Chapter Eighty-Three: Survival on an Island
"Nope! No! No! You are too modest. It's a pity that Captain Warburton is not ready to let Barrett go, "But if it weren't for your restraint, I think just these volunteers who took the initiative to break off would probably not be able to stop the pursuit of those monsters." In that case, it is not known how many civilians will eventually be able to escape from the clutches of monsters. ”
In the same way, his words also defined the characteristics of the survivors present. Whatever their original reasons for staying here, now they have all become volunteers who have volunteered to do so - whether they live or die, they can earn a good reputation, and even the town office has to give them certain material rewards.
Is this to stabilize people's hearts? But the identity of the person in front of him seems to be just a sub-captain of the security team! When did the members of the organization without this official status have the power in this regard? Barrett frowned at the thought of this, "It seems that the rumor that the security team is a personal armed force secretly formed by Viscount Christol of the "Golden Thorn Bird" is probably not groundless! ’
Captain Warburton then commanded the vigilantes who were still able to move and began to clean up the battlefield, while gathering the civilians who had already been frightened. However, there was no intention of extinguishing the fire, and it seems that the burning house was completely abandoned.
Barrett, who was a little clean, did not sit down directly like the vigilantes, but breathed heavily to restore his body. Watching Captain Warburton's skillful command, the more he agreed with his previous guess.
After a rough tidying up, Captain Warburton immediately extended an invitation to Barrett: "Sir, please come with us to the borough, tonight will be our last bulwark against the fish-men." ”
"The last bulwark against the fish-men? Are you going to give up the docks and the civilian areas? "I was a little excited to hear Barrett's table here. After all, the gentlemen who are stained with blood and gray flowers are still in the Rich Years Hotel in the docks! If only Walter officially gave up there. Barrett's companions and employers are probably more than lucky.
"Most of the residents of the civilian area have now been transferred to the administrative district. under our protection. As for the docks, there is nothing we can do now, after all, the power that Lord Viscount Waltery can use is very limited. What's more, it's still the responsibility of the city guards to guard there. Captain Warburton said with great regret.
Although Barrett, who had a tense face, didn't say anything, he already had some guesses in his heart: "I think it's not just that his ability is limited! Did the "Golden Thorn Bird" Viscount Christol take advantage of this accident to make it difficult for the "Gray Wolf" Baron Broadley. and then the intention to change the existing political territory in the port of Walter. ’
However, after seeing Barrett's paleness, Captain Warburton immediately slowed down his tone and said: "But since they can act with you, I think the strength should not be much different!" With this kind of strength, I think there is a good chance that your companions will succeed if they want to break out of the horse team. Moreover, the strength of those big chambers of commerce in the dock area cannot be underestimated, if the two can cooperate temporarily. It's definitely enough to protect yourself. ”
Barrett, who had been staring at Captain Warburton for a while, sighed, "Indeed! Even if I wanted to go back to the docks now, I am afraid that I would not be able to face the hordes of fishmen and kill them in the Rich Years Hotel! ”
This sentence gives people the feeling that it is not so much believing the other party's statement, but rather finding a suitable reason for their next choice. Because Barrett clearly knows the difference between those teammates and him in terms of strength.
However, after listening to Barrett's words, a smile immediately appeared on Captain Warburton's face: "Rich Years Hotel? If you and your companions actually live somewhere, I don't think you have to worry about anything. That's the property of the goddess of wealth and commerce. As Walter's most luxurious hotel, its security is top-notch. It can even be said that it is much safer than the administrative circle that we will set up later. I guess instead of worrying about that, you might as well worry about what you're going to do with those damn fishmen next! ”
But Captain Warburton said it was a far safer inn than the Civic District. Now it is facing a catastrophe, because it is not the fish-man that Captain Warburton imagined that attacked the hotel, but the monster in front of him that is far superior to ordinary fish-men except for its intelligence.
