Chapter 151: Traps and Hunts

According to the map, Covan Jond is located a little northeast of the center of Skyrim, in the center of a triangle of the cities of Snowman, Windhelm, and Wintercastle to be exact. And it seems a little farther to get there from Rift City...... Fortunately, Su Jing can fly...... Or rather, a glide that approximates flight.

If he didn't expect the occasional gang of bandits and ferocious beasts to emerge, the journey would be the most boring thing for him, but fortunately he could pass the time by practicing his flying skills along the way. The little demon hunters were put by him to cruise in the maximum range, opening up a multi-point perspective stereo perception system for him. Along the way, if he encounters the trail of a robber, then he doesn't mind spending three or five minutes just like this to slaughter and then plunder quickly. That's basically how the gold spent in the previous trading in Rift City came from, and behind the hundreds of cute gold coins were the bones of more than fifty unfortunate bandits.

According to his estimates, it would take about five hours to walk from Winterhold to Covanjonde, and eighteen hours to get from Rift Valley to Covanjonde. That is, he needs to move faster than three times the speed of walking, and the message from Sadako in the instant message is that they are riding to Kovan Jond. Then there is only time left for yourself...... About two hours.

It's challenging.

Su Jing tied up her hair with a headband, and the wings behind her were fully spread. In the surprised eyes of the occasional witness, a winged figure swept through the sky like a violent wind, and Su Jing felt that his flying skills were constantly improving, falling again and again. He seems to have gradually touched the breath of the wind and learned how to use it......

How do you learn to fly? Throw him into the sky.

Finally. Another flapping of wings. Su Jing managed to raise his height a little. Although he was skeptical that it was due to the wind, it was still a very exciting success. Twenty seconds later, he plunged headlong into the rushing river. Float downstream along the river.

After lying in the cold and comfortable river water for a few minutes, Su Jing climbed ashore with great difficulty, and continued on his way after steaming the water on his body with the flame element.

The situation on the Mage Academy's side seems to be optimistic at the moment, and there is plenty of time. After deciding to go to Kovan Jond to claim the Sawtooth Crown, the two adventurers quickly sorted out their outfits and equipment items. Sadako Yamamura didn't have anything to bring, just a backpack with some dry food and water; And Lu Mengyao, who she had been paying attention to, stuffed a lot of strange materials into her cloak. She seemed to be mixing together some strange materials, and then put them in a cloth bag in small balls. Then came the various bottles of potions, which were served in several thermos cups of different colors and hung around the waist.

"A 500ml energy potion. How about it, do you want to buy it? A bottle is about fifty points. If you become my teammate, you can supply it for free? Lu Mengyao shook the space cup in her hand towards Sadako Yamamura, revealing a sly smile.

"Uh, well, no need."

Their dormitories are now housed in the Hall of Achievement, one of the three towers of the Mage Academy, where all the apprentices live. Theoretically, students who come to study here will quickly indulge in the sea of knowledge when they enter the academy, but neither of them can be considered normal students. Considering the College's lenient management of apprenticeships and the encouragement of safe extracurricular internships, it is not uncommon for such whimsical expeditions to occur.

It also took a while to find a suitable horse in Wintercastle. It was so dilapidated that they couldn't even find a place to rent good horses, and finally rented two slow-walking old horses in the tavern as an apprentice of the Mage Academy and a mortgage of a few dozen gold coins.

Luckily, Covanjord wasn't too far from Wintercastle, otherwise they might have had to reach the entrance to the catacomb in the middle of the night. Fortunately, according to Lu Mengyao's calculations. They can arrive at Kovan Jonde around dusk, where they can rest for a while before exploring the Sawtooth Crown. If all goes well. The entire tomb could be roughly cleaned in three hours, and then slept there for another night. The next day at noon, we will be able to return to Wintercastle.

Everything went so smoothly that by the time we arrived at Covan Jond, in the evening. Lu Mengyao still had time to walk around, looking at her enthusiastic appearance, Sadako Yamamura couldn't bear to think about what happened next. Su Jing is not a person who loves to kill, and the ideal result is to restrain her, and then force her to give up the task and quit the game......

