Chapter 208: Change (6,900 words)
In the face of the sudden Warcraft frenzy, Jared's face turned pale, but he did not lose his composure.
He quickly instructed his troops to form a defensive position by relying on the favorable terrain. The strong melee monsters are outside, the ranged monsters with fierce firepower are included, and the flexible and mobile flying monsters are retracted to form a relatively solid defense in the shortest time***.
A large number of strange demonic beasts swooped down fiercely, encircling the entire defensive circle and launching an extremely fierce attack.
However, although their attacks are crazy, they have no discipline, regardless of the level of red, yellow, blue, or melee combat, they only know how to swarm up in a stream, and they are unorganized.
Jared's troops quickly passed the initial panic period under the leader's command and stabilized the formation, attacking and defending in a measured manner, advancing and retreating well, and constantly defeating the attacking monsters.
However, the monsters were extremely large, like a surging torrent with an endless stream of monsters, putting great pressure on Jared's limited troops. In a short time, under the overwhelming numerical siege of the enemy, several parts of the defensive formation were on the verge of collapse.
At this time, Chongyang, Roseali, and Aikales took the initiative to go to the gap in the formation and cast powerful magic to save the situation in time. For a time, the flames were rolling, the wind was fierce, the winter was cold, and the thunder and lightning roared, crushing or forcing many invading demonic beasts to retreat.
The four top elite magicians gradually split up to defend the four directions of the defensive formation, doing their best to resist the seemingly endless demonic beasts.
Rumble...... Chongyang manipulated more than a dozen green flame swords to defeat several minotaurs who tried to crash into the formation, and then swung a raging wall of fire to temporarily block the gap, allowing his own demonic beasts to have a chance to breathe.
In addition to continuing the war of resistance, he did not forget to take time to observe the situation.
With mutated eyes, he saw the sky and the ground around him, countless demonic beasts swept by one after another, and only a relatively small number of demonic beasts surrounded and attacked.
Even if the pressure on the entire formation is huge, it is not impossible to look at such a situation and persist in resisting to the end and survive this catastrophe.
Chongyang thought silently, the moment he saw the beast tide coming, the first thought in his mind was to flee, because with such a huge number of demonic beasts, not anyone here could compete with it.
However, the next moment this thought appeared, he thought of a deeper question one after another—where would he flee if he fled? Is it possible to escape from a monster frenzy of this magnitude? Is this frenzy only for this crystal island, or is it for multiple crystal islands or even the entire Skyrim region?
Everything that happens in this world must not be accidental, and there must be some kind of intention hidden in it.
After a split second, Chongyang chose to stay where he was, cooperating with Jared and his troops to resist the beast tide while observing further developments.
Rosali and Ecules acted in the same way as him, suggesting that the two of them had similar thoughts and decisions to him.
It's a disaster, it's a change, and it's another form of test. Fleeing and facing the battle were the two choices to face this test, and the four players in the room invariably chose the latter.
The fierce battle continued, Jared's command was not leaky, and the help of the three allies added to the great power, but the endless enemy beasts ate away at his troops little by little in an incomparably heroic way.
"Full Contraction!"
The Thousand Martial Arts Mage had to give this order for the third time, and the defensive circle was closed again, and the remaining Warcraft troops relied on the towering crystals around them, converging into the narrowest formation.
"Jared, give us some of your command of the beasts!" Rose suddenly shouted.
Four players can become the leaders of the four parties, and each person takes care of one head, which is definitely much more efficient than just one person leading the overall situation.
Jared hesitated for a moment when he heard this, imagining that it was indeed difficult to take care of the overall situation on his own, so he gritted his teeth and accepted the proposal of the imperial princess. Chongyang, Aikales, and Rosyali are assigned to the part of the demonic beast dominance they are facing in turn, and they can be adjusted and arranged more specifically in conjunction with the spell casting, so as to minimize the loss.
Chongyang's approach was to quickly make each Warcraft a specific number, and rotate defensive posts every other wave of attacks, so he insisted on it for five or six minutes, but he didn't let his Warcraft hang up one.
As the main force, more than a dozen blue bull heads became more and more courageous, wielding the huge crystal axes in their hands like wheels, chopping red and yellow rank enemies like chopping melons and vegetables, and even against the same blue enemy beasts, they were so fierce that they could be killed with only two or three axes.
