"Buzz buzz buzz~"
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] led the way on Soldier Bee Pro, while Bennett, sitting in a wheelchair, was held between the two pairs of insect legs by a giant Soldier Bee. [ Soaring Clouds ] led his subordinates behind the Soldier Bee on foot.
Ignoring Bennett's utterly dejected expression, the group's journey proceeded relatively smoothly.
Although Soaring Clouds wasn't particularly caring towards his employees, they didn't pursue the matter further, considering that their boss was also walking.
Even before winter, some of the Blood Corpse near the Second Holy See area had already begun to revive and were besieged by players.
Therefore, the group did not encounter any obstacles at the beginning of their journey. The only problem was that the ground was a bit muddy due to the thawing, which slowed down their progress.
After leaving the buffer zone set up by players during the [ Bloody Night ] period, the group advanced for another hour, and things finally took a turn for the better.
The [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] in the sky marked a location on the minimap and then announced it in the public voice channel:
"There are already a few Blood Corpse in this direction, so keep an eye out. Make sure you have all your weapons ready, just in case something unexpected happens."
After a short while of regrouping as he instructed, the ten members of the [ Soaring Clouds ] Studio were fully armed.
However, unlike traditional full-armored suits, the members of Soaring Sky Studio were only wearing the thinnest armor, which could barely withstand the charge of the Vine Sheep, but it was quite resilient and seemed capable of protecting against the stabs of some sharp weapons.
Hearing [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ]'s reminder, they put their bulging backpacks on the ground and then only tucked some tools into their waistbands.
Unlike typical combat-oriented Soul Returner, they don't carry short swords or axes at their waists, but rather pairs of specially treated pliers.
In their hands were shovels, hoes, and some common tools from Dragonborn Village.
[ Soaring Clouds ] clapped his hands and said to everyone:
"Brothers, let me repeat our mission—killing Blood Corpse is not the top priority; that's something only those guys who want to sell Blood Corpse heads for money do. What we need to do is capture them alive. We'll have the vampire count lure the Blood Corpse from the vicinity over little by little, then we'll dispose of them on the spot, string them together, and take them back to Valhalla. Someone will be there to meet us."
A member of Soaring Sky Studio asked:
"Boss, what about the count you mentioned earlier? Weren't we supposed to capture the count?"
[ Soaring Clouds ] nodded and said:
"We do want to capture the Earl, but how easy is it to capture one? Let's clear out the Blood Corpse nearby first, otherwise, if he wakes up and gives a command, we'll be surrounded. Besides, ten of us are simply not enough. Once we confirm the Earl's location, I'll call the other big brothers to come and help."
Everyone nodded in agreement. They had only known Soaring Clouds's general plan before, and only now did they understand the full picture of the operation.
Seeing that no one had any further objections, [ Soaring Clouds ] began to direct the operation. He first looked at [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] in the sky and said:
"Dude, you can start luring the monsters now. Remember not to attract too many at once. If we attract more than twenty, it will be difficult to capture them alive; we'll have to kill them, which would be too much of a loss."
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ] symbolically pressed his ear, although the voice was actually ringing in his head.
"Okay, leave it to me!"
As he spoke, he shifted his body like a nimble rider from a nomadic tribe, peering down to the side of the Soldier Bee and looking directly at Bennett in the wheelchair from a slightly elevated position.
"Hey, chief engineer, huh? Time to get to work."
Bennett's expression remained unchanged; he simply asked in a hoarse voice:
What do you need me to do?
"Simple. Activate a small-scale gathering spell, with a radius of about one kilometer. Once I give the order, immediately cancel the spell, and then let those Blood Corpse follow you."
The player's instructions sounded somewhat complicated, but for Bennett at this point, it wasn't impossible for him to do them.
Before being captured by players and turned into a Pokémon, Bennett's main fighting style was close-quarters combat. As for the ordinary Blood Corpse that followed him?
They're nothing more than his own healing pack and cannon fodder.
However, his position as chief engineer over the past few months has given him a wealth of experience in manipulating Blood Corpse.
Being confined to a wheelchair prevented him from using his hand-to-hand combat skills; he could only refine his control over the Blood Corpse as much as possible, so that he could make these creatures work for him.
After listening to [ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ]'s request, Bennett nodded and said in a very serious manner:
"Okay, I'll start now."
After saying that, a surge of vampire Psionic Energy began to slowly spread outwards from Bennett.
[ Autumn Light and Osmanthus Shadows ], who had just finished communicating with the vampire, began to communicate with the Soldier Bee she was sitting on. It was unclear what precise command she used, but the Soldier Bee quickly began "cruising at a constant speed" in the air, like a helicopter, and swept across the Wilderness of Chaos in front of her at a moderate speed.
As for the ground positions, the members of [ Soaring Clouds ] Studio were not idle either, and under the command of [ Soaring Clouds ] himself, they all began to take action.
As accounts belonging to the studio, each player with the prefix " Soaring Clouds " may have slightly different initial attributes, but the allocation of attribute points must always be in accordance with the orders of the boss, [ Soaring Clouds ].
Since most of the game content for studio players involves farming gold, the main attributes they allocate points to are basically only [Strength] and [Constitution]. Unsurprisingly, all the special attributes are also allocated to [ Plant Compatibility ], which currently seems to be the most suitable for beginners and gold farming accounts.
So, under the boss's arrangement, several players with high strength attributes started digging a large pit on the spot.
The muddy ground slowed their movement, but it was actually a good thing for the excavation.
The shovels and hoes were easily driven into the ground, and several players piled the slightly sticky soil around the edge, deepening the pit while using the excavated soil to build a fence.
This large pit will serve as their temporary "warehouse" for storing harmless, Blood Corpse.
Other players who primarily focused on increasing their constitution attribute had other tasks.
The [Constitution] attribute is mainly linked to players' stamina and health, so these players have a higher maximum health than those who are digging a pit.
[ Soaring Clouds ] had already found a job direction for these pure "tanks".
These players inserted the pre-prepared Aberration plant plugins into their bodies, using their own health bars to rapidly accelerate their growth.