Chapter 728 - 691: It’s a Part, Not an Assembly!
Da Fei’s troops, executing a Phantom March, arrived at the ambush spot on the hillside alongside the caravan road.
To Da Fei, who possessed the Eye of the Demon, the smoky volcanic ash served as a great cover. The elevated position, combined with the Divine Artifact Bow’s 20% increase in range, indicated an overwhelming victory. Then there was the Horror Howl of the Demon Wolf Group, the greatest tool for a sneak attack, not to mention the terrifying attack speed of the Demon Wolves led by the Wolf King, who were absolute melee harvesters!
For this action, Da Fei had a complete geographical advantage. As for timing, unless a meteor conveniently fell on Da Fei’s head, that would indeed be unfortunate.
Da Fei took a deep breath, his furtive eyes locking onto the dozens of long-whip, goat-headed demon guards protecting the caravan. With a wave of his hand, the battle began!
The Demon Wolf Group pounced down, a muffled roar echoing through the mountain hollow!
—System Prompt: Your Demon Wolf Army has used the skill "Horror Howl," putting the enemy into a state of fear and terror, unable to act. Duration is unknown!
Then, in the mountain hollow, thunder and lightning flashed continuously, with hundreds of damage numbers like "-36!" and "-38!" popping up in the smoke!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alina has cast the God-level Destruction Magic "Chain Lightning," triggering the "Thunder Master" special effect, putting all enemies into a state of paralysis!
At the same time, Billbo’s piercing whistle and Selvia’s harp strings echoed, and the Forest Goddess, now visible in the Phantom March, rained down arrows. As for the Blood Eagle covering the battlefield with its Petrification Slowdown Aura, there was no need to elaborate.
In just a moment, a dozen long-whip, goat-headed demon guards fell, howling in agony under the rain of arrows. Then the Demon Wolves and Demon Foxes pounced, tearing apart the immobilized guards with astonishing attack speed, streams of three-digit damage numbers like "-158!" and "-165!" connecting on the screen! Especially the Demon Wolf King, with a damage of 400 capable of instant-killing ordinary angels, was crazily crushing the caravan guards as if chopping vegetables!
Guard after guard fell swiftly like wheat under a scythe. The tension Da Fei felt before the battle turned into excitement and exhilaration. Da Fei clenched his fists, holding back the urge to shout aloud!
This was the power of Demon Wolves led by a hero! Even if their attributes were considerably weakened after being recruited by him, with a 150-point bonus in Strategic Attack, as long as their attack exceeded the guards’ defense by 60 points, they could inflict triple damage!
Indeed, from the damage numbers, these guards seemed to have defense as formidable as the walls of a first- or second-level city, far above ordinary angel species, yet they were unfortunate to face him! He was sure they had some extraordinary powerful moves, but he would not give them the chance to act.
Just then, in the Blood Eagle’s view, a goat-headed demon struggled to raise the horn in its hand slowly!
Trying to sound an alarm? Not so easily!
The Blood Eagle dived down, while the Demon Wolf King and several nearby Demon Foxes, under Da Fei’s command, immediately abandoned their current targets and pounced. Amidst a stream of three-digit damage connecting on the screen, the goat-headed demon didn’t even have time to bring the horn to its lips before being instantly killed!
Then cold mist rose in the mountain hollow, and a large area of ice pillars crashed down!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alina cast the God-level Destruction Magic "Ice Pillar," triggering the "Frost Master" special effect, putting all enemies into Frozen Slowdown state!
Oh yeah! Da Fei couldn’t help but release a burst of laughter! Even without the absolute control of the Horror Howl, his Thunder-Light Ice plus the Petrification Aura Slowdown was enough to trap them all, hahahaha!
Five seconds! In just five seconds, Da Fei’s troops focused on instant-killing dozens of demon guards! The demon caravan finally shook off the sudden chaos and started to resist, with the coachmen releasing two fire-breathing giant beasts from the cart to confront and then attempting to hide and escape amidst the chaos.
The fire-breathing giant beasts were Da Fei’s second wave of attack targets, and while their Frozen Slowdown effect had yet to wear off, it was best to strike now. The Demon Wolf King once again led the charge!