Perhaps it was the misleading nature of the fish-man attack at the beginning. Walter officially seems to have treated these monsters as war beasts raised by fishmen. They hadn't come head-to-head with monsters yet, but they didn't expect that these creatures from the heterotopic plane. is the protagonist of tonight's play.
"Kill!" The machete, glittering with the aura of order, slashed at the monster that had climbed to the top of the stairs with the swing of the big-eyed captain. The faint blue light accompanied by the sharp blade at the end of the handle, the power of order from the mechanical realm, shattered the chaotic protection outside the monster's body.
The sound of "Woo-la-" was deafening, and even without the barrier of chaotic power, the tough skin of those monsters and the bone fragments covered in some parts were no less defensive than chain mail.
The powerful slash left only a wound that didn't penetrate the flesh, and the stimulated monster became even more ferocious. It seemed to be furious from the pain of the wound, and the tips of its waving forelimbs hissed with a piercing hiss in the air.
There was a loud bang, and one of the guards standing at the top of the stairs was sent flying. He slammed into the wall of the hallway before he slowly fell. The armor on his chest was marked with four deep dents, and the beginning of this mark even had four holes of various sizes pierced. Red and black blood slowly seeped out of the hole.
"Hurry up and save people in the treatment team." With such a shout, someone in the corridor immediately removed the member of the guard, who was slumped on the ground. And his original position had already been replaced by a waiting guard - there would never be a gap where those monsters could be lightly treated.
If you look closely, you can see that the staircase in the hotel spirals in a clockwise direction, just like a castle. This way, when the guardian is on top, there is more space on the right hand side for swinging the sword. In contrast, the attack can only be next to the wall. It's not easy to use - if it's a humanoid. This design often works well. It's a pity that this time it was the kind of beast that relied on its own fangs and sharp teeth to fight.
Fortunately, at the top of the staircase, sandbags and planks have been used to build a half-waist-high barrier. This leaves the bottom-up monsters having to face the height at which the defenders are most likely to carry out their forces. Even those monsters want to leap up. However, in steep staircases, the height of the ceiling severely restricts their ability to bounce.
Behind the pile of obstacles, the thick-eyed captain of the guard was unsettling the monsters, and on the floor beneath his feet was a circle three feet in diameter drawn with silver powder.
Anti-chaos circle, this spell that spreads 1o feet outwards with the captain of the guard as the center. The members of the guard who can be shrouded in it are protected by the spell of Protective Chaos.
This spell provides a deflected defense that is not weak against a light shield, as well as a powerful perk against the chaotic faction. At the same time, it also has a strong protective effect on mind-control abilities.
Not enough to see the wounded members of the guard, Mr. Kilips's face suddenly became difficult to look at. Sighing, he said, "It seems that the most ideal situation has not been encountered, and these monsters in front of me have descended in their main bodies through spells such as the gate of the guò plane. It is not a projection in the case of a general calling. ”
Defensive Chaos: This type of spell prevents physical contact from minions. As a result, the innate weapon attacks of such creatures will fail. If the attack requires contact with the mob being protected, it will bounce back. It can be argued that summoned non-disordered creatures cannot enter this area.
Generally speaking, in addition to the current usage, some mages often set the direction of the anti-chaos circle inward when they are actually yàn. At that time, the spell could bind an unordered creature that had been called. It can be said to be a very effective means of confinement.
While the protected creature attacks the blocked creature, or attempts to approach the blocked creature with a magic barrier, the protection from the minimon's contact ends. But before the captain could attack, the monster had already broken through the 1o foot of the enveloping circle of defenses. Obviously, these monsters in front of you are not as simple as ordinary summoned creatures.
"Anyway, with the blessing of the faction weapons, we finally have the means to hurt the other party, don't we? You know, until then, even a strong crossbow would have had little effect on them. Rielly said happily.
Apparently several of the people in the inn had already made some real things out of their long-range weapons before that. The result of the real yàn clearly tells the players that unless there is an enchantment effect of a faction weapon, it is really difficult to break the damage reduction effect of the opponent with the strength of a few people.
