Chapter 594: The situation of the poisonous swamp in the south

As a region-wide challenge event.

This time the enthusiasm of the lords to participate was even higher than during the Balrog BOSS crusade.

This is especially true after the temperature in this region stabilizes at 25°C.

This is an obvious advantage compared to other areas.

Without the high temperature, the challenge of a heat wave is like a tiger without its fangs.

This round of battle to exterminate the little Balrogs is even more attractive than the previous Winter Treasure Chest.

The captain-level strength level allows all lords to join in the fun.

It doesn't matter if they are not strong enough. With more than one squad, they can kill the little Balrog.

For ordinary lords, the adjusted challenge content is obviously lower risk than the Balrog crusade.

So it wasn't just Zong Shen who launched the killing campaign.

Almost all the lords in the entire region were mobilized and took the initiative to go out to look for the little Balrog.

…

At the same time, the south side of Zong Shen's territory was also particularly lively.

Jiang Yi was also reorganizing the team and decided to divide the warriors in the territory into five teams.

If you have a certain warrior base, dividing your troops is indeed a good choice to improve efficiency.

Due to the rule changes for this challenge event, she did not gather the legion members.

Under group action, the most troublesome issue is harvest distribution.

Points and Balrog Keys cannot be cut and distributed.

Besides, the little Balrog is not as difficult to deal with as the Balrog BOSS.

Combining forces together is a waste of force.

However, Jiang Yi also took into account competition and conflicts.

I deliberately told the legion members repeatedly in the [Legion Channel] that if they encounter trouble, send it to the channel. Adjacent members are obliged to support each other.

Of course, if you can do it, try not to do it. Avoiding unnecessary fights and casualties is the first priority, as long as your side does not take the initiative to go beyond the rules and "rob monsters" or "bully".

Then the reputation of Legion Commander Zong Shen is enough to make some lords with malicious intentions think twice before proceeding.

The number of one hundred thousand little Balrogs is not that small. As long as you are willing to go out and look for them, you can always encounter some.

Jiang Yi's main exploration direction this time is the south and southwest, preparing to search for traces of the little Balrog around the dozens of kilometers near the Poison Swamp.

But just before setting off, she received a private message from Medina, the commander of the [Light Chaser Legion].

Ask Jiang Yi if he wants to enter the Poisonous Mist Swamp together, search for and kill the little Balrog, and explore the Poisonous Swamp at the same time.

It is also said that at least two hundred lords in the south of the area have reached a consensus.

The temperature is now normal, and the little Balrog will not launch active attacks on the lords' territories.

It can be said that this round of challenges has not hindered everyone from going out to explore at all.

Then the poisonous swamp in the south will naturally attract the attention of nearby lords.

As a special dangerous place known to all the lords in the southern part of the region.

Those who know the story are full of reverie about the Poison Swamp.

If there is an opportunity to eliminate the little Balrogs living in the poisonous swamp and explore the poisonous swamp, it will be a good thing for the southern lords of the region.

Humans are truly social creatures.

Once you form a group, your courage will increase exponentially.

Everyone knows that Poison Swamp is dangerous, but as more people participate, they will subconsciously downplay the potential danger.

These two hundred or so lords come from different legions, and there are also a small number of lone wolf type individual lords.

Their strengths are different, but their purpose is the same.

According to Medina, they had agreed to purchase high-level anti-venom agents and had agreed to gather next to a huge black stone outside the Poison Swamp.

The boulder was more than ten meters high, and its entire body was black and gray.

Like volcanic rock, like obsidian.

The lords in the southern part of the area call that rock the "Black Stone", and it can be regarded as a landmark near the Poison Swamp.

It is expected to take more than an hour to gather.

Even Medina himself was interested in plans to explore the Poison Swamp.

With so many lords opening the way, it might be a good opportunity to explore.

After reading the message from Medina, Jiang Yi suddenly felt something was not good.

She knew exactly what was in the poisonous fog swamp.

