Chapter 624: Mind Flayer
The priest began to chant and spread magic as soon as he was attacked, but due to the terrain, only a very small number of mercenaries could enjoy the blessing of the state.
Facing the kobold who pounced on him with blood-red eyes, Hu Taomei smiled, not afraid at all, and strode in front of the tunnel, slashing with a tomahawk.
Zira!
The axe slashed through the shoulder, chopping the first kobold in two, and blood sprayed the walls of the cave.
The mercenaries are all well-trained, blocking every fork in the road, and a few people are worried about Hu Tao and hurriedly run over to replace her, but the little Lori has already killed her.
"Isn't it?
Seeing that the little walnut pushed over like a chariot, blocking the kobold for more than ten meters, the mercenaries' mouths were wide open enough to stuff a watermelon.
"Hu Tao, be careful!"
Downton cast the Three Divine Spells, and the dazzling white light illuminated the dark cave walls, making them look sacred.
"Paladin, here!"
Seeing this scene, the nearby mercenaries hurriedly greeted them, and at the same time relieved that with a paladin by their side, their combat effectiveness and safety factor were at least improved by one notch.
If there is any profession that the races of the dark world hate the most, it must be the paladin, because the divine spells do them a lot of damage, and just seeing the light will stab their eyes that have adapted to the darkness.
Downton continued to cast spells, trying to take care of every mercenary on the front line, and he hadn't shouted tired yet, and the captain had already yelled to stop it.
"Alright, stop it, save some magic energy, these miscellaneous fish don't need you to cast spells with all your might. ”
The kobold is too weak to be worth wasting magic energy, otherwise it will be in trouble in case of a protracted battle, and the other mercenaries are also nodding, they don't know. These expenses are not even a dime a dozen for Downton.
"When you go out to fight, your magic energy must always be kept above sixty percent!"
The captain saw Downton and Sissi together, thinking that he was also a rookie, so he patiently explained.
"Okay!"
Downton was humbly taught.
Sissi couldn't help but laugh, but she had a new understanding of Downton's good temper. If it were replaced by other nobles, I am afraid that it would have been refuted long ago, after all, it hurts self-esteem to be despised very much.
With such a narrow terrain, the mages can't provide magical support, and if they are not careful, they will hurt their own people, but fortunately, the enemy is not strong, and even a little riot can not be caused.
"Don't be careless, play steady!"
The captains yelled as they beckoned the second echelon to get close. was about to change guards, but at the moment of retreating and changing positions, an invisible energy fluctuation hit like a tsunami.
Boom! Boom!
The psychic explosion swept through the tunnel, and the mercenaries who were affected were directly shocked in their hearts, as if they had been hit on the head by a battering ram, and they felt slightly dizzy.
The tactical movements of the first-line mercenaries immediately deformed, and the kobolds took the opportunity to charge, and the machetes fell on them.
"It's fine!"
This time, the people who came underground were all elites. Well-armed, kobolds can't break through the defenses with machetes. This reassured the captains a little, and they were just about to alert the team to the psychic detonation when the corpse on the ground suddenly exploded.
Boom! Boom!
The corpse explosion technique was activated, turning the kobold corpses piled up on the floor into human flesh bombs, although each one was not very powerful, but it was only at the war level. But there are not enough of them.
Broken flesh ~ body, internal organs, blood, bones and sticks flew around, smeared everywhere, and the mercenaries on the front line suddenly encountered a surprise attack and could no longer maintain the defensive line.
Also shrouded in the corpse blast are the kobolds. However, these guys were obviously affected by bloodlust, and even if they were injured, they didn't feel anything, and they stared at each other.
"Quick, build a defense!"
As soon as the captains finished shouting, the next wave of psychic explosions came, and even more troublesome was a group of sturdy gnolls pouring out of the tunnel.
Compared to kobolds, these are powerful parties, and they broke through the defense line in an instant and entered the team.
The only one who held the tunnel was Hu Tao, whose psychic blast was negligible to her, and with an ovoid shield on her body, she slashed at the gnoll and slashed out the corpse in a matter of moments.
Some gnolls ran over and attacked Walnut from behind.
"Get out of here!"
Downton waved the hand of the fire demon, opened and closed his moves, and forcibly pushed forward, to pick up little Lori.
The effect of the Bloodlust Technique is similar to the Aura of Rage, but its sequelae are too strict, and after being blessed, it will lose its mind, and the only thought left in his mind is to kill the life of the other side.
The effect of this spell is to turn the warrior into a murderer who is not afraid of death, and the evil casters of the dark camp are the favorite, even the worst cannon fodder, can consume a lot of the enemy's energy.
"It's mad dog tactics again!" Homer reminded, "Be careful, the other party's commander is very powerful, and there are dragon-slaying warlocks!"
After paralyzing the opponent with kobolds and piling up enough corpses, the simultaneous use of Psychic Shock and Corpse Blast, supplemented by powerful gnolls, is enough to open a line of defense and enter a chaotic battle.
Even if the Miami Heat and Boston Red Sox are well-trained, they will fall into a decline if they suddenly encounter this tactic, there is no way, there are too many tunnel mouths and too scattered, and the terrain is narrow, and it is impossible to establish a second line of defense in time.
