booktalesy Chapter 4127 Level Selection
Chapter 4127 Level Selection
Chapter 4127 Level Selection
"what about you?"
After making his choice, Gray Porcelain looked at the others.
Gabriel said either way is fine, but since the terrestrial spores don't seem to attack floating life forms, he personally prefers to check out the "Ground Angels" level.
As for the rabbit girl, she looked at Angell, hoping he would make the decision.
Others may not know, but she does know that Angell has already observed the interior of the level from a god-like perspective.
He should be able to make choices that are more in line with the current consensus of the team.
Finally, everyone's attention turned to Angell.
Although neither of them spoke, Angell knew that his decision was likely the final choice.
He pondered for a moment, carefully recalling and comparing the information from the six levels...
“I agree with Gray Porcelain’s statement. There is too little information about the four unknown dungeons, so their priority can be postponed.” Angor: “Therefore, it is best to choose between Nereid and the Earth Angels.”
Because those four levels with unknown information were selected from instances that had never been encountered before.
And Angor had no way of investigating those instances that hadn't yet appeared...
Furthermore, the intelligence and clues for these undelivered instances must lie deep within the Sea of Power. Even if Angor wanted to use cheats to retrieve information from the Sea of Power, it would be extremely difficult.
Therefore, he personally prefers to conquer Nereid and the angels on earth first.
These two levels, one from the Kirishima Dragon Tomb and the other from the World of Grinding Sun, can be easily conquered by observing the already arrived instances and then navigating the levels in the Sandbox Wonderland.
With real-world dungeons as a reference, the probability of clearing a dungeon is definitely much higher than with dungeons that haven't been released yet.
As for how Nereid and the angels on earth should choose?
Angell was actually a little hesitant.
He personally prefers to pursue the Earth Angel because it's from the "World Grinding" instance. World Grinding is a relatively open instance, similar to a large-scale game where most information is readily available, allowing Angor to more easily observe useful intelligence from a god-like perspective.
The Nereid dungeon is different; it's adapted from the "Mist Island Dragon Tomb" dungeon. The rule for this dungeon is that you must go to the statue of the corresponding dragon to trigger the battle.
If no one gets close, the statue is just a statue; it won't change, and it's difficult to obtain any information from it.
As an elemental rainbow dragon, Nereid naturally also has statues.
Angor had previously taken a look from a god's-eye view and discovered that the Elemental Rainbow Dragon statue was located deep within the Mist Island Dragon Tomb, and no challengers had ever reached this place.
Even if Angor observes the Mist Island Dragon Tomb instance from a god's-eye view, he won't get much information when no one unlocks the statue.
In contrast, in the "semi-open world" of World of Grinding, information is more direct, and monsters are basically all out in the open.
Therefore, he personally prefers the level of the earthly angels.
However, just now, Angell's thoughts have undergone some new changes.
Because Laplace had previously revealed that she knew some information about Nereid, this caused Angel's judgment to shift.
Although both Kirishima Dragon Tomb and World Grinding Sun were created with the power of the Fairy Realm centered around Laplace's punctual form, there are still significant differences upon closer examination.
Kirishima Dragon Tomb was created using the memories of the "tomb keeper" Toki, and Laplace, as Toki's creator, had some understanding of his memories.
While the World of Grinding is created around Laplace's timely transformation into "Mushroom Concubine," the world view of this instance is entirely original, combining the powers of Wonderland with Angor's memories.
Therefore, Laplace is unaware of the environment and monsters of this world.
Therefore, from Laplace's perspective, she would probably prefer the "Kirishima Dragon Tomb" level.
Angor pondered and compared the situation. Although he could observe the situation in the World of Grinding dungeon from a god's-eye view and then report back to the angelic level on Earth, in terms of information acquisition efficiency, he was definitely no match for Laplace, who naturally knew information about "Nereid."
Therefore, he is now actually starting to lean towards "Nereid" in his heart.
Angell was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his head to meet everyone's gaze.
"The choice of level is very important because it determines how quickly we can complete the level."
If they fail the challenge today, during the cooldown countdown, they will not only be unable to challenge the corresponding level, but also other levels.
