Chapter XXIV: The Hunter and the Prey
"Is Captain Harry here?" Wood came to the base of the Seven Colored Bone Flower. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Yes, come in if you have something. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Afei walk out.
He glanced at the guard and motioned to open the door.
Wood was not polite either, and walked in directly, and then followed Alfie to Harry.
"I'm going to the dungeon in a few days, so I want to meet with Head Harry first. ”
Ah Fei, who was walking in front, nodded: "There have been a lot of things lately, happy and unhappy." ”
Wood also let out a soft "um" after that, and he had been listening to the names below the other day.
As they spoke, the two came to the center of the base, and as soon as they pushed open the door and walked in, they saw Harry and several team managers discussing something.
Harry saw Wood, smiled slightly tiredly, and gestured to the table and chair next to him.
"Wait a minute, something's going on. ”
Wood gave an understanding smile and sat down in his chair.
He is an outsider who is not very suitable for mixing and the internal affairs of the seven-colored bone flower.
"In addition to giving each family a box of golden hedrons, also, buy a house in this area......" Harry kept giving orders with a map of Kiel City.
Wood understands that the adventure party has a responsibility and obligation to settle the families of those who have died in battle, or at least to let them live happily without worrying about food and clothing.
If you have children, try to give them the freedom to choose their own path as adults.
Whether it is becoming an adventurer like a father (mother) and experiencing countless ups and downs, life and death. Or just start a side career and spend this life plainly.
As the sun was about to set, the group of team executives finally settled the matter, and a somewhat thirsty Harry took a sip of water and sat down across from Wood.
"It's been a long time, but it looks a lot more mature. Harry understands that this kind of maturity is only found by those who have kissed death.
Wood smiled and stretched out his hand: "Congratulations, successfully passed the fifth stage." ”
He understands that in less than a year, they have all been through a lot.
Harry shook his hand and continued, "Why don't you join the Seven Colored Bone Flower, our team is short of fresh blood." And with the passes for the fourth and fifth stages, you won't experience so many dangers either. ”
The so-called pass refers to the highest level of clearance by the leader of the adventure party.
For example, if the current seven-colored bone flower has passed the fifth stage, then all the team members will be much less difficult and dangerous when they team up to pass the fourth and fifth stages.
This kind of rule can ensure that each team's attack team can have fresh blood enter, and it is also one of the places where large teams attract adventurers.
However, there are two restrictions, one is that the leader must pass this stage in this adventure party, for example, if you have already passed the fifth stage when you create a team, then you will not be able to get a pass.
Second, after the head of the regiment leaves, even if the successor also passes the fifth stage, but not the first batch, the pass will be canceled.
Wood had already decided on the future, shook his head and smiled and rejected the offer: "Thanks, but my friends and I have decided to form an adventure party ourselves in the future." ”
Harry was not surprised by this, and after a moment's thought, asked, "Is it in Kiel City?"
Wood nodded, "Yes, I love the city. ”
Then he said: "I came today to see you, by the way, because the next step is the final sprint of the second stage." ”
Harry mentally counted the time, and then said appreciatively, "It's going fast. ”
Wood knows that when you should be proud, you should be proud, and if you are too modest, you will lose your sharpness.
A little smug smiled: "That's, after all, we are the most powerful newcomers in Kiel City, and we must not be ashamed." ”
"Do you know the information about the last two bosses?" "By now, Harry already knows what this little imp is going to do when he comes to him, after all, he has done this kind of thing before.
Wood understood that he had seen through it, and immediately turned from smug to slightly embarrassed, scratching his head embarrassedly.
But he doesn't think he's going to lose to anyone!
"Well, Brother Harry, you see the information about the ninety floors of Hodik, am I right......"
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In the middle of the night, Harry sent Wood out of the base.
Seeing the moonlight, Wood suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said, "Charlotte has come to look for you." ”
The corners of Harry's mouth twitched a little when he heard the name, obviously not wanting to hear the woman's name.
Wood is still smiling, it seems that Charlotte's popularity is really not very good.
He patted Harry on the shoulder, and disappeared into the night.
Harry, who was standing at the gate of the base, looked at the moon with some emotion.
Today's young people are much stronger than they were at the beginning.
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When Wood returned home, he didn't crave a lingering relationship with Betty, but wrote the information he had gathered in the room.
The ninety-tiered undead skeleton Hordik will not take the initiative to fight adventurers, but will issue a trial mission, which can be passed after completion.
Theoretically, this level is not very difficult, but Wood still does not dare to be careless, after all, there is a lesson from the Flame Witch.
And he had a bad premonition in his heart, so he specially put a red question mark on this boss.
The boss of the final level is said to be the toughest warrior selected by the gods from the entire continent, and this will probably be the toughest battle their squad has ever had.
Thinking of the goblin who rode the dragon in the first stage, he hesitated for a moment, but he still wrote a red S on the information of this boss.
Wood finished writing four identical documents, then went to take a shower, and just came out to see Betty walking up in her pajamas.
hugged the brother who had just finished taking a bath, and then took the initiative to start kissing, and the little girl was going to be the one who took the initiative tonight.
