It is a natural description of the deception concept of the two brothers, One-Eyed and Crooked-Mouth, and illusion is an important means for them to complete the connection between the various links in the entire chain of deception.

After receiving orders from the dragon Pasha, the two guys tried their best to show off their skills in front of the new boss, and devised a deception plan that was linked one by one.

First of all, and the most difficult part, they had been planning for a long time before, and finally waited for the sand bandit gang that dared to lay their eyes in Nome City, the "Pig Rush" gang led by "Boar", and the "Pig and Whistle" tavern, which they buried their eyeliner.

One-Eyed and Crooked Mouth patronized the tavern with its peculiar name in batches - the strings of bone whistles hanging from the signboard indicated the second half of its name, and the tavernkeeper's fat face verified the rest.

The two brothers summarized the results of their respective observations, and finally came to the conclusion that the boss who looked more like a pig than a human was the "boar", the leader of the bandits.

After wasting a lot of lovely copper deben on the swill-like beer provided by Pig and Whistle, One-Eye and Crooked Mouth finally had a chance to sit down together at the "boar" bar.

Together, they used a spell taught by a new boss, Scrooge's Envy, but they were not yet proficient in this enchanted spell, so One-Eye had to tilt his mouth to distract the boar with words while chanting the spell, so that he could ignore or be unable to explore the strange syllables coming out of One-Eye's mouth.

After two or three attempts, they barely managed to complete the spell. It took a lot of materials and effort, and I endured many cups of sour beer that were hard to swallow. However, this is indeed a very crucial link: after the "Scrooge's Envy" takes effect, the "boar" will become extremely possessive of the "maniac armor", and the sand bandit leader will stop at nothing to obtain this treasure.

In addition, One-Eyed and Crooked Mouth also found the eyeliner of some other sand bandits one after another. It's just that these sand bandits are not as powerful as the "Pig Rush" bandits, and their popularity is low, so they can only be regarded as supporting roles in the whole "big show".

Now that the "cast" is solved, the "set settings" issue is left to deal with.

The two brothers spent a whole day designing various "props" that would be used, such as fireworks, a trap flap that brought the camel to a stop, thistles, and a forged obsidian council letter scroll.

Then they smuggled these "props" out of the city of Nome, and according to the route of the camel beast, they were either buried or erected in a suitable place in advance, and arranged properly. To make sure nothing goes wrong, they even have multiple options in place.

After the "cast members" and "set settings", the last problem to be solved is the "audience" - after all, One-Eyed and Crooked Mouth were ordered by the dragon Pasha to use this series of arrangements to promote the excellence of the "fanatic armor". In other words, they must find enough audiences for the whole "big show" in the end.

It's not really difficult, it's just a lot more cumbersome to do. In particular, they had to trick a noble mage into believing that he was only doing something to carry out the orders of the Obsidian Council.

When the Mage bids for the "Zealot Armor" and leaves Nome, One-Eye and Crooked Mouth begin to disrupt their perception with various illusion tricks - by distorting some light, they walk for half a day but are not really far from Nome - fortunately they are on the road at night, and they can't do it during the day.

But even with such a meticulous design, there were almost major omissions.

It may be a mistake to overestimate the ability of these old colleagues of the "Pig Rush" gang, who rode in the pocket of the camel beast for a long time, but did not find any trace of the "boar" leading people to follow.

As a last resort, the two of them stopped for a while under the pretext of "letting the camel beast rest".

The Pig Gang finally arrived at the intended location about an hourglass later than originally planned, and One-Eye and Crooked Mouth were able to continue to trick the noble mage into proceeding to the next step - making him decide to "kill the Sandbands" himself.

"What are you going to do," with the familiar lines, the only remaining eyeball of one eye flashed a dangerous light, "I mean against more than a hundred people, it will definitely be no fun to fight hard." ”

The crooked mouth that was crouching on the back of the camel beast suddenly stood up, looked at it for a while, and then bowed down again, and said to the two of them: "It seems that the 'boar' has divided the human hand into three ways—we have some time to prepare, but we still have to make a decision at once, and they may find out that there is something wrong with those two visions in a moment." ”

The young noble mage looked at the two men and explained his plan: "Find a place to camp on the back of the dune first, and then light a bonfire to attract them to come." Seeing the look of surprise on One-Eyed and Crooked Mouth's face, he explained with rare patience, "We want to make our illusions in the camp as real as possible, and we want to use spells to hide in the dark. When they find out that we have few men, they will definitely attack first. They were divided into three lines, which means that we only need to deal with about thirty people at a time. As soon as they start attacking the illusion, I will use the Plastic Energy Spell to sneak attack, and with the ability of the two of you, it shouldn't be a problem to kill half of them at once. ”

"And then, a dozen or so," Crooked Mouth scratched his head, apparently thinking that the idea was a bit hasty, "and if the other two groups also come, we will have to face fifty or sixty or more enemies." ”

"It depends on the ability of the two of you, the key is to master the time to light the bonfire, besides," the young mage tightened his burqa and continued: "Even if half of Mediki's regular army is killed or wounded, it will immediately retreat, and that squad will probably flee if it is attacked, and if you are lucky, you can get two ambushes repeatedly, and maybe defeat this 'pig rush' bandit group." ”

In this way, the whole drama is back on track.

