Zhang Yang did not stay in the village for long, because there were no more tasks for him. But before he left, he asked Husma about the origin of the Sword of Kinross and the whereabouts of the remaining fragments.
In fact, because of the long time, Husma didn't know what the sword of Kinros was used for, but he said something else. It is said that a long time ago, there were not so many salt crystals here, but a vibrant and green plain.
But since some time ago, this place has gradually begun to salinize. Some people moved to other places a long time ago, and some people moved inland to areas with clean water and forests. However, this has made them trapped today. In the face of wild beasts that have adapted to the new environment, they can only move in a limited area and barely survive.
The remains of the palaces that Zhang Yang saw on his way here are the witnesses of the past civilization. Unfortunately, all the prosperity is gone now.
The history of this village in Husma can actually be traced back to a royal bloodline in the past! When they retreated from the palace, each of their ancestors received a fragment, but it was lost during the migration, so these fragments are now scattered in various places.
Following the clues provided by Husma, Zhang Yang headed northwest, and after several hours of trekking, he arrived in front of an ancient stone castle. Due to the severe salt corrosion here, the castle looked very dilapidated, and every large stone was covered with mottled marks due to weathering and corrosion.
The people in the castle had their reasons for not retreating into the forest like Husma and his men, because there was a small pool in the center of the castle, and the clear water obviously had not yet been salinized.
Before he got off his mount, he saw a long black line suddenly appear in the distance, and then it quickly expanded, and a group of orcs riding on frost wolves appeared in Zhang Yang's eyes. These orcs showed their sharp white teeth, holding huge axes in their hands, and rushed towards the castle while howling.
"Enemy attack!" A loud cry rang out in the castle, and hundreds of people came to the city wall with various weapons, but the only long-range weapons were bows and arrows, and there were no magic cannons to join the defense. In terms of numbers, the orcs were at least three times more than the humans!
Zhang Yang made the decision easily - to help humans attack orcs, because in his opinion, the humans in the castle were all in a green friendly state, while the orc army was naked red hostile.
whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The humans on the city wall were in a commanding position, shooting sharp arrows one after another, but their lethality was limited when facing the thick-skinned and thick-fleshed orcs, and these rugged orcs easily blocked the arrows by waving their weapons.
Zhang Yang flew down quickly, and the dazzling fire-like appearance of the Phoenix Pet immediately attracted the attention of both sides of the battle. When they saw that Zhang Yang was a human, the people on the wall were naturally full of expectations. This guy riding a big fire bird should have some strength! The orcs roared continuously, and after a short pause, they turned to attack Zhang Yang.
These orcs were all ordinary monsters, with no more than a thousand in number. Zhang Yang was naturally not afraid of them. With the combination of Death Scythe, Phoenix Fury, and Flying Flame, he quickly killed all the monsters and gained a lot of experience points.
When more than half of the orc troops were killed, the human soldiers in the castle also rushed out. However, the battle was over before they could reach the front line. This shows how strong the attack power of Zhang Yang, Fei Ling and the phoenix pet is!
The human soldiers immediately cheered loudly and invited Zhang Yang into the castle like a great hero, where he received the warmest hospitality.
In the evening, a bonfire was lit in the castle square, barbecue was set up, and fine wine was served. Many men and women sang and danced to celebrate this great victory!
Zhang Yang sat next to the castle owner, Mavins, to show his special status.
"Warrior, thank you so much! Those damn orcs have been fighting with us for ownership of the water source! If it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid we would have been killed by those fierce orcs! Hahaha, we will definitely repay you!" Mavins laughed.
Zhang Yang smiled slightly, took out the fragment of the Sword of Kinross from his backpack, and said, "Sir, it's very simple to repay me. Just give me something similar to this!"
"Hmm?" Mavens' eyes tightened, "Sword of Kinross!"
"good!"
Mavens fell into deep thought, his face solemn, and after a while he said: "The Sword of Kinross was passed down by my ancestors a long, long time ago! However, it is useless to keep it in the treasury now. It can neither be used as water nor as food! Well, warrior, as long as you destroy the Zaro orc tribe that has been invading us, I will give you the Sword of Kinross!" [
"Ding! Mavens has issued a notice to you: Destroy the Zaro orcs. Do you accept it?"
Zhang Yang naturally accepted it, and regardless of Ma Wensi's attempts to keep him, he immediately summoned his phoenix pet and flew away.
While flying, I opened the task list to check, but I didn’t expect that this task was of level B difficulty!
