Chapter 10: Don't open the main line, focus on the side lines
"Master, I'm back. β
When Zhu Peng poured a tube of pale red reagent into the stewed vegetable soup, there was a deep voice from Vanuer outside the door.
For letting Lord Baron cook by himself, Lydia, who was originally quite professional, felt uncomfortable at first, but after more than two months, Sister L's stomach was also conquered, and the professional ethics of the female guards had to be put aside for the time being.
If it is an ordinary wizard, even if he practices witchcraft, it is difficult to be as free as Zhu Peng, Zhu Peng is the founder of this witchcraft, after he comes to any world, he can make a witchcraft that adapts to the rules of this world by reading a few books of pharmacy in this world, and the inheritor learner must cultivate to the master rank in the field of witchcraft, so as to be able to innovate and follow the trend.
Unless the practitioner is like Zhu Peng, who has in-depth attainments in ancient Chinese medicine, potions, and herbal medicine, and is also a part-time Dan master, his control over the human body has reached a meticulous level.
Under the tonic effect of witch-eater, the recipient's physique has been greatly improved, and while Amira and Lydia are getting better and better, their appearance is also gradually improving, but Amira is far more obvious than Ledia who has become an adult during the growth and development period.
And as an orc, Vanur even successfully activated his orc talent because of Zhu Peng's witch-eating tonic, and now once it goes berserk, within the time limit of physical strength, the attack power is almost doubled, and the damage it carries is greatly reduced.
Berserk, originally a racial talent that only the most powerful warriors of the orc race can activate, Vanuer, who is not highly qualified, originally did not have this life in this life, but now he has been reversed by Zhu Peng's witchcraft.
"Master, when I was fighting against Lord Wilcas today, I first attacked according to your request, activated the rage before Lord Wilcas counterattacked, hit him defenseless, and then turned to a wandering defensive position when Lord Wilcas was just getting used to it, and I was easily taken down in two minutes, I think Lord Wilcas is far less powerful than you...... All his reactions are in your estimation. Vanuer munched on the stewed beef shank as he said that he was very excited that his long-cherished wish had finally been fulfilled.
"It's just that there is a mental calculation or not, Wilcas is the most outstanding shield swordsman in the comrade-in-arms, his combat methods can be mastered with a little attention, and then make targeted arrangements according to your situation, this does not mean that I am stronger than Wilcas, Vanuer, you have to respect your future boss, unless he is cowardly or stupid and not worthy of your respect for him. Zhu Peng frowned slightly, put down the dishes and chopsticks and taught Vanuer a lesson.
After all, he is going to leave this world, and if this orc apprentice in front of him develops a stupid and arrogant character, he will not be able to shelter it for a lifetime.
"Got it, Master. β
In the heart of the orc warrior Vanuer, his human master is very majestic. Therefore, even if Zhu Peng just taught him a lesson, he felt very uncomfortable and aggrieved, picked up the vegetable soup in front of him and swallowed it in a big gulp...... Any food, even vegetable soup.
"Hmm, Amira, on your cheek," she said, and Lydia reached over and gently plucked it, but it was a black-red fur.
"Did you sleep with the dog, and how does it smell like a water dog?" said Lydia, sniffing lightly and frowning slightly.
"No, I live with my aunt, who has a separate room in the Brothers-in-Arms. Probably, it may be that my aunt got it during the hunt, and recently my aunt took on a task to clean up the saber-toothed tigers, and she was busy all day long. Amira replied with a confused face as she sipped the vegetable soup.
Seeing the black and red beast hair pinched between the fingers of Lydia's hand, Zhu Peng's eyes flashed, he reached out to take it, and then spoke: "Don't discuss topics that affect appetite when eating, no, you should try to talk as little as possible during eating, otherwise it is not conducive to digestion." As he spoke, Zhu Peng sandwiched the beast hair into his clothes with two fingers, and there was already an alchemy room in the wind house, which could be used for some simple analysis and derivation.
After a hearty dinner, the living room of the wind house.
