Chapter 233 232 The great savior of the jackal [please vote 710]
Chapter 233 232. The great savior of the jackal [asking for monthly vote 710]
"Zhuo! These NPCs are so cunning!"
Ashina-chan was quite unhappy and complained to Lumina next to her:
"Can't I use money to buy their Gnoll Gladiator? I still have to do the mission, but I still want to brush up on the scoreboard, and now I've been transferred back to kill ghouls. I hate these stinky
Something!
Now we are doing Hogg’s hidden mission and changing him to a gladiator, only to have 100 ghoul claws to replace him with one? Isn’t this too cheating?”
"It's okay. Isn't that what sequence tasks are all like? One link within another."
Lumina didn't have many complaints.
She looked at the mission she had just been given by Dorothy. The boss of the Blood Rat Gang didn't want them to spend any money. As long as they helped solve the Blood Rat Gang's troubles, it sounded like a classic RPG mission chain.
"But we won't get any points if we stay here and kill the ghouls."
Xiao Weiming was still unhappy.
She said glumly:
"There are great rewards for the top ten! There are also rewards from our group point pool. Sister Pomegranate is now in the first place. She will definitely not be willing to give up."
"So wouldn't it be nice to not let her give up?"
Lumina pouted and said:
"It's just a ghoul. You and I, plus Mrs. Water, can handle it when we come back. We can also brush up Mrs. Water's skill proficiency so that she can prepare for the Black Iron Trial. Let Lanhua accompany Pomegranate to continue to brush up her jackal points.
Hogg just needs a group of loyal subordinates, not too many.
It will take us two or three days to finish it, and then we can go back and continue to earn points for the Jackals, so there will be no delay.
Let me tell Lan Hua and Mrs. Water about this first. You can take Hogg to the gladiator arena to see. All the gladiators tonight are jackals. Let him pick a few that he likes."
"Ouch."
Xiao Ashina nodded and waved to Hogg Bone-Gnasher, who was not far away and was covering himself tightly with a hood.
She and this skinny jackal could still chat together, and Hogg truly regarded little Ashina as his "dog-headed strategist" and would always ask her some questions.
The reason why they match up so well is probably because the two people are about the same height?
At 155, Ashina is the shortest among all the players, while Hogg is the skinniest among the Jackals, with a maximum height of no more than 160.
In fact, Lord Murphy felt that this jackal was probably "naturally disabled" or suffering from dwarfism. In short, it was not much bigger than a kobold.
Lumina did not go to the main venue of Fight Club, which was already filled with NPCs and some players who were keen on PVP who came to watch the excitement.
After the Blood Rat Gang took over the place, they also made "professional" improvements to the previous betting process. There was also a well-spoken guy as the host, and the crowd cheered.
Lumina didn't like this kind of fanatical gladiatorial match very much. She shared the current situation with the other three teammates through team chat in a secluded place in the first-floor sewer where there was no longer much danger.
After hearing that the two of them triggered the mission of the Blood Rat Gang in the sewer, Sister Pomegranate replied with some regret:
"Forget it, just wait there, we'll go back and help right away. It's not interesting to refresh the standings, but our 'exclusive' side plot is more interesting."
"You're just pretending to be generous, I haven't seen you let go of your competitiveness."
Orchid complained:
"You and I can stay here and continue to accumulate points. It will be fine if Madam Shui goes back. Lumina is right. With our current combat power, this task can be completed in two or three days at most, and it won't delay too much.
"
"You little fools, why do you think we have to do this task ourselves?"
Mrs. Shui obviously didn't like the dirty environment of the sewer. She said in a puzzled tone:
"This mission is for us to help Hog Gnaw form his own clan, and we are not asked to be nannies for that jackal. Do you think we have to continue to protect him after we have worked so hard to replace him with the first batch of warriors of the clan?
Is it until it becomes a force?
Isn’t this idea too stupid?”
"ah?"
Lumina, who was called "idiot", asked back:
"So, what do you think?"
"Just replace it with three or four elite jackals to form the first batch of clan warriors!"
Mrs. Water said:
"Let the remaining people get it back on their own! Lord Murphy wants to train it to become a real Jackal chief. How can this be easy and simple? It has to gather its own clan and become the imprisoned Jackals on its own.
Gladiator's savior!
Instead of relying on us for help throughout the process.
Hog Gnaw itself is one of the weaker gnolls. If he wants his future tribesmen to convince him and establish his initial authority, he will have to endure hardships.
I don't even think you two are needed for this task.
Rumina and Ashina are going to kill the ghoul now, switch it to the first elite gladiator and leave it alone. Prepare weapons and protective gear for them, and let them go down to the second floor of the sewer to kill the monsters.
Then get more gladiators from Dorothy.
They are jackals!
The combat effectiveness of a single ghoul is much stronger than that of ordinary ghouls. Letting them group together and snowball is the correct solution to this task. Do you understand? If their progress goes smoothly, then when we complete the first stage of the elimination of the gnolls, Huo Huo will
There should be at least a dozen people under Ge's command.
