Act IX: Crisis and Doubt

Su Chen was woken up by a violent shouting and killing.

He still seemed to have some residual stability in a sweet dream - Su Chen couldn't remember how long it had been since he had slept so beautifully, in his previous sleep, he seemed to have returned to his mother's arms when he was a child, and there were not even any dreams in that comfortable sleep. It's just that no matter how beautiful the sleep is, there is a moment to wake up, when the sound of men's roars, horses' neighing, and the sound of swords colliding into Su Chen's ears came to Su Chen's ears, even if he was reluctant, Su Chen still woke up.

But he was still confused and couldn't figure out the situation. He deserves to see something like this—some lazy afternoon sun slanting through the window to his face, and a gaming helmet that he forgot to turn off before going to bed with a dormant yellow light flashing beside him. Dinner was served on a table next to the bed, and the computer next to it was still on, and the page on it was the official homepage and forum of Authority. He should get up at this time and wash up while holding his mobile phone to scroll through Weibo, and his circle of friends is likely to have exploded, and everyone is crazy about this extremely realistic game.

That's how it should be.

Instead of being in a cramped tent, looking at the looming figures outside, and the sound of battle coming one after another, I was in a daze. It took him a few turns to realize that what he was seeing was the scene in the game before he 'went offline' last night. An inexplicable tremor couldn't help but enter Su Chen's mind: Didn't I go offline yesterday? I've been in the game for at least 20 hours?

In that case, your game helmet should have kicked itself out a long time ago!

Then his tent was kicked open by a man, and Su Chen saw the square-faced warrior with a broad-bladed heavy sword standing in front of him. The slightly moist air in the early morning and the faint smell of blood wafting in the air made Su Chen know that he was not dreaming, and that all this was a real scene. And even with this cognition, Su Chen still thinks it's funny - novels that travel through the theme have ceased to be popular as early as the first half of this century, why did he bump into himself again?

Or is it not a time travel, but a game bug?

"What are you still doing in a daze?"

The voice of the square-faced warrior Bruso pulled Su Chen back to reality from his stunned state, Su Chen looked up at the square-faced warrior in a daze, and before he could ask any questions, Bruso's roar sounded in his ears: "We have been attacked by a necromancer!" ”

"Pick up your weapon, if you don't want to die!"

Then Brousso swept his broad-bladed sword in both hands and swept towards his side. The powerful momentum of the broad-bladed heavy sword slammed directly into the body of the skeleton that staggered towards him, shattering it to pieces, but soon more skeletons appeared in his field of vision—Brussel was sure that the necromancer must have robbed the tombs, and the graves of many people! Otherwise, he would never have been able to support this undead soul of an army!

It had been years since such a rampant necromancer had been seen.

Take up arms? Su Chen was stunned for a moment, are you talking about my dagger with an attack power of 1D4? I can't do a skeleton with it.

However, reality did not give him that much time to continue thinking, as several more skeletons appeared in his field of vision. Su Chen didn't have time to care why he couldn't quit the game, but he still got up from the ground without hesitation, and then touched his backpack. By the time he held the iron dagger in his hand, a skeleton had staggered up to him, and raised its rusty weapon to cut it down—

At that moment, Su Chen's mind didn't think of anything, he just followed the instinct of his body and attacked-his hands grasped the handle of the dagger, and then his body suddenly stood up from the half-squatting position, and this sudden movement stabbed his dagger into the skeleton's skull. Then Su Chen kicked the white sternum of the skeleton, and kicked the skeleton to the ground with a force, and after doing all this, Su Chen was still panting in place, and it was only then that he saw the system prompt on the side of his sight.

[You have destroyed a 'weak skeleton' and gained 10 XP.] 】

[Skeletons are the most well-known of the many undead creatures, and they are also the easiest to deal with. They are frequently found in the hands of necromancers, in unattended cemeteries, and in long-lost dungeons. While even a farmer can easily deal with two or three skeletons, when they form an army like a tidal wave, they can easily destroy an entire country. 】

"The gods are above, they are almost inexhaustible!"

The inch-headed female warrior also appeared in this place at some point, she looked at the skeletons scattered on the ground, and couldn't help but say, "That necromancer must be nearby, we must find him!" Otherwise, under his command, these undead creatures will drag us to death completely! ”

"I think it's a little weird." Su Chen said in a low voice, he looked up at the sky - the rising sun cut through the long dark night, and the warmth of dawn dispelled the wet cold of the cold night. This is not the best time for the undead to act, when the divine power of the sun god Terro envelops the entire Yanan continent, the power of these undead creatures will be suppressed to a certain extent. Otherwise, what Su Chen had just eliminated should have been a 'skeleton' instead of a 'weak skeleton'.

"What made that necromancer force his way against us, knowing that the losses would be great?" Su Chen muttered to himself. Necromancers had a great chance in the long night yesterday - the caravans were tired from walking in the middle of the night, and the undead in the night were 'energetic', if they could still have 'energy'. But the necromancer didn't do anything...... Could it have something to do with the barbarian who the barbarians left behind to snipe at him, as well as Kodir?

So since the necromancer didn't have time to attack the caravan all night, what made the necromancer choose to attack the heavily protected caravan and mercenaries during the day?

Soon Su Chen had no time to continue thinking about it.

A whistling arrow sliced through the chaotic battlefield, and then the head of a formidable skeletal warrior exploded, and the three-meter-tall skeleton that stood out throughout the battlefield staggered and fell to the ground.

"Be careful!"

A somewhat familiar voice echoed across the battlefield - "Your enemies are more than the undead!" ”