Chapter 530 - 497 The Reason for Defeating Skyshattering Thunder
Da Fei decided to repair the Divine level first, and Hangeval naturally didn’t object, "Friend, we believe in your decision, and even if we wanted to leave now, we couldn’t."
Da Fei laughed heartily, "Alright, let’s keep eating to regain some stamina!" Indeed, unless one had the ability to hibernate, after sleeping for an entire day, no one would be in good shape.
At that moment, the Forest Demon approached Da Fei with dewdrops in hand, "Master, to express our apology, we invite everyone to use the Forest Spring to restore stamina!"
Crap! How could that be! This is the precious Forest Spring, which I was planning to use for opening a tavern. Da Fei hurriedly said, "No, no, no, the Forest Spring is hard to collect, we must cherish it and not waste it."
Speaking of which, Da Fei suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, how much Forest Spring do you have left?"
The Forest Demon whispered, "Report to the master, although the Forest Spring is difficult to gather, and there aren’t many trees here, our annual output is only one or two units. But over hundreds of years, we have accumulated 500 units, so using a bit to entertain guests is no problem."
—Ah, spit-take! 500 units! Hundreds of years of production! How much top-grade wine could that make? Or top-grade potions?
So, the real reward for subduing the Forest Demon is this Forest Spring! My goodness, 500, 500! Even with the cargo capacity of my Flying, my team of over a thousand dwarves could hardly carry it all by packing a few bottles each!
What to do? Should these valuable resources be wasted because they can’t be carried away? Da Fei was suddenly anxious!
Wait! Just then, Da Fei suddenly thought of the Skyshattering Thunder’s convoy! Normally, a standard logistics vehicle can transport 10 units of material, but I have learned the Logistics Skill’s overloading Divine Skill!
—Overloaded Transport: A hero’s transport vehicles and troops can carry extra material. Each level of Logistics Skill allows an additional 20% overload, while troop speed decreases by 20%, stamina consumption increases by 20%, and vehicle durability starts to diminish!
This was the skill I forcibly learned to transport wood and then discovered Habbit Village, never having a chance to use it since. But now, it can finally come in handy again!
My Master-level Logistics Skill could overload by 100%, meaning each vehicle could carry 20 units, and I probably have a dozen vehicles, which could roughly pack about 300 units. Then let each of the thousand dwarf NPCs pack several bottles with them, and maybe that would be enough?
Therefore, the key now was to seize his vehicles! The trouble is, how to seize his vehicles?
It’s not about whether my additional 200-plus Elite Forest Demons plus Elena’s Human Cannon plus a thousand dwarf NPCs could defeat him, the key is being a wanted suspect, if caught in the act, my reputation would plummet!
A direct confrontation seemed impractical, only a sneak attack from behind? The problem is, even with a sneak attack, as soon as a battle starts, as soon as his system prompts a line saying, "You were attacked by Da Fei’s certain troops," my guilt is confirmed! Or maybe, I should leave it to Hangeval and his team to handle? If they fight independently, then there’s no issue—except they might not be able to defeat them.
Da Fei frowned and asked, "Honestly, I want to eliminate the Prince’s chasing troops, but my identity as a Lord of the Elf Kingdom makes it impractical for me to expose myself, do you have any ideas?"
The dwarves were delighted and immediately shouted, "Leave it to us, we’ve been itching to fight!"
Hangeval waved his hand and frowned, "Is there really a need to fight?"
Da Fei also fell into contemplation, indeed, is there any necessity in starting a fight just to covet these resources? The enemy is clear, and we’re hidden. With my God-level Reconnaissance Skill, we can completely avoid them once we’re full and rested, right?
No! Enemy transparency is nonsense! From the beginning, he pursued relentlessly, crossing mountains and hills directly towards us, if not for a scene reshuffle, I would have been cornered! That is to say, he must have some tool for tracking me! He’s clearing threats leisurely now, not afraid that I would escape!
If I don’t eliminate him, once I lead my team to the island, he’ll follow, and I’d end up with nothing!
Da Fei finally found a reason to start a war! During the dwarves’ sleep, Da Fei was only thinking about reaping benefits and leaving, not giving the problem much thought. Now, thinking about it, it’s very urgent. Of course, the greatest reason is Da Fei’s dissatisfaction, being unwilling to accept that Skyshattering Thunder’s high and mighty foolish appearance, it’s unbearable not to stomp him down.
Da Fei said solemnly, "I feel that if we don’t seize an opportunity to eliminate the pursuing troops, no matter where we run, it won’t be safe, and I’m also eyeing their supplies and convoy."
