Demon God Summons
Three days later, the siege is set to begin. Could there still be unexpected complications?
Jiang Han furrowed his brow slightly, opening the quest panel to find that the difficulty had been upgraded from S-class to SS-class. As for the content of the mission, there seemed to be no changes.
What does this mean? Is the system trying to assist me in challenging my limits because it finds my mission too easy?
Or is it...
Players from the Romantic area deliberately causing trouble upon learning that I'm attacking Ice and Snow City? Perhaps the system, considering various factors, decided to increase the difficulty?
"At this point, I can only face challenges head-on and deal with whatever comes my way..."
Jiang Han gave up delving deeper into it and continued his search for the Black Demon Panthers.
In the game, his only reliance was his mentor, Cheryl. However, Cheryl was also set to appear as the attacking BOSS in the first-tier main city, making it difficult for her to assist him. Thus, he had to rely on himself to overcome the challenges.
For now, all he could do was to enhance his strength as much as possible to prepare for any possible twists in the game's storyline.
At noon, after having some takeout, Jiang Han continued leveling up.
"Ding! ~"
A message from Longteng Wanli arrived: "Rumors have it that players from the Romantic area somehow managed to have a level 60 Dark Gold BOSS stationed in Ice and Snow City."
A Dark Gold BOSS? Well, that's not too bad...
Jiang Han breathed a sigh of relief.
What he feared most was the involvement of entities far beyond his current strength, leading to consequences beyond his control, becoming like a fish on the chopping board, slaughtered at will.
"Alright, thank you," Jiang Han replied.
"No need to be polite." Longteng Wanli sent a smiling expression, "Good luck, don't get killed by those foreigners."
"Got it."
Jiang Han naturally understood why he was being "kindly" reminded. As a player from the Eastern region, his bounty was valued in the billions, and with his popularity skyrocketing, he might unwittingly become a demand for players from various servers.
However, he couldn't be certain if a Dark Gold BOSS could really elevate the mission difficulty to SS-class. The mainline quest he undertook with the same difficulty, "Guardian of the Dark City," ended with the appearance of two powerful entities, Herbert and Cheryl!
Among them, Cheryl was an Immortal-level BOSS, and even if Herbert was slightly inferior, his strength probably surpassed that of a Dark Gold...
If it were indeed entities of that caliber appearing, what could he use to resist?
Not dwelling on unnecessary thoughts, Jiang Han continued patiently grinding monsters and leveling up, with the experience points rapidly increasing as Black Demon Panthers fell to his sword.
...
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
A whole day of monster grinding had brought Jiang Han to level 41, 86%, not far from level 42.
"Ding! ~"
System prompt: Your mentor, the Undead Swordsman Cheryl, has led the Dark Legion to the Ghostly Swamp and is waiting. Please proceed as soon as possible!
Killing another Black Demon Panther, Jiang Han heard the system notification ringing in his ears.
"Ready to depart?" Jiang Han rallied, "Let me see the skill level of players in the Romantic area."
He set off back.
After more than ten minutes, he arrived again at the Ghostly Swamp, witnessing Cheryl leading a massive army of humanoid soldiers clad in pitch-black armor. The army numbered in the thousands, standing in neat formation, well-trained, wielding various weapons, helmets covering their entire heads, revealing only a pair of blood-red eyes filled with murderous intent.
An atmosphere of solemnity permeated the air.
Curiously, Jiang Han cast his Insightful Eye towards one of them –
[Undead Swordsman](???)
Level: ???
Health: ???
Attack: ???
Defense: ???
Skills: ???
Introduction: ???
...
All question marks!
Insightful Eye could normally inspect creatures with a level not exceeding one's own by 50 levels. Even if they were higher, they shouldn't be all question marks. One could imagine that these Undead Swordsmen were high-level monsters, at least above level 100.
"Their strength in life was inferior to mine, unable to, like me, luckily regain consciousness and become true Undead Swordsmen." Cheryl explained, then pointed to creatures nearby clearly inferior in level to the Undead Swordsmen, "By the way, those are the Dark Legion you're leading."
"..."
Jiang Han looked up, seeing a group of humanoid creatures with blue skin. They wielded wolf-tooth clubs bristling with thorns, ragged clothing, and a timid appearance in the face of the adjacent Undead Swordsmen, completely overshadowed.
[Aqueous Imps](Elite Monsters)
Level: 45
Health: 550,000
Attack: 2150-2350
Defense: 1000-1250
Skills: [Critical Strike][Big Stick Service][Brutal Charge]
Introduction: Water imps bred near the magic-rich waters, possessing low intelligence. Despite being part of the cannon fodder series in the Dark faction, they are difficult to become formidable.
...
Though both were elite monsters, Aqueous Imps were slightly weaker than Black Demon Panthers in various aspects. However, dealing with ordinary players was still no problem.
However, Aqueous Imps belonged to the last wave of appearing minor monsters, numbering just over a hundred. Besides them, there were more than thirty-level, and even twenty-level shrimp and crab soldiers, each with their own BOSS, but compared to Jiang Han, they were weak.
"Cough cough!"
Jiang Han coughed twice, asking in a low voice, "Mentor, can you give me a few Undead Swordsmen for protection?"
...
Hearing this, Cheryl looked at her disciple with a smile that seemed both amused and helpless, "Do you think that's possible?"
"Are the rules prohibiting it?" Jiang Han asked.
Cheryl nodded and remained silent.
"Then, are there any other means of survival?" Jiang Han continued to ask, unwilling to give up.
Facing an SS-class difficulty mainline mission, he had to be extremely cautious, obtaining all possible trump cards to avoid any oversight.
"Well, there is!"
After a moment of hesitation, Cheryl took out a scroll from her bag, "But this thing, you probably won't need it for attacking a mere third-tier town, right?"
Jiang Han took the scroll, curiously examining it.
[Demon God Summoning](S-class)
Introduction: Tear it open at a critical moment, and perhaps you'll summon a divine-level powerhouse, or even a demon god with the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Effect: Ensure the teleportation array formed by the void lasts for one minute, with a chance of attracting the attention of a divine-level powerhouse, who may personally come to the battlefield.
...
Damn, what a treasure!
"My dear mentor, do you have any other treasures? Please hand them all over to me, your brave and fearless outstanding disciple?" Jiang Han quickly stuffed the scroll into his bag, then looked at Cheryl with utmost seriousness.
Such a powerful scroll, and you didn't give it to me without me asking?
Cheryl, I'm really disappointed in you!
"Don't misuse this scroll!" Cheryl looked helpless but immediately explained, "If powerful beings beyond your imagination don't come, summoning divine-level powerhouses is akin to seeking death."
Those big shots are not easy to handle!
The reason for distributing such scrolls was to ensure that, in case divine-level powerhouses from the Light faction appeared, their side would also have counterparts of the same level.
If these scrolls were summoned for trivial matters, the consequences would be disastrous...
"Rest assured, I won't misuse it!"
Jiang Han nodded, understanding the warning behind Cheryl's words, "So..."
He reached out to Cheryl, shamelessly asking, "Mentor, can you give me a few more of these?"