Chapter 42: A Selection
Three days later, in the hall of the elven king's fantasy world, Elaina accompanied Xiao Chen and Roger who came in a hurry to wait for the start of the warrior selection.
The Hall of Illusions is a circular building that resembles an arena and is dedicated to inspecting and training elves. All the candidates waited for the selection to begin in the cloister near the internal entrance.
As a race with a long life, the elves' connections are naturally very considerable, and dozens of masters of various races have gathered in a few days.
There were half-elves with bows and arrows on their backs, with long swords, and their faces very similar to those of elves.
There are dwarves with warhammers and tomahawks and impatience,
There are leonin orcs with golden manes, black noses and brown eyes,
There are goblins with bone necklaces and oil paint on their faces,
There are even Naga Hai clans with six arms and a serpentine lower body.
But there are only two human beings: Xiao Chen and Roger.
There are several races Xiao Chen saw it for the first time, so he couldn't help but look at it twice, attracting the attention of the other party. However, the other party's gaze was not very friendly.
Xiao Chen looked at the goblin who was only half his height and said, "I can't imagine that the elves would rather let the goblins help than invite humans." Could it be that the elves already hate humans to this extent?"
"It's not that it's annoying, from an aesthetic point of view, elves definitely prefer humans who look like themselves, but from the past history, humans have always been the most powerful and terrifying race in the world. So elves have complex emotions towards humans, and there are wariness and fear.
After all, most of the elven wars in the past were fought with humans. Around you, there are many older elves who have participated in two wars with the Black Dragon Empire. Elaina observed the candidates of each race and explained to Xiao Chen, "On the other hand, the other races are in the same position of being suppressed by humans as elves. Naturally, he is willing to be with the elves. If it weren't for my guarantee, plus you happened to be in the Elf King Capital again. The elders will not invite you to join this expedition. ”
"Don't worry, Roger and I won't let you down. Xiao Chen said.
It may be that the quiet and majestic hall gives these players invisible pressure, whether it is a reckless orc or a grumpy dwarf, they do not make a sound, they do not communicate with each other, but each meditates or prepares for exercise.
About an hour later, the selection officially began, and under the arrangement of the administrators of the Hall of Illusions, the candidates entered the inner hall one by one to be tested. There are five passages for entry, that is, five people are tested at the same time at a time, and each batch of people will take about a few tens of minutes to an hour.
Xiao Chen found that most of the people were in high spirits before entering the venue, but when they came out, most of them looked very tired and even depressed.
When one of the orcs came out, he threw his big sword on the ground and shouted angrily, "Bastard, why are there master-level enemies!"
The orcs were immediately taken away by the elves, but those who had not yet participated in the test became nervous. For the advanced ranks of any class, a master-level opponent is a difficult obstacle to overcome.
"Roger, do you think you can leapfrog the challenge?"
Roger shook his head decisively and said, "If it were a normal master-level warrior, it would be basically impossible for me to succeed in the challenge of leapfrogging. I'm still quite a bit away from the pinnacle of the high ranks. ”
"I think we can try, the enemies in the illusion are not real people, and there will definitely be problems with the response. Be sure to look closely, and maybe we'll have a chance. Xiao Chen said.
When it was Xiao Chen and Roger's turn, it was already the fourth batch.
The elf in charge of guiding took Xiao Chen to an entrance and let Xiao Chen walk in along a passage by himself. Xiao Chen walked about forty or fifty meters, and a bright end appeared in front of the originally dark passage around him.
Walking out of the doorway, there is a high mountain illuminated by the setting sun, and in the rosy sky and mist, there is a straight mountain path leading to the top of the mountain. A voice sounded in Xiao Chen's ears: "Challenger, please run all the way from this mountain path to the top, and defeat all the enemies you can defeat before your health is exhausted." ”
Then the words "Health: 100" appeared in the void in front of Xiao Chen's right.
Xiao Chen, who had the heart of a traveler, with the assistance of the ring's clear state of mind and energy perception function, could vaguely feel that the scenes he saw were all false, and he seemed to have entered a small room and was floating in the air. It's not that he's moving forward, it's that the scenery around him is going backwards. It's as if you're in a particularly realistic virtual reality game.
With the help of the ring, he sensed the energy core of this room. This core did not manifest in the illusion, but disappeared somewhere behind the sky. Xiao Chen was even a little sure that if he attacked this core, he would be able to directly destroy the illusion and interrupt the test. However, since Xiao Chen was going to pass the selection, he naturally had to play with them.
This is also a rare experience, Xiao Chen felt the real feeling of being down-to-earth, watching the very realistic clouds and mist, and had a new understanding of his meditation world.
He walked a little up the mountain road, and a warrior in armor jumped out from the side of the road, raised his long sword and charged at Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen didn't want to expose the inheritance of the Dream Tower, so he used the fire magic he learned from Tasia. First a fireball knocked the warrior to the ground, and then a pillar of fire burst from beneath the warrior, and the scorching flames quickly burned him to charcoal.
Continuing upwards, the enemies that appear begin to grow wings and become the elves' arch-enemy: the War Angels. These war angels are much more difficult to deal with than ordinary warriors, they are agile, quick to dodge, and can shoot arrows from the sky.
Caught off guard, Xiao Chen was shot in the shoulder, only to see that his health dropped by 5 points, he turned to ice magic, used ice shields to protect his body, used ice pick techniques to freeze the war angels, and finally used ice spears to solve them.
The battle angels along the way became stronger and stronger, at first it was a middle-level war angel, and then there were even two high-level war angels fighting together. However, the high-level in the illusion is set according to the convention, and the offensive routine will not change, but the strength and speed increase greatly. In front of a mage like Xiao Chen, who had a very keen perception and a strong mental power, this kind of enemy just consumed some more time for him.
Xiao Chen fought steadily, observing and memorizing the battle patterns of these war angels all the way, and later, he figured out the rules and faced more powerful enemies, but it was easier than at the beginning. He eliminated all his opponents and walked to the top of the mountain, and a war angel with dual swords appeared on the opposite side, and that pair of swords Xiao Chen was very familiar, it was the ruling and guardian double swords in Mei's hands.