Chapter 734 Demonic Bat Riot
It was so hard to find the hidden task, but if you don't do it, what's the point of playing this game?
Eastna is just an NPC in the game. She can't understand the "suicidal" mentality of the players. Seeing Ma Yun reject her suggestion, she was so angry that she cursed "the little village girl doesn't know what's good for her", but she could do nothing about it.
Ma Yun has proficiency in "investigation" and "mystery", with proficiency modifier +3 and intelligence modifier +5.
A simple calculation shows that the probability of passing both tests is only 49%, which is basically 50-50. Is it worth a gamble?
"Only hard work can win" is a typical survivor bias.
Xiao Ma, who loves hard work, threw two test dice with great expectations, and the results were completely in line with mathematical expectations.
The "investigation" test was successfully passed, but unfortunately the subsequent "mystery" test failed, and the magic alarm was immediately triggered.
The sharp alarm broke the silence in the laboratory.
The glass pipe that was originally tightly connected suddenly broke, and hot air gushed out.
The large group of steam bats that were originally imprisoned in the pipes also swarmed out, circling in the air, making a lot of noise.
These irritable little monsters, when they found that there were other creatures in the room, immediately rushed over with strange cries, and spewed hot air at Gao Fei and others.
The steam spewed by the bats is a supernatural attack.
The heat wave spread in a cone shape, covering the space 15 feet in front, causing 2d6 points of burns to the creatures in the area. With a DC12 reflex exemption, the damage was halved.
Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun realized that something was wrong the moment the alarm sounded, and hurried to the stairs, intending to run away, then closed the door and locked the rioting bats in the alchemy laboratory.
"Humph! A bunch of cowards! If you cause trouble, I will have to clean up your mess in the end!"
Eastna looked defiant, not only did she not run away, but she also took the initiative to meet and attract the steam bats for Gao Fei and others.
Seeing her actions, everyone was deeply moved.
This little witch is the daughter of the Eastern Witch. She has a bad temper and loves to show off. She is the designated enemy of the protagonist in the game. But to be honest, Eastna's character is much better than her witch mother.
She dared to stand up at the critical moment and cover the retreat for her teammates. With this courage and loyalty, Gao Fei felt that this sister could deal with it!
Eastna dared to fight against the overwhelming swarm of demon bats alone, not just by blood and courage.
The night witch clan is naturally immune to fire damage.
The hot steam sprayed by the demon bats was like a gentle breeze to Eastna, and she was too lazy to dodge.
"Vala!"
Eastna raised her hand and shot a string of magic missiles, injuring several steam demon bats hovering above her head, and flew away screaming.
Other demon bats found that the steam breath had no effect on Eastna, so they flew over and bit and scratched her.
The witch's daughter has 10 points of armor that reduces damage, and only cold iron or enchanted weapons can penetrate it without hindrance.
Steam bats don't have such weapons. They are thin and weak in close combat. Unless they hit a critical hit, their tiny claws can't break Eastna's defense at all.
Although Eastna is not in danger for the time being, Ma Yun can't bear to leave her alone to face the siege of steam bats, and hurriedly casts a spell to bless Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and herself with "fire resistance barrier".
At her current spellcasting level, "fire resistance barrier" can reduce 20 points of high temperature damage, which is enough to offset the heat waves spewed by steam bats.
Jiang Feng stood at the stairs, raised his hand to release "water making", and artificially rained in the melee area.
The cold rain poured on his body, and the steam bats, who were afraid of cold by nature, had a sudden drop in body temperature, and their flying movements became obviously sluggish.
The bats screamed in anger, hurriedly flew away from the rainy area, and magic auras appeared around them, disappearing one after another out of thin air.
The demon bats are naturally good at casting spells, and the spells they master correspond to their own elemental attributes.
Steam demon bats are good at illusions, and most of them can cast 2nd-level "Obfuscation" or "Invisibility".
The demon bats that disappeared from the sky just now collectively launched the "Invisibility".
Ma Yun wore the "Psychic Necklace" close to her body. Seeing that the demon bats were invisible, she quickly drew the magic power from the necklace and planned to bless "See Through Invisibility".
At this moment, an invisible demon bat pounced on her and tried to interrupt the spell.
The mechanical dog Toto was guarding the mistress, alertly capturing the sudden heat flow in the air, looking up and glaring, with golden beams of light bursting from his eyes!
Whoosh!
HP-14!
The steam demon bat in the air was discovered by Toto and was intercepted by the "Force Field Ray". The blood bar was immediately knocked down by more than half, and the "Invisibility" was also cracked. It screamed and fled away.
Gao Fei also noticed that most of the steam bats had entered the invisible state, and he quickly took out the "visualization lamp" from the star disk, stimulated a beam of energy, and lit the light.
The magic light emitted by the lantern illuminated the surrounding 30 feet.
The steam bats in this area were forced to cancel the invisible state and exposed their tracks one after another.
Bang!
Jiang Feng raised his hand and shot again, killing the bat that was just injured by Toto.
The moment its HP returned to zero, the bat let out a last wail, and its body suddenly exploded, spewing out a large amount of scorching steam.
All kinds of bats will explode when they are dying.
The self-explosion damage of the steam bat is similar to the heat flow it spews, but the area affected is wider.
This level of high temperature burns cannot penetrate the "fire resistance barrier" of everyone, so just ignore it.
With the support of Gao Fei, Jiang Feng, Ma Yun and Toto, Eastna was able to get rid of the swarms of demon bats and finally calm down to focus on casting spells.
"Ringa!"
The witch's daughter chanted the spell, and a silver cyclone surged in her palm. She raised her hand and blasted out a 3-ring "Frost Nova" that had been super-magic after "Spell Expansion"!
The sudden outbreak of cold current instantly spread to the surrounding 40 feet of space, covering most of the steam demon bats in the air!
The steam demon bats are afraid of cold, and the damage is doubled when they are attacked by cold magic.
The lethality of "Frost Nova" is the same as "Fireball", which is 10d6.
The health of the steam demon bat in a healthy state is only more than 20 points in total. The moment it is frozen, it will be killed instantly, and there is no chance to self-destruct.
The rest of the demon bats, who escaped the bombardment of "Frost Nova", were all scared and transformed into steam.
The pipes in the alchemy laboratory broke, and the escaping water vapor spread everywhere and filled the room.
In this misty environment, the demon bats turned into steam, like streams flowing into the sea, and gained natural camouflage.
Esterna couldn't distinguish the steam demon bats from the naturally rising water vapor, so she stopped casting the spell and looked hesitant.
Gao Fei also noticed this situation, and with an idea, he quickly ran to the blower and moved the lever.
However, to his surprise, the blower didn't move at all!
