Chapter 4: Aerial Chase
The lurkers saw the dragon chase after him from afar. At first, he didn't care, the dragon's burst speed can indeed be faster than the Phantom Divine Pony, but he is only a teenage dragon, and he also carries a person, and the burst speed can last for more than a minute, which is considered very strong.
But after two minutes, the lurkers found that the dragon was still at that speed, and had already narrowed the distance to one hundred and fifty or sixty meters. This distance is very dangerous for him. Sure enough, a fireball blasted over. He immediately rode his horse to dodge, but was still affected by the explosion, and the Phantom Pony was slightly injured.
"Sal, maneuver left and right to dodge the arrows, just keep this distance. Pilot Mike gave the battle order, thinking about it and not being at ease, he added: "Don't do difficult maneuvers." ”
"You can rest assured, wise when I made a mistake!" Thrall put a shield on himself. This increases the drag, but the speed is still enough to hang the opponent. Not only that, but he also used several attack spells, but he couldn't hit the opponent with limited range.
The lurker shoots back with arrows, but it is very difficult to shoot with his back when chasing at high speed in the air, and Thrall is constantly maneuvering, and the hit rate can be imagined. Even if two arrows are occasionally shot, they are bounced off by protective spells or dragon scales.
Mike fired another fireball, this time completely dodging the enemy. Then the triple range magic missile bombards the god horse, this one is guided, see how you dodge!
The guided extended-range magic missile really made it impossible for the lurker to dodge, but he used a trick riding technique, grabbed the saddle with both hands and landed and blocked the magic missile with his body. This time, the spell resistance didn't work, and the lurker was beaten hard by the missile, but when he returned to the saddle, he took out a wand and healed himself before he fully recovered.
In front of my master with dragon pets and druid mercenaries, you dare to play tricks even if you are a muscular brute!'
"Selmena, you have to think of a way, too. ”
"It's so far away and so fast, sister, what can I do......" Selmena squeaked.
Some druids are good at summoning, some are good at transforming into hand-to-hand combat, but no one has ever been good at fast ranged combat in the air.
'Alas, after all, it's just ** reserves, and you can't ask too much. ’
Mike used a Tier 3 Flame Arrow to increase the power of a pack of steel bullets and stone bullets suddenly, and then took out the modified crossbow and loaded the stone bullets to be blessed with a sure shot, and shot the man first and the horse first.
The lurker instantly drew his bow and slashed at his back, slashing Mike Zaitsev off with a single blow of the golden serrated machete, and then immediately retracted his sword and bent his bow to continue the counterattack.
"Hmph, the barbarian is so arrogant, let my brother miss a trick to fantasize martial arts to bombard you, and you can have a little talk when you get to the Netherworld." ’
Mike turned out another flame steel bullet, blessed the Must-hit Technique, and aimed at it with a three-no spell with no chanting, no action, and no materials, and shot with the super electromagnetic cannon of Mikoto Misaka, a self-created spell.
The lurker once again instantly drew his sword and slashed at his back, but before the knife could cut off his shoulder, he sparked, but he didn't seem to have suffered any damage at all, and even the healing wand was useless, so he immediately collected his sword, took his bow and rode his horse to the right.
'That's fine?!! Mike Zaitsev's pupils shrank. This move was cast with a third-order spell position, although I don't know if there is three times the speed of sound, but the distance of two hundred meters is enough to penetrate the fifteen-centimeter plank, I wanted to make a move in seconds, but the other party seemed to be unharmed, how could this be?......
He didn't dare to "make a move of seconds", and was only ready to reload the steel bullet again to shoot the god horse.
Sermena didn't think there was anything abnormal, she couldn't find Mike's chanting, no movement, no materials, and she didn't think it was strange to not be able to see the trajectory of the warhead, she just thought that it couldn't hurt the enemy like the boss's shot.
Before Mike could get ready to shoot, Sal, who was following the colt around, was sideways by the enemy due to his poor mobility.
"Sal, fly straight!" Mike didn't care about reloading, and immediately spelled a combination of magic and instant magic missiles to bombard the pony. Now the distance between the two sides is only seventy or eighty meters, and the threat of the enemy's bow and arrow has increased dramatically.
However, the lurker is very strong, and he does not delay in firing his bow and arrows while performing trick riding, and an arrow hits Thrall, who was about to sing and attack. Thrall was hit by an arrow in his thigh, and his speed immediately increased by seventy percent.
As a result, the situation turned into Thrall's pursuit in front of the Phantom Pony.
The Lurker couldn't help but frown, he wanted to take this opportunity to close the distance, shoot down the red dragon or at least injure it, make the opponent lose the ability to fly at high speed, and then kill it all. Unexpectedly, the red dragon could speed up again, making all his methods fail.
