Chapter 18: The Battle of the Groves
Maybe it was because he hadn't taught Zhou Ming a lesson for too long, and Martin, who couldn't wait, clenched his fists and rushed to him, ready to punch him in the stomach first.
However.
Two huge and strong men, like a wall, stood in front of him.
But it was the two strong men who held Zhou Ming that let go of their hands and protected him behind him.
"Vic, Wolf, you?"
Martin was taken aback, and his face changed dramatically!
The families behind these two men were all vassals of his father, Earl Hill, and according to this relationship, in the future, Martin would inherit the domain and title, and Vic, Wolf, and the family behind them would be loyal to him, and there would be no possibility of rebellion.
What's going on in front of him, Vic and Wolf, actually stood in front of him and prevented him from teaching the soft rice man a lesson.
"I'm flattered by your enthusiasm, Martin...... But do you know why you were able to call so many of your classmates today?"
"Because more than half of it is my people. ”
Zhou Ming, who was standing opposite, also twisted his head and clapped his hands twice, and then Martin was even more surprised by the scene:
He invited students from Class 1 to Class 5, more than half, and slowly approached Lei Lin's side.
Vic and Wolf are like left and right protectors, personally guarding Zhou Ming's side.
plus other classmates, there are nearly 30 people, standing on Zhou Ming's side, enough to make up a group photo of class graduation.
On Martin's side, there were less than the 20th people left, all of whom were shocked and panicked, talking to each other, whispering, and shaking morale.
Martin himself, even more wanted to rub his eyes vigorously, thinking that he was hallucinating.
What's going on?
How is this possible?
"Martin, do you have anything else to say?" asked Zhou Ming.
"Vic, Wolfe, you two bastards, why did you betray me?" Martin glared at Vic and Wolfe beside Zhou Ming.
"No, no, no, they didn't betray you, and they didn't have an obligation to be loyal to you, Martin, is this farce going to continue?"
"Vic, Wolf, answer me!"
Martin ignored Zhou Ming and continued to question.
Vic and Wolff's faces sank, and they clasped their hands without replying, and their faces were speechless.
"That's enough, Martin, admit it! You're no match for me anymore, and if you promise not to harass me again, our grievances can be settled peacefully. ”
Zhou Ming planned to give Martin a chance, and if he confessed, he would let him go.
"Damn soft rice man, you go to die!"
Martin roared, raised his staff, and uttered a spell in his mouth, "¥%@¥#...... Wind Magic—Hurricane!"
He directly unleashed a second-level wind magic, a deadly attack magic - Hurricane!
"Wind Magic—Wind Wall!"
"¥@%¥#——Wind Wall!"
Two magic chants sounded in his ears, but it was Vic and Wolf, and in a relatively short period of time, they each released a first-level defensive magic - the Wind Wall.
An elliptical wind wall composed of high-speed spiral air currents, after the arrival of a high-speed hurricane, the power of the hurricane was canceled out by eighty percent in a violent collision.
Zhou Ming and the others took a few steps back, and the remnants of the hurricane only made their bodies float a little.
But it's no longer lethal.
"O Almighty Creator, give me the power of the wind, the spirit of magic as the carrier, and my soul as the source of fire...... Wind Magic—Hurricane!"
Martin continued to attack, and the man was at his peak.
"Hit me and kill this bastard!"
Zhou Ming didn't bother to talk about any more reasoning, for some bastards, don't be reasonable, let's talk about it first!
"O Creator Almighty, ¥#%...... Wind Magic—Wind Pillar!"
"Wind Magic—Wind Pillar!"
"Wind Pillar!"
More than 30 people on Zhou Ming's side, including himself, all raised their staffs in their hands and used all the magical knowledge they had learned in school in this grove.
"Wind Magic—Wind Pillar!"
"The Creator Almighty...... Hurricane!"
"Fireball!"
The people on Martin's side also chanted magic and unleashed attacks.
A scuffle began.
In the quiet grove, the sound of "boom~boom~" comes and goes.
The battle between the two sides can be described as very fierce.
