Chapter 125: Sacrificial Knife
The elven blacksmith fell to the ground as he spoke.
The others were startled on the spot, and Sauron thought that he had exhausted his mental strength and hung up directly, but soon there was a snoring sound. He waved his hand at the apprentices next to him, motioning for them to move the elven blacksmith to the bed, and then left a dozen kindlers by the furnace. In the past three days, these apprentices have also been exhausted, their eyes are bloodshot, and their expressions are also very tired. Sauron was happy with the results of the forge, so he didn't mind rewarding a little extra tip.
"Slay the dragon."
Sauron stroked the blade of the knife and pursed his lips slightly, "This name is too unlucky. Let's call it [Laceration]. ”
There is a lot of equipment in this world called dragon slaying.
For example, there is a dragon slaying sword in White Horse City, but all the equipment with this name and the dragon slaying in the end seems to be cursed, and their owners often die at the hands of the dragon. Sauron doesn't strictly have a penchant for slaying dragons, and he doesn't hesitate to swing his butcher's knife only when certain things that must be done involve dragons. The laceration was a transcendent weapon he had ever obtained, and although it was not as good as the one in front of him, it was similar in all respects.
Although this scimitar is a first-order transcendent weapon, its attributes have reached the level of the second-order!
It doesn't have any energy damage per se, but the added sharpness and penetration are quite strong, and Golia's use of the 'Demonized Weapon' only adds 2 points, and the knife itself has 3 points of sharpness and penetration. To put it simply, this knife can break through the innate armor of Defense Level +3, and the iconic creature is the Earthwalking Dragon.
The Earthwalker's natural defense is a +3 protection level.
The last two attributes are the key. Tenacity is a characteristic of elven forging weapons, and it is definitely not easy to break and break. Armor Piercing is generally an additional attribute added to Adamantite, and it is very useful to use against dragons, demons, and lichs. As long as it is an armor-piercing weapon, it can basically break through the dragon scales, and it is also first-class effective against warriors with heavy armor. It is estimated that in addition to the whole body plate armor that is difficult to break, the other scale armor and chain mail are just one or two knives.
Now that the weapon has been crafted, there is no need for Sauron to stay here.
His injuries had almost recovered two days ago, and he had also studied about 70% of the spells of 'Enchanting Humans' in the past two days, and the spells of the Enchanting Department were relatively difficult to learn, and they were much more difficult to learn than other spells. Wanderers are people who say they will leave and stay. Sauron went to the inn to settle the bill and gave a tip or two for Kindler. It was to walk directly to the outside of the village. His arrival did not alarm too many people, and not many people cared about his departure.
Adventurers are a group of passers-by who only stop in one place when they get tired!
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In the lush forest.
Sauron's alertness began to skyrocket after entering the wilderness area, and he was now heading north along the Elven Forest. The distance can be thousands of kilometers. On the edge of the Ice Nation lies a Frozen Valley. Walking through this valley is entering the land of ice and snow. It was once a large battlefield with many sunken underground ruins. What separates the Northland from the Ice and Snow Country is a snowy mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, and the two have become two completely different worlds due to their special geography.
Sauron moved fast alone.
The 20-point constitution ensures that he can keep jogging all the time. As long as it doesn't exceed the range of physical exertion, his recovery speed is about the same as the consumption rate. In just one morning, Sauron walked out for dozens of kilometers, and the scenery around him also changed greatly, and the trees in front of him were basically the thickness of three people hugging each other, and these trees had grown for at least a hundred years. The characteristics of the elven hinterland here, the more years you continue to grow deeper into the trees, and the possibility of encountering the legendary beautiful dryads.
That is, the spiritual embodiment of nature!
Sauron's progress suddenly stopped, he frowned and pulled out the grass, and then pinched out a trace of rags with his hands, the cloth was very smooth to the touch, and there were traces of blood on it, this position must have been the place where the battle had taken place, and it was in the last three days. The footprints on the ground were blurred, but he intuitively judged the direction in which the battle was taking place.
He followed the trail for a hundred or two hundred meters, and then saw obvious traces of battle, with broken branches of trees cut by swords, and very dense footprints.
There was indeed a battle here!
Sauron observed for a moment, and then prepared to leave, his concern was whether there would be an ambush ahead, and he had no interest in these occasional battles, because battles in this world happened too often.
In a flash!
Suo Ran's figure suddenly paused, and then turned around directly and walked behind a big tree, he seemed to see something just now. What appeared in front of his eyes was the mark on a large tree, which were five claw marks one inch deep, and it could be seen that the attacker's strength was very fierce, and there was a dry blood stain on the tree pole.
