Chapter 530: The challenge begins, rush to the boss scene
This is equivalent to indirectly improving the strength of the territory.
Either don’t do it, or do it well, this is Zong Shen’s principle
The previous test allowed Yingjiang to fly directly over the mountains and forests in the north, dozens of kilometers away from the territory.
At its top speed, it can fly more than ten kilometers per minute, which is a piece of cake.
Therefore, the return journey took almost the same amount of time.
By the time Yingjiang landed outside the lord's courtyard, the warriors in the territory had already gathered!
Vereesa, Luna, and Doris were all standing in the front row.
Howie, Mariel and the two new refugee heroes stood in the second row.
Currently, the only ones absent are the kobolds, as well as the Rodok crossbowmen and Avalon Xinzhuang crossbowmen who were placed in the griffon nest by Zong Shen.
The former is mining honestly in the mine, and the latter should be halfway there.
The landing of Eagle Sauce was as smooth as ever
The mana jet equipment on its body did not cause much hindrance to its takeoff and landing.
The size of this equipment is considered huge for humans, but it is nothing compared to Yingjiang's body that is more than ten meters long.
Zong Shen rolled off Yingjiang's back. He was in a good mood now. The successful application of the mana-producing equipment once again proved his previous assumptions.
The plan for the Griffin bomber is completely feasible!
After all, the size and load capacity of the griffins are the real basis for transformation.
It's like a big airplane.
Qualified airframe and engine are available.
All that's left is to add the appropriate weapons to it.
The simplest way to use it is to bring [Goblin Bomb] or other explosives.
Higher-end ones can even be equipped with things like giant crossbows and trebuchets.
As long as it is properly matched, it can be easily used in actual combat fields.
Including those manticore tigers, they can also be transformed using the same idea.
It's just that compared to the griffon, the manticore's flight speed and carrying capacity are weaker.
Zong Shen jumped off Yingjiang's back with a smile on his face.
The temperature now is extremely close to 45 degrees Celsius.
There are only a few minutes left before the heat wave challenge officially begins.
The soldiers stood there dripping with sweat, but no one said a word. They stood upright, waiting for Zong Shen's review at any time.
Each man had a water bag made of cowhide hanging around his waist.
This kind of water bag is very common, the craftsmanship of making it is not difficult, and it can be easily purchased from several nearby villages.
Moreover, the quantity required by Zong Sheng and the others was not large. Mariel Lin Lingling purchased a total of 300 Shuida, which was enough to meet the travel and assembly needs of the territorial warriors.
As for the water source issue, it was even simpler. Zong Shen had already said hello in advance.
The territory is now filled with three full cellars of clean water.
Even if it's not enough, you can still go to the island in the middle of the lake in the south of the territory.
Although the lake there is not big, it is more than enough for daily drinking water.
Zong Shen clasped his hands behind his back and inspected his team with piercing eyes.
At this time, there was a chirping sound in the distant sky.
These chirping sounds are very melodious, echoing in the northern sky from far to near.
A dozen black spots quickly approached from the distance.
It took less than a minute to fly over the territory.
After taking a good look, he landed in the open space outside the lord's courtyard.
These were the troops that Zong Shen had left behind at the Griffin Nest.
There were twelve Rhodok crossbowmen in total, and four light crossbowmen.
They were riding the same sixteen griffins that Zong Shen had selected before.
Now, all the warriors in the territory can truly be considered present.
Except for the team of wolf cavalry stationed in the mine and responsible for protecting the mine cart.
After a period of contact, these crossbowmen have become completely familiar with the griffins.
They carried the crossbows behind their backs and stepped off the griffin in high spirits.
After the griffins landed, they came close to Yingjiang.
There were chirps with different tones one after another, which seemed to be greetings and some kind of communication.
Yingjiang stretched his neck and touched each of the griffins with his head.
It is the leader of the group and has great majesty.
Especially for these griffins.
