Chapter 2: Advance in the Shadows
The speed of the super super giant float is about 4 kilometers per hour, although it is not fast, but it can advance 24 hours, so ideally it can travel 100 kilometers in a day, which is quite fast for a large group of people to travel. It's just that in an ideal situation.
In this desolate and vast terrain and constantly changing shadow plane, obviously no one paved the road and built bridges, the ground is high and low, and there are a few large stones blocking the road from time to time, which makes it quite difficult for the Nimes driver to drive, and even once did not notice a slightly deeper shallow pit, causing the left floating disc to be too high from the ground and disappear, and the super super super giant floating board also had a serious sideslip accident.
"I think it's better for us to travel in a safer way?" said the Nîmes driver and the elite as the priests treated the injuries of the crowd. It's too much effort to drive this thing, to avoid this and that, and an accident occurs in the moment of negligence.
"Well, the road conditions are not good and the visibility is low, so safety measures should indeed be taken. Captain Mike nodded, "Luckily, I was prepared for this." ”
Mike took out a couple of large steel spotlight shades from the space bag - they were all made by hiding in a portable steel house after the boat capsized. I thought that the dark elves had dark vision, and there was no need to use car lights when driving at night, but now I think that it is indeed a little difficult to distinguish the height of the terrain in the dark, and the car lights are still necessary.
"Look, put a few inextinguishable flames inside, the lighting range is more than 30 meters, and you can also send people to open the road in shifts, so it is much safer. Mike proudly introduced the new product "self-developed".
"This, haven't you thought about it, will it attract some fierce monsters?" Chief Mage of Nimes hesitated, the master's method is of course very good for driving, but everything here is dark, so bright, you can see it from several kilometers away, how many monsters must be attracted.
The elites nodded yes. Everyone had done their homework before they came, and they knew that there were a lot of monsters here, and it was not the kind of tourist attraction that Mike had described earlier.
On land there are six-legged horses, three-headed dogs, in the forest there are black apes like King Kong, orangutans with four arms, in the ground there are swarms of fierce rats with sharp teeth like knives, in the air there are night owls that neigh terribly, and there are venomous shadow eagles with sharp claws. These monsters are either tough or in groups, quite dangerous, and can generally hide in the shadows and fog, making it difficult to detect, ready to sneak up on them at any time. Although they are more or less intelligent, they only want to communicate with the same plane and visitors by force.
What is particularly terrifying is the legendary giant insect lurking flying wings three kinds of night shadows, not only good at concealing ambushes, it is said that it is also invulnerable to a hundred laws and difficult to invade, no one here wants to see and see, if you study abroad but die halfway, it will make people laugh off their big teeth.
"Well, I owe it a little bit of thought. Mike touched his chin, "You should make the float board closed, so you won't be afraid of being attacked." ”
Everyone can't vomit in unison, you and we are not talking about the same thing at all, but......
"Master, are you talking about the kind of subduing the Fae family?" asked Chief Mage Nim cautiously, if it was naturally safe, but it could fit hundreds of people, it would be too terrifying.
"No, that day was a powerful artifact I found from the ruins before the cataclysm, and I don't know how long it would take to use it again. I'm going to build a house on a float board so that it's easy to defend. "'Pre-Cataclysmic Ruins' is a big basket, Mike has already thought about it, and if there is anything that is difficult to explain, he will put it in it, as for whether others believe it or not, he believes it anyway.
"I see. Everyone nodded, this is a good way, it is much safer to have a fortress to defend it. Building is not a problem, there are a lot of mages and priests who come, and there is a druid like Sermena, and it is very fast to build houses with stone and wood molding. Don't worry about the weight, just a few more floating saucers, everyone is an elite, although I don't know how much of a good thing like mana pearls I bring, but it must be indispensable.
Mike knows that he has a lot of mana pearls, quite a lot. There are 7 Tier 5 Mana Pearls, 9 Tier 4, 46 Tier 3, 91 Tier 2, and 416 Tier 1. Although only three or four percent of the others were left in the Sanzang family, it was already quite a lot.
