Act XVIII. Icy Dragon Aceris
Strictly speaking, the Ice Dragons are not really dragons. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In the continent of Atlas, the only thing that can be called by the word "dragon" alone is the wise creature that is active in epics and legends, the dragon once soared in the sky of Atlas, but since the stars fell to the earth and the gods withered, the dragon has disappeared from people's sight.
Legend has it that in the far north, there is a dragon's dwelling, but no adventurer can come back alive after going deep into the frozen mountain, and even in the game, players are unable to enter the mountain due to various restrictions.
And the Ice Dragon, in fact, is strictly an elemental creature. Born at the junction of the Sea of Retrogression in the Water Elemental Realm and the Mountains of Tranquility in the Wind Elemental Realm, it entered the main material world through an accidental rift, and inhabited the cold snow-capped mountains.
The Frost Mine's Ice Dragon, who was supposed to have been exiled to the Pamir Mountains when he was a child, was entrenched in the long-abandoned mine and reigned as the king of the mountain, and if there were no adventurers to crusade, it might be wiped out after a hundred years and return to the embrace of the elemental realm.
And at this moment, the ice-blue dragon scales, the sharp ice edges, the rather miserable-looking wings, the chest scars with water oozing from time to time, and the red eyes covered by icy eyelids, all told Shiloh a truth.
The Ice Dragon, Aceris, is still alive.
Although Archmage Elwyn suffered a near-fatal wound from that blow, and broke its wings in the process of falling off a cliff and was unable to fly, it was not dead and was still the king of the little mine.
"How could it be ......?"
Now it's a problem.
Shiloh originally thought that after such a blow, the Ice Dragon would not die or be disabled, at least he didn't have the strength to return to the lair, but he didn't expect this guy to be so tenacious and drag back with such a serious injury.
And by coincidence, it was lying right at the entrance to that path.
Shiloh didn't feel confident that he had defeated Trashul the Flame Burner and gained the ancient legacy, he knew that the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the silver superior could easily crush the small bug of the bronze rank even if he was seriously injured. If he doesn't have a thorough plan and rushes forward like a reckless pig, then what awaits him can only be death.
"Your Highness Elefils, we may have to make a plan for the next battle."
"Fighting? And this dragon? ā
Princess Eliefils has obviously read many heroic epics and knows that such a great feat as slaying a dragon is not something that ordinary people can easily do.
"To be precise, it's the Ice Dragon, it's an elemental creature that's very different from a real dragon."
"But that's also a monster at the pinnacle of silver."
Princess Elyfils looked at Shiloh in surprise.
While the young man seemed to be quite powerful, from the bold stratagem he used to cover the escape of the large army, to the calm and thoughtful tactics he used to face the fire wolf and Trasher the Flame Burner, the idea of trying to challenge the silver ice dragon was too crazy for her.
It was an enemy that his own teacher, the Silver Median Archmage Elwin, could not defeat.
"Listen, Your Highness Elyfils, I have read about the Ice Dragons in the Great Library of the Royal Capital, they are not as difficult to deal with as they seem, as long as you master the rules, it will not be difficult to defeat them by the two of us."
Although Shiloh is talking about the so-called non-existent information in the Great Library, there is no lie in the information about the Ice Dragon.
Overall, CCE's principle in designing the boss of Rainbow Poetry is that although it is difficult, it becomes quite simple once you master the rules.
Basically, when they first encountered a boss, players exclaimed, "What the hell is this?" After a little try, it becomes "How to play this TM?" And then after gradually getting used to the boss, it became "Hey, it doesn't seem to be so difficult", and then it was tortured by the malice of the CCE designer hidden in it to "this game can be played?" Finally, at the moment when the boss finally fell, in addition to the thrill of defeating the enemy, the player had more of a sense of "I'm almost a wasted person".
To Shiloh's evaluation, Trashol the Burner is a typical boss who embodies the design idea of CCE.
Of course, as a brain-dead detection machine and a newcomer's graduation certificate, the ice dragon Aceris implements this design idea.
You know, Shiloh has brushed this boss no less than 100 times, and he naturally knows its attack pattern well.
If the fire-eating Sierra Leone is because of Shiloh's injuries, and the Flameburner Trashul is a hidden boss that is not within the scope of discussion, then now that he is in full state and has an out-of-specification inheritance, it is not impossible to join forces with Her Royal Highness the Princess to slay the dragon.
No, this must be done, and in the absence of supplies, it would be a death to turn back and find another way out of the Pamir Mountains through the intricate mines.
"Please trust me, Your Highness Elyfils."
Holding Erifels' hand gently, the body temperature coming through the palm was a little cold, and Shiloh couldn't help but clench it a little more.
ā...... I believe in you, Mr. Shiloh. ā
Staring into the young man's pale blue eyes, Princess Eliefils nodded slightly.
