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Chapter 544: The Battle of Monkey Forest
Chapter 544: The Battle of Monkey Forest
In the eastern region of the Pandaren Empire, outside the village of Foglin, which borders Monkey Forest.
Over sixty pandaren and more than four hundred players formed a triple-line defense outside Foglin, standing firm against the invading monkey army.
However, the sheer number of monkeys was overwhelming. The combined forces of the players and pandaren could not hold the line, and the defense quickly crumbled, leaving gaps for the monkeys to exploit.
The agile monkeys seized these opportunities, screeching as they darted through the gaps and charged toward the village without a backward glance. The players and pandaren could only watch helplessly, powerless to stop them.
“Leader Green, I fear our mission is going to fail,” a player said with a mournful expression, turning to their leader, Green Machine Gun.
“Sigh, there’s nothing we can do,” Green Machine Gun, a middle-aged man in his forties and the leader of their five-hundred-strong mercenary group, the Green Fairy Tales, replied with a sigh. “The pandaren have moved most of their main defensive forces to the western front. The defenses here are severely understaffed, and it was only a matter of time before they were breached.”
A young mage girl in red leather armor added, “But Uncle Green, this is the sixth village we’ve lost. If we lose any more, our mission rewards might turn negative!”
Sighs echoed through the group.
Who wouldn’t want to abandon this thankless task and join the more rewarding battles on the western front?
But seeing the pandaren guards gritting their teeth and standing their ground, and hearing the cries of the pandaren women and children being plundered by the monkeys, they couldn’t bring themselves to leave.
If they did, the monkeys would swarm in like a plague, leaving countless pandaren families destroyed.
Just as Green Machine Gun opened his mouth to say something, a massive azure portal crackled into existence in front of them!
The portal expanded rapidly, starting as a small point and growing to forty meters wide and sixty meters tall in less than five seconds.
“Charge! Destroy the monkeys!”
“The pandaren will never be slaves!”
Shouts of battle echoed from within the portal. Players poured out like a tidal wave, raining arrows and spells down upon the monkeys.
Seeing this unexpected reinforcement, the players of the Green Fairy Tales were overjoyed!
“Great, we have reinforcements!”
“Where did these reinforcements come from? They arrived just in time!”
“Let’s find someone to ask.”
Green Machine Gun stepped forward, preparing to ask one of the players who had just emerged from the portal.
But he froze in his tracks after just two steps. He didn’t need to ask; he already had his answer.
For at that moment, a game notification sounded in his ear.
“Ding, you have triggered the scenario mission [Battle of Monkey Forest]. Do you accept?”
“Accept.”
“Ding, congratulations on triggering the major scenario mission [Battle of Monkey Forest].”
“Mission Overview: The rear defenses of the Pandaren Empire are weak, giving the monkey clan, which lives in the forest, an opportunity to launch a large-scale attack on pandaren villages.
Special Envoy Star Killer of the Golden Rose Empire has identified the potential threat posed by the monkey clan and has decided to launch a counteroffensive to drive the monkeys back into the forest!”
“Victory Conditions: Drive the monkey forces back into the forest. Progress (0%)”
“Rewards: Rewards are based on the percentage of progress!”
And this wasn’t the only mission available.
After accepting the main campaign mission, the players of the Grim Mercenary Group began to receive a series of side quests.
These side quests ranged from attacking and killing the monkey troops to putting out fires, saving lives, and minimizing losses in the rear.
One thing these side quests had in common was their exceptionally generous rewards!
The players of the Grim Mercenary Group discovered that the rewards for the side quests assigned by Mr. Ke were at least three times higher than those of the original mission, and the completion difficulty was relatively low!
This greatly boosted the morale of the Grim Mercenary Group's players!
"Let's go, kill the monkeys!"
"Drive the monkeys back into the forest!"
The players of the mercenary group shouted loudly, their spirits high, and they sounded the horn for a counterattack.
Similar scenes played out in the surrounding panda villages.
Su Yu placed eight giant portals at the front line, each transporting 10,000 players. Upon arrival, the players immediately launched a counterattack against the monkeys.
As for Su Yu himself, while assigning various side quests to the players, he activated the Invisibility Spell and stealthily flew into the Monkey Forest.
The monkey clan possessed several powerful artifacts!
Perhaps due to the monkeys' good fortune, their artifacts were no less functional than those owned by humans!
So, Su Yu sneaked into the Monkey Forest, hoping to "borrow" one or two artifacts from the monkeys.
In the forest,
The commander of the monkey army was a peak 6th-stage monkey, whose intelligence and strength were on par with humans.
Through the clan's bloodline connection, he sensed the sudden increase in pressure at the front line, indicating that the enemy reinforcements had arrived.
He howled twice and led his high-ranking monkeys toward the front line, ready to join the battle personally.
These high-ranking monkeys advanced directly toward the area with the most players, which was Foglin Village, the base of the Grim Mercenary Group.
The players in Foglin Village were having a great time, pushing the monkeys back and almost driving them back into the forest. But then, the high-ranking monkeys arrived!
The monkey commander did not rush into battle upon reaching the front line. Instead, he first observed the current situation.
Although his monkeys outnumbered the interdimensional adventurers, the lack of coordination and reliance on brute force had left them in a dire state.
However, the monkey commander was not concerned.
He commanded his 5th and 6th-stage high-ranking monkeys to charge and eliminate the players while placing a powerful artifact given to him by the king—the Monkey War God Statue.
The Monkey War God Statue was a two-meter-tall statue of a monkey wearing a golden chainmail armor and wielding a metal staff inscribed with "Pillar of the Sea".
This war god statue was carved by a master stonemason of the monkey clan to honor the first monkey king, Sun Wukong.
Upon activation by the monkey commander, layers of red light emanated from the statue, bestowing its blessings upon all the monkeys.
With the red light's blessing, the front-line monkeys' bodies immediately swelled by 30%, and their strength, defense, health, recovery, and speed increased by over 50%!
The players soon realized that what they once considered easy targets had now turned into iron plates. Their attacks became much less effective, while a single claw from the monkeys could now drain half their health!
With the high-ranking monkeys swiftly descending from the sky, all the players realized that things were about to get very bad!
(End of Chapter)
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