But what if things aren't as perfect as they seem? After these two days of getting along, although she may have been deceiving herself, Sadako Yamamura still has a slight affection for this woman who speaks a little and occasionally goes off the line - not for any other reason, she will have a good impression of anyone she comes into contact with. If Su Jing had to ......

Sadako Yamamura ate the bread with clear water without knowing the taste. Lu Mengyao sorted out her props, reconfirmed her props, and took out a short staff with a red crystal embedded in the top from the belt around her waist and held it in her hand.

Ten minutes later, Sadako Yamamura stepped into the catacombs of Skyrim Province for the first time.

The catacombs of Skyrim Province are full of the architectural aesthetic of the ancient Nords. The ancient Nord kings were buried here, and the dragons of the sky were still worshipped at that time, and the influence of primitive barbarian religion was everywhere. The design that symbolizes the dragon can be seen in the structure of each tomb, such as the rough polished stone, the huge wooden pile structure, and the old carvings; The shape in many places suggests parts of the dragon's thorax, femur, and spine.

The entrance to the Catacombs of Covanjonde is in a small, artificially excavated canyon that is located inside the canyon and can be found by climbing two flights of stairs. There are traces of campfires on the ground, perhaps some daring passers-by who have stayed here. The catacomb's doors were made of fine iron and were still tightly closed. It's rare for a tomb robber to join in the fun. This is because every inhabitant of Skyrim Province knows the Tao, in the underground tombs. Sleepless skeletons and ghouls wander. It's not just a pillow story to deceive children, it's even a horror that most people who try to enter the catacombs will see these horrible things. And some of them fell to the ghouls' swords.

When she opened the door of the fine iron, Lu Mengyao squeezed in directly, and then carefully observed the traces on the ground, there was no light inside the tomb, it was deep and dark, cold and dry. It has the smell of decay characteristic of underground labyrinths.

"With magic light." Lu Mengyao proposed.

Magic Light is the most basic spell in the School of Change, and it can be regarded as the simplest spell of all spells, it is easy to build and does not require much effort. It can be said that it is an extremely convenient spell, and it is useful in many cases. It ignites a bright floating ball of light in the direction specified by the caster, illuminating nearby places, sometimes confusing enemies. Even for a newcomer like Sadako Yamamura, it's not difficult to use it.

With the simultaneous action of the two spellcasters, one by one the balls of light emitting white light replaced the torches, illuminating the cold interior of the cavern. Lu Mengyao recited two short incantations, temporarily enchanting his eyes with a glimmer of vision, in this case. She could see clearly here for a while. She then pulled out a monocle from her cloak and placed it on her left eye, a constant arcane vision that allowed her to observe with the naked eye the traces of various magical items and spells that had been cast.

In Lu Mengyao's vision, this place emitted a faint colorless glow, which was like a faint background radiation. Reminds the user that the strength of the magic element here is likely to represent an unknown danger. But it's not a big deal for adventurers, and the dangers here are dead ghouls, skeletons, or snow rats the size of cats and frost spiders up to a meter long...... Together, these things won't do even a single bit of damage to the two adventurers.

"It's funny." Lu Mengyao took out another staff, and the gem at the top of this staff was blue.

The first scene inside the tomb is an extremely large hall. It is likely that the internal area of the building is in the thousands of square meters. Four or five thick stone pillars covered with moss supported the hall, and two more lay upside on the ground. It looks dilapidated.

With a few heavy muffled thuds, several ghouls rushed forward with their swords in hand. These guys are the guardians of the tombs. The dead driven by resentment. To describe it specifically, they are corpses in iron armor, with a faint blue light in their eyes, and they act like ordinary people, and usually carry their swords in their lives - thanks to the martial traditions of the Nords. Lu Mengyao raised his hand and pointed at it, and at the tip of the staff in his right hand, a huge crimson fireball began to condense, and half a second later, it violently launched out of the air, blasting the two ghouls who rushed up first.

"Miss Sadako...... Please ......."

Lu Mengyao was halfway through her words, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, she turned her head to look, and the gentle long-haired woman had disappeared at some point.

