Chapter 42 Proposition "Death—Real and Unreal"
As a Dark Elf warrior, this was the first time I'd seen a bard, and as a human paladin during the Open Beta, I didn't have a crush on these swaggering guys.
This handsome guy is using the Bard's special ability to chant, not "Spellbreaker", which is a ranged sonic attack; Nor is it a "ecstasy", an "ecstasy" that can only attract the attention of a single creature without a threat has no effect on the battlefield; Is it a "morale boost" or a "skill boost"? Hey~~~ Seeing that the mages are almost using their spells now, they can't take care of dealing with you, and our dark elves lack long-range firepower, so they arrogantly use the "Levitation Technique" to float in the air, and in order to ensure safety, they also use the "Mirror Shadow Technique" to create a doppelganger phantom.
Anyway, shoot him down first. Although there were six identical-looking bards floating in the air, I was able to see through the low-level illusions, and in my eyes, five of them had a translucent body, and only one was a physical entity.
An arrow was shot from the compound short bow, and the bard, who was handsome in mid-air, snorted and was hit by an arrow in the armpit. The Bard could have worn medium armor, but he probably only wore inlaid leather armor for agility, uh, it seems that the High Elves who were chasing this time were only wearing light armor at most, so as not to hinder the speed of tracking us, right? But I also wore the inlaid leather armor and knew that the armpit was one of the weakest points. And he raised his hands again when he played the harp, this angle, isn't that convenient for me to shoot~~~
The bard did not grasp the harp, and the instrument fell in mid-air, and he turned his head to look in my direction, and was struck in the face by my second arrow, and with a scream, he floated in the air and died.
The doppelganger phantom created by the "Mirror Shadow Technique" will disappear when it is hit, but this time it is the main body that dies, and the movements of all the doppelgangers are exactly the same as the main body, so there are 6 corpses floating at the same time at a distance of 1 and a half meters in the air, and this scene will continue until the magic effect disappears...... Hmph, that's cool, and I don't know if it's plastic art or performance art in reality. It depends on who the author is, for the bard, it should be performance art, for me, he is just material in my hands, so it is plastic art. Well, it was the bard's intention to be handsome, but death was not what he expected, and in the end the author should be me, and it is right to be sure that it is plastic art.
When I designed the elegant proposition "Death - Real and Unreal" or the big truth proposition "6 corpses floating in the air" for the handsome guy, my stealth effect was also invalidated by the attack, and I hurriedly used stealth and hiding, hiding in the dense branches of the woods.
As expected, the whizzing arrows passed me again, and although I spent a lot of skill points on them, I was still more clumsy than professional thieves in stealth and hiding from archers.
As a last resort, I threw my head up again and drank the second, and the only remaining invisibility potion.
After stealth, I can boldly probe to find the archer who has been staring at me. Now the battle is not as fierce as before, and the mages are sporadically casting some small spells, which are estimated to be almost consumed, so they should be reserved. And the scene of intensive arrow shooting before is gone, firstly, many people died in the high elves in the battle, and secondly, the arrows are limited, there are only 20 arrows in a bag, and the uninterrupted shooting can only last for 2 minutes, even if the high elves are prepared to bring 3 quivers, they cannot be used endlessly.
The reason why it is estimated that the high elves only carry 3 quivers instead of more, because the quiver is to be carried on the body, and it will only be cumbersome to carry more, while the high elves want to track us lightly, and it is enough to bring 3 quivers. For example, we warriors should have used different equipment for different occasions, but in addition to a protective and agile Mithril breastplate, I usually only use a long sword and shield, and only wear a compound shortbow and a bag of poisoned arrows when I carry out assault missions, and the poisoned arrows have been used up during the slaughter of the village, and now I use the quiver of the assassinated high elf sentry. Don't I want to turn myself into a mobile arsenal? Regardless of how much weight I can carry, imagine a Dark Elf warrior with a shield in his left hand, a sword in his right hand, a short sword scimitar and a hammer on his left waist, a chain and a tomahawk nunchucks on his right waist, a belt full of throwing knives on his waist, a large bow and quiver on his back, and a spear and a giant scythe with a rope tied to his body...... Well, even if I wear such a dress regardless of my image, let alone kill the enemy, I have to pay attention to walking and accidentally fall and kill myself. It's not a no-do, it's really not a no-no.
However, the tall elf, who was petite and only more than 1.5 meters tall but carried a compound longbow nearly 2 meters high, ran quickly in the woods, and stopped from time to time to draw his bow and arrows under the concealment of the trees, but he seemed to shoot arrows one after another as if he did not care about consumption.
This guy is the same archer who kept staring at me before!
Being able to shoot two arrows at the same time as someone else shoots an arrow, this fast archery speed must be based on learning the "rapid shooting" specialty, which requires the "close-range shooting" specialty and 13 points of agility or more as the premise. Although it is possible to shoot more arrows in a short period of time, at the cost of reducing accuracy and consuming more arrows, only those who specialize in long-range shooting will learn it.
The petite archer was wearing leather armor, but considering that the high elves were lightly armed, he couldn't guess the other party's profession for a while, whether he was a thief who liked long-range sneak attacks, a warrior specializing in archery or a ranger, not a bard, right?
Looking at the archer from a distance, it seems that he is not wearing a musical instrument, so he should not be a bard, but it is not excluded that the instrument he carries is small enough to fit in his pocket.
Strangely, the archer only wore a quiver. Did you throw away the quiver that you shot before? No, that quiver is weird! That's definitely not an ordinary item. I've seen something similar during the Open Beta, "Melicay's Quiver". Alona is the goddess of the forest and the rangers, and "Melicay's quiver" is just a borrowing from the name of the forest lady, and it has nothing to do with her. Although this magic item looks like a regular quiver, it actually has three parts, each of which is an extradimensional space, and the space available for storage is much larger than the appearance, the smallest part can hold 60 arrows, the longer space can hold 18 javelins, and the longest space can hold 6 longbows or similar things, such as spears and staffs. The wielder can reach into a different space each time to remove the contents. Although the smallest space can only hold 60 arrows, the other two longer spaces can also be loaded with arrows without other items, so the number of arrows that can be carried may be close to 200.
If that was really "Merrikai's quiver", then this little tall elf archer did have an arsenal with him.
At this moment, the other High Elf archers were worried about the depletion of their arrows and their long-range firepower was a good time to turn the tide, but the small High Elf archer's fast ranged attack did not weaken in the slightest, making it difficult for the commandos to take advantage.
This difficult guy must be dealt with!