Chapter 20: Tacticians
"It's been a long time...... Randy clasped his hands behind his head.
The sound echoed in the empty underground space, but it made people feel even more empty. Below is the bottomless space, even if you know that the steel plate under your feet is absolutely fine, human beings will still unconsciously think of terrible things.
Lloyd and Randy walk in front, Yuu Tatsumi in the middle, and Ellie and Theo in the back. It is worth mentioning that except for the four people who are you, each of them has a silver cube on their belts.
"Anyway, let's get rid of the wanted monster and go back to a big meal - let's do it again from yesterday's curry." Randy said this, turning the Guiding Axe into a cloud of gray light, emitting a heavy, powerful sound of breaking wind.
"No problem...... But let's get to grips with each other first! As he spoke, he waved his right hand at high speed, and the translucent chain flew out of the armor with a small sound, hitting a pin-eared mouse. The front end of the chain was blocked, and the chain behind it continued to pop out, and almost instantly, a lock was formed. You smiled slightly, his middle finger curled up, and the chains were immediately retracted, and the powerful force dragged the poor demonic beast towards the five people. Then, with a slight build-up, you threw a punch in the air with your left hand, and a blue air mass flew out of his hand and killed the needle-eared rat in mid-air.
"Wow, that's a cool tactic." Randy grinned and set up his axe and spear - if one of these gregarious monsters were dragged away like this, it would inevitably lure its companions over. It is estimated that it will arrive soon.
Sure enough, a moment later, a squeaky chirp was heard, and a dozen needle-eared rats rushed towards it.
"Actually...... You did it on purpose......" Lloyd asked with a wry smile. You shrugged and didn't answer. Seeing that he didn't answer, Lloyd probably guessed it in his heart, clenched the whirlwind in his hand, and rushed in. Randy waited a moment before following Lloyd.
Ellie was about to raise her gun when Yu interrupted her: "Change to a machine gun." ”
"Huh?" Ellie was startled, and although she didn't understand why, she immediately obeyed the advisor and replaced her other hand with a machine gun.
"Theo, 'Ice Blue Tears'! Ellie jumps! ”
Theo snorted and immediately began to drive Aenigma, a layer of blue light wrapped around her tiny body. It goes well with her aqua blue hair, and it has the sense of a water fairy.
Ellie crouched down slightly and jumped with all her might. Yu's right hand moved again, and a chain flipped out from under his palm, striking Ellie's belt with a click, and merging with the white square behind the belt.
You's right hand held the chain, and with a little force, Ellie only felt an external force pushing her to fly out of the railing, as if in a circular motion, and Ellie, who was floating in mid-air, had already moved to the side of the rat colony! With just a chain, Ellie's combat range expanded all at once.
Lloyd and Randy somewhat understood what Yu Tatsumi meant, and with a sweep of Lloyd's whirling stick, he flew a monster in front of him, and just wanted to retreat and leave the front line, but he didn't expect another needle-eared mouse to pounce on him, and he quickly added another stick.
Randy also slammed his axe to the ground, and the huge force made the steel plate ground tremble, hoping to scare the monster. But he didn't expect these demonic beasts to continue to pounce on them fearlessly, but Lloyd beside him was startled by his blow.
"Ellie, strafe!"
Ellie immediately understood why he had changed himself to a machine gun, listened to You's command, and pulled the trigger on the rats without hesitation.
Unlike pistols, repeating machine guns do not require precise aiming, and their bullets have a large deviation in the landing point, but it is precisely because of this that they can attack a wide range of enemies. Of course, knives and guns have no eyes, and bullets don't distinguish between teammates and enemies. That's why Lloyd and Randy thought about retreating quickly.
How could You not see what the two meant, two chains quickly popped out on the wrist of his left hand and wrapped around the waists of Randy and Lloyd, and the two of them hurriedly jumped back with the force, plus the traction of the chain and the force of the backward jump, and the two of them opened up almost a distance of one sub-distance in an instant.
The bullet fired from a completely unexpected angle made the rats panic, Theo's hand had condensed a ball of water blue light, which moved slightly with Theo's fingers, taking advantage of the panic of the rats, Theo immediately threw the ball of light into the rat group, and the flow of the Qiyao veins with abnormal guiding magic burst out instantly, and the water vapor in the air immediately condensed into a large water ball, and the flowing continuous cooling water trapped several needle-eared rats inside, Ellie quickly adjusted the muzzle of the gun, and the green guide bullet poured out, killing them on the spot.
When the demonic beast disappeared, the Qiyao Stone fragments in its body immediately splashed out, but they were blocked by the water ball, and none of them popped out, and they were all blocked here. Then, the water balloon exploded with a thud, shaking the surrounding pinear rats away.
Ellie's body gradually began to fall, and the upward force brought by the jump was gradually canceled out by gravity, and You quickly threw another chain to bring Ellie back. Without Yu's command, Lloyd and Randy immediately rushed forward, and when Ellie landed safely, Yu followed.
Take advantage of his illness to kill him. The needle-eared rat was not a powerful demonic beast in the first place, and with the strong attack of Lloyd's party, it was eliminated without accident. Packing up the Qiyao Stone shards, Randy laughed, "What a wonderful experience." ”
"Yes, no wonder he's called a 'tactician.'" Ellie also laughed.
It was the first time to work together, but there was no confusion...... Lloyd thought so and looked at Yu-Tatsumi's smiling face. Is it the joint practice on the rooftop that has figured out our action pattern? Or do you consciously suppress your own abilities?
Vampire bats are a common type of magical beast.
The body size is about the size of two palms of an adult man, and he has a very strong desire to attack, and likes to suck the blood of people and livestock.
Giant vampire bats, however, are less common.
