Chapter 10: The Climax That Unfolds (Part I)
In the Druid Sanctuary, a female jungle warrior with a wild temperament is giving a loud speech on stage.
“...... The evil unnatural monsters must be destroyed, and nature will definitely return to balance!"
"Destroy the monsters and get back to balance!" shouted the jungle warriors in the audience.
Suddenly, a jungle warrior stumbled in and shouted, "Leader Fado, Darock they have been murdered by the invaders!"
"What?!" the voice of the female jungle warrior, also known as Fado, on the stage, rose sharply with anger, both anger at the intruder and anger at the recklessness of the messenger.
"Kailan, what's going on?" "What's wrong?" ...... Sure enough, the people in the audience had already asked nonsense.
"This morning, my lover, as usual, took the little p to the area where the patrol patrolled to collect medicine. Because she heard what seemed to be a fight, she asked P-O to fly over to take a look, only to find that the Dallock and the others were heroically fighting the invaders. Then, then, they were caught by mistake. The murderous intruders questioned them and brutally killed them all...... Our 6 brothers and sisters, that's it, that's it...... Leader Fado, you must avenge them!"
"The thief dares!" "Blood debt and blood payment!" "What the hell is ......" "Leader Fado, please give orders!" ......
Fado pressed his hands to signal the audience to be quiet, and then said loudly: "Darlock is a warm and brave person, he gets along with people, and he has struggled all his life to maintain the balance of nature. I don't want to be murdered today while maintaining nature, and I can't go unavenged. Guardians, pick up arms and follow me!"
"Preserve nature, pay with blood!" shouted the jungle warriors, swarming out in the leader's footsteps.
An old man with gray hair walked a few steps quickly to Fado's approach and whispered, "Chief, the incident happened suddenly, if you act rashly before it is ascertained, I am afraid that it will ......."
"Of course I know!" Fado, who was also excited, replied in a low voice, "If Kailan could report the news to me first, I would definitely investigate first and appease everyone first, but in this situation, what do you think I can do?!"
"Alas......" the old man sighed, children are used to getting along with nature, and it is inevitable that they will be more reckless when encountering things, and Kailan is especially typical.
"For now, the only way to do this is to capture the invaders first, and it's up to you to find out the truth. At this, Fado raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop, glanced back and said in a loud voice, "Although it is imperative to punish the invaders, the holy land cannot be left unguarded. Master Vasang, please take your disciples to guard the holy place, and when we return in triumph, we will hold a funeral for the children of nature for Bao Deng. ”
"Leave it to me. The old man Vasang adjusted his mood and responded loudly.
Whether it's a druid as a child of nature or a ranger living in the forest, their mobility will not be too bothered by some muddy bushes, and not only that, but they can also call on nearby animals from time to time to give them a ride, which is even a few points faster than on the plains.
So, in less than an hour, they found the intruders who were moving forward in an advanced sliding way, and set up an ambush in a suitable place.
Fado had already made a decision on the road as to whether to negotiate first to avoid misunderstandings or to raid directly: if it was found that it was still necessary to fight, it would lose the first hand in the raid, and if it was found that it was still necessary to negotiate, then the winner would have more say in the direct raid. Therefore, she decided to raid directly.
Fado doesn't have too many doubts about whether he can win. With Father Oak on top, they have a total of fifteen druids, thirty rangers, and a large number of animal friends, enough to defeat an army in the forest.
Of course, even if you are sure of victory, it is necessary to observe the enemy carefully to avoid unnecessary casualties.
According to the observations of her and her men, there were at least 8 intruders.
The halfling figure at the front of the team is recognized, called Maz, the mediocre Trimizhen shooter, who should be the team guide.
The man who followed Maz in second place, Thorn. He was once designated by Greggs as his successor, and when he traveled four years ago, he was already a high-level child of nature who was skilled in transforming and mastered the 5th order divine arts, and he was very difficult. The weakness is that the physical fitness is relatively average, the reaction is not fast enough, and the surprise attack is not very difficult to solve.