After all, Zong Shen had already revealed the true situation of Poison Marsh to Jiang Yi before.

There is the black dragon's lair!

The black dragon is a truly top-level creature.

Not to mention the highly toxic poisonous mist, just the family members serving the black dragon around it are enough for the lords to drink from it.

Due to the anti-venom potion, these two hundred lords should be able to gather one to two thousand warriors to join them, and the cost of high-level anti-venom potions is not low.

But even if most of them are warriors of the third level and below, this is still a combat power that cannot be underestimated.

However, for the black dragon with its dependents, the number of low-level warriors is difficult to form an advantage.

The number of the other party's dependents will never be too small, there will be at least one to three clans.

These are among the situations Zong Shen told her before.

To be honest, if Zong Shen hadn't postponed the exploration plan several times, she would have been unable to hold back.

Therefore, Zong Shen deliberately told Jiang Yi the pros and cons, including the level of force that Black Dragon might possess.

So she knew the situation of Poison Swamp very well.

At least they knew better than those blindly assembled southern lords.

After entering the poisonous swamp, in addition to overcoming the negative effects of poisonous gas.

Swampy terrain and fog-obstructed views are also big hindrances.

Next are the monsters dormant in the swamp and the black dragon's dependent army.

Coupled with the Black Dragon, a guy with explosive single combat power, the trip to the Poison Swamp is destined to be extremely dangerous.

She thought as she gathered her team.

It was hard for her to stop it.

Not to mention those lords who have already responded to the call.

Even she herself, if she hadn't already known the inside story, might not be able to restrain her desire for exploration and profit-seeking, and would join their call to see if there was any chance of fishing in troubled waters.

After thinking briefly, she decided to give Medina some subtle advice.

[Light Chaser Legion] is considered to be a relatively powerful southern legion in the region.

Each lord area is actually not small at all.

The area of ​​200 kilometers × 200 kilometers is enough to cover the jurisdiction of several prefecture-level cities on the earth.

Therefore, the area is roughly divided into four directions: east, west, north, and south.

Zong Shen's location is roughly in the northeastern part of the area.

The ruins of Odo Village, more than 30 kilometers away from his territory, are closer to the regional vertical division center line.

Jiang Yi's location is probably below the horizontal center line of the area, slightly to the southeast.

Her territory has not been moved and has always been located seven or eight kilometers away in a straight line to the south of Zong Shen's territory.

On this 40,000 square kilometers of land, there are more than 6,000 surviving lords.

The social network among the lords has become closer and closer with the development of [Legion] and the emergence of various group challenge activities.

Medina's [Light Chaser Legion] has shown favor to Zong Shen several times.

Although Medina had used some tricks to get Jiang Yi to join his legion during the challenge in the crypt, but after seeing Zong Shen's strength, he immediately changed his attitude.

Not only did he actively cooperate with Zong Shen's call, but he also privately obtained Jiang Yi's forgiveness in the form of material compensation. The two often communicated about challenge activities in private.

And recently, Medina actually had the intention to merge [Light Chaser] into [Guide].

He wanted Jiang Yi to blow some wind in Zong Shen's ear.

Of course, Medina also has a request, which is to become the second deputy commander.

Jiang Yi has not yet reported this matter to Zong Shen, so she has suppressed it for the time being, at least until the legion is upgraded before considering the merger of the legions.

Now that the [Light Chaser Legion] has the idea of ​​​​merging, Jiang Yi must find a way to preserve their strength as much as possible.

If Medina leads people into the poisonous swamp, they will definitely suffer heavy losses in the end.

Jiang Yi had no control over the others, but Jiang Yi felt the need to give a subtle reminder to the [Light Chasers Legion].

Thinking of this, she opened the [Private Chat Channel] and replied cautiously.

"Master Zong asked me to tell you that it is best not to bring anyone into the poisonous swamp."

After the message was sent, Medina responded in less than half a minute.

