Chapter 826: Chapter 827: Chance Encounter_1
Song Jian dared not to climb up directly like Li Ke’er. As soon as he began to fly, he used a Concealment Necklace to enter a stealth state.
Soon, Song Jian entered the nearest cave to the ground. Just as he stood at the entrance, he heard a low growl from within the cave. The hawk inside seemed to have sensed something but couldn’t find anything. It only felt some danger and became restless;
Song Jian crept inside slowly. He saw that there was only one level forty-five hawk in this cave, and in the grass nest deep within the cave, which was over a meter in diameter, lay seven or eight white eggs;
“How can there be so many eggs?” Song Jian exclaimed in surprise. If every cave had so many eggs, then the flying cavalry Wang Qi desired might be assembled very soon;
However, to get close to the nest, it might be necessary to take out this level forty-five common-quality hawk, but once a fight ensued, the caves were too close to each other, which might provoke the wrath of the whole hawk tribe.
“Let’s lure it away first!” Song Jian hid behind a protruding rock, and with a thought, a figure identical to his appeared at the entrance of the cave;
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The Sword Shadow Clone appeared in an instant, and Song Jian saw the level forty-five hawk’s feathers on its neck stand on end as its wings spread wide. The entire bird was in combat mode, loudly calling out as it lunged toward Song Jian’s clone;
The clone did not engage in combat but instead leaped out of the cave with a bound, spreading its steel wings in mid-air and tumbling through the air before flying off into the distance;
The moment the hawk chased the clone out of the cave, Song Jian swiftly dove towards the nest;
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In the withered forest not far from Falcon Cliff, a group from the Pantheon, led by Zeus, was slowly approaching the cliff.
“Zeus, it’s just ahead. There’s a huge group of hawks there, and it’s the easiest place to obtain a flying mount,” a leather-clad rogue pointed toward the cliff and said;
“God of Thieves, with your strength, can’t you steal a single hawk egg? Why do you have to drag us all over here?” a knight wielding a war hammer sneered;
“The monsters in that area are strange—their aggro is linked. If just one hawk discovers you, it will attract the aggro of a big group of hawks around it!” The rogue referred to as the God of Thieves said with a pale face, explaining, “Moreover, there’s a level fifty lord BOSS inside that can see through my stealth!”
“No way, hasn’t your stealth skill reached max level? How could you still be seen?” someone beside him exclaimed in surprise;
“The level difference is too great, that’s why. But I’ve heard that reaching max level with a skill is not the end, and that it can still be improved!” another player wielding a Magic Staff said hesitantly;
“It’s just a rumor, but no one has ever seen it!” the player known as the God of Thieves glanced at the other and said, “Maybe that skill itself can be upgraded, so even after reaching the max level, it might continue to improve!”
“Alright, let’s talk about how to get flying mounts first!” Zeus said with a slight frown, “If we had had three hundred, no, even just one hundred players with flying mounts back then, City of Hope wouldn’t have been able to dominate like this!”
“Guild leader, even if we had mounts now, it wouldn’t help, we can’t even get close to the walls of City of Hope. The power of the Magic Crystal Railgun is just too formidable!” a player said with lingering fear, who had witnessed the strength of the Magic Crystal Railgun firsthand, capable of killing a level thirty or forty boss with a single shot.
“Hawks can fly at heights exceeding three hundred meters, while now all Arrow Towers and powerful crossbows can only reach up to one hundred eighty meters at most. The range of the Magic Crystal Railgun is farther, but it cannot cover defense, the angle simply can’t reach high enough!” the God of Thieves said coldly, “With flying mounts, if we were to launch a siege, the success rate would be at least 10% higher. Plus, I’ve heard that flying mounts have already appeared in City of Hope. Just think, if the next Territory Expansion Campaign starts and they have flying mounts while we don’t, how will we counterattack?”
If the members of Pantheon were still considering attacking before, after the successful establishment of the City of Hope Alliance’s city, many had already lost the will to oppose them. Some players even left Pantheon to live in City of Hope. Even if they couldn’t join City of Hope, buying a safe house there to farm monsters and level up was quite comfortable, and safety was guaranteed at the very least.
Although Pantheon still speaks of waging siege warfare against the City of Hope Alliance, most people are thinking about how to preserve themselves during the upcoming Territory Expansion Campaign.
“We must succeed in getting the Falcon flying mounts this time! Next, I will arrange what each of you needs to do to ensure we get at least more than ten flying mount eggs!” Zeus said through clenched teeth.
Just then, a series of shrill cries suddenly came from the distant cliffs, and everyone looked up in surprise. They saw a figure with wings on its back frantically fleeing towards the distance, pursued by a large group of Hawks attacking him, and Zeus even saw among the Hawks, there were several level forty elite bosses.
“Look, doesn’t that person look like Song Jian?” someone shouted.
The Steel Wings had become a symbol of Song Jian, and everyone was shocked. Squinting, they saw that indeed, the wings shimmering with metallic luster on the fleeing figure belonged to a pair of Steel Wings.
“It looks like City of Hope has also set their sights on these Hawks,” Zeus’s face immediately darkened.
“Heh, this is going to be good to watch. With so many level forty-plus monsters, even Song Jian won’t be able to take advantage,” the God of Thieves chuckled wickedly, his face revealing schadenfreude.
In the sky, the clone that looked almost exactly like Song Jian was constantly dodging sonic attacks from the pursuing Hawks but didn’t fight back. Its orders were to flee as far as possible, so after a while, hundreds of Hawks were chasing after it.
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As the distance between them closed, the clone took more and more damage, and finally, after flying more than a hundred meters, its Vitality Points depleted, and it plummeted straight towards the ground.
Seeing Song Jian attacked by Hawks, the Pantheon players were pleased, yet they found it unbelievable to just watch Song Jian being targeted and killed by the Hawks without interference.
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