Chapter 40: Escape (2)
"Be careful, don't let their claws touch. Faust issued another warning.
Reinhardt swallowed, "I should have listened to you, Mr. Faustus. ”
Faust was attached to the ceiling, and his vision was much better than the others, because he automatically took on the responsibility of reconnaissance, and he aimed his two eyes at the two lines of defense of the tunnel, keeping a firm eye on the movement of the zombies.
"Gaunt, there's one coming from the front left, get ready!" Faust is very fond of leading others, and he is also keen to be a good leader, "Reinhardt, the zombie army is pressing up, don't get entangled with one of them!"
Gaunt and Reinhardt were both experienced adventurers, and at such junctures, they did not think to refute Faust, but scrupulously carried out his orders.
Gaunt thought for a moment, put the two big axes aside, and took off the slings hanging from his waist, "Taste this, stinky zombie!"
In addition to holding heavy weapons and punching hard, barbarians are also good at using slings, but unfortunately in the previous battle against Kuaza, slings were basically useless, and zombies, poor low-IQ undead with low dodge, happened to be the best target for this kind of medium-range throwing weapon.
"Drink!" Gaunt rounded the sling, and the loaded ammunition on it made a beautiful arc and smashed it on the head of the zombie that had just shown its head. The ammunition hit the zombie's head, as if the egg had hit a stone, and it broke instantly, but Gaunt was not in a hurry, but instead showed a cruel smile, "Burn it!"
As if in response to Gaunt's words, a bright yellow flame instantly ignited on the zombie's head, and the flames spread rapidly, and soon covered the entire upper body of the zombie.
Watching the zombies keep slapping their claws on their bodies, trying to extinguish the flames in vain, Gaunt let out a smug laugh.
But his pride didn't last long before he was doused with a basin of cold water from Faust, "Don't laugh, Gaunt, there are more zombies coming over there!"
Gaunt's tactics inspired Faust, who commanded from the ceiling, "Brother Hama, support Reinhardt and channel positive energy to zombies!" Zombies naturally have their weaknesses, even if these zombies are surprisingly strong in attack.
As a kind of undead, zombies have the exact opposite characteristics of ordinary creatures, generally speaking, creatures can be healed by positive energy, negative energy can only bring damage, and in the undead, it is negative energy that provides healing, and positive energy inflicts pain, specifically this corpse dried under good ventilation in the maze, flame is also an excellent weapon.
The old toad Hama was like a dream, and as soon as Faust reminded him, he thought that he could still do such a thing, and he barely concentrated and recited the scriptures of Regba, and white light gathered between his arms.
"Woooooo
"Zizizi~~" The positive energy fell on the zombie's body, as if a spark fell on the paper, and the zombie's body was burned out of small holes in an instant, and the effect was a little better than Gaunt's incendiary bomb.
"Annabella, can you try to control the zombies?" Faust was very curious about the spells of this world, and if he could, he would like to study them carefully, although this is not the time to calm down and study, but he can try the effect.
"I ...... I'll try!" Annabella didn't finish her sentence, she chanted the incantation, and a green aura quickly swirled and spread from the head of her staff.
The walls and ceilings of this labyrinth were already spreading the roots of the plants on the ground, and at this moment they were stimulated by the green aura, and these roots quickly expanded and deftly wrapped around the bodies of the zombies.
These roots effectively reduce the speed of zombies. Although they are not tough and can easily tear through them with zombie claws, they are flexible and numerous, and zombies' stiff joints cannot easily tear off all the roots.
This spell is similar to Faust's astral entanglement against Kuaza, but it is also inherently different, this move focuses more on range and flexibility, and the strength of a single tentacle is far inferior to that of astral entanglement.
Faust sticks to the ceiling, which is the place where the root system grows, and a large number of plant roots extend down, causing narrow cracks in the ceiling, and even mud leaking down. Fortunately, the labyrinth was built to a very good quality and there were no landslides.
Faust was not surprised by the appearance of these cracks, which even overshadowed the unhappiness of his body being pierced by several roots—with which he could be "squeezed" out in astral form, although it was difficult, but not impossible.
However, Faust doesn't intend to abandon these teammates just like that - they are now useful to Faust.
"We can't just be trapped here!Professor Pacian, which side is closest to the exit?" Faust, who had a way out, began to try to save his temporary men.
"I ...... Let me see. The professor trembled and spread out the map, his fingers gracing over it, "This ...... This way, the direction we're coming from!"
"Okay! Shrink the formation, let's fight and go!" Faust couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, as if he was commanding a desperate army to break through, which was one of his childhood dreams.
Professor Pacien is fully into character, "Go ahead, turn right at the first intersection!"
Faust squirmed on the ceiling, keeping himself directly above the line while directing the men below to fight.
"Gaunt, Molotov cocktails save some money! how many do you have?" Faust accused Gaunt of his wasteful behavior.
"Enough, man. Gaunt's answer was short and forceful - he didn't have the energy to talk a lot of nonsense right now, and although Annabella kept unleashing spells that stimulated the growth of roots, the zombies were able to overwhelm them with sheer numbers.
"Gaunt, stand back!" Faust warned, and the strong energy converged to make a sound that seemed to absorb water, "I'm going to 'break off'!"
An invisible beam of vibration slammed into the cracked ceiling, and when the two came into contact, the ray did not disappear, but was swept back and forth at Faust's command.
"Boom!" Finally, the overwhelmed roof of the cave collapsed, cutting off the way for the zombies behind them.
Faust was not willing to stick to the roof of the cave and direct others to fight, and when his own safety was guaranteed, he could be called very belligerent.
Faust's "sonic rays" shook down a section of the tunnel that had been broken by the roots, and it can almost be said that it created the greatest result since the beginning of the war.
"Ahem, ahem...... The collapsed rocks and dirt almost clinged to Gaunt's face, and the dirt even buried up to Gaunt's ankle, "Man, next time you have such a big scene, can you remind me?"
Faust enjoyed his complaints, and he shouted, "All members!att~~~ack!"
"What do you mean?" everyone asked in unison!
"All hands assault!"