These pearls are mainly derived from textbook fees and commodity premiums, and secondarily from seizures and surface belts.
There are a total of 8 families to listen to this teaching, the Sanzang family does not have to pay for themselves, and the Taysren family is also free of tuition, and a total of 6 textbook fees or tuition fees are 5th order mana pearls, and 8 copies are sold and 8 4th order pearls are received - except for the Tayslen family, which did not send out textbooks, they bought two copies, and the other 6 families all wanted and only needed one. The 6 families in the 6th-order textbook alliance who did not send anyone to attend the class all asked for a copy, sold 6 copies and received 6 third-order mana pearls. There are a total of 6 Tier 5 Mana Pearls, 8 Tier 4 Pearls, and 6 Tier 3 Pearls.
The total price of the product premium is about 120,000 - in fact, the big head is still on the body, otherwise how can the elites be armed to the teeth and have a lot of surplus, how can the gnoll warrior have a water of +2 resistance cloak + 2 power belt + 2 constitution charm + 2 steel shield + 1 one-handed axe, how can the ogre warrior have a water of +4 power belt + 4 constitution charm + 3 resistance cloak + 1 two-handed giant sword. But it doesn't matter, they definitely won't have a chance to sell it themselves anyway, and they should have an additional premium when the first batch of goods returns. So far, a total of 15 premium 3rd order mana pearls, 50 2nd order mana pearls, 200 1st order mana pearls, and a number of pledges of reconstruction assistance from the Sanzang family.
The surface belt is 12 Tier 3 Mana Pearls, 6 Tier 2, and 11 Tier 1.
The rest is basically the spoils captured during the annexation of the Fae and other families.
With so many pearls, it's so easy to build a house or something. To be on the safe side, it won't be easy to use on the high-level path, but low-level can be used as a teaching tool, and even goblin priests can use it to practice.
It's a pity that this thing can't be used by warlocks, otherwise Pache Para and the others will be stronger in combat. What's even more unfortunate is that there are very few kobold warlocks with good martial arts talent, and I don't know if there can be another talent like Pache Para.
So, after treating the wounded, everyone went on the road again, this time when they encountered stones and trees, and collected building materials along the way.
The priest with the highest caster level in the team is the elder of the Ajessian family, who has mastered the 5th order of divine arts and martial arts, and everyone started the construction work with her as the leader, and the house they wanted was built in just one day. And it is more appropriate to say that it is not so much a house as a fortress, the 2-story building weighs more than 100 tons, all stone, the first floor is 200 square meters, and the second floor is 100 square meters. The head of the mercenary group and his family members live in it, as well as classrooms and guard posts.
The super super super giant floating board outside the fortress has also been improved accordingly, becoming a hollow front end stuck on the fortress, and a 1-meter-high steel plate is also used to wrap the fortress, saving the fortress from sliding down It is more funny, and two thin steel plate boxes of about 300 square meters were built in the back, which has some protective effect. Family members live in the middle with the Knights of Truth and Kobold Warlocks, and Believers of Truth and slaves in the back. Outside, only the necessary guards were left, and a bunker was specially made for the dark elves on duty.
The whole installation looks like a double-trailer armored truck magnified many, many times larger, with the fortress being the front of the truck, and the super super super giant floating board being two trailers, and the six headlights at the front of the car are lined up to illuminate the road ahead.
"It's, it's ......," Chief Mage of Nimes was speechless at such a windy vehicle.
"I think it's good, it's safe, and I've been worried about any danger here, so it's a lot more reassuring. It's a pity that the weight is limited, and the walls and floors are not thick enough to be easily broken, but fortunately, Master Tang Seng has blessed the demonized wall with a super high caster level, which can make up for this shortcoming. "Elder Ages is quite satisfied with his masterpiece. She and Kailaze, an elder who had mastered the fifth-order divine arts, came here just to prevent any accidents from resurrecting important people at any time. "Hopefully, we will encounter more trees on our journey, and Miss Semena's wood-shaping skills will be useful. ”
"I hope so. Sermena nodded. Although the wooden fort must have been much larger and stronger under the same weight, it never touched the woods, and now that the stone forts were built, less than two tons of wood had been collected, which was not enough at all.