Lydia sat with Amira, Vanur sat aside, while Zhu Peng stood and took out a letter and said: "We received a desperate letter that a resident of Snow Man City has been kidnapped, and they originally planned to seek help from their comrades, but during this time, the comrades-in-arms seem to be busy with some large-scale tasks, so this task has fallen into my hands, and I must respond in time, especially this mission is quite rewarding." β
"It should be noted that this time is different from the previous simple clearing mission, in order to ensure the safety of the hostages, we need to infiltrate first, and after the rescue, someone will break through from the outside and completely annihilate, so neither Ledia nor Vanur can play in the early stage of this mission......"
Normally, the most important thing about the rescue mission is a quick word, and it is important to pay attention to lightning speed, because the time drags on a little longer, and it is not known how the hijacked person will be harmed.
But this task fell into the hands of Zhu Peng, and the time has been delayed for three days, if anything happens, I'm afraid that there have been many rounds now, not to mention that the kidnappers want a large ransom, so Zhu Peng only said the task after dinner, and today's dinner is a course of witchcraft, and the gain loss is full if it is forcibly interrupted.
Jingxi camp is not very far from Xueman City, according to the information consulted by Zhu Peng, this was originally a mine, and it was changed to a military camp after being abandoned, and later after the empire unified Skyrim Province, the significance of this place as a military unit also disappeared, and after being abandoned again, it gradually became an area where bandits were entrenched.
"It is indeed a good place to have a wide field of vision and defend the attack, and the distance from the snowy city is not far or close, the city guards will definitely be found when they come, and whether the small mercenary team has the ability to take down this camp is a matter of two words. Standing in the distant forest, Zhu Peng used a self-made monocular to observe the garrison in the Jingxi camp.
There are bandit archers standing on the top of the wooden village, and although it is not a strict military patrol, it is generally difficult not to be spotted as long as you get close.
"There are usually three archers guarding the guard, and while I, Brother Citez, and Sister Lydia can all know how to bow our bows, it is impossible for us to shoot an archer with one arrow each at a distance that is not detected...... It's so far that it's hard to shoot. "Amira is young and malleable, and she has accumulated enough confidence to follow Zhu Peng's repeated victories during this time.
"Let's just force the killing, those guys don't necessarily know that we're here to rescue the hostages. With a hammer in both hands, Vanuel angrily brushed his presence and IQ limit, and the other three people present ignored it.
"We set fire to the forest. The best result of this distance is that the other party will send people to see, Lydia and Vanur are lurking, if they dare to come, you will let them go, with your combat power, they don't want to be eaten in vain, they must be reinforced, Amira and I sneak in from the other side, even if this group of robbers is indifferent at all, setting fire to the forest will at least attract part of their attention...... When you see a rocket soaring into the sky, they will start to storm the camp, if they come out in large numbers to surround you, and fight and leave or simply retreat, the main purpose of our mission is to rescue the hostages Alvohid Warmaniacs, this group of robbers is here, after saving the hostages, you can come and kill them whenever you want. After thinking for a while, after making a plan, Zhu Peng even found a favorable terrain and laid a certain spell trap before lurking with Amira on the other side of the Jingxi camp.
Because of his professional background, Zhu Peng has a particularly good relationship with the court mage of Xuemancheng Fa Renjia Secret Fire, he divides the profits to Fa Ren and adds some dragon bones and dragon scale materials to do research, and Fa Renjia also gives Zhu Peng some study of his accumulation and collection of books, so Zhu Peng now has a certain attainment in the alchemy, enchantment, and various spells of this world, and even makes certain improvements and strengthenings.
After all, it is to learn from the foundation of another legendary great wizard of the high demon world, so of course the entry is terrifyingly fast, although the overall level of spellcasters in this world is not very high, but there are also some unique features, which can be used as a stone to attack jade.
When Zhu Peng and Amira lurked on the other side of Jingxi Camp, Lydia and Vannur lit a forest fire, and there is no concept of environmental protection in this world, let alone to save people.
When the forest fire was burning, the robbers in the Jingxi camp actually made the most beneficial choice for Zhu Peng's side after discovering it, and they sent a team of people to run to see what was going on, especially a forest fire like this, there will be a lot of animal carcasses left after it ends, which is also a good meal for the robbers.
"Let's go, move smarter. Although he was wearing light armor, Zhu Peng still blessed himself and Amira with the light body technique, so that as long as they didn't jump from a height, they basically landed silently, which is a blessing spell that is very suitable for thieves and assassins in this world.