Therefore, my suggestion is to leave Xiao Ashina there to help at most, and you can come back here quickly to continue the main line."
"!"
Lumina replied quietly after a few seconds:
"I feel like my IQ has been crushed again. You, a housewife, have gone too far. Are you so easy to drive away wolves and tigers?"
"It's not that you are stupid, it's that you are lazy. Your tactical diligence cannot conceal your strategic laziness."
Mrs. Shui said ruthlessly:
"You haven't considered a more efficient way at all. In the real world, when the villain supports the puppet, he won't do everything by himself. You are the person in charge of this matter and you are not the nursery nurse of the kindergarten.
Are you really going to treat this as a training game?
That’s not impossible, but which serious person would raise a jackal for fun?”
"Stop scolding, stop scolding, the children will become stupid."
Lumina wailed and was scolded for a few more words before hanging up the communication. She sent a private message to Ashina, who was watching the excitement in the fight club and even placed a bet, asking her to come over quickly to kill monsters.
Xiao Ashina looked at the exciting battle in the arena below with regret. She stood up, threw a small money bag to Hogg, and said:
"You continue reading here. This money is enough for you to place two bets. Although you are too weak to be a good barbarian, I think you are very smart and flexible. Maybe you should learn to make good use of the power of wisdom and dexterity.
."
After saying that, she picked up her shotgun and left, leaving Hogg, who was wrapped in a robe, alone among a group of enthusiastic spectators.
To be honest, it felt bad for a skinny jackal to be surrounded by so many humans.
Hogg felt that he might be swarmed to death by these guys in the next second, but he touched the calculation orb hanging on his chest, and this thing seemed to give him a little more confidence.
It has been selected by Lord Murphy to become the grandson of the "King of Bone Biters".
It has a new identity and has been sheltered in Lord Murphy's territory. Now it is time to think about how to form its own clan. These elite barbarians who were captured and used as slaves to fight for human entertainment are their future.
of tribesmen.
Hog pulled up his hood, revealing only two gray-green eyes on the cloth covering his face.
It stared intently at the arena below amid the piercing noise, where a battle between a jackal barbarian and a vicious ghoul was being staged as a "warm-up".
His compatriot wore ill-fitting leather armor and struggled to maneuver around the ghoul's claws with a sword he was not accustomed to using.
It has been told that the only way to survive is to win.
What a cruel rule! Even more cruel than hunting and robbing in the wilderness. Failure in hunting is nothing more than starvation, but the consequence of losing here is to be used as food by ghouls.
Lord Murphy's advice to himself is to find those gladiators who can fight three battles without dying to become his clansmen. Those who can survive three battles in such brutal battles must be the best among the best.
In the past, such elite barbarians would not bother to talk to this weak jackal, but now, he holds the power in his hands to rescue them from the hell of gladiatorial combat!
ha!
Hogg's mouth moved under the hood.
It knows that it must make good use of this precious power, and it may not be able to conquer those unruly elite barbarians, so maybe it should start with the "easy mode" first?
The smart jackal made up his mind.
It saw that its compatriots below had defeated the ghouls with difficulty, but were about to face a second battle with the veterans of the Cadman People's Army.
The good news is that this time it's not a fight to the death, just a winner.
The opportunity has come!
Hogg squeezed through the crowd and came to the Blood Rat Gang's betting point. He threw the money bag in his hand on the table and said hoarsely:
"All-in, your veterans win."
"Um?"
Old Pete, a member of the Blood Rat Gang who was responsible for collecting money, keenly noticed the furry claws under Hogg's hood. He was shocked and was about to call someone, but saw the other person grab the calculation orb on his chest and wave it at him.
.
All right.
This is the recognized "one's own".
"Hey, this Scarlet Castle is really a strange place. Why do vampires allow jackals to appear here? You should really thank Lord Murphy for showing mercy. When the blood vultures were in power, you would definitely be stewed into a jackal.
Human soup.”
Old Pete grinned and sneered at Hogg, but still accepted the bet.
Visitors are guests and must be treated with care.
This is the admonishment of Sister Dorothy.
Ten minutes later, the beaten and bloody jackal barbarian was dragged back to the gladiatorial preparation area by the blood rat gang. As a black iron-level barbarian, it defeated the ghoul but was fighting with the veteran.
Lost miserably.
The veteran didn't kill it.
After all, it's just a warm-up, there's no need to get to the point of seeing blood.
Dorothy couldn't really use the jackal barbarians on hand as cannon fodder. Training gladiators also required costs. The badly beaten barbarian lay limp on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. It screamed as if it was for itself.
sad fate.
But in this human city, it can't find any companions to save it. Human beings will not let it die so easily. It will survive but will live in battles day after day until one day it dies in a certain place.
in the opponent's hands.
"Hey! Do you want to live?"
Just as the miserable barbarian soldier struggled to get up and lick the blood on his fur, a voice suddenly sounded from the shadows behind him, causing the scratched jackal to turn around with difficulty.
It saw a short man in a hood walking toward it, clutching a bag of money.
