Act 86: The Dead and the King (1)

The rider in the moonlight resembles a translucent crystal statue, glowing in the fine dust. Armed with a silver spear, it rode around the perimeter of the shrine before disappearing from view on the other side of the wall, all without a sound. But just by such a glimpse, Brando basically determined the general attributes of this ghost knight - a territory-type monster, and he determined the tactics in an instant.

He turned his head to face thirteen pairs of eyes of varying colors—hesitant and nervous—and the mercenaries, including the captain Tiger Sparrow, inevitably held their breath and waited silently for his orders. The aristocratic daughter covered her mouth with her hand and coughed twice, then she took a thin breath to try to calm herself.

But only a pair of brown eyes, as bright as the stars in the sky, without fear or hesitation—her gaze was still in the direction of the shrine, and she was full of interest. Brando's heart jumped, and he subconsciously paid attention to the eldest lady, beware of her sneaking out quietly on a whim. For this self-proclaimed 'Roman-sama' egoistic fellow, it doesn't seem like it's impossible.

It was as if there was no danger in this world for her.

Sometimes Brando couldn't help but think, I really don't know how the aunt who has never met has trained little Roman into this character, and he thinks that ordinary normal families may not really have this ability. But now was clearly not the time to think about it, so he turned back and said, "The tactic is actually quite simple," he parted the bushes, looked around, and then raised his sword and pointed to the side of the hill: "See that Golan-Elson black pine?" You go there and lay an ambush, and the rest is just waiting for me to bring it over. ”

That's it?

Everyone was stunned.

"But...... What are we going to do, my lord? Tiger Sparrow couldn't help but ask in disbelief.

Brando glanced at him, thinking that this still needs to be taught, since they have all entered the ambush circle, the rest is of course you're welcome, please give me a fight to the death, but this is the difference between the player and these aborigines, the player doesn't care about him, all in all, he will call first, and then say, anyway, the big deal is to hang up once.

Therefore, he was stunned for a moment, and replied as a matter of course: "This...... Of course, he tried his best to ......" but he suddenly realized the problem, so he simply changed his explanation to a simple way: "Okay, in other words, you should treat him as having a hatred for taking his wife and killing his children." ”

The hatred of taking a wife and killing a child?

The tiger sparrow was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "But my lord, to be honest, my woman has long since died in the war with the Cruz." ”

Brando lifted his forehead and sighed.

"Then you should assume that he owes your mercenary group a million Thor and is not going to pay-"

surprise

Ever since the mercenaries of Lubis became famous, they had never heard of anyone daring to default on their wages. This is simply unreasonable, there is a way to cut off people's wealth is equivalent to killing parents, this revenge is not avenged, how can it be a common day?

Lubis's mercenary eyes turned red with a twelve-pair, and the tiger sparrow squeaked his battle axe, and he said loudly: "Martha, it turned out to be with the discredited Anjou people, Lord Lord, please rest assured, in the name of Lord Martha, we will beat that damned undead to the, so that it knows that our Lubis account is not so easy to owe."

Antitina stood by with an embarrassed face and listened to the mercenary captain's nonsense, as the daughter of Pragus, how could she usually come into contact with such a vulgar filthy mouth, and the filthy meaning contained in the scolding almost made her faint, but fortunately, she finally gritted her teeth and supported it. Then he coughed, blushed and whispered:

"Brando, the other party is the legendary ghost knight, can we really fight?" After all, the girl was not a summoned creature of Brando like these mercenaries, and they could trust him wholeheartedly, but she still had doubts. After all, Brando's plan is too simple, just such a simple way, isn't it possible for anyone to deal with Ghost Rider?

They were just a small group of ordinary mercenaries, and not all of them were swordsmen, archwizards, magicians, or elven envoys.

In the limited descriptions of the ghost knights in the literature, the strength shown on the table xiàn is at least one of the highest in silver, close to the level of a knight of the gold rank. And what are they going to do to fight such a quasi-golden swordsman? Is it just an ambush? But the ambush won't improve everyone's own fixed combat effectiveness, or is it just that they are hiding there just to scare the other party?

Okay, it really makes sense to take 10,000 steps back and say this, but you also have to consider that undead creatures don't have fear at all, right?

"Of course." Brando, however, blocked her words with a natural answer.

"Why?"

Antitina couldn't help but blurt out.

"Rest assured, it won't attack us - it won't hit us, to be exact."

"Can't hit?" The aristocratic daughter is dumbfounded, what is the reason for this? Why can't Ghost Rider fight, is his hand crippled? Or was the knight a pacifist? For a moment she couldn't help but get a little angry, this was not a good time to joke, but she thought about Brando's glorious record all along, as if even the most ridiculous things would become taken for granted in him.

But the most incredible thing is that he was proven right every time.

Thinking of this, Antitina suddenly felt that she should calm down. However, she still couldn't restrain herself, and complained in a whisper: "Such an explanation, I, how can I accept it, I am your staff, my lord......"

