Chapter 21: The Swarm
"Pit daddy." Unas only thought of these two words, he couldn't swim at all, and everyone was wearing heavy armor of all kinds, so it was useless to be able to swim if the boat capsized and fell into the water.
The Eight Horror Demon Kings were in the island in the middle of the lake, it couldn't shrink out, it must be waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, and it was half-crossed, this was the art of war that even Unas knew, he didn't believe that they could cross the lake and land on the island safely.
"Don't worry, if someone drowns in front of a water archmage, then she should also commit suicide by jumping into the lake." Gordon comforted with some meanness.
"But that female mage is too young to feel so reliable."
"Don't worry, the person who can be awarded the title of Archmage by Dalaran has either made great contributions to Dalaran, or has some outstanding research results, or has outstanding strength, most young archmages like her are geniuses, and their strength should not be weak," Gordon's tone changed, "But you can't rely on these mages, prepare more airbags just in case." ”
The two returned to the vanguard camp to prepare for the work of crossing the river, and after a while, a pillar of blue light rose in the dock of the fishing village, and several mages were seen standing around the pillar of light holding their staffs in the distance, and the mage's fog-dispelling ritual began.
The enemy may interfere with the ceremony, and the dock is guarded by heavy troops, but it is in vain until the pillar of light disappears, the ceremony is completed, and not a single hair of the enemy is missing.
The fog on the lake did not dissipate immediately, but everyone could feel that the air was becoming dry, and a gust of wind began to blow on the surface of the lake, and in less than half an hour, the bright sun was shining, and the thick white mist was dispersed, and the power of magic was indeed very magical.
But the island in the middle of the lake still did not appear, and the direction of the center of the lake was separated by a distance of thousands of meters, and only a large lump of green smoke could be seen, and the island was still covered by the green mist.
"I went to the white mist, and then came to the green mist, can the masters do it all at once?" Unas scoffed, "They're still unreliable. ”
"That's not fog." Gordon shook his head.
"What's that?"
"The Swarm of Rotten Bugs," Gordon explained, "the unique ability of the Dreadlord to control the swarms of evil to destroy fields and spread disease to stir up strife among people, and now it's certain that Bethryth is on this island!"
"It's over, I'm not afraid of anything, I'm afraid of insects." Unas exclaimed, his fear of small insects was physiological, and he didn't even dare to catch dragonflies and butterflies when he was a child.
"......," Gordon was speechless for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "I wouldn't be surprised at all if this was said by a noble lady. ”
"I'm sick, and I can call it an insect phobia." Unas pleaded loudly.
"With the protection of the Holy Light Enchantment, wrap your body tightly, don't expose your skin, the insect swarm is just a small trouble," Gordon reluctantly comforted, "And do you know what the insect swarm is most afraid of, it is fire and smoke, follow me to keep you okay, don't let people think that you are in battle, this crime is not small." ”
Unas looked around and met Whitemayne's gaze, both of them hurriedly staggered their gazes, Unas felt weak for a while, and Whitemayne never wanted to let him go.
It seems that I can only bite the bullet, and think that this time I can help myself overcome this psychological barrier.
Unlike the previous situation, Tairosus called a meeting of his subordinates, and after some useless discussions, it still proceeded as planned, the distance was too far, and the mages had nothing to do with the swarm of rotten bugs.
The members of the vanguard all changed into leather armor and gloves, and their whole bodies were tightly wrapped like Arab women, only their eyes were exposed, and each of them was issued with a square wooden shield half a person high, and if they fell into the water, they could barely float with the wooden shield.
Because the destination was in Cheshui Lake, there might be a water battle, so before the battle, I brought a team of boatmen, and the rafts quickly built several boats.
When they came to the dock, five or six newly made rafts floated on the water, each with several airbags of different sizes tied to the edges of each raft, and one raft could carry about ten soldiers, and the vanguard boarded one by one under Gordon's orders.
Unas followed Gordon, and the last one jumped onto the raft, which shook violently, and Whitemayne, who was protected in the center, immediately glared at him, and Unas only felt very dripping.
Just as he wondered why there were no oars, an undercurrent suddenly began to surge under the raft, and when he looked back at the shore, several mages led by Archmage Angela raised their staff again, and the gem on the tip of the staff shone brightly.
The magic drove the flow of water, pushing the three rafts full of soldiers to slowly move towards the center of the lake, Unas only felt that the state had never been better, everyone was full of buffs, there were more than a dozen paladins there, it was not Unas's turn to make a move, and the four blessings of strength, wisdom, king, and protection were complete.
And these blessings are all enhanced, such as the "King's Blessing" is made by Tairosus himself, he waved his hand and sprinkled a piece of silver light, and once applied an enhanced version of the King's Blessing to all members of the vanguard team with an effect of increasing all attributes by 20% for 30 minutes.
A super-strong-looking paladin named Pulhart next to him split up twice, giving the vanguard a 5% damage reduction to the Blessing of Protection.
The powerful spell-casting ability of these paladins made Unas feel very small, and the mood to level up quickly became even more urgent.
The raft moved forward steadily, Unas turned on various combat skills, among which "Sensing the Undead" He decided not to turn it off anymore, this small spell didn't take much energy, especially after the initial condensation of holy energy, the energy recovery speed was greatly improved, and the maintenance of this spell was basically zero consumption.
Getting closer and closer to the island in the middle of the lake, Unas found that the green was indeed not fog, the fog was not churning like this, it was thousands of small black dots emitting green light that were doing Brownian motion around the island.
Suddenly, a scream came, everyone was shocked, the swarm began to stir violently, surging, the scream must be the order that drove them, the swarm clamoured into several black arrows, and rushed towards the three rafts on the lake.
Gordon unhurriedly activated the obsidian hanging on his chest, and a spherical enchantment emitting golden light spread out from it, enveloping the three small rafts, and after the emergency charging of several priests, the energy of the obsidian had been restored.
At the same time, he gave the order to the flag bearer to speed up, and the flag bearer quickly conveyed the order to several mages on the shore through the flag language.
The undercurrent under the ship suddenly became intense, the mages increased their mana output, the speed of the raft increased rapidly, the noise of "buzzing and buzzing" suddenly became louder, the rancid smell penetrated people's nostrils, and the swarm of insects was right in front of them.
Gordon stood upright at the bow of the ship, his great sword burning with golden-red flames, he roared, and slashed out of thin air, and the red flames swept like a wave towards the swarm of insects in the sky.
There was a crackling sound, and a swarm of black arrows was mostly destroyed, and the pioneers cheered and cheered for their commander.