Chapter 12: Dune Shadow
ps: Thanks to "xiaoou123", "Cute Cat Great Sage", "Fengling Mountain Fire", "Free Commonwealth", "Dragon Storm", "
RGSDG", "Painful Journey", "People in Memories", and other valuable monthly passes!
Looking up at the bleak sky, he turned his gaze to the scorched and lonely desert in the distance. In front of him was a wasteland of black, low, smooth volcanic sand - the land undulated like a wave, and only black and patina red remained in sight. In the flying dust, dead or twisted sea buckthorn, cacti and other plants are constantly "rustling" and shaking off the dust.
In the distance in everyone's field of vision, patches of mushroom rocks, large and small, stood crumblingly. Washed by the endless winds and sands of the desert, one of these rocks is smooth as a mirror, while the other side is like a craggy mountain. In the middle of these demonic rocks, a tomb-like structure seems to ignore the harsh environment of the desert. The trapezoidal surface structure is made of large pieces of volcanic rock, but the wind and sandstorms have left no trace on them.
In the center of the beams of this building, a coffin wrapped in strips of cloth is carved very roughly. And around this relief, even the light is distorted and dimmed, giving the impression of a small black hole, swallowing the light of the sun all the time.
This was the site of Barrett's operation, the largest stronghold of the 'God of Tombs and Mummies' in the southern Pamir Desert - the 'Temple of Nephthys'. Half-buried in the sand, Barrett clenched the knife embedded in the purple skull crystal, and stared warily at the seemingly ordinary sand dunes on the outskirts of the temple in front of him, as if he felt that some man-eating monster was hidden in it.
In the end, I still couldn't get to know about this joint operation. What is the end of the day? He turned his head to look at his comrades, who were also hiding in the sea of sand. Barrett's heart felt extremely uneasy.
Because this time the battle was fought in addition to the hidden power of Lady Freya's men. Among the other participants Barrett met were the coalition of the Church of the Lord of the Notary, the Church of the Sun God, the Church of the Guardians, and the Church of the Martyrs. and others who are scattered and deliberately hiding their identities. And the reinforcements of the Boreham family that Ms. Freya spoke of were not seen.
This feels less like a conflict of an ordinary nature, but rather a small-scale religious war. The goal of this operation was not to deal with a certain drought lich, as Ms. Freya had previously claimed. And for Barrett, this feeling of falling into the clouds, life and death in the hands of others, is terrible: 'I hope the family will not throw away a little guy like me as an outcast!' Otherwise, you can only fight and die if the mission fails. ’
While Barrett's mind was wandering, a faint white light appeared in the sand dunes not far from him. This light is not candlelight, not firelight, not sunlight reflected by clean objects. The appearance of this unique brilliance emitted by the spell proves only one thing - and that is the beginning of action.
As a raider on the side of Ms. Freya in this operation. Barrett's legs burst out of the sand with force. Barrett, who shook off the grit clinging to his body as he ranched, took the lead, followed behind by the combatants under Lady Freya.
On the other hand, the personnel of several other forces also began to charge at the same time. The same heavily armored attackers charged ahead, and the rest of the combatants formed a cone-shaped offensive centered on them. Among those ecclesiastical weapons, there was a flash of inspiration at this time, and the auxiliary spells of the animal series such as 'Ox Power', 'Bear Tenacity', 'Eagle Might', and 'Owl's Wisdom' were the first to be cast.
And after such a seismic change outside the temple, no matter how successful the misleading message was in the first place, the Church of the Mausoleum and the Mummified Church could not remain indifferent. The empty sand dunes between the strange rocks began to rise one by one, and the winds raging above these restless dunes were suffocating. The gravel then coalesced into a cone of humanoid arms, and the sandstorm that had been churning and dancing in the whirlwind gradually converged into a human form.
At the same time, voices from afar. In this way, the wind reached the ears of everyone present: "Be careful, everyone, these guys are the most loyal guard of the 'wasteland walkers', the sand golem. Be sure to quickly find and break down the opponent's core. Otherwise, in this damn desert, this thing will be as tenacious as a troll. ”
It's easy to say! Where the core of these sand golems are hidden in their bodies is known only to their makers. If you want to solve the problem in a short time, I am afraid there will be no other good way than to fill it with human lives. Barrett, who was about to enter the opposing threat's position, thought angrily.
The creatures in front of you are battle tools made from the sand and stones that are ubiquitous in the desert and controlled by the magical gem core. The Wastelanders' special abilities give these painless and tireless magical creatures the possibility to grow even further—tearing apart their enemies after battles and sticking their bloody remains into their sands, allowing their flesh to become nutrients for their own growth.
If the 'Sand Golem' made by ordinary spellcasters is a simple construction coolie and a perfect guard, it becomes a self-sufficient sentinel in the desert area at all times. Then these monsters in front of them, which are covered in red like slaughterhouse bunkers, are the devourers of life who have escaped from life.
"Poof! Burst! Burst! A series of throwing axes smashed into the huge Sand Golem in front of him. The combatants behind Barrett, who knew more or less that arrows were ineffective as piercing weapons, chose the more powerful throwing weapon as a means of long-range attack. Unfortunately, the mud-like sand that flowed on the Golem's body was immediately obscured by the surrounding sand after being broken by the axes, as if the previous attack had had no obvious effect on the huge monster in front of him.
After a bow flashed through the sand golp's spindle-shaped arms, Barrett resembled a stone dragon leaping out of the abyss. With the momentum of overturning the mountains, he hit the big guy in front of him. At the same time, this battle-hardened creature in front of him. He also formed his own combat wisdom under the baptism of blood and fire. I only heard a 'poof-' sound. This huge golem, as if it had been planted with high explosives, set off an astonishing rain of sand in an instant.
