Chapter 4: The Rats
When you open the courtyard gate, there is a silent courtyard.
The wind of the winter night died away here, and the silver moon overhead cast the cold moonlight on the frosty stone floor.
The barbarian 'God of War Kuiye' does not carry a shield, uses a two-handed giant axe, and takes the lead in the first place. There was no second warrior in the ranks, so Charles, with his sword and shield, acted as the front row, following the barbarians into the courtyard.
"I felt a strong dark energy."
Charles frowned. This sentence was not pretending, but the nature of the priest made him really feel that there might be a blasphemy circle in this courtyard.
"Which of you has played this copy?" A little cautious, Charles asked his teammates.
'God of War Kuiye' scratched his head, the half-elf female ranger 'Yuyin' shrugged his shoulders, and Charles glanced over Zhang Ze, froze at the female wanderer's fingertip quicksand and the sorcerer's 'haunted dream'.
"You've both fought ......"
Before he finished speaking, the sorcerer, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, "I fought twice, but both of them were destroyed in the cave tunnel. Pay attention to the rat bone group, there is nothing else to say. β
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up instantly, the evil magician's voice was immature and crisp, and it was actually a woman who was not very old.
"The next time I did, I was also wiped out by the rat bone swarm."
Seeing Charles' gaze sweeping, 'Fingertip Quicksand' said in a calm tone, "There are a few zombies hidden in this courtyard, you come with me." β
With that, the female wanderer stepped into the shadows.
The group followed, stopping at the stone circular pool in the middle of the courtyard. The water in the pool had already been frozen tightly, and Charles carried an oil lamp and shone it on the ice, and a few vague black shadows suddenly appeared underneath.
"The barbarians smash open the ice, and the others prepare to fight, destroying in waves."
Charles commanded in a deep voice, staring at the pool and taking a few steps back.
The team with the highest strength stat is undoubtedly the Barbarian. After the 'God of War Kui Ye' and a few others stood in their positions, they held the two-handed giant axe, shouted and slashed down quickly, and smashed it into the ice with a "bang".
Ice slag splattered, solidified ice shattered, and several dark shadows at the bottom of the pool floated up, then writhed and crawled out of the pool, and a smell of corpses permeated the air.
The bodies were dressed in the costumes of the winery's maids, two men and two women.
"[Human Civilian Zombie], Level 2, Health: 30/30, Undead, Dark Vision, Unable to Run, Melee Attacks Have a Chance to Inflict Corpse Poison and Disease."
The female wanderer's 'Fingertip Quicksand' shares the monster information obtained by the successful activation of the 'Scouting' skill in the field of vision of her teammates.
"Upβ"
"Physical output, spellcasting class retention skills."
Charles threw out a command, erected the spiked log shield on his left arm in front of him, then lowered his body's center of gravity with his chest, and with a progressive sprint, the log shield snapped into the maid zombie at the front.
Six or seven iron spikes on the surface of the round shield instantly pierced a large bloody hole in the zombie's body. The maid zombie screamed and just climbed out of the pool, this time she was slapped back by the shield.
Charr's movements were coherent and smooth, and he didn't look at the maid zombie, and slashed at the shoulder socket of another zombie with a backhand sword. It's a pity that he didn't have enough strength to cut off the zombie's head with a single sword. The zombie didn't know the pain, grabbed the blade of the sword with both hands, and roared at him.
"Whoosh"
An arrow flew through the zombie's pus-shedding eye socket, and half of the arrow pierced the skull. The last of the zombie's health dropped in an instant, and it fell limply to the ground.
Turning back to give a thumbs up to the Half-Elf Ranger, Charles put away his sword and shield and looked across the pool.
'God of War Kuiye' and 'Fingertip Quicksand' also took out the other two zombies. There was also a badly injured maid zombie in the pool about to crawl out, and Charles stepped forward and stabbed a sword through the zombie's head.
There were four zombies in total, and the team of six people was evenly divided, and each person got 100 experience points.
The primary undead are not a threat to this team. Slow movements, flawed skeletons, zombies, even rookies in the game can be tortured and killed, not to mention veteran drivers who have been in battle for a long time.
After cleaning the courtyard and then guided by the quicksand at their fingertips, the team walked through the entrance, the antechamber, the dining room, the kitchen, and the storage room one by one, destroying several waves of undead in a row, and arriving at the basement area after half an hour.
"Go in?"
The walls of the basement are polished and rough, as if they were carved directly into the rock. The tallest barbarian, 'God of War Kuiye', had to lower his head so as not to touch the roof.
'Fingertip quicksand' stood in front of a crumbling wall, and behind him was a deep hole in the ground, leading nowhere.
Charles shook his head, his eyes flashed, and said, "The rat bone group is the first batch of monsters encountered after entering the cave, right?" β
The female loiter nodded. "The team of the ten ** will be wiped out by the rat bone group, and those who can carry it are said to have cleared the customs. But no one posted the guide on the forum. β
"Xiaoxuan, if I get through, I won't release the strategy." Zhang Ze rolled his eyes.
"Why, Captain, do you have another way than to fight the past?" The half-elf female ranger 'Yuyin' is worthy of being a mature royal sister, and she is keenly aware of the meaning revealed in the Shire language.
