Chapter 43: Crisis

"Help! Help me! ”

The fat man went crazy and ran from behind.

Everyone pulled out their weapons and headed towards the entrance of the canyon, but there were only dry bones and debris everywhere, and nothing threatening. The fat man was still yelling, and everyone couldn't help but look at him suspiciously, only to see that the fat man's ass was actually biting a skull.

The mourning dog spat out a mouthful of bloody spit and scolded angrily: "Fat pig, you can toss!" ”

The fat man was so anxious that he jumped up and down: "Damn, can you blame me?" Bastard bites my ass! Hey, help, get it down! ”

Everyone showed a smile and a smile on their faces, and they all breathed a sigh of relief and immediately put their equipment in their backpacks.

There was a silver skull hanging on the fat man's buttocks, and inside the skull, the soul fire was burning, and there were about 1500 health points left. Undoubtedly, this is the silver skeleton whose head was cut off by Zhang Mu before.

If the skeleton's life does not return to zero, the soul fire will not be extinguished, and if the soul fire is not extinguished, the skeleton will not die. At that time, the situation was very critical, and in order to minimize the threat, Zhang Mu did not have time to kill the skeleton, so he could only cut off the cervical vertebrae to make the silver skeleton incapacitated. When the fat man rummaged through the wounded, he didn't pay attention, so he was bitten on the buttocks.

The fat man deserves to be unlucky, the skeleton undead creature, because the skull contains soul fire, and the soul fire condenses the undead liliang, after the skull bites the fat man's buttocks, the undead breath will leak out. In just a moment, most of the fat man's buttocks were black and rotten, this pain was extraordinary, no wonder the fat man screamed.

"No way, I can't take it." Zhang Mu tried a few times and shook his head: "You can only kill the skeleton, scorpion, you can come." ”

"Is that okay?"

The scorpion ignored the fat man, and the blade popped out of his sleeve, rubbing and rubbing...... The speed of his shot, almost everyone could see clearly, only to see the skeleton's life fall violently, zuihou clicked, the entire skull cracked, the soul fire was completely extinguished in a few moments, and the skeleton was still biting a large piece of rotten flesh when it fell.

"Ahh A terrible scream echoed through the canyon.

Everyone ignored the fat man who was howling in pain and went to take care of the wounded. Lei Ming has already counted the casualties, 35 mercenaries were killed, 69 were seriously wounded, 5 were disabled, and the rest were all slightly injured. Among them, 1 core member was seriously injured, 9 elite members were killed, 12 were seriously injured, and 1 was disabled.

Lei Ming's resolute face showed a heavy look: "This is the most serious casualty situation since the Huangquan mercenaries were established!" ”

Zhang Mu announced in public: "Each person will be given a basic reward of 50 mercenary points, and additional rewards will be given according to performance!" If they have relatives, they will receive a reward on their behalf, and if they have no relatives, they will be divided equally among the other members of their squad! ”

This reward makes the Huangquan mercenaries feel refreshed, the basic reward is as high as 50 points, and at present, the ratio of gold coins to 1 point has risen to 6:1, and 50 points are equivalent to 300 gold coins, and its value can be imagined. Especially if you get hundreds of loot in this battle, the public warehouse will definitely be full, and the value of points will be higher, which will naturally be very useful!

In this battle, Zhang Muwai, Lei Ming made the greatest contribution, blocking the skeleton general and stabilizing the forward defense line, so he was rewarded with an additional 200 points, and no one objected. Other mercenaries are also rewarded for their merits, because more than 400 Huangquan mercenaries form more than 40 squads, and the number of monsters killed in a team, the output and the priest's situation will be clearly displayed in the team information column. Zhang Mu uses this standard as the basis for rewards, which is very fair, and everyone is more or less rewarded with some mercenary points.

However, risks and benefits coexist, and the battle was certainly very tragic, which made the Huangquan mercenaries lose a lot of elites, but correspondingly, the surviving mercenaries gained a lot of experience and points, and the strength of each mercenary was greatly improved. After a simple inventory, Zhang Mu learned that at least 201 green skeletons, 35 silver skeletons, and 1 skeleton general were killed in this battle, and the trophies reached more than 300 pieces. Most of them are weapons and armor, most of the equipment levels are level 10, there are a few level 15 equipment, dozens of excellent quality black iron equipment, more than 10 skill books, more than 20 skill scrolls, and dozens of special items, which can be described as brilliant results!