Magic flies, trees sway, and broken branches and leaves fall like rain.
At the beginning of the battle, neither side was able to gain the upper hand.
Zhou Ming has a numerical advantage on his side, 30 people against 20 people, and the ratio of troops is 1.5 to 1.
But the magicians on Martin's side have a high average strength, with 10 junior magicians, most of whom can release second-level magic or even more powerful fire-type magic, and their combat power is strong.
Of course, there are also 7 or 8 junior magicians on Zhou Ming's side, but most of them are still at the level of trainee magicians, and the number of magic released by many people does not exceed 10, and most of them are first-level magic...... If it weren't for the numerical advantage, I'm afraid I would have to kneel.
In fact, when Zhou Ming asked Fat Baum and them to recruit people, the first targets they aimed at were those who were stronger, but these people didn't give Baum a chance to win them over at all, to put it bluntly, they didn't look down on Fat Baum, and they were too lazy to take care of him, so they naturally couldn't win him over.
Those that are easier to win over are either average families or average strength, and they can be put off the shelf, and they will naturally be pulled together.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the time is too tight, only four days in total, in order to pull enough people, for the quality requirements, Zhou Ming's Baum and others did not propose too high, the other party just nodded.
It's just a stalemate, and Zhou Ming doesn't want to continue, otherwise his side may be at a disadvantage.
He plans to use a "decapitation tactic" to kill a few strong opponents on the opposite side.
He aimed at a powerful magician opposite him with a buff staff, and a string of incantations came out of his mouth, and he suddenly shouted: "Wind Magic-Broken Shield Wind Pillar!"
A strong wind formed in front of him, turning into a cone-shaped column of high-speed spiral, and shooting rapidly towards the opposite direction.
The magician didn't dodge, and continued to chant the incantation, there were two "wind walls" in front of him, and he was not afraid of the impact of first-level magic at all.
Unexpectedly, the magic released by Zhou Ming was a mutated version of the "Wind Pillar", a cone-shaped wind pillar similar to a tornado with a shield-breaking function.
Faster, thinner, more powerful.
"Boom~"
"Boom~"
The two walls of wind were pierced one after the other, and when the magician reacted, a huge hammer-like blow to his chest caused him to take a few steps back, bleeding from his mouth.
And because the spell had not yet been recited, the spell in his hand was suddenly interrupted at a critical moment, and the strong magic power was devoured, causing his head to suffer severe pain and rolling wildly on the ground...... Almost completely lost its combat effectiveness.
"Ahh
"Ah~!"
In the battle between the two sides, with similar techniques, Zhou Ming made three shots and killed the three junior magicians opposite.
The pressure on their own side has been greatly reduced, and the advantage of being large in numbers has been fully brought into play.
Because there are only about 10 people who can fight on the other side, and the remaining 10 are pure cannon fodder, not to mention that there are also "soy sauce party" characters who come to join in the fun, and they can take advantage of it, in the face of overwhelming magic attacks, they fight and retreat, and when they see that the situation is not good, they quickly slip away!
What about the people on Zhou Ming's side? What is their sense of battle?
Strong!
Very strong!
Even if it is a cannon fodder character who is not very strong, he does not choose to back down even if he is desperately injured.
Because Zhou Ming asked the fat man Baum to let out a word: In the battle against Martin, 7 core customers will be selected according to their performance and enjoy the qualification to purchase [tranquilizer] at cost price.
In the face of this temptation, they are naturally full of motivation, regardless of their strength, they are trying their best to express themselves, vowing to get a "core customer" indicator.
There was even a group of combat warriors who were "slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire".
In this situation, how could Martin and the people on his side be opponents?
Especially after Zhou Ming succeeded in attacking and knocking out the opponent's three masters in a row, the balance of strength began to fall to his side.
Seeing that the situation was getting clearer and clearer, Zhou Ming also organized three waves of "salvo offensives", ordering everyone to recite mantras together, release attacks together, aim at one or two targets to strike, and more than 20 "wind pillars" fought together, and several people who were still struggling to support on the opposite side were blasted away for several meters and then hit the ground heavily.
