Chapter 33: The "Gilded" Observation Mission
Chaindemon uses the purgatory language with a strong accent and rigorous vocabulary to gush about Quest to introduce another group of people with background who have come to the low-intensity battlefield to fish with mixed experience.
A strangely dressed goblin, a genderless Sawa Fishman, and a semi-armored escort team led by a Mechanic leader are the full complement of the new Gilded Regiment.
"Staff Officer Quest, allow me to introduce to you, this is Mr. Ricknaz Wrench, a recently naturalized noble duke of the exotic goblin kingdom who admires the great Bato civilization, based on the large amount of slave resources provided by this friendly nation for the construction of Bato's first layer of Avernas, and recommended by the Bato Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies, this gentleman will be a war observer to experience a bloody battle at close range. ”
Chainfior politely turned his head to the war observer, Ricknaz Wrench, and said, "Although there are certain dangers as a war observer, I am sure that you will be able to overcome them and learn the essence of Bartow's war civilization in battle......
Through a lengthy introduction by the Chain Demon, Quest got to know the Bloodfight Observation Team sent to Bato. Unusually, this squad was headed by a great nobleman from the Goblin Tech Empire adjacent to the Machine Realm, and the entire well-equipped semi-constructed escort and the mechanical warrior who led them were the personal honor guards and escorts of the goblin nobles. The last member of the team, the genderless Sawa Fishman, was a high-level sea priest who had been captured by goblins as a spellcaster.
"It's really... Interesting combinations and I don't know what aesthetic style to wear......" was Quess's first reaction.
At the head of the group, the goblin nobleman wears a dressed-up gown that resembles a suit, and a pair of oiled leather pointed-toe boots on his feet. The top of his head was remarkable, and a metal goggle was strapped over his forehead with a leather strap — like two broken horns.
He seemed to be able to understand the relatively obscure language of Purgatory without hindrance, and bowed politely when the Chain Demon introduced him to Quest, and gave courtesy by touching his right hand on his chest. In the other hand, he held a small folding umbrella made entirely of metal - the fireball rain falling from the sky of Aphnerus fell on this umbrella, and it seemed to make a faint "pop" sound like real rain before disappearing completely, except for the occasional incantation engraved on the metal umbrella bone that gave a little flash of light almost imperceptibly.
"That little guy is so funny," the ogre Blue, who stood behind Ques, whispered to his brother in an urn of anger, gesturing with his thick fingers as if to measure the height of the goblin. Seeing this, Naru patted his belly lightly, but still let out a chuckle.
"You two filthy ogres dare to laugh at the great Lord Ricknaz!"
As if provoked by the ogre's frivolous actions, the Shahua Fishman spellcaster who followed the goblin nobleman let out a scold. By distinguishing the voice, Quest knew that it was a female fish-man.
Accompanied by the scolding of the sea sacrifice of the Sawa Fishman, she waved her hand and cast a spell-like ability unique to the race - "Ghost Bite", a soul shark head phantom summoned out of thin air appeared behind the ogre Blue, and the shark's giant jaw closed suddenly, as if the sharp teeth of the phantom suddenly turned into a real thing.
"Careful", "damn"......
Several different shouts and curses mingled together, and the huge shark's mouth did not bite the flesh of Blue's back. At the moment when the sharp teeth were added, the ogre gourmand quickly completed a spell, and a special candy similar to the taste of popping candy was thrown into his mouth one step ahead of time, and in an instant, Blue completed the vaporization of his body.
The shark's sharp teeth bite into the air, and "bang" makes a blast, which is full of power!
Turning into a cloud of smoke, Ogre Blue's body floated backwards, a form that was immune to physical attacks, but would take extra damage when attacked by spells, and he had to retreat to safety, then use the caster's strengths to fight with his brothers—a tactic that had been practiced many times.
Seeing their brother being attacked, Naru and Palu were instantly enraged. The ogre blacksmith rushed forward with his massive ebony flail, while the witch doctor Palu cooperated with Quis, who was also drawing his scimitar and preparing to perform the decapitation tactic, the troll's skull staff swung and an acid bullet flew towards the leader of the opposing team, Ricknaz, at a tricky angle close to the ground.
"Stop!" With a roar, the camp's acting commander of the Chain Demon blocked Palu's acid missile with his body, it couldn't sit idly by and watch the battlefield observers arranged by the top of the city be attacked and he didn't do anything, in case the goblin nobleman was hurt a little more, the matter would be out of order.
With such a cauldron, the chain demon can't afford to carry it.
The acid missile slammed into the chain wrapped around the chain demon, and the metal chain surface emitted a corroded "hiss" sound, but the rust on the surface became an insulating layer, effectively preventing further damage from the acid. As for the little bit of acid that got into the chain and stuck to the skin, it couldn't hurt this intermediate Batzu devil with skin that was resistant to strong acids.
However, its blocking only played these roles, and it originally wanted to restrain Quis, who drew his scimitar to fight, but the young blue dragon gradually adapted to the body that turned into a human form, and avoided the interference of the chains with extremely agile reactions—the chain demon only wanted to control the situation first.
Just as the Chain Demon was about to add a few more chains to accomplish what it had just achieved, the ogre Naru's charge interrupted its movements.
Twice his height and four times his weight, the heavily armed ogre warrior slammed the chain demon's body into a stumbling block, and if it weren't for the heavy chains wrapped around his body, the impact would have knocked him flying.
