Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Sharp Turn
"Hey, see the walls!"
As he was walking, Frank suddenly pointed and shouted (the current situation is not suitable for shouting). Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough, there was a misty front, revealing the faint figure of the forward fort.
As the distance got closer, the scene became clearer and clearer, the collapsed city walls, the broken wall tiles, and the dark red blood marks that had not completely faded after more than 30 years were all quietly telling the cruelty of the fierce battle at that time.
"It's the last node!" said Kent, half delighted, half sighing.
"I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Mephis smiled and answered, but it sounded like a fairy in Kent's ear—excited! The goddess replied! Immediately, a smile appeared on his hard-line face, and he replied, "Yes, I didn't expect it." ”
“......”
What is this? Well, you deserve to be a bachelor for the rest of your life......
To get back to the point, the previous journey was indeed very smooth, and the team had found and disposed of seven circle nodes (except for the large nodes that required the use of the Perfect Sun Flame Diamond and some other small nodes), and there were no major obstacles, except for some skeleton zombie wraiths that had become a regular card, and even the slightly tricky ghouls were rare. Ye Guyun, whose interest has been greatly reduced, has returned to the paddling state of not working hard. After going around in circles without distinguishing anything (except for the two bears), finally only the last node in the original forward fort remained, and after it was done, the journey was over.
The group walked towards the broken wall with a little eagerness.
Pastor Tours frowned, he stopped, and shouted in his usual solemn tone, "Stop!"
He looked at the people who stopped and looked back, sighed slightly, and said solemnly: "Make up the buff spell first." We only have 60% of our combat strength left, so we must be cautious. ”
Frankly, Tour's lazy and loose state from start to finish was extremely disliked, but he was not the captain, not the commander-in-chief, and felt that he could not put his beak in command, even though he was sitting in that position with a deep sense of disgust and a person who had never played a leading role. For the sake of the overall situation, he is willing to put aside personal grievances, act as the most ordinary member, and do his best to do a good job of supporting the team.
This is the principle, this is the rule, and it must be followed.
But now, he really couldn't help it. The closer you are to the finish line, the more likely you are to lurk the greatest danger, the easier it is to incur failure, and the more you need to be cautious. Falling short is not just an idiom, but a myriad of living and bloody examples. He couldn't tolerate his team being careless and repeating the lessons of their predecessors and falling before the finish line. So, with his heart crossed, he did something ridiculous that he would never do - he snatched the command of the team.
However, that guy didn't even care!
He doesn't know whether to be relaxed or angry, relaxed at not having to argue, angry at someone's ignorance and irresponsibility!
No one knew about the storm in Tour's heart, and everyone only saw him looking at Dirkku and McCaty with a strained face: "Do you two know the specific situation inside?"
The two looked at each other, and it was Mercaty who replied: "Very few adventurers are willing to go deep into the interior of the fortress, because the greatest value of this place, the ghostly purple moss, can be collected on the periphery, and there is no need to challenge the greater danger." He pointed to an ugly thing on the ground not far away that looked like a dog skin plaster, if it weren't for his mention, Ye Guyun really didn't know if this thing would be a plant or a valuable one.
"And we did go inside. ”
"So?"
"There is no essential difference from the outside, they are all skeletons, zombies, and resentful spirits....... But certainly, there are more of them, more difficult and more threatening. ”
"So, it's still the same sentence! we must be careful!" said Tour, glaring at the crowd, and again.
............
There was silence.
The crowd followed Tour's instructions, lowered their tones, reduced their words, controlled their pace, and cautiously approached the broken wall. Except for the inevitable slight footsteps and the grinding of armor, nothing could be heard.
Except for Ye Guyun, everyone was surrounded by a variety of dazzling brilliance, which was a series of practical buff spells.
Blessing, Aid, Weapon of Justice, Protection from Evil, Strength of the Ox, Grace of the Cat, Tenacity of the Bear......
The team passed through the broken wall.
Walking in the front was Weiss who was holding a sword and shield, and when she put down her helmet, she suddenly saw that it was already a powerful fighting machine, although its body was relatively slender.
Airplanes~
A cloud of holy white light suddenly flashed, coming from Kent behind Weiss's side, which is "Detect Evil", the standard starting skill of the Paladin. The white light spread in a cone, instantly flooding a large area in front of him, and then quietly disappearing, and then—
Uh-woo!
The terrible and cruel undead screams sounded, and in the area, clusters of resentful spirits appeared, and on the ground, one by one the miserable white bone claws stretched out, scratching everywhere, extremely terrifying. Finally, with a brace, a full-fledged skeleton emerged from the earth. The skeletons here are clearly stronger, they move more quickly, their "physique" is stronger, they have not forgotten the fighting skills they once had, they all wear the armor they used to have, and the two points of scarlet light in their hollow eye sockets are more vigorous.
"Up!"
"Get out of the way!"
Rumble~~!
A small ball of energy roared towards the group of monsters, not far away, and the collision was created in an instant, and then a circle of blazing flames surged out like a wave, mercilessly devouring everything in range.
"Frank, when are you going to be reliable? Can you throw fireballs around?"
"Oh~~!I'm sorry~I'm sorry~~~~!"
............
In the ruined castle, in an open space in front of the original command post, everyone was busy.
