Chapter 9: Isandrola
Ethan was not overjoyed to get the first kill, his mind was unusually clear, knowing that the danger had not been completely removed, and that there was a zombie right in front of his eyes, ready to turn himself into his food today.
Pull out the short sword with all his might, just in case Ethan stabs it again, and directly cut off the head of the zombie under him.
The rotting body made it easy for even the hard bones to become fragile, and it didn't take even much effort for Ethan to cut off the zombie's head before standing up to face the remaining enemy.
"You can't go head-to-head. β
The zombie's body is stiff and sluggish. Correspondingly, their strength is great, much greater than Ethan's.
Ethan is now in better health than in his previous life, and he is in the prime of his youthful life, but his strength is not his strong point.
"Use agility to maneuver around and attack from the back as much as possible. β
The side is the second choice, and it is absolutely necessary to avoid facing zombies head-on.
With the plan set, Ethan tensed up, picked up the short sword and rushed forward again, then suddenly changed direction in the middle of the way, went around to the side of the zombie, and made a forward sword swing at the same time.
The zombie's movements were stiff, but the reaction was not slow, and the hands that were originally stretched out forward waved to the side violently, and the whirring wind sound brought up proved how amazing the power of this blow was, and if it was hit, it might lose the ability to resist in an instant.
However, Ethan had been prepared, and his forward posture was just a bit of a bogus, just to watch out for the zombie's reaction. Seeing that the zombie really picked up his arm and smashed it at him, he immediately restrained the momentum of rushing forward, and then used his excellent agility again to jump from the direction that the zombie couldn't touch, and successfully rushed to the side of the zombie.
Taking advantage of the fact that the zombie could not respond again, the round shield in his hand smashed violently and attacked the zombie's neck.
The sword just now made him notice that the zombie's neck was extremely fragile, and maybe he could smash his neck with a round shield.
Things turned out to be as Ethan expected, the zombie's neck was quite fragile, although his shield hit did not break its neck, but it also caused the zombie to be hit hard, the neck twisted out of a strange angle, and also affected the zombie's control of his body, and there was a moment of stiffness.
"Chance!"
Ethan, who was highly concentrated, immediately seized this fleeting opportunity, and the short sword in his hand followed closely and slammed towards the zombie's head again.
Burst!
The fragile head was pierced by Ethan's sword, and again, for insurance purposes, Ethan made up another shield blow when he pulled out his short sword, and directly smashed his head and flew out, which completely stopped.
Then he quickly took a few steps back, and looked left and right for a while, making sure that the two zombies were dead and transparent, and then relaxed a little.
"In the first battle, I killed two zombies without injury, which was perfect. β
Whispering a perfect score for his fight, Ethan used this way to ease his emotions in a high state of euphoria.
At the same time, I am also carefully recalling the details of the battle just now, and summing up some experience to improve myself.
"When you were highly concentrated just now, it seemed that all the details were clear?"
He didn't know very well that this was not a benefit after the improvement of his mental power, if it was, even if his strength was still a little weak, it was not without the power of self-preservation.
Whether or not that's the case, he can experiment a few more times in the coming period while continuing to hone his fighting skills.
"Keep calm and be decisive!"
Ethan inserted the short sword back into the scabbard at his waist, and then took a closer look at the corpses of the next two zombies, he wanted to see if the two 'monsters' had 'exploded' any equipment or anything like that for himself.
"This is not a game world after all, and there is no such setting as explosive equipment......
Shaking his head regretfully, if he can explode the equipment, he can hunt lone zombies around here, and his goal of getting some good equipment can be achieved more easily, but now, this is a more real world, and it is still very different from the game.
Instead of looking at the two zombies, Ethan began to collect herbs, which was his main task this time, and honing his combat skills was incidental.
After collecting and putting away the herbs, Ethan began to search the surrounding area. He carefully controlled the distance between himself and Rog's camp, and whenever he couldn't see it, he would walk back a bit, then move in the arc of the distance where he could see Rog's camp, and then explore the distance appropriately.
Find the herbs and collect them. Encounter a lone zombie and kill it. Then retreat and continue to walk in an arc with the camp as the center, walking a certain distance before exploring the far end.
Cycle after week, half a day allowed him to collect several herbs, and at the same time killed a dozen or so lonely zombies.
Luckily, he didn't run into the hard-haired rats and the Sinking Demon that he feared so much.