Hangeval nodded, "Indeed, these pursuing troops are a grave threat, and our escape is not a matter of a day or two, not to mention where we are fleeing to, these rations looted from the prison won’t last long, it’s crucial to seize their supplies, even if we can’t seize them, burning and destroying their vehicles would do! This way they can’t pursue far!"
Hey, hey, hey! The vehicles can’t be destroyed!
All the dwarves shouted, "Big brother is right, we should show them a thing or two!"
Hangeval nodded and said seriously, "This space is full of crises, and with one slip, the enemy might fall, there are actually many opportunities to act, but I need to choose a time most favorable for our brothers to act."
Da Fei also said seriously, "Alright! I will strengthen reconnaissance, I will be responsible for each brother’s life!"
Since it’s reconnaissance, they got straight to it, and the Blood Eagle once again advanced toward the volcano.
Not long after, the volcano was reached. The convoy was still parked at the foot of the mountain, still guarded lazily by those NPC Prison Guards, but the troops of Skyshattering Thunder were nowhere to be seen. Out again? Goodness, how formidable is Skyshattering Thunder’s combat power? All the way just watching him fight non-stop, never a break.
At that time, seeing those vehicles left behind, Da Fei’s brows jumped, wondering if the Forest Demon’s hypnotic skill could knock all these Prison Guards down? It seemed the condition for knocking them down is being in the woods, right? However, now that the Forest Demons have been weakened by the system, it’s unlikely they can knock them out silently, right?
Alright, not considering these now, the previous battle took up a lot of time too, enough for Skyshattering Thunder to rest and prepare for another battle, right? Judging by his monster clearing order, he must be using the volcano as a treatment center for Magma Dragons, then clearing the surrounding neighboring scenes in succession.
Soon, Little Fei discovered something, next to the desert scene, there was a valley covered in dark clouds, and the road to the valley clearly showed traces of a large force’s movement. Little Fei flew into the valley to see, sure enough, there were lightning-element elemental cores everywhere. Needless to say, the monsters here dropped lightning-element equipment BOSS.
Humph, Little Lei, good work!
Little Fei found the largest of the electrified elemental cores, needless to say, this was the BOSS, there’s no need to continue with the formalities of gratitude.
After Little Fei pecked it violently, the anticipated system prompt bell rang as expected:
—System Prompt: Your Reconnaissance Eagle Xiao Fei has independently killed the Leader-level creature "Valley Fury," and obtained the spoils of war "Thunder Ring."
—Thunder Ring: A-grade strategic equipment, Magic Power +10, Knowledge +10, Thunder Magic power +10%.
—System Prompt: You obtained the Elemental Set 5-piece set. 5-piece set effect, Mana recovery rate +20%, Spell power effect increased by 20%.
Oh yeah! Here comes the gear, so naturally that I don’t even feel the excitement anymore!
Only one last piece left! If there’s another Spiritual Element, then it’s two pieces! However, each piece of the set takes up 6 or 7 strategy equipment slots, if the ultimate attributes are not impressive, it’d be laughable. Fortunately, at least the 5 pieces now don’t conflict with the Thunder God Set at all, otherwise, I’d have felt deflated even if they clashed at one point.
Now, Little Fei soared into the sky again, flying over the cloudy valley to continue searching, and as expected, he discovered something again. Next to the valley scene, there was a Forest Lake scene, and there, amidst fiery flames and dazzling white light, a battle ensued!
Skyshattering Thunder, you are a model worker!
When Little Fei reached the Forest Lake, the battle was near its end, it was the Magma Dragon fighting the BOSS Unicorn, needless to say, this Unicorn must drop Light Attribute equipment.
At that moment, Da Fei witnessed a thrilling scene, with the corpses of Skyshattering Thunder’s troops scattered throughout the forest, and of course, the corpses of the Unicorn minions too.
This made Da Fei finally feel a bit better, thinking that Skyshattering Thunder was invincible, perhaps able to fight without losing a single soldier. However, with Unicorns claiming to be kings of the forest and able to blind as they please, fighting like that in a forest was quite commendable. Although there were losses and the scene looked bad, as long as the player ultimately wins, all the resurrections and reorganizations wouldn’t be a problem.
Wait, speaking of bad scenes, Da Fei finally noticed that over a hundred ordinary Unicorns’ corpses were stumped on a few large tree branches, really a pathetic death, what was the situation?
It seemed to use the large size of the Unicorns, tricking them into getting caught on tree branches, then instant concentration of firepower to kill them. Given Skyshattering Thunder’s skills in dealing with Sand Scorpions earlier, he could pull off such an operation, right?
Damn! You’re good! But that’s the end of it for you!
Initially, my plan was to tag along, take all the equipment from the whole field, gear up my entire family, but for long-term interests, I won’t be greedy, I won’t fight for more after getting this last item, your next opponent is me! I am not a computer!
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