Chapter Twenty-Six: Encounter with the Adventure Party
In less than a second, as his right foot stepped on the ground, Downton's eyes snapped into the sudden sunlight, and he couldn't help but close his eyelids.
Unlike the dark environment of the dungeon, the town of Raven Ridge is bathed in the summer sun, and although it is still tattered and rotten, it has a slight hint of warmth.
"Four, on alert!"
Downton commanded the ghoul to stand in front of him, his left hand covering his eyes, and a slit opened.
In the hallway, there was silence, and the sunlight filtered through the rotten roof, leaving pillars of light, and particles of dust could be clearly seen tumbling and rolling.
"Get out of the way!"
Following Downton's order, Four took the lead, rushed down the stairs, out of the inn, and made a quick run out of town.
Downton followed, and for ease of movement, he and Number Four were both dressed in leather armor, and the torn dragon teeth were also put into the war space, carrying a Roman short sword.
As long as he doesn't run into the ghoul who seems to be the lord, Downton is almost safe, and the teenager who used to have a high chance of dying against ordinary ghouls has now become a trash fish killer.
Enjoying the warm summer breeze and looking at the low bushes, Downton had a feeling of leaping from the sea to the fish.
At the entrance of the town, a wandering ghoul saw Downton and immediately pounced on him like a mad dog that had been hungry for months.
Downton leaned forward and accelerated in a few big strides, leaving Number Four behind, and then a giant jumped, soared high into the air, and rushed directly through the distance of ten meters.
With his right short sword raised, Downton slashed down at the ghoul's head with the momentum of his body falling.
Giant Slash!
Zira, the ghoul was like a piece of cream cut by a hot dinner knife, and his whole body was split into two without any suspense.
"Four, forward!"
Downton didn't even look at the dismembered ghoul, and waved his right hand forward, like a hurricane, and continued to rush at a rapid speed!
Digging through the rotting soil with its claws, the maggot-eating crow was alarmed, flapped its wings, and fluttered into the sky, a series of noises, as if cursing Downton.
Nearly two-thirds of the way through, Downton didn't see a single ghoul, and instead of slackening, he became more cautious.
"So quiet? Seems so abnormal!"
Taking advantage of the time to rest in his slow walk, Downton took out the Grimome and wrote and asked.
"Be careful, there's no big mistake!" Homer projected the text, "When you have the chance, buy some detective magic accessories, it will make your situation a lot safer." ”
"Let's buy a horse first, it's a waste of time. Downton thought about the gold coins in his purse and laughed happily, "Orleans Highland horses, I'm coming!"
"Sure enough, it's a common man, look at your little bit of life, barren as a goblin!"
"Then buy a Francia thoroughbred, I heard that they still have a trace of wurm liliang in their blood, and they can travel thousands of miles a day!" Downton was ruthless, "If you can't do it, come to the Plantagenet Unicorn!"
"What a shallow, ignorant, and unseen commoner, I must give you popular science knowledge, otherwise it will be a shame on my Lord Homer!" Homer hates that iron is not made of steel, "When you are stronger, I will teach you to set up a summoning array, and when the time comes, catch a pure-blooded scorching nightmare from the demon abyss!"
"When?" Downton's eyes lit up, and as for Homer's common people, he ignored them.
Homer didn't really look down on Downton, that commoner was just a mouth-fetish, even if a High Elf stood in front of it, it would still be called a commoner.
"Talk about it when you reach the war level, otherwise with your strength of the five scum of battle, you will definitely become fodder for nightmares!" Homer saw that Downton was a little excited, and added, "You can't be idle during this time, you have to collect summoning materials, the kind of soul seal that is relatively complete, at least five hundred are prepared, and the quality is even better!"
"Five hundred, doesn't that mean you have to kill five hundred low-level ghouls? just by looking at the materials needed for this summoning, you know that that the scorching nightmare must be very powerful. ”
Downton's eyes were immediately full of anticipation, and little Grandet was nothing more than a highland horse, so he was arrogant, and often rode it around in front of him, deliberately showing off.
When the time comes, we will ride on the nightmare, and he will definitely be so embarrassed that he will never dare to appear in front of him again.
A sudden scream interrupted Downton's dream, and he listened intently as the faint sound of a fight came with the breeze.
"Someone is in trouble!" Downton did not hesitate, and immediately rushed in the direction of the voice, and could help.
Homer doesn't comment on Downton's behavior, and she won't stop it, as a man, you should have your own judgment.
On the rotting soil, a horde of ghouls is frantically besieging an adventuring party.
The battle was precarious, three members of the regiment had already fallen, and a dozen ghouls surrounded them with ferocious bites, causing them to let out a heart-wrenching wail.
A knight wrapped in light armor roared in rage, holding a shield in his left hand and a one-handed sword three fingers wide in his right hand, repeatedly trying to break through the ghoul siege and rescue three seriously wounded regiments, but if he cut down an undead spirit, more would come up to him.