In the exchange of loot for the Huangquan mercenaries, the core regiment has priority, followed by the elite regiment, and then the main regiment.

Zhang Mu is a member of the core group, but as the head of the group, he has the highest priority, and after viewing all the loot, he will choose two items first.

[Warlord Armor] (Refined Bronze), level 15 light armor, physical defense +80, magic defense +50, health +100, damage immunity 5%, durability 100.

[Skill Advancement Scroll: Whirlwind Sword Aura], a scroll used to increase skill level, can upgrade the FF-level skill [Sword Qi Slash LV3] to the EE-level skill [Whirlwind Sword Qi LV1].

The armor is level 15 equipment, although the attributes are good, so you can't use it for the time being. However, the Skill Advancement Scroll is a good thing, as it can increase the level of a lower skill to a higher level of skill if it is promoted to the top level. Zhang Mu used a LV2 skill scroll to upgrade the [Sword Qi Slash] to level 3 first, and then used the advanced scroll to turn it into an EE-level skill [Whirlwind Sword Qi LV1], and then used the promotion scroll to directly upgrade the skill to LV3.

[Whirlwind Sword Qi LV3], EE-level skill, the highest level LV4, shoots a wind attribute sword qi, causing 150% weapon attack + 90% liliang damage, with a cutting effect, a certain probability of causing a bleeding state, an attack distance of 65 meters, a consumption of 8 magic points, and a cooldown of 12 seconds.

Zhang Mu is very satisfied with LV3's whirlwind sword qi, the attack is at least 2 times higher than LV3's ordinary sword qi, even if he fights elite monsters of the same level, he can cause nearly 200 points of damage casually, and the cooldown time is not long, but it is definitely a powerful output skill!

The Whirlwind Sword Qi is more changeable and can achieve arc attacks, which is much better than the normal sword Qi that goes straight to the point!

After Zhang Mu finished selecting the loot, it was Lei Ming's turn, because there was no skill book for shield fighting, so he exchanged his points for a few high-defense plate armor and several skill upgrade scrolls.

The fat man spent 80 points in exchange for a level 15 Polished Bronze quality greatsword.

[Mighty Greatsword] (Refined Bronze), level 15 Greatsword, Attack +110, Liliang +10, Ignores the target's 10% armor defense, durability 100.

The damage of this sword is very impressive!

The scorpion has used 150 points to exchange for several accessories, as well as skill scrolls to increase its damage ability. Leng Yun swapped out an F-level skill book [Small Fireball Technique], and swapped out a LV2 skill scroll to directly upgrade the [Healing Hand] to LV3. Yang Yi exchanged two skill books, namely [Rapid Fire] and [Volley], which are the more basic skills of shooters. The mourning dog can be exchanged for a FF-level fighter skill book [Bone Strengthening], as for Du Rongrong and others, because they don't have a suitable skill book, they can only choose to exchange for equipment or accessories to improve their combat effectiveness.

After the mourning dog learned the [Bone Strengthening], he couldn't wait to use it, and the skin of the half-amputated arm continued to permeate a white liquid substance, which solidified into a layer of ossification, and the texture was very strong, which could be used for defense and bone blades for attack, which could only be strengthened by 10%, and could not cover the whole body, when it could be upgraded to LV2, the strengthening range was increased to 20%.

"That's a good skill!"

The mourning dog was very satisfied.

Zhang Mu left some skill scrolls to exchange for other mercenaries, to avoid the elite group without scrolls to use, everyone has just received a large amount of points, regardless of the excellent black iron outfit, skill upgrade scrolls, it is a strange item, because the item is not officially stored, the exchange price is more favorable, even if you use the points to exchange it, you don't have to sell it, you can also make a lot of money.

All the mercenaries have exchanged, most of them have changed to what they want, if the two have the same needs, then use the competition points to decide, who has the highest points, and the things will be sold to whom.

Hundreds of loot, mostly distributed among mercenaries, with only a handful of special items left.