"But, but, how many monsters this has attracted. ”
"Don't worry, ordinary monsters see us, where do they dare to come and send us to death. Mike was so confident that he felt like he was almost invincible.
Chief Mage of Nimes vomited in his heart, ordinary monsters naturally did not dare to come, but there were a lot of super fierce monsters, what should be done at that time.
Mike saw Chief Mage Nime's concern and comforted him: "Don't worry, we didn't make silver-plated weapons before we came, or we thought that we might encounter fierce monsters." ”
Chief Mage of Nîmes was speechless: I said why did you suddenly want to make those things, it turned out that you were going to do this, how can you put my mind at ease......
Although Mike didn't come to this shadow plane much, he still knew a lot about it - after all, it was the plane where the last fortress of the Gunether Empire was located, and the Grand Arcanist Ovo asked him to focus on it. Yin Soul City has been here for nearly two thousand years, and the monster siege has been played hundreds of times, and he has a deeper understanding of the characteristics of monsters.
The omnipotent traverser and high-end mage felt that they were so invincible, and they made targeted preparations, and they also brought a large number of powerful little brothers, what is the barbarian natives, just to embellish some tidbits on their journey. So, Mike hugged left and right to the second floor and looked out against the railing.
"Well, Master, he's always been like this, so dashing?" the stunned Chief Mage of Nimes waited until Mike, who was strolling away, before he asked Sermena for confirmation in disbelief.
"Hehe, well, Brother Mike's brother is usually quite cautious, but this time he probably thinks that there are many people and they are strong, so there is really nothing to worry about. Sermena laughed dryly, and got carried away, isn't that what it uses to describe so-and-so. However, looking at Sal, who was flying outside with a light, she felt that Mike had a reason to take Sal instead of the more obedient Laura Alan.
"Alas......" Chief Mage of Nimes sighed, turned to Elder Ages and said, "This place is very unsafe, it is simply full of dangers, even more dangerous than the most dangerous place we have there, I have carefully studied the knowledge of this plane when I was studying the shadows, and I have a deep understanding of this, so I must be more vigilant." ”
He was attacked some time ago when he used a shadow travel experiment to locate jewelry.
"Well, I'll keep everyone on guard. Elder Ages nodded. Although she had learned about the shadow plane by surprise, she only knew about it in general terms, so she didn't quite agree with Chief Mage Nimes. It's just that there is nothing wrong with being careful, and it is in a completely unfamiliar place, so it is natural to strengthen your vigilance.
The Nîmes driver has a little peace of mind and continues to concentrate on the promising job of driver. The unobstructed view of the road ahead under the headlights makes it less difficult to drive safely, otherwise the Nîmes driver would not agree to anything. The other 7 drivers are either lecturing or studying or resting, everyone has already discussed, not including someone, three 6th order and 5th order mages take turns driving, each for 1 hour each time, to ensure that they can move forward all day without being particularly tired, and the Nîmes driver is now the third time to be a driver. As for Mike, he refused to participate on the grounds that "the Sanzang family has already produced a driver".
Looking at this desolate, lonely, and gloomy landscape, listening to the accompaniment of the non-stop call outside the window, coupled with the faint mist and a few dirt bags and a dry bone that appear from time to time, Mike's heart is surging and he can't help himself, it's too similar, even black people have it, only some zombie actors are missing.
"Shadurella, find a few musicians to accompani. Audrey, Gina Fey, learn this dance with me. Mike did what he thought of, ready to bring the singer's Thriller back in this different world. Although none of the three of them have the right skin color, it doesn't matter, as long as the body is flexible and has artistic cells.