The same is true for Martin on the other side, after nearly 20 "Wind Pillar" magic hit him together, his face changed greatly, and he turned around and wanted to run, but he was still hit in the back by five or six "Wind Pillars", as if he had suffered several punches, first a frog took off, then shit gnawed on the ground, spit out a mouthful of blood, and staggered and crawled on the ground.
"Drag, you're still dragging!"
Fat Baum stomped on his back and spat on him, "Aren't you very good just now?"
Zhou Ming and others also came over and surrounded Martin in the middle.
"Win, we win!"
"Hahaha, we've a lot of people!"
"Leylin, what should this Martin do?"
"This guy is usually too draggy, let's beat him up!" A classmate who had been looking at Martin unpleasantly for a long time kicked him hard.
Zhou Ming waved his hand and walked in front of Martin.
Leaning down, he whispered in his ear and asked, "Martin, are you serving?"
"Leylin, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you!"
Martin writhed violently, his face contorted, and he let out a reluctant scream.
"Really?"
Zhou Ming stepped on his back and said in a cold tone: "If I kill you here, how can you kill me?"
Martin stopped talking, just glared at him with red eyes.
"I know you don't obey me, it's okay, I'll give you the opportunity to challenge me, whether it's a heads-up or a group fight, find a good field, I'm afraid you're your grandson!"
"Tell you Martin, bullying the weak is not a skill, and using the family to oppress others will only show that you are incompetent! If you want to fight, you will fight openly, I promise to make you lose even worse!"
"Let him go, let's go!"
Zhou Ming took the fat man Baum and left, of course he knew that after this fiasco, Martin and they would definitely not give up so well, and they would trouble him in the future, and the way to kill him was to kill him!
But...... The Hewlett family behind Martin is powerful in the kingdom, and Martin is the heir of this family, he really can't kill it.
At least for now, it can't be killed.
Otherwise, it will be very troublesome.
And he made it very clear that if Martin really had a kind, he would not have sued the family or the school leaders, and used these villains to deal with him...... If he has the backbone and wants to get back the backbone, next time, he should gather another group of people to find the field this time.
The nobles of this world are very concerned about dignity and face, and when they suffer losses outside, they generally do not report to their elders...... It was very humiliating, and the elders might not necessarily help him get back on the field, but might scold him for being a waste.
As happened in many cases, the villain was slapped in the face by the protagonist, and finally pulled his own family and his own sect to fight with the protagonist, which is actually relatively rare.
So Martin, Zhou Ming will beat him if he beats him, and he is not afraid of what he will do.
……
After the end of the Battle of the Grove.
Taking stock, there are also many wounded on Zhou Ming's side,
Among them, 3 were seriously injured and 12 were lightly injured...... Half of them hung up.
This is a relatively heavy loss.
Fortunately, Zhou Ming recently successfully figured out the preparation process of [Healing Elixir] and successfully prepared 10 bottles of healing potion.
These [healing potions] came in handy today, including the seriously injured, Zhou Ming picked 10 seriously injured wounded, and distributed the [healing potions] for free, telling them to take them quickly to relieve the pain.
After a while, the wounded were all alive and well.
At the battle summary meeting, regarding the 7 "core customers" who purchased [Tranquilizing Elixir] at cost price, Zhou Ming gave 4 of them to four junior magicians with strong combat effectiveness.
The other 3 were given to the 3 seriously wounded who were of average strength but had been seriously injured...... It's a reward for them.
This has attracted a certain amount of discussion and dissatisfaction, and with the [healing potion] as a guarantee, what kind of injury are they suffering? It only hurts for a while.
Zhou Ming said: After the power of his potion continues to increase and his technology becomes more and more proficient, the output of his [Tranquilizer] will probably increase to 20 bottles per day.
At that time, the number of "core customers" will increase to 20.
So everyone doesn't need to rush, as long as you perform well, everyone has a chance.
The emotions of the students were calmed down, and many people had a goal to strive for again.
Even seeing that the treatment of the seriously injured was so good, some weaker classmates had the idea that they must "behave" well in the next battle.