"Remember the kitchen with two big barrels of raw oil?" Charles smiled and glanced at Zhang Ze, "Go, go over and bring the two barrels of oil over, and let's set up a flame trap." β
"Oil in the kitchen?"
Zhang Ze opened his mouth, as if he didn't believe it. He just followed the team, and did not scout and search the environment at all.
"Yes." The quicksand of the fingertips that answered the call. Zhang Ze didn't talk nonsense anymore, and hooked his fingers with the big barbarian, "Hey, Kui Ye, come with me." I'm a weak little mage, so you need to help. β
'God of War Kuiye' had a good temper, put the giant axe back into his backpack, and followed Zhang Ze.
There is only one male left in the basement, and Charles is surrounded by three female teammates, and his posture is relaxed, and he seems to have long been used to it. He also retracted his shield and sword into his backpack and crossed his arms around his arms, visualizing the size of the basement.
"Wanderer, it's up to you to lure the monsters and lead the rat bones to the basement."
Charles touched his chin, the basement was only about ten square meters, and a large barrel of oil was enough to cover the ground with a layer, but it would be difficult to burn it and extinguish it, but fortunately there were still coolies.
'Quicksand on the Fingertips' was silent, and Charles looked over strangely, only to see the female wanderer staring at him with clean, clear eyes, "You know my name. β
The tone was still as cold as ice, but Charles, who knew her well, could hear the dissatisfaction. It was a protest against his deliberately alienated title.
"Qing Xuan, you go and attract the blame." Charles simply spread out his hands, the 'quicksand of his fingertips' deflected his head, and the pointed chin exposed under the hood was lightly tapped.
"Captain, I'll go too."
The female ranger 'Yu Yin' took the initiative to ask, "My agility attribute has 18 points. β
"Yes." Charles agreed without thinking. According to the information he gathered on the forums, the agility of the rat bone group is around 17 points, and the agility of 'Aftersound' is 18 points faster than that of the rat group.
It didn't take long for Zhang Ze and 'God of War Kuiye' to come back with a bucket of raw oil each.
Charles commanded the Barbarian to spread one of the barrels of raw oil all over the floor, and then Charles led Zhang Ze, the Barbarian, and the Sorcerer, a total of four people, down the narrow staircase back to the surface.
"Let's attract monsters!"
At the top of the staircase, Charles lit a torch and spoke to the female ranger and the female wanderer standing at the entrance to the cavern.
The two female gamers disappear into the darkness together. Zhang Ze rubbed his palms and muttered in his heart: "Charles, this guy is really good, call two delicate girls to attract ......."
"But can this really wipe out the rat bone swarm? If this is not the method, then what method is used by the previous customs clearance team? β
The mage was thinking. Nor are there any peace in the hearts of sorcerers and barbarians. The sorcerer 'haunted by dreams' took out the pitch-black orb, stared at the black qi surging in the orb, and forced himself to divert his attention.
Charles stood like a stone statue at the top of the stairs, and after about a minute, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Here we areβ"
Everyone listened closely, and there was a crack in the cavern that poured into the basement, as if hundreds of pairs of bony minions were walking on the floor. Gradually, two figures jumped out of the hole in the ground one after the other, jumping lightly in the grease-covered basement, and jumped up the stairs in a few dodges.
Zhang Ze looked at the cave and gasped. Needle-point-sized, dense red pupils poured out of the hole in patches, and soon spread all over the basement.
"Charles, throw the torches!" Zhang Ze's scalp was numb, and he couldn't help urging.
"The rats still have a little hole in the ground, waiting for them all to come in. Let's hold the staircase first, and press the rat bones underneath. Charles subconsciously pushed the frame of his glasses that didn't exist on the bridge of his nose.
"Hiss......"
"You didn't say it sooner!"
Zhang Ze was so anxious that he almost jumped up, and hurriedly raised the twisted wooden staff, and was about to recite a spell in his mouth, but was interrupted by Xia Er's calm voice: "Spell casting profession retains skills!" β
"There is no blue bar in the spell-casting class of "Dawn", the memory is in the spell slot, and the limited spells are handed over to the boss monsters, not with these little monsters."
"Barbarian, come with me."
Charles immediately said to the 'God of War Kuiye', and equipped his left arm with a spiked round shield.
At this time, a group of bone rats also came up from the stairs, Charles looked indifferent, lowered his body and swept away with his left hand shield, and a large number of bone rats chirped and fell back into the basement.
'God of War Kui Ye' was even braver, he was already wearing a set of thick scale armor, and the rat bones couldn't tear this protection for a while, so he rushed to the bottom of the stairs, holding the long axe with both hands and turning in a whirlwind, and I don't know how many bone rats were swept away.
"That's it!"
"Come back!"
The physical exertion of the whirlwind sweep was very serious, and after repeating it two or three times, the 'God of War Kuiye' was out of breath. At this moment, a quiet voice came into his ears like a heavenly sound.
With the barbarian's unique 'fast movement' special ability activated, the 'God of War Kuiye' rushed back to the staircase in a few big steps. Charles nodded to him and threw the torch into the basement.
"Boom"
The sea of flames instantly enveloped the basement.
And with the help of the firelight, everyone finally saw the appearance of the rat bone group clearly. It was a dense collection of mouse bones. As the Bone Rat screamed and jumped in the flames, Charles and the God of War continued to clean up, sweeping the bones that had been hiding on the stairs into the flames.