Cataclysm King

After the college instructor finished speaking, everyone entered the Tower of Babel one after another.

The surrounding environment changed, and the six of Ji Xun also appeared near a cabin that looked like a lumberyard.

Enlightenment also appeared immediately.

"You have entered the Ariel Royal Academy Proving Ground "The Bandits of the Black Crow Castle""

"Mortality rate in this space: None"

"Current plot difficulty level: D"

"Space exploration progress: 0%"

"Keywords: team, exploration, adventure"

"Mission: A group of bandits who don't know where they came from are entrenched in the ancient abandoned castle. They are harassing and plundering the surrounding villages. The Sheriff of Silver Fir Lord has issued a reward order. You and your teammates came here after hearing the news. As a bounty hunter, the current mission is to kill at least one bandit. Killing plot targets will earn points and complete the mission to obtain plot-related mission prop card pool rewards. Explore the plot and discover the surprises hidden in history."

"Clue: It is a haunted castle that has been abandoned for a hundred years. It is said that some villagers once saw the castle brightly lit, as if a lascivious dance was being held;"

As soon as he entered the space, Ji Xun habitually glanced at the contents of Enlightenment.

Experience has proven that these seemingly simple task prompts often hide the key to the plot of the entire trial space.

For example:

Just by looking at it, Ji Xun had already deduced a rough idea of ​​the plot of this space.

The D-level plot is just an introduction, and it is extremely difficult to kill a bandit; and following the castle line, you can trigger the more difficult C-B level plot; the last "haunted castle" is most likely a hidden plot, and the difficulty is It should be A grade.

As for S-level plots, they are usually not explicitly mentioned in enlightenment.

However, just because he could understand the difficulty of the plot at a glance, Ji Xun immediately muttered in his mind: "Is the difficulty so low?"

Probably because he had dealt with too many difficult plot spaces, and now looking at this "Bandits of the Black Crow Castle", he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

But he changed his mind and thought: "That's right. After all, it's just the academy's trial space that is controlled by the academy. The difficulty is not too outrageous."

In just a moment, most of the interest was lost.

The only thing left in his mind was thinking about how to trigger advanced plots as much as possible and get more credits.

The entire space was enlightened, and the only thing that surprised him was the "0%" exploration degree.

I have virtually participated in the exploration of different-dimensional spaces of various difficulties, but this is the first time I have encountered it.

This means that this is a space that no one has ever come in to explore.

He didn't know why, but when he saw this place, he always had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"It's strange, why do you always feel like there's something wrong?"

Although Ji Xun's clone is only at the first level.

But the ability to perceive the mysterious aspects related to the soul comes from the ontology.

In other words, he sensed some premonitions that his level should not have sensed.

Not necessarily dangerous.

It was more like some things hidden under the logical reasoning were ignored, which allowed him to sense that there might be variables in the deduction.

But in the academy trial, the cause and effect are clear, so where do the variables come from?

A team of six enters the space.

Ji Xun finished reading the enlightenment content in an instant, and at this moment, he heard the exclamations of his teammates.

"Wow, it's really magical. Is this the trial space? I've long heard adventurers say that the other-dimensional space is the same as the real world. It turns out that's true."

"It's true. But this space element is too barren."

"Hahaha, what the heck. We won't stay here forever anyway. Have you seen the mission? It's about suppressing bandits. I really like this. As long as you kill enough, your clearance rating will definitely be high!"

"Yes. This is a medium-sized trial scenario with 500 people. The number of bandits is limited. We have to hurry up, otherwise others will kill all the bandits and we will lose points."

"Hey, hey, don't you see, this is 'exploration mode'. It's not as simple as killing."

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Although their team is very strong, apart from Ji Xun, only David, a former mercenary, has entered the extradimensional space.

Entering the space for the first time, everyone couldn't help but be a little excited.

After hearing Gang Duoduo's round, David, who has experienced the dangers of the alien space, couldn't help but remind: "Everyone should be careful. It's only D level difficulty now. Once the difficulty level is B level or above, even we will have a chance of death. ”

He paused and then reminded: "Although the number of kills does affect the clearance evaluation, in the actual 'exploration mode', high settlement rewards are usually obtained when difficult plot missions or hidden missions are triggered."

"David is right!"

After saying this, the excitement in the eyes of other teammates also dimmed a lot.

They also realized that only David in the team had experienced an extra-dimensional space.