Despite encountering a more difficult series of tests than expected, under the deliberately steady rhythm, the crowd still swept around the castle in a coquettish and restrained manner, and then found the last node of the circle.
said that he was busy, but in fact, everything was done by Tour, and the others just stood and kept their mouths closed, chatting comfortably. After all, once you've arrived at the finish line, you can really relax a little.
Perhaps in order to gain attention, Kent talked about the circle again in a somewhat playful tone:
"This circle is the best solution that the major temples have been researching for years, even though the cost is really staggering. This layer of eroded energy hanging over our heads is so large and thick that it suppresses other energies in all directions, and in fact has an indispellable attribute! And we don't even know its true cause. So, instead of trying to confront a powerful presence that cannot be shaken, we need to take a more strategic approach. ”
"Towing is an option. And this circle is a traction circle. I don't know the theory, but it can indeed make the huge eroded energy here spin, like a whirlpool, from slow to fast constantly pouring out energy, wisps, wisps, thin enough, dispersed enough, can be neutralized and purified, and is no longer a rigid and hard iron plate that cannot be gnawed! Then, in the end, no matter how huge the eroded energy is, it will be completely removed!"
"It's definitely a genius idea!, although it comes at a huge price for three Perfect Sun Diamonds!"
"Oh! that's a pity! a treasure of this level shouldn't just be used as a part of a traction circle, it should appear on weapons and armor above the legendary level!"
Mephis, who was next to him, responded as Kent expected: "Mr. Kent, you know so much!"
"Oh~! This is a compliment!"
Kent was agitated and his face flushed with excitement, but he still remembered the need to be humble, smiled brightly, and replied, "It's a good idea!" but because I was sent to participate in this operation, I know in more detail. ”
"Oh, is that so?" said Mephis, looking at Kent playfully, with a seductive look between her eyebrows, "but I'm confused, why did you tell me that?" I guess...... You're after me. ”
Burst~~!
Ahem~~!
It's really embarrassing to have my thoughts broken a little, especially when it's about emotions that are private. Kent choked, his face flushed, and he barely caught his breath. This old boy who is not experienced in love knows how to deal with this kind of scene at all, and he is so embarrassed that he wants to burrow into the ground.
Mephis blinked and said with a smile: "It seems that this is indeed the case!Hmm, I'm waiting for you to impress me with your sincerity~!"
Everyone had a clearer understanding of Mephis's pungent generosity, and no one would have thought that she would not shy away from talking about such a topic in public.
Although he seemed to be encouraged, Kent was still in a state of panic, and Frank, who was holding back a smile, couldn't bear to continue to be confused, and helped change the subject: "Mr. Toole seems to have finished arranging......"
............
"Alright, everything is ready!" Tur, who was usually serious, said with a rare smile, "Norris and the others (the three low-ranking priests who stayed outside the Forward Fort) will also rush to the three watchtowers at the same time that we enter this place, activating and controlling the components inside. Now we only need to activate this part in front of us, and the mission will be considered successful! This land, which has fallen for more than 30 years, will be reborn!"
Tsk! this tone ......
"So, let's get started. Ye Guyun urged as if inadvertently.
"Good. Tours nodded, and returned to the set up circle components. The last component did not sink into the ground, as there was no chance of being destroyed. The activation was consistent, with Tours pressing his hands on top of the components, flipping back and forth, making motions of unknown meaning, muttering words and chanting an obscure incantation that perhaps only occult or linguists could understand.
Slowly, the Perfect Sun Diamond embedded in the tripod began to emit a warm pale golden glow, a harbinger of the official activation of the component.
The golden light faced the gray mist, entangled with each other, and gradually took on the appearance of a mist of water. Even if the gray fog was so thick, it could not stop the gentle but firm spread of the golden light, and had to give up a small piece of territory. The golden light is not greedy, it is accepted when it is good, and it is only brewed repeatedly in the territory, and after a short time, it compiles layers of thick golden clouds, churning, surging, overlapping each other, and is extraordinarily brilliant. Viewed from afar, it is like a watchful heaven that exists alone in the gloom and gloom.
"Huh?!"
Suddenly, Tour's face changed dramatically, and then he shouted in a panic: "It's not good!!Disperse!Disperse!!"
How could the unprepared and confused crowd react? At that moment, they were all stunned and didn't know why.
Anxious, Tur didn't care to explain—in fact, there was no time or space to explain—so he gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision. Pulling it to his waist, he grabbed a high-level energy protection scroll that was originally prepared for emergency relief (just came in handy), and without thinking about it, he activated it immediately, and the target was the people who were still in a daze.
A series of movements was only two or three seconds of effort, and everyone came back to their senses a little, but there was a violent explosion like a storm at the end of the day!
Rumble~~~!
The wind is blowing, and the smoke is everywhere!
The layer of high-level energy protection array that shrouded around everyone was shattered almost instantly, but fortunately, they who had already woken up immediately made their strongest defensive moves, and they would not be defenseless to face excessive damage, but they were still inevitably shocked by the powerful air flow triggered by the explosion.
"What's going on?"
"Damn it!"
"Bah!
......
Before they could recover their strength, a dense white mist of extreme cold clouds emerged from the ground without warning, flooding everyone's feet.
In the next second, click~!
The white mist instantly condensed into a large continuous area of edges and corners, highlighting the blue-white ice crystals that were particularly thick and hard, freezing and fixing the lower half of everyone's body, and they could no longer move.
The situation has taken a turn for the worse.