RoleplayNovel Chapter 11 The Hero Arrives
Chapter 11 The Hero Arrives
Lin Mo stood in front of the manager's office, looking at the clutter piled up in the corridor, his brows furrowed.
Many alpacas galloped through my mind.
His house was actually raided! What kind of situation is this?
The door was locked from the inside. He could hear people talking in hushed tones behind the door, and footsteps moving back and forth in the room. It was most likely the survivor who had been hiding in the supermarket.
Someone actually took over the place.
Hammer looked equally bewildered. He walked over and lowered his voice, "Lin, shall we charge in?"
It's clear that Hammer has gradually "grown up," knowing that in times like these, one cannot be soft-hearted and must not hesitate to take drastic measures when necessary.
"Get ready to make your move!" Lin Mo nodded. He certainly wouldn't hold back in this situation.
Whoever the other party is, if they dare to do such a thing, they should be prepared to bear the consequences.
Just then, Lin Mo suddenly sensed something and turned to look out the window.
The sky at dusk was dark and gloomy, and three moons were already faintly visible.
At the very edge of the horizon, a streak of light flashed by, trailing a long tail, before crashing down towards the horizon.
The light was golden, dazzling, like a shooting star or a falling sun.
Lin Mo's pupils suddenly contracted.
He recognized that streak of light.
A hero has arrived.
In his previous life, he had seen this scene too many times. After the game world and the real world merged, "heroes descending from the sky" would appear randomly. These were hero NPCs from the game world who descended into the real world in the form of humanoid orbs of light.
The first person to touch the orb of light can sign a master-servant contract with the hero and gain the hero's loyalty.
Heroes descending from the heavens possess talents and skills that ordinary humans can only acquire after becoming lords, and they are born with military treatises. At this stage, gaining the allegiance of a hero descending from the heavens will result in a qualitative leap in strength.
The military manual allows for the stacking of troop strength, enabling the combination of twenty-two skeleton soldiers into a single "super" skeleton soldier, or the separation of already stacked troop strength. The hero's talents and skills can compensate for Lin Mo's current weaknesses. Although he possesses necromancy, he lacks any combat skills and can only rely on his skeleton soldiers for protection in dangerous situations.
Lin Mo's gaze was fixed on the direction where the streak of light disappeared.
The distance is approximately two kilometers.
It's not far.
But it's not close either.
He had to set off immediately. The characteristic of a hero sent from the heavens is that they will be loyal to the first person to touch "it." Whoever arrives first has the opportunity. If someone else beats him to it, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
"Hammer." Lin Mo turned around. "Come with me."
Hammer was taken aback: "What?"
"We don't need the room anymore," Lin Mo said urgently. "We have more important things to do."
He pointed out the direction where the streak of light had disappeared: "Did you see that light?"
Hammer followed his finger and nodded.
"Let's go there right now." Lin Mo didn't explain further; at this point, it was all about time and speed.
The two hurried downstairs, followed by twenty-two skeleton soldiers whose bony feet creaked on the stairs.
Hammer caught up, somewhat unwilling: "So, we're just going to let the person who took our room go like this?"
Lin Mo didn't even turn his head: "Don't worry, those people who took over our rooms won't live much longer."
Hammer paused, then asked, "Why?"
"Because of poisonous flies," Lin Mo said. "Besides poisonous flies, there are also their eggs at the lumber mill. They will hatch soon, and the number of poisonous flies will increase, and their territory will expand accordingly. The supermarket is within their territory, and it will be taken over sooner or later."
He paused, then continued, "Those people are doomed if they don't leave. We don't need to waste our time on these people who are destined to die."
Hammer suddenly understood and didn't ask any more questions.
In Hammer's mind, Lin Mo was no ordinary person. He could control skeleton soldiers, foresee danger, find treasures, and devise plans. This person... must be God's 'savior' sent to rescue him.
He is the Son of God.