"Huh? These monsters...... Strength seems to have increased?" Chongyang noticed the details.
As the beasts remained under his hands, they became sharper in battle, more agile in their movements, more agile in their reactions, and more ingenious in their tactics.
Peng...... The two blue monsters that seemed to have three horns of the one-eyed tiger rushed together, and the minotaur team in front of Chongyang was not mechanically dead-block as before, but suddenly dodged sideways, and at the moment when the one-eyed tiger monster rushed to the side, the axe was smashed down in unison, and the two fierce tigers were smashed to the ground with the greatest blow surface and force.
This is not over, and then the two minotaurs who were waiting for each met each other, and when the head of the axe slashed into the head of the one-eyed tiger monster, he immediately released the handle of the axe and took a step back, so that the later companions smashed the back of the axe with the back of the axe, and the extremely hard head of the tiger monster was split into two pieces!
All of this happened in just one breath of time, and the minotaur skillfully cooperated with each other, smashing the stomach, splitting the axe, smashing the axe, and easily finishing the two demonic beasts of the same level that were attacking with the momentum of the charge!
Chongyang was even stunned for a moment, because of such a delicate cooperation battle, he had never commanded from beginning to end.
Suddenly, he realized that these minotaurs in front of him were no longer the battle puppets he had known so far, but seemed a little more ...... Spirituality! Yes, spirituality!
"In the battle with the Beast Tide Demon Beasts, they have evolved!?"
He carefully observed the minotaurs that had become spiritual, and found that their eyes were sharp, their pupils turned into a mysterious purple, and they showed a shrewd look that was not used by ordinary demonic beasts.
The discovery made him a little excited. And before he could make any further observations, Aikales, who was fighting on the side line, shouted.
"Hey, Chongyang. These monsters have advanced!"
This shout caused Chongyang, Roseali, and Jared to turn their heads, and the eyes of the four players met in the sky above the formation, quickly exchanging glances with each other, confirming this fact from the entire group.
"Try not to let the back of the demonic beast subordinates be defeated, they can be promoted, which will greatly enhance their combat effectiveness!"
Undoubtedly, this is a huge change that is enough to change the situation of the struggle.
The combat power of the Warcraft subordinates is generally very balanced before this change, although different Warcraft have different characteristics, but basically, the gap is still reflected in the level, red-yellow-blue-green, the combat power is from low to high, at a glance.
Their subordinates will resolutely carry out every order of the player, and they will move forward bravely and not afraid of death, but the mechanization of their actions also makes them very dull in battle. If a player has the patience to train a little, it is possible for his subordinates to do more strain, but they still only rigidly execute orders, which is extremely limited.
The lack of autonomous response makes it easy for the Warcraft force to collapse once it loses the command of the players. For example, after defeating Glaidis before Chongyang, he can easily defeat the opposing forces that still have the numerical advantage.
If, at that time, some of the demonic beasts in Glaitis's troops could respond independently, then even if they were defeated by Chongyang, they could cover the unconscious Gladiace's escape, at least it would cause a lot of trouble to Chongyang. Right now, when the subordinates of the Demon Beast resisted the impact of the beast tide, they actually acted autonomously and became spiritual. It is not an exaggeration to call such a huge evolution "promotion".
The conditions for promotion are relatively simple, it is to fight, fight, keep fighting, and then survive...... It's a lot like humans turning new soldiers into veterans on the battlefield.
The four players who discovered the new situation continued to observe and verify, and as a result, gradually, not only the blue Warcraft, but even the yellow and even the red Warcraft gradually "advanced".
The most obvious feature of promotion is that their eyes, ears, forehead, horns, mouth and other parts are transformed into purple, and the more purple parts, the higher the promotion of this monster's subordinates, the stronger their strength, speed, skills, tactics, autonomy, etc.!
After the subordinates are promoted, the players become more and more relaxed. Chongyang almost didn't need to order anything, and the demonic beasts in front of him could organize and cooperate well to resist. Later, there is even a scene where the minotaur takes the initiative to signal that it wants to get support from the spell.
Chongyang Youya became a firepower battery, and when he heard the request of his subordinates, he blasted a suitable magic in that direction, and without hearing the request, he easily looked at the scenery in the same place.
The beast tide is still continuing, but the combat power around him has increased to this extent, and there is almost nothing to fear. As long as it wasn't for the beast tide, most of the demonic beasts would be besieged together, and it shouldn't be a problem to survive this catastrophe.
