Chapter 1 Lost Barthel

Among these twenty-one people, each had learned some of the languages of various races. Nie Yan had learned the most, as many as thirteen languages. Some were learned by spending money in the library, and some were learned unintentionally during adventures. Even the person who knew the least about linguistics had learned at least five languages. Common Tongue and Ancient Common Tongue were compulsory, and others such as Orcish and Gnome were also relatively common. Within each large language family, there were many smaller languages. The Koradi Tauren language was a small language within Orcish.

"What's written on it?" Nie Yan asked Xie Yao.

"Lost World, a dimension fallen into darkness, where it is dark and sunless. When the dimensional gate opens, the ancient world will usher in a ray of dawn. With your hand, touch your heart, and then pray to the name of God, sigola..." Xie Yao read. There was a large passage of text behind, and the meaning of these words was very obscure. Behind these sentences were five symbols, the same as the symbols on the stone pillars.

"What do these words mean?" Undying Scoundrel asked doubtfully.

At this time, everyone had cleared out the five hellhounds and gathered around, looking at the scroll, contemplating the meaning of this passage.

Nie Yan looked at the symbols on the parchment scroll, then at the stone pillars. The symbols on the stone pillars were like enlarged versions of the symbols on the parchment scroll. Waves of energy emanated from these symbols, spreading around.

A flash of inspiration struck Nie Yan. He walked towards one of the stone pillars, slowly extended his right hand, his mind already clear, and whispered a spell: "sigola..."

The deep voice, the strange syllables, gave people a mysterious and awe-inspiring feeling.

"What is Boss doing?" Lusting Youth asked doubtfully.

"I don't know."

After a moment, the symbol on the stone pillar slowly lit up, emitting a faint white light, like a lamp.

Seeing this scene, all the team members felt very magical.

Nie Yan retracted his hand, looked up, and as he had guessed, he had succeeded.

After lighting this stone pillar, Nie Yan continued to walk towards another stone pillar.

"Does Boss light the stone pillars in a specific order?"

"It should be in a specific order."

The crowd chatted in low voices, not daring to disturb Nie Yan.

Time passed by, and Nie Yan continued to light the second stone pillar, then the third, the fourth, and the fifth. It seemed irregular, completely random, but it was actually opened according to the description on the parchment scroll.

After the fifth stone pillar was lit, a pillar of light shot into the sky from the center of the five stone pillars, and the light flowed down. In the center of the pillar of light, a white light gate slowly opened.

Looking into the light gate, it was a dazzling white light, and there was no way to know where it led.

"This should be a teleportation gate, right?" Undying Scoundrel said in surprise.

"It may lead to the dark world mentioned on the parchment scroll," Xia Chong Yu Bing guessed.

"Boss, are we going in?" Undying Scoundrel looked at Nie Yan.

"Now that we're here, let's go in and take a look," Nie Yan thought for a moment. This should already be the center of the inner city of Batte, maybe Mephisto wasn't here, but inside the teleportation gate.

Under Nie Yan's leadership, the crowd walked in one after another. A dazzling white light flashed before their eyes, and when they opened their eyes again, it was another world. The sky was very gloomy, and it was drizzling.

Looking as far as they could, it was a wilderness, with many gravel scattered on the ground and some weeds growing sparsely.

System: You have discovered the Lost Batte Dark World.

Seeing this system prompt, Nie Yan frowned slightly. It turned out that this was the real Lost Batte, and the search for Mephisto in the Patnoste Warhammer quest should be in this dark world.

The monsters that refreshed nearby were some hounds covered in gray fur. They were extremely ugly, with many places on their bodies already rotten, hanging with a lot of shredded meat, their eyes flashing with frenzied red light, and their mouths had sharp fangs, making them look extremely ferocious.

There were a large number of hounds here, and they were all in groups, hundreds in a team. They were a dark mass, which looked very scary.

These hounds discovered Nie Yan's group of uninvited guests and immediately gathered from all directions, with a total of thousands of them. Some of the hounds made loud calls, and more hounds came from all directions, surrounding them.

Everyone suddenly became nervous. Lei Su, Shui Se Yan Tou, and Cui Can Dao Guang occupied three corners, Dark Ballad and a group of thieves scattered outside, and the mage class retreated inside, forming a circular formation.

These hounds slowly approached, only a few dozen yards away from Nie Yan and the others.

"Damn, there are so many!" Undying Scoundrel said depressedly.

Nie Yan threw an Investigation at one of the hounds.

Demon Hound: Level 160 Elite, HP 800000.

They were all elite-level creatures or above. Some of the larger ones were a head taller than ordinary demon hounds, and their bodies were like lions, which was very amazing. They were some lord-level demon hound leaders with as much as three million HP.

