Chapter 70: Speed
Centered on the Cone of Kane, there are three lakes and ten towns formed by the fishing of hardhead trout, which is a specialty of the lakes. With the exception of the tribes with whom the Ten Towns had relatively close relations with each other, who had attempted to live in the city, the other tribes were generally scattered around Icewind Daleβthe Ice Shifting Sea, the Wasteland, and the Reghead Glacier.
At the foot of the huge glacier, in a small valley formed by cracks in ice walls and rocks, there is a natural refuge that the barbarians call "Melting Ice". There are hot springs gushing out of the ponds, bringing with them drinking water and warm steam that has not condensed into ice. When the barbarians in the interior could not move in time due to the early snow, they often came there to take refuge from the cold.
But the glacier is also home to a large number of monsters, such as ice trolls and frost giants...... and the White Dragon.
"The old white dragon Ingrocastisti Mizirian, known as the 'Ice Death', is famous for being killed by the Tooth of Aegis with an icicle and for keeping that scimitar in its treasures, but I don't think it should be Mina's opponent even if it is alive......" Thomas pondered as he stroked his stubble that had not been tended to for the past few days.
"Yes, dragons, demons, and undead creatures can't compete head-on with paladins at all, and if they are rushed by a spear, they will be seriously injured, and they can only use flying or long-range tactics. The dwarf nodded in agreement: "But she is not using a real dragon lance, and she may still be in a bitter battle!" But the countrymen of Faeron don't worry, there are now wise scientists here to popularize technology. With just a small change, I can add gunpowder to the head of the gun and automatically detonate it on hit......"
"Are you sure you really won't blow it up in your own hands like the musket you gave me back then......?
"Aha, it was just a minor design and manufacturing oversight. There will be no problem this time!" The dwarf scratched his head and sneered, "I swear in the name of Gonde!"
"Come on, we all know that you don't really believe in the god of craftsmen - if you dare to swear in the name of all flammable and explosive materials, I will believe you. β
"Uh.................." the gnome fell into a long silence.
"At that time, I had no choice but to work hard. Otherwise, the more casualties around, the stronger the killer incarnation will be, and even the hundred flowers will be seriously injured by the initial form, and they will be able to get it later?"
"It should be that the strength has not been restored at all, otherwise it is impossible to defeat. Thanks to the resurrection plan we had previously cracked the remnant of the god of murder, especially when they teamed up with the Dragon Lich. Blossom took the initiative to bring up the incident that led to her falling out with Thomas and her disgraceful escape from the Scouts.
Looking at her expression, it didn't seem to be angry, and the burden in Thomas's heart was finally let go, as happy as if a condemned prisoner had been acquitted.
"You're not wrong, it's us who are wrong. Baihua said: "I will not forgive, because we don't need to forgive each other, forgiveness means that there are still scars in the past, just forcibly buried." Its only purpose is to make us remember this lesson. β
"Good cat, good cat. Thomas stroked her chin and the back of her head lightly, rubbing flowers back and forth against him.
"I have to admit that I did feel frightened and lost at the time, because I was a weak, poor, and helpless cat. Baihua said. "But the main thing is...... It's my own reason. β
"Huh?" Thomas looked at her puzzled.
Baihua looked at him blankly, the cat's eyes were clear, and her heart was full of thoughts: "Is it because I violated her script and caused a change in fate?" If he knew, would he blame me?...... Maybe she's condescendingly laughing at my pointless efforts?"
Go back to the room and wrap yourself up, especially the coco for the ritual. Blossom followed Thomas to the outside of the makeshift temple, waiting for him to complete the supply of his wand.
