At this very moment, in the rustling underground city, a group of thirteen people were making their way down a dark slope.
The lack of torches and other lighting equipment did not affect their speed of travel.
The players have their own night vision cheat provided by Ed, which is the result of Ed simply editing and piecing together the genes of good people's eyes.
As for Silvis, although the old knight appears to be human, the undead of the Eternal Domain cannot be judged by common sense.
According to Silvis himself, these knights, protected by the Twin Kings, also possessed the ability of night vision.
Players didn't see anything wrong with this, after all, Xilǐ'er could still see his surroundings even after taking his head off, and even in terms of sheer weirdness, Silvis wasn't one of the worst.
The group continued on in the darkness, with strange noises occasionally emanating from the dilapidated houses and interconnected caves around them.
Many ugly monsters that grow randomly because they are in complete darkness will occasionally come into the players' view.
At first, they would clear them out, but after a while, they got too lazy to do so and just waited for the monsters to attack before retaliating, which saved them some stamina.
As the group reached the bottom of the slope, they found themselves in a relatively flat area, the broken bricks and rubble on the ground indicating the reason for its flatness.
All the buildings here have been destroyed.
Looking at the rubble that wasn't yet covered in dark green moss, the players roughly guessed that this was Silvis's masterpiece from a few months ago.
The old knight stood at the edge of the ruins, his enchanted knight's sword pointing forward:
"A part of my armor is right here."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes and began to seriously sense a part of his armor. Soon, a faint glow appeared in the distant ruins.
Just as the players were about to step forward to pick it up, an angry shout reached their ears.
"Roar!"
The deafening roar was reflected off the surrounding stone walls, amplifying its impact on the players' Fragility eardrums.
Soon someone posted a message in the internal group:
"Brothers, I've gone deaf again, but I haven't Imbalance."
"Add one."
"Add one."
"Standard formation, prepare for battle!"
[ Elderly and Children Fly First ] Seeing that everyone was only deaf and not Imbalance or degenerated, he immediately made several hand gestures.
The team members, led by [ Benevolent Father Above ], immediately dispersed to the surrounding area. One person began to skillfully lure the monsters, while the others looked for opportunities to attack from behind.
Silvis looked at the tall figure rising from the ruins and shouted loudly, regardless of whether the Soul Returner could hear him:
"It's Blood Corpse Troll!"
One player with better physical condition was the first to regain his hearing and immediately shared the news with the players' internal group.
Troll?
This was the first time the players had ever seen this kind of monster.
However, with the addition of Duma, players are not entirely ignorant about the demon race.
The demon shared much of the information it knew with the Soul Returner.
Overjoyed fans compiled the information and uploaded it to the official website's encyclopedia.
As top-tier players, everyone present naturally paid attention to the changes in the official character guide.
Therefore, information about trolls quickly came to mind.
Trolls are a race of demons whose physical strength is inversely proportional to their intelligence.
It possesses high physical defense and physical attack power, and is almost incompatible with Psionic Energy.
You can gain the power of an entire clan simply by defeating the strongest one in a group head-on.
They are an excellent choice for the first wave of siege cannon fodder (this is Duma's original words).
After the Demonic Tide broke out, subduing trolls became much easier.
All it takes is for a powerful vampire to infect the leader of a group of trolls, and the remaining trolls will obediently accept the infection and become part of the Blood Corpse.
After becoming Blood Corpse, the trolls, who were originally only good at physical attacks, are essentially enchanted, making them even more troublesome and dangerous.
Realizing that the Blood Corpse before them were no ordinary ones, the three player teams immediately began to cooperate.
They didn't need to kill the troll in front of them, although it would be better if they could.
However, if they cannot do so, they don't need to worry too much; they just need to create suitable attacking opportunities for Silvis.
And controlling the game is exactly what players excel at...
After a period of intense fighting, the Blood Corpse Troll's space for maneuver had been reduced by more than half.
Meanwhile, more than one player also noticed the troll's problem.
It appears to be wearing a gleaming metal thumb ring on its right thumb.
Clearly, those are fragments of Silvis's armor.
However, that thing was not actually a thumb ring, but rather the ankle brace for Silvis's right foot.
Damn, those limbs are way too thick!
[ Easily Soluble in Water ] He thought to himself, then poured the oil he had collected along the way onto the troll in front of him.
Taking advantage of the troll lowering its head, he leaped into the air and unleashed a fireball just big enough to light a cigarette:
"Please call me the Props Master."
After shouting this, [ Easily Soluble in Water ] fell onto the ground beside him.
The fireball struck the fuel, and the entire troll instantly turned into a burning bonfire.
The player named [ Read Without Replying ] was punched head-on by the troll. Although he tried his best to avoid the attack which was infused with Corpse Poison, the burning oil was thrown onto him due to inertia.
[ Read Without Replying ]'s hair instantly turned to ashes. He chopped off his specially styled long hair and shouted at [ Easily Soluble in Water ], who was waiting for his teammates' praise:
"Damn it, I almost got killed!"
"Can you please stop putting fire buffs on these painless monsters? They'll really kill people!"
[ Easily Soluble in Water ] also realized its mistake.
He had previously relied on fire as a good method when dealing with insects and Aberration monsters, which led him to become somewhat dependent on it.
However, it now appears that not all situations are suitable for using fire as a weapon.
This is a good idea for creatures whose genes are etched with a fear of fire, but for trolls, who are already insensitive to pain, it's more like giving them a buff that burns their health and increases their attack.
Keeping this in mind, [ Easily Soluble in Water ] jumped up and began trying other combinations of items.
Meanwhile, Silvis, carrying his longsword, patrolled the area and soon arrived in the troll's blind spot.
The moment the players combined their strength to subdue the troll, Silvis's knight's sword suddenly lit up, shining as if it had transformed into a lightsaber.
He leaped into the air, his sword flashing in a full moon-like arc, gently slicing off most of the troll's head.
The brain matter, stained with black Blood Poison patterns, spilled onto the ground, and the troll's body slowly collapsed.
The two players responsible for dragging the monster quickly dodged to avoid being hit, while Silvis swiftly moved to the troll's right hand and severed the monster's finger with a single sword strike.
The ankle armor emitted a faint yellow glow, and under Silvis's guidance, it briefly blurred as if it had found its own kind, before reappearing on his right ankle.