Among all the griffins, except Yingjiang, the other griffins can only be regarded as indirect rulers.
The reason why they are willing to obey Zong Shen is entirely because of Yingjiang's orders.
Therefore, Zong Shen did not prevent them from getting together.
"Everyone be quiet!"
His voice is not loud, but it has special penetrating power.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Even Yingjiang and the others stopped chirping and stayed in the open space aside.
Rubbing each other's necks, fanning the breeze.
"The Wolf Cavalry left two teams to patrol the territory."
"All the remaining warriors are going to war."
"It's up to you, Colby, to arrange this matter."
Zong Shen said loudly and gave the first order.
Colby rode the giant wolf out of the queue, put one hand on his chest and nodded slightly.
"Your command trumps all!"
He answered loudly, responding to Zong Shen's order in the most solemn manner.
Zong Shen nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the second row.
"Howie, Mariel, you stay in the territory with the newcomers."
"Also, I need you to pay close attention to the status of others."
“Once high fever or heat stroke occurs, it must be dealt with promptly.”
"I don't want non-combat attrition in the territory."
Mariel and Howie also bowed and saluted, indicating that they understood.
Zong Shen didn't say much and nodded in response.
Then he turned his attention to Vereesa.
"Have the Veresa Luna Spring and the Magic Spring been distributed?"
After being named by Zong Shen, Vereesa took a step forward and reported the report meticulously.
"Sir, the new batch of spring water has been distributed."
"According to your instructions, each warrior will be allocated a corresponding number of Lunar Springs according to their level."
"Each mage is also allocated corresponding magic springs according to their levels."
"All spring water has been distributed."
Hearing her answer, Zong Shen nodded.
"Good, I understand."
After Vereesa finished her report, she returned to her original position and stood upright.
At this time, Zong Shen took out the [Demon Storage Bottle (Blue)] and gave it to Caniggia, the Favorite of the Wind God.
He took out the excellent shield that he had gotten out of the box before and handed it to Sergeant Rodok.
The shields of the four Rodok sergeants have all become tattered. There is only one side here, so they cannot complete a full replacement. They can only decide who should put on a intact shield first.
When he just handed the shield into Ricardo's hands.
The vision of both eyes was suddenly filled with white light.
Zong Shen's heart moved, and he knew that this was the time-stop state.
[The heat wave challenge officially begins]
[The temperature challenge in each region has been completed]
[Special characteristic impacts will occur in some areas]
[The Balrog Boss will be refreshed at a random location in the area 5 minutes after the time-stop state ends]
[The time-stop state will last for 1 minute]
The announcement subtitles are very simple, only a few lines.
There have been no adjustments to the rules.
This shows that when the heat wave challenge starts, the overall progress of the lords is still in line with the estimates of the lord system.
Otherwise, it will definitely take the opportunity to patch it.
The one-minute pause was over quickly.
As Zong Shen regained control over his body again.
Everything is back to normal.
Only Zong Shen knew that the challenge had officially begun.
In another five minutes, the Balrog Boss will descend in the area.
The location of this advent is random.
The final decision will be made at the last minute.
Therefore, the strategy module cannot give accurate answers.
All everyone can do is wait quietly for the Boss to arrive.
Zong Shen took out three loader mechas and asked Mariel to take out the goblin airship as well.
The area in the area is not small. Who knows where the Fire Demon Boss will come.
They must be prepared to travel one to two hundred kilometers.
In fact, there is a faster way.
That is, Zong Shen first led the gryphon team to the place where the Balrog descended.
Then use [Thousand Kilometers Portal (orange)] to select the space beacon in the territory to open the portal.
Each time the portal is opened, it lasts for five minutes.
It's enough for the warriors to pass through the portal and reach their destination.
Let’s see when we get the details!
If the Fire Demon Boss is more than 60 kilometers away from the territory, then Zong Shen will do this.
If it was close, it would only take an hour or two for the loader mecha to reach it, which would just save the number of openings of the portal.