They are all teammates and there is nothing wrong with it. The dwarves don't want to use their brains. Gang Duoduo couldn't help but be curious and asked: "David, how do you trigger a difficult mission?"

David shrugged: "I don't know either. At present, it seems that it should be related to the Black Crow Castle."

Upon hearing this, Gang Duoduo patted his thick heavy armor and eagerly suggested: "How about we go directly to the castle? I think we have to complete at least the A-level mission this time before we can break into the top three in the trial assessment. Ten. If you are in the top ten, you may have to complete more tasks.”

They are the star team of the academy. With that level of ability, of course they go for the list rewards.

The teammates all thought so.

Even Ji Xun is the same.

And Gang Duoduo's idea is also correct.

Normal people will think that the high-difficulty plot must be in the Black Crow Castle when they see the plot prompt.

Going too late, I am afraid that someone will get there first.

However, this is not the case.

Ji Xun is also interested in going directly to the castle to take a look and seize the opportunity.

But he knows very well that the exploration mode is not a simple killing task, but a test of the adventurer's wisdom.

You need to dig deep for clues to trigger some high-difficulty hidden plots.

Ji Xun certainly knows everything, but he didn't say anything.

As long as the general direction of this trial is not a problem, he doesn't plan to perform too outstanding.

Moreover, David's experience was enough for this kind of trial. He suggested: "I think we should go to the nearby human territory first to confirm the situation of the bandits before taking action, so that we can dig out some side plots as much as possible. And I always feel that if the local sheriff is helpless, the bandits may not be that simple."

After saying this, Seri also said: "Yeah. I also think it's better to be safe. After all, if it is an A-level difficulty plot, the mortality rate will be very high."

Zhuo Sha and Gale also nodded in agreement.

D-level difficulty is an entry-level task that can be completed casually, and the difficulty is usually lower than the adventurer's strength level;

C-level tasks are tasks with the same difficulty as their own strength;

B-level tasks require the trialist's wisdom and tactical arrangements, and the trialist has a high probability of death;

The mortality rate of A-level difficulty is extremely high, and it is likely that the task can only be completed normally at a higher level;

S-level, it is a life-or-death situation, with almost only a glimmer of hope. According to the level, it is basically two levels higher in difficulty.

These contents have been taught by instructors in the adventure class of the academy.

But only after truly experiencing the high-difficulty plot, can you deeply understand the feeling of death following you like a shadow.

No one knows it better than Ji Xun.

Because even David has only completed the highest difficulty space of Class B.

Ji Xun is at the logging site outside the village, and a bonfire can be seen with the naked eye a few kilometers away.

However, just as they were about to set off, a gorgeous magic firework exploded in the sky not far away, transforming into a purple dragon.

"It's the family's assembly signal!"

"Yes. And it's the signal sent by the young master."

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This "Bandits in Black Crow Castle" has a total of more than 500 students, which means nearly 100 teams.

And the Landon family also has several teams in the academy.

Everyone is randomly assigned to the trial space, so it's normal to meet.

Before coming in, Young Master Sack had arranged that if any team meets in the space, they will cooperate with each other and try to get a higher assessment.

Ji Xun and the other six didn't expect that by such a coincidence, they actually ran into Young Master Sack's team.

Sending a signal in the wild means encountering danger.

The signal was still directed at Young Master Sak.

The six people did not dare to delay and rushed all the way towards the direction of the fireworks.

There was a cedar forest that shone like silver on the hillside where everyone was. The plot suggested that this was the "Silver Fir Logging Site".

I thought they might have encountered a monster.

However, when Ji Xun and the other six rushed over, they saw something flying "whoosh" in the dense tree canopy above their heads.

It was very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The "UFO" was too fast, and Ji Xun and the other six could not catch up, so they did not chase it.

Instead, they rushed to the place where the signal was triggered as soon as possible.

At this glance, Young Master Sak had transformed into a half-dragon form, and was looking at the body of the guard on the ground with a sullen face.

Ji Xun glanced at the body, and inexplicably thought of something, and his pupils shrank slightly.

The six people arrived and immediately changed into a defensive formation.

Serri looked at the corpse on the ground, frowned, and asked: "Master, what happened?"

The five people following Sack were all direct knights of the Landon family. Although the individual strength may be weaker than Ji Xun's team, this team is considered first-class in the academy in terms of equipment and team tacit understanding since childhood.

However, now, just after entering the space, someone died?

Ji Xun also guessed that the murderer might be the black shadow that just flew away from the top of his head.