"Damn." A dangerous smile bloomed at the corner of her lips.

Well, what should come will still come. Lu Mengyao glanced around, her lips squirmed slightly, ready to deal with the next crisis, where would the other party attack from? Her piercing eyes scanned the thick pillars, and four or five more ghouls rushed up wielding swords and axes. Two iron arrows flew in front of her, only to be twisted by the protective spell that came with the cloak of "Arrow Protection".

Hiding in a horde of ghouls? Lu Mengyao raised another staff, and the chain lightning condensed from the end of the staff into a blue lightning ball, and then turned into a torrent of electric light, completely annihilating the vitality of these four or five ghouls after death. Her sharp black pupils, hidden behind her monocle, kept scanning all directions, but the other party never appeared.

There was one place in the tomb that she was a little concerned about, and that was the ground around her, which seemed to be too clean.

What could happen for Lang? The sense of looming crisis spurred her to think quickly. Why does the distribution of dust and gravel on the ground seem to have some strange patterns? She noticed that, though it was hard to describe, there was a large area on the ground—where she stood, and there was some gravel and dust on the ground...... Unnatural.

There was a strange noise overhead, and she understood it for a moment.

The opponent's strategy is not to rush up and attack directly. Instead, he dragged an entire boulder up to the ceiling of the hall by some strange technique, and waited until he stepped into the trap. Then fall down in an instant and crush yourself to death. She looked up. As expected, it was not originally part of the dome, and a huge heavy stone slab fell.

Boom, heavy bang. Crushed the mages and ghouls together. The crisp sound of bones shattering became faint in the loud noise.

The dust settled.

After a while, Su Jing walked out with a kick. It didn't take long for Sadako Yamamura to quietly retreat back after entering the catacombs, and a support adventurer like her shouldn't be on a frontal battlefield, she was too vulnerable.

Su Jing walked over to the heavy stone slab and took a closer look. He didn't want Sadako Yamamura to enter this dangerous area until he was fully confirmed. However, there was one thing he was concerned about what he had just observed with the Demon Hunting Worm. This woman seems to have been on high alert for something, or has she foreseen that she will appear?

Su Jing reactivated the gravitational manipulator buried in the ceiling and sucked the heavy stone slab back on. He flew to the ceiling with his wings, spent several minutes digging several holes in the stone dome, then stuffed the gravitational control device into it, and moved a large heavy bluestone slab from the inside of the tomb, and used a small gravitational force to attach it to the ceiling, and arranged it on the way to enter the interior of the tomb.

After completing the trap, he moved several large coffins containing ghouls from the tomb. Placed in the hall at the entrance. Originally, the ghoul wanted to rush out of the coffin and cut him, but this guy used the broken Rubik's Cube to connect and glue the joints of these large coffins, and locked all these ghouls inside the coffin. Wait until the prey steps into the trap before he uses the Broken Rubik's Cube to unlock it remotely. Released the ghouls.

The slate flew back to the zenith with the activated gravity, and Su Jing looked at the corpses on the ground, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. With a burst of white light. A huge dragon bone battle axe appeared in his hands. The ivory-colored axe had a jade-like glow floating on its surface, but it was probably one of the hardest substances in the world.

"Okay. Your reflexes are fast. This dear friend. ”

Su Jing clenched his battle axe, and the demon hunters began to disperse. Looking for the traces of the other party.

【…… Very creative trap, I admit, I almost got killed...... If I hadn't been on guard beforehand. 】

A soft woman's whisper came in Su Jing's ears, it was the effect of some kind of spell. It can be seen that the other party is still wandering in this tomb, and is always planning to give him a fatal blow.

"Pretty smart, so, when did you find me?" Su Jing asked with a smile, this is him stalling for time. The search for the Demon Hunter Worm will soon be over, this mage ...... As soon as she is discovered by herself, then the battle is over.

[When I first met her. I knew that she must have a companion. 】

"When we first met?"

