Chapter 100: The Nest of Fear (Happy New Year to Book Friends)
The name "Bullying Monsters" is really correct. They are a group of scum who bully the weak and fear the strong. After being seriously injured, their morale immediately collapsed. They fled the battlefield wailing and slipped back into the cave.
The other three bully monsters were also seriously injured. When they saw their companions escaping, they all broke away from the battle and went back to the cave one after another.
Fighting away these bullies will not solve the fundamental problem.
After the battle, Ma Yun received a follow-up mission prompt from the system:
Dimitri must pass through the "goblin passage" in the cave, reach the source of fear, and personally defeat the bully monsters bred by his inner fear before he can completely eliminate them!
To persuade the Cowardly Lion to enter the cave, you must pass a DC 15 "Persuasion" check.
The person with the highest "lobbying" skill in the adventure team is Ma Yun. She has to roll at least 10 points in the check to succeed, which is not easy.
Fortunately, there are two veterans 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 forward to persuade the Cowardly Lion, Jiang Feng's berserkers first used the "Intimidation" skill to threaten him fiercely, claiming that if he refused to obey, they would chop off his head and use his skull.
Be a bowler!
"Intimidate" is a fear effect.
Dimitri was burdened with the "Curse of Cowardice" and had a disadvantage on Will saving throws against fear, so he was easily frightened and trembled by the ferocious-looking berserker.
As the saying goes, giving both kindness and power, after Jiang Feng threatened, Ma Yun replaced him with persuasive words, and the difficulty of the persuasion test was reduced to 10 points, and the double dice were chosen to win.
Ma Yun successfully passed the lobbying test.
Dimitri reluctantly mustered up the courage, walked on trembling legs, and walked into the lair occupied by the bullies.
Ma Yun remotely controlled the "Dancing Light Technique" to illuminate the scene, which also encouraged the lion.
Gao Fei, Jiang Feng, Vita and Nick followed closely. The group returned to the depths of the cave again, and were surprised to find a gap more than five feet wide on the opposite rock, which was so dark and bottomless.
The strange hooting of the owl and the evil laugh of the witch came out along this twisted fissure, making people's scalp numb.
Under the encouragement and coercion of everyone, the Cowardly Lion braved his courage and took the lead in getting into the goblin passage leading to the "Dark Nest".
Gao Fei and others also followed in. Not far after walking along the winding tunnel, a cave covered with dark moss appeared in front of them. The strange sounds that echoed in the ears before seemed to be absorbed by the thick and soft moss, and the surrounding area suddenly became dark.
Silence and silence further intensified the atmosphere of terror.
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 much like an enlarged version of the anatomy of the ventricle."
"As expected of a medical student, everything can be related to human anatomy."
Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, he noticed that the surrounding rock walls covered with black moss suddenly trembled.
To be precise, it expands and contracts according to a fixed rhythm, like a beating heart, and at this moment, everyone is inside this huge heart.
Jiang Feng quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was no longer in the mood to chat.
At this time, four black shadows appeared on the ground in the center of the cave. They were the weak monsters that everyone had been tracking.
These four evil goblins had already filled up their health points within five minutes of returning to the "House of Fear".
Ma Yun looked at the update list of the mission log and said to Dimitri: "In the next battle, you must personally fight against the four bully monsters. We cannot directly participate in the battle, but we can cheer you on from the side."
"Oh! God, please spare me!" The lion held his forehead and wailed, "How could a weak guy like me defeat four bully monsters single-handedly? They just forced me to die!"
"Coward, cheer up!" Xiao Ma kicked the lion angrily, "Now there are two ways in front of you, either accept our help and try to overcome your inner fear; or we can kill you
Leave it alone and let you be tortured to death by the bullies!"
"Ah! Kind-hearted Miss Mage, please don't abandon me!"
Dimitri decisively slid to his knees, hugged Miss Mage's legs and begged: "Isn't it okay if I choose the first path?"
"Hey! Look at your shameful virtue! As long as you still have a little bit of backbone...it doesn't mean you don't have any backbone at all!"
Ma Yun was so angry that she stepped hard on the lion twice with her high heels before calming down. She cast a spell to give him "Mage Armor" and "Shield".
The task requires the lion to defeat the bully monster alone, but companions are not prohibited from providing him with spell buffs.
In the same way, when Dimitri is fighting, Gao Fei can also sing a "motivational song" to offset the negative impact of the bully's "fear aura" on him.
"Mage Armor" and "Shield" provide a total of 8 points of defense.
After taking into account the adult lion's natural defense and agility modification, and deducting the large size defense penalty, Dimitri's comprehensive defense level increased to 21. Standing against the wall, the defense level was 2 and a half cover, and the final defense level was 23.
After Ma Yun blessed the lion, she turned around and controlled the four balls of light generated by the "Dancing Light Technique" to distribute them symmetrically around the open space to ensure that every corner of the cave was illuminated.
In this way, when Dimitri fights with the bully monsters, the battlefield will be under sufficient light, making it impossible for the bully monsters to use the "Shadow Teleportation" ability, and will have a disadvantage in the attack roll, which will penetrate Dimitri.
The probability of Terry defending is less than 10%.
Gao Fei noticed that the lion's health had not returned to full, so he switched the "Warlock Mask" to the "Priest Mask", used the professional ability "Spontaneous Healing", spent 10 magic points, provided him with 10d6 of healing, and directly treated him
Life points are full.
Jiang Feng's Berserker can't cast spells, and she doesn't have any buffs to bless the lion, but she can use her superb fighting skills to help the lion design a clever strategy.
Looking carefully at Dimitri's attribute panel, Jiang Feng noticed that this enlightened lion had mastered "dexterous movements", as well as the feline's innate combat skill "Pounce", which is also the high-level ability of the warrior profession "Lion's Power".
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Pounce (Lion's Charge): After charging in a straight line for at least 10 feet, you have advantage on melee attack rolls this round, and the number of damage dice is doubled.
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"Pounce" is a very powerful attack method, but it requires a distance of at least 10 feet from the enemy before each attack, which seriously weakens its practical value.
When the enemy and we are already locked in a fight, if you try to run away from the enemy, you will inevitably receive an attack of opportunity.
Especially when you are surrounded by multiple enemies, do you dare to try to move?
If you try to run away, you will be attacked by all enemies at the same time, unable to kill you!
However, with "smart action", this dilemma is easily 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 would like to ask for two monthly passes, thank you all!