Sack's face was dark and he didn't say anything, his eyes were full of solemnity, and a guard explained: "We were attacked by a monster just now."

Ji Xun and others certainly knew that they were attacked by a monster.

But what kind of attack could kill such a first-class team in a short time?

Sack and his men joined forces, not to mention the first-level monsters, even the second-level monsters.

Is it an A-level plot?

It shouldn't be so difficult to come in.

The guard knew what Ji Xun and the others were wondering about, but he seemed to have not figured it out himself, and said uncertainly: "We appeared here just now and found a guy who was sneaking around and seemed to be investigating something. We thought it was a character in the plot, so we wanted to catch him and ask him about it. We didn't expect that the monster was very strong, so we started fighting."

Seli saw that the other party stopped here again, and frowned and asked: "Is it a second-level?"

The guard looked embarrassed, and after a moment of silence, he said: "No. It should be a first-level."

"???"

As soon as this was said, Gang Duoduo and the others all showed puzzled looks.

How could a first-level enemy cause Master Sack's elite team to suffer?

But Ji Xun seemed to understand something. The guard mentioned "character" and "monster" again.

The existence that attacked was probably very special.

Thinking of this, the guard could not hide his regret and said, "We killed that guy right away. But he died and resurrected, and killed Anthony who came forward to check, and then flew away. The plot hints that the guy is the bandit's scout captain "Sting" Taylor."

After saying this, Ji Xun and his friends were also inspired: "Trigger the team's shared B-level hidden plot, investigate the secret of the resurrection of the Black Crow Castle scout captain "Sting" Taylor."

Now they understood.

As soon as Sack's team came in, they found a suspicious bandit.

Then they killed the bandit.

Unexpectedly, "he" was resurrected again.

Because of carelessness, a knight was lost.

The monster was not too strong, and it was attacked by surprise, just because of carelessness.

And the resurrected monster saw that it could not beat Sack and his friends, so it flew away.

That is when Ji Xun and his team came over, they saw the black shadow flying away rapidly in the tree canopy.

This outrageous plot made Seli and Sack frown.

But Ji Xun had already understood it completely, and he came to a conclusion that surprised him: "Vampire!"

Ji Xun and his team were listening to the guards telling what had just happened.

Sister Zhuo Sha, the team's nurse, was helping to rescue the knight who had fallen to the ground. At this moment, the knight suddenly spurted out a mouthful of black blood.

Ji Xun raised his eyebrows, he was not unfamiliar with this scene.

He thought this guy was going to become a vampire.

Unexpectedly, another pharmacist excitedly said: "Anthony is alive!"

Zhuo Sha also took out a dispel spell card and confirmed that the wounded had come over while casting it: "There is a strong dark power remaining in Anthony's wound. I have dispelled it and it will recover soon."

As she said that, she thought of something and added: "It may be some kind of evil creature, or a monster from the abyss. If it is not dispelled, the wound may be contaminated and deformed. Everyone should be more careful."

The person was saved, and the haze of the team's reduction in personnel was dispelled.

Sack's face looked better. He looked at Zhuo Sha and praised: "Well done!"

Zhuo Sha returned a knight's salute: "This is what a subordinate should do."

Seeing this scene, everyone in the two teams looked at her with amazement and joy in their eyes.

With such a powerful nurse in the team, safety is greatly guaranteed.

Only teammates knew what was going on. Gang Duoduo muttered, "Zhuo Sha's magic secret technique "Resurrection Sacrifice" has been mastered."

It is very difficult to get started with the magic secret technique. Even if there is a secret formula, it is not easy to get started.

"Yeah. I just figured out a little trick not long ago."

Zhuo Sha listened and nodded slightly, but glanced at Ji Xun in the team.

She had never gotten started before, and later she asked "Su Lun" for advice, got some targeted classics, and then got started.

I didn't expect it to be of great use.

Immortal, able to fly, and pollute.

Completely satisfied.

Ji Xun has confirmed that the guy before was a vampire.

Dragonborn is not easy to be polluted, and with the "Resurrection Sacrifice", this knight named Anthony was lucky enough not to die.

But what Ji Xun is curious about is why vampires appear in this trial space?

The information known now is very limited, and Ji Xun can't figure it out.

If you want to solve the puzzle, you must dig deep into the plot.

There were no casualties, and the haze above the heads of the two teams dissipated immediately.

They were just careless before, they are fully capable of handling this kind of plot.

Moreover, hidden plots in the adventure mode usually mean more rewards.

