#721 - Devil's Servant (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"Is this dungeon a little too complicated? We have to find things and defend the base. Can we really clear it with our abilities? To be honest, I feel like 【Despair Town】 isn't open to first-year students at all." Ron wore a constipated expression after hearing the prompt.

"Don't be so pessimistic. We're here to stop Snape, and we don't necessarily have to clear the entire dungeon," Neville said, feeling that they didn't necessarily have to clear this dungeon.

"No!" Hermione shook her head calmly, "Although our purpose isn't to clear the dungeon, the return passage is in the secret storage room after clearing it. We can't stay in this ghost place forever, can we?"

"That's right." Harry also agreed at this time, "Did everyone hear what the prompt said? After clearing the dungeon, the return passage won't appear directly, but in a secret storage point, which is likely where the Philosopher's Stone is stored! If we really can't find Snape, maybe we can only guard there to protect the Philosopher's Stone!"

"So, we have to clear 【Despair Town】 no matter what? Whether it's to return or to protect the Philosopher's Stone." Neville sighed helplessly, "Then let's act quickly, let's take a look at the map and figure out where the Revelation Scroll is?"

"Yeah!"

Harry nodded, then spread the map on the table, and the other three surrounded it in unison.

From the map in front of them, everyone could clearly see the entire layout of 【Despair Town】, and the four people's positions were also displayed in the form of a triangular arrow. As the few people turned, the triangular icon on the map would also change.

At the same time, a large number of bonfire and altar icons were scattered throughout the map, obviously these were areas that could be used to eliminate fear and revive companions.

And after putting on the goggles, a percentage progress bar was displayed in the line of sight, currently everyone was at 0%. It seemed that this was the fear value mentioned in the prompt.

The location where they were at this time was a southwestern area in the middle of the 【Despair Town】 map, a place called 'Hunter's Camp'. In addition to their house, there were two wooden houses next to it.

As for the location of the three Revelation Scrolls, one was located in the quarry on the west side of them, which didn't seem too far from the map.

The other Revelation Scroll was in the gas station in the middle of the map, slightly to the southeast, and the last one was in an abandoned hut on the northeast side of the map, which was relatively far from them.

At the same time, the few people also noticed that although the map would show the location of the Revelation Scroll, it only highlighted a range on it, and did not point out which house it was specifically in, or in the wild.

So this meant that they had to actively search for it after arriving at the relevant location.

"Damn it, does this Despair Town have to be so big?" Hermione muttered with some dissatisfaction after careful observation, "If the scale on the map is correct, the area here is probably more than ten times larger than the ruins dungeon, the scale is already comparable to a real town!"

"Maybe the professor really just transformed a town into this, with all kinds of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, police stations, and hospitals. I don't believe this was made up temporarily," Ron couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's not dawdle now, let's get moving quickly. Since it's so big here, maybe we won't be able to clear it in a day," Neville urged, seeing that the few people were still dawdling.

Harry nodded upon hearing this, "Then let's first determine the route. I suggest we first go to the quarry in the lower left, then turn around and head to the gas station to obtain the second Revelation Scroll, and finally move to the farthest abandoned hut."

"In addition, in addition to looking for the Revelation Scroll along the way, we must also pay attention to Snape's movements. We must pay attention to the fact that he is our primary goal. I think he should also be in Despair Town at this time, but the landing point is different from ours!"

"I have no objection!"

Hermione nodded, "But everyone remember to search the surrounding rooms before leaving to see if there is anything useful."

After some discussion, the few people quickly determined the course of action, and then began to search as a group. They were new here, and they didn't dare to act separately without figuring out the situation.

After arriving outside, the crowd found that this was indeed a real outdoor environment, and the surroundings were extremely gloomy. It was already close to summer, but the air was full of dampness and coldness.

Before long, the few people found a box of matches, two bottles of drinking water, and three cans from a few houses.

【Matchbox】

Number of matches: 3

Description: An igniter that can be used to light a fire. The lit fire source can slowly eliminate fear.