Wood laughed a little, and the fire in his heart was hooked, and he directly untied Betty's clothes.
He couldn't resist the temptation.
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After some time.
Under the blue sky, a few small birds frolicked and flew over a gorgeous city.
"Oh my God, the portal is in this city. Maika looked at the guards and felt that none of them were vegetarians.
"After all, it's the last level before the ninetieth floor. Wood brought out the morning light.
Now the dawn has been evolved by his ability, and the body of the spear has become like a golden cast, and it looks very gorgeous in the sunlight.
Rifles that have reached the pinnacle of excellence not only greatly increase their power, but also contain more magical power.
Wood probed the guard's abilities, and then said to his companions with a solemn face, "The guards are good. ”
Klaus nodded, and then thought of the two days in a row, and everyone was a little tired: "Let's rest here today." ”
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At night, a group of merchants walked out onto the avenue, and the guards watched the forest on either side with great vigilance.
Experienced people understand that both thieves and invaders like to go out at night.
In fact, they also proposed to set off during the day, but who told the caravan master to fall into the eye of money.
Suddenly, a fireball struck, and the guard standing at the front shouted a shout to his companion.
"Enemy attack! It's the invaders!"
After shouting this, he used his shield to block the fireball, and just as he tried to find out where the attacker was, one of his companions fell silently.
His companion fell to the ground, his eyes full of will to survive, but he could no longer speak, his throat had been cut, and blood was constantly spurting.
"Priest, Priest!" The escort at the front was obviously the captain, and hurriedly began to command his companions: "Mage, hurry up and prepare spells to mark the enemy's location!
Another companion had his throat slit in the night, and the captain of the guard closed his eyes, and now he could not stop because of the death of his companion.
Suddenly, a poisonous mist rose and began to surround them, and the captain did not panic at all and shouted: "First mask your face, then the priest disperses the poisonous fog!"
Obviously experienced, Wood could sense that the captain should have been a soldier before, and had been on the battlefield.
He was also covered and rushed into the poisonous mist.
Open your eyes and count the number of enemies, a dozen or so guards, three mages, a priest, and a few ordinary people who have no combat power.
In less than a second, the killing method was formulated, and it fell on the head of one of the guards in the poisonous mist, stabbing from the top of the head, and killing with a single blow.
Even though the guards didn't shout, the captain noticed that something was wrong, and quickly switched places with his companions and went to Wood.
Wood didn't stop, and after killing the guard, a hole appeared in the protective circle, and he rushed towards the mage group in the center.
The captain of the guard ran fast, but couldn't catch up with Wood.
Wood stretched out his dagger, not hiding, intending to kill the mages from the front.
The mage was a little flustered when he saw the bloodthirsty killer, but his heart was relieved when he saw the captain approaching rapidly in the rear.
As long as the magic shield resists for a while, then the captain who arrives will tear the killer apart.
Wood stretched out his dagger and stabbed it at the nearest mage.
But the mage was still smiling, and he already felt that the victory was in his hands.
"Poof. The voice was soft, and it made the mage's smile freeze.
Why, this dagger can be pierced in, and the shield is not damaged......
Wood didn't have time to answer, the dagger slid out, and the mage's head and body split in half.
Then he leaped forward a short distance with a slight force of his legs, dodging the greatsword that slashed at him behind him.
At this time, the captain of the guard, his eyes bloodshot, he was going to slaughter this assassin.
Wood adjusted his center of gravity in the air, landed on one foot, turned slightly to adjust his direction, and rushed towards the other two mages who were fleeing.
The acceleration effect of the dagger after hunting the prey, combined with Wood's own speed, was not at all something that a mage could run, and another dagger ignored the spell shield and pierced the mage's robes.
With a slight turn, he pulled out the dagger again, and the blood splattered on Wood's body, and the scarlet eyes made him look like a grim reaper.
But to these mages, he is more terrifying than death.
Lock on to the last mage, jump slightly, and take away this prey the moment it is ready to fall.
"Bell!" The falling dagger was blocked by a priest's staff.
The priestess who had just cleared the poisonous fog was very clever and rushed to the rescue, knowing that she could no longer let this killer run wild.
"Hurry up and run, find a safe place to mark those guys!" he said to his fellow mage who was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
The mage quickly got up and began to run away.
Wood didn't hesitate to be blocked, and with the same dagger in his other hand, he stabbed the priestess in the thigh and then instilled the magic.
"Radiance!" the priest understood that something was wrong, and shouted to unleash one of the priest's few attack skills.
A ball of light emerges from the tip of the priest's staff and flies towards Wood.
Wood, with a natural aversion and fear of such things, let go of the dagger in the priest's thigh, and then used his speed to avoid the ball of light.
At this time, the captain of the guard also came over and slashed Wood with killing intent.
As a killer, Wood naturally didn't entangle with these people too much, and the other guards on the side also rushed over.
Take out the morning light and shoot a fiery bullet into the starry sky.
During the plan, they discussed firing flares if things didn't go right, and Maika would use illusions to help Wood escape.
Casting illusions on such a large group of people, Maika didn't last long, a few seconds at most, but it was enough for Wood.
