Chapter 241: Fighting in the Forest of Death
Following behind Luo Zhengdao, the half-elf beauty pondered for a long time, and suddenly said:
"Will, I was wondering if the danger of the symbol just now, could it be a tree spirit?"
The New World Dryads are mysterious and wild monsters that will mercilessly take revenge on those invaders who destroy the forest environment. Even humanity, known as the biological enemy of the Earth, pales in this regard, with the number of species that have been exterminated in the course of human industrialization and relentless plundering of natural resources by humans is only a fraction of the number of bloody extinctions recorded by Mother Earth. More than 98% of all creatures known to mankind have been completely wiped out, and some unfortunate species have not even fossils left, and the rest of this long list of victims is the work of Mother Nature, except for a small amount of human contribution.
Natural selection, survival of the fittest. The accumulation of bones scattered under this warning, if piled up into a mountain, must have broken through the earth's atmosphere.
Experiencing this inexplicable sense of depression, Luo Zhengdao couldn't help but be a little nervous, he held the hilt of the sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice:
"No, this forest seems to be dead in its entirety, and it's hard for the dryads to stay!"
The Yaling Overseer not far away suddenly had a frightened expression on her face, she took a few steps forward to Luo Zhengdao, grabbed Luo Zhengdao regardless of politeness, and said eagerly:
"Your Royal Highness the Regent, this is the lair of the evil blackroot treemen, and apart from them, there will be no other plant-based monsters staying in this evil place."
That's right, the problem is that you can't just walk if you want to go, and don't forget that behind the pirates, those debt collectors are waiting for the opportunity to pounce and bite hard! Just when the pirates were worried about their own danger, they received reconnaissance information from the orcs in front, and the five hundred elite troops of the drow elves, who did not hesitate to catch up with the speed of the forced march during the day, converged with the lingering orc army. Now it's okay, the orcs who were reluctant to charge against the terrifying long-range fire projected by the pirates have completely lost their temper, and they no longer dare to disobey their masters, they no longer look and follow, and accelerate to catch up with the pirates.
When it comes to the cruel methods of torturing the flesh, the drow elves, who have the title of SM master in the whole race in the New World, are willing to consider themselves second, so there is no race that dares to claim to be the first. The orcs, who had suffered a lot here, knew that these pirates were not easy to mess with, so they could only rush up, and finally be killed by a bullet, which was much more comfortable than being tortured to death by tricks.
As soon as the two sides were fired, the battle immediately entered a white-hot state, no matter how you look at it, it is not a wise move for orcs to use flesh and blood to fight against pirates' firearms, this is not a little cheap!
"Goo-dong-"
The abrupt sound of a heavy falling object was like a hammer striking at the heart, and the fierce battle could not hide such a penetrating sound, and when the pirates turned back in astonishment and looked at the dead forest, the blood of their bodies seemed to congeale in extreme fear. One could clearly see several black-rooted tree men with bodies as tall as a dozen storey apartment buildings in the old world emerging from the withered forest at some point, these behemoths moved slowly with heavy steps, and their weight was so large that the ground trembled for nearly a kilometer around them every time they landed on contact with the ground, compared to the chaotic pig charge of the orcs outside the forest.
"Whew-"
With a terrible roar, the previously empty Black Forest suddenly became lively, and the withered trees that had not even grown a leaf came to life in the howl of the Black Root Tree Man. These dead trees, which should have been dead for hundreds of years, waved their bare branches, and attacked any creature that came near them, whether they were pirates or orcs or drow elves, unaware of such an enemy, and the outsiders were caught off guard by the strange changes that were taking place around them.
Vina Dubov, who had been an adventurer for a long time, was resistant to such accidents, and she beckoned to the pirates:
"Everyone immediately leave the trees and assemble in the clearing."
Luo Zhengdao, who was almost stunned, also came to his senses, this kind of giant beast with broken combat power Shi Shiran ran out to go shopping, it was really not comparable to watching the excitement in the cinema, and shouted loudly:
"Grenadier, clear the surrounding trees with Molotov cocktails, and the others take out the fire oil and set the forest on fire to create a wall of fire to stop these monsters from advancing."
The fierce battle between the three parties began at dusk and unconsciously fought until the sky was completely dark, and the highly nervous pirates relied on their own firearms and ammunition reserves, on the one hand, they set fire to the forest to prevent the treemen from attacking their side, and on the other hand, they faced the orcs and drow and suppressed them with long-range firepower.
