Chapter Ninety-Four: Undefeated Defeat
"Then it's up to them to respond." Speaking of which, Barrett straightened his helmet. After the series of negative states on his body disappeared, he immediately felt a lot more relaxed. Even if you join the battlefield immediately, you should be able to maintain normal combat effectiveness.
However, Kleimatis patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be reckless! You just performed so eye-catching, you shouldn't have much stamina left now! Don't think I don't know how much your moves drain on your stamina. ”
"I'm not as fragile as Clematis, you think. As long as I control the rhythm of my moves in the next battle, I can still hold on. Barrett smiled, "At best, the sand is less efficient." Anyway, with my character attributes, they should be the ones who can't hold on first. ”
"Forget it! Take care of yourself! After saying this, Clematis immediately rushed to the front where he had been before. You must know that the camp is now understaffed, and after Clematis left, the remaining priest there is simply not busy. In a matter of moments, the situation has been up and down, after all, when the original balance is broken, the weaker side tends to become more difficult.
Barrett, who also returned to the performance, was much more conservative this time. He didn't make a big move before, but he didn't say it as easily as he said to Klematis. However, the high physical strength and the high growth of the profession make it quite quick for him to recover his physical strength as long as he recovers. It's just that during this time, there is no way to squander like before.
Since it was to save physical strength, Barrett naturally reduced his actions as much as possible. Carefully moving his steps, he lowered the frequency of active attacks. Instead, he focused on the observation of the battlefield, like a patient spider waiting for an insect to fall into a web.
During this period, it was not without attackers who came to trouble Barrett, but he did not take the initiative to launch an offensive. It's seamless to defend. A slight turn of the body caused one of the large axes to miss, and then the 'Broken Peak' column in his hand swirled one by one, and the heavy sword of the other enemy was brought aside.
Looking at the enemy in front of him with his arms wide open, Barrett would be thundered if he didn't fight back. A collision with him in front of him made the opponent's lower plate unstable. Immediately after a diagonal cut from top to bottom, the opponent's arm and left shoulder were cut off directly.
The arm, which was hanging part of the shoulder, fell to the ground. Then you were trampled on in the battles that you came and went. And after losing an arm, the enemy in front of him couldn't wield the giant sword that was used with both hands. Not to mention the sharp pain in his shoulder, which made him instinctively drop his weapon to hold down the wound. Unfortunately, his dying throes didn't slow him down, as Barrett stabbed the guy's head out of the jaw with a backhand in two.
Barrett, who had completed the kill, did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and he immediately retreated as his toes slided. Now he doesn't want to rush into the enemy camp alone like before, and turn the world upside down. On the contrary, he did not seek merit but sought no fault, and together with the aboriginal comrades-in-arms around him, he formed a solid direction.
I don't know if it's Barrett's low-key move, or the previous probability of success that makes it difficult to retreat. Again, Barrett was baptized with spells much less often than before. The occasional few rays didn't cause him much trouble, but instead wasted the enemy's caster's limited spells.
Of course, it's not that there aren't other types of spells against Barrett. It's just that those spells aren't as easy to spot as rays. The result of not being able to do so is that they come and go quietly as if they had never happened. As for the area spell, the battle line between the two sides is staggered at the moment, and if you use the range spell towards the front line, it will affect which side I am afraid it is really uncertain! Although the number of attackers is much more than that of the camp, there is one less dead and one less capital, and there is no capital to squander!
The battle between the two sides is so deadlocked. Seriously, after the camp was given a big gift, some people began to waver. If the attackers had chosen to drive away instead of trying to kill them all. They may have now driven a group of people employed by the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce church to the way down the mountain.
Unfortunately, they were unable to seize the opportunity, and as a result, they missed the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of the victory. Facing the threat of death. Everyone in the camp burst into unprecedented combat power. As time passed, the many healing professions that the church had began to gain momentum, and gradually it became a protracted battle.
As the pace of the battle slowed down, Barrett, who had previously consumed a lot of physical strength, finally eased up. Suddenly, he noticed that an enemy warrior in the direction of three o'clock had been grazed by the claws of the alchemist of the 'Bear Man', and his entire center of gravity had been destroyed. Seeing the opportunity, Barrett used a force in his right leg, and the blade in his hand turned into a stab. 'Broken Peak' easily sliced through the enemy's chain armor that was not so good. Then the flesh and bones cut a large hole in the guy's left chest.
With a slight twist of the wrist, the blade at the far end of the knife stirred. The beating heart of the other party was cut out by the sharp metal. The heart, which was still beating, spurted a large amount of blood from this opening. Even though there were still a few yards between the two, Barrett was still drenched in the smelly liquid.
Lifting his leg slightly, he kicked the guy who was about to die out of the way. Immediately afterwards, he was ready to retract back into direction again. Don't be a budding bird anymore. But at this moment, the totem singers in the distance, who were beating small drums and pulling their voices, had to stop the ballads that fluttered over the battlefield.
Because their song of war rage, which uses performance to stir up the power and blood of their allies, has a time limit. Even a legendary singer can't keep it that way for hours. And as the song faded away, the attackers who had been in a state of rage retreated one by one. At the same time, the various animal traits on their bodies have disappeared without a trace.
