The place where Sherlock and the others were stationed was relatively remote, a little far away from the center of the mage group, not to mention blocked by a sea of people, so he could only observe it through Lan's perspective.
This was probably the second time he encountered this kind of group spell. The last time was during the battle for the first pass of the Demon Outpost, the Glory Guild deployed a five-person group spell to control the third level BOSS Demon Hunter Spider.
This time the number of people has increased tenfold, and I don’t know what kind of powerful spell it will be.
Perhaps due to the group spell, the chanting time this time was exceptionally long. It took a full three minutes for the group of mages to finally complete the spell.
The huge magic power condensed into a bright point of light, rising slowly from among them.
"Everyone close your eyes!"
Hearing the leader's shout, Sherlock instantly realized what was going to happen, sent an order to Lan, then closed his eyes and buried his head in his arms.
A few seconds later, he felt a dazzling light shining on his eyelids. This light lasted for about 10 seconds.
After the light perception returned to normal, he opened his eyes again and saw a bright light.
Snake Valley, which was dimly lit just now, is now as bright as day, with a huge white light above its head covering the entire area.
This won't last all night, Sherlock has actually got the answer, but this scene is too shocking. Have the players mastered this ability?
"Get ready to enter the valley!" Dean, as the leader, naturally understood the entire battle arrangement, so he was not too surprised.
Sherlock calmed down and contacted his partners who were still outside.
As soon as they enter the inner valley, the player army will face the lair BOSS Golden Python and its subordinates. Before the final BOSS Sigris comes out, they must quickly enter to attract the opponent's attention.
The four people waiting not far from the Snake Valley completed the deal for the Storm Hammer as soon as they received the news from Sherlock. Logan and Nina walked into the Snake Valley with the mission items.
The first part of their plan was to get close to the NPC, so as the thieves Misaka Mikoto and Kuroko could only stay outside the valley temporarily to avoid arousing the other party's suspicion.
"Adventurer, quickly bring the Storm Hammer." Sigris, who was sitting on an altar deep in the Snake Valley, instantly felt the spell mark on the Storm Hammer and conveyed his thoughts through the thunder emblem.
The thought transmission function of the thunder and lightning emblem is short-distance and single-purpose. Naturally, Logan was unable to reply and could only follow the path pointed out by the NPC and walk into the Snake Valley.
"Captain, my friend asked me to join their group, I'm sorry!" The plan officially started, and Sherlock wanted to rush to the round immediately, so he made up a random reason and quit the group.
Although this kind of group does not restrict the freedom of the members, it is still necessary to say something before leaving. This is the basic quality of a player.
Rejecting Dean's offer to stay, he ran straight in the direction of Logan. Time was running out, and the golden python had already appeared. They had to get rid of the NPC mage before the boss of the lair was killed, otherwise everything would be over.
It becomes someone else’s wedding dress.
"Let's go!" After receiving Sherlock, Logan walked along a remote path without saying a word. The mutant golden snakes on the road also moved out of the way under Sigris' instructions.
There were not many players in this position, and most of them were busy killing monsters. Only a few people noticed that three players were surrounded by snakes, but they just cursed a few idiots in their hearts and forgot about it in the blink of an eye.
In such a tense and fierce battle, it is not surprising that players die every second.
The three of them moved forward along the path where the golden snakes spread out, bypassing the huge golden python, and finally passed through a rock wall and arrived at the innermost part of the Snake Valley.
This seems to be an illusion barrier. The space inside cannot be felt from the outside at all. Both vision and other four senses are blocked.
But Sherlock, who was inside, could see the situation clearly. The golden python's tail whipped up a storm and blew away the players in front of him.
"Adventurers, give me the Storm Hammer quickly, and you will receive the rewards you deserve."
This area is not very big, only about 300 square meters. Apart from a high platform built in the center, there is only a relatively exquisite stone house left.
A human mage wearing a blue robe stood on the altar and said to the three of them.
"Dear mage, in the process of retaking the Storm Hammer, my two druid friends also gave me a lot of help. I wonder if they can get your gift like me." Logan did not put the Storm Hammer.
He handed over the hammer and slowly moved forward while mentioning the conditions.
"Of course, but you have to give me the Storm Hammer first." Sigris felt a little unhappy in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
These greedy adventurers always want to get more, but without a reasonable reason, he cannot completely break the rules set by the Lord God, so he can only temporarily agree. This is why he has never wanted to deal with them.
"Lord Sigris, I wonder if you can reward us with the mission first. You know, facing a big shot like you, we are always a little worried if we don't get something."
Logan said this beautifully, but he actually meant the same thing, he was afraid that you would cheat on him.
I have said before that some high-level NPCs in Forgotten Realm have a lot of autonomy, and they can make some adjustments in terms of mission rewards and so on.
Those from the good and lawful alignments are fine. As long as you don't offend them, they generally won't go too far.
It's hard to tell for NPCs from the chaotic or evil camp. Although there is a certain range in the value of mission rewards, they can't break it, but they can give you some random but very valuable things.
For example, ordinary equipment and skills that are far beyond the player's level, rare items with harsh conditions for use, broken treasure maps, etc.
There are even players who have experienced being killed by NPCs just after receiving rewards.
The former is a common practice of lawful evil, and the latter is a classic behavior of the chaotic evil camp.
Therefore, many players will be overly cautious when accepting tasks from NPCs in these two camps. If they really can't negotiate, they will hand in the task honestly.
"Adventurer, don't push yourself too far. Give me the Storm Hammer." Sigris could hardly control his anger.
"Okay, I hope you can keep your promise." Logan was just giving it a try. Since he couldn't cheat the mission reward, he could only proceed to the last step.
Seeing the barbarians walking up to the altar step by step, Sigris' spirit also softened. Of course, the reward would not be withheld, but these few people should not think about walking out of the Snake Valley alive.
Once he gets the Storm Hammer, he can be freed from the devouring of the altar. Not only these adventurers, but also those outside, no one can escape.
