Ten in the evening, after four hours of advancing, all the barbarians were finally killed, but not a single piece of gold was dropped. It was clear how rare gold was at this stage, but three more silver pieces were dropped, causing Su Xi Ran, Hai Hai, and Zywane to change their equipment.
After returning to the NPC's side, when we once again submitted our mission, Ma Meng no longer cared. He waved his hand and said, "The rewards given to me by the imperial government will now all be handed over to you!"
"Ding ~!"
System Notification: Congratulations, you have completed the quest [Betrayal Fourth Chapter: Flatten, Kill all Barbarians in the Fire Rock Fortress] (B-level Quest:), you have received + 200000 EXP, + 100 Gold Coins, + 150 Reputation, and an additional reward of [Secret Treasure Scroll Up [Gold level]!
… ….
Shortly after, the system beeped once again.
"Ding!"
System Notification: Congratulations, your reputation has risen to 500 points, your reputation in the Light Faction has risen by leaps and bounds, you have gained the title of "Instant"!
"Swish!"
A thread of golden light enveloped his body, enveloping him with a faint feeling of warmth. Finally, he reached level 41! Furthermore, there was actually a secret treasure scroll. Opening it, one could see that it was the key to finding the hidden treasure space.
At this moment, Su Xi Ran's small face was flushed red. He raised his head to look at us and said: "I got the scroll with the palm secret treasure. Did you guys get it?"
Lin Che was surprised. "I have a middle volume, who has a first volume?"
"Roll up here."
I said in a deep voice, "Give it to me. I want to complete the Secret Treasure Scroll so that we can see what it is."
"Yes, yes."
I could faintly feel that we were about to trigger an incredible thing. When the other two fragments landed in my hands, I immediately assembled them into a complete Mysterious Treasure Scroll. After I selected and used it, a bell immediately rang by my ear — —
"Ding!"
System Notification: Congratulations on activating the Secret Treasure Scroll, the location of the Secret Treasure is (2471, 10373). Please bring the scroll to the coordinates, then you can open the seal and enter the mysterious map.
"The coordinates are here."
I opened the map and looked at it. "The map that is right next to us will arrive in at most five minutes. There's a problem right now. The map might be dangerous. Do you want to go?"
"Go, find wealth from danger!" Lin Che said.
Su Xi Ran also smiled and nodded: "Mm, let's go take a look first. If we really can't beat them, we should withdraw and continue leveling with other maps. We won't delay any longer."
"Alright, let's go. Everyone be careful on the way."
"Yes."
Other than me, Level 38 for Lin Che, Level 37 for Su Xiran, Level 37 for Wang Jianhai, and Level 36 for Zhang Wei. After going through the two maps of the Immortal Trail Forest, Fire Stone Fortress, and the four consecutive quests, everyone's level has been raised by two to three levels. The team's average level has also come up.
After walking out of the Firestone Fortress, we left the canyon. When we stepped onto a nameless map, the road ahead was covered in fog and we couldn't see anything after five steps. We could only walk carefully until we arrived at the location of the secret treasure map.
"Could the System be deceiving us?" Wang Jinghai frowned.
"Not at all."
I looked ahead and compared the coordinates of the secret treasure. I was also at a loss.
Su Xi Ran said: "Do you want to try using the scroll again?"
"Alright."
When I once again focused my thoughts on the map and confirmed its use, the fog in front of me immediately dispersed and a faint golden light circulated within the fog, as though it was the disappearance of Montage. The forest in front of me had already changed greatly, and with a flash of white light, a towering green tower appeared in front of me, each floor of the tower is at least ten meters tall, a total of seven levels.
"Beep!"
System Notification: You have activated the danger map [Demon General Gu Sha]!
… ….
"The map is out — — Demon General Gu Sha!" Su Xi Ran excitedly took my arm with a face full of joy.
"Yes, Demon General Gu Sha."
I nodded my head, but at that moment, the sound of the System's bell rang out in the sky above Colossal Deer City.
"Ding!"
System Announcement: Everyone, please take note that the player [What's next] has activated a new map at the coordinates of the map (2471, 10373). The ancient demon within the map has been sealed for a thousand years.
"F * ck me …"
Lin Che was speechless, "Isn't this system too wicked? There was actually a public announcement. Was he afraid that the few of us would take the map for ourselves? Damn it... This is too disgusting! "
I couldn't help but laugh bitterly, "There's nothing we can do about this war, it's almost impossible to secretly find a good map. Let's go, we don't have much time left, we'll soon have a large number of high level players entering the demon general's place. The closest map will only take around fifteen minutes, so we'll try our best to enter."
"Mm, yes, I'm going up!"
