After the previous experience of fierce battles with the flying snakes, Allen and his legendary teammates finally no longer dared to underestimate any creature from the mirage plane.
After correcting their mentality, the next trip became relatively more orderly and safe. As the number of battles increased, the team members gradually gained a lot of tacit understanding and regained the skills they had gained from traveling and adventuring in their early years.
As the captain, Allen was gradually recognized by the team members. After all, Allen's mentality was better than everyone else from the beginning. In the following days, Allen's outstanding performance in battle formation command and individual strength also became All of them were recognized by the group of strong and unruly people present.
"What would you like to eat tonight?"
"Steamed flying swordfish? Or grilled cloud-eating whale?"
The abilities of creatures in the phantom plane are really weird. Some creatures that look harmless to humans and animals will suddenly become ferocious when a creature passes by. But along with the mysterious abilities of these plane creatures are various novel flavors that are completely different from the creatures in Feynman's world.
The legendary powerhouses present have enjoyed quite a lot of food these days. In order to make up for his shortcomings, and at the same time to accumulate more experience in cooking unknown creatures from other worlds, Allen always cooks for everyone after the battle every day. A few magical dishes cooked from the corpses of creatures from another world that they obtained after a day of fighting.
These legendary powerhouses have also opened their eyes and gained knowledge. It turns out that in these many planes, there are actually ingredients with unique tastes such as blood as sweet as milk, muscles with the fragrance and taste of fruits, and so on. Using these unique ingredients, they are magically cooked by Alan, the god of food, and then become a delicious food that everyone salivates over and devoured.
The legendary strong men not only expressed their desires, but also these foods with magical magical effects also gave everyone a great help in the battle. Before every battle, Allen always makes a bunch of food from local materials, and the various magical blessing effects that everyone gets will always make the battle easier.
Especially for psychic spells against creatures in the phantom plane, the magic dishes made by Allen provided protection that several other spellcasters in the team could not provide, which made everyone less worried.
Except for Allen, everyone else has not noticed that these magic dishes will not only give them a certain time-effective spell effect blessing, but also slowly change everyone's body's resistance to willpower and psychic spells. are slowly increasing.
"It's time to go back and join the other teammates today!!"
Faced with the question from the lizard man Hanini, who was spitting out a slender snake head, Allen's answer made the faces of the legends present look somewhat disappointed.
This task of cleaning up the surrounding environment took a total of 7 days. During these 7 days, Allen and the others pushed forward all the way to the west, removing large-scale native biota, or The powerful alien beasts were completely wiped out.
There was also a lot of harvest, there were more than 50 types of precious plant materials, and more than 30 pieces of dream crystals of various grades were harvested. It is said to be good, but if it is really divided among everyone, then the harvest is not a lot.
Of course, these gains can only be regarded as windfalls. If the goal they really want to deal with is achieved, then the Alliance Council and the Temple will give certain rewards. Plus the loot, their harvest will not be too bad.
When they returned, there was already a team resting near the beacon. It was the largest team among them - the team led by the dwarf wizard Garfield and the troll boxer Elliot, as well as the jackal. The team led by the human bloodthirsty Jonathan, the other team led by the kobold warlock Dick, and the other two team members have no whereabouts yet.
Seeing Allen and the others returning, fellow dwarf mage Garfield's eyes were full of scrutiny. The strength of a team that can return before the kobold Dick and his team must not be underestimated.
The three teams were just at ease, occupying a corner of each other and quietly waiting for the return of the other teams. Of course, everyone had something to do while waiting. For example, the only assassin in Allen's team, the Jackal Tirion, They had already rushed to the north where their target was - the territory of the cloud giants, and went to scout for information first.
By the next day, the rest of the team came back one after another. One team member was formed by an ogre and had some injuries. It seemed that they might have encountered a powerful group before they started to engage in this attack. It must be so embarrassing.
The leaders of several teams met again and sat together to discuss the next action. There were still 21 days left before leaving this plane, and the group of cloud giants they needed to deal with was the one who was said to have A leader with the strength of a demigod is already troublesome, and this little time may not be enough for everyone to complete the task.
Therefore, everyone needs to finalize the next itinerary, at least leaving enough time to avoid not being able to complete the set tasks within 21 days.
"My words were really nice before, about my abilities and talents. I didn't expect that we wasted two extra days for your team!!"
As soon as they sat down together, the jackal Jonathan stared contemptuously at the kobold Dick opposite him, and made sarcastic remarks.
"...Hmph, that's because our team was unlucky and encountered a swarm of hundreds of alien bees, otherwise we would have definitely come back before you did!!"
"Don't look for so many reasons, there are none..."
"Okay two, don't start arguing as soon as you sit down. We have more important tasks to complete and we don't have time to argue about this!"
The dwarf Garfield promptly stopped the meaningless quarrel between the two parties and began to take the initiative to lead the subsequent discussions.
Because of the large scale of Garfield's team, it took them the shortest time to complete the task of eliminating threats within a 500-mile range in the chosen direction. After completing the set task, they were also the first to send out legendary assassins and shadow walkers in the team. members, a team that went to scout the territory of the cloud giants.
"...According to the first-hand information obtained by two legends from our team, Randall and Essai, who went to conduct reconnaissance, the size of this cloud giant group seems to have increased compared to a hundred years ago. The number of their group is based on Mr. Randall According to the rough estimate of the reconnaissance, there should be between 25-27 heads. The good news is that nearly ten of them are underage cloud giants, and their strength is at most equivalent to our legendary primary level."