After all, the boss can last for nearly 24 hours.
They had plenty of time to get there.
The first 30% of the Balrog Boss' health is the best to fight.
Because it will not have any intention to attack when its health is higher than 70%.
He's just a scarecrow standing around getting beaten.
The difficulty of subsequent attacks will gradually increase as its health decreases.
This means that the risk will gradually increase.
As for the extra reward for the first attack, Zong Shen didn't expect it.
This reward can only depend on luck.
Whoever is closest to the place where the Balrog descends will have a chance to win the reward for the first attack.
The final blow involved both luck and strength.
With the elite soldiers and generals in his hands, Zong Shen is still certain.
Take advantage of the few minutes of cooldown before the boss arrives.
Zong Shen took out the recruitment coupon he had gotten from the box before.
[Wolf Cavalry Recruitment Volume × 13]
[Fire Mage Recruitment Volume × 3]
[Earth Mage Recruitment Volume × 2]
Zong Shen directly took them out in batches and chose to use them uniformly.
More than a dozen light cocoons landed on the ground, connected to the singularity of space, and summoned the warriors sealed in the dimension.
The number of Wolf Cavalry increased from 75 to 88.
The number of fire mages has also increased to 8, and a team can be formed with four more.
The number of earth mages has increased to 4, and the number of various types of soldiers is increasing.
Gradually, the specifications of the squad and even the squadron were gathered.
Zong Shen still let these new soldiers return to the team in the same way as the old men lead the new ones.
The current Wolf Cavalry has assembled 7 teams and several more.
After this period of training, Colby has great experience in control and management.
He personally received the thirteen newly joined Wolf Cavalry warriors.
Break up the original formations, assign one or two old people to each formation, and insert new people into them.
The old people who were separated were then formed into a new team.
This will play the role of bringing in the old and bringing in the new, allowing these new warriors to integrate into the territory as quickly as possible.
Zong Shen noticed that among the wolf cavalry, five wolf cavalry were riding taller third-order giant wolves.
These giant wolves should have been the mounts of the third-level giant wolf knights.
From the [Giant Wolf's Lair] building.
Five third-level giant wolves can be recruited every week.
Each giant wolf will take up one point of dominance.
I think this was probably recruited by Mariel after the [Giant Wolf's Lair] was built.
As for the 5 points of control value occupied, it is completely worth mentioning.
Any hero in the territory has more than 5 command points remaining.
It was arranged in minutes.
The third-level giant wolf replaced the second-level giant wolf.
Those second-level giant wolves were once again assigned to the wolf cavalry who lost their mounts and the captive warriors brought back from Odo Village.
After being equipped with leather armor, a scimitar, and a short spear suitable for throwing, it can form a combat effectiveness.
That's why there are now 88 Wolf Cavalry members.
If this continues, the formation of a Wolf Cavalry Squadron is just around the corner.
Wait until you have time to explore the ruins of the Yellow Wolf tribe.
The ranks of Wolf Troopers should be able to make the leap.
By then, Colby will become the commander of the Wolf Riders under Zong Shen.
Five minutes flew by.
When all the new warriors returned to the team, an announcement banner appeared.
【Announcement in this area】
[The Balrog Boss has been refreshed]
[Relevant location information will be marked in the form of void beacons]
The announcement slowly passed by, and a red flame shadow appeared in Zong Shen's vision.
The exact distance from here to the refresh point is also marked next to it.
The location of this phantom is on the west side of the territory, slightly north.
It is about 68 kilometers away from the territory.
This location requires more than two hours of trekking to reach using a Heavy Bearer mech.
So Zong Shen decided to use the portal strategy.
"Stay where you are."
"I will open the portal in a moment."
"At that time, everyone will reach the destination directly through the portal."
After he finished speaking in a hurried tone, he turned back and put away the loader mecha and the goblin airship.
With a movement of body, he came to Yingjiang's side, grabbed the hard scales and climbed to the back of its neck.
