Cataclysm King

  Chapter 96 Dog King

   Entering the different-dimensional space, five hundred 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 task of this "Third Holy Grail War · Outpost Battle".

  Ji Xun looked at the content of the 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 cost 1,000 points. The reward is quite generous."

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

  But the current death rate of more than 90% is not just a number.

  That also indicates that this mission is extremely risky.

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

   Two hundred hunters all saw enlightenment, apparently 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.

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

  The displayed content is as follows:

  [Shield of Order (Gold)]: 100,000 combat achievements, devil horn*18, advanced devil horn*1

  [Summon Higher Undead (Gold)]: 98,000 combat achievements, Devil Horn*15, Higher Devil Horn*1

  [Earthquake Art (Silver)]: Battle Achievement 9500, Demon Horn*5

  [Quick Step (Silver)]: Combat exploits 9400, Devil’s Horn*4

  [Blade Storm (rare black iron)]: 2000 combat exploits, devil’s horn*1

  【.】

  Enlightenment: "After obtaining the skill cheats, you can choose to exchange them for a lower-quality degraded skill card; you can get combat achievements 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 merit exchanges for martial arts.

After    there are equipment classification, material classification, and special classification.

  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 also looked radiant.

  It was the first time for him to have such close contact with various extraordinary items of gold quality.

  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 for 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."

  “.”

  The low-level hunters of Innocence City usually have access to extraordinary items of black iron quality, which are considered rare. Where have you seen treasures of this level?

  Everyone was so excited that they were gearing up, wishing they could rush down to the fort to hunt down the demons immediately.

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

   There is a high probability that it is just a look.

   Various items of gold quality can be exchanged for nearly 100,000 combat points.

  Although I don’t know if it’s easy to obtain combat merit, but one D-level mission only rewards 1,000 combat merit points, which requires completing 100 D-level missions?

   It can be seen that it is almost unnecessary to think about raising 100,000 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 disaster-level demons can produce devil horns, which directly indicates the difficulty of obtaining them.

  The gold items in the inventory of the military supply depot are probably like carrots hanging in front of the eyes of a mule. They can be seen but cannot be eaten.

  Ji Xun focused on looking at 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.

  I want to see what suits me.

   Scan the list and scan, and there are really more!

  He saw something in the material column, and his eyes froze: "[Rhiya Sensitive Alloy]? Do you have this material?"

   This is the main material of his [Plague Doctor's Scalpel]!

  Ji Xun didn't expect that he would see the Sensitive Alloy that the major commercial firms in Innocence City hadn't heard had in stock here.

  He had another idea before.

  A flying knife will inevitably cause inconvenience, such as flying out and not being able to get it back immediately.

   It would be perfect if I could get a few extra 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 battle merit exchange catalog.

  Ji Xun looked at other things calmly.

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

   "Hundreds of thousands of military exploits"

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

  War mode, very straightforwardly encourages participants to kill monsters crazily.

  Ji Xun took a rough look at it, and found that the list of military supplies was different from what the intelligence merchant said before.

  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 exclusive items that the hunters themselves need.

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

  The flatbread is almost drawn.

  The commander of the fortress 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 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: Devil's Territory in the Extreme North.

  Looking at the scale, there should be one on every mountain range of more than 100 kilometers. There are a total of three fortresses on the map.

   There are two other places: Meteor Eagle Fortress and Rumbling Wind Fortress.

  While watching, Ji Xun thought quickly in his heart: "The 'Battle of Outposts' should be a war around these fortresses."

   This information will definitely not be used in the D-level plot.

  But the difficulty and plot of the different-dimensional space can be triggered by digging deeply.

  Based on previous customs clearance experience in different-dimensional spaces.

  Since the intelligence appeared, it must be related 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.

  There are sixteen beacon towers drawn with red crosses.

   This is their task this time.

  There are so many details on the map that the viewer is dazzled.

  The other hunters only took a rough look, and after paying attention to the location of the beacon tower, they 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 and selected one of the beacon towers.

   There are still fifteen seats left.

  The two hundred hunters should be divided into teams of thirteen people, and each team will go to one place.

  As soon as the fortress commander said that 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."

   "A team of assassins who are good at reconnaissance, led by an experienced jungle hunter, has a high chance of clearing the level."

  “.”

  Because the death rate in this space is very high, the recruitment of card masters by the hunter union is not balanced.

   Doctors are extremely scarce.

  Ji Xun doesn't care what team he joins.

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

   As for his crappy black knight, it is 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, to Ji Xun's surprise,

  He actually saw a familiar guy in the team.

