RoleplayNovel Chapter 18 Taking Down the Kennel
Chapter 18 Taking Down the Kennel
Lin Mo put the Longan Ring on the index finger of his right hand, next to the Magic Ring.
The two rings emitted a faint glow, and a warm energy surged from his fingertips into his body, spreading along his blood vessels to his limbs and bones. He clenched his fist and could clearly feel his strength increase.
While this improvement may be negligible for the hero himself, it represents a qualitative leap for the unit.
Especially for Tier 1 units, whose base attack and defense are already low, every bit of attribute improvement will be amplified.
This is the true value of strategic treasures.
Daniel and the others also noticed that Lin Mo opened the treasure chest and took out a ring.
I'm so envious.
He glanced at the ring on Lin Mo's finger and swallowed hard.
"We've been eyeing that box for two days," Beverly said, his voice tinged with bitterness. "If we had known there was something good inside, we would have risked our lives to get it."
"We can't do it," Daniel sighed. "There's no way we can clean up all the monsters here. If we could, we would have done it already, instead of waiting until now."
Bever opened his mouth, as if to refute, but in the end he only sighed: "You're right."
Daniel's little devil's lair is in the basement of a two-story building.
When Lin Mo went inside, he saw glowing red runes embedded in the walls and a steaming magic circle carved on the ground. In the center of the magic circle was a scarlet door, through which the little devil had emerged.
Lin Mo's visit here was not just a casual visit.
He did it for Hellhound Dogs.
The hellhound's lair isn't far from here; you can see it from the window of this house.
Less than 100 meters away, there was a building with a crack in the wall from which black smoke was billowing out.
The building's roof had collapsed halfway, and the surrounding area was a mess, littered with broken glass and brick fragments. An orange-red light emanated from inside the building, as if something was burning within.
Inside, you can see the figure of the hellhound.
They are a size larger than typical adult large dogs, with dark red veins faintly visible under their gray-black fur, thick limbs, and sharp claws.
The most striking and terrifying part is those three horrifying dog heads.
Flames burned in the eyes of every dog's head. Sparks spewed from its nostrils with every breath.
This is not a creature from the real world.
Such a creature could not possibly exist in the real world.
Information about hellhounds popped into Lin Mo's mind.
It possesses extremely high mobility and speed, and because it has three heads, it has a wider attack range, as well as extremely high survivability and attack power.
At this stage, it is necessary to clear out the large number of monsters entrenched in different areas, and there is no doubt that hellhounds are more suitable for this task.
Therefore, the benefits of conquering "Hellhound" are enormous.
Given the previous situation where troop strength was insufficient, Lin Mo would at most consider it but would not take the risk.
But things are different now. His skeletons have reached a fairly good number, especially with the addition of Genova, which allows him to build up his forces in advance, and this is particularly important.
By stacking a certain number of low-level units, it is possible to easily wipe out high-level units.
Add to that Hammer's cavemen and Daniel's imps, and the 'Dragon Eye Ring' that just appeared in the treasure chest...
Conquering the recruitment building of level 3 creatures has gone from impossible to possible.
"I can see four hellhounds. Assuming there are more inside, as long as the number doesn't exceed eight, we can take them down." Lin Mo had already begun to deduce the situation in his mind.
He also considered continuing to use the previous "kite" tactic.
However, Cerberus is more dangerous than Ghost and there are more of them, so the kite tactic is not applicable.
Tactics need to be revised.
Lin Mo put down the binoculars, closed his eyes, and began to visualize the battle scene in his mind.
The strategy relies on the numerical advantage and stacking effect of skeletons to launch a one-hit kill attack. Additionally, cavemen are used as meat shields, as they possess the special ability of "petrified skin," making them among the best defensive creatures at level one.
Hellhounds are incredibly resilient, but if thirty skeletons are stacked together, with the added boost of the Dragon Eye Ring, they can definitely be killed in one hit.
In other words, the total number of skeletons you have, plus the number recruited after midnight, can reach 63, which is enough to form two teams of more than 30 soldiers each.
Including the number of cavemen that can be recruited after midnight, the total number can reach twenty-eight. Although the attack power of cavemen is not as good as that of skeleton soldiers, with the blessing of the Dragon Eye Ring and the support of the little devil, they can also kill a single hellhound in an instant.
All you need is some 'cannon fodder meat shields'...
The entire battle plan took shape in Lin Mo's mind.
He first went back to the Temple of the Cursed and told Hammer about the plan.
He and Hammer would immediately recruit the newly produced skeletons and cavemen from the building after midnight, and then, together with Daniel and the others, attack Hellhound.
Time passed second by second, and after midnight, various statuses were refreshed. With the addition of building recruitment and the soul-summoning spell performed using corpses, Lin Mo's number of skeleton soldiers officially reached sixty-three.
Without a doubt, this is an extremely powerful force at this stage.
Once Lin Mo's 'territory' is established, he might even dare to lead these skeleton soldiers to challenge level four creatures.
Hammer also recruited fourteen new cavemen from the caveman's lair.
Of course, the gold coins used were given to me by Lin Mo.
Twenty-eight cave dwellers constitute a formidable fighting force.
At this stage, the only ones who can control the troops are Lin Mo and Hammer. The latter naturally knows that if it weren't for the time he risked his life to help Lin Mo lure away the poisonous flies at the supermarket, he wouldn't have gained their trust so easily.
However, this attack on Hellhound is of great importance, and everyone must obey Lin Mo's orders; there is no room for discussion on this point.
With everything prepared, Lin Mo led his troops to attack.
Throughout this process, Hammer and the three Daniel brothers dared not utter a sound, lest they interfere with Lin Mo's command. Especially when they saw the Hellhounds up close, the terrifying sense of oppression directly assaulted their senses.
My calves started cramping.
Moreover, there are a total of six hellhounds inside.
They had given up hope.
It wasn't until they saw a skeleton soldier with the faint number '32' on his body go up and kill a giant hellhound with a single sword strike that they realized Lin Mo never fought a battle he wasn't sure of winning.
Several separate groups of cavemen were pushed to the front to draw the hellhounds' attacks, while two groups of more than 30 skeletons attacked from behind. Together with 24 cavemen and Jenova attacking from the rear, they took down three hellhounds in one go.
However, three cavemen on their side were torn to pieces on the spot by the three heads of the hellhounds.
The hellhounds' attacks were indeed powerful, but the remaining three hellhounds no longer had a chance to attack.
As the skeleton soldier's rusty iron sword slashed through, the remaining three hellhounds were also reduced to ashes in the flames.
"You won?"
"Haha, we won!"
The three Daniel brothers seemed even more excited, after all, they had been around here for several days and knew best how terrifying these hellhounds were.
In their eyes, these monsters are demons from "hell," a punishment from God for humanity, and are invincible.
Prior to this, they had witnessed firsthand the horrific scene of a pair of heavily armed National Guard soldiers being wiped out by several hellhounds.
They will never forget that scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.
If they hadn't been wiped out by Lin Mo's team this time, they would probably be having nightmares every day.
it's good now.
The nightmare has been broken.
As it turns out, even a "demon from hell" can be defeated.
Lin Mo entered the cleaned-up kennel.
The ground here is cracked open, with scorching lava and flames filling the gaps, and the walls are inlaid with many burning runes.
In the very center is a suspended parchment.
Building title!