Chapter 265 2 Niushan

Chapter 265 2 Niushan

Chapter 265 Erniu Mountain

Xiao Jie looked at Niu Dali's biography and felt quite strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

I clicked on the biographies of the other two monsters and took a look.

Li Jinlin was originally a fisherman from Sanhe Village. Because he could not pay the fish tax, he was bullied by the local government. In anger, he destroyed his fishing boat, jumped into the river to become a bandit, and ate the soldiers who came to suppress him. From then on, he turned into a monster.

Ying Baiyu was originally a lieutenant of the Tianyu Army in Canglin. He was dismissed and returned home because of his failure in conquering mountain monsters. Unexpectedly, after returning home, he found that his ancestral home had been occupied by local tyrants and his father had died in a fight with the tyrants. In anger, Ying Baiyu assassinated the tyrants and fled into the three forests, turning into a monster...

The more Xiao Jie read it, the more speechless he felt. He thought that this thing didn't seem to be introducing the origins of monsters, but more like introducing the heroes of Liangshan.

There is a saying that is true, these "monsters" in Canglinzhou are really very human. What happened to these monsters are exactly the kinds of stories that only happen in human society.

Xiao Jie was lost in thought, but An Ran beside him suddenly asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you talking?"

"I'm just a little confused. The BOSSes on these bounty lists feel a little different. Those so-called kings in the front and those Niu Dali, Li Jinlin and others in the back have completely different feelings." Xiao Jie expressed his doubts.

An Ran smiled and said, "That's natural, because the monsters in Canglinzhou are divided into real monsters and fake monsters, or the difference between wild monsters and domesticated monsters.

Monsters like the Green Dragon King, the Golden Crow King, and the Black Lion King are all giant monsters that have lived for thousands of years. Maybe they were old acquaintances of Master Xiaoyue. They are naturally powerful and are usually ranked at the top. Even though the bounty is high, basically no one will take this task.

These monsters don't buy into Master Xiaoyue's account, so basically they have never read the Heavenly Book and are primitive monsters.

The latter ones with names are all young descendants, domesticated monsters, all of whom have received education in the Heavenly Book. Although they later became bandits and ate humans and turned into monsters, they still essentially retained some characteristics of human civilization, such as having names and forming gangs. That is why most of these monsters are leader-level BOSSes.

The rule for this BOSS is not that whoever is stronger will be the leader-level, but it depends on the identity and background. The leader-level BOSS must have a certain amount of power and have a large number of monsters under his command, like Niu Dali.

Otherwise, no matter how strong he is, he is just an ordinary BOSS.

The likes of the Green Dragon King and the Golden Crow King are loners who disdain to associate with small demons and monsters, so naturally they cannot be leaders. Of course, there are exceptions, such as the 13th-ranked Golden Rat King, who gave birth to a bunch of rat monster descendants, so naturally he became a leader-level BOSS.

Compared with ordinary BOSS, the leader-level BOSS is not a superior-subordinate relationship, but more like having some additional features.

The first is to increase health, the second is to have followers, and the third is to have special skills to summon or enhance monsters.

So this is where the leader-level BOSS is strong..."

Xiao Jie suddenly understood and thought, so that's why. I have been playing the game for such a long time, but this is the first time someone has introduced in detail the setting rules of this leader-level BOSS.

No wonder in the Hundred Wolf Cave, the wolf king Chimeijian was the leader-level BOSS, while Dong Lingzi, who was stronger than him, was just an ordinary BOSS.

"So, except for the health and minions, the leader-level BOSS is actually similar to the BOSS?"

"That's right, like the Green Dragon King and the Golden Crow King, who are powerful but have few subordinates, they can only be ordinary bosses.

Of course, there are differences in the drops, with ordinary BOSS starting at three items and leader-level BOSS starting at five items."

Xiao Jie thought to himself, so that's how it is. He then looked carefully at the objectives of his three tasks.

The mission requires killing three [Monster Leaders], but it does not mention killing three [Boss-level BOSSes].

Even an ordinary BOSS or even an elite monster, as long as it is strong enough, has the possibility of being on the list. It is not necessary to kill the leader-level BOSS.

I misunderstood the feelings.

Monster leader——leader-level BOSS, looks the same, but is actually completely different.

An Ran explained, "As for why Niu Dali is ranked last, it's probably because he is a local player with a fixed spawn location. The other two, one is in the water and the other can fly. Who knows where to find them?"

"I see. Let's choose Niu Dali as our first target."

Even though there is no hard and fast rule to kill the leader-level BOSS, Xiao Jie still plans to start with the last Niu Dali.