Sauron's expression instantly turned cold, his expression was also a little hideous, the murderous aura on his face was extremely strong, he stretched out his palm and gestured at the five claw marks on the big tree, and then slowly pressed it on his back. There were still five faint red marks on his back, and even if the priest used a healing spell, it couldn't completely erase the scars left by that ferocious attack. Sauron silently grasped his hand on the scimitar, and then the figure gradually blurred, and finally disappeared into the shadows completely.
The Hunters!
They did not abandon the hunting ritual, and during these three days they also hunted another target.
Sauron would never have mistaken those five claw marks, the pitch-black high-ranking gnolls that nearly killed him there. The killing intent in his heart makes Sauron thirst for blood, his current injuries have basically recovered, and the special abilities brought by the Shadow Warrior are all there, Sauron, who has just obtained the extraordinary weapon, is ready to use the blood of these hunters to sacrifice the sword!
When alone, Sauron is not afraid of the number of enemies, as he is a wanderer, and the shadows and forests are his best cover.
His figure vanished in place, the power of the shadows obscuring his tracks.
A vague and hazy figure can only be seen when walking through the shiny ground, because the level of stealth skill is not enough, and it is necessary to have more than 200 stealth skills to become invisible where there are no shadows. But this didn't have much to do with Sauron, and not putting most of his skill points into stealth meant that he strengthened his other combat abilities. The Wizard's invisibility can completely replace the stealth effect when necessary.
"It looks like there are more than twenty people."
Sauron stopped to look at the ground, the footprints on the ground were chaotic, but it could be seen that it was a circular encirclement, not like it was left behind when it was attacked, but more like a trace of someone retreating behind it. He pulled out the grass in front of him, and there was a little piece of cloth left by the thorns, the texture and fabric were similar to the previous ones, but the pattern made him feel a little familiar, and muttered, "It seems that I have seen this pattern somewhere?" ”
He made sure he was in the spot, then continued to follow the trail.
The Wanderer was also a good tracker, otherwise he would not have spawned the advanced profession of Bounty Hunter and Assassin, and Sauron advanced a kilometer or two before coming to a halt in front of another large tree.
There are three claw marks on it, broken branches and shrubs nearby, and the sound of the river can be heard in front.
"Looks like it's been fighting here for a while."
Sauron reached out and picked up the dirt on the ground, it was dark red dirt, the area looked not small, although the body was gone, but there should be a person who fell here, judging by the bloodstains, he was almost killed on the spot. Someone in front of them had clearly split the bushes that stood in the way with his sword, and it seemed that the person around them was not good at fighting, or was so weak that he needed to protect his people to clear the way and cut down the bushes that were affecting movement.
"Looks like they're dead!"
Although Sauron tracked down here, he only saw traces of a person's death, but according to his estimation, the other party should not be able to escape.
Protecting such a burden, it is basically impossible to escape the tracking of the hunters.
Lost traces beside the river.
There were no footprints on the other side, and it seemed that the fugitives had not crossed the river, and Sauron made his way along the riverbank, quickly discovering new clues.
He found a weapon, and a beautiful torn armor.
"Elven stabbing sword?"
Sauron picked up the broken bayonet sword, looked at the movement around him, and said to himself, "Could it be the elven nobleman you met that day?" His guards seemed to be equipped like that. No wonder he was starting to look very familiar, ordinary elven patrol guards couldn't afford to wear such expensive fabrics as they were, so that guy had met a hunter? ”
The time should have been three days ago.
Sauron met an elven nobleman in front of the village's temple of life, who possessed a portion of the blood of the elven god queen, and seemed to be the descendant of the god's blood that had been bred for many generations. They must have met the hunter, and then somehow they were taken as a new target, and then there was a fugitive battle, and his guards would definitely not be able to defeat a group of high-level hunters.
"If you want to catch up, you should be ahead."
Sauron's pupils shrank, and his figure retreated into the shadows, then swooped toward the foot of the mountain ahead.
There are more mountains on this side of the Elven Forest, but they are not high, the terrain is hilly, according to Sauron's estimate, the group of Elven guards will cover the foot of the mountain in front at most, and then they should be caught up by the hunters.
Little by little, the distance is getting closer.
Sauron stopped suddenly, then pulled out his scimitar with a sonorous sound, and his steps suddenly slowed down.
There are still traces on the front.
It seems that the traces are obvious, at least a dozen signs of activity, and it should be left today, vaguely he also heard some voices, it seems that there are people in front of him, the number is more than double digits.
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(PS: The second one will be a little later.) (To be continued......)