   "Is the Lionheart family's eyeliner placed in the team? They are 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.

  I don't know why, 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 take a huge gondola with a wooden winch.

  The hanging basket can hold a hundred 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"

  Ji Xun looked at this prompt, and 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?"

  The more hints, the 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 more.

   Can get enough military exploits, what's the difference when 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 giant mouth of the monster little by little.

  The fellow hunters held their weapons one by one, staring nervously at the cliff that didn't know how high it was.

  Looking up, the fire on the fortress gradually disappeared.

  The wind howled.

   An atmosphere of fear spread between the two hanging baskets.

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

   But unexpectedly smooth.

   After descending about two or three hundred meters, the hanging basket suddenly stopped, and someone shouted: "We're here!"

   Ji Xun's eyes were gloomy, and he looked around.

  After the fusion of【4 of Spades-Wolf Walker】, the night vision ability is also increasing day by day.

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

   Didn't see any trace of the monster, and was relieved.

   It didn't take long, and the gondola carried the beast army of the Lionheart family also came down.

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

  The next two hundred people came.

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

  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.

After    there is an elite sweep.

   The "Hui Zi" battle formation is completely impeccable.

  Ji Xun just glanced over from the corner of his eye, and saw several piercing gazes cautiously sweeping up.

   There are many masters in the guards.

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

  The beast army's targets are 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 mission early and go out early!"

   "Team 8 follow me!"

   "Team Sixteen, this way."

  “.”

  Ji Xun also followed the sixteenth team, and also headed towards the beacon tower they had drawn by lottery.

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

   Surrounded by towering trees 100 meters high, 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 thirteen people walked carefully all the way with their lighting equipment.

  After coming down, everyone was cautious all the way.

   But it is also strange.

   They traveled all the way, but they didn't 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, and the journey was safe and sound.

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

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

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

   Killed casually.

   It seemed that there was no danger, and the hunters all lost their previous tension.

  I can brag and fart along the way.

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

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

  ".

  Ji Xun listened silently.

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

   But the road ahead is more peaceful.

   means.

  When the danger comes, the more violent it is.

  Come back to trouble, the hunters dare not make fun of their lives.

  The team walked very carefully in the dense forest, and the speed was not fast.

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

   There is still a long distance from the beacon tower.

   Everyone decided to take a break first.

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

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

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

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

  Some hunters knew each other, so they chatted.

   "Uncle Dong, didn't you make a lot of money last year, didn't 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 usury gambling money, and finally lost my life. Those guys in the casino let me in, and the debt was wiped out"

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

  “.”

  Ji Xun ate his dry food while observing his teammates.

  Before, he didn't quite understand who would enter such a super-high mortality space of different dimensions, 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.

   Instead, there is no choice.

   At this time, a guy suddenly spoke and asked the oldest guy in the team: "Old man, why do I think you look 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", this old man with missing front teeth was an "old".

  He looks to be in his sixties or seventies at this age, with dark skin and one missing front tooth.

   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: "No name, no 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 killing mode last time, and you are not dead yet?"

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

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

  Even Ji Xun had a slightly weird expression.

  Because he also heard about it.

  There are many interesting stories in the hunter circle.

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

   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 whose surname was 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 of customs clearance guarantee, 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.

  It was only then that everyone realized that this old man had really understood the profession of hunter.

   Live is the master.

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

  The next time you die, you will have nothing.

  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", also known as "King Dog".

  But many people want to be a hunter for fun.

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

   Live a day counts as a 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 a talking point, and no one really imitates it.

  The fact is also that although this old man Xu will not 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 this hard-working 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", "play dead in the pile of corpses, feigning death is a necessary skill", "find a coffin in the grave", "buried the head in the crotch can make absolutely Most spirit-type monsters are invisible".

   Don’t really say it.

   Obscene is obscene.

   These life-saving methods are well-founded.

  Everyone laughed loudly.

  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".

  Looks like a grandparent.

  Very young, only fourteen or fifteen years old, although wearing a gas mask, but with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, the young man always has a vigor that is completely different from the old man's half body stepping into the coffin.

   He never said a word,

   Few hunters this young.

  Ji Xun didn't understand why the old man brought 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 discover the abnormality.

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

   Now the surrounding area is so quiet and scary!

   But after watching for a while, I didn't find where the crisis came from.

  Ji Xun did not forget that this is a war mode with a high death rate, so he can only hide his body better.

   It wasn't long before he had this idea.

   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 pierced through the head of the guy who was standing and laughing loudly just now.

   An arrow pierces the head!

  (end of this chapter)