Slowly, the group of demonic beasts in the past was no longer overwhelming, and the pressure on the defensive circle gradually decreased, like a stubborn rock that was still standing after being washed by the flood, quietly waiting for the tide to end.
"Whew...... It's okay, it's not a big deal. Aicares sat down on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, "I was really shocked when I first saw this battle. ”
"The situation has changed again, now it's not just about accumulating troops, but also about getting them to advance as much as possible......" Roseali looked at a yellow deer-headed beast in front of her, reaching out to stroke its head.
The deer-headed beast, with its purple ears, hummed meekly like a real creature, blinking its eyes wide and coquettish to its master.
Chongyang was silent, looking at the messy land after the beast tide, and had already begun to think about the next strategy in his mind.
"If we know about it, they'll know about it. Jared said coldly.
By "they" he naturally meant Antonio's side. The son of the Prince of the Wren Empire has always been the most feared enemy of the Thousand Martial War Mages.
The four looked at each other.
"Jared...... Chongyang's eyes flickered, and he spoke lightly.
"I know what you're trying to say, so shut up. Jared saw his eyes and said coldly, then glanced at Roseali, his eyes narrowed slightly, and slowly turned his back, "...... There's nothing more to say, you've been here too long, get out. ”
"Hey, what kind of attitude are you, Chongyang is kind and wants to ......" Aikales jumped up from the ground.
Chongyang stopped the red-haired youth in time, and took a deep look at the back of the Thousand Martial Arts Battle Mage standing proudly.
"Excuse me, leave here. ”
He returned command of the beast and rode with Aikales on the parrot monster he had been sitting on. Most of these demonic beasts provided by Vincent have experienced the loss of the beast tide, but the rest have all been promoted.
"Jared, take care of yourself" Roseali walked at the back, said in a slightly soft tone, and left the proud and independent man.
Defeat of the Alliance...... After all, in the event of such a conflict, no one can be willing to attach themselves to anyone anymore.
On the way back, Chongyang pondered quietly.
Now he is neither an ally nor an enemy with the Thousand Warriors Mage, and without the cooperation of this powerful player, the pressure to directly face Antonio's faction will be greater. Fortunately, there is a beast tide, and the new change that Warcraft can be promoted. Since Anpai also has to digest these situations, they should not take the initiative to come to the door in the next period of time.
However, this is only speculation, and it is not certain that Antonio will have another surprise attack, so it must not be taken lightly.
The more Chongyang thinks about it, the tighter his brows become, and the next period of time is very critical, and he must seize this opportunity to develop as quickly as possible. Not only do you have to expand your territory, raise troops, and advance to Warcraft, but you also have to try to improve your own strength.
In a fierce confrontation with Antonio, he really saw the strength of the supreme genius of this earthly wind dual system. In addition to "elemental armament", he almost exhausted all means, and the other party still seemed to be at ease.
He broke into the siege of the army alone, why didn't Antonio just control a group of magical beasts and directly attack Roseali's castle?
The Prince's Son withstood the best efforts of the Imperial Princess and her troops, but he still crushed everything unscathed, and then dissolved some of the strongest magic spells of the Magical Fire Mage, and was able to invoke the transfer of magic to track for a long time, resist the surprise attack of the Prince of the Rhine, and finally escaped because of the situation.
Think about it carefully, from beginning to end Antonio is alone against Roseali, Chongyang. Vincent. There are still reservations, and when they leave, they are still very calm. This strength has to be said to be terrifying, which makes Chongyang really feel a great crisis.
Whether in terms of individual combat power, team strength, or turf troops, Antonio occupies a strong position. Chongyang is undoubtedly very difficult to fight against him.
In terms of companions, Jared is no longer an ally, Gladys is difficult to trust, and Baze's team is very unfamiliar...... The only combat power that can really be counted in is himself, Roseali, Aikales, and Vincent.
How do I do that...... Chongyang pondered, and suddenly a warm jade hand put on his shoulder.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, although the situation needs to be carried by you, but ...... You can choose. Roseali flew over to the black-haired young man and put her hand on his shoulder.
"At the end of the day, Antonio's real enemy is me, and you, and your teammates, have the right to choose. ”
The Imperial Princess's words were calm.
