“Lu Yao, Lu Yao?”
Sister Peng reminded, “Give me a copy of this month’s statement, it’s being pressed over there.”
“Ah, right away.”
Lu Yao passed the statement over and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little tired.
“You look tired lately.” Sister Peng joked as she printed the materials, “What’s wrong? Working on a side project after work? Or did you go out at night to get high?”
Lu Yao could only vaguely say that he didn’t sleep well.
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Recently, it was a critical period for the development of the Garlic Tribe, and Lu Yao had been staring at the screen, not daring to relax.
Having taken the initiative to destroy the mountain passages and cut off trade with the Salt Pond Tribe, the Garlic Tribe needed another channel to contact the outside world.
In theory, there were three paths.
To the north all the way through the forest and then into the northern world.
To the east across the East River, all the way into the East Sea.
Towards the south into the desert to re-open the oasis.
Of the three routes, the forest path was the most treacherous. These were also Isabel’s original words.
“My lord, there are forest elemental creatures present in the depths of the forest, their numbers are unknown and some of them are highly aggressive. Even if we can open up a path, there could be elemental creatures harassing us at any time, and there will be hidden dangers.”
Starting water trade and navigation to the east would require the development of better shipbuilding skills; canoes could be used for fishing and moving on water, but they couldn’t support long-distance navigation. Building bigger and stronger boats would take time.
Comparatively speaking, the desert was the best option.
The Bedu tribe had lived in the desert for many years and knew the environment well. The dangers of the desert were the sandstorms and the harsh climate, in addition to the desert monsters and bandits.
Of the many dangers, the desert monsters were the biggest threat.
The so-called desert monster is a kind of huge bug called “sandworm”.
It lives underground in the desert and is as large as a giant earthworm, with a rough, tough, yellowish-brown skin, so rocks and wood can’t hurt it. Sandworms hunt camels, but also devour and digest all kinds of hard stones, they are the giant of the desert, for the Bedou tribe is an irresistible natural disaster.
The most crucial thing was what Isabel said to Lu Yao.
“I slaughtered a worm when I was searching for the Bedu Tribe.”
Lu Yao was instantly alert.
–Can you handle those worms?
“My lord, should I kill them all?”
Lu Yao realised something was up as soon as he heard it.
–Hunting the sandworms was secondary, the primary objective was to recapture the oasis and open up the passageway from the desert to the outside world. Of course, it was best to minimise the number of sandworms.
“Yes, my lord.”
–Need support?
“My lord, the treasures you bestowed upon me are sufficient. These worms are not difficult to deal with.”
–Good, then depart immediately.
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Returning home from work, Lu Yao sat down in front of his computer impatiently, locking his viewpoint on the desert area.
The desert had been expanded with large swathes of new areas, and Isabelle found the occupied oasis. She was surrounded by a pile of yellowish-brown corpses of long worms that only had their upper bodies exposed in the desert, looking like the fingers of giants poking out of the ground.
Isabelle’s head displayed [Battle in progress].
Lu Yao continuously clicked on the Apostle, and a detailed battle screen immediately popped up, and the originally relaxing electronic music turned into a fast-paced and exciting style.
The black-clothed Isabelle was up against a group of brown bug monsters, but there were only two on the enemy side that were still alive right now. Both the enemy and the enemy showed their respective blood bars above their heads.
[Isabelle LV15] vs [Sandworm LV10] [Sandworm LV11].
The battle took on an instant self-movement pattern.
Isabelle held a green lightsaber and kept stabbing and chopping the two sandworms. A ball of ghostly green light flew out from the lightsaber, bombarding the sandworms with a tracking style.
Lu Yao thought of the description of the Sword of the Forest ability.
Forest Sword Lv1: [Isabelle’s Exclusive Ability] Isabelle summons the Holy Sword to fully increase her combat attributes, the duration and increase depends on the ability level and mana.
This green lightsaber should be the Holy Sword.
This was the first time Lu Yao had seen Isabelle turn on her Serious Battle Mode. Previously, when dealing with Barbarian Heroes, Isabelle was able to kill them with just a steel pipe, and she didn’t get to the point of using her abilities at all.
It was evident that Sandworms were a lot stronger than Barbarian Heroes.