One-Eye and Crooked Mouth quickly chose a suitable ("propped") ambush spot, and they found a sand nest with several large rocks to place the camel beast carrying its luggage.

First, they tied the reins of the camel beast to the stone mine, and without unloading their luggage, they lit a bonfire directly on the ground, and the two of them used illusions to disguise the appearance of three travelers talking to each other. Then they climbed up the sand ridge above their heads, and used some tricks to erase the footprints left behind their steps.

"Use the fireball," suggested the young mage who was lying on his stomach in the sand, climbing up the sand ridge and hiding himself in the sand, "let's get the camel stuck in the crack in the rock, and if the fireball can hit the other side of the campfire, it shouldn't hurt the beast." ”

The other man nodded, indicating that he knew the importance of camel beasts when trekking through the desert.

The three of them stopped talking, and lay prone in the sand pit to cover their bodies with spells, quietly waiting for the "boar" to take the bait. After a while, someone shouted and neighed from not far away.

Sure enough, after seeing that there were only three people in the camp, the bandits immediately chose to launch a surprise attack. Not much from what was previously expected, the total number of these people was only about thirty.

Most of their configurations are two people and one horse, and the weapons on their bodies do not have a uniform style, but they only rely on the number of people to charge, but the skills of riding horses are still remarkable.

At the beginning of the charge, the sand bandits sitting behind the riders jumped off their horses and marched forward on foot, taking advantage of the slow speed. The weight was lightened, and the speed of the six-legged steed increased again.

The leader of the riders whistled, and the team suddenly split into two groups, flanking from the left and right towards the camp where the illusion was. This formation had apparently been practiced many times, and they wanted to cut off any attempt to escape from the target.

In the process of charging, the sand bandits also erupted into a roar that seemed to be a war song and a meaningless roar. As former peers, One-Eye and Crooked Mouth were familiar with this tactic, and they understood that the other party was trying to make their enemies feel intimidated in this way.

Therefore, they continued to adjust the illusion in the camp to the roar of the bandits, making the three travelers act in various ways that looked panicked.

The first wave of the bandits' attack was to throw throwing axes, and the riders on horseback did not take the lead after outflanking them, but grabbed some small axes hanging from the saddle and threw them.

For economic reasons, these axes are rarely made of metal, and most of them are made of gravel with a blade and then tied to a short wooden stick. However, with the speed of the horse and the power of rotation, the lethality of the flying axe is quite objective.

If an ordinary illusion mage encounters such a situation, the illusion they have arranged will probably be revealed on the spot. However, the prepared One-Eyed and Crooked Mouth had already conceived of this problem, and the two of them controlled the illusion and ran to the stone pile in the sand nest to hide.

Seeing that the axe did not have the desired effect, most of the riders were a little annoyed. However, they waited for a while for their companions who came on foot, and when they had all rushed into the sand nest, they slowly surrounded them.

"Oh no, it's a trap!" the illusion of the attack "poofed" and annihilated, causing the bandits to react.

It's just that at this time, the noble mage who had already prepared the spell had already thrown the fireball spell over. Attacking from a high position on the sand ridge made it easy for him to cast his spell into the densest crowd of sand bandits.

There was a "boom" explosion, and several people who were in close contact with the fireball instantly exploded into flying ashes, and some nearby sand bandits were also injured by the shock wave and flames, and flew out with a wail.

The one-eyed and crooked-mouthed brothers also rushed down at this time, slashing down some of the sand bandits who were stunned by the fireball.

And the noble mage himself, because he was wearing "fanatic armor", jumped from the sand ridge with great courage. He pinched the bat droppings and sulfur powder in his hand, and with the spell he rubbed out another fireball, which was thrown at several riders who were standing in dense positions.

"Boom" exploded again, and the sand bandits, who had no ability to resist spells, along with the war horses under their crotches, were blown into stumps flying around.

Coupled with the slashing of the one-eyed and crooked-mouthed brothers, only a few riders who stood far away in this sand bandit squad survived. Suddenly, one of the bandits fired something similar to a flare—several fireworks flew into the air and exploded in the night sky.

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