After all, since it is ranked last, it also indirectly shows that this BOSS should be easier to deal with.

Everyone immediately accepted the task and set off for Erniu Mountain.

Erniu Mountain, where Niu Dali settled down, is near a town in the southwest of Canglin Prefecture.

Canglin Province is covered with forests and has very little arable land, but there are a few small plains here, so it has gradually developed into the grain-producing area of ​​Canglin Province, with many farms and towns.

Thousands of years ago, this place was once inhabited by humans. Later, monsters proliferated and ate all the local residents. When Master Xiaoyue used the Heavenly Book to transform the monsters into humans, these farms naturally became the land and properties of the "monsters" entrenched here.

The ancestor of Mr. Ma's family was once a great demon. After being transformed into a human by Xiaoyue Zhenren, he became a wealthy family in the local area, owning dozens of hectares of fertile land and hundreds of tenant farmers. However, with the massacre of Mr. Ma's family, the farm fell into decline.

When the group arrived at Anping Town, they saw that the town wall was heavily guarded. A group of monsters wearing the militia's iconic leather armor, standing guard with spears and crossbows, and the town gate was closed even in broad daylight.

Everyone arrived at the town gate and explained their purpose.

Soon, an old fox with white hair and beard walked up to the city wall and spoke to everyone in a trembling voice.

"What? You are the ones sent by Master Xiaoyue to exorcise demons. That's great! Open the door quickly!"

As soon as they entered the town, they were surrounded by the townspeople and started crying about their experiences.

"That kind of monster comes down from the mountains every day to eat people. Poor folks in Anping Town, hundreds of them were eaten in a few months."

"It is said that Niu Dali likes to eat children's hearts and livers as wine. He is the most vicious person."

"Niu Dali also stole the Hu family's new concubine!"

As everyone cried and complained, Xiao Jie became more speechless.

"Doesn't Niudali eat grass? Why is he eating people?"

The mayor sighed, "As for monsters, how can they not eat people? If they don't eat people, how can they be called monsters?"

This makes the theory complete.

Xiao Jie looked at the group of pitiful "monsters" in front of him, including many "mino-headed men". Most of them were dressed as farmers and looked honest. Xiao Jie thought that this was really like a flood that had flushed the Dragon King Temple and Zhu Bajie was chewing pig's trotters.

"That Niu Dali doesn't even let you... 'powerful people' go?"

The old mayor said angrily, "There are no bull-men or fox-men. There are only monsters and humans. We are humans, and Niu Dali is a monster. Humans and monsters cannot coexist. If you are really sent by real people, please stop entangled in these trivial matters and quickly go to Erniu Mountain to kill Niu Dali.

If we don't kill that strong man, we won't be able to grow wheat in Anping Town this year. It doesn't matter if we suffer from hunger and hardship, but I'm afraid that we will lose the tax revenue from Xiaoyue Zhenren, which would be a sin."

Xiao Jie thought that this old man was quite good at making up stories. An Ran, who was standing by, hurriedly reminded him, "Don't talk to them about race. When Master Xiao Yue founded the state, he issued an order that all people who read the Heavenly Book are human beings, regardless of their race. All those who don't read the Heavenly Book are monsters, and there is no need to distinguish between races."

Xiao Jie thought to himself, so that's how it is.

"Don't worry, elders. We are here to subdue Niu Dali. I wonder if anyone is willing to lead us to Erniu Mountain to subdue the demons and monsters."

The demons looked at each other, but no one was willing to stand up.

"I go!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from the crowd, and a man walked out. He was a minotaur who looked very young, with a non-mainstream hairstyle and a nose ring on his nose. He looked very "hooligan" in temperament.

Niu Yaofei (Anping Town civilian) Level 6. HP 250.

Xiao Jie and others followed Niu Yaofei all the way to Erniu Mountain.

Along the way, you can see many fields around, but they are all barren.

"This used to be fertile land, but ever since Niu Dali went up the mountain and became a demon, he would come down the mountain from time to time to capture people to eat, causing farmers to be afraid to come out to work."

Niu Yaofei led the way and explained, "Look, that's Erniu Mountain."

Everyone looked in the direction that Xiao Niu pointed. What a steep mountain. The mountain was divided into two sides, like two bulls butting each other, with a winding ravine in the middle. There were steep mountains on both sides. There was only this small path leading to the top of the mountain. Niu Dali's stronghold was built on the hillside between the two mountains.

On the mountains surrounding the village, you can see many small monsters in groups of three or two. This scene usually appears around large monster nests. On the one hand, it adds more momentum to the entire monster force, and on the other hand, it makes it easier for players to find them.