"Why?"

"alright, I got it…"

He asked subconsciously at first, then remembered something and agreed directly.

Jiang Yi looked at his reply and didn't say anything more. She borrowed Zong Shen's name and it was considered a beheading first, but the matter was not over yet. After the more than two hundred lords entered the poisonous swamp, once the black dragon was alerted, , then the secret of Poison Swamp cannot be hidden.

She had to report to Zong Shen immediately on matters of emotion and reason, both public and private matters!

It was still more than twenty minutes before 1pm.

She has already organized the team, and after reporting, she can set off to find the little Balrog.

Jiang Yi took out the communication crystal stored in the storage compartment and chose number 1 for communication.

As the communication crystal in her hand lit up, the communication crystal tower in Zong Shen's territory also glowed with faint light. At the same time, the communication crystal Zong Shen wore on his chest also began to glow and vibrate.

"-buzz"

"Who is it? Could it be that the temporary combat team is in trouble?"

Zong Shen raised his eyebrows and took off the communication crystal.

At this time, he had led Feihu, Rasma, and Gugat to eliminate the second wave of Balrogs, and was preparing to continue moving to both sides. Their position was gradually approaching the burial ground.

After Feihu took to the air, Zong Shen was able to lock the target in advance while in the air.

They gradually eliminated the small Balrogs along the way in a Z-shaped pattern, and finally entered the northern mountain forest.

Zong Shen had just tasted the benefits at this juncture, and was about to use the beast eggs to make a big splash, when the communication crystal began to vibrate.

He held the egg in his arms and connected the crystal's communication with his other hand.

Jiang Yi's voice immediately came out from the crystal.

"Sir, some lords are gathering in the southern part of the area!"

"They are planning to explore the Poison Mist Swamp while the little Balrog comes."

"I'm worried that they might alert that little black dragon you mentioned..."

Her tone was a little urgent, that was the place she took her fancy first.

Zong Shen couldn't help but frowned after hearing what she said.

"You must take anti-venom potion before entering the poisonous swamp."

"Those lords cannot go out in full force. Each person can bring a few or more than a dozen warriors in at most."

"And no matter how good the anti-venom agent is, it is time-effective."

"They can't stay long."

"Once the black dragon wakes up and leads his followers to attack, the lords will definitely be defeated in the end."

Zong Shen put the eggs into the storage compartment and patted the flying tiger's big head with his free hand, signaling it to continue taking off and not to delay the elimination of the little Balrog.

While the flying tiger took off, Zong Shen calmly analyzed it.

With the current strength of the lords, it is difficult to defeat the Poison Swamp.

The strength of more than two hundred lords after joining together cannot be underestimated, but the poisonous mist limits their numerical advantage, and the lords do not have an advantage in any aspect.

The little black dragon is not alone.

The right time, the right place, and the right people are all on the side of the little black dragon.

As long as they can't defeat them, Zong Shen doesn't have to worry.

Maybe these two hundred or so lords can consume a wave of the little black dragon's strength in advance.

It doesn't matter even if the news leaks out, there is already a strong bone there.

Unless we can gather seven or eight hundred lords, there is no chance of winning.

When the region was not yet unified, there was no way to gather so many people based on the attraction of the Poison Mist Swamp and the call of the lords.

Most of the legions are also small in size. When there is no backbone in the region, spontaneous mass gathering on a large scale is simply wishful thinking.

Even in the previous crusade against the Flame Demon BOSS, the subtle guidance of the lord system could not completely concentrate the lords in the area, let alone those small legions and scattered people.

The only person with greater appeal in the region is Zong Shen himself.

And he had no intention of summoning the lords. He just wanted to clear the Poison Swamp alone, with Jiang Yi at most.

However, the southern lord's actions are likely to cause a backlash from the black dragon.

He had already planned to tame the black dragon after taking care of the goblins.

Now that there's such a fuss, maybe the plan will change.