In other words, if they make the wrong choice, they could fall a whole day behind others in the subsequent challenges.
Therefore, the choice made on the first day is extremely important.
Now, Angor has basically decided that he must choose between Nereid and the earthly angels. But he cannot yet make a decision on which one to choose first.
Therefore, he decided to explain the potential advantages and disadvantages of their efforts in overcoming these two challenges, and let everyone judge them together.
"The Earth Angels come from the World Grinding dungeon, and I can obtain information about World Grinding through some special means. However, the information I obtain may not be strongly related to the 'Earth Angels'."
"Nereid comes from the Tomb of the Mist Island. I don't know much about this dungeon, but Laplace has some secret channels and has a deep understanding of it. She also knows a lot about Nereid, but whether that will help us clear the dungeon is still unknown."
After Angor laid out the advantages and disadvantages of the two instances, everyone fell into thought.
However, they didn't ponder for long, because Laplace spoke up.
“Indeed, as Angor said, I do know something about Nereid.” Laplace: “You can decide whether to attempt the Nereid level based on my explanation.”
Laplace didn't hide anything and began to recount the information about Nereid.
Nereid is an elemental rainbow dragon, a variant of the abyssal dragon, and possesses the ability to manipulate multiple elements.
It sounds scary, but in reality, the Elemental Rainbow Dragon is considered a lower-middle-tier dragon species among the Abyss Dragons.
Because although they can manipulate multiple elements, this manipulation is not "innate," but rather a physical ability.
Just like humans, no matter how highly qualified they are, they still need time to grow and learn.
Other abyssal elemental dragons, although they may only have a deep understanding of one element, are born with the ability to deeply manipulate elements.
The newly born abyssal elemental dragon possesses an elemental manipulation ability that surpasses even that of many elemental wizards who have cultivated for decades.
Furthermore, as time goes by, even without cultivation, their control over the elements will naturally become stronger.
The Elemental Rainbow Dragon is different. It has the aptitude to control multiple elements, but it must learn each element one by one, just like humans, who can only improve through practice.
Of course, the Elemental Rainbow Dragon is definitely stronger than a human.
If we rate the difficulty of a wizard practicing their innate element as 10, then the difficulty of practicing other elements across different elements is 100.
Therefore, the difficulty for the Elemental Rainbow Dragon to learn various elements is probably only 1.
In short, Elemental Rainbow Dragons are considered to be in the lower to middle tier among Abyssal Dragons, but they are certainly stronger than most humans. Moreover, if Elemental Rainbow Dragons can continue to train without interruption, they will become stronger over time, and it is not impossible for them to eventually surpass Abyssal Dragons of a single element.
Therefore, the elemental rainbow dragon has a very low starting point, but with effort, its potential is slightly higher than that of a single elemental dragon.
After giving a general overview of the Elemental Rainbow Dragon, Laplace began to tell the story of "Nereid".
"Nereid is a disgrace to the Elemental Rainbow Dragons..."
Due to its inherent nature, the Elemental Rainbow Dragon is very...weak when it is weak.
Unlike other abyssal dragons, they are not born powerful.
This also means that Elemental Rainbow Dragons are targeted by dragon hunters when they are young. After all, what dragon hunters care about is dragon blood. In terms of the quality of dragon blood, Elemental Rainbow Dragons are no worse than other Abyssal Dragons, but they are relatively easier to hunt.
Many elemental rainbow dragons train diligently from a young age to compensate for their weaknesses so as not to be killed when they are weak.
But Nereid is not like that.
Because of the care it received from its elders, it developed a lazy personality from a young age, always feeling that it would be safe from harm under their protection. Therefore, its practice of elemental abilities was always sporadic and inconsistent.
However, Nereid's idea was not wrong. Its elders were very powerful and willing to protect it; so it grew into a young dragon without encountering any attacks.
Even though its reputation as a useless and greedy creature had spread far and wide, everyone was wary of the elders behind Nereid and dared not easily provoke the dragon.
