Chapter XVII: Death Again
"This rock beast is really endless. Powell, who was sitting next to Liu Li, sighed, the noise of the whetstone in his hand cutting through the giant sword showed no signs of stopping, but there was a hint of relaxation in his voice. For four days, the whole team, whether mercenaries or merchants, had been tossed by the elusive rock beasts, and the thought of getting out of this damn rift tomorrow made everyone sitting around the campfire a little impatient. The atmosphere of the whole team is much better than the previous days, and with the blessing of Heng's battle song, despite the many wounded, it still maintains the data of zero deaths, which is simply a miracle in the eyes of others, and also reflects the role played by a skilled spellcaster in the team. However, the eyes of others looking at Liu Li became more and more strange, if the gaze could kill, Liu Li didn't know if he would be burned by these jealous gazes, which was really too ...... Happy.
Due to the too many wounded, Heng gave up his carriage after the battle just now, and at this moment the whole person leaned on Liu Li, apparently having fallen asleep, completely ignoring the noise made by Powell. Hawkers, anyway, other people are already surprised by this, and some people even plan to ask Liu Li if there is any secret, and if you are lucky, you can also hook up with an elf to come back.
"Alright, you can go to sleep too. Powell is also helpless about this, he has never encountered such a thing as a mercenary for decades. He knew that Liu Li was rescued by Wells two years ago, and he had never been far away in the two years he had studied magic in Casfield City, who would have thought that he would hook up with an elf for the first time, anyway, in his opinion, this was definitely a hookup. The conscience of heaven and earth, he originally planned to train his kid to take over as the head of the regiment, and ask for a wife to live a stable life, who knew that he could also be fed a mouthful of dog food during an ordinary escort mission. "Take care of your elves tomorrow, generally speaking, the last day of the rock beast attack is the most terrifying. ”
After Powell left, Liu Li did not go directly to sleep, but sank into her own meditation space. The intermingled crystal clusters still shine brightly in the blue glow, and Liu Li has never given up on the exploration of the blue blue. The reason why it traveled to this world by itself is that if you want to go back to Earth, it must be indispensable for its participation. Recalling Wells's previous teachings, the meaning of the five color elements of red, green, white, blue, and black - scorching, life, light, frost, and darkness, as his understanding of the world deepened, Liu Li felt more and more that what Old Wells told him did not seem to be comprehensive, and there were many key things missing, and he did not think that his teacher deliberately concealed it, but the incompleteness of the mage's inheritance itself led to such a result. Although it was too early for a first-order junior mage to consider these issues now, Liu Li always felt as if he was about to catch something, like a shadow hidden in the fog and drifting, although he could clearly feel its existence, he could never catch it.
It was bright and Liu Li also retreated from meditation. Bathed in the morning light of the morning sun, my understanding of the elements seems to have deepened, as if the erratic shadow has finally touched the fingertips, and it only takes a little further to tear off a little "truth" from the faintly visible shadow.
Hurriedly eating something, Liu Li collected his thoughts. He knew that as the sun rose, so would the attack of the rock beasts. Today's battle may be more difficult, but it is an obstacle that must be overcome, and your future will never stop there.
"Heng! Battle Song!" doesn't need too many words, just a simple hint Heng will understand what Liu Li wants to express, and the tune will change, and the bright rhythm will turn to calm and vigorous. On the battlefield, the mercenaries' movements became more powerful, and the precarious defense line stabilized again.
"Uncle! It's not a way to go on like this!" Liu Li took the time to flip into the carriage, looked at the situation of the entire battlefield, and shouted at Powell.
"I know that too!" Powell replied, his hand movements were non-stop, the slash of the giant sword caused limited damage to the rock beast, Powell was basically using a slap now, relying on the powerful strength and the weight of the weapon to shoot the rock beast fly. "But there are too many of them!"
"Rush it, there is still hope for rushing out!" Powell knew that what Liu Li said was the truth, the caravan did have a great chance to rush out of the rift valley together, as long as the mercenary group formed a sharp arrow, it would not be difficult to break out of the rift range with the blessing of Heng. However, there is a very serious question in this - who will break the queen.
"I know that too!" Powell said again, but in fact, he couldn't. The entire mercenary group, in terms of force, can lead the members of the group to take the lead in the only two people, although Heng has the most superb strength of the whole team, but due to professional limitations, she is not suitable to lead the charge, as for those in the caravan, it is already very good not to add chaos, and they are absolutely not counted on in battle. Powell has not taken this path once or twice, although every time some members of the group have lost their lives here because of bad luck, they have never seen rock beasts so crazy.