Although the violent effect of the singer is not like the rage of the barbarians, it will cause severe fatigue after it ends. But as soon as the enhanced support status disappeared, the combat power of those attackers immediately took a big dive. At the same time, after the excitement, the psychological emptiness made them reflect a little sluggishly. Therefore, the offensive that was originally able to occupy the initiative was immediately reversed by the camp.
Spotting the enemy's weakened camp, the side immediately launched a counterattack. Among them, Priest Weldon can be said to have taken the lead in rushing out.
"Priest Weldon is really desperate. Maybe this operation will fail. He can also get the favor of the superiors! After muttering to himself, Barrett checked his stamina first. Then it rolled forward, knocking the attackers with less strength one after the other. Immediately after that, when he got up, there was a 'metal storm', and there was a bloody wind.
On the battlefield, many times the battle is that kind of qi, and once the momentum falls into the disadvantage, the battle that could have been won will also be lost. Priest Weldon seized the moment of the enemy's unstable morale, and immediately caused a large-scale rout of the opponent's already somewhat shaky organizational structure.
The adventurers, who had been holding their breath before, immediately burst into unprecedented enthusiasm when they discovered the dawn of victory. And I didn't expect the cooked duck to not just fly. The attackers who were able to fly up and punch themselves in the face were even more difficult to adapt to for a while. After a few rounds of charges, Barrett was the first to collapse with the attackers flashing the player's logo.
No matter how much the player trains, it is difficult to be as organized and disciplined as a real soldier. Some may say that players have more respawns and should be less afraid of death than the natives. But in fact, it is precisely because they have more opportunities to start over that they have no sense of belonging to the employer itself. If they feel that the reward is not worth the price of the Resurrection Stone, many of them will not care about the so-called rules and contracts they have signed before.
The rout of the first few players immediately caused a domino effect. More and more players were infected and fled the battlefield, running towards the woods in the valley, seemingly intending to get away from the threat. And as the number of people fleeing increases, many of those indigenous people are also beginning to be affected. After the casters in the rear found that they were unstoppable. Even more relied on his original safety to retreat into the woods first.
On the other hand, the camp, which was already a return to light, was powerless to catch up after discovering the enemy's retreat. The collision between the Mammoth Dynasty and the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce ended in a hurry.
Priest Weldon, who repelled the enemy's attack this time, used magic to treat himself with his previous wounds, and at the same time ordered his subordinates beside him: "Hurry up and rescue supplies." If it's not right, we'll pack up and head down. ”
"But none of the patrolmen who went out this morning have come back yet! And the situation of the presiding priests, we are not very clear now. At this time, a man in a priest's robe objected.
But then another shaman, who put down the war hammer in his hand, interjected: "The Lord Priest has a special teleportation talisman on his body. In the face of unstoppable dangers, most of them were able to return to the temple safely. As for the patrols, they haven't heard anything yet. Do you think there's a chance to come back? ”
"The most taboo thing at this time is to look ahead and look backwards. We fought off those guys this time, but that doesn't mean we'll be able to win next time. Speaking of this, Priest Weldon accentuated his tone, "If something happens, I'll take the blame." Count your supplies and be ready to evacuate the camp. ”
The ensuing inventory was truly shocking. The rain of flames on the other side burned about 50 percent of the camp's food, more than 60 percent of the barracks and stored warm supplies. And that's not counting the other scattered supplies - because those are the key to the continuation of the operation. So the rest of nature is ignored for the time being.
The priests, who found that the battle could no longer be fought, immediately gave the order to retreat. After all, if you leave now, you can still save some of your strength for the future, and if you stay, you are likely to be in danger of being wiped out. At that time, the power of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce Church within the Seven Cities Alliance will definitely be severely damaged. Of course, for some people, the great cause of the church is small, and their own lives are absolutely not to be lost.
Because it was decided to retreat. So this time the battlefield cleaning work is very full. After a large number of supplies were collected and packed, the previously intact wooden houses in the camp were set on fire. Obviously, the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce, for its part, does not intend to leave these facilities to those who come after. Because they don't know if there will be today's enemies among them.
Accompanied by fire and black smoke, a long procession slowly winded out of the valley like a black python. Barrett, who re-entered the snow ridge after so many days, sighed: "When I came here before, I'm afraid no one would have predicted that we would actually go back today!"
"Not necessarily, maybe the big people in the church have been expecting this day for a long time. After all, they know what they are doing, what risks they are taking, and what potential enemies they will encounter. Klaimatis said, straightening his cloak.
Barrett smiled and shook his head: "Even if they were prepared, I'm afraid they wouldn't have thought of leaving so early." Otherwise, it would be impossible to find only these helpers! If I remember correctly, Priest Weldon said the day before yesterday that the plan of exploration had been carried out less than thirty percent! ”
"Two, instead of worrying about the psychological gap in the church, it's better to worry about how much we can get the final payment!" Speaking of this, Rielly sighed, "Judging from the current situation, I really don't know if we will have any money when we return to the foot of the mountain!" ”
"Rieli, don't worry! Even if you can't get anything else, the materials sold before and the heads in your hands will not be less. Then Barrett lowered his voice: "Of course, the rest of the part, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to see the situation!" We can only play to the church side of the conscience finding. ”
"Talking to the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce, Barrett, are you making a joke of the year? And I'm afraid it won't be calm on the way back! Will those guys let this opportunity go? Rielly spoke suddenly. (To be continued.) )
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