"Hamlet, leave them alone, and rush out first while you still have the strength!"
A warrior in red armor next to him anxiously urged, and a distracted one was grabbed by the claw of a ghoul on the arm, bringing out a flash of sparks.
"You madman, if you hadn't taken them with you, we wouldn't have been overtaken by the ghouls!" a female knight who had exhausted her magic energy struggled to hold on, and her face was full of tears in her face.
An archer, pale-faced from excessive blood loss, tried to speak, but coughed incessantly and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The archer had several deep scratches on his chest, and if it weren't for the knight's healing magic, he would have died.
"They can't be left behind. Knight Hamlet disagrees, "If you hold on, you can kill all these ghouls!"
"Leave him alone, let's go, this morally obsessed guy won't leave them. "Among the three of them, there is still a female magician with a magic staff, but her magic energy is also exhausted, and she can't help at all, and she has to let others protect her.
The young men, all seventeen or eighteen years old, had heard that there were burials under Raven Ridge, so they formed a group of twelve people to explore.
The initial progress went well, killing ghouls, collecting souls, and picking potions by the way, but as they approached the edge of the center of Raven Ridge, their companion in charge of reconnaissance accidentally attracted an elite ghoul.
The sorceress who was the head of the group knew the strength of the team and immediately commanded the retreat, but the ghouls chased too closely, and these undead who already had low intelligence also knew how to call their companions through shouting.
Escaping here, although he desperately killed the high-level ghouls, the entire adventure party also reached the point of running out of ammunition and food.
Although the female magician is a war rank, she has even used up the magic potions and magic stones she carries, and she is powerless to do anything about it.
"It's all your fault, everyone is going to be killed by you!" Under the pressure of death, the female knight, covered in blood, lost her cool and roared at Hamlet.
The others also blamed Harley, if this guy hadn't insisted on taking his injured companion with him, slowing everyone down, and would have escaped.
"They're companions, don't leave them behind!" Hamlet pleaded, wielding his one-handed sword, a little golden light spilling out from the tip of the sword, expanding into an aura that enveloped the five of them.
This is a divine technique, a self-healing aura, which, after blessing, can slowly heal wounds.
"I'm still not ruthless enough, otherwise I wouldn't be on the verge of annihilation. The sorceress glanced at the three companions who were dying under the gnaul's gnaw, and decisively ordered, "Let's go, Harley, if you die unrepentant, leave the queen behind!"
The red-armored warrior and the female knight immediately followed in the footsteps of the sorceress, and the archers tried to follow, but their legs were weak, and after taking a few steps, they fell to the ground.
"Don't leave me behind!" the archer pleaded hoarsely as he looked at the three men who wanted to leave.
The sorceress turned a deaf ear, but she still couldn't leave, and hundreds of ghouls surrounded them, attacking wildly, blocking all paths.
"It's all your bad bad guy, we're going to die, do you know it, we're going to die!" the archer saw the knight retreat in front of him, and immediately whipped him in the shin with a longbow.
The archers are already desperate, so many ghouls, everyone is injured and empty, how can they escape?
"It's going to be fine, trust me!" Hamlet was not angry, nor did he give up, and his face under the winged helmet was still unwavering.
"I've repented all my life, and I'm teaming up with you, a moral fetish. The red-armored warrior cursed, eager to slash Harley with a single sword.
When Downton appeared, the group was in the most dangerous situation.
"Save them!" Downton is not a cold-blooded man, even if it is dangerous, he has to try.
"Be careful, there are twenty-six low-level ghouls. Homer pointed to the monsters that needed attention, opened up the war space, and handed the torn dragon tooth to Four.
"Someone is coming, help us!" The female knight, who was already desperate, suddenly saw two figures rushing towards her in the distance, and immediately seemed to hold on to a life-saving straw, shouting at the top of her voice, and her vocal cords were almost torn.
Downton rushed into a hundred yards, raised his hand directly, and a golden halo erupted from his fingertips.
Well, the golden light appeared above Hamlet's head like sea sand, and then sprinkled on his body, and Liliang immediately filled his tired body.
Downton waved his hand continuously, giving them the blessing of brilliance, one hundred yards, which was the limit of his divine spell casting range, and only when he was promoted to the war rank would the range increase again.
"There is salvation, it is Hercules liliang brilliance. The red-armored warrior felt the liliang gushing out of his body, and his spirit immediately perked up.
"You have a hole in your brains, concentrate your firepower, attack a little, and break through the encirclement. Downton yelled, and this sound made several ghouls on the periphery stare at him and pounce.
"Four!"
Downton blessed himself with liliang brilliance, took the tomahawk, and the four, under the command, also immediately pushed to the front.
"It's this bastard who won't go. The knight seemed to have found a place to vent and whined loudly.