Liu Li couldn't lead the team to rush out, he joined the team for too short a time, and there was no tacit cooperation with others, Powell knew that he was the only one who could lead the team to rush out. But he couldn't do this kind of thing after leaving Liu Li to break off, not to mention promising Li'er to protect Liu Li, and not to mention that if Liu Li was here to miss Wells's reaction, this task would never be completed by one person. The terrain of the rift valley is indeed relatively narrow, but it is enough to accommodate three carriages in parallel, and it is impossible for one person to defend such a large area. Even if he really makes a ruthless effort to let Liu Li lead the team to break off, he will inevitably have to keep a few more people with him, but it will also fall short due to the lack of tacit understanding.
"Don't hesitate! Regiment Commander!" This is the first time that Liu Li has seriously addressed Powell as the regiment commander.
"Shrink!" the anger in Powell's voice can be detected by a person, "Ella, Carl, Fitz, after the three of you break off with Liu Li, the others are ready to rush out with me!"
"No, I'm just going to be alone, Commander, you know ......" In such a critical situation, Liu Li couldn't hide his identity as a spellcaster anymore. "Heng, you go with you! Don't worry, I can't die, think about the ancient tree of life." A sentence stopped the elf who wanted to stay with him, and at the same time threw out the "Yanhui" in his hand: "Heng, help me put it away, if I don't keep up, wait for me in Alenno." Seeing Liu Li throw his weapons over, several bloody mercenaries almost turned back to help, but the next scene made them freeze in place.
His right hand flung behind him, and Liu Li, who took out his cane, also changed his momentum. As the azure light in the meditation space shone at an extremely fast speed, purple-red lightning shot out from the spear staff, and as if it was bound by something, it always wandered away from Liu Li's side.
"Liu Li is actually a mage?" The stunned mercenaries seemed to forget that they were in danger and froze in place.
"What's the fuss, keep up!" It wasn't until I was awakened by Powell's roar that I remembered what I should do at this moment. Looking at Liu Li after the break, Powell understood why Liu Li didn't need someone to follow the broken queen, in that purple-red arc-filled environment, there was nothing else that anyone else could do except add to the chaos.
The battle song sounded, completely different from the usual style of the elves, and the melody was full of murderous aura. This is a war song without rank, it will only be played when the ancient tree of life is threatened, its strengthening effect is all-round, and the price is the double overdraft of magic and physical strength of the performer and the receiver after the end of the music, and at this moment, Liu Li is the only one who is blessed by the war song.
Liu Li could hear Heng's reluctance from the battle song, but he didn't have time to take care of it, and the rock beasts that were surging like a tide were already close in front of him.
"Electric shock!" Liu Li had already turned on the state of "omniscience", he could not only perceive the various details of every movement of the rock beast, but also see the red elements scattered in the space, which were converging towards him at an extremely fast speed. Holding a cane, he threw out a dazzling arc that condensed in the space, and with Liu Li's spear dancing at great speed, the arcs intertwined with each other, gradually forming a huge web, and the rock beasts that came into contact with the arc were like butterflies falling on a spider's web, no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't get rid of the shackles. Even a few of the fish that slipped through the net from the rock face could no longer pose a threat to the convoy.
"So next, let's try this. Liu Li brandished his gun and staff to stop those who rushed out of the rock wall and tried to get close to him, but the chanting of the mantra in his mouth did not stop. The blue pulsations in my mind grew more and more rapid, and as the structure of the magic became more complete, a bit of crimson appeared on the surface of the blue.
"Flash!" For a moment, Liu Li couldn't count how many shots he had stabbed, each blow was at the rock core of the rock beast, and the tiny purple-red lightning shot out, which didn't seem to have any power, but in the next moment...... "Rush!"
At the moment when Liu Li spoke, in the meditation space, the blue surface seemed to be painted with crimson, but the surrounding purple-red electric glow turned blue. Unlike the lightning that can be mastered by ordinary mages, the kind of flash that can almost blind people, only the thunder and lightning in nature can be so powerful.
The rock-made bodies of the rock beasts gradually disintegrated in the lightning blast, and the small cracks on the exposed rock cores gradually intensified, and then exploded and turned into powder. Under the blow, the rock beast in front of Liu Li was swept away, and even the mountain wall of the rift valley was full of cracks under this blow.
A "flash rush" almost emptied all of Liu Li's magic power, and resisted the urge to faint, Liu Li, who was blackened in front of him, moved his legs with difficulty and slowly walked towards the exit of the rift. Just when there were only two steps left from the exit, a palpitation made Liu Li's hair rise, and he didn't have time to hesitate, the gun staff was across his chest, but he was powerless to stop the impact of the rock beast that suddenly rushed out of the mountain wall, the sternum shattered, and the pain of the ribs piercing into the organs made Liu Li unable to stay awake anymore.
"After all, I still died once. This was Liu Li's last thought before he fell unconscious. Fortunately, under this blow, Liu Li flew out of the rift with strength, and the rock beast had never left the rift.