【Slightly Contaminated Purified Water】

Description: Drinkable water source, but it has been contaminated by the abyss aura in 【Despair Town】 and will increase 1-5 points of fear after drinking.

【Slightly Contaminated Canned Food】

Description: Food that can fill your stomach, but it has been contaminated by the abyss aura in 【Despair Town】 and will increase 1-5 points of fear after eating.

"It seems that everything in this town has been contaminated." Hermione frowned as she looked at the descriptions of these foods, but she still put them away first.

"I don't know what will happen when the so-called fear value is full, everyone be careful!" Harry felt the strange atmosphere around him, calmed down, and encouraged everyone.

After saying that, he took the lead and led a few people, and after recognizing the direction, they officially set off.

In the process of continuous movement, in addition to the surrounding environment becoming more and more ghostly, they did not encounter any danger.

Not to mention danger, there wasn't even a shadow of a person in the wilderness. Except for trees and stones, the few people moved forward along the dirt road.

The scope of Despair Town was indeed ridiculously large. The four-person group walked and jogged, and it took nearly half an hour to gradually approach the quarry where the Revelation Scroll was hidden.

At the same time, the fear value of the few people slowly increased to 6%, but they didn't have any special feelings about it, and they didn't know whether the so-called fear value was just a value, or whether there was something else hidden.

"Be careful, there's a figure ahead!"

After arriving at the periphery of the quarry, the sharp-eyed Neville saw a figure standing fifty or sixty meters away from them, but due to the dim light, he couldn't see the details clearly, but the opponent's state didn't look like a living person at all, and it was likely to be an enemy here.

"It seems like there's only one person, let's go over and see what's going on first."

Faced with the sudden appearance of the enemy, Harry was not particularly afraid. After all, the few people had experienced a lot of actual combat tests in the ruins dungeon, and their basic combat literacy was still very high.

Then the four people quickly formed a column according to their combat habits in the ruins dungeon. Among them, Neville was responsible for leading the way. Because he was the most agile and had the highest physical fitness, his primary responsibility was to clear the way, and he could also hold back the enemy in close combat when necessary.

Harry and Hermione followed closely behind. They were mainly responsible for offense and support, and were the main attackers.

The last one was Ron. Because he had the widest field of vision, he was responsible for the rear and vigilance, and of course he would also launch attacks in battle.

After the four people formed a formation, they leaned down and quietly touched forward. After they approached within ten meters of the opponent, they could see the enemy's appearance clearly.

This was a zombie-like monster, wearing tattered resident clothes, with peeling and festering skin on its face and hands, looking hideous and terrifying. The name displayed in the goggles was 【Demon Servant】.

The few people felt a little sick after seeing the other party's appearance. Compared with it, skeletons seemed very cute.

But their actions at this time were not slow. After Neville made a tactical gesture, the four people spread out to both sides, quickly converting the formation from a column to an oblique formation, and then launched an attack.

"Pulverize!"

"Expelliarmus!"

"Incendio!"

"Impedimenta!"

Four spells were fired from the wands almost at the same time, which also reflected the tacit cooperation of the few people.

And these few magic bullets instantly approached the opposite zombie, and were about to hit, but an unexpected change occurred!

The zombie-like 【Demon Servant】 was also instantly awakened when the four people appeared, and suddenly roared hideously. Then, wisps of light blue electric sparks窜 appeared on its body.

Immediately afterwards, it disappeared into the air in an instant in the gap between the spells, and flashed three or four meters forward out of thin air, just avoiding the salvo of several spells, while widening its eyes and rushing towards the few people fiercely.

"Are you kidding me?"

The four-person group never expected that this monster, which looked like a miscellaneous fish, would actually teleport. Isn't this strength a bit beyond the standard?

But faced with the enemy rushing over fiercely, the few people instinctively launched a counterattack. Neville raised his hand and shot a Petrification Curse, then lowered his body and rushed out. He couldn't let the enemy break into the crowd.

