Chapter 38: The First Encounter

The group marched vigilantly through the woods to a small clearing in the middle of the woods, where the outmouth of the abandoned mine in front of the hill appeared in front of them. Brad looked around, and sure enough, he found traces of wolves and ogres.

"Judging from the footprints, there should be two ogres, it should have been last night, and there are traces of going in and out. There is also a human being, only traces of it, also last night. Traces of much older years, obscured by the traces of ogres, cannot be identified. The wolf did not enter the mine. ”

"Anyway, let's go check it out first. ”

"Good. I went in first, and Mike followed. Little Beck, you stay at the entrance of the cave and don't let your guard down. Brad drew his sword in hand.

"Kenael, let's walk. You follow me, and the pigs run outside. Mike picked up a stone, placed a light spell on it, and handed it to Kenael, "You take the light." ”

The waste mine is very shallow, with a passage of about five meters and a tunnel about ten meters wide, and then it is blocked by rocks. According to Ms. Bethel, it was blocked when it was abandoned.

No one was found, but there was a extinguished fire on the left side of the tunnel, as well as a few fruit pits, and it was clear that someone had recently lived here. Ogre footprints are