She watched coldly as the female mage turned her statue into a short and fat orange cat, and inscribed a few words in Chinese: "The hundred flowers are one zhang tall and four feet long. The raw eyes are white, and the eyebrows are a king. The roar shook the mountain, and the bloody wind took a step. Holding two tiger head knives weighing seventy-two pounds, he has the courage of ten thousand people. Sometimes he gets angry, and he hits the ranger on the head when he lifts the well railing. Suddenly, the heart was anxious, and he knocked over the dwarf's leg with a stone. β
"Bored Ah Q spirit," thought Baihua, who had flipped through all of Thomas's textbooks, "She has told me a lot about the possibilities of the future, but none of them have a place for you." β
The female mage is fooling the dwarves in order to hide her motives, and she repeatedly approves of their aesthetics, believing that stubby is beautiful. Without the guidance of a hundred flowers, the dwarf's eyes lit up and he ran over.
As this aunt said, art comes from reality but is higher than reality, and it is necessary to exaggerate and change to a certain extent according to the needs of reality. The gnome said, "I suggest that the statues be beautified!"
The dwarves responsible for sculpting and arranging the heroes and dead and wounded in this battle smiled and nodded, and Kurgal watched as his statue became shorter and thicker. However, to the consolation, the statue of the adopted daughter of the king of the Mithril Hall was also pulled into the water.
"Yes," Baihua said in her usual indifferent tone, "I, back, to, over, go, see, to, she, of, time, wait, just, is, this, like, can, love." β
Kurgal feels that this kind of facial paralysis is very suitable for cross talk, and the reason why she herself has not developed it in depth is that she can't help but want to laugh when she talks about it.
Reloading the restocked wand, Thomas approached the long-awaited men. Seeing that the female mage had chosen to go with him immediately instead of with the poet, Thomas felt his vanity swell slightly.
He asked knowingly, "Now is the time for us traversers to help each other. But you're really not going back to the Arcane Brotherhood, but you're going to come with us, aren't you afraid that Mina will catch you?"
"Hmph, the Arcane Brotherhood itself is in danger, and it is not easy to overthrow the control of the Drow mercenary group over Luskan and return to its previous position! I've heard that some paladins can't detect evil, so it's safe to be around her!"
"Of course," Kulgal added, "she doesn't have a holy sword. Otherwise how far I go. β
Seeing Thomas walking out, she asked strangely, "Aren't you in a hurry to support her, what are you doing?" Do you have to walk on your feet?"
"Do you want to summon mounts or teleport?"
"The former doesn't seem to be fast enough and consumes a bit more low-ring spells, while the latter can be skewed to teleport to an undetermined location, and it's not fun to crash into the mountains, and it requires a high-ring spell slot. I have decided that our dear Shadow King Assassin will use his shadow walking powers to take us on our way!"
Schalke puffed up his chest proudly when he heard this.
"Well, to be honest, I don't like to go to the film world, unless it's covered by a big bulb of the emperor's level. β
"What are you afraid of, aren't there a lot of undead creatures and people from Yin Soul City? Having the priest bless us with a spell will make the undead creatures invisible to us, and even if some of them can see through it, you still have restraint crystals on your weapons. And the people of Yin Soul City will not sneak here idle and nothing, safe!"
Fearfully entering the Fallen Shadow Realm, he first carefully traveled a distance without incident, then bypassed several groups of patrolling corpses, and then ...... I walked a lot at night, and finally met a ghost.
Ghosts are a collective term for many kinds of undead creatures, and Thomas has only heard of them, but he doesn't know what ghosts, ghosts All he knew was that these hungry undead monsters had swooped out of the darkness, frantically preying on the life force of their living creatures.
Without magic weapons, it will be difficult for a team to survive encountering even the weakest ghosts. Theoretically, although the 1-ring spell magic weapon can temporarily enchant the weapon and have the ability to hurt ghosts, and magic missiles can also damage ghosts, but the power is too weak after all. Low-level adventurers, even if they have the Sun God Priest in their ranks, may not be able to defeat these terrifying undead.
However, this team has a True Death Crystal that specializes in restraining the undead, and Kurgal has mastered force field spells that can hurt ghosts, while gnomes are able to simulate the force field spells of other mages, although they can't. Before someone died, the battle was successfully ended.