At such a critical juncture when the battle is in full swing, the advantages of firearms are fully reflected, if you bring a group of archers to participate in the battle, and the fierce battle is fought for most of the night, even if the arrows are still enough, the arms of the archers are too tired to lift, and the use of firearms does not have this shortcoming. Although the Pirate Musketeers' shoulders and arms were bruised and swollen from the recoil of the firearms for a long time, the chronic injuries did not completely render them incapacitated, which is the most important point in a protracted battle.
The night in the Sea of Darkness was particularly long, and as time passed, sensing that the dawn was approaching, and after fighting all night without being able to eradicate the outsiders who had invaded the territory, the few huge black-rooted tree men seemed to be getting more and more agitated, and it seemed that they were preparing to make a big move.
"Whew-"
"What is the Blackroot Tree Man for?"
The panic of his subordinates is something that Luo Zhengdao is accustomed to, these guys are mercenaries and pirates, and they have nothing to do with the legendary warriors who regard death as home. Except when they brag in the tavern, the courage of these men is always behind greed and desire, and if the fruits of victory do not arouse their greed, then they should not be expected to raise their courage in battle.
At this time, Luo Zhengdao looked around for a while and said:
"I don't know, let's be on guard! Tell our men to end their shifts and rest, the most dangerous moment is coming. ”
The darkness before dawn is the deepest, no different in the old world than in the new, and as the darkness deepens, an oppressive atmosphere hangs over the hearts of the exhausted.
"Gala Gala Gala ......"
Countless small crashing sounds mixed together, it sounded as if a large number of insects were eating leaves, this sound made people's spines tingle for a while, the half-elf beauty had not experienced similar incidents, but her intuition told her that the good ones would not come, Vina Dubov pulled Luo Zhengdao's sleeve and said:
"Hey, there's a weird noise!"
Luo Zhengdao, who had already switched himself to the werewolf form, and his eyes were glowing green, saw the situation clearly one step ahead of the others, and said:
"It's those skeletons! All on alert! ”
Shrouded in a dark fog all year round, this empty and eerie forest of death is a natural nest for the undead, like the ghost ships that roam the Sea of Death, with the only difference being that one is stationary and the other is mobile.
As we all know, these undead creatures have never been monsters who like to play alone, as soon as they come out, they are a nest, and the current grim form forces Luo Zhengdao to cheer up his spirit and be ready to deal with the unforeseen situation at any time. The magic card in his hand is the last reliance, once this trump card is played, no matter how powerful the opponent is, it will inevitably tremble, but considering the sequelae of the curse of the Aragami, if he didn't go to the end of the mountain, he wouldn't have unveiled this card casually. With the light of the burning and dancing fire attached to the dead wood in the distance, Luo Zhengdao saw the true face of the incoming army of undead creatures, and he had maintained a good calm expression and almost collapsed, not that Luo Zhengdao liked to make a fuss, but the pace of development was far beyond his psychological expectations.
It was a tide of monsters that were so numerous that it was impossible for a few hundred pirates to defeat, all kinds of skeleton soldiers, zombies, mummies, ghosts, and even powerful undead creatures such as bone dragons that would only appear in ancient legends, Luo Zhengdao had vaguely seen their traces, and if he said anything else, seeing this scene was the standard prelude to group fighting!
The situation is so bad that complaining is useless, Luo Zhengdao took a deep breath, flicked his fingers on the cuff pocket, and said:
"Activate - Endless Sand Sea!"
"Ultra Demon - Quicksand Trap!"
In an instant, with the golden cursor designated by Luo Zhengdao as the center point, a violent tide of sand and gravel erupted violently in all directions, and the black forest with an area of about two square kilometers in front of it was swallowed up by the sand in an instant, and the living beings were turned into a vast sea of sand. At the same time, the undead who dared to set foot on the desert all sank downward, mercilessly swallowed up by the swept sand like victims of a raging flood. Even the half-orcs who were far away on the other side of the battlefield did not fall any good, and the sand waves that swept like a tide arrived at the first time, and the werewolf Luo Zhengdao's fingers trembled twice, and then a wave of sand several meters high surged on the ground, engulfing hundreds of half-orcs.
Seeing such a strange and tragic death of their companions frightened this group of orcs with developed limbs and simple minds to jump and jump to avoid the invasion of quicksand, and no matter how the drow elves behind them whipped and scolded and threatened, they refused to continue to move forward into the area covered by the sand.
Seeing the enemy's wolf from afar, Luo Zhengdao didn't feel that there was anything to be happy about bullying the weak, his goal was to get out of trouble, since he had already used the magic card, he could only do it endlessly.
"Activate - Mirage!"
In response, a thin mist glowing with colorful light began to emerge faintly between the black forest and the golden sand, looking like a thin veil. Seeing this, Luo Zhengdao sighed, beckoned the pirates and said:
"Alright, while they're busy right now, let's go!"