The key was those escaping NPC coachmen, who surely had high intelligence. Da Fei absolutely wouldn’t let them escape this mountain hollow and meet with the caravans in the front or back. At this time, the advantage of the Forest Goddess as a flying range unit was fully displayed. Under the tight surveillance of Da Fei’s Blood Eagle, those coachmen, who thought they’d rolled into the volcanic ash smoke to avoid disaster, were tracked and killed one by one by the troops descending from above.
While Da Fei pursued the coachmen, a heavy system prompt suddenly jumped out:
—System Prompt: Your 4 Demon Wolf Armies were killed by the Hell Assault Dogs!
Da Fei was shocked, hurriedly switching to the main view for a look. He saw the double-headed giant beast spinning crazily in place, spewing out two long pillars of fire, instantly killing the 4 Demon Wolves besieging it!
What the hell, was this a boss-level creature? No doubt about it, the Demon Wolves, reduced to a paltry 450 HP after player recruitment, could only be blamed.
Now Da Fei gathered all his troops to attack this double-headed dog! Of course, a dog like this was rare! If it could be killed, they should kill it; capturing it would be a bonus!
Da Fei shouted, "Everyone, persuade it to surrender!"
—System Prompt: You used the Master-level Leadership Skill "War Intimidation" on the Hell Assault Dog. Skill failed!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alicia used the Master-level Leadership Skill "Diplomacy" on the Hell Assault Dog. Skill failed!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Selvia..., skill failed!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Alina..., skill failed!
Damn! All four Grandmasters failed! After all, persuading to surrender remains a high-requirement event in a low-concept place. At the very least, it would need a calm, stable, and elegant environment. There was no choice now but to kill it quickly to avoid complications.
However, it had to be said that even with such army strength and advantage, he still lost troops; under normal circumstances, what would normal players do? Perhaps they would fulfill the task by destroying the siege car with rocks from atop the mountain?
No time to think further, with a final wretched howl from the giant dog, Da Fei indeed quickly annihilated the demon convoy without alerting the other caravans; the entire battle took less than half a minute.
—System Prompt: The battle is over! You have gained experience +154,500. You have gained Gold Coins +12,600. You have discovered large spoils of war, "Hell Giant Siege Machine Components"!
Siege Machine Components! This is what I was looking for!
Now, Alina was to immediately resurrect the fallen Demon Wolves, while Da Fei excitedly climbed to the front of the large cart to inspect the tightly bound steel frames.
—Hell Giant Siege Machine Components: Large mission items, not portable, can be combined into an extremely long-range and powerful Super Siege Machine. Durability: 10,000.
Hahahaha! Even though Ror’s mission was to destroy the siege machine, what’s better than capturing it! Apparently, Will saw my greatness, which is why he specifically gave me a component collection task, right? Meaning his aim was to mount a cannon atop Divine Punishment City to easily dismantle a demon siege? Damn it! You have such foresight, and your mom knows you’re a blacksmith?
Da Fei immediately pulled out the shiny War Machine Bag given by Will, ready to pack it up.
Yet, looking at the small bag in his hand and then at the huge metal frame on the cart, a sense of incongruity arose. Really, this small bag can fit it? Alright, it’s a game, use the Space Mechanical Bag!
—System Prompt: The Hell Giant Siege Machine Component is a large component, not portable!
Da Fei was instantly dumbfounded! Are you kidding? Will clearly gave me a package for parts; how could it not fit?
Da Fei quickly rechecked the mission, no mistake. What was going on?
Just then, Billbo asked suspiciously, "Lord City Lord, what’s the difference between components and parts?"
Da Fei was suddenly enlightened. He remembered the 8-hp crossbow cannon he brought from Newbie Island aboard Flying. When the old cannon ceased functioning after a triple-shot, it contributed a bunch of screws to him! Those screws were parts!
Da Fei realized, "Parts are finer than components and are the basic units for making components!"
Billbo was astonished. "So, Lord City Lord still needs to destroy these components to collect parts? That’s too wasteful!"
Da Fei was shaken, indeed, too wasteful, for Will’s far-seeing plan couldn’t be realized.
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