Cow Guardian
Firstly, Carter said that all the staff had come down for supper. That meant that there were around thirty of their men just in the warehouse alone.
Then, when he looked at the people all crowded together, they were all anxious and their clothes were not uniforms. They also looked very unfamiliar and it was obvious that they were not from the ship. They were civilians that were evacuated here.
After that, with his rough calculation, the warehouse had at least 60 people.
That meant that he would get at least 60 Diamonds.
Not bad…
With that, Zhang Yun asked, "Carter, how many people do you have here?"
Carter turned around and looked, then said, "Almost everyone from the ship is here, only a few of our guests did not follow us. There are 37 of us.
"The ones behind us are all people living nearby. I do not know how many there are, but there must at least be 50 of them."
90 Diamonds at least?
That was great!
He was going to get rich!
Zhang Yun was very excited in his mind, but he did not show it at all. Instead, he asked him with some hesitation, "A bit too many. It might be difficult for you to get all of them to the city center… How about this, we will escort you along the way and lead them to somewhere safe.
"Once you are safe, Mikoto and I will come back here."
Carter asked him as he could not get his head around it, "Zhang Yun, why must you return here? Did you lose something on the ship? Or are you looking for someone over there?"
Why else?
Farm monsters for levels, do some quests, and earn some diamonds…
Zhang Yun coughed and used an excuse that he had already thought of, "No, not looking for things. But this disturbance happened too quickly. I suspect that something evil might be at work here, so Mikoto and I wanted to go look for the origin."
Carter then said with shock, "To find its origin? Zhang Yun, can it be that you have never seen a magical beast horde? And have never heard about it?"
Zhang Yun, "?"
Carter quickly explained, "Magical beast hordes can be separated into two types. The first type is when space has some abnormalities and creates Void Cracks. Then, magical beasts from another world would be pulled into the Void Cracks and teleported to where we are.
"The other type is a man-made Void Crack, forcing magical beasts from other worlds to be summoned into our world.
"Regardless of which type, as long as such a large horde has appeared, it means that the Void Crack was huge and something powerful was guarding nearby, and leading all the magical beasts.
"Without a leader, there would not be so many magical beasts appearing. They also wouldn't unite, attack the humans in unison, and not attack each other first…"
Zhang Yun seemed to be listening intently, but he was not paying it much attention.
'Ah, alright. I thought it was something that I didn't know. So, it's just redefining the Ancient Battlefield and Gates?
'Don't worry, bro. I know the terrors of the Ancient Battlefield. I won't go in so simply.
'As for the boss out there.
'I wonder, have you heard of the four-word mantra?
'Observe from the shadows…'
Carter then said worryingly, "Zhang Yun, Mikoto, I know both of you are powerful, but my advice for you is to not be too curious and explore the origin of the magical beast horde.
"That place would be more dangerous than the horde that we had faced. No one would dare to go there alone. Only an army of elites would dare to go in, and each time they would suffer grievous losses and lose many heroes.
"If you really must go, I think it would be too dangerous for you…"
Zhang Yun then said gratefully after listening to him, "Thank you for your advice, Carter. I did not know about this.
"Let us not talk about these. We should find the garrison before the magical beasts nearby come for us!
"As for going back… Since the horde's origin was so dangerous, I would give up on it. Do not worry."
'Give up?
'Of course, that is a lie!
'Why would a big hoarder like me give up such a good chance to gather Diamonds?
'It is only because I am in a rush, and I do not have the time to explain to Carter. So I should agree with him, complete the rescue quest, and then find a chance to fight my way back…
"Alright!" Carter believed what he had to say.
Afterward, the two of them discussed the plan and began to move everyone within the warehouse.
Brother Mikoto, Carter, and several melee people with melee classes would open up a path, and the others would follow them. The Murlocs will defend the flank and rear. The wizards and the elementals will stick close with the group, and use long-range attacks to damage the magical beast horde.
For insurance, Zhang Yun had used a few more Calling Cards and summoned a few specialist followers. They could do little in terms of attack, but they are very powerful protectors.
Name: Cow Guardian
Race: Minotaur
Legacy: None
Title: None
Level: 1
Experience Points: 0
Health Points: 1030/1030
Stamina Points: 300/300
Attributes: STR 8, AGI 1, CON 5, INT 1, WILL 0, CHA 0
Unassigned Attribute Points: 0
Skills: Soul Link (Lv 1, Use magic to link 5 allies. If any one part of the link was attacked, reduce the damage by 5%, and then transfer 50% of that damage to everyone within the link. If any members of the link have less than 30% HP, they would be automatically removed from the link.) Totem Blessing (Lv Max, when HP is below 30%, personal magic resistance increases by 100%. Duration of 1 hour.)
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Class: Warrior
Class Level: 1
Class Attributes: STR 3, AGI 1, WILL 2
Ex Skills: (Locked) Slightly increase physical defense (increase 10% physical defense)
Class Skills: Crush (Lv 1, raise one's weapon and violently smash it on the target, dealing physical damage. 10% chance of dealing 30 points of true damage.), Bash (Lv 1, throws the weapon, and the target will receive physical damage. 20% chance of causing Daze.)
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Weapon: Cow's Ax (Attack +10, Defense +50, Special Bound Weapon, Unable to be upgraded or changed)
Summoner: Zhang Yun
Faction: Minotaur Tribe
Overall Rating: ** (out of three stars)
[Summary: A rare race amongst the Minotaur tribes as they have black and white markings on their skin. Their defenses are abnormally high and have the special ability to link their companions. They are very good guardians, but please do not have them rush into the front lines like a true tank, or you will regret it.]
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Cow Protector, the most powerful support amongst the two-stars. They were called the Bullheaded Big Brother Guardian, and their special ability "Soul Link" has saved many summoners' lives.
With their class skill "Bash", they also could level up to learn other crowd control skills and protective skills, even after the game's first anniversary, the Bullheaded Big Brother still had a place in the game.
Unfortunately, the developers did not like it as much as Brother Mikoto, and did not give it a Hero-Specific Weapon, and did not increase the cap of its overall ranking. On the other hand, another Four Star hero with the same "Soul Link" ability had been released.
Therefore, the Bullheaded Big Brother Guardian was forced to retire before the second anniversary and had fallen as a rubbish character that polluted the character pool.
Since its status had fallen so much, the developers no longer wanted to save or hide it. Therefore, it had become a Calling Card that could be gained from quests and events, to give new players a "Support Daddy" to save their lives.
Zhang Yun had already received a bunch of "Bullheaded Big Brother Guardian" cards at this time, and he had put them all into Storage. They became part of his collections.
Of course, as he was still trying to hoard Diamonds, he had used free followers to fight all the bosses, making him feel abnormal pain while fighting every single boss.
So the Bullheaded Big Brother Guardians had not even been hoarded for a few days and they were already being summoned by Zhang Yun to become his followers that he used frequently.
Naturally, Zhang Yun knew a lot about their abilities, and knew how much this escort quest would need them…