On the wooden city of Jingxi Camp, the three robber archers looked expectantly at the forest fire in the distance, hoping that their companions would bring back some more roasted meat.
(There are too many robbers, too much competitive pressure, and the profits of this industry are not very good, and it is also high-risk, so why bother.) The two shadows cooperated with each other to climb up the wooden wall, Amira was young, her movements were agile and she had some abnormal strength, and after being pushed up with Zhu Peng as the fulcrum, she quietly pulled Zhu Peng up again with her backhand, and the whole process did not alarm anyone.
Amira felt the back of an archer, slashed her throat, and brought down the corpse, so neatly that it was almost unbelievable that she had been a complete novice just over two months ago, and the moonlight illuminated the enchanted dagger with a pale green glow, revealing the double blessing effect of enchantment and quenching.
In contrast, Zhu Peng made a little sound, the sound of the light double sword out of the sheath, the overflowing dark fire floated on the steel double sword, the high-frequency fast attack superimposed on the blessing of the fire enchantment damage, at the moment when Zhu Peng took out the sword, the two bandit archers who were unable to react were killed, except for the sound of the two swords unsheathed, until the two corpses fell to the ground, there was no sound here.
"Go down, there seem to be far fewer people in this camp than I thought. β
After going out with a team of robbers and solving the three archers defending the city, there were almost no more people in the entire camp, which was a bit abnormal, but it had nothing to do with the task, Zhu Peng and Amira carefully dungeon, and after opening an ironwood door, they infiltrated the inner camp based on the previous mine cave.
It was here that some surprising scenes appeared.
An unusually strong woman with a dagger was fighting the heavily armed robber opposite, and most importantly, she did not fall into the disadvantage, the robber wielding the great sword was obviously in an abnormal state, his pace was slow, and his sword power was weak.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Peng stabbed the robber with two swords from behind, but the real fatal knife came from the woman, who stabbed the guy in the heart with a knife in the front and completed the killing.
"I'm Alvorhid, you're here to save me, don't you? Please take me away, I don't want to stay here for a moment. Alvohid threw away the blood-stained dagger in his hand and said.
"What's going on in this camp, only these people, what about the others?"
"I don't know, I don't want to know, I mixed the herb Death Knell and salt into his wine......" It seems that because of the captivity, Alvorsid's mental state is a little unstable, Zhu Peng saw this and directly asked Amira to take her first.
"Big brother, what about you?"
"On the one hand, I want to keep you at bay for the pursuers, and on the other hand, I'm curious about who dragged them down. Squatting down and taking out a bunch of keys from the heavily armed robber, Zhu Peng said.
............
Holding the double sword in the shadows, he waited at the exit of the Jingxi Mine, until the time dragged on long enough to confirm that Amira had run far enough with the hostages, and then Zhu Peng opened the door of the Jingxi Mine with the key he had found, and quietly sneaked in.
However, Amira did not listen to Zhu Peng's words this time, but instead picked up the long sword of a dead archer after going out, forced it into Alvorsid's hand, and then ran with her in the direction where Lydia and Vanur were.
At this time, Ladia and Vanur were relying on their geographical advantages to fight against the spell traps that Zhu Peng had laid out earlier and the bandits who came out of the Jingxi camp.
Zhu Peng is wealthy, and he has never been stingy with spending money on his subordinates, and he also needs to practice the enchantment of this world, so the heavy armor of Lydia and Vanur is all enchanted with life bonuses, and Lydia's left hand shield has an ice resistance enchantment, which is specifically for the magic swordsman or wizard of this world.
These indigenous spellcasters used ice to suppress the already heavy armor warriors who were already heavily loaded, while Lydia's right-handed sword was enchanted with physical damage, slashing at the opponent even if it was blocked, it would drain part of the opponent's physical energy, which was not strong in direct damage, but created an excellent killing opportunity for his teammates.