[First of all, when I met her at the Winter Castle Academy, she insisted that I was the one who supported General Tullius of the Imperial Army. What is this for? It is more reasonable to guess that I am an adventurer on the side of the Dragonborn, but how can an adventurer who supports Tullius appear in the enemy's territory? Ruling out a few unlikely possibilities, I conclude that she must have somehow met the adventurer who supported the Dragonborn...... However, the adventurers who support the Dragonborn, according to common sense, should not appear in the eastern realm of Skyrim Province, but should - according to the plot time at that time, it should be at the peak of Hosgar - then there are three possibilities. One was that the neutral adventurer had come to the East for some reason, or because she had the ability to travel long distances in a short period of time, but—at the time, it was a difficult way to see her...... Then there is a third possibility left - she has a teammate. And there was a way of remote contact between that teammate and her. 】

“……………… The assumption is basically correct, but it is not enough, so please give the next argument. Su Jing had already scanned the circle with the Demon Hunting Worm, but the other party seemed to have completely disappeared, without any trace of existence. This is impossible, he frowned slightly, if the other party was a mage, then her invisibility technique would definitely be seen through by the Demon Hunter's innate illusion breaking ability.

[Second, it is also your biggest flaw and weakness. IMHO. The two sides of a competitive game should be close in strength. But...... There is still a certain gap between this young lady's strength and mine. Well, either she's hiding her strength. Either that...... She has a companion. Thinking about it in contrast to the first one, then we can clearly confirm this conclusion: she has a companion. Party cards are scarce though. But it's not a very rare prop. It's just that considering that teaming up will bring about an increase in the overall evaluation and enter a stronger world and face stronger opponents, it is generally rare for people to use team cards to team up with others. 】

“…… Think about it this way. Aren't you completely superior to me? If I add Miss Sadako, I can compete with you. This observant Miss Mage. ”

[Of course not, my strength also has a lot of water, for example, I have far more prop reserves than ordinary people, so I will get a slightly higher evaluation......]

Lu Mengyao hid behind a giant pillar and used her monocle to observe the few small dots in the air that were constantly flying. She had seen this flying magical aura before stepping into the trap, and at first she thought it might be free elemental energy in the air, but now she had a serious suspicion that it was some kind of surveillance device. If she hadn't miscalculated, it would have been some kind of anti-gravity circle that had been attached to the boulder from the ceiling...... No, there is no magical aura. Or is it...... A kind of gravity-based technology product on the technology side.

She pulled out a scroll from the slot in her belt, then pulled out three more potions from her inner pocket, gently unscrewed the caps, and poured "Ox Brute Force", "Cat Grace", and "Bear Endurance" into her mouth in one gulp, and then swallowed it with a crunt.

This scroll is the "Isaac Advanced Missile Storm" that she bought at a high price, which can be regarded as an advanced enhanced version of the mage's most basic attack spell, the "Magic Missile". At present, her own magic strength can probably unleash a secondary missile storm with slightly less destructive power, but it is still a certain distance away from a high-level missile storm.

Seeing the circling cruising trajectory of those bright spots, Lu Mengyao quickly and silently jumped out from behind the giant pillar and hid behind another giant pillar. Unable to confirm whether or not these things have an anti-invisibility mechanism, she has been "manually dodging" these strange magical auraes. As it stands, these guys don't find themselves.

But, wait a minute. If they have the ability to resist invisibility, why didn't that adventurer sweep them in one go, but let these demon hunting insects fly around here in a disorderly manner? It doesn't make sense. Lu Mengyao began to recall the flight trajectory of these magical spiritual lights in her mind again. The seemingly chaotic track has been tightening all the time...... He's deliberately pushing himself here!

When Lu Mengyao raised her head again, Su Jing was already standing in front of her with a huge battle axe. With the man's swing of his wrist, the huge tomahawk fell. The mage's figure was silently cut in two. In mid-air, a handful of wool that had been cut in two fell silently.

Lu Mengyao broke out in a cold sweat at this moment, but fortunately, in the last second, she created a simple illusion as quickly as possible, which made the man subconsciously slash towards the illusion. With the agility of the cat's grace, she quickly pulled out a small piece of clay from her bosom, dipped her finger in a small amount of water, and then whispered a spell, and with her spell, a large stone at the top of the giant pillar turned into mud. A few tenths of a second later, she tore open a teleportation scroll, and disappeared in front of Su Jing's eyes with the aura of the spell. With the release of this "fossil to mud", heavy large stones fell and smashed on the top of Su Jing's head. Hearing only a few crisp soft sounds, Su Jing held the battle axe upside down, coughed and walked out of the scattered dust.