The other three people did not hesitate at this time, and fired several attack spells in succession.

However, this thin 【Demon Servant】 actually resisted the Petrification Curse, while stimulating一道一道 electric light all over its body and waving its claws towards Neville who was迎面而来.

Neville saw that the other party was竄 with current all over his body, and didn't dare to meet it head-on, so he could only quickly change direction to dodge.

Fortunately, just when the 【Demon Servant】 was preparing to chase Neville relentlessly, the spells of the other three people were also in place. Several spells bombarded it, and instantly cleared the blood bar on its head.

And this 【Demon Servant】 did not fall down immediately after the blood bar was cleared. Instead, after wailing, it self-destructed in place. For a time, a large number of electric sparks splashed out in all directions, and even knocked Neville, who was not far away from it, to the ground.

"Neville, are you okay?"

Seeing that Neville was affected by the enemy's self-destruction, Harry rushed to the front nervously.

However, Neville's condition was not serious at this time. He sat up from the ground without much effort.

"It's okay, the electric damage from the enemy's self-destruction is not very great, it's just some slight paralysis effect." Neville laughed after inspecting himself.

But Neville couldn't laugh soon. He seemed to have discovered something, and turned his head to the crowd with a solemn expression, "Damn it, my fear value suddenly soared to 23% in an instant! Do you have any changes?"

"My fear value is now... 12%, strange, I obviously wasn't affected by the other party's current?" Harry also frowned suspiciously.

"Mine is 13%!"

"Mine is 15%!"

Hermione and Ron also reported their current fear values one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the few people discovered something was wrong. If Neville's fear value soared to 23% because he was affected by the enemy's self-destruction, then why would the others increase their fear value for no reason?

Especially Ron, he was obviously located at the very back, but his fear value was second only to Neville among the four.

"Is it haunted? Could it be that this fear value increases according to our degree of fright?" Hermione compared the increase in the fear values of the few people, and speculated uncertainly.

"What?" Ron jumped up after hearing Hermione's words, "Do you mean that because I'm timid, my fear value grows faster? Impossible!"

"Is that so?" Hermione looked at Ron suspiciously. She found that the other party was covered in sweat, and looked completely frightened.

Thinking of this, Hermione quietly went around behind Ron, and then suddenly pushed the other party, and shouted loudly in his ear at the same time.

"Ah!!!"

Ron was frightened by Hermione's sudden attack, and his hair stood on end. At the same time, he involuntarily窜 forward several meters, and leaned against a dead tree with lingering fear. After discovering that it was Hermione who was making trouble, he angrily cursed, "What are you doing? Don't scare people in this gloomy place."

"What's your fear value now?" Hermione didn't talk nonsense with Ron, just stared at him intently.

"I..." Ron glanced at the upper right corner upon hearing this, and then his expression froze, "It has already risen to 18%! Damn it, what the hell is this place?"

Just as Ron was feeling annoyed, the dead tree behind him suddenly flashed a strange crimson light. If you look closely, you can see that the red light on the tree formed a hideous human face, and there was a tree hole in the position of the mouth.

"Roar!!"

The dead tree, which suddenly grew a human face, suddenly roared miserably. Immediately afterwards, the dead branches on its head turned into a big hand and grabbed Ron from the ground!

"Ah!!!"

Ron never expected that he had just been frightened by his own people, and before he could recover, he would have to endure this kind of fright again. He only felt that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart at this time, and his whole body had stiffened due to fear and forgot to act.

The other three were also startled by this sudden change.

You must know that their goggles can display the names of monsters, but no monster names appeared around just now, so they were relatively relaxed after solving the 【Demon Servant】.

The dead tree also has the name 【Dead Tree Possessed by Demons】 on its head at this time, obviously this is a suddenly appearing enemy.

"Quickly save Ron!"

After being startled, Hermione hurriedly shouted anxiously. At the same time, she was secretly blaming herself in her heart. Why was she so nosy? If she hadn't scared Ron, maybe this kind of annoying thing wouldn't have happened.