Sandworms were somewhat like gophers, able to dive into the sand and drill out from unexpected directions. Their method of attack was to spit out a black venom that could be sprayed over long distances.
It was just that Isabelle’s movement and attack rate was too fast, in front of her, the Sandworms’ attacks landed on her showing a long string of Miss. while Isabelle’s Sacred Sword Stabbing Slash and Green Light Bombardment, the Sandworms couldn’t dodge them at all.
The blood bars above the Sandworms’ heads were rapidly falling, with the lower ranked one already emptying its blood bars and displaying a [Death] sign above its head.
Lu Yao moved his mouse over the living Sandworm.
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Sandworm LV11
Life: 101/220
Mana: 16/44
Damage: 8
Defence: 8
Speed: 5
[Evasion Lv5
Can evade damage caused by some attacks. The probability of this is higher when compared to one’s weaker life.
[Poisoning LV5]
Attacks cause the enemy to be poisoned, dealing damage continuously.
……
It turned out that there was also detailed combat data.
Lu Yao moved the mouse back over Isabelle’s head again.
……
[Apostle Lv15] Forest Sword – Isabelle
Life: 220/224
Mana: 271/385
Damage: 27
Defence: 25
Speed: 15
Wisdom Lv15
Wisdom is the key to an Apostle’s ability to listen to the will of the gods. The higher the level of Wisdom, the easier it is to improve and comprehend the abilities.
[Mileage Prayer Lv5] (15 Mana)
Praying to the Miasma Sea temporarily awakens the sleeping dead, thus gaining the help of the dead. The type of dead depends on the ability level and mana.
[Sword of the Forest Lv1] (100 mana)
[Isabelle’s Exclusive Ability] Isabelle summons the Holy Sword to fully increase her combat attributes, duration and increase depends on ability level and mana. After the battle, Isabelle will create some forest elemental creatures, the number and type depends on the ability level and the strength of the combat object.
……
Lu Yao observed for a while and generally understood the Simulator’s combat mechanics.
The simulator simplified the combat into a numerical and ability visualisation.
Isabelle’s speed was three times that of the Sandworm, which was why it created the effect of the Sandworm attack never being able to hit. However, under Isabelle’s attack, a -19 number kept popping up on the Sandworm.
Lu Yao did some calculations, Isabelle’s damage was 27, the Sandworm’s defence was 8, and the two were subtracted by exactly 19 points. If there is no special ability or equipment, as long as the attack can hit, the direct damage caused is the difference between the damage and the defence.
In actual combat, the difference between the basic values of the two sides is too large, and there is no ability to restrain, the battle scene is one-sided.
Just like the sandworm facing Isabelle.
Even if the sandworm attack hits, it can’t break through the defence, the result is already doomed.
As the last Sandworm’s bloodline cleared, the [End of Battle] prompt appeared on the screen.
At this time, Isabelle plunged her Holy Sword into the ground.
Wisps of green light emerged from the corpses of the many Sandworms, which all drilled into the Holy Sword, gradually twisting and forming two furry reddish-brown creatures, which were of the exact same level and type.
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[Spotted Lynx LV10] [Created by Isabel
Life value: 182/182
Mana: 55/55
Damage: 9
Defence: 4
Speed: 9
[Rapid Strike
Can attack more frequently.
[Sneak]
Under Sneak, if undetected, the first attack launched against a creature will definitely produce a [Bleed] effect, and [Bleed] will continuously reduce the opponent’s life value.
Forest Elemental LV1
A Forest Elemental creature, beneficial to the rapid growth of forests, and increases all attributes while in the forest. Effect depends on ability level and life value.
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Lu Yao watched with a burst of excitement.
The Forest Sword had finally been launched successfully once!
From the ability and attributes, the Spotted Lynx was clearly an assassin, specialising in ambushes and sneak attacks, with sufficient damage and speed. The level was also not bad.
“My lord, I have a request.”
Isabel said, “They are too weak to be of much use following me, but they can protect the Garlic Tribe’s humans in the forest.”
“Can we first send all the weak elemental creatures created back to the forest first so that they can continue to grow. When the number accumulates more later, they can only be useful when they grow up.”
Lu Yao felt that it was feasible.
Saving up a wave of soldiers was also a classic tactic.