In the eyes of the group, Wood had been impaled by their spears or greatswords, and let out a shout of triumph.
The priestess felt something was wrong when she just fell into the illusion, and quickly used a clarity technique on herself and woke up.
But she had barely sobered up, and before she could alert her companions, she saw the killer begin to pursue the mage again.
Her companion was addicted to a fantasy, and she couldn't help it as a priest.
As soon as he pulled out the dagger stuck in his leg, anxiously waiting for the clarity to cool down, the captain of the guard came to his senses on his own.
For her, hope came again.
Wood had already caught up with the mage and was ready to hunt again, but the captain of the guard felt that his speed could not catch up, so he threw the giant sword in his hand and flew towards Wood.
Wood pursed his lips as the dagger flew out in his hand, piercing the runner's calf.
Let the mage lose the ability to run first, then dodge the sword sideways, and once again take out the dagger to understand the poor mage.
The mage regiment was wiped out without being able to mark the enemy.
This killer is too strong.
Wood drew his two daggers and glanced back at the enraged captain of the Guard, before reintegrating with the darkness.
His mission has been accomplished, and the next step is to hand it over to his companions.
A few more fireballs flew out of nowhere, and several guards struggled to resist, but one of them failed to hold it and was engulfed in flames.
The priestess tried to save it, but the healing technique was still cooling, and tears fell.
Wood, who was in the shadows, saw this scene and felt a little touched in his heart, he still couldn't be completely hard-hearted, but his eyes didn't close.
It is sinful for you to kill people who have nothing to do with it.
It is even more cowardly for you to close your eyes and cover your ears when you kill, thinking that you will not be condemned by your conscience.
Since you have killed someone, you have to bear this sin.
One day in the future, you will become the prey of others and usher in the final judgment, just like those who have fallen now.
These are Wood's thoughts right now.
Klaus was still releasing relatively rudimentary fireballs and ice arrows, etc., and he didn't dare to attack with powerful area magic, in case the caravan was also swallowed by magic, then their plan would be aborted.
Pity him, this mage's specialty is range magic, but what can be done, grind.
Maika and Wood were also helping, taking away a prey from time to time, until finally, the only thing left on the avenue was the captain of the guard and the priestess.
With a sad look on his face, the captain of the guard clasped the priestess's hand and looked at the invaders who had finally come out of the shadows.
Wood looked at his clasped hands, sighed, and said, "We can give you a chance to live." ”
After listening to this, the captain of the guard looked at the priestess for a while, as if discussing something silently.
Finally, he raised his greatsword and charged at the invaders.
The priestess was in tears, but her hands did not stop, and various states blessed the captain of the guard.
The warrior giant sword shrouded in holy light swung down, and Rebecca took out a giant shield to block it, and Maika blessed and imprisoned it.
Wood went around the back and swung his dagger at the warrior's neck, taking the heroic life with him.
Blood stained the shield, and the warrior's sword fell to the ground along with his body, lifeless.
The priestess looked at the corpse, said something, then picked up a sword from her companion's corpse and learned about her own life.
She was afraid of being insulted by this horde of hateful invaders before she died.
The wind gently blew the leaves down and fell into the pool of blood that gradually spread, adding to the sadness.
"Bury them together. Rebecca looked at the priestess's face with tears in her eyes.
The other three male companions nodded, and Wood looked at the dagger still dripping with blood in his hand, and did not speak for a long time.
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At this time, Maika sat down kindly next to the pot-bellied merchant and patted the merchant on the shoulder slightly.
The merchant seemed to feel something, and a cold sweat flowed down.
"Don't be like this, calm down, otherwise you will be seen through, and it will not be good for anyone. Maika "reminded" with a smile.
Arriving at the gate, the guards at the gate, who clearly knew the merchant's car, showed a look of disgust.
Young people hate these mercenary businessmen the most.
When I paid the entrance fee, I specially charged a little more, but I didn't expect this guy who slammed the door to agree.
The two guards looked at each other and sensed something was wrong.
Maika frowned inside, he felt that this businessman's acting skills were not half as good as the little mouse at the beginning.
The atmosphere was slightly stiff, and Wood had secretly hidden the dagger in his hand.
As long as the guards raised their spears or told them to investigate, Wood had no choice but to force them or kill them and escape.
This is the worst-case scenario.
At this moment, a clearly drunk captain of the guard walked out.
When the two guards saw the captain, they hurriedly stepped forward and whispered something in their ears.
The captain of the guard nodded, and was about to speak when a man got out of the carriage.
Maika took a small bag and handed it to the captain without moving, and whispered something in his ear.
"My lord, this time we have brought some special "goods", you see......"
The captain of the guard held the heavy pouch, a smile appeared on his drunken face, and he looked at Maika with appreciative eyes.
If every merchant had been so clever, he would have made a fortune long ago.
"Clear!" shouted to the two young guards, and walked back in.
He wondered in his heart what to do with this heavy amount of gold.
The two guards hesitated, but they still chose to let them go unwillingly, and they could only obey the orders of their superiors.
In this way, the caravan slowly drove into this majestic city......