When this result was informed to Mr. Kilipps. He was well aware of the strength of his guards, and now he was also glad that he had found a customer with faction weapon ointment in the hotel before. And the other party even generously sent the ointment directly. And it didn't sit on the ground and raise prices. This made Mr. Kilips, who lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, quite ashamed just now!
"Because the defense of the hotel is directly related to her own safety. Therefore, although I may not be able to do it myself, I can't understand that the other party contributed the 'faction weapon ointment' that he carried with him for free. Mr. Kilips's previous statement was really in line with the priesthood of the goddess of wealth and business. However, he soon raised his own questions: "But what is that lady doing on the road with so many 'faction weapon ointments'?" Even if you are a trader, this medicine is not very popular! Such a large amount should be a healing medicine, so it is easier to get it! ”。 However, it was a surprise to be able to find an alternative ointment.
Spell ointment, to put it bluntly, is one of the branches of spell potions, and like the spell scroll, it is a way to store spells. Compared to spell scrolls, which require careful guidance from the caster, flasks are much easier to store. Even brutes who don't know how to spell can easily wield their effects - drink or smear.
However, there are pros and cons to everything, and although the use of potions is simple, there are also other limitations. First of all, a potion with the same effect is at least twice as expensive as a scroll on top of the cost. Moreover, the effect of the three-ring spell is the limit of all out-of-sale spell potions.
This is not to say that there are only spell potions that can be bought on the market that are quite three-ring spells. Rather, once the spell potions of the Three Rings have passed, they must always rely on the power of the alchemist who made them to be able to maintain their stability.
In other words, alchemists were able to create spell potions on top of the three rings. However, it is limited to their own use. And because it takes a lot of energy to keep the medicine stable. The number of high-grade potions that alchemists carry with them is often not very large. At the same time, the highest strength is equivalent to the effect of the 6-ring spell.
"Maybe it's someone who ordered a spell item in advance!" ”
"May the spirit of the knight guide us to victory......"
As the effect of this mantra moved, the guards in front of them became more and more courageous as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. It's like poets singing triumphal battle songs, encouraging their allies when they attack - if troubadours use the magic of music to boost morale, then true masters use the power of language to do the same.
Mr. Kilips, who seemed to have thought of something, touched his chin and muttered, "Order a large amount of 'Faction Weapon Ointment' beforehand?" Could it be that some organization is making some big moves? The people in charge of intelligence in the church really only know how to ask for money. ”
"Mr. Kilips, now is not the time to care about this! Whether we will be able to see the sun tomorrow is still unknown! Rielly flipped through her spell book in a frustrated manner, as if ready to reinforce the battlefield at the top of the staircase...... unfastening the breastplate of the guards in her hands with great skill. He then cut open the blood-soaked garment and began to clean the wound left by the claw.
"Mr. Kilips, could you come over for a moment?" I have never seen this state of poisoning in training or manuals. Do ordinary antidotes really work? ”
"A state of poisoning that I have never seen before.".
Then I saw that the wounded man was now showing that he was in a nightmare, with his eyes closed and constantly whispering something. His fingers clenched continuously, even pinching the blood in his palm.
Pokulug's most powerful power is to influence dreams. And to be its servant. The toxins carried by the attacks of these monsters in front of you will also cause those who have not been able to pass the guò immunity into an eternal nightmare. Knowing that someone has detoxified the effects or that the victim has permanently lost consciousness as a result.
"Didn't you expect that even with the help of the Protective Chaos Circle, it still couldn't resist the erosion of those toxins?" Mr. Kilips frowned and said, "Try the general detoxification and detoxification methods!" If it doesn't work, I'm afraid this battle will be difficult to fight. ”
Obviously, the monster said that the poison it carried caught everyone present off guard. Although the magic is used, there is no poison that cannot be removed in front of the priests. But the limited spells made it impossible for them to rely on them to face the real war of World War I.