Then there were the two wounded lying on the floating saucer, barely able to keep up with the group. Judging by the way they were marching, and the amount of mud and grass on their armor, it was thought that they had been injured a lot when they fought with the patrol before.
Next is a man in a felt hat in a leather coat and leather pants, and just by looking at the marching posture, you know that he is an experienced adventurer. Considering that the whip was not suitable as a primary combat weapon, he should have something else to offer. Looking at the spell pack hanging from his waist, the battle mage is the most likely. This type of person is good at attacking spells with great lethality, but they rely heavily on their teammates for their own protection, and should be solved as soon as possible.
The penultimate is a girl with a bow and arrows and no armor, who is more difficult to follow the team, and should be a low-level mage. Non-arcane wielders should at least wear leather armor, and if they are of a higher rank, they will not use bows and arrows to avoid slowing down cast speed.
The young man in the double-knife chain armor at the end of the line, his movements are flexible and coordinated, he is a good fighter, and he should have no other special abilities. It is necessary for several people to strike at the same time to avoid casualties. The order of strikes can be later, and it is enough to trap only with entanglement during raids.
In addition, there are several unidentified creatures flying stealth, which can only be judged from the shaking of branches and leaves, and it seems that they are constantly patrolling the vicinity, and the specific number and ability cannot be confirmed. Such creatures either do not have any offensive capabilities or are very dangerous, so they must be identified as soon as possible.
Judging from this, during the raid, Thorn and the Battle Mage need to be the first to be taken down as the first target. Considering the location and distance, it is the best choice to use the 5th Order Malicious Transfiguration Technique to raid the Poison Crossbow Arrow Volley Battle Mage of the Rangers, if the wounded occupy not so much space, you can use the Flame Strike Technique to wipe out a few of them, but it's a pity. Then there are the invisible creatures, which are bombarded by the druids and then decide how to deal with them. Others can ignore it, and just take a spoonful of stew when the rain of arrows covers the beasts and charges.
Fado's tactics should be said to be very reasonable, especially when she chose the location of the raid next to the waterfall in consideration of the reconnaissance threat of the mage's perception of creatures: humans, which can effectively shield the perception spells, and the water curtain cave can hide people.
So, just as the heroes thought they were on their way, the attack struck.
In just one shot, Thorn, who was attacked by malicious transformation, and Taji, who was accidentally injured by a large number of arrows, lost his combat effectiveness, and Sweet, who was originally the key target, was only slightly injured because most of the arrows hit Taji.
"Raid!" Chanem reacted the fastest, swinging his sword and slashing several arrows at the same time, taking two steps forward, already protecting Amon and Sweet. Aemond immediately rolled on the spot, dodging the stray arrows and hiding under the float saucer, and then immediately chanted the greasy spell to intercept potential enemies.
"Damn!" the Khan, who was outlined by the demon fire of the area bombardment, drew his sword in front of Taji, hoping that he would be able to save him if he was injured and not dead.
On the other side, Faphila, who was also outlined by the demon fire, immediately flew three meters diagonally in front of the floating saucer, so as not to get up and be killed by the surprise attack, in that case, I am afraid it will be worse.
"Shrink!" Mike didn't care if anyone listened to his command or not, anyway, he shouted first, and at the same time, he kicked his feet and used his hands to change his stomach to sit on a floating saucer to stabilize his body, and then the spell combined effect instant spider web technique stopped the second wave of volleys, and at the same time blocked the way forward and blocked possible enemies, and then sprinkled a pack of gem Mithril magic crystal powder, and used it as a material to cast a construction technique to build a temporary enhancement circle. Dog-daring savages, don't think that if you wash off your red robe and can't ring the law, you can sprinkle it in front of your brother, today I want you to learn the rain of gold coins in this trench!
Gina Fei also kicked her feet and exerted her hands, but the whole person flipped over on the floating saucer, and when she landed, she had already drawn her sword in her hand, forming a triangle with the three Khan Fafira to protect the floating saucer in the middle.