Mike frowned as well. That's not a good situation. Just now, we didn't take advantage of the enemy's back, and now we have the enemy behind our back, and Saar's mobility can't fight the opponent when we turn. Forget it, anyway, my brother just wants to stop him from attacking others, and he doesn't have to kill him. ’
"Sal, fly in a big circle to the Elven Tree, let's see if he will follow. Pilot Mike gave another command, and at the same time he was ready to shoot the pony again.
The lurker saw that the other party wanted to run away and did not chase after him, and turned his horse and galloped in the other direction. The magic archer is extremely threatening, the arrow just now didn't have time to react, and it was only like a heavy hammer on the shoulder, although he was strong and his armor was not shot on target, and he was lucky not injured, but it was difficult to say if he was shot a few more arrows, not to mention that the phantom horse couldn't even catch an arrow. Coupled with the fact that the speed is not as good as the other side, the air battle cannot be fought at all.
But he didn't chase Sal, and Sal started chasing him again.
The lurker had no choice but to lower his altitude and gallop through the forest, trying to get rid of the opponent with the help of the shade of the trees, and at the same time make it difficult for the magic archers to aim, and at the worst of all, quickly hide and wait for an opportunity to counterattack after being shot.
If it was the lurker himself, it probably wouldn't be a problem to get rid of it, but the Phantom Pony was not good at hiding, and was always closely watched by Thrall and Sermina. And because there are many obstacles in the forest, the speed and mobility of the god horse have dropped greatly, and as a result, he has not been able to dodge the fireball technique that hits him in the air. Although the lurker was unscathed by his spell resistance, the Pony was not capable of that, and was blown up to pieces. The lurker suddenly fell off his horse while riding at high speed, only to see him quickly adjust his posture and roll on the ground, and then turn to hide three or two times during the run, so that the two of them in the air lost their goal together.
The lurker has a very clear idea, long-range is not his own strength, and he really can't help the other party, so he lurks to see if there is a melee opportunity, and if he doesn't, he can take the opportunity to get out.
Mike made a single blow and wanted to make persistent efforts to kill the opponent. But before he had time to make any moves, he couldn't even find anyone.
"It's important to get down to business, we don't know where the other teams are, and if we want to report back to the Elven Tree, we'll let him go for the time being. "Mike is all about the big picture. He didn't want to do a close-up search.
"Yes, it's important to get down to business. I am wise and broad-minded, and I can avenge myself in the future. "The wise Lord Thrall didn't want to get tangled with him either.
Sermena was speechless, this person and dragon are so harmonious, no wonder they can quickly become a dragon knight partner.
Although it took more than an hour for Mike and the others to come over, it was mainly because the speed of the pig running and pulling was not good, and they only ran a total of 15 or 6 kilometers. Although the air chase had only lasted three or four minutes, it had already run six or seven kilometers diagonally. Now Sal is back, even if someone secretly dismantles the "aerodynamic shield of the Boeing 747", the speed is still sixty or seventy kilometers per hour, and it will fly back to the Elven Tree in twenty minutes, and at this time the proprietress and Pig Ben still don't know where to eat the ashes.
"You mean you shot down Garcia the Ripper?!" the priests in charge of the matter breathed a sigh of relief, apparently having already learned that the strongman had appeared.
"That's what you said. I'm just saying that it's a little giant more than two meters tall, with strict armor that doesn't show race, a good use of bows and arrows, a golden machete, and a strong resistance to spells. The fact that the melee easily killed the Laicalella siblings was also said by the proprietress of the house. "For Garcia the Ripper, Mike has only heard of it, and has never seen it, let alone that it is so far away that he can't even tell the race, who knows if it is or not.
Garcia the Ripper is a well-known cult figure, a pillar of the infamous Death Truth Cult. Garcia became active a few years ago, and in just a few years, he killed dozens of good hands, and led the undead to slaughter seven villages and towns, and the number of small villages that suffered is even more difficult to count. Because he is good at using a serrated machete, he can disembowel people with a single knife, so he is called Garcia the Ripper. The prestige is so great that it can stop children crying at night, and even overwhelm the Necromancer Rosetda, the leader of the Death Truth Cult.
But others seem to have decided that the mysterious little giant is Garcia.
"Thankfully, you were able to break up Garcia's mount, so you have plenty of time. Hopefully he didn't prepare a second horse, or it would have been bad. I'll make arrangements first, and I may need your help later. "An old gray-haired priest seems to be the leader.
"That ripper Garcia, is he really that powerful?" while those people were arranging, Mike and Sal pulled a middle-aged mage to inquire about the situation.
"You've fought with him too, what do you think?" the middle-aged mage asked rhetorically.
"I'm not good at travel and life magic, and I'm not strong in combat......