The chain demon that was violently hit was also aroused by the tyrannical ferocity of the devil, and the cunning it had no intention of continuing to fight with Quis, who could not see the depth, and Naru, who was obviously too much more physically than the average ogre. It uses a strategy of avoiding reality and using the witch doctor Palu as its opponent, and it seems that the ogre always likes to attack with acid, which is difficult to hurt himself.
As for the war observer, the Chain Demon believed that as long as he captured the slightly emaciated ogre witch doctor in front of him, and threw the mouse trap, the group would not kill the goblin so easily.
It's not inflexible to come up with a plan, but it ignores two issues.
First of all, is the Ogre Witch Doctor really only a regular attack called an acid attack?
The answer, of course, was no, and seeing the Chain Demon rushing towards him, Paru's face showed a triumphant smile. With a wave of the troll's skull, a large yellowish mist enveloped the chain demon.
When it broke out of the shroud of the mist, and carefully checked itself for poisoning or other negative symptoms, it was discovered that the yellow-brown mist just now was a powerful adhesive - this was also a voodoo spell invented by the ogre witch doctor himself - aerosol magic, the chains that were originally like arms were glued together, and the original protective armor became a huge metal cocoon that trapped him.
In addition, what the Chain Demon didn't expect was that the combined blows of the ogre warrior and that Quith were all negated.
Even an ogre, weighing as much as an elephant, was deftly discouraged by the head of the goblin Ricknaz's guard, the Mechanic Samurai.
Naru's flail and Quest's scimitar struck the unarmed Organgist with no bare hands, making a few meaningless metal thumps, to no avail. This mechanical warrior is like a warrior monk, not only does he have the incorruptible body of Vajra, but he also skillfully neutralizes the attacks of the two warriors in a flash.
The mechanical man, which is no different from the average human body, seems to be loaded with a functional module that only a heavy golem can have-"Attack and defend", but a few jabs or splits are occasionally mixed between simple defenses, which makes the attacking two people tired to deal with. In Quisi's own estimation, even if he turns into a dragon or uses spells, he may not be able to quickly solve the powerful opponent in front of him.
"Please stop. Mr. Twenty-One, I hope not to cause unnecessary friendly damage. ”
The goblin nobleman looked with satisfaction at his friend of the Machine, a machine man he had picked up and repaired in the area where the Empire and the Machine Realm bordered.
At that time, even the "Wrench", as the first ruling family of the Goblin Empire, had an almost unlimited supply of materials and materials, and Ricknaz himself was the leading scholar in the empire in terms of science and technology, and had the reputation of "the wrench that pries the gears", and encountered great difficulties in repairing this badly damaged and extremely sophisticated mechanical samurai.
Fortunately, the organizers woke up after completing some of the repair work, and guided Ricknaz to complete the final repair work through communication. During that time, the two formed a relationship of mentor and friend. Agent Twenty-One, who had long forgotten his original instructions because of the severe damage, volunteered to accompany Ricknaz and act as a captain of the guard in peacetime, and a research partner of the goblins when he was researching technology.
Mechanic 21 has intelligent computing capabilities that are incomparable to other constructs, and through learning, it has mastered more than one combat skill of the martial arts class, and even mastered some unique spell-like abilities!
"Gentlemen, allow me to apologize first for the unruly attack that my companion in my squad had just taken the lead. Ricknaz bent down, saluting a little more than before, and then he glanced at Twenty-One, who had received the signal: "The order has been received, Your Excellency, Commander." ”
With a voice similar to that of a synthesized electronic sound, the Mechanic Samurai quickly withdrew from the warband. Quest stopped Naru, who was trying to pursue, and the mechanical man's superb martial arts and some of the strange spell abilities he used from time to time showed that he was definitely a hard stubble.
The warrior who had withdrawn from the battle group walked straight in front of the Ocean Sacrifice, the height of the Machineman was only half the height of the Sawa Fish Man, but he struck the shark-like monster in the slightly lighter abdomen with a jab punch, directly bending its waist nearly ninety degrees. The female fish-man, who could not withstand such a blow, let out a wail of pain with a large mouth full of fangs, and blue blood flowed from the corners of her mouth.
The mechanical twist of the Robotic Samurai's chest revealed a hollow containing a throbbing dark blue heart with several life-sustaining hoses inserted into it. The mechanic gently touched the heart hidden inside him with his fingers, and a faint electric current struck it with his fingertips. At this time, the sacrifice of the Shahua Fish Man who had fallen to the ground was like a thunderbolt, and his whole body was convulsed, and many viscous liquids like sweat were secreted from his skin.
The goblin Ricknaz walked up to the priest lying on the ground and looked down at the fish-man in a condescending posture: "Ma'am, please stop your little movements, the dagger you are holding in your hand and the plot you have just tried to stir up a dispute will cause me and my friends unnecessary trouble. As a captive you must fulfill your duty to serve me for fifty years, in exchange for retaining the right to be able to breathe. I hope this is the last time, and if you have similar plans, I advise you to put it away in time. Because Mr. Twenty-One will turn this last warning into an absolute fact the moment you think about it again. ”
The goblin spoke in fluent purgatory, easily understood by both Quest and the Chain Demon - he was clearly trying to explain the conflict through narrative rather than justification. After that, he greeted Quis and his party again, and generously gave a few people some very characteristic goblin artifacts as compensation.
"That's the best, the misunderstanding is cleared," the chain demon who finally waited for the colloid to dry and forcibly broke free of the chain cocoon waved his hand to repel some of the barb demon guards who surrounded him: "The bloody battle is imminent, every ounce of strength is precious, if there is still such a situation, then a sashimi meal with a meal reward is also a good choice." ”
After saying this joke that he thought was funny, the chain demon also made a gesture, as if to emphasize his determination.