Chapter 221:

Among this batch of new players entering the game, there are no more than 10 players specializing in manufacturing and administrative professions. The remaining 60 newcomers are still “classic combatants” who enjoy hacking and slashing.

Moreover, even though manufacturing and administrative professions also have three profession slots, for example, Life Is Pretty Good has already decided to become a reserve village chief, but this doesn’t prevent him from planning to change his profession to a Trickster apprentice.

In any case, on the second day after the Dawn of Transia main quest was updated, in the eager anticipation of the little players, the new NPC “Civilian Protection Officer Kudel” finally respawned in the Blood Vulture Halls.

This guy no longer has his previous appearance.

Murphy found him a set of sufficiently luxurious and more defensive family elder heavy armor in the family vault.

The crimson battle armor almost covered Kudel’s entire body, with two huge night bat wing designs on the shoulders giving him that classic NPC-specific “wildly cool and badass” look.

A crimson greatsword as tall as a person was slung on his back, and with the full-coverage Blood Vulture battle helmet, this guy walked like an iron giant.

When the players saw this design, they knew this NPC was full of “the beauty of strength,” and as Civilian Protection Officer Kudel’s temporary entourage, the Brother Mao quintet was even allowed to follow him, making them puff out their chests with pride.

Kudel is a traditional vampire.

He avoids appearing during the day, but this high-level spirit armor with built-in “shadow cloak” allows vampires to maintain some resistance in sunlight.

At the very least, slaughtering a few gnolls wouldn’t be a problem.

Of course, the Civilian Protection Officer has a taciturn personality. Although he took on the responsibility of leading players to eradicate gnolls from Murphy, he still wouldn’t loudly proclaim his orders like other NPCs, but instead used the Computation Bead to issue pre-edited quests.

After waiting for the players to gather here and reach a scale of 100 people, he led them out of the city in grand fashion.

The “challenge level” of wild gnolls is mostly above level 5, belonging to the middle tier of wild monsters in the Transia region. Moreover, they are very scattered, which makes the difficulty of hunting gnolls actually lower than exterminating those ghouls in the sewers that always move in groups and know how to ambush.

Most importantly, the outdoor terrain is open and well-lit, much better than that unfortunate, stinky, and dark sewer environment.

Staying in a place like the sewers for too long would make anyone depressed.

Previously, there was no main quest guidance, so players weren’t very interested in gnolls. Now that the quest has arrived, these gnoll bandits running all over Transia have naturally become the “new darlings” of the little players.

“Ah, Cheche is finally back at full health!”

Among the crowd, Invincible Tyrannosaurus Cheche, who wrapped himself up like a dumpling to avoid direct sunlight, was hiding in the carriage. These vampire players shouldn’t be active during the day, but they certainly didn’t want to miss the main quest update, so they came to join the excitement even if they had to endure the daytime debuff.

“You have the nerve to say that!”

Leading Pigeon in the carriage was irritably concocting healing potions and scolded Cheche, Ah Yuen, and Spicy Gugu Chicken with a glare:

“The stupid thing you three did, trying to fly on your own and getting yourselves killed, is really enough! It makes me, as your dorm leader, unable to hold my head up in front of Meow King and the others. They laugh at us every time they see us.

And we had to pay fines for you three!

250 gold each, let me tell you, this counts as what you three owe us! You’ll have to pay it back later, understand?”

“We understand, who knew these new wings would be so fragile? Good Leading Pigeon, don’t be angry.”

Ah Yuen also had an apologetic expression, comforting the angry good pigeon on the side. The three of them knew they had done something stupid, making the team’s already tight cash flow even more strained due to the fines.

Naturally, they were very obedient now, not talking back even when scolded by Leading Pigeon.

Spicy Gugu Chicken propped up his face, feeling the constant irritation and discomfort in his heart as a vampire in the daytime environment. He said:

“I think we’d better go to the sewers for now, and then go out to hunt gnolls after the sun sets. The vampire race is cool, but the daytime debuff is too uncomfortable.

In this situation, forget about fighting gnoll elites, I think even fighting ordinary Black Iron monsters would be difficult.”

“I know, we’re just coming out to scout,” said Leading Pigeon, vigorously shaking the basic healing potion he had just mixed in his hand to make the alchemical substances blend more smoothly. While busy, he said:

“We haven’t had much interaction with gnolls before, so we’re coming over now to see their strength and fighting style, and to mark out a target area. When night comes, we can start killing directly. The main thing is that we don’t know how this main quest hunting method works right now.

Is it the traditional ‘go somewhere and kill a certain number’?

Or is it a server-wide progress bar mode?

I asked the veterans in the camp before, and they told me that even in all of Transia, Black Iron Rank gnolls are rare, let alone elite monsters like den leaders.

My point is that even fighting ordinary gnolls is hard to increase skill proficiency, so we might as well leave that to the new players and focus on the important targets.

Maximize efficiency.”

“Hmm, that makes sense!”