I immediately mounted on a wild donkey, and walked up the stone steps in front of the ancient city. I gently pushed open the sealed door, and immediately, countless demonic qi surged out, giving off the feeling that the heavens and the earth were about to devour the human world. In the first level of the demon general Gu Sha, when I stepped into it, the small map automatically became a map.
The voice of the System resounded in his ears, "Several hundred years ago, a young commander of the Empire's Colossal Deer City had his soul occupied by a demon spirit. He became incomparably evil and started a war that would harm people for dozens of years. Young souls will never be able to rest. When the seal opens, the evil demon will descend upon the mortal world. He will control the army of the old tribe and sweep across the mortal world, bringing about a new disaster! "
When I heard this, I felt goosebumps all over my body. Was a general who had died for so many years leading an army of Undead to once again invade the Heavenly Path Continent? If so, we are the instigators, but. Currently, the level of players and NPCs were both low. Everyone was well aware that even if there was an army of Undeads, what kind of waves would they be able to create?
Stepping onto the first level of the map, he was surrounded by a blood-red demonic aura, as well as strands of dark mist. It was extremely eerie.
In front of us, there are monsters already, death demon soldiers with ancient battle bows in their hands, they are standing on the spot, their entire bodies wrapped in a layer of blood-red cocoons, like a cocoon of cicadas, when I was almost 100 yards away, they already started to slowly move, the cocoons on their bodies started to constantly peel off, perhaps because of the wind in the ancient lake, due to the presence of air, the seals on their bodies immediately turned into dust, and very quickly, a pair of blood-red eyes opened, staring at us uninvited guests.
[Longbow Demon Soldier] (Gold rank monster)
Level: 43
Attack: 500-850
Defense: 180
Qi and blood: 9000
Skills: [Tristar Orb] [Rapid Shooting] [Armor Pierce Arrow]
Description: These archers were loyal soldiers who followed the demon generals. They were once the most outstanding archers of the empire, but after failing to follow the demon generals, they lost their lives and their souls were sealed in the ancient battlefield. After many years of guarding their master, these longbow demon soldiers are very fierce.
… ….
Although these Long Bow Demon Soldiers had low HP and defense, their attack power was ridiculously strong. One arrow with a skill could probably deal over a thousand damage. It was extremely terrifying.
"Can we start fighting now?" Su Xi Ran asked.
"Don't worry."
I shook my head. "Since we are here, there must be a lot of people who are here right away. If that's the case … … "Why don't we lure in the monsters for a bit? The Long Bow Demon Soldiers' attacks are way too terrifying. A dozen of them can block the door for a very long time, and that's enough for all the other players to die. It's great that no one is bothering us."
"You sure have a lot of tricks up your sleeves..." Su Xi Ran pursed his red lips.
I immediately activated my Glory Shield and charged over, quickly attracting over a dozen demon soldiers' aggro value. They all activated a barrage of skills, and in the first round of attacks, I hastily used my defensive stance, causing an endless keng keng sound. The arm that was holding onto the Flowing Gold Shield trembled, while my vital energy and blood dropped by 3000 +, the damage is too terrifying.
"Be careful..." Lin Che said.
As I ran back, I tried to increase the distance between us as much as possible so that I wouldn't get hurt. "You guys hurry up and go around me. Don't worry about me."
"En!"
The moment I attracted them to the door, I suddenly charged towards the archers in the back row. I raised my hand and consumed an Immortal Blood Pill with 1800 HP, then activated my Swift Speed Skill at the same time, immediately increasing my movement speed. Adding the speed of my mount, in the blink of an eye, I was already 200 yards away from the Longbow Demon Soldiers, which caused the focus of their hatred to disappear, causing the dozen Longbow Demon Soldiers to stand blankly at the entrance, waiting for new visitors.
Wang Qianghai looked into the distance and felt a lingering fear in his heart. He rubbed his nose and said, "Boss, aren't we being a little disloyal by doing this?"
"What do you mean by 'loyal' in the game?"
I held the Star Rain Sword and said, "Retreat ten thousand steps. We clearly know that I was the one who opened this map of the demon general Gu Sha. People who are friends with me will never come back to snatch resources from me.
"That's right."
Su Xi Ran smiled and nodded: "Captain Ding's words have hit the nail right on the head. Those who can come are basically the enemy, there's no need to talk about righteousness and benevolence."
"Go, push forward."
"En!"
… ….
Charge + Barrier Break + Double Stab. In the darkness, we pushed our way forward all the way until we reached the first floor, then after we had walked three wrong paths and killed nearly thirty Longbow Demon Soldiers, there was finally a glimmer of light in front of us. It was the entrance to the second floor map.