At the moment when the blade was on its body, the sand golem suddenly froze from zero, dodging Barrett's determined blow. At the same time, several other teams that encountered the Sand Golem were also locked in a bitter battle. The sand giants, who were more than two people tall on average, waved their arms and set off waves of sandstorms beside them.
The tornado-like ravages of black sand not only deflected arrows and blocked the view. The warriors under the influence of the black sand, some discarded their weapons, covering their eyes in pain—the magically treated dust hidden in the gravel. It has an extremely strong stinging and blinding effect. Some of the unprepared melee professionals fell into a state of blindness.
However, Barrett, who had been prepared for a long time, activated the effect of the 'first flash technique' on his body, and at the same time closed his eyes with the 'blind fighting' technique he mastered. It's a pity that after dodging the 'Giant Mountain Break', Barrett can't come up with an effective way to deal with the disgusting structure in front of him for the time being within 6 seconds - the opponent's quicksand-like structure makes it difficult for almost all physical attacks to deal effective damage.
And in the process of reuniting, the damned golem consciously loomed over Barrett, as if intending to take the opportunity to devour it directly. It's just that the ability to disperse and gather also requires a certain price. Now the gathering grit action is like a slow motion in a movie, and it is as if someone has performed a slow trick. In this case, if Barrett can't dodge, then it's better to wash and sleep!
'Whoosh! Sou! Sou! A series of sparks formed a straight line in the air. The arrows with flames attached to them were directly nailed to the sand golem that had just regained its form. Immediately after that, the special ability from the 'Fire Teller' was activated, and the flames that would have been extinguished quickly were on the sand giant's body. The table is becoming more and more intense.
Under the scorching heat of the magical flames, the quicksand on the surface of the Sand Golem melted at an alarming rate, and then quickly coalesced into a large expanse of inferior glass filled with impurities and voids. Having completed this qiē, the 'fire master' straightened the bangs in front of his wheat-colored forehead, and then took the compound longbow in his hand and aimed at the next target.
After the crisp sound of the glass in "Ping Pong", the Sand Golem in front of him not only lost its ability to disintegrate and form, but even its original amazing damage reduction ability disappeared without a trace. Instead, it was the shell made of glass, which quickly collapsed under the swords of a group of people.
Barrett, who had slashed a large piece of glass shards from the golem's body, urged, "Everyone hurry up and find this guy's core gem, the 'long-lasting burn' effect of the 'Fire Teller' won't last long." When the flames on his body are extinguished, the guy will return to his original kraft candy-like state. ”
Although the Sand Golems have a near-fatal flaw in the face of magical flames, the most critical factor that makes them the Sand Walkers rely on is that they are not easy to catch. Because of being a member of the Golem family, the Sand Golem is immune to spells that cannot ignore spell resistance.
In other words, the common 'Fireball Technique', 'Blazing Fireball', 'Burning Hand', 'Scorching Ray', and even the 'Meteor Burst' of the Nine Rings could not have any effect on the Sand Golem. This is why the 'Fire Teller', who is proficient in fire spells, has to use the indirect attack of the 'Flaming Arrow' against the enemy in front of him, as it can ignore the magic immunity possessed by the Sand Golem.
On the other hand, the effect of the 'Flaming Arrow' spell alone could not cause such a brilliant result in front of him. Because the magical flame attached to the arrow disappears quickly after the hit, this brief vitrification state is fleeting. Not all melee pros will be able to catch such a demanding aircraft.
Only with the unique 'Lasting Burn' effect of the 'Fire Teller' can the flames that constantly churn on the surface of the Sand Golem be able to keep them in a negative state of vitrification for a long time. Gave Barrett such a material strike profession the best output environment.
But just as the wild 'fire teller' skillfully used his longbow to turn the sand golem in front of him into a fragile object. Suddenly, the weapon in the hand of one of Barrett's two-knife warriors slipped to the ground, and as the scimitar plunged into the yellow sand beneath his feet, his hands clutching his chest.
After a while, I saw him rolling directly to the ground and foaming at the mouth, and the picture in front of him that looked like a heart attack immediately caught Barrett's attention, and he immediately opened his mouth to prompt: "Everyone be careful, the priest in the temple should have joined the battle." The shooters did their best to find those guys and not give them time to cast spells. ”
If Barrett was not mistaken, the spell that would have made the Twin Bladers in front of him, which could take away his life at any moment, was the 'Grasp of the Evil Faction' that only the priest of the evil camp could grasp, which used the power of magic to grab the subject's heart (or equivalent) and begin to squeeze it violently. The victim appears to have a heart attack (paralysis) and suffers shocking injuries in each round.
The only flaw is that the caster must stay focused throughout the spell. The sober recipient is able to use his strong physique to try to get rid of this spell at all times. However, if you can't get rid of it, you will be cut off from the inner circulation alive and die. Even more vicious is that once the recipient dies as a result of the spell, its smoking heart will appear in the caster's hands.
So after seeing the situation in front of him, Barrett immediately sent out a reminder. Otherwise, this kind of silent poisonous spell would be too difficult to guard against. If a few more comrades are accidentally killed, the rest of the battle will be difficult to fight - after all, the current battle is only on the periphery of the temple, and the real battle will not be fought until it is invaded.
But there is a way of blessing and misfortune, and when some of the comrades-in-arms in the same camp fell to the ground and convulsed because of the 'Fang Oaks' grab, someone let out a scream. Then I saw the water vapor rising around him, but his exposed skin dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye. (To be continued......)