Audrey immediately straightened her clothes and prepared to dance. She didn't know the difference between the shadow plane and the main plane she'd been staying in, and she didn't care at all. In her opinion, Cecilia, who doesn't have half a point of combat power, can always run around with the master and be safe, so she naturally has no problem, just listen to the master obediently. He said that it was only dark here, but it was not dangerous at all, so it should be regarded as a night walk.
Gina Fei was a little embarrassed: "Master, this is not good, there are many servants. ”
On the second floor where they were, of course, the original purpose could not have been for Mike cos Singer, but as a guard and guard room, and there were about twenty people. The noble dark elves perform songs and dances, and the lowly slave races watch from the wall.
Mike looked at it, these people are good, either jackals or goblin kobolds, which can be used as a monster background.
"You stand against the wall and be vigilant, don't be distracted by other things, you know. ”
Shadurellna was speechless, you two are too ignorant, Master, you are too relaxed. The attack on Chief Mage Nim in the shadow plane, she and several other high-ranking family members who participated in the discussion of the construction of the teleportation circle knew that they had also held a special meeting before leaving this time to be vigilant and careful, and as a result, you were engaged in this kind of thing as soon as it came out.
"Master, didn't you tell everyone to hurry up and study, it's not good for us to do this. Sadurilna made a more plausible excuse.
"Well, I'm just leading by example for everyone to hurry up and learn and practice the troubadour's musical ability. "Mike is right.
Shadurellna was speechless, you were just having fun.
"Doesn't it matter what the guard is?"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, what can be the matter of vigilance. Mike waved his hand again and again, "Go quickly, or I won't take you with me." ”
Sadurella gritted her silver teeth and turned away. The little slut and the grass on the wall are jumping, how can they not jump, anyway, there are so many people, let them be vigilant.
There were a lot of would-be members of the Sanzang family, and they soon found eight musicians, including a former Vortz family with a high level of musical literacy.
Felyn Drion is good at singing and dancing and is beautiful, and she can always be seen at large and small celebrations, so she is also considered the number one little celebrity in Faturi City. During the family war, Philine Dere was an alliance to assist the Fae family in fighting against all evil war fanatics of the Sanzang family, but before he could attack, he was bombarded by Mike and lost half of his body, but fortunately, Fae surrendered quickly and the Sanzang family took in the prisoners to survive, but he became a waste with 25 other unfortunate lucky people.
When asked by the Great Demon King if they were willing to "build a new territory", they had no choice but to agree, but they did not expect to be healed by the Great Demon King through some kind of evil ritual at an unknown cost. During the period before departure, the family did not take very close care of them, and there was definitely a chance to run away, but no one escaped, even knowing that they were either sacrificed alive or sold to the surface to be the playthings of the inferior races. The fear of being in a safe bunker and being killed and wounded by an indiscriminate attack from two or three hundred meters away without warning or reaction will never be understood by those who have not experienced it.
Summoned by the Great Demon King, the Philindrians tremble and go to sacrifice their bodies and souls.
Chief Mage Nim saw that Mike had transferred a few people to strengthen the vigilance force, and he was reassured: the master's strength was high, and he knew a lot about the shadow plane, and he also paid enough attention to unknown dangers, so he thought that this trip should go smoothly.
Chief Mage of Nimes recognizes Philinder, the second daughter of the former Woz family, an agile warrior who can priest magic and mage arcane and poet arcane, and her overall strength is quite good, if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't participate in the fighting tournament before she was seriously injured, the martial arts chief of the Sanzang family would probably not be Ellenita but her.
Although the dark elves learn miscellaneous, it is not common to be mixed to the extent of Philindre, which can only show that her intelligence perception bloodline three casting talents all belong to a little but only a little bit, even the martial arts talent is not too good, no matter which one can not learn too deeply, after encountering a bottleneck, she can only learn a little bit of this and that, and try to break through integration. If the integration is not good, it will be like Shadurilna, although the three cultivators of the Divine Martial Arts, the strength is still quite sparse. Fortunately, Filindrey is quite talented in integration, and can integrate all kinds of miscellaneous studies and martial arts, which is quite powerful from this point of view.