Hard-haired rats like to hide in the grass and shadows, and it is very difficult to find when they blend in with the environment, and at the same time they are also long-range sneak attacks, with Ethan's current strength, they are likely to be killed by the hard-haired rats directly in seconds without warning.
The Sinking Demon is a group action, and it will be led by a Sinking Mage who can perform fireball and resurrection, and it is very difficult to deal with - dead and alive, and at the same time, it is not directly with you, and it is always running around, which is very difficult to kill. It's still running very fast, and if you want to get rid of them, they will chase you and get entangled, and you can't even escape.
With Ethan's current strength, he encountered the Sinking Demon...... Even if it is the smallest team of five, he will not be negotiable.
So, when Ethan hadn't gone far on a distant expedition and saw a few red-skinned Fallen Demons in the distance, shouting around a campfire, he decisively began to retreat.
"I'm still ...... There are weak enough. β
Shook his head helplessly, back then, even a level 1 character in the game was a weak chicken who wanted to kill, but now he is not even qualified to fight face-to-face, it feels really depressing to think about it.
"If Akara really asked me to clean up the Evil Cave, it seems that I would have to refuse with intimidation. β
Stepping back cautiously, Ethan controlled his form to avoid being noticed by the Sinking Demon while keeping an eye on the small camp.
"Tell Kashya when she gets back, she should send Rog to clean up the Fallen Demons...... With such a close distance, it would be a big problem for the Sinking Demon to grow stronger......"
Just thinking like this, a figure seemed to appear in the distance, and before Ethan could wonder if he was dazzled, he saw that the figure suddenly flickered, and then a burst of light appeared outside the camp of the Sinking Demons, and the figure that was still far away stood in front of the Sinking Demons so abruptly.
Then, the figure raised a long stick and swung it at the Sinking Demon, and a huge fireball roared towards the Sinking Demon, and then exploded as it flew into the middle of the Sinking Demon. The ferocious burst of flames engulfed several Sinking Demons in an instant, and the dazzling light of the fire brightened the originally dim sky.
By the time everything had calmed down, the Fallen Demons were gone, and the only thing left in the camp was the woman with the stickβyes, Ethan had seen it clearly, and the woman had seen him.
Ethan straightened up, and before he could react, a light suddenly flashed in front of him, and the woman who was still standing in the camp in the distance appeared in front of him so suddenly.
"Hello!"
Ethan understood.
"My name is Issandra. β
Ethan also understood this sentence.
"I'm a mage from the East, is there a town nearby that can provide accommodation and food?"
Ethan didn't understand this.
So his response was simple: "Hello, my name is Ethan. β
β......β
The atmosphere became very awkward for a while, and Isandrola didn't expect that her question would not be answered, why didn't the young man named Ethan in front of her answer her own question?
"I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to find a place to rest and buy some food. β
Still didn't get an answer from Ethan, but her words finally got some response, and the young man in front of him pointed in the direction in front of him, which was a way for himself?
In fact, if it weren't for the word food that made Ethan guess what Issandra meant, he wouldn't have been able to point out the location of Rog's camp to her.
As for why he told the stranger the location of the camp so simply, it was because he had already recognized the identity of the woman in front of him.
Diablo 2 is one of the first five playable characters in the game, a female mage who wields the elemental powers of fire, ice, and lightning.
The background setting or something, Ethan didn't know it back then, and he didn't even know the real name of the female mage, but her appearance was easily recognizable.
Slightly dark, green like leather armor, but revealing a large waist and abdomen of the blouse, black skirt-like bottoms, brown leather boots, golden lace full of mysterious energy, and various golden ornaments.
The long stick in his hand looked unremarkable, but after standing beside him, Ethan could feel the surging magic fluctuations from above, there was no doubt that it was a magic staff, and it was not of low quality.
At that moment, he even wanted to reach out and take this long stick for himself, Ethan suddenly woke up, this state was not a good phenomenon, and immediately used the method of cultivating spiritual power taught by Gu Yi to calm down his inexplicable restless emotions.
All this, of course, was seen by Issandra.
"Oh, so it's a mage apprentice...... Although it is a little weaker, its will is quite firm. He looked at the herbs Ethan was carrying on his back: "Are you collecting herbs? It seems that your teacher is good at making magic potions." Take me to meet your teacher, just in time to ask why the dark energy in this area is so strong. β