Sweet, who was almost killed, broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately launched a shield with a magic bullet stunt, and then took two steps back diagonally with the whip in his left hand to get close to the floating saucer, while chanting a fireball spell ready to bombard the enemy that was about to be killed.
"Destroy the invaders and fight for nature!" the attackers shouted slogans and commanded the hordes of beasts to rush out.
Fireball Technique plus Fireball Technique, Mike and Sweet both coincidentally chose the most upright and simple group injury spell.
'Damn!, I didn't expect both of them to be mages!' Fado cursed in his heart, and he kept cursing his hand to disarm the magic to counter the fireball, but he didn't succeed because of the caster's level. Not only her, but also several other druids' counter-attempts failed to have an effect on the fireball technique, only countering the greasy technique of the shooter. 'Oops, they're all masters. ’
"Boom, Skirmishers, Companion Attack!" Fado turned his heart to the side, preparing to rely on the protective energy of trees and rocks and everyone's pre-blessing energy: fire and lightning spelling, long-range magic and bow and arrow attack to suppress and cover the eagle, tiger and leopard three-dimensional assault. The opponent's caster is unexpectedly strong, and it is not feasible to rely on countermeasures to suppress it, so it is best to use the advantage of numbers to force the defender to cast the spell.
"Boom!" As he spoke, Mike had already pulled out an intermediate widening scepter and began chanting of the secondary spell nullification enchantment. Even if all of your people add fire resistance to block two or three fireballs, but you can still add to that group of beasts? But Brother can directly exempt spells within the 3rd order, see how you break it!
At the same time, the Khan also turned into a whirlwind, blowing arrows to shoot down the eagle.
Although he had made the right response at the first time, due to the previous tactical misjudgment - thinking that his magic strength was superior and the ambush position that could avoid the sensing creatures was limited, he adopted a dense formation that was more likely to be killed by area-type spells, so even if the spell protection had been carried out in advance, it still suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of two rounds of fireballs with a total of three shots: more than a dozen tigers and leopards and giant bears were lost, the attacking eagles broke their wings and fell, and the three rangers with insufficient protection fell to the ground and could not bear the unknown life and death.
'Damn, it's the Wind Djinn!' Seeing that the thunder bow and arrow beast assault would be defused, Fado led the crowd to change his tactics again. 4th Order Divine Flame Strike Technique!
"Hmph, just a little virtue also dares to play tricks in front of the Fa Master, and he can counteract with high-level spells!"
As the first and safest means of spell protection, spell countermeasures can usually be divided into three types: the first type is the same spell counter, such as fireballs against fireballs, which are easy to learn and have reliable effects; the second type is to forcibly dispel with disarming spells, such as Fado and other druids just now, to dispel and counter Aamon's cobwebs, which are highly operable and widely applicable; the third type is to interfere with the same high-level spells, such as the 5th-order Plastic Energy Arcane Ice Pick Technique that Mike is currently using to counter the 4th Order Plastic Energy Divine Flame Strike Technique, which has a wide range of applications and reliable effects.
Each of these three types of countermeasures has its own advantages and disadvantages. The biggest problem of the first category is that the corresponding spell must be prepared to be implemented, so it is not very practical for a single person to fight the enemy, and the usual application occasion is that the warriors on the group of multiple spellcasters beat the unpopular villain boss with a large number of outnumbered; , Therefore, the usual application occasion is the magic master of this kind of spell, which uses flexible spells, and the bloodline spell caster is relatively sufficient, bullying the weak and oppressing the small law Xiaomu who needs to prepare spells in advance.
These three countermeasures, the first two principles are simple and easy to use, as long as the right spell is prepared, almost everyone can use it, but the third is relatively high-end and requires special practice, which is the so-called high-level spell casting counter stunt. After activating the level 7 spell, the omnipotent traverser felt that he could almost be regarded as a real powerhouse, so he spent a lot of effort to practice this powerful high-end technique that only the master liked to use.