Therefore, he believed everything Lin Mo said.
Hammer made the sign of the cross on his chest and quickened his pace to catch up with Lin Mo.
......
As dusk fell, three moons peeked out from behind the clouds, and a purple nebula slowly rotated.
Lin Mo led twenty-two skeleton soldiers, quickly moving along the street towards the direction where the light had fallen. He held an AR-15 in his hand, jogging while scanning every corner around him.
The city is ten times more dangerous at night than during the day.
Many creatures are nocturnal, sleeping in their nests during the day and foraging at night. Poisonous spiders, giant rats, zombies, tin coyotes... these creatures become several times more aggressive under the cover of darkness.
After walking less than 500 meters, a pack of tin coyotes appeared ahead.
Four dogs, about the size of adult German Shepherds, with gray-black fur that gleamed metallically in the moonlight. Their eyes were blood red, and drool dripped from their mouths as they tore at several corpses.
Hearing footsteps, the four tin coyotes raised their heads at the same time, their blood-red eyes fixed on Lin Mo and Hammer.
Lin Mo stopped, raised his AR-15, but did not fire.
Ironcoys are also level 1 creatures, with slightly higher speed and attack power than skeletons, and their defense is not weak either. However, they have the weaknesses of flesh and blood creatures: they are afraid of fire and pain. If there are only four of them, twenty-two skeletons can easily defeat them.
"Attack," Lin Mo ordered.
Twenty-two skeleton soldiers charged forward simultaneously, their iron swords gleaming coldly in the moonlight. The tin coyotes growled and scattered, attacking the skeleton soldiers from different directions.
The battle lasted less than half a minute.
All four tin coyotes were killed, and the skeleton soldiers suffered zero losses. This was thanks to Lin Mo's skillful control; he never allowed the skeleton soldiers to be surrounded. Positioning during battle was essential, and now every skeleton soldier was a precious asset, so he tried to avoid losing them as much as possible.
"Keep going," he said. "Speed up."
Keep going.
As we crossed an intersection, seven or eight wandering zombies appeared ahead.
The walking corpses are level two undead creatures, slightly stronger than skeletons, but these guys have a fatal weakness: they are slow-moving, have low attack power, and poor eyesight. Their only advantage is that they are not afraid of death, even though they are undead.
Therefore, Lin Mo, who was familiar with the characteristics of this undead creature, did not even stop.
"Ignore them and go around them."
This was said to Hammer, who was gripping his shotgun tightly. If Lin Mo hadn't reminded him, he probably would have fired.
They raced forward, dodging the slow-moving zombies, and continued on their way.
Lin Mo stopped walking several hundred meters away.
The buildings ahead were severely damaged, completely blocking the narrow street. However, there was an underpass nearby that seemed to lead through. But at that moment, the underpass was filled with a cloying, rotten smell, like a mixture of rotting fruit and chemicals.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Mo remembered that he had smelled this smell in his previous life; it was the smell of a mutated man-eating plant.
"Take a detour," Lin Mo said. "This passage is off-limits."
Hammer didn't ask any more questions. He now unconditionally trusted Lin Mo, and since Lin Mo said he couldn't leave, then he definitely couldn't leave.
They spent a few extra minutes taking a long detour, going around to the adjacent street a hundred meters away.
Ten minutes later, Lin Mo finally arrived at the location where the light had fallen.
It was a small community park with a lawn, a basketball court, a children's slide, and a very spacious open space.
On the open ground, a humanoid orb of light, radiating golden light, floated in mid-air, its glow soft and warm, like a small sun.
Seeing this, Lin Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, this unexpected hero wasn't snatched up by anyone beforehand.
However, several groups of people were already standing around, totaling more than a dozen.
They carried various weapons: baseball bats, kitchen knives, and pistols. Some faces showed fear, others greed; some whispered among themselves, while others hesitated.
But no one dared to approach the ball of light.
Because the unknown is the source of fear.