Level A difficulty means there are a lot of elites, and level B difficulty will definitely have a boss!
The phoenix pet was like a stream of light, streaking across the night sky with a fiery red glow. More than half an hour later, he arrived at a secluded valley. A simple defense was built at the entrance of the valley, with two rows of rafts with spikes inserted upside down guarding the entrance, and eight orc soldiers were on sentry duty behind them.
Zhang Yang patted his phoenix pet and rushed forward, but because the monsters were triggered by hatred vision, as long as they approached their hatred range, even if they had their backs to them, they would be alarmed at the first moment. When Zhang Yang flew 20 meters above the monsters, the eight orcs raised their heads at the same time, drew their weapons and roared.
Eight ordinary monsters were naturally no match for Zhang Yang. He quickly harvested the lives of these monsters while swinging his scythe, turning them into white light and converting them into Zhang Yang's experience points. He picked up the ash cloth on the ground. This was a cloth that only humanoid monsters above level 180 would drop. It could be used to make high-level cloth clothes, or to make ash cloth bandages, which could restore 200,000 health points in 10 seconds.
Although Zhang Yang doesn't need to drink blood bottles or wear bandages much anymore after Fei Ling has the form of the Tree of Life, it is still good to be prepared. After all, 200 bandages only take up the space of one grid.
Moving forward, this valley is the orc camp, but unlike the orc tribes we saw before, the buildings here are all pieces of salt crystals! After all, this is the local feature, there are not so many trees for them to build houses.
The goal of the mission was to kill the leader of this group of orcs, Tartassia, but since he was already here, he naturally had to gain some experience, so Zhang Yang simply killed them all at once.
When we cleared a huge salt crystal building, the monster inside was upgraded from ordinary to elite! Obviously, the boss should be here!
[Tartasian Guards] (Elite, Humanoid)
Level: 185
HP: 9.25 million
Armor value: 11570
Melee attack power: 81566-121566
Skill:
[Bloodthirst]: Increases damage dealt by 20%, but also increases damage taken by 10%, lasting for 1 minute.
[Whirlwind]: Deals physical damage equivalent to 150% of melee attack to all targets within melee range.
The elites on this map are really not to be underestimated. For example, on the 150-180 map, the elite monsters can hardly cause defense damage to Zhang Yang! But here, any one of them has an average normal attack output of almost 100,000. A slightly larger number can pose a fatal threat to Zhang Yang!
Fortunately, Zhang Yang is no longer alone. With Fei Ling's blood, he uses Thunder Strike to slow down and control the enemy. With the cooperation of Fire Phoenix, he easily kills an 8-man elite patrol team!
Zhang Yang advanced unstoppably along the way, stepping on the stairs made of salt crystals to the second floor, where he met the boss he was going to kill—Tartasia.
This was a very fierce orc, over 2 meters tall, almost naked except for a piece of animal skin around his lower body. His muscular arms were definitely thicker than his thighs! His eyes were red, and two teeth were sticking out from his lower lip. He had a necklace made of children's heads hanging around his neck, and he looked very Hittite!
[Tartasia, the Great Commander of the Zaro Orcs] (Earth Saint-level leader, humanoid creature)
Level: 185
HP: 925 million
Armor value: 18470
Melee attack power: 139465-209465
Skill:
[Hammer Strike]: Hit the target's head violently, causing physical damage equivalent to 100% of melee attack, and has a 10% chance of making the target unconscious for 3 seconds.
[Snake Trap]: Place a trap on the ground. When a hostile target steps on it, the poisonous snake in the trap will appear and cause 100,000 points of nature damage to the target.
Note: Before becoming the leader of the Zaro orcs, Tartassia was once an outstanding hunter, famous for her ferocity and aggressiveness.
Such a weak Earth Saint level boss!
Zhang Yang sighed, but immediately thought that this was a map where Heavenly Saint-level bosses appeared, so Earth Saint-level bosses could only play a supporting role!
Although the boss has a lot of health and it takes a long time to fight, the damage per second of ordinary attacks is only 34,000 after being reduced by his defense and blocking, and there is no way that the hammer strike and snake trap can increase this number to more than 100,000!
In other words, Fei Ling alone can easily add up his blood loss.
Then just get started!
Zhang Yang gave Fei Ling an order, and the little girl immediately entered the Tree of Life form, becoming a big tree with two legs. Based on Fei Ling's current equipment, in the absence of transformation, the healing ability is absolutely enough to kill 99999999% of the players in seconds.