest ahead to open the way.

Then there is an elite sweep.

The "Hui Zi" battle formation is completely impeccable.

From the corner of Ji Xun's eyes, he just glanced over, and saw several piercing gazes cautiously scanning up.

There are many masters in the guards.

Seeing the young master of the Lionheart family leave, the pressure in the hunters' hearts that they couldn't breathe dissipated.

The beast army's target is huge and bloated, which will naturally attract more monster firepower.

Hunters are also happy to see this.

"We're leaving too, Team Nine's side, finish the task early and get out early!"

"Follow me from Team Eight!"

"Team Sixteen, this way."

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Ji Xun also followed the [-]th team, and also headed towards the beacon tower they had drawn by lottery.

After rushing into the forest, the surroundings became darker and darker.

Surrounded by towering trees with a height of [-] meters, the leaves of the trees are strangely jagged and hard, like a chainsaw full of trees.

Not long after walking, more than a dozen teams could not see each other.

The 13 people walked carefully all the way with their lighting equipment.

After coming down, everyone was cautious all the way.

But it's also strange to say.

They traveled all the way, but did not encounter any demon attacks.

Didn't even see any living creatures in the deep forest.

In this way, I walked for dozens of kilometers all the way, all the way safe and sound.

On the road, I occasionally meet a few little devils who are alone.

It was a little goblin-like monster with red skin, ugly and tyrannical.

But the strength is just like the mid-term of Katu.

Kill it casually.

Seeing that there was no danger, the hunters lost all their previous nervousness.

You can brag and fart all the way.

"Hey, it doesn't seem very dangerous."

"I just shot and killed three little devils, and the military merit card has three more points of merit! Haha, that is to say, if you kill a hundred, you don't even need to go to any beacon towers, and you can go out?"

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Ji Xun listened silently.

If it wasn't for the conspicuous death rate on Enlightenment, he would have thought he had come to a different-dimensional space with low difficulty.

But the road ahead is calmer.

That means.

When the danger comes, the more violent it is.

After all the trouble, the hunters dare not make fun of their lives.

The team walked very carefully in the dense forest and did not move fast.

After walking for five or six hours, I have only traveled dozens of kilometers.

There is still a long distance from the beacon tower.

Everyone decided to take a break first.

I found a place with a wide view and sat down.

Everyone sat around, bragging and farting, eating some dry food to replenish their strength.

Ji Xun leaned far away on the big tree, and stood the shield beside him.

Even if it was a rest, he remained cautious enough.

Some hunters also knew each other, so they chatted.

"Uncle Dong, didn't you make a lot of money last year? Did you retire? Why did you come out again? Are you here to earn this hard money?"

"You can't come if you don't come. The boy in my family was injured in the gang fire and hurt his waist. He has been hanging himself with medicine. The family member also worked in the alchemy factory for too long and got lung disease. The monthly salary is not enough to buy medicine. Then The savings for retirement have been exhausted long ago. I can only try again. Even if I die, the settling-in allowance can be regarded as leaving some suspense money for the two people in the family.”

"I owed too many loan sharks for gambling money, and finally lost my life. The casino guys let me in, and the debt was wiped out"

"I came here voluntarily. There are so many rich people in the Old Continent. Why can't it be me?"

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While nibbling on dry food, Ji Xun also observed his teammates.

Before, he didn't quite understand who would enter such a super-high-mortality alien space, but now he understands after listening to these people chat.

most of the time,
It's not that people at the bottom are not afraid of death.

But have no choice.

At this time, a guy suddenly spoke and asked the oldest guy in the team: "Old man, why do you think you are like the legendary 'dog king'?"

Ji Xun also looked over curiously.

The reason why I had the impression that this team was "old, young, sick, and disabled" was that this old man with missing front teeth was an "old".

He looked to be in his sixties or seventies at this age, with dark skin and one missing front tooth. When he smiled, the front tooth was missing, which was particularly wretched.

This appearance is highly recognizable.

The old man didn't seem to mind being called the dog king at all, but he was quite proud of being recognized. He laughed loudly: "False name, false name. It's not worth mentioning."

Hearing this, the man also exclaimed: "Is it really you, old man? Didn't you say that you went to the different-dimensional space in the killing mode last time, and you are not dead yet?"

The old man patted his chest, looked humble, but actually showed off his buttocks to the sky, "It's all luck~ good luck."

This said, many people have recognized this "legendary figure".

Even Ji Xun had a slightly weird expression on his face.

Because he had heard it too.

There are many interesting stories circulating in the hunter circle.

But because of the high mortality rate of hunters, many stories only circulate for a while.

But in the hunter circle of Innocence City, there is a legendary story that has been passed down for many years.

There was an old hunter named Xu who was missing a front tooth.

That guy can rely on all kinds of incredible life-saving abilities to survive in various different-dimensional spaces until the end.

The usual method is to avoid all dangerous tasks, wait for teammates to clear the level, and then he will come out with a little guarantee.

At first the hunters scoffed.

Because every time this guy takes that point to clear the bottom line, it is worth thousands of dollars.

Completely wasted work.

However, after so many years, the guys who sneered at him are almost all dead.

The old man is still alive.

Only then did everyone understand that this old man really understood the profession of hunter.

Living is the master.

Even if you pass A this time, you will get the treasure.

The next time you die, there will be nothing left.

The old man lived longer than most of the hunters in Innocence City, this is his skill.

Later, the hunter world gradually had the legend of "King Dog", which is also the legend of "King Dog".

But many people want to be happy when they are hunters.

Get rich once, then get drunk and dream of life.

Live every day.

Although the vast majority of hunters know the dog king's method of survival, most of the time they just laugh at it as talk, and no one really imitates it.

The fact is also that although this old man Xu can't die, he has always been a poor ghost.

Drinking in taverns often pays for the kind of poverty.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to earn the hard-earned money.

Everyone laughed and "asked" the old man how to save his life.

The old man is not stingy, such as "smear monster feces all over the body, the smell can interfere with the monster's perception", "playing dead in the pile of corpses, feigning death is a necessary skill", "find a coffin in the grave", "burying the head in the crotch can make absolutely Most spirit-type monsters are invisible".
Really don't say it.

Obscene is obscene.

Each of these life-saving methods is well-founded.

Everyone laughed.

Ji Xun is also very happy.

But he took another look at the young man next to the old man.

This boy occupies a "young".

They look like grandparents.

He was very young, only fourteen or fifteen years old. Although he was wearing a gas mask, he had sharp brows and eagle eyes. The young man always had a vigor that was completely different from the old man's half body stepping into the coffin.

He never said a word,

Rarely have hunters this young.

Ji Xun also didn't understand why the old man would bring such a young man in?
However, before Ji Xun finished eating a piece of black bread in his hand, suddenly his eyes froze: "It's too quiet."

After advanced, the crisis perception ability is much stronger.

He turned his eyes and scanned around in the forest, only to find something unusual.

Walking all the way just now, at least I saw some little monsters like red-eyed bats.

It's eerily quiet all around now!
But after watching for a while, I didn't find where the crisis came from.

Ji Xun has not forgotten that this is a war mode with a high mortality rate, so he can only hide his body better.

It wasn't long before he had this thought.

With a "whoosh", there was an imperceptible sound of breaking wind.

Without warning, an arrow lingering in black light came through the air.

Before everyone had any reaction, the arrow "shua" pierced through the head of the guy who was standing and laughing loudly just now.

An arrow pierces the head!
(End of this chapter)