Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Seeing that he was in mid-air with nowhere to hide, Zhou Ning did not panic. While flying in mid-air, he looked at Hogg below, and a surging momentum swept towards him.

Overlord color and domineering!

Hogg suddenly froze, and the waving tentacles also paused. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Ning quietly landed on the ground and avoided the tentacles waving in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a small, exquisite talisman appeared in Zhou Ning's empty left hand. This was previously looted from Wright Phillips. There were four in total: Thorn, Imprisonment, Wave, and Flame. Each talisman could be used approximately ten times.

"thorns!"

As the ancient Falric spell resounded, a mass of thorns suddenly grew wildly and wrapped around Hogg.

Caught off guard, Hogg was tightly entangled by thorns and restricted to his original position.

At this time, Jaina, who was not far away, also freed her hands. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Hogg was tied up by thorns, her deep blue eyes suddenly deepened, and circles of frost rose on her right hand. As she raised her right hand, a huge ice arrow condensed into shape in an instant and shot towards Hogg at a speed that was difficult to dodge.

Layers of ice crystals disappeared, and an ice arrow pierced Hogg's body, leaving a bloody hole. All the purple tentacles on his body rose up at once, flapping wildly in the air.

The health bar also dropped sharply.

As expected of a future legendary wizard, his attack power is truly exaggerated... Zhou Ning couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw this scene.

But he did not stop. After retracting the talisman, he pulled out the ebony wood with his left hand, pointed them at Hogg with extraordinary calmness, and pulled the trigger.

As the hammer rotated and hit the firing pin, the gunpowder ignited in the barrel, emitting a thick smell of gunpowder. From the dark muzzle, six consecutive bullets emitted a loud roar.

When the fifth bullet was fired, White Ivory's sixth bullet once again triggered the effect of the special bullet, and this time it was a bullet with light purification effect!

Hogg's head suddenly tilted back, as if hit by a sledgehammer. His hideous wolf head was pierced by the last bullet, and red and white liquid flew everywhere.

One shot is fatal!

"Boss...I have failed you..."

[You killed the boss Scourgelord Hogger, accounting for 72% of the damage output, and you gained 32000 experience points.]

After killing Hogg, Zhou Ning found two pieces of equipment dropped on the ground, one was the chain hammer that Hogg had just held in his hand, and the other was a leather armor wristband.

Hogg's favorite heavy chain hammer

Type: Hammer weapon/throwing weapon

Quality: Epic

Damage: 159-474

Attack Speed: 2.0

Attributes: +20 Strength, -8 Agility

Can be thrown after equipping

Required level: 50, required strength: 90

Description: There are five crooked words engraved on the chain hammer: [Fight for the Boss].

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Dark Will Bracers

Equipment location: wrist

Equipment type: Leather armor

Quality: Rare

Attributes: Agility +9, Stamina +9.

Equipment level: 42

As expected, equipment would drop. Zhou Ning picked up the two pieces of equipment without hesitation. His total level was now exactly 42, which was just enough for him to equip these items. His agility jumped to 156 points and his stamina increased to 72 points, further increasing his combat effectiveness.

Although it was a rare item, equipment in the game "Apocalypse" was inherently difficult to obtain. Most equipment with attributes was considered extraordinary, not very common, and was often only easily obtained through high-end manufacturing or auction houses. Zhou Ning said he was delighted.

As for this epic chain hammer, its strength requirement is too high and it also reduces agility, making it not perfect for my own use. However, it can be placed in the store together with Frostmourne as my treasure, for players to see.

After Hogger was killed by Zhou Ning, Varian and Arthas were still fighting a gargoyle boss named Kirtonos the Herald and its servants. There were flashes of swords and sabers. Two burly men, as big as WWE wrestlers, covered the gargoyle tightly and could not intervene at all. The remaining monsters were no match for Zhou Ning and his men. Zhou Ning even had time to release the little Deathwing and let it hide behind him to gain experience.

But I was a little disappointed. I don't know if it was because I didn't participate in the battle myself, or because the level gap was too big, but by the end of this wave of battle, Deathwing had only reached half of level 1. It was far less than I had imagined.

Finally, when there were fewer and fewer gargoyles around, the herald Kirtonos finally realized that something was wrong and began to retreat. Just as Zhou Ning was trying to chase him, the screen flashed and zoomed away, and it turned out to be a cutscene.

Arthas raised his sword and walked over, looking at Zhou Ning and the others with a determined look on his face. "I'm so glad to have knights like you under my command. Listen, warriors, hurry to Stratholme immediately. We must fight the evil clown and his minions! Save Stratholme from the clown's clutches!"

"Aren't we waiting for Uther?" Varian asked.

"No need to wait. Those who want to save this land, follow me and chase after these reptiles from the Scourge!" After saying that, Arthas summoned the Holy Light Warhorse and chased in the direction of the herald Kirtonos's escape.

Zhou Ning: ...

He actually wanted to speak just now, but he got a panel prompt: [Talk to Arthas, listen to his advice, and follow his footsteps.]

Zhou Ning took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Out of sight, out of mind. This was similar to the "plot kill" in the dungeon, and the player had no way to interfere.

If I'm not mistaken, there's probably only one way to break the deadlock, which is to kill Hogg and the Herald Kirtonos at the same time in a short period of time.

Afterwards, Arthas drove his horse after Kirtonos and headed straight for Stratholme in the distance. On the city wall, he appeared there wearing a purple suit and funny clown makeup. He turned around, waved his arms violently, and made an exaggerated gesture of conducting a symphony.

Boom!

Behind him, tongues of flames shot up, and amidst a roar, Arthas was sent flying into the sky by a bomb. Really, even though he was one of his own, the bomb was so powerful that it gave Zhou Ning the feeling of watching Arthas ascend to heaven on the spot.

According to the intuition given by the blasting genius, this bastard had put at least three times the amount of gunpowder.

[You completed optional mission 1: Kill the gnoll Hogg and the undead troops he led, and received a reward of 60000 experience points.]

[Optional Mission 3: Protect Arthas and prevent him from becoming an undead. Has failed.]

The following plot is just like in the simulator. The Joker opens his arms, with an exaggerated and crazy smile on his face, and gives Varian and Jaina, who follow closely, two choices:

One is to immediately escort Arthas away from here and find Uther the Lightbringer stationed nearby, perhaps there is a chance to save Arthas, but then the residents of the city will be infected and die. The other is to enter Stratholme and try to dismantle the plague barrels to save the residents of the entire town.

【Arthas left the team.】

【Jaina Proudmoore left the party.】

Just like the plot in the simulator, Jaina escorted Arthas back, while Varian chose to continue moving towards Stratholme to try to save the residents of the town.

Zhou Ning took a deep breath. The first stage of the mission was not difficult, at least for him. It should not be difficult for players around level 60 either.

The real difficulty lies in whether we can kill Hogg and Herald Kirtonos immediately, as well as the second stage that follows.