Chongyang looked at the beautiful face beside him that was incomparably similar to the person he loved, and for the first time felt that Her Royal Highness, who was always aggressive, was actually as warm and soft as Helen in her heart.
This feeling is fleeting, but it is like a ghost, vaguely entangled in my heart, and it will not go away for a long time.
"When I helped you before, I said I wouldn't let him do anything to you. ”
Chongyang smiled slowly.
"So no matter what, I will protect you to the end, Your Highness Princess. ”
The calm tone, the sincere sincerity, the not too charming smile on the black-haired young man's not too handsome face, but it was imprinted into the bottom of the woman's heart in an instant.
But everyone should have had this kind of experience, in the long road of life, when they reached a certain stage and recalled the beginning, they found that most of the scenery in the past disappeared unconsciously, and only a fragment of a star remained, or even just a vague picture.
This kind of sporadic picture is like a yellowed and dilapidated old photograph, which cannot distinguish the figure and face of the person on it, but it can be used to recall the mood at that time, so as to infinitely remember and move a lifetime.
Roseali remembered the smile and quickly forgot it. But the almost uncontrollable emotion at this moment is destined to make her deep thoughts and warm hearts for many gloomy and lonely nights in the future.
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The three of them returned to Vincent's station, and found that it had indeed been hit by the beast tide. Although Vincent was only one person, he had a large number of Warcraft troops to build a defense, so he also survived this catastrophe without danger. Ekales met with Vincent and had a quarrel as usual. Then, under the initiative of Chongyang, three men and one woman held an alliance meeting.
After sorting out the basic situation, it is time to send everyone to the task in the next critical time, and it is much better for the four of them to cooperate with each other than to fight alone.
After some discussion, it was decided to let Aikales be Rosyali's helper and expand her territory according to Roseali's original development direction. Although the princess of the empire has suffered a heavy blow from the An faction, she has left some sovereignty in her hands, which is much better than Aikales, who has been imprisoned so far and has nothing to do with the crystal nucleus to survive, and needs the support of others.
Vincent mainly expanded to the rear where the risk of conflict was low, while Chongyang sat on the central island of the territory and coordinated everything.
The Magical Fire Mage is the most trusted person in the entire team, and everyone agrees to hand over most of the lordship to him, and he will concentrate on sending the Warcraft troops to each of them. This is equivalent to saying that Chongyang has the foundation of everyone, and if he betrays or is defeated, the situation of Roseali and the others will undoubtedly be very bad.
This trust weighed heavily on Chongyang, who promised to sit in the middle, but repeatedly wanted to reduce the percentage of his lordship in order to mitigate the risk. Betrayal is naturally impossible, but if Antonio launches a surprise attack, he is not absolutely sure that he will be able to survive.
However, Roseali, Eculles, and Vincent all insisted, because they all believed that Chongyang, as the strongest member of the team, was the safest to hold most of the sovereignty.
"Okay, according to everyone's wishes, I will do my best" Chongyang frowned deeply and took over the burden.
After the direction of development and division of labor were confirmed, everyone immediately took action, and according to the direction set by the discussion, Rosyali and Aicares to the east, Vincent to the west, and Chongyang to garrison the central island.
Every day, in addition to maintaining the ban, Chongyang's job is to raise and sort out the newborn Warcraft subordinates, form troops, and then dispatch them according to the needs of both sides, so it is relatively easy and has a lot of time.
Naturally, it was impossible to do nothing during these hours, and Chongyang raced against time to devote himself to cultivation, on the one hand, he comprehended the complete Ten Thousand Dao Rubik's Cube, and on the other hand, racked his brains to improve his magic power.
If there is no pen and paper, it will be replaced by crystals, and without reference, it will be frantically explored with a brain.
A few days later, Vincent returned to the island and entered the cave in shock, only to see that the cave floor and even the walls were densely covered with chalk-like crystal traces written with incantations, formulas, and array diagrams...... The process of computational deduction and fusion change is dazzling.
The prince of the Rhine browsed all the way, walked dozens of meters, turned three holes, and still didn't see the end!
Vincent was amazed at the scale of the trace, and on the other hand, as he looked more closely, he was even more struck by the mystery within.
You must know that although he is not a fire magician, some activation spells, combination array diagrams, calculation formulas and other contents should be common to each department, just like people of different majors will learn the same mathematics.
However, Vincent was shocked to find that he was as ignorant as an apprentice in front of these traces...... No, not even an apprentice! I feel like a layman!