"Griffin team, follow me and set off first."
He roared, and the Rhodok crossbowmen and light crossbowmen climbed onto their respective griffins.
In the past few days, they and their corresponding griffons also developed some feelings and tacit understanding.
At the same time, they have also completely adapted to flying on griffins.
"Bah!"
Yingjiang let out a chirp, spread out its huge wings and began to flap.
The body like a small passenger plane flew off the ground.
According to Zong Shen's guidance, he turned his body towards the west side of the territory.
It flapped its wings and suddenly accelerated away from the territory.
The griffons behind them also took off one after another.
Their speed is not as fast as Eagle Sauce, and they can only maintain a certain distance range, with the rear team following the front team.
Shortly after Zong Shen took off, a banner flashing silver appeared.
[Lord of this area: Mogwen Sink 1989216 completed his first attack, causing 27 damage to the Balrog Boss, kicking off the Boss crusade]
This banner is only displayed in this area, and you don't have as much visibility as the global banner.
Even the colors are different, and the grade difference between silver and gold is clear at a glance.
Zong Shen was not surprised by this.
The Balrog Boss has 65 points of double resistance, so the actual damage of 27 points means that the attack power of the lord named Mogwen is around 92 points.
And it is very likely that a skill was used in this attack.
To Zong Shen, this guy is just a weakling lord.
It was just because of his luck that the Fire Demon Boss was relatively close to him, so he had a chance to win the first attack reward.
What Zong Shen didn't expect was that even the first attack had its own banner prompt.
Although this banner is only displayed in the area, it is enough to have a good reputation.
Now, the legions are in chaos and the region is about to enter a period of hegemony.
Every platoon position will become a resource for the development of the legion.
For this reason, Zong Shen was determined to get the reward for killing the Fire Demon Boss!
The 68-kilometer journey took Yingjiang less than seven minutes.
More than ten kilometers away from the destination, Zong Shen had already seen the true form of the Balrog.
As a challenge boss, although its size is not comparable to the original underworld snake Apophis.
But it's still over a hundred meters high.
The whole body was burning with a faint flame.
These flames are extremely transparent, if not for the heat, expansion and distortion of the air in the space around them.
There wasn't even a flame burning.
The body of the Balrog is red and black.
The body is like lava erupting from a volcano,
Mixed with cracks filled with fiery red magma.
Its head was like a red-hot furnace iron, with the outline of a skull.
There are also two pairs of demon-like curved horns.
Both shoulders, arms, and chest were covered with fiery red lava armor.
There are no legs in the lower body, only the heels and feet that look like flames.
At this time, more than a dozen lords had appeared around Balrog.
They were each leading their soldiers to attack continuously.
The Balrog remained motionless, turning a blind eye to any attack, passively being beaten like a wooden man.
The ground near it was hot and lava was even flowing.
The lords have adopted long-range attacks as their main means.
Whether it is an arrow or magic hit, a ball of fire will explode on its body.
Its body is like a condensation of flames.
According to the theory of phase properties of elements.
Zong Shen suspected that if a fire mage attacked it, it might be immune to it.
However, there was no statement about the fire element immunity of the Balrog Boss in the previous challenge announcement.
Zong Shen felt that fire attacks should be effective.
After all, this Balrog is still a creation of the Lord System.
What specific characteristics it will have depends on the lord system.
The territories of these lords are around the place of arrival, so they can be reached quickly.
There is a row of eye-catching black numbers on the top of Balrog's head.
This line of numbers is still changing slightly.
【49913275000000】
Obviously, what is marked here is the blood volume of the Balrog.
And it changes dynamically.
This is a very considerate feature.
Zong Shen asked Yingjiang to fly to a place four to five hundred meters away from Balrog and hover in the sky.
The huge body and wingspan are like a large airplane.
The blazing sunshine was blocked.
Large shadows appeared on the ground.
At the same time, many lords are coming from all directions.