Brando shrugged, he really couldn't explain it.

Because few monsters patrol along a fixed route, this ghost knight has a strong sense of territory. But there is another name for this type of monster in the game, and that is - lord monsters. One thing that these monsters have in common is that they will hover within their fixed area, and once they touch that 'territorial boundary', they will immediately turn back, no matter what is happening at the time.

This type of monster is extremely rare in the game, as this mandatory setting is easy for players to take advantage of, and take advantage of loopholes in the rules to kill monsters that are much higher than their level.

As a result, most of the Lord monsters are ferocious, and most of them are ranged creature types - such as the sealed black dragon in Kanoru Canyon, the Seven Extremes Dragon King, and Fusia Kath. The teacher of the dog god Oglist, the evil dragon nicknamed 'Master Craftsman' by the players, although the ban range is only three miles, but the attack range has been far away to a hundred miles, and is one of the strongest leader monsters in Northern Vaughnde.

The other is even more perverted, simply monsters that can't be killed outside the realm range. For example, the Earth Spirit Kao.

But Brando also knows that there is a third type of lord monster, that is, due to the limitations of the plot and mission, so that a more powerful monster can reasonably appear in a lower-level area, so that players of the corresponding level can potentially kill the task boss. Obviously, this ghost rider is the last one. Of course, when the players who did this quest for the first time wrote the guide, the players at that time obviously didn't know as much about the 'Amber Sword' as they did later, so they adopted a hard-fought approach in the strategy.

But in Brando's opinion, it doesn't have to be so troublesome.

However, he was actually a bit of a pity, because even if he fought hard, he could have a way to take down the ghost knight. However, since the original setting was 'plot killing', the level of equipment dropped by the monster would drop by 50%, which is not a little bit. Basically, the part of the skipping reward is completely deducted, and even exceeds some.

Brando doesn't know how this world is set up, but according to his original experience, he must not be far from ten.

He lowered his head and looked at Antitina unblinkingly with brown eyes - he knew why Ghost Knight couldn't be too far away from the shrine. These evil spirits were born out of the unyielding rebellion of the ancient elves, but Martha sealed the altar before they could pounce on the lair - in history, many high-ranking priests and monks were killed in that accident, so the royal family has been reluctant to talk about this secret that has been hidden for many years - and on the other hand, the forbidden altar no longer provides magical power, and the evil spirits naturally cannot sustain it.

It's just that there seems to be a trace of breath left on this altar, so it doesn't collapse immediately, but it can only linger near the shrine.

But it's easy to say, but to explain it, it involves the knowledge of the core of the soul and magic. Brando is a player who can speak without taboos, but this knowledge is basically one of the core knowledge of the Flame Temple, involving the contract between humans and spirits, and it is also the source of their power. He is not a highly accomplished theological master, and it is good to pretend to be a half-baked wizard under the identity of a highland knight, but as soon as he speaks these things, it is estimated that Antitina will be suspicious of him even if he is a puppeteer.

What's more, the girl is still so keen.

"Maybe I think that Ghost Knight looks a little kind, maybe it won't attack us?" Finally he thought about it for a moment, and replied so solemnly.

"Master Brando."

Antitina took a deep breath.

"Alright," Brando patted her on the shoulder, "Don't be nervous, learn little Roman, don't worry, when did I lie?" ”

Learn Roman?

Antitina couldn't help but glance back at the merchant's eldest lady, who was absentmindedly looking in the direction of the shrine, as if expecting a second sight of the ghost knight.

"I think it's often ......," she muttered at last with a sigh of displeasure, but the girl knew that Brando had never said that he had missed a thing—as if he could have predicted the outcome of a thing.

Brando smiled, knowing that she had been convinced. He waved his hand to get the others moving, and then asked the Tiger Sparrow to borrow a heavy crossbow and wind it with his foot - the heavy crossbow was a treasure among the players. However, Tiger Sparrow frowned vigorously when he saw his actions, and couldn't help but say, "Lord Lord, why don't I go and lure that undead spirit over?" ”

"No, I'm an expert in this area." Brando confidently slapped the heavy crossbow, causing the string to crack, as if he might shoot the rattling arrow at any moment.

Tiger Sparrow looked terrified on the side, thinking to himself how the young lord looked like a layman, or he would not have made such a faux pas. After all, in Vahnde, he said so, but he was suspected of looking down on his lord. In this era when the reputation of the nobility is more important than life, this is a terrible crime.

But he can't watch his lord die.

Fortunately, Antitina also saw the mercenary captain's concern on the side, and couldn't help but whisper: "My lord, is it okay?" ”

Brando gave her a strange look, "What's the problem?" ”

The girl was choked half to death, but she didn't roll her eyes immediately.

But Brando smiled, "Okay, I know what you're worried about. But what, if the 'Ghost Knight' crystal comes out, I'll invite you to the most luxurious inn in Ampesel** once-"

Ghost Knight Crystals?

The two were stunned, what is that? What does it mean to be once?

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