The effects of the magic are truly astonishing, and their domineering power makes it impossible for any toxin to resist the blessing from the Divine Residence. However, the "Poison Mitigation" technique that only delays the onset of toxins is a 2-ring magic technique that makes the target immune to toxins and removes toxins from the target's body or outside the body, and the "Neutralizing Toxins" is up to 4 rings...... In the face of the current battle, it is simply a drop in the bucket. If conventional means fail, what awaits those who have been poisoned will be to see if they can survive the crisis at hand.
If you end up repelling the monster's attack. And these poisoned people have not died of poisoning. Even for the purpose of being a daughter, the Temple of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce should not be stingy with the magic of healing these employees. But if you can't make it, war always needs victims.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "It never stops at the top of the stairs, and there are monsters that are constantly being repulsed, and the monsters behind it fill its gaps. With a huge number and a powerful flesh, the monsters in front of them launched a never-ending offensive like a tide.
"Blame! Monster! Suddenly, a patron who had been acting as a paramedic, pointed to the window with trembling hands and exclaimed—Mr. Kilips had already abandoned the rule of keeping travelers in the house under such a great threat. Everyone in the hotel must come together and do their part to get through this difficult time.
Looking in the direction he was pointing, there was a monster lying outside the glass window with an iron fence that was the same as the one at the top of the staircase. Obviously, those guys are not as easily misled by the seemingly easiest path in front of them as humans are. Their sharp claws are able to dig lightly into the marble façade of the hotel, using them as a base to climb the walls with their strong limbs.
"Damn! These fellows ...... actually "Rieli, who thought of something, immediately called, "Mr. Kilips, is the passage on the roof of the hotel guarded?" ”
"The passage to the roof? I immediately dispatched people. Mr. Kilips is also getting nervous now. At the same time, he was more worried about whether the iron fence in front of him could keep the monster out of the window. After all, these metal fences weren't originally designed for these monsters.
Although the size of these monsters is much larger than ordinary windows, they can still get in if they squeeze through the special daylight windows in the Rich Years Hotel - the threat is not ordinary!
Just when the battle for the defense of the Fortune Hotel was becoming more and more intense. Barrett was being led by Captain Warburton and the vigilantes to Walter's borough. Along the way, Barrett learns that the main reason why the security team has just come is because Lord Christol, Viscount of the "Golden Thorn Bird", wants to bring back the first news about the fish-man attack. And civilians who have been displaced for a long time and have not had time to escape are only an incidental task.
"Looks like I'm lucky!" Barrett said as he walked briskly as he touched the bridge of his nose.
At this time, a young man in the security squad suddenly asked, "Mr. Boram, are you not angry at the Viscount's behavior?" ”
"Why be angry?" "There is nothing wrong with the Viscount's approach!" Do you think these civilians who are outcast are important, or are those who are already in the administrative districts important? Barrett didn't answer directly, but twisted his neck and asked.
The young man with little experience was speechless for a while: "This, this ......"
"Viscount "Golden Thorn Bird" is the lord of Walter, and his responsibility is to ensure the safety of his people as much as possible. Just like abandoning the docklands before, it was a decision he had to make. Barrett said with a wry smile, "Although of course I feel angry as a member of the abandoned group. But that doesn't make me negate the correctness of what the adults did. ”
As a civilian is always accompanied by the death of the big 6, there is a choice to protect as many of the same kind as possible. It is already in a sense necessary to perpetuate the survival of the ethnic group - the act of abandoning the minority and preserving the majority here does not receive much reproach, as is the preferential treatment regulation in war.
"Mr. Boram, you are really open-minded." The same voice came from the ranks again.
"Nope! It's not that I'm open-minded. It's just that I never pinned my hopes of survival on others. I'm grateful for your help. And if I can't get it, I won't complain. Barrett accentuated his tone, "Instead of that, it's better to spend more time improving your strength." This is the only guarantee that is the most reliable. (To be continued!)
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