Lei Ming took a few magic items to Zhang Mu and looked at them, "This is a special trophy obtained in this battle, but the value is not very easy to estimate." ”

Zhang Mu looked at the items in turn: "Well, good things, keep them!" ”

Special items mostly have good results.

[EE-level summoning scroll: Skeleton General's Summoning]: Summons a level 15 silver boss skeleton general to assist in the battle, with a 30-minute appearance time, which can be summoned once.

[E+ Ice Scroll: Frost Arrival]: Summons a D-rank large spell Frost Fall, covering an area of 50×50 meters, dealing 500 ice attribute damage, and entering a level 4 frost state at the same time.

[FF Magic Stone: Aura of Weakness], after activation, hostile units within 100 meters will enter a level 2 weak state.

These three items are the most haode items, Zhang Mu stuffed them into his backpack, and the other items were stored separately by several core members, who were responsible for temporary storage. At this time, the treatment of the wounded was almost carried out, most of the seriously injured had regained their mobility, and a few disabled people could not participate in the battle, so they could only go to the camp to find a biochemical doctor for magical surgery.

"There's the Valley of Magic Grass ahead! As long as we get through the secret realm, the resource field will belong to us, work hard, let's go! ”

Zhang Mugang gave the order.

A long, shrill roar came from the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw a small pterosaur hovering in the sky above the canyon.

"Blue Eyes!"

Leng Yun's face changed slightly, and her blue eyes swirled into the canyon and landed not far away. It was wounded, hit by an arrow in the abdomen, and lost a quarter of its life. Blue Eyes is a level 10 boss, and the amount of blood is very amazing, and with only one arrow, shoot off a quarter of the boss's life?

The blood from the wound in the blue eyes had stopped, as if frightened, a little trembling, and the mouth kept wailing.

"We're in trouble." Leng Yun soothed the pet, frowned and said, "The alien creature is here!" ”

Lei Ming hurriedly asked: "How many are they and what is their strength?" ”

Zhang Mu sighed: "Its appearance has already explained the problem, the situation is not good." ”

Thunder Ming's dark face showed a serious and heavy look. Qingyan is a real boss war pet, how strong can the opponent be to scare it like this? At least three or four hundred Huangquan mercenaries can't do it, and the alien shili who is rushing here must be very powerful.

"We have too many wounded, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight again." Yang Yi asked, "Do you want to withdraw?" ”

Lei Ming shook his head: "There are too many people, it is not safe to evacuate, maybe you can't get back to the station, and you will be blocked in the wild." ”

"I don't approve of retreat!" The mourning dog clenched his fists: "Withdraw, the secret realm will definitely be destroyed, will our efforts not be in vain?" Aren't brothers who die in battle die in vain? ”

"You calm down, now the enemy is strong and I am weak!"

The mourning dog stood resolutely, his face was full of murder, and his scars were even more hideous: "I don't support retreat!" Come and kill one by one, I'm afraid he's a bird! ”

Several core members argued.

Leng Yun threw herself at Zhang Mu, in her mind, Zhang Mu was not only powerful, but also had extraordinary wisdom. Now that the situation is in crisis, it is most appropriate for him to decide.

"Never give up the secret realm, but you can't fight, you have to transfer first." Zhang Mu thought for a few seconds and made a decision: "Fat Man and Yang Yi took ten elite members to protect the disabled mercenaries back to the station. There are few people, the target is small, and it is not easy to be found, so be careful, it should be fine. ”

The fat man couldn't help but ask, "What about you?" ”

"Use all the resources you can use to defend the canyon and protect the secret realm!"

"Can you hold it?" Yang Yi was worried: "The canyon is a dead end, if you are blocked inside, you will not be able to get out." ”

"So it's up to you." Zhang Mushen's eyes seemed to have a glimmer of light beating, "There are 8 squads of mercenaries left in the station, there are about 80 people, and they are not weak in battle." In addition, there are several robots guarding the station, you must tell the robots the news of the alien race, they will come to support, if the timing is right, the front and back attack, may not be without a chance of winning! ”

(I've been feeling unwell for the past two months, so I'll go for a physical examination tomorrow morning, I hope there won't be any major problems...... )