This is still thanks to the mercenaries' Su zhì is good, if it is replaced by an ordinary team, the first wave of attacks will not be able to stop.
In the tunnel, there is not much room for flickering and maneuvering, it is completely a hard-fought fight, and this kind of battle is Downton's favorite.
Each swing of the hammer not only brings out an orange-red streamer, but also knocks a corpse away, and the sound of broken bones sounds terrifying.
The enemies are equipped with wizards' eyes to observe the battle, including Downton, and the battle highlights are all taken care of by a wave of psychic explosions.
Downton staggered a few steps and was stabbed a few times by the gnoll, but he was wearing a dark cloud snow leather armor, and the opponent could not break the defense.
The mercenaries blocked the enemy's attack and were about to deploy their defenses, when the corpse explosion technique came just right again.
Boom! Boom!
Many people were knocked to the ground by the shock wave, and the scene was a little chaotic.
Hu Tao was like a meat grinder, killing more than thirty meters, and the tunnel behind him was completed and turned into a flesh corridor, and the blood demon meat sauce was piled up to the calves.
"Huh, it's empty?"
After beating the two unlucky eggs, Hu Tao suddenly noticed that there were no more gnolls in front of him. A few dozen meters away, stood a humanoid creature with a staff.
"Discover the Big Target!"
As soon as Hu Tao was happy, he couldn't wait to charge.
"Hu Tao is back, that's the Mind Flayer!"
Homer yells that the Mind Flayer is a natural spellcaster with a gift for Mind Blast. Known for its cunning and cunning, how could it be that it stood alone in front of its enemies? Thinking on its knees, you could know that the tunnels next to it must be full of melee combat.
"This guy is so ugly, like a big octopus!"
Hu Tao didn't dare to disobey his mentor, and obediently retreated.
The adult Mind Flayer is about 1.8 meters tall, very thin, and can't hold a slightly heavier sword except for a staff.
Their skin is light purple and cold to the eye. It's like snakeskin, and there's also a slimy, reflective slime.
The Mind Flayer has no pupils, only two milky eyes, and its most notable feature is four octopus-like tentacles near its mouth.
Their favorite thing to do is tear open the heads of their enemies and taste their brains.
"Priest, prepare to disperse!"
The captains also saw the Mind Flayer and yelled in anger.
Mind Flayer, as the name suggests. He is best at spiritual magic, except for the mental explosion that can make people go into cardiac arrest and die of fear. They can also manipulate the brains of their enemies to enslave them.
The Heart-Snatching spell is not like the Mind Blast, which can ignore the terrain and hit the heart directly, otherwise it will come when the war starts, and the team will be absolutely chaotic.
The Mind Flayer struck, and a purple aura fell on Hu Tao.
Little Lori paused, and continued to run as if nothing happened. Don't look at Hu Tao's simplicity, but her soul power is not weak, if you want to control her, don't think about the heart snatcher of the dragon slaying level.
Several mercenaries were charged, albeit reluctantly. However, the movements of his hands were not slow at all, and he swung his sword at his companion.
"Stun them!"
After all, it is a veteran mercenary group that has been in the mix for many years, and it already has a lot of experience in dealing with it, otherwise it would be absolutely chaotic to replace it with someone else.
"Just keep killing?"
The shape shì steadied, and Sissi watched the successive jackals fall in a pool of blood, very uncomfortable with this one-sided slaughter.
"Of course!"
The captains don't have any mercy, and at this time, they are soft-handed, and they are their own people who die.
Smaug wasn't stupid, so he set up a tribe of Mind Flayers here, which, though small in number, was quite difficult.
It's okay to kill some lonely adventurers by relying on kobolds and jackals living in the tunnels, but it won't work if you run into an adventure party.
For the Mind Flayer, these inferior races are cannon fodder, after blessing the bloodthirsty technique, let them rush into battle, and they don't feel distressed when they die, it's a big deal to catch them again, the high fertility rate of these two races is terrifying, and it can be regarded as waste utilization.
The high-ranking gnolls have finally appeared, their armor and weapons are better, and their lethality has increased dramatically, especially those that have been specially selected and stained with dragon blood.
The mercenaries suffered casualties, but the situation was still under control.
"Shoot those Mind Flayers!"
The captain asked the crossbowmen to perform long-range suppression, but did not lead the charge for fear of traps.
Gnolls are not orcs, because apart from the occasional upright walk, they have no humanoid features at all, not to mention the hair all over their bodies, and a wolf head, a huge wolf snout and fangs that look extremely ferocious.
These guys are omnivorous and eat everything, and Downton saw that a few of them actually picked up the hearts that fell to the ground and stuffed them directly into their mouths to chew.
"Don't worry, it's just a school of miscellaneous fish, and it won't make the climate!"
Du Pont comforted Sissi, and as she spoke, there was a cheer from the front, and it was the master of the mercenary group who went out and cut off the head of the Mind Flayer who led the team.
After Downton smashed the sternum of a high-ranking gnoll, he found that the enemy had retreated like a tidal wave.
"Heal the wounded, collect the corpses, and move on!"
Orders were handed down layer by layer, and it was more dangerous to stay in the tunnel for one more second, and everyone didn't even clean the battlefield, and after picking up the wounded, they set off.
Downton casts the Wind of Healing, healing nearby mercenaries. (To be continued......)