Resources are secondary, face is more important.

Now that the Landon family has established a country in the Old Continent, they need to show their family strength and recruit more talents.

The Royal Academy Trial Ranking List is a good opportunity to expand their influence.

Young Master Sak looked at the sixteenth team that he had high hopes for and asked, "Seri, how does your team plan this trial mission?"

Lizard Mage Seri is the captain of the sixteenth team. He replied, "Master. We planned to go to the nearby village to find the plot characters to understand the situation of the mountain bandits."

Then he repeated the situation discussed by several people before.

When Sak heard it, he frowned for a moment and nodded: "Well. Let's go together."

Originally, his plan was the same as Gang Duoduo's. He wanted to go directly to the Black Crow Castle where the mountain bandits were entrenched to see the situation.

After all, there is only one mountain bandit's lair. Whoever breaks it first can seize the initiative.

It's not that Sak is arrogant.

It's not that he doesn't know the risks of the trial.

Rather, their team is one of the few teams that are qualified to use such reckless tactics in this trial!

The Landon family finally produced a pure-blooded dragon, so of course all resources were tilted as much as possible.

So that several people in the guards of Master Sack were equipped with extremely luxurious equipment.

When they were apprentices before, several guards could survive the hands of second-level assassins with their equipment.

Now they have advanced to formal card masters, not to mention a low-level different-dimensional space.

Even if they spend money, there is no reason why they can't solve the A-level difficulty of this space.

However, after experiencing the "undead monster" just now, Sack also realized that there was something wrong with his plan.

It is still unknown how to kill the monster. If we rush to the castle, we might get into trouble.

In this way, the attack just now was a blessing in disguise.

The two strongest teams of the Duke of Langdon's Mansion merged together. Everyone in the team was full of confidence, and they were more confident in this trial.

Ji Xun in the team did not interrupt, and continued to be a nobody.

However, before they entered the village, they suddenly saw a bunch of red dragon fireworks rising into the sky in the dark valley far away.

When everyone saw it, someone immediately said: "It's the Red Dragon Royal Family's gathering fireworks!"

Ji Xun looked over and saw that the location of the fireworks was very remote. It was probably not in any village.

But in the wild.

This means that it might be the same situation as before, when Master Sack and his team encountered danger, so they ignited the gathering fireworks?

And the gathering fireworks are the same as the noble emblems. The one in the hands of the nobles and the one in the hands of the knights are different.

Seeing the pattern of the fireworks, Sack immediately realized something and said in surprise: "Princess Sophia of the Red Dragon Royal Family is also in this different dimension?"

In the trial, the teams are in a competitive relationship.

Watching the strong opponents send out the gathering fireworks, the players of the two teams of the Duke of Langdon's Mansion were a little gloating.

It turned out that they were not the only ones who suffered a setback.

The royal team was the same.

Especially the few guards who almost lost their members when they came in before, their expressions relaxed a lot.

Seri also analyzed: "Looking at this distance, if the people of the Red Dragon Royal Family were not in that position when they came in, it is very likely that they went to the Black Crow Castle."

The result of Ji Xun's deduction in his mind was roughly the same.

The royal team has the best strength and equipment, and there is no reason not to try some aggressive tactics.

But what Ji Xun is thinking about now is not whether the Red Dragon Royal Family is in the Black Crow Castle.

What he is curious about is why it is so coincidental that so many strong teams came into this different dimension at the same time?

It may be a coincidence in the eyes of others, but in the cause and effect deduction of "I am the world", there must be logic to follow.

Although all the clues are broken and no results can be analyzed.

But it immediately aroused Ji Xun's strong interest.

If he met Young Master Sak, he would still think it might be a coincidence; now he has met the main force of the Red Dragon Royal Princess, which is interesting.

Ji Xun smelled a familiar smell.

The familiar feeling that made his blood faintly excited came back.

In his eyes, this trial space suddenly became interesting from this moment.

Vampire?

The plot that can be involved with the Seven Lords of Natural Disaster is not simple.

And Ji Xun has not forgotten that there was an "insider" in the Royal Academy in the previous Sak assassination incident.

Now several strong teams appeared in the same trial space at the same time, which inevitably made him suspect that someone did it on purpose.

But Ji Xun didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Instead, he looked forward to it strongly.

Before, he thought that exploring the plot world step by step was a bit boring;

Now, assuming that his speculation is correct, if there really is such a "behind-the-scenes person", then it means that the plot of this space is more worthy of further exploration.