"So...... Got it back, huh? Very clever trick. Su Jing wiped the mud off his face with his fingers and scanned the surroundings with his sharp eyes.

【………………】

This time the other party didn't say a word, Su Jing expanded his telepathic field, and just now he used this to find the other party's location. When he found out that the other party was evading the detection of the Demon Hunting Worm, he realized that the other party had discovered the existence of the Demon Hunting Worm, so he decided to use the Demon Hunting Worm to force her into a corner. I didn't expect her to escape in the last second, and I have to praise her, she is really a tough opponent......

Through the telepathic "field", he can slightly perceive some of the other person's position and current state of mind. But what made him a little puzzled was that the psychological state he felt from this enemy was calm and firm before, but now it was somewhat ...... Confusion? Judging by this mage's previous actions, she is not the kind of person who is frightened by danger......

With the whispering and dense sound of holding the spell, several figures who were also wearing gray cloaks appeared in front of Su Jing. A total of six figures in gray cloaks stood up from behind one of the collapsed rocks. Su Jing showed a silent sneer, did she think she couldn't see through these little illusions? His left eye has been strengthened to be equivalent to a three-star demon hunting insect, with effects such as Illusion Breaking, Emphasis on Realm, and Dark Vision. For him, seeing through these phantoms is just as easy and pleasant as looking at the lines.

Since the other party thinks that he can't see through the illusion, then pretend that he can't see through it. Su Jing stepped forward slowly, gently lifting the keel axe in his hand.

The mage's face was hidden in the gray cloak, he held a scroll in his left hand, and a short red crystal staff in his right hand, observing Su Jing very vigilantly.

"What, do you want to talk?" Su Jing gave a perfectly mocking smile. The strength of his whole body began to build, and as long as the other side thought that his body was defenseless and released any destructive spell, his Demon Hunt Twilight Power Armor would be instantly dressed and then slashed at maximum speed.

[Judging by your strength and reaction speed...... Biotechnology? I noticed that your back garment has two tears in the shoulder blades, if not some kind of external device, then it is ...... wings bar. 】

"Well, that's pretty much right."

[There are some technology-based props, but they are used to assist themselves in hand-to-hand combat.] 】

"My hobby."

【Personality...... Grotesque. Love dramatic scenes. And, from your hairstyle and eyebrows, as well as trimmed nails...... Narcissistic tendencies. 】

“…… Very observant. Su Jing raised her eyebrows.

[I had a girlfriend in college, and then I gave up again. There is no shame in being a human being. 】

“……………… Wait, I don't quite understand how these are observed. And I must affirm that it was a peaceful breakup, not a messy abandonment. Su Jing's eyebrows slowly furrowed.

[Dyssexuality. Dominatrix. I don't like to use condoms. Immature mind. Intelligence is on the high side, but lower than me. He has a talent for card games, but he doesn't know anything about chess. Willing to help on the surface, but often sabotage. Embezzling funds from club activities to buy all kinds of equipment that is useless - we are a drama club, why do we want to buy a teremine? 】

"I ...... I X. Su Jing couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand and spit out a dirty word between his fingers.

The gray cloak lifted the hood, revealing Lu Mengyao's somewhat reddened eyes.

"A minute ago you wanted to cut me in two, and now we can see how disgusted you are with that old relationship. I knew that people like you who crave women will not be satisfied with being single, and sure enough, they have only been dead for two months and found a new woman......"

"Wait a minute, I think everything can be explained......"

"I don't need to explain." Lu Mengyao calmly tore open the scroll in his hand, "Isaac Advanced Missile Storm." (To be continued......)

PS: I want to ask everyone, do you like this work with thousands of words and a chapter?

At present, it is basically a chapter of 3,000 words, and there are two updates every day. Maybe I can try a new pace of writing? For example, today's chapter is 7,000 words......