But this isn't human!
The jackal's keen sense of smell allowed him to smell the same scent as his own on the guy in front of him. Is this a jackal?
"You probably don't know me, but that doesn't matter."
Hogg used his claws to pull open his hood, and he rolled his green eyes to look at the novice gladiator who had won one victory after another and lost one after another.
It grinned its mouth full of sharp teeth and said:
"I can get you out!"
"Ouch?"
The jackal gladiator's eyes widened, looking not very smart.
"I made an agreement with the boss of the Blood Rat Gang. For every fifty ghouls I kill, one compatriot will leave the arena. This is difficult, but I think I should do something for my compatriots."
Hogg took out a piece of bacon from his arms and threw it to the gladiator in front of him. The latter grabbed it in his hand and started to bite it. It was in urgent need of energy recovery.
"I know you will have a duel later, and the enemy is an astral lynx."
Hogg whispered:
"You have to win to survive until I rescue you. I'm going to find trouble with those ghouls now. Thanks to your victory just now, I only need to kill 49 ghouls in exchange for your freedom.
.
But you must also make an agreement with me.
After I rescue you, you have to stay here and kill more ghouls with me.
You know, humans are purging us, and our powerful compatriots will be sent here in a steady stream.
We have to rescue them all. Like you, I lost my own clan, but maybe we gladiators can form a new clan."
"You don't look like a Gnoll!"
When the wounded gladiator finished eating the bacon, he pulled out a cracked tooth from his mouth, which made his whole body tremble with pain.
But it still said intermittently:
"You are more like a cunning human. Bah, who are you, the rotten meat we eat? Are you sure you can rescue me? Why don't those humans throw you in too? You traitor!"
"Don't be stupid, do you think you are the first jackal in this arena?"
Cunning Hogg cursed half-truthfully:
"What I have experienced is beyond your imagination, and it is even more impossible for you to escape here on my own. I used the blood of my enemies to buy my freedom, you idiot.
Listen up, my name is Hogg!
Whether you believe it or not, I will rescue you, but the prerequisite is that you cannot die under the claws of that astral lynx, do you understand? I found a weapon that you like more, I hope it can save you
Life."
A bloody black flail was thrown to the gladiator in front of him.
This is the favorite weapon of the Jackals. It is powerful and has a long attack range, which can give full play to the Jackals' brute strength and agility.
"Well I hate you!"
The gladiator grabbed the flail. He glared at Hogg, but still whispered:
"Thanks."
"Very good. You seem to be a little smarter than the average jackal. No wonder you can save a life from those crazy warriors."
Hogg let out a weird laugh unique to jackals, and said:
"Last question, what is your name?"
"Big bones."
Gnoll Gladiator whispered:
"My name is Big Bones!"
"Uh, that's not a name at all, you idiot!"
Hogg shook his head and said as he returned to the shadows:
"Your name is Nash! Do you understand? From today on, your name will be Nash. Don't die here. Nash, wait until I come back to save you."
Under the gaze of Jackal Nash, Hogg disappeared into the gladiator preparation area.
It really doesn't like its sullen compatriot.
But even its brain can guess that this compatriot must have some unusual relationship. At this time, outside the gladiator preparation area, "Razor" Dorothy looked at the money bag handed over by Hogg with strange eyes.
she says:
"Are you sure you want this? It lost just now, and it may not win the third game. I thought you would choose someone more powerful."
"I'm too weak."
Hogg whispered:
"I can't control powerful guys. In the gnoll clan, the weak are not qualified to command the strong. Now is not the time to ask for those powerful guys. I have raised hyenas, and I know that if you want to control them, you have to train them from the young.
.”
"Okay, you are really smart."
Dorothy shook the money bag in her hand and said:
"But I made an agreement with your human friend that this is free of charge. You can take it back."
"You are wrong. I didn't give you the money to buy them."
Hogg shook his head.
A cunning light flashed in its green eyes, and it whimpered:
"I want to ask you to help me, change the order, let them fight, but don't let them die so quickly, let them suffer, make them miserable, let them expect someone to save them! In your human words, I hope you
Cooperate with me. Uh, what's that word?
drama?"
"Oh, you want me to help you cheat?"
Dorothy's eyes became subtle.
She looked the jackal up and down, shook her head and said:
"Then this little money is not enough. This is a matter of risking the reputation of the Blood Rat Gang, but there is one thing in you that I really need."
"Um?"
Hogg raised his head and saw Dorothy throwing the eagle claw knife in her hand to it and said:
"Join the Blood Rat Gang, Gnoll. I need manpower now, especially a cunning guy like you. I can lower the standards for my own people. 40 ghouls for one black iron gnoll, 120 ghouls.
Replace an elite with 20 ghouls for a kobold.
Of course, the premise is that they must fight for me for three rounds without dying.
After the underground ghouls are dealt with, I will give you weapons and supplies as gifts and send you away, and I will personally train you to become an excellent jackal thief.
Your thin stature and cunning nature are perfect for this line of work.