Nereid thought he would continue living this lazy life, but who could have predicted that a formidable figure would emerge from the side of greed—the "Dragon Hunter" Shi Zhen.
Because Shi Zhen had absorbed the blood of divine wrath, she relentlessly hunted various dragons in order to become stronger.
His insane behavior led to him being constantly hunted down by the Abyss Dragon Clan.
In this situation, how could he possibly consider the elders of Nereid...?
When he learned that there was an elemental rainbow dragon like Nereid that was easy to handle, he made his move.
As expected, Nereid was killed by Shizhen.
Although Shizuku was hunted down by Nereid's elders for a long time afterward, these are all irrelevant details for later.
In short, Shizhen successfully hunted Nereid. And Laplace naturally acquired the memories of that battle after Shizhen's timely incarnation was born—
Although Nereid is ignorant and incompetent, it has a good background. With the support of its elders, Nereid has strong qualities in all aspects, but because of this, it has become very weak.
It sounds a bit convoluted, but that's the truth.
Its physical body is very hard, but Nereid cannot use the power of its body.
The elemental forces are immense; even if Shi Zhen were to come into contact with them, it would be a matter of life and death. However, it doesn't even understand the most basic concepts of elemental flow, elemental interference, and elemental concentration gradients.
This leads to a very fatal consequence: its elemental attacks can destroy Shizhen, but it cannot directly kill a weaker opponent of the same element.
To give a simple example, it flaps its wings and creates a shower of heavenly fire, which burns the earth.
However, the frail fire slime, even when directly confronted by falling heavenly fire, only suffers minor damage at most.
This demonstrates its extremely low control over the elements.
You should know that in the wizarding world, even ordinary elemental apprentices can surpass it...
In this situation, Shi Zhen only needs to observe the movement of Nereid's elemental attacks and create a dome of the same element before the elemental attacks arrive, and Nereid's elemental attacks will become ineffective.
However, compared to this method of defense, Shi Zhen more often uses speed to avoid elemental attacks.
Because, without a doubt, Nereid's accuracy was poor.
The "waste" of Nereid doesn't stop there.
When Shi Zhen was hunting Nereid, he also discovered that Nereid would slowly chant in front of him while releasing elemental attacks.
Shi Zhen's reverse elemental attack interrupted its chanting, and it even suffered elemental backlash as a result...
After watching the memories of this battle, even Laplace couldn't help but sigh that Nereid was truly a piece of trash among the elemental rainbow dragons.
Of course, from Shizhen's perspective, hunting Nereid is very simple, full of loopholes.
However, this is only a loophole for Shi Zhen, but not for the people currently in the Dream Crystal Plain.
For example, Nereid's elemental control isn't strong, so you can use a shield of the same element to be immune to its attacks. But don't forget, Nereid is an elemental rainbow dragon, mastering multiple elements, and it can switch elemental attacks at any time.
Furthermore, while Nereid may not be very adept at using physical strength, it is incredibly tough. Thanks to the nurturing of its elders, it is even tougher than many abyssal dragons of the same level.
Your attacks are like scratching a thorn, not even scratching it. How can you fight it?
For a powerful dragon hunter like Shi Zhen, Nereid is an easy target; but for the challengers of this Sandbox Wonderland, it is an extremely high threshold.
……
After hearing Nereid's information, everyone was shocked by its incompetence, but the thought of having to hunt such a creature gave them a headache.
They're not some fierce, ruthless thief!
However, Laplace spoke up again: "As I just told the police tower, their presence at the settlement, rather than directly in front of Nereid, must have had a deeper meaning."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Laplace gave the answer.
"From what I understand, the place where Shi Zhen and Nereid fought was near the Ke Ye mining area in the Abyss."
"This mine was initially dug by half-blood demons, but was later forcibly occupied by Nereid."
"Because this mining area produces... elemental gems."
"Furthermore, the elemental gemstones in the Keye mining area are not single-element; they contain various elements."
That is why Nereid seized control of the mining area.
"You should already know the effects of elemental gems. They can be used for training or crafting, but they also have a very direct use: smashing them to create elemental explosions..."
(End of this chapter)