Thomas was extremely glad that he had two 2-ring positions at level 5, so that he was not sucked alive. Opening the character bar and looking at the level that had turned red "3", he shook his head helplessly. Later, Cortana also annotated in parentheses: "Negative level 2, after one day you need to perform a tenacity waiver, and if you fail, you will fall back to level 3." β
Thomas's face was pale, his hands and feet weak, and he collapsed more than the sage time after a dozen consecutive shots. Kurgal and Schalke leaned limply on him like noodles, almost crushed by their own clothing and equipment. The dwarf didn't look like anything on the surface, but his expression was a little dazed.
After risking his life in the film world for a while, Thomas realized that Baihua was hiding in a small crevice, and if he approached, he would let out a threatening sigh. Thomas knew that the cat must not approach when he was afraid, and the only result of reaching out to pull it was a few blood marks.
In this dangerous environment, until Baihua recovered from the panic, several people hurriedly left the film world.
Following the trails left by the barbarians, Thomas and others headed towards the glacier. Thomas's dazed head noticed that some of the savage's footprints were mixed with bear's paw marks. As the footprints of the glacier trolls and goblins became more and more close, and even those left by the former frost giants, they were still evident after many days.
There was a chirp from the sky, and Thomas struggled to raise his eyes. It turned out that it was the patrolling swans who were the first to spot them and lead the way in the air.
For the swan pretending not to speak in front of her, Kurgal sneered in his heart: "Do you think my arcane vision doesn't exist!"
Thomas held the mage and the Drow Assassin with sticks to prevent them from falling off the ice, and the flowers and gnomes were tied to ropes, carefully walking on the frequently cracked glacier.
As far as he could see, he saw a small figure riding a unicorn standing in the distance, the air cushion at the unicorn's feet causing it to float off the ground. Behind her were huge rocks with thin ice, reflecting colorful light, and the air was filled with steam, and the water drifted with ice in the small smoky lake.
"Hopefully she hasn't run out of spells today. Thomas thought, "But that might not be enough!"
I was thinking of showing off and bragging in front of Mina after leveling up, but now I'm on the edge of a cliff that has fallen back to level 3, and I have to count on her spell slot to save my life.
"Alas, I really want to be a hero to save the beauty. Thomas sighed and thought, "Although this beauty is a little smaller." β
"Beauty is only worthy of the strong!" "Kurgal ignited his fighting spirit: "Although the appearance is very unbearable, but I will eventually be above the self-proclaimed righteous paladin!"
Seeing Thomas appear, Mina's originally flat little face showed a hint of warmth, and then instantly turned to dissatisfaction.
She jumped off the unicorn and smiled in disgust to greet Kurgal and Baihua. Not so polite to Thomas, who also belonged to the Unicorn Goddess Church, Mina snorted lightly and frowned: "Why are you with that kind of person again? Neither this mage nor the leopard should be approached, you have to learn more from those girls from the Church of the Good God - except, of course, in our sect." β
"Yes, yes," Thomas replied impatiently, "and under my lead, the two of them have already shown obvious repentance. β
Glancing at the female mage, Mina sneered: "Forget it, congratulations on getting the cat back." β
"But," she said, "I can feel the growth of the light power within you, which shows that you are barely on the path of goodness." That's good. β
Thomas opened his mouth to speak, and Mina waved his hand and said, "I know, your appearance and the negative energy in your body indicate that you have encountered some monster that sucks life energy in one day. But just wait a little bit, and I'll give you treatment at the end. β
Snorting in feigned dissatisfaction, Thomas walked towards the cave under the guidance of a swaying swan, with Blossoms and Gnomes following him.
Mina forced a professional smile and prepared to restore the lost strength of the female mage first. For some reason, Kurgal, who was supposed to enjoy this treatment with malice, suddenly felt that it was not a taste.
"This guy won't be like Zhang Wuji, he is normal to the same sex, and he is normal to the opposite sex: 'Female donor, the little monk can't heal his wounds without clothes. Offended!'