These scattered monsters on the periphery belong to the peripheral forces of the monster's nest. They generally will not attract the attention of enemies in the nest, so they are very suitable for leveling up.

Everyone didn't hesitate and started to discuss the next plan while clearing out the monsters.

Although these monsters are not a big threat, it can be quite annoying if a few of them suddenly appear when you are fighting a BOSS. It is better to kill them all.

It is at this time that the strength of these masters can be seen.

Haomie and Jiujianxian took the lead. The damage of their combat skills was frighteningly high. Killing these ten- and twenty-level monsters was as easy as chopping vegetables and melons. Moreover, they cooperated skillfully and completely crushed them all the way.

It was not known whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the two of them always left some strange things to the people behind them. However, Xiao Jie knew it clearly and wanted to test their strength.

As expected, he and I, Yu Chengxian, joined the battle. Fortunately, Xiao Jie and the other three were also quite strong, especially Xiao Jie. With the benefit of the Kaiyang Golden Seal and the blessing of epic weapons, he was still able to chop vegetables and melons all the way. It was just that his internal force and physical strength were a little weak, so he had to stop from time to time to recover.

In less than ten minutes, they cleared a path on the mountain road in front of them. The group arrived at the gate of the mountain village, but did not move forward.

Go further and enter the mountain village area, which means you are entering a monster's lair. At that time, there may be hundreds of small monsters coming over.

Haomie looked at the village in front of him and said in a deep voice, "As usual, let's do a good job of intelligence work on the village first. An Ran, have you learned how to fly and transform?"

An Ran said helplessly, "You think I don't want to? There are no flying transformation skills for sale at the auction house. I can only learn it slowly by myself. I just finished training the black bear transformation and haven't found a suitable teacher yet."

"No, no, no need to explain so much - Fa Gao, where's your baby?"

"I can send my baby eagle to scout, but it will only show up as a red dot on the small map."

This is obviously not ideal. Although the red dots on the map can mark the location of monsters, the map of this game is three-dimensional, and this marking is not intuitive.

The Drunken Swordsman said, "I can try to fly up with Qinggong, but the terrain here is a bit bad. It might alert the monsters. If a battle is triggered prematurely, it will be bad."

"Oh, what can we do?"

Ye Luo said calmly: "Don't worry, I can sneak in and investigate."

Although it is not very convenient to move around during the day, as long as there is a shadow, you can hide and escape. In addition, the void form can pass through walls. Ye Luo can be said to be the best scout.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Haomie said calmly.

He walked to the shadow at the foot of the village wall and disappeared into the shadow in a flash.

After more than ten minutes, the figure appeared out of thin air again.

"I'll send you the map I found. Pay attention to the markings on it. I've marked all the elite monsters and hidden monsters."

Xiao Jie opened the QQ group and saw several screenshots of the game. The terrain inside the village was clearly visible.

Ye Luo is truly a professional, he has marked the topographic map of the entire village in great detail.

Haomie arranged the tactics while looking at the map.

“There are seven guarding monsters near the village gate. Once attacked, they will close the gate, so we must first eliminate the two monsters near the mechanism and guard the mechanism that closes the gate from being activated.

There is a bronze bell on top of the village gate, and there is a gong-beating monster nearby, which must be dealt with immediately, otherwise it will trigger a monster wave.

After entering the mountain stronghold, you will face a small square. This should be the place where the monsters gather to practice martial arts. We will defeat the BOSS here.

It can be seen that the stronghold is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. Each part has a narrow passage. This is probably for defensive considerations. This narrow terrain can make it possible for one man to block the passage of ten thousand men, which can be used by us.

The total number of monsters in the village is about 100. Except for a few groups outside, the hatred of the monsters inside should be linked.

So the tactics are very simple, first clear out the several groups of monsters in the outer village, and then trigger the BOSS battle.

A BOSS like Niu Dali will definitely lead the way. After Niu Dali rushes to the outer village, he will send two people to block the narrow passage between the outer village and the middle village to prevent subsequent monsters from entering.

As long as the second gate of the village is blocked, the monsters' numerical advantage cannot be brought into play.

The others led the BOSS to the small square outside and attacked with all their strength, trying to eliminate Niu Dali in the shortest time possible.

OK, any questions?"

Xiao Jie was savoring this plan. This plan was quite extreme. Killing the BOSS in the monster's lair could lead to failure if there was no proper coordination. But there was no other way. There were only eight of them, so they had to push the limits.

If you cooperate properly, it won't be a big problem.

However, before we consider victory, we must first consider defeat. Before we start any action, we still have to come up with a retreat plan.

(End of this chapter)