'Aren't I good at commanding high-speed maneuvers in command, and my combat effectiveness is not strong......?'
Fortunately, the other party didn't wait for Mixar to answer before continuing: "Garcia's strongest thing is defense, as an undead creature Soul Demon, he was born with strong magic resistance and immunity to spiritual spells, and he was also taught to be a dark guard, and the three exemptions of tenacity and reflex will are very amazing, it can be said that it is difficult to hurt in a hundred ways; In terms of reconnaissance, he is extremely keen and can use true sight, and it is very difficult to ambush him once. He excels in melee combat and has several useful spell-like abilities, and has yet to hear of anyone beating him in melee combat. As for the bow and arrow, it's just a double cultivation. ”
"Cut, no matter how much you prevent high blood and thick attacks, you're just a turtle, how can you get my noble master with flexible and diverse tricks." ’
"Cut, no matter how much you defend against high blood and thick attacks, you're just a turtle, and how can you get my extremely fast and powerful red dragon." ’
"Garcia the Ripper and Roseda, the necromancer, are in cahoots, Roseda is blessed with various spells, Garcia rides the Phantom Pony to do evil everywhere, and the threat of the Death Truth Cult is more than ten times greater than when Roseda was alone. In the past few years, there have been many people who want to exterminate them, and they have blocked Garcia a few times, but he is almost immune, and he is as fast as a cheetah, and with his extraordinary force and good stealth skills, he can always get out. And because Roseda blessed him with an anti-detection spell, the detection spell could not be detected. That's why you didn't detect the powerful undead at the time. ”
"According to you, he's not invincible anymore. Sermena was extremely skeptical.
"Cut, it's up to him. Mike dismissed, "As long as I casually increase the caster's level by a few more casually, I can easily penetrate his spell resistance, and when the time comes, I will fly in the air and kill him casually." ”
"Brother Mike is right, it's up to him to deserve it. Sal chimed in in a loud voice, "As long as I am wise, I can increase the spitting distance casually, and then I will fly in the air and spray him to death." ”
Sermena was speechless.
The middle-aged mage smiled, "That's true, it's just that you have to be able to meet, defeat, and keep up, which is more difficult." What's more, Garcia has always been cunning, just like this time, he first created an incident to lead us to attack, and also designed us to disperse the team, and then break them one by one, which is very difficult to deal with. ”
"Then what is the purpose of his doing this, is it to weaken the force of the Elven Tree, or is it ......?"
"Most of them are collecting the corpses of the strong to create powerful undead. Alas, Garcia himself was said to be a powerful and kind Spell Fist warrior Garcia during his lifetime. Roseda took advantage of the fact that the warrior monk led a team to attack the Santarinhui caravan, and led the undead to attack and capture him. More than a year later, the Death Truth Cult added Garcia the Ripper. The warrior monk has been fighting all his life to eradicate the undead and evil forces, and he can't imagine that he will be defiled by a necromancer after death, and his soul and body will not be able to rest in peace...... "The middle-aged mage sighed.
"If that's right, it was the ghoul killer Sosa who lurked last night. That's another important figure in the Death Truth Cult, who was an elven ranger before his death, and was quite good at stealing assassins after being created as a ghoul. Every time, he does evil with Garcia the Ripper, and even if he misses, he can escape under Garcia's cover. Alas, I don't know when we'll be able to exterminate these madmen of the Death Truth Cult. ”
After a while, the old priest returned, apparently with some plan.
"We'd like to ask you to go back and pick up the second squad. The first and third squads are moving closer to them, and as long as they get together, they won't be afraid of Garcia and his minions. ”
"This, although I am willing to help, but in the previous battle, I used too many spells, and my spirit was extremely exhausted, and I could barely cast spells. Mike slumped on a stool and was sluggish.
"Although I am very wise and willing to help, in the previous battle, I used too much effort to fly at high speed, and I was so tired that I couldn't move. Sal lay on the ground and gasped loudly.
"I don't think you guys have a genuine dragon knight, you must be much better than our three-legged cat kung fu. Sermena also hurriedly excused herself.
"The Golden Dragon Knight is seventy-five this year, and he has never changed into a golden dragon in the past ten years, so I'm afraid he has a weak heart. The White Dragon Knight also has to lead the team to pick up the sixth squad, and there is no time to clone. Therefore, I still want to ask a few people to hold on, as long as they are on guard at high altitudes, and the matter of battle can be handed over to the accompanying high-level spellcasters and rangers. We have the invisibility wand, which you and Thrall can use, and it can effectively prevent the enemy from stealth. ”
It turns out that there are still a lot of helpers, you didn't say it earlier.
"In that case, let's hold on a little longer. "Mike is gritty.
"Well, let's hold on a little longer, wise man. "Sal is tenacious.