I have to admit that Qilian, the "humanoid plug-in", is quite useful. Although she cannot display her abilities, she can still contribute in some ordinary ways. She can observe the surroundings and reduce some of the burden on Rhodes in this way. Of course, this is limited to her own level. If you want to have a clever eye and a happy ear, it is impossible.

But even so, it is enough for Qilian. She is not a human being, and is much more sensitive than human beings in terms of senses. Not to mention that in this dark and narrow tunnel pit, she can easily detect the number, distance, direction, and speed of the other party at a certain distance.

Of course, Rhode himself could not do this, but he was really too busy to be distracted now. Although the process of killing the three mercenaries was very short, it included Rhode's large amount of calculations and preparations.

The mission of "Devil's Whisper" was initially inspired by the player. During the exploration of the underground mine, the player will randomly encounter a dwarf attacking him frantically. After killing the other party, they can find some abnormal existences from the corpse, and then the mission is triggered. The player needs to return to the ground with these abnormal intelligence. After investigating a series of organizations such as miners, churches, and mercenary associations, they discovered the secret. It turned out that there was a passage connected to hell in the depths of the mine pit. This passage existed a long time ago, even when there was no Deep Rock City. It affected everything around and became a place for demons and devils to seduce mortals. Of course, in the end, justice defeated evil and the road was re-closed.

But those evil ritual places did not disappear. After years of experience, the people attracted by the ore had long forgotten the original legend and warning. They greedily raised their hoes and dug up the originally closed tunnel again. The dwarf was one of them. He accidentally walked to the evil ritual places because he was lost and accidentally drank the spring water inside. It was said that the water came from hell and was full of demonic nature.

After drinking that spring water, people will feel that they have become extremely powerful, but this power is time-sensitive and disappears with the passage of time. At that time, you have to drink it again to maintain your strength. It is like taking drugs. You can never give up the addiction to powerful power, and the pain and despair after losing this power are absolutely unbearable.

After completing the investigation, the Mercenary Association, Deep Rock City and the Church jointly formed a powerful team and went downstairs to find and close this evil place.

From here, the task is time-limited. If the player moves fast enough to investigate the results in the shortest time and then destroy it. Then everything will be peaceful next, and the players who complete the task will get a lot of experience, rewards and equipment. But if the player is slow, then when they arrive underground, they will find a terrible result - that is, almost one-third of the people living underground in Deep Rock City have already drunk this spring water under the temptation of the dwarf and completely changed.

They became terrifying demons. They were called by the Devil Lord and began to carry out the ritual of lifting the passage seal, while players and other forces became their attack targets at this moment. In the narrow tunnel, countless demon creatures appeared in it, surrounding the entire team. It would be fine if the players could cooperate with the team to eliminate these guys. If they could not be eliminated, the mission would "evolve" to the third level - destroying the investigation team, and the underground residents who were hosted by the demons would rush out of the surface and launch an attack on the entire Deep Rock City.

This task cheated many players at that time because the time setting is a hidden attribute. There was only a warning like "Complete as soon as possible, otherwise there may be unimaginable consequences" in the task prompts that the player received. However, how could players who have played countless games take such empty words seriously? They were scared to us?

Moreover, there are many branch tasks in the investigation, which are either troublesome or waste time. So many times, although players trigger the task, they simply shook their hands and refused to do it when they saw that the task was so troublesome. I had already upgraded to several levels at this time, so why are I still staying in this ghost place?

Fortunately, it was a game. If it failed, it could be refreshed and started over again. If the brave man did this in reality, the world would have been destroyed hundreds of times...

Rhode completed the task purely for luck. After completing the task of "Hazard of the Demons", he was also concerned about the hidden task in the game. It was at that time that he was cheated by unknown players. The demons who rushed to the surface killed each other in Deep Rock City, and finally shocked the Golden City to deal with the trouble. Rhode was also curious about the task because of this incident, so he finally decided to try it and completed the task at a critical moment.

So he still knows this mission very well. And because of this, Rhode also understood why the danger level of this mission was much lower than before. After all, in the previous mission, players were at level 30 to 40 when they met the dwarf. At that time, these people didn't know how long they had been drinking the magic water, so their strength was naturally extremely powerful. But now the Emerald Tears Mercenary Group has only been underground for a few days, and even if their strength increases, it is quite limited. This is probably why he can receive the mission now.

Rhode knew very well that under the influence of the "Demon Water" buff, these mercenaries should have a strength of about level 20, and their attributes at this moment must be demons. As a complete war angel, the sacred power released by Celia will definitely have a great effect on weakening them. That's why he chose this way of fighting - first, he ordered Celia to weaken the enemy's attributes through sneak attacks, and then cast sword skills to entangle them. Then Celia can take the opportunity to launch a sudden attack. Although she may also be injured or even killed by her sword light blade, as a summoning elf, at most, it's all about spending her soul power to attack again.