I can't read it, I can't understand it at all......
"How can this Nack formula be used here? Wait...... It doesn't seem to be this formula, and there is something strange at the end of this place......"
"How can these two types of magic arrays be combined? As early as thirty years ago, the legendary magician Vess Clillando had already made it clear in the "General Theory of the Superposition and Linking of the Magic Array of the Two Magic Combinations" that this should be impossible...... I still remember exactly what page and line the reasoning process was......"
"Can you still be in the combination after combining!? No...... Is it fusion? No...... How could this be ......"
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Seeing the back, Vincent was really dazzled, his head was dizzy, and he felt very wonderful, almost like going back to a long time, when he entered the royal family's magic library in a daze, and he wanted to read everything, but he couldn't understand anything. After a long time, he finally calmed down, he let out a long breath, silently faced the dense handwriting on the whole surface, and finally understood why the cultivation of Chongyang, which was only at the domain level, could be so strong.
I followed the traces all the way down, and finally met the black-haired young man on the roof of a cave.
The roof of the cave is the top of the cliff connected to the entrance of the cave, and the scenery is excellent from here, but the person in front of him is obviously not enjoying the scenery of the mountains and rivers in a leisurely and elegant manner.
Chongyang held a long knife with green teeth, and the tip of the knife pointed upwards at the three mirror-like crystal faces. The crystal surfaces are suspended in layers, and above each crystal face, there is a soft blue-white light.
"Chongyang ......" Vincent was about to approach, but Chongyang suddenly turned his head and shouted.
"Don't come here!"
Before the words fell, a bright red trajectory suddenly fell from the sky, and with an indestructible momentum, it slammed into the crystal shield!
The first crystal shield was pierced, then the second, then the third......
Vincent was startled, and then saw the fresh red blade falling from the sky, and the ace demon soldier of the official Chongyang was shattered.
The Flame Shatter Blade pierced through the two mirror shields one after another, but was blocked by the third mirror shield, stuck between the second and third sides.
Chongyang confirmed this situation, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his solemn face.
"What are you doing?" asked Vincent, who approached.
"I'm experimenting with the strength of the enhanced defensive magic. "Chongyang Road.
The reason why Vincent was drunk just now was naturally to prevent accidental injury. The flame shattering blade is very sharp, and if you don't get stabbed in the cold, you will die.
The mirror shield of the Amethyst Shattering Mirror is now Chongyang's usual defensive magic, which can expose flaws in the battle with Jared.
The reason why the mirror shield's defense is strong is that it has its own magic refraction and reflection effect, but this effect is not useful for all magic, such as Jared's fusion mutant sword, which cannot be reflected, so it is relatively vulnerable.
Since it is fragile, try to increase the strength. After thinking about and researching, Chongyang decided to add a layer of magic enchantment to the mirror shield, but it was conceivable that it had been deduced for a long time, and he had not been able to find a suitable magic array and form.
After much deliberation, Chongyang turned to seek to summon magic.
"What is this?" Vincent saw Chongyang remove the shield, and immediately saw the blue and white glow on the shield, which turned out to be "flowers" full of fine petals. The mirror is covered with flowers, overlapping and overlapping, which is very gorgeous, and can't help but attract his attention.
When these "flowers" surged together and suddenly flew up, Vincent realized that these were all elemental spirits.
Chongyang's customary magic "Flame Butterfly Dance" has been upgraded to the power core of the Empty Water Burning Technique, and the bonus defense magic array has been greatly transformed, the explosion effect has been canceled, and the height of condensation is solid, and the "Dragon Scale Spirit Ring" is used to increase when summoning, and finally a flame butterfly spirit with extremely high defense strength is obtained.
This kind of flame butterfly elf looks like a flat morning glory, and the "petals" on the whole body are densely scaled, which looks cumbersome and gorgeous, and the defense is just as Chongyang hopes, after being attached to the mirror shield, it is strong enough to resist the high-altitude fall of the flame shattering blade.
How strong is the Flame Shattering Blade's falling power? In terms of penetration alone, it is far more powerful than ordinary arcane primary magic!
"With a little more effort, we might be able to resist the Flame Shatter Blade with just two enhanced shields, or even one enhanced shield. "Chongyang has found the direction, achieved results, and doubled its confidence.
He decided to name this latest defensive spell "Flower Butterfly Fantasy".