Chapter 321: The Nest of Fear (Happy New Year to all book lovers)

The name "Ling Ruoguai" is really right. They are a group of scum who bully the weak and fear the strong. When they were seriously injured, their morale collapsed immediately. They fled the battlefield wailing and went back to the cave.

The other three Ling Ruoguai were also seriously injured. Seeing their companions running away, they also left the battle and went back to the cave one after another.

Beating away this group of Ling Ruoguai will not solve the fundamental problem.

After the battle, Ma Yun received a follow-up task reminder from the system:

Dimitri must go through the "fairy passage" in the cave, reach the source of fear, and personally defeat the Ling Ruoguai that is bred by the fear in his heart, in order to completely eliminate them!

To persuade the cowardly lion to enter the cave, he must pass a DC15 "persuasion" check.

Ma Yun has the highest "persuasion" skill in the adventure team. The check dice must roll at least 10 points to succeed, which is not easy.

Fortunately, there are two old birds in the team, Gao Fei and Jiang Feng, who understand the rules of the game better than Ma Yun and know that there are loopholes to exploit.

Before Ma Yun came out to persuade the cowardly lion, Jiang Feng's Berserker first used the "Intimidation" skill to threaten him fiercely, claiming that if he didn't obey, he would chop off his head and use his skull as a bowl!

"Intimidation" is a kind of fear effect.

Dimitri was carrying the "cowardly curse", and his will immunity against fear was at a disadvantage. He was easily frightened by the fierce-looking Berserker.

As the saying goes, kindness and force go hand in hand. After Jiang Feng threatened, Ma Yun persuaded him kindly, and the difficulty of the persuasion test dropped to 10 points, and the double dice were preferred.

Ma Yun successfully passed the persuasion test.

Dimitri barely mustered up the courage, stepped forward with trembling legs, and walked into the nest occupied by the bullies.

Ma Yun remotely controlled the "Dancing Light Technique" to illuminate the front, and also to encourage the lion.

Gao Fei, Jiang Feng, Vita and Nick followed closely behind. The group returned to the depths of the cave again and were surprised to find a crack more than five feet wide on the opposite rock, which was pitch black and bottomless.

The strange cry of the owl and the evil laugh of the witch came out along this twisted crack, making people's scalps numb.

Under the encouragement and coercion of everyone, the timid lion hardened his scalp and took the lead in entering the goblin passage leading to the "Nest of Fear".

Gao Fei and others also followed in. Not far away along the winding tunnel, a cave covered with dark moss appeared in front of them. The strange movements that echoed in their ears before seemed to be absorbed by the thick and soft moss. The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the silence further strengthened the atmosphere of horror.

Ma Yun walked into the cave, looked around, and said to Gao Fei and Jiang Feng through the team channel:

"The structure inside this cave is very similar to an enlarged version of the ventricle anatomy diagram."

"As expected of a medical student, everything can be related to human anatomy."

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, he found that the rock walls covered with black moss suddenly trembled.

To be precise, it expanded and contracted at a fixed rhythm, like a beating heart, and everyone was inside this huge heart at the moment.

Jiang Feng quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was not in the mood to chat.

At this time, four black shadows emerged on the ground in the center of the cave. They were the Ling Ruo monsters that everyone had been tracking all the way.

These four evil goblins had returned to the "Nest of Terror" for less than five minutes, and they had replenished their health points.

Ma Yun looked at the task log update list and said to Dimitri: "In the next battle, you must fight against the four weak monsters yourself. We can't participate directly, but we can cheer you on from the side."

"Oh! God, please spare me!" The lion wailed, "How can a weak guy like me beat the four weak monsters alone? They are just forcing me to die!"

"Coward, cheer up!" Xiao Ma kicked the lion unhappily, "There are two ways in front of you now, either accept our help or , try to overcome the fear in your heart; or we will leave you here and let you be tortured to death by the bully monster! "

"Ah! Kind-hearted Miss Mage, please don't abandon me!"

Dimitri slid to his knees decisively, hugged Miss Mage's legs and begged: "Can't I choose the first way!"

"Tsk! Look at your shameful behavior! If you still have a little bit of backbone... you won't have no backbone at all!"

Ma Yun was so angry that she stepped hard on the lion with her high heels twice before she calmed down and cast a spell to bless him with "Mage Armor" and "Shield Spell".

The task requires the lion to defeat the bully monster alone, but it does not prohibit his companions from providing him with spell buffs.

By the same token, when Dimitri is fighting, Gao Fei can also sing "Inspirational Song" on the side to offset the negative impact of the bully monster's "Fear Aura" on him.

"Mage Armor" and "Shield Spell" provide a total of 8 points of defense.

After taking into account the natural defense and agility modifiers of an adult male lion and deducting the large size defense penalty, Dimitri's comprehensive defense level was raised to 21. Standing against the wall, defense +2 half cover, the final defense level was 23.

After Ma Yun cast a spell on the lion, he turned around and remotely controlled the four light balls generated by the "Dancing Lights" to distribute them symmetrically around the open space to ensure that every corner of the cave was illuminated.

In this way, when Dimitri fought the weak monsters, the battlefield was under sufficient light, making it impossible for the weak monsters to use the "Shadow Teleport" ability, and the attack check had a disadvantage, and the probability of penetrating Dimitri's defense was less than 10%.

Gao Fei noticed that the lion's health had not yet been fully restored, so he switched the "Warlock Mask" to the "Priest Mask", used the professional ability "Spontaneous Healing", spent 10 magic points, and provided him with 10d6 healing, directly filling up his health.

Jiang Feng's Berserker could not cast spells, and there was no buff to bless the lion, but she could use her superb fighting skills to help the lion design a clever set of tactics.

Carefully checking Dimitri's attribute panel, Jiang Feng noticed that this enlightened male lion mastered "agile movements" and the feline's innate combat skill "pounce", which is the high-level ability of the warrior profession "Lion Charge".

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Pounce (Lion Charge): After charging in a straight line for at least 10 feet, the melee attack check of this round has an advantage, and the damage dice are doubled.

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"Pounce" is a very powerful means of attack, but it must be at least 10 feet away from the enemy before each launch, which seriously weakens its practical value.

When the enemy and us are already in a tangle, if you want to run away from the enemy, you will inevitably be attacked by an opportunity.

Especially when surrounded by multiple enemies, do you dare to move?

If you try to run away, you will be attacked by all enemies at the same time, and you can't be killed!

However, with "smart moves", this dilemma is solved.

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On the first day of the new year, I wish you all a happy holiday and a new year.

By the way, I ask for two monthly tickets, thank you!