Indeed, as Shiloh said, there is no other way for them to leave this dark and cold underground if they cannot escape this mountain range in a short time and enter the Mordred Plateau and the kingdom. The army converged, waiting for himself to be Wendland's iron hoof, therefore, weighing for a moment, Her Royal Highness the princess took Shiloh's hand back.
"The Ice Dragon Aceris is actually an elemental creature, with the dual attributes of wind and water, and generally speaking, it can deal high damage with fire-based attacks, but we don't have any means to deal fire-based damage other than Ash Blade."
Glancing at the long sword in the hand of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Shiloh explained.
"But fortunately, it doesn't have much resistance to the magic of the light attribute, and the resistance to physical strikes is not strong, in other words, relying on our current means, it can also cause effective output, uh, I mean damage."
"But its breath ......"
Princess Elyfils still seems to be haunted by what happened on the gray path.
"Well, the most threatening thing about the Ice Dragon is the Frost Breath, which covers the entire fan-shaped area in front of it, and in addition to the cryogenic damage of low temperatures, it will also cause a certain slowing effect, and even have a chance to be directly frozen."
In previous games, teams have mostly responded to this move by eating hard with tanks and shields, but in the middle of the game, some players have developed a more convenient way to play.
"But this move has a long cast pre-shake, the ice dragon will first suck the air into the lungs, and then after cooling, it will spit out, this action takes a certain amount of time, and as long as the ice dragon starts to inhale, the direction of its breath is determined, so, as long as it spews out of the breath, quickly leave the area, well, just use the moon."
Using the Swordsman to attract aggro, which can almost completely ignore the damage of Frost Breath, is quite common in mid-game five-DPS flash teams.
It's really impossible to make up for Her Royal Highness the princess with an acceleration effect of the divine light technique, Shiloh is now really glad that he defeated the hidden boss before entering the lair, otherwise he would have relied on the state when he finished fighting the fire-eating Sierra Leone, and now he can only be crushed to death by the Ice Dragon.
"Then in addition to the frost breath, the Ice Dragon also has a few small skills, Wind Pressure is a suppressive skill in the melee range, characterized by raising its wings high, and the way to avoid it is also very simple, that is, just stay away from the Ice Dragon for fifteen yards; In addition to melee range attacks, Tail Flick also comes with an icicle strike within 20 yards, and before this skill is cast, the Ice Dragon will roar, as long as it hides to the side while roaring, it can be ......"
Shiloh introduced all the skills of the Ice Frozen Dragon to Her Royal Highness in detail, while Princess Elifils, who had never heard this knowledge, listened to Shiloh quite carefully.
"In short, this Ice Dragon Aceris should be in a near-death state by now, and it is likely to go berserk and use various attacks more frequently, but it also means that as long as we hold our ground, we will be able to kill it quickly."
"Mr. Shiloh, where the hell did you learn this knowledge? The collection of books in the Wang Li Library should not be recorded in such detail, right? ā
Princess Erifels had also been to the library, where there were mostly old books, like this that recorded the ecological habits of the few ice dragons on the continent, but she had never seen them.
"Ahem, Your Highness Alifils, you know, the church always has some private collections of its own......"
Seeing that the lies of the royal library could not be maintained, Shiloh moved out of the church's library again, anyway, as a military priest, it was not too difficult to have permission to look through the monster manual and the like.
"Well, although I always feel that Mr. Shiloh still has a lot of secrets on you, I choose to believe you."
Her Royal Highness said seriously, without the slightest hypocrisy in her eyes.
Shiloh's heart warmed, not because he was favored by a royal nobleman like Her Royal Highness, but because he thought of his past gaming career, as well as those guild members who had long since switched to other games and never logged into their accounts again.
Although it is a virtual relationship, it is no more fragile than a real friendship.
ā...... Let's do it. ā
Shiloh didn't know how to respond to Her Royal Highness the Princess, so he simply pretended not to understand and skipped it directly.
"yes, okay."
Princess Elyfils had a long sword in her hand, looking like a Valkyrie, which made Shiloh a little dazed.
Shiloh shook his head, banishing the blood-stained history from his mind.
Now that he's changed history, there's more he can do, and Shiloh wants to overturn that tragic memory, so he can only choose to fight.
Slowing down, he whispered to the side of the Ice Dragon Aceris, and after signaling to Her Royal Highness the Princess, his hand lit up with a silvery glow.
Trial.
54ļ¼
Critical hit.
Feeling the pleasure of the big numbers, Shiloh saw the resting Ice Dragon shake its head, waking up from its slumber, and its ruby eyes flashed to immediately spot Her Royal Highness the Princess in front of it.
Roar -
A low growl, a prelude to a tail flick.
Princess Elyfils immediately used Narujin to dodge, only to see the tail of the ice dragon flick in front of her, and several sharp ice edges shot like bullets at the previous position of Her Royal Highness, but they pounced.
Aceris seemed to be quite annoyed by his mistake, and his eyes moved after the princess, and then he looked up.
The Ice Dragon, Aceris, took a deep breath.
"Frost Breath!"