"But the bad news is that among the remaining 15-17 cloud giants, at least 6 have reached old age. This means that in addition to the demigod-level cloud giants, we have to deal with 6 at least legendary ones. A peak-level cloud giant."
"Everyone knows that creatures like giants and dragons are much more powerful than us humanoid intelligent legends..."
"..."
Garfield's mind seemed to be much broader than at least the representatives of the other two demigod tribes. He directly told the intelligence collected by their team. Although he didn't know if there were any key points hidden in it, at least it made everyone understand. They have a certain understanding of their character goals.
"My idea is that we all work together to come up with an effective countermeasure to gradually eliminate the number of cloud giants, and finally take down the demigod leader."
"Time is a little tight, and there is no chance for us all to try and make mistakes. If we cannot effectively weaken the strength of this cloud giant the first time, then with the intelligence of the cloud giant, they will not be fooled again!!"
This is indeed a very real problem. The IQ of the cloud giants is not low, and it is not much different from ordinary intelligent races. If you want to use seduction to attack the opponent, it may be feasible once or twice, but more times will definitely cause the other party’s suspicion. And if they want to cannibalize the opponent step by step, the Wilderness team does not have enough time.
"I think we can all work together when it comes to killing demigods."
It was rare for Allen to express his attitude first, because he secretly observed the leaders around him. Their eyes were somewhat distrustful, and they probably had their own ideas. However, it is normal to have other ideas. In addition to completing the mission, everyone also needs to consider issues such as mission contribution and spoils division. No one will give in easily in this regard.
"But in terms of early disintegration of the cloud giants, I think everyone should act independently, and at most maintain a coordinated approach with each other."
"For example, for the sake of fairness, each of our teams can send one and several team members, and everyone can go in several directions at the same time to lure the enemy. Which team will the Cloud Giant team follow in the end? So this The cloud giant is someone's prey."
"If the strength of the cloud giant that is lured is not something that the team can handle, then the team can request support, and the party that agrees to lend a helping hand must get at least half of the prey's profits."
"If no team can support you for the time being, then the team can first contain the cloud giant to buy time for other teams. When everyone is free later, the team can still get at least half of the loot from the contained cloud giant..."
"..."
Allen has never been idle. In the past two days, he has also been thinking about how to complete the task, especially when the team members are complex and disunited and time is tight. To settle these divided teams and cooperate with each other, a relatively fair set of rules must be formulated.
Although Allen doesn't have to come forward in these matters, those guys who like to show off their abilities will definitely come up with ways to solve the problem, but since he is participating in this competition, he hopes to successfully complete the task after all.
Allen didn't want to waste a few days in order to solve these problems, so during the two days of rest, he did not forget to find someone to win over the lone travelers, while carefully thinking about the cooperation regulations of several teams. .
Those dozen lone travelers had the experience of going on adventures and searches alone before. After suffering the pain of fighting alone, they must have regretted not joining the team at this time. However, as legends, most of them are proud guys. Even if they want to join a certain team at this time, they may be embarrassed to lower their heads for a while.
Thinking about the situation of these legends, Allen already knew how to persuade the other party. As expected, 6 more legends joined in. Allen and his team suddenly grew a lot. Like the kobold Dick and his team, they In terms of numbers, it's almost the same.
"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect that Patriarch Allen not only cooks delicious food, but also has sharp problem-solving methods!!"
Garfield's eyes looked a little surprised, but Allen still felt a ray of sinister coldness deep in the other person's eyes. It seemed that his statement disrupted the other party's plan, or maybe it was just because Allen stole his own grace.
"This idea is okay, but it still seems inappropriate in some aspects."
"Have you ever thought about it, Patriarch Allen, that there is an obvious gap in strength between our teams. If we help, why should we share the spoils equally with others?"
Allen smiled slightly and gave the answer.
"If you think it's not worth it, Captain Garfield, then you can refuse the other party's request, right?"
It is an indisputable fact that the strength is not equal. Even though Allen's team now has almost 20 people, if you look purely at the number of people, they are still weaker than Garfield's team, which is at least 13 in size. This also means that Garfield's team can challenge a more difficult challenge, while Allen's team is smaller. This can be seen when the opponent returned two days earlier than Allen and the others when clearing the surrounding dangers.
Allen also saw the problem here, so he came up with such a plan early. He just didn't want Garfield and the others to seize more trophies and contributions when they asked for cooperation because of their stronger team strength. .
"I……"
"I think this suggestion is good, you can try it!!"
While Garfield was still arguing, Dick, the kobold on the other side, stepped in and expressed his support for Allen.
“We don’t have that much time to worry about such trivial matters, so I think we’ll just do it!!”
Although he couldn't stand the kobold Dick and always liked to go against Dick, the jackal Jonathan would not act on his impulse when it came to business matters. At this time, the plan given by Allen should be the most suitable one at present, so Jonathan lowered his head and vomited. He spat and said impatiently.
"Well, I think so."
"I support……"
The remaining three team captains nodded. They were actually the biggest beneficiaries of this plan, so naturally they could not object.
"Okay, let's do it!!"
The observation team on the side has remained neutral since entering the mirage plane. Except for reminding everyone to rest near the beacon for two days at the beginning, they spent the rest of the time sending team members to disperse among each team to observe the other party's actions. , the alien creatures killed, etc. At this time, the actions of several captains on the field were also recorded in a few words.
After reaching an initial consensus, Allen and the others no longer hesitated and walked towards the valley where the cloud giant was located.