"Guerrilla tactics, call the wolves!" Seeing that the flame attack technique did not work, Fado knew that he was afraid that the other party had stabilized his position and was afraid that he would not be able to take it in one fell swoop, so he decided to change to guerrilla attrition. Although the mage is very explosive, when he runs out of spell slots, he is just a toothless tiger to be slaughtered. As for the animals, the great Father of Nature will remember your sacrifice today......
"Hmph, dare to fight for consumption, brother can crush all of you!" is both a mage and a warlock, both of them are high-level talents, and they are also equipped with a first- and third-order spell position doubling ring, and the number of middle and low-level spell positions of the omnipotent traverser is several times more than that of ordinary middle-level mages, and they are not afraid of competition consumption at all.
"Aya, heal Taki. "Although Saber can't use magic according to the set, I can't care about these at this time, anyway, the most I can do is fix this character to Gina Fei cosplay, it doesn't matter. Alas, I thought that there was no worry about Sean's treatment this time, but I didn't expect that the waste wood would be turned into a toad in one face......
"Hmm. Gina Fei took a step back and rummaged through the space bag. Although he hasn't mastered the 3rd order magic again, his medical ability is much stronger than when he mastered it before, how can I say it, there is a family as the backing grade......
"Khan, Xiao Cha, I'll leave the melee to you. ”
"Good. ”
"Sweet, how about a missile kill?"
"No problem. "This kind of occasion to snipe his opponent with the help of cover is just right for him, and most of the Northland troll hunters are known from this. In terms of spell slots, although it is not as exaggerated as someone's 40 first-order spell slots, but as a dual cultivator of Aoao, Sweet also has as many as 12 first-order spell slots, and the magic bullet shooter who focuses on improving the effect of the first-order magic missile and pursues stable combat power will obviously not hesitate to purchase a first-order spell slot recovery pearl.
"Ammon, Maz, bow and arrow air defense. ”
"Hmm" I feel like I'm redundant......
"Thorn, hide under the float and watch out for yourself. ”
"Gollum ......" thought that he would be able to communicate with the druid at least a few words first, so he kept his human form and transformed into a giant bear without using nature, but he didn't expect to end up like this...... Alas, if it was turned into a rabbit or something, he could still use a spell to dispel the curse, but he was turned into a very strange toad......
As for the ** master himself, while preparing to counter the opponent's spell at any time, he turned out a few pieces of "mahjong" from the space bag, carefully placed them on the ground at a distance, and then lifted the shrinkage technique to restore it into a boulder with a thickness of more than 20 centimeters two meters square, and used a stone shaping battlefield to build fortifications, and then cast a spell to demonize the wall to enhance the defense ability. 'It was originally a heaven-turning seal prepared to overturn the Rakshasa demon's lair, but it came in handy here, and the adventure was always so unexpected. However, in this way, the battlefield composition of the stone shaping technique is still quite practical, and the pure spell defense is fast, but whether it is the enhancement circle, the spell invalid enchantment, or the wind wall technique, it will not last for two minutes, and it is not enough to meet a guerrilla enemy. Alas, the magic materials of three hundred gold coins are gone, and sure enough, when the cannon goes off, the gold is ten thousand taels......
At the beginning of the attack, the enhancement circle that Mike constructed, the actual effect is to temporarily build a magic active area, so that the casters in the area can obtain a certain degree of caster level increase in a short period of time, the greater the investment, the stronger the builder's ability, the better the effect of the increase, and the longer the duration. Mike's increase is 3, and the duration is only 1 minute, and now it seems that it has played a big role - maybe without these 3 caster levels Mike and Sweet's fireballs will be dispelled by the druids, and then the battle will collapse by the beast herd, so the circle is worth more than 10,000 gold, but maybe it won't work without these 3 caster level fireballs, in that case, it would be a pure waste to use 300 gold coins to construct a circle- The standard practice in Netherworld is to use the creation of a high-level shadow spell to keep the cost of recovering precious metals such as Mithril very low. However, for the trench that aims to "Dacheng Techeng" in this operation, it is safe to be prepared and safety first. Therefore, as soon as the attacker was able to use a Tier 5 Malicious Transfiguration, someone immediately threw a rain of gold coins.