And those mercenaries definitely don’t think so much about life and death like Celia, after all, their lives are only once.

Although the "Kamikaze Dog" actually meets Rhode's requirements, looking at this already fragile mine, Rhode temporarily gave up the crazy idea - he didn't want to be buried underground at such a young age.

Rhodes played just right.

Less than five seconds after he and Celia disappeared into the darkness at the end of the tunnel, the murderous mercenaries rushed over. It was obvious that they were also very angry at the moment. The ferocious faces were full of murderous intent, physical pain, the burden of the underground suppressed environment, and the fear of their companions being attacked for no reason were turned into anger. They couldn't wait to find the culprit and then make a good meal.

Unfortunately, the cruel reality ruthlessly shattered their thoughts. All they saw was the tunnel that had traces of battle and was about to collapse. Apart from this, there was nothing else, and even the bodies of their companions could not be found.

This made the mercenaries scream in anger, and at the same time they also felt a little scared. They had been killed three times in a row, and their companions were killed and even the bodies were not visible. The murderer was still missing. How could he fight? Should he leave here first? Then he would like to see the situation?

As for avenging your friends, this mercenary group has not yet been completed. It would be nice to know who else’s surname and who is the one who comes from? Where do you get friends?

At this time, it’s better to rely on yourself for everything.

After the initial anger, some mercenaries calmed down and proposed the idea of ​​leaving here.

But Frank rejected the suggestion.

He had his own considerations. It seemed that this mysterious attacker was not as powerful as they thought. When facing one person, the other party could kill him quietly, but when he met three people, he could not do so. This shows that the enemy's strength is limited. Since it is limited, it is much easier to deal with.

So he changed his mind decisively.

"Oh? It seems that they are not stupid."

When Rhode saw five fully armed mercenaries slowly advancing along the tunnel, he opened his eyes curiously and then whispered to himself.

Frank's correspondence is very simple. He just changed the three-person team to five.

But this is the biggest trouble for Rhodes.

You should know that his current goal is not just to kill these guys—if it is really just like this, then he doesn’t even need the help of Celia, and he can do it alone. But what Rhodes needs now is to "be able to kill quickly and accurately in the shortest time."

He can't handle this alone.

The five people also exceeded Rhode's limit on this requirement. Of course he could kill them, and there was absolutely no problem. But Rhode could not guarantee that after killing them this time, he would slip away quietly like before. You must know that even last time was very lingering.

Although it would be fine to use some means to separate them and defeat them one by one, looking at the "intimate" look of the five mercenaries who were pressing their backs against their chests, Rhodes suspected that their first reaction after the attack was not to catch up but to immediately call for reinforcements, and by that time his plan would go bankrupt.

And they can't come forward casually. The pressure on these mercenaries is so high now because they don't know the specific number, type, or even race of the other party. The unknown is always the biggest source of fear. The more they think, the more beneficial it will be to Rhodes. However, once they know the truth of the matter, it will be even more difficult to deal with with with a strong courage.

"Do you want to attack? Master?"

Following Rhodes, Celia asked worriedly and cautiously.

Rhode thought for a moment, and finally shook his head.

"Observe first and then talk about it."

As he said that, he took the initiative to retreat and disappeared silently into the tunnel.

When it comes to familiarity with this place, those mercenaries were obviously incomparable to Rhodes. He remembered every road, every gap, every dead end, and every secret passage here. After exploring around, Rhodes finally investigated the number of people on the other side. Now the Jade Tears are divided into three groups, each group of five people, investigating around at a distance of not far or near, which is obviously instructed. Because they would shout every time they walked, and then continue to move forward after hearing the reply from their companions.

This is a problem, and the possibility of breaking one by one is ruled out.

Rhodes had considered stopping, but after thinking about it, he still felt that this was more dangerous. You must know that under the ground, he was at least sure to intercept these guys. When they arrived on the ground, the sea would be wide and the fish would leap and the sky would be high and the birds would fly. If there was a disaster left, it would be even more difficult to come to the door in the future.

Once and for all is the best solution.

So what should I do?

And just as Rhode was worried, Qi Lian's voice sounded again.

"Master, I don't think you have to worry about these fish at all. It's just a group of walking experience points. Why bother you? If you want me, just clean them up and take them away!"

Stop it in one pot?

Thinking of this, Rhodes' eyes flashed.

This method may be a try.

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Chapter completed!