They stared at Nie Yan and the others with fanatic eyes, wandering about twenty or thirty yards away from Nie Yan and the others, baring their sharp teeth and making low growls.

"Those with fire walls, quickly put up fire walls!" Nie Yan quickly said in the team chat.

As soon as Nie Yan finished speaking, Tang Yao, Xia Chong Yu Bing, Mo Jiu, and others waved their staffs one after another, and fire walls more than two yards high burned on the ground, and the raging flames kept burning.

These fire walls were dense, with less than a yard between each one.

After the flames rose, the foremost demon hounds were attacked, and damage values of thirty to forty thousand floated above their heads.

These demon hounds were immediately enraged. They rushed towards the direction of Nie Yan and the others, passed through the flames, and suddenly pounced about five or six yards away from Nie Yan and the others.

Five demon hounds pounced on Cui Can Dao Guang. Cui Can Dao Guang gave a low shout, Shock! With a bang, the five demon hounds flew out.

He raised his shield and kept swatting away the demon hounds that pounced up from behind.

These demon hounds had passed through so many fire walls, and their HP had dropped by about half, but they still had nearly three to four hundred thousand HP, so they were still very combat-effective.

Everyone was engaged in fierce combat, and the entire team worked together tacitly. Melee units formed a human wall, mages outputted damage, and priests were responsible for healing.

Under Nie Yan's command, the Golden Earth Dragon rushed out and was surrounded by demon hounds, constantly triggering Counterattack Storm under the intensive attacks of the demon hounds. The Golden Earth Dragon swept down a group, but the demon hounds' attacks were still quite fierce. Their sharp teeth kept biting on the Golden Earth Dragon's body, and damage values of more than ten thousand floated from the Golden Earth Dragon's head. With so many demon hounds attacking frequently, the amount of damage was very considerable.

Under Nie Yan's command, the paladin Leves kept healing the Golden Earth Dragon.

A huge demon hound leader pounced on Nie Yan, because Nie Yan had killed the most demon hounds, so it targeted Nie Yan.

Seeing the demon hound pounce down from the air, Nie Yan stepped forward and did a whirling kick, kicking the demon hound leader in the throat, with a muffled bang. The demon hound leader whimpered and flew dozens of yards, falling to the ground.

As soon as the demon hound leader flew out, five demon hounds surrounded him from all directions.

Nie Yan retreated slightly, and with an elbow strike, he slammed **** on the head of one of the demon hounds, smashing it to the ground all at once.

Under his feet, Shadow Dance stepped, his figure flickered, dodging the attacks of these demon hounds, and with a Spine Break, he plunged it fiercely into the back of one of the demon hounds.

In the chaotic battle, a demon hound bit Nie Yan's right foot.

A damage value of more than ten thousand floated from Nie Yan's head, and Nie Yan wanted to pull his foot back, but found that his right foot had been grabbed and couldn't be pulled back at all, and damage values of two or three thousand floated up one after another.

"Everyone be careful, these demon hounds have a tearing skill that can cause continuous damage!" Shui Se Yan Tou said anxiously in the team chat.

Another demon hound pounced out from the side, and was about to bite Nie Yan. Nie Yan stabbed out with the Zennard's Sword in his hand, and with a puff, the sword penetrated the demon hound's throat, and a damage value of more than three hundred thousand floated from its head, killing it instantly with one sword!

After Nie Yan withdrew Zennard's Sword, he slashed down with his sword and killed the demon hound that was biting him.

"Boss, there are too many of them," Lusting Youth said depressedly.

"Yeah, they're just endless to kill. When will we have to kill them?" Undying Scoundrel said, looking into the distance, the demon hounds were like a tide, stretching endlessly, a dark mass. If they kept going on like this, their mana would be exhausted sooner or later.

"Fortunately, there's experience, and the experience points are quite considerable," Xia Chong Yu Bing said optimistically.

"Let's kill some first. Who of you still has range forbidden spells?" Nie Yan looked at the crowd and asked.

"Boss is going to use forbidden spells to bomb them?" Everyone was stunned.

"It's impossible to clear them out without using forbidden spells," Nie Yan said, but forbidden spells could only bomb one side, and they couldn't cover themselves.

"I have one," Tang Yao looked at the skill bar and said.

A group of archmages looked at each other and said, "Our forbidden spells have all been used and are still in cooldown."

Nie Yan looked at the Magic Orb, which was currently being held by Xie Yao, and said, "How many range forbidden spells are on the Magic Orb?"

"Two," Xie Yao looked at the skills on the Magic Orb and said.

There were currently three range forbidden spells, which was already very good. Using these range forbidden spells effectively could kill a lot of demon hounds.