Normally, two-handed weapon heavy warriors often choose ice enchantment on their own weapons when conditions permit, and at the same time, the ice enchantment can also reduce the opponent's physical strength and slow down the opponent's movement speed, which is more suitable for two-handed weapons to inflict heavy blows, but Zhu Peng considered that his orc apprentice Vanur often fights with the group, so he simply attached the flame enchantment to its heavy war hammer, which greatly increased the instantaneous attack power, and superimposed the high lethality of the two-handed heavy war hammer itself and even the violent effect of Vanuer, which can almost achieve the killing effect of one hammer, death when touched, and serious injuryγ
These two guys cooperate with each other, and with the assistance of the advantageous terrain and the spell trap arranged by Zhu Peng, although they are surrounded by many robbers in the Jingxi camp, they gradually gain the upper hand, and the robbers around are killed less and less, often any robber is stabbed by Lydia's long sword, and Vannur's flame hammer will smash it to the ground, instantly beating and killing.
Originally, the bandits in the camp of Jingxi were about to collapse in morale, at this time Amira suddenly killed with a bow, and the moment he appeared, he controlled the string to shoot the two robbers, and this time it completely became a strangulation battle, Ledia and Vanur took advantage of the situation to rush out of the defensive terrain, and cooperated with Amira to kill the remaining robbers one by one.
Amira's longbow enchantment is a panic technique, even if the robber who is shot is not seriously injured, once the will cannot be detected, running around, running around in this kind of terrain where Zhu Peng has arranged a spell trap in advance, it is almost different from running around in a minefield, how can there be no immortal.
At the same time, what Zhu Peng saw in the underground mine were dead bodies and corpses that had been drained of blood, and the hearts of some robbers were also taken out, and the whole scene was like a bloody terrorist slaughterhouse, full of traces of struggle and struggle.
(Dark?)
There is another exit inside this underground mine, and following the clues to get here, Zhu Peng found some black and red long hairs in the chaotic environment, which is the same as what was found on Amira's body.
(If it's just a robber, with the habits of vampires, it usually won't be so ugly, even if the vampires who come here are relatively weak, after they succeed, they won't be able to let go of those people outside with their greed, and these hairs, I haven't heard of any clan with immortal species that still have beast hair.) The words that Amira had said not long ago flashed through my mind: "I live with my aunt, who has a separate room in the Brothers-in-Arms group......"
"Ella, Farkas, Skoyue, no, if my inference is correct, there is a problem with the top of the entire comrade-in-arms group, otherwise how can they hide it from each other day and night?" Just as Zhu Peng deduced from the environment of the scene, the dark shadow of the vicious battle with the vampire in his mind gradually took shape, and there was a sudden sound of eager footsteps behind him.
Suddenly, his eyes were sharp and terrifying, but what he saw was Amira, Lydia, and Vanur who had rushed in, and even Alvosed, the target of this rescue, followed with an iron sword.
"What's the situation? Amira, didn't I order you to take the hostages back to Xueman?" At this moment, Zhu Peng's face was unusually unsightly, and when his subordinates no longer obeyed the leader's orders, it was also the beginning of the weakening of the team's combat effectiveness.
"But...... But I'm worried about you. β
"Therefore, you will not have any gains this time. After I went back, I doubled the time I spent practicing the bow, and I had enough time to fuck my leisure, which only showed that the exercises that were usually assigned to you were too easy. β
Returning to Xueman, this time it was generally a full return, the hostages were rescued without damage, and the robbers in the Jingxi camp who were not weak in strength were also exterminated, although the battle of the dark creatures affected them, but they did not touch the money in the camp, of course, it is also likely that there is no time to move.
Wind house, night.
When Zhu Peng walked out of the alchemy laboratory, he had already analyzed the composition of the two red and black beast hairs, which was indeed as he thought in his heart...... Werewolves, even belonging to the same person.
After the experiment, it was already late, Vanuer and Amira returned to the comrades-in-arms, and Lydia had already fallen asleep, after Zhu Peng returned to his bedroom, he saw the night breeze slowly, the silk curtain fluttering, and the starry sky outside was extremely beautiful, but his face suddenly changed.
slammed into the position where the silver long sword was placed next to the table, but with one claw, two shadows surrounded Zhu Peng's left and right, and one of them spoke:
"Are you looking for this? The first time you pounced on the only silver sword in the room, it seems that you really found something that you shouldn't have discovered. β
Knowing that all the weapons in his room had probably been put away, Zhu Peng secretly hated that he had been in the snow during this time, and he also subconsciously relaxed his vigilance, because the security and defense of this city were indeed very well arranged, and the lord of the snow man, Barguf, was a very strong and talented person.