Zong Shen decided to remain unchanged in response to all changes, and first concentrated on dealing with the little Balrog.

Anyway, the black dragon is not a cabbage in the field left to be picked.

Let those little fools explore the way first!

After Zong Shen finished speaking, Jiang Yi quickly understood what he meant.

"Okay Master Zong, I understand."

"I'm paying attention to the situation in the Poison Swamp and will contact you if there is anything unusual."

Jiang Yi has been as respectful to Zong Shen as ever since he joined the legion.

"Well, please pay more attention to things in the south."

"You know I have a riding beast. As long as I'm in the area, I can get there quickly."

"Then that's it, I'll deal with the little Balrog first."

"I understand, sir. Goodbye then."

After getting Zong Shen's reply, Jiang Yi immediately had a backbone.

After the two briefly talked for a few more words, they hung up the communication crystal.

At this time, Feihu reached the predetermined location and began a new round of landing dive.

Zong Shen put away his thoughts and concentrated on dealing with the little Balrog below.

…

Two hours later, Zong Shen and the others finally arrived at the northern mountainside.

In these two hours, he harvested a total of 167 Balrog Keys, not counting the harvest of the temporary combat team sent by the territory.

Through the recording of points, Zong Shen can analyze the results of the combat team.

In these two hours, his points increased by 36,545 points. From this, it can be inferred that all temporary combat teams killed less than 600 little Balrogs.

Counting the 167 killed by Zong Shen, there are a total of seven to eight hundred little Balrogs.

In addition to the high efficiency of the three patrol teams composed of high-level knights and the commando team composed of lion and skeleton knights, other temporary combat teams can only eliminate five or six small animals every hour, which is considered as travel time and attack time. Balrog.

This killing efficiency may gradually decrease over time.

However, as long as Zong Shen and the combat team work together and work hard for an hour or two, they should be able to complete the small goals. After the small goals, you will earn them when you hit them, which can be used to redeem points.

Zong Shen even considered selling the Balrog Key in the [Market].

It was not explicitly mentioned in the announcement.

As the saying goes, if there is no prohibition by law, you can do it, and maybe you can still trade.

But he hasn't had time to try it specifically yet.

I don’t know if it can be listed for sale in the [market].

If the sale cannot be carried out, can it be done face-to-face with the lords of this area?

He didn't know all of this for the time being, and he had no intention of paying attention to this issue.

When he passed through the Bone Burial Ground just now, he met a dozen lords.

They were all out to kill the little Balrogs.

At the same time, he also found traces of excavation in part of the Boneyard.

However, the excavation area is not large, and obviously there is no harvest.

This situation shows that there is a restless lord who has his mind set on the burial ground, which is not a good sign.

The Bone Burial Ground is by no means a benign place. Unless you know the entrance to the ruins of the Bone Burial Bunker or collect three pieces of [Demon King's Secret Order], once the undead revive, they will attack indiscriminately.

Zong Shen still had to act quickly.

He planned to use three months to completely explore all the ruins in the area.

Of the 167 little Balrogs they killed just now, 79 were killed by Zong Shen using eggs.

The remaining 88 were taken care of by Feihu, Gugat, and Rasma.

Because the positions of the little Balrogs are a bit scattered, Zong Shen cannot gain the experience points of others.

However, the 79 heads he dealt with alone contributed 257,540 experience points to him.

Zong Shen was successfully promoted to LV31, just a hair away from LV32.

The current experience value is [166720186000].

With another 20,000 experience points, he can be promoted to LV32.

The higher the level, the more terrifying the experience points required.

From LV30 to LV31, only more than 140,000 experience points are needed. After advancing to a level, the experience requirement increases by more than 40,000 points.

As the experience base increases, the new experience value added at each level will become higher and higher.

The road to upgrade is just like the road to territory development, it is a long and long road.

If there is no lord challenge, I don’t know how many monsters I have to kill to reach a level.

I'm afraid only large-scale war can maintain the level improvement.