Just as a person will gain weight if he eats too much, vampire bats will become larger and larger if they absorb too much blood, until they finally lose the ability to fly and become the leader of the clan, and can only survive by relying on the Qiyao Stones paid by other vampire bats.
Yes, it is not blood that pays tribute, but Qiyao Stones.
Although vampire bats love to suck blood, they are not able to digest this blood, which is stored in their bodies. Because this bat is small and thin, if it doesn't suck the blood of other creatures to expand its size and strength, it will be devoured by other magical beasts.
The giant vampire bat's feet were the size of three men hugging each other, and its belly was round. It's ridiculous, its wings and legs are small, and they don't match its massive size at all.
The new wanted monster that occupies the underground space is this giant vampire bat.
It was waiting on the same platform where the Lloyd four had been saved by the Wind Blademaster, and its fat body was sitting there, surrounded by vampire bats hanging upside down on the railing.
"Looks tricky...... "You curled up and whispered to Lloyd.
The five of them had already found the habitat of the wanted monsters, and while the wanted monsters had not been discovered, Yu Tatsumi quietly did some reconnaissance.
"That's a lot...... It's a nuisance......" Theo sighed a little reluctantly, she didn't really like fighting.
"Guerrillas have always fought like this......" Lloyd's expression was a little gloomy, he didn't know what kind of work attitude the guerrillas were, but the attitude of the police community can be imagined. Although it is a little inappropriate for a policeman, the police of Crossbell really don't care about this kind of thing, and even if they want to, I am afraid that there is really no way to take these wanted monsters in the police station.
"No...... This is obviously very unusual......" You said thoughtfully.
"Wanted Warcraft, even as the leader of a tribe, the number of his subordinates is a little too much......
"yes, I didn't touch a bat when I came here two days ago, so where did it come from?" Randy said helplessly, rubbing his red hair with his big hands.
Wait a minute...... None of them? Lloyd suddenly noticed this keyword.
Oh? Did you think of it too? Thinking so, You smiled meaninglessly.
First of all, the wanted Warcraft certainly didn't appear all at once. So, where was it hiding before?
Although the question didn't make much sense, Lloyd decided to continue reasoning.
When you don't know how to achieve your goal, you do everything you can. This is the style of Lloyd's eldest brother, Guy Bannings.
Lloyd thought so and looked around, the solid steel plates enclosed the square space, and the steel and concrete were intricately intertwined, and the places where the flying monsters could hide could be said to be numerous.
No, no, no, it doesn't make sense to figure out the location. Lloyd quickly stopped thinking about himself, thinking is different from a tendon, and if he finds that he is on the wrong path, he must correct it immediately.
So why are they hiding?
There are three types of situations in which creatures can hide: sneak attack, dodging enemies, and racial habits, and Warcraft is no exception.
First of all, they are certainly not sneak attacks. There are no targets worth sneaking up on here, and now that they're exposed, there's no hint of sneak attack. Moreover, it shouldn't be a habit problem, ordinary bats like to inhabit dark places, but it's not necessarily whether Warcraft has this habit. Even habits should have been kept in hiding from the beginning, and now their exposure overturns this possibility.
Then, there is only one thing left to dodge the enemy.
Lloyd suddenly felt a light in his mind, and vaguely felt that he had grasped some clue.
Suppose, they are really preparing to hide from the enemy, then who is the enemy? The previous experience of contacting was probably to avoid the giant slime monster. That size should also be a leader-level magical beast on the side of the slime monster, so in order to avoid its edge, the giant bat chose to hide for the time being. As for where it is hidden, it doesn't matter where it is.
However, the slime monster did not die. Neither Arios nor Lloyd and his party defeated all the slime monsters in the underground space. On the way to the scene, they also defeated a few teams of slime monsters. But the giant bats still appeared. Extending the previous assumptions, there is only one possibility for them to appear, and that is that the slime monsters are no longer a threat. The best chance of making the slime monster no threat is that Arios kills the giant slime monster.
But...... What does this mean? Lloyd's brow tightened. Seeing this, Ellie just wanted to pat Lloyd on the back, but as soon as her hand was halfway outstretched, she stopped again, for fear of interrupting the captain's train of thought.
Boss = Deterrent? Because you lost your leader, it's not enough to justify?
Lloyd suddenly came to this conclusion.
The boss of the slime monster is gone, so the threat of the slime monster is gone, but the leader of the vampire bat side is still there, so the threat of the vampire bat is still there?
"So, is it enough to defeat the leader?" Lloyd muttered to himself.
"Well, that's the right answer." You said this and gave Lloyd a thumbs up. Lloyd smiled a little embarrassedly, judging from You's performance, he had already thought of this.
Whether it is the relevant experience in dealing with this kind of thing, or the speed of thinking, there is still a certain gap between me and the guerrillas...... Thinking of this, Lloyd's smile couldn't help but become a little bitter.
"But is it really possible?" Ellie asked, a little worried. "If we take down the leaders directly, won't we anger them?"
"You can rest assured. If it's a high-intelligence Warcraft or a lone Warcraft, it really doesn't work, but this kind of low-intelligence group-living Warcraft with a leader, the leader represents the strongest, in other words, as long as we defeat the leader, it means that we are stronger than them. After seeing our terribleness, they fell apart~" You explained. Randy grinned, his arm hooked around You's shoulder, "The head of the analysis is the way!" ”
Looking at the posture of the two people as if they were best friends, Lloyd asked a little curiously, "When did you have such a good relationship?" ”
Before Randy could speak, You interjected, "Men's friendship, two drinks will naturally get better." ”
"Drinking alcohol is not good for the brain, and if you want to be sober for longer, it's better to drink less." Theo looked at the lobby expressionlessly, and the tone of the little adult drew a chuckle from several people. After relaxing, he lobbied: "So, let's arrange tactics now." ”