Ah Yuen, hugging his dual blades, said:

“Gugu Chicken, Cheche, and I need to finish making our tomb badges before tonight to officially change professions. The Ebony Stone we applied for will be issued this afternoon, so we need to go to the sewers to find the ghost tomb later.

But I heard that during the three days we were dead from falling, Brother Stick organized his guild?”

“The guild system isn’t open yet,” said Does the Cyborg Snail Dream of Electronic Trees, who was applying poison to his vampire night claws without looking up.

“He just registered at the administrative office, formed a battle team. Besides him and Tiger Leopard Rider brothers, he also recruited 20 newcomers. I heard Brother Stick wants to train troops during this gnoll eradication operation.

We all know he’s always wanted to form a ‘large army’ to satisfy his desire to be a commander.”

“It’s not just for satisfaction,” Leading Pigeon shook his head and said:

Good pigeon narrowed his eyes and said:

“We certainly can’t compete with them during the day, but the night is our domain! Brother Stick needs to train newcomers, his large team operations are destined to only farm normal monsters. We’ll do the opposite! We’ll specifically kill elites at night!

One elite is worth 10 normal gnolls. As long as we kill enough and fast enough, we might not be inferior to them.

Ah Yuen, Gugu Chicken, Cheche, go back to the city now to change your profession to Tomb Guard. I’ll go back to register our team, and we’ll start farming tonight!”

“What about enemy detection?”

Miaomiao Shark questioned:

“Elite leaders won’t come out voluntarily for you to kill. The gnolls in this game aren’t stupid either. Once players mobilize en masse, they won’t stupidly stay in their dens.”

“Hmm, how about borrowing troops?”

Ah Yuen suddenly said:

“Ask Lord Murphy to lend us his powerful bird. That bird’s reconnaissance is very powerful. Last time when we killed the Spirit Hunter at the Circle Tower, it was guiding our direction from above our heads. We’re ‘Murphy’s Descendants’, the elder should give us this small favor, right?”

While the student party was still thinking and discussing tactics, Onboard Joy Stick at the front had already gotten carried away.

Under the sunlight, he wrapped himself up like a dumpling, riding on his tall horse and shouting:

“Brothers! The big score is right now! Brothers of the Crimson Hammer and Sickle Team, follow me! Find the nearest gnoll den! Start farming! Start farming! Farm the hell out of them!”

“Damn, Brother Stick, calm down.”

Tiger Leopard Rider brothers riding on horses next to him quickly pressed Onboard Joy Stick down to prevent him from growing wings and flying out. They shouted:

“We still need to lead the newcomers! They’re all waiting for your command, don’t rush in and fight hard by yourself.”

“I don’t care! That team first place is mine! Whoever dares to drag us down will face military law!”

Brother Stick gripped the reins and said in a deep voice:

“It’s time to show ordinary players the strength of our professional team. Lord Murphy said I don’t have much feeling for this land, I’ll let him see that I can also make the people of this land like me and worship me.”

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“Damn, this new main quest is actually a point pool mode? How cunning is that?”

On the game forum, the spectators had also seen the quest notifications fed back in real-time by the players. They were discussing one by one, but the Meow King sextet were already itching with impatience.

They had died in Heaven’s Chosen Grayman’s reconnaissance mission earlier and still needed a full day to resurrect. They were so anxious now that they were scratching their heads, wishing they could physically cross over.

The Four Heavenly Kings were also anxious.

They weren’t pursuing the first place in team rewards. Their small team couldn’t compare with Brother Stick in terms of numbers, let alone the student party. They also didn’t have the vampire’s night bonus and had to delay for a whole day. Now they could only hope for the individual reward list.

But Meow King’s social wisdom didn’t disappoint his brothers. He calmed himself down and said to his five brothers:

“We won’t compete with them. They should be going to the Baroness of Shadows’ territory. After we resurrect, we’ll go north to Baron of Leim’s territory. There are many trees and dense forests there, which is perfect for us Witch Hunters.

When the second phase opens, we’ll go directly to Count of Seicob’s territory further north.

I heard it’s all mountains and forests there, perfect for us to play to our strengths.”

“We can also seek support from fellow Witch Hunters!”

Little Hand reminded in the group:

“We’re all church friends, and gnolls seem to be one of the evil creatures that Witch Hunters need to eradicate. Guildmaster Natalie might be able to provide support, even if it’s just enemy detection and reconnaissance.”

“Ah, my great sword is already itching!”

Black Stockings Under the Keyboard shouted in the group like he was going crazy:

“That named blade that sounds so amazing is mine! Don’t anyone fight me for it!”

“But don’t forget that this reward mode is again about opening treasure chests,”

Day One No Fap said very desperately:

“With our luck, I think it’s doubtful.”

“How about we just sell the keys?”

Electronic Succubus Old Tune suggested:

“Specifically find those with great luck, like Sister Pomegranate. After she opens good items, we exchange keys with her? Even if we exchange two for one, we won’t lose.”

“Damn, you’re such a little clever one!”

Meow King exclaimed:

“Using others’ luck to meet our needs, excellent! Let’s do it! Also, find someone with great luck in the game. Our team really needs a super lucky person, really needs one.”