"Don't pretend to be a ghost anymore, Fakass, Ella, and ...... Skoe Month. Speaking to the three figures in the room, Fakas, who was holding his silver sword, and Ella, who was slim, took a step forward, and the figure standing in the shadow in front of the window slowly turned around, but it was not Skoyue, but the strongest shield swordsman in the comrade group, Wilkas, this strong man who was almost the leader of the comrade group.
"It seems that you really are not our target, you really don't know anything about the state of Scorp. Wilcas said this, which made Zhu Peng stunned for a moment, and the next moment he reacted.
"Scott is dead because of the fight with the vampires?"
"It's not dead yet, but it's almost ...... The target of our original suspicion was you, a source of origin, a strange swordsmanship, and a mysterious ability. Ella showed a little sadness when she talked about Scoryue's near death, this strong woman was only silent for a while when she heard the news of her mother's death, which shows that the bonds between these people in the comrades-in-arms are indeed extremely deep.
β...... If I could, I'd like to meet Skoyue. When he said this, Zhu Peng paused, then he looked around and said: "You also think that my ability is mysterious, so why don't you try it? I may be able to get back the old life of Skoyue, even if I fail, it is ten times better to do it in the Warrior's House than here, do you really have enough confidence to besiege me without leaking?" Zhu Peng's words made the three people present stunned, and then they looked at each other.
This is a choice question with no choice at all, and the Citis in front of him is thinking about his side in almost every aspect, so that Ella, Wilcas and others have no room to refuse.
About twenty minutes later, in the darkness of night, Zhu Peng came to the side of the warrior's house in the faint encirclement of the three of them.
The comrades-in-arms of Snowman City have the best blacksmith and the best furnace in the entire Skyrim Province, the blacksmith is Elend Gray Temples, and the furnace is the Sky Furnace, producing a large number of extremely sophisticated equipment for the comrades-in-arms, among which the wolf armor suit has excellent defense that is not inferior to the steel heavy armor, but it is far lighter than the steel heavy armor, and it is a cost-effective warrior equipment.
But I'm afraid not many people know that under the famous Sky Furnace, there will be a hidden stone chamber, after Ella pushed open the rotating stone door, Zhu Peng strode in without hesitation, and then he saw Skoyue who was accompanied by other high-ranking members of the comrade group.
This somewhat bald warrior was already in his final position at this moment, and there was a claw mark on his chest that was highly condensed with blood, and the moment he saw this wound, Zhu Peng's pupils shrank suddenly.
"Will, Ella, what's the matter, what are you bringing Citis here?" Krako, the most prestigious member of the Brothers-in-Arms group, frowned and stood up, if Wilkas is the leader of the Young Zhuang faction of the Brothers-in-Arms, then Krako is the current boss, although he may not be as good as Wilcas to fight, but the prestige that the old man has accumulated over the years does not even have the mind to let Wilcas confront him, Wilkas regards the old man in front of him as a teacher, a pioneer, and even a life guide.
"I came of my own free will, and Mr. Skoyue also has some friendship with me, if I have the ability, it is not good to die without help. After speaking, Zhu Peng didn't wait for Krako's response, and walked straight to Skeyue's side to check his injuries. In fact, there is nothing to check, this kind of penetrating wound with an additional blood curse Zhu Peng has seen too much in the wizarding world...... For a while, the Chinese warriors will also fight with the dark clan.
"Take my bottle of medicine, and he has half a chance of living. Of course, I'm not asking you to choose, because if you don't accept it, he will die, and I think you can see that. Taking out a test tube containing a light red solution, Zhu Peng reached out and lifted the back of Si Keyue's neck slightly, and poured the potion into him.
After the entrance of the potion mixed with dragon blood, Skoyue's originally rather peaceful expression gradually became painful, and the wolf blood in his body was gradually boiling to repel the dragon's blood, which reactivated Skoyue's vitality in disguise, and at the same time, Zhu Peng reported the names of N herbs after a little examination, and instructed Farkass, Ella, and Wilcas to find, buy, and even rob.
(I can't imagine that there are other Advent people in this world besides me...... Bloodline, it's not good. While removing part of Si Keyue's muscle tissue, Zhu Peng's heart was also thinking.