79: Various humanoid monsters in Hexi

To the west of Novice Village lies a river.

A tributary of this river flows into the village, forming a small lake, which is where Xu Shian fishes every time.

However, crossing to the other side of the river is not easy.

The current is turbulent on this side of the downstream area. Continuing upstream, the lake where Xu Shian gathered herbs last time was calm, but it is quite far away, and there are various wild monsters blocking the path.

Further downstream, where the river narrows, there is a wooden bridge that can be used to reach the other side.

The vast majority of players heading west to level up cross via that wooden bridge.

It is just not very close...

Xu Shian did not want to go through that trouble!

He can breathe underwater, so what is there to fear?

At worst, he could just crawl across along the riverbed!

"Did you bring the equipment I told you to buy?"

Wu Lun nodded.

"I brought it. I brought a set of mage-class equipment and a set of warrior-class equipment..."

As he spoke, Wu Lun looked a bit puzzled!

"Boss, we have Pigsy and Feng Tiao, do we still need warriors..."

Xu Shian did not care at all.

"It is better to be safe than sorry... What if we encounter a warrior class with excellent conditions..."

The crow circled in the sky twice. Seeing that the surroundings were safe, Xu Shian moved his mind and sent Wu Lun into the Emerald Dream...

He still had a trinket fishing hook in his hand... Xu Shian clearly did not want to give away such a fun toy! Even though Wu Lun could be considered an extension of his own will!

That would not do...

After successfully arriving on the other side of the river, Xu Shian summoned his entire army of pets.

[Pigsy] and [Feng Tiao] took the lead, followed closely by six grey wolves, while Ink Shadow and Night Pupil patrolled the surroundings from the sky.

After walking for a distance, Xu Shian summoned Wu Lun, who had been sent into the Emerald Dream.

"How is it? What kind of scene is it inside?"

Wu Lun had a look of surprise and suspicion...

"In this Emerald Dream, we are living in a village located in a forest. There are empty treehouses everywhere, so I just found an empty one and moved in..."

"There is a Spring of Life in the village that restores my condition at any time. Moreover, the wooden house I live in can create different wooden furniture according to my thoughts... wooden beds, wooden chairs, wooden tables..."

Is it that magical?

I wonder if I will have the chance to go in and see it in the future!

Wu Lun was summoned out, then he whistled and summoned his two beasts.

The group marched valiantly and spiritedly toward the distant Dungeon...

Since crossing the river is so difficult, yet so many people are willing to wade across to kill monsters and level up, the wild monsters here must surely have their own unique qualities!

To the west of the river, there are all kinds of humanoid monsters!

In "myriad realms online", many of the settings are not much different from other games!

For example, beast-type wild monsters drop various materials after being killed, but no money.

As for coins, only humanoid monsters drop them.

Additionally, various types of cloth are also a specialty drop from humanoid monsters...

Currently, the price of linen in Novice Village remains high, and the time wasted crossing the river is one aspect of it.

A more important reason is that these humanoid monsters are hard to fight!

All humanoid monsters have a rather annoying trait.

That is, when their health is low, they will run away...

Of course, they do not just run away and never return; they will call their friends and summon a bunch of people to fight you!

If you win, you profit; you do not even need to lure monsters, as they have already lured them for you...

But the premise is that you must be able to win!

Another characteristic of humanoid monsters is that they basically all have their own classes!

For example, in the [Goblins Nest], there are Goblin Warriors, Goblin Priests, Goblin Hunters...

Ranged classes stand at a distance, and melee classes fight face-to-face; there is no way to pull them together to blow them up.

Therefore, Xu Shian and his team had basically never come to the west side of the river.

Wu Lun had originally wanted to ask around in the village about the terrain and monster distribution on the west side.

Xu Shian told him not to bother... He opened the forum, clicked on a paid post, and spent 50 copper coins to view the content inside.

This post recorded in detail the terrain and the distribution map of wild monsters west of the river in Novice Village!

Xu Shian had always known that the heroes of the world are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river...

Especially in a new world, a new beginning at this time!

As for the mere west side of the river, someone had long since thoroughly mapped out this area and was making money on the forum!

After crossing the river, on the right-hand side, the area near the wooden bridge has always been occupied by Boar-men.

The level five to eight Boar-men mainly have three classes.

Warrior, Hunter, and Priest!

There is a reason why linen is expensive!

Those Boar-man Hunters generally bring grey wolves; once you enter their combat range, they raise their bows and shoot, and then they release the dogs to bite you...

Without some strength, you really cannot beat them...

Not to mention the Boar-man Warriors; Charge, Disarm, Battle Cry—a set of combos can make warrior-class players question their lives!

If it were not for the high rewards of fighting these monsters, I guess no one would be willing to come over.

Xu Shian often saw the linen Chen Jie sold at the Auction House, and from the looks of it, he knew this person was also one of those crossing the river to pan for gold.

Without some strength, you really cannot make a living doing this.

After passing the Boar-man territory and continuing west, you enter the territory of the Gnolls...

Gnolls do not have much brains, and not many of their clansmen have classes.

Even without classes, they can suppress the Boar-men and become the presence in the level ten monster area of the Novice Village; they must surely have their own extraordinary qualities.

Not having brains does not hinder their violence; they are all essentially Warrior templates...

They basically only know three moves, and when they have nothing to do, they love to smash your head with a mace!

The only good news is that there is no pervert named 'Hogger' here...

After crossing the river, on the left-hand side is a place called Purified Water Lake, which is filled with all kinds of Mermen.

The situation with the Merman race is basically similar to the Boar-men, but they are more cruel and cunning than the Boar-men, and of course, their classes are more comprehensive.

Their Merman Priests can even use Water Heal and Healing Wave... and the amount of healing is quite considerable.

In the Novice Village, this is also a rare form of healing.

Moreover, the Merman race is also known for producing various BOSSes!

Seeing this, Xu Shian could not help but feel tempted!

He opened the post about the Dungeon in [Jianghu Encyclopedia] and took a look.

It seems he did not see any news about healing classes in the Goblins Nest Dungeon...

How about, first go to the side of Purified Water Lake and make a [Subordinate] card that can heal?

Xu Shian looked at his talent template.

When he killed Wu Lun that day, although he had used up all of his soul sand grains.

But in the past two days of grinding monsters with the large army, the efficiency was frighteningly high, and it had already replenished quite a bit of stock for Xu Shian.

[soul sand grains: 6237]

In these two days, he had killed over two thousand wild monsters above level six and accumulated quite a few soul sand grains again.

Let's do it!

It is time to let these Mermen experience the treachery of the human heart!

Purified Water Lake is located among some hills; the high terrain surrounding it created this lake, and then it was just occupied by the Mermen!

As for why they did not occupy the river outside the village...

Xu Shian did not know!

Perhaps there are too few Mermen in the Novice Village, and they dare not act rashly!

Two boars, seven wolves, and one lynx rushed directly into the Merman village like tigers descending a mountain!

The Charge was fierce, but clearing monsters must definitely be done from one end of the village to the other...

It is not like charging a formation where one could rush through the middle, making the enemy unable to attend to both ends?

The Mermen at the east end of the village were a bit stunned for a moment!

The Mermen, who had never seen such a bold person, were immediately enraged and rushed up, howling.

Xu Shian was hidden in the crowd of wild monsters, constantly using the [Search] skill on different Mermen!

Although the income was only a dozen copper coins, he could practice his skills, so Xu Shian was still tireless in doing it.

Occasionally, he controlled [Pigsy] to launch the skill [Savage Charge] at the furthest target!

The triple damage caused by [Savage Charge] was devastating to the Mermen...

[Savage Charge] can cause damage to all enemies along the way.

The key is that as long as the strength is not equal to [Pigsy], there is no way to stop his charging skill until he hits his target!

Xu Shian was busy with [Stealth] and practicing the skill [Search].

Wu Lun took over Xu Shian's previous job, picking off the low-health Mermen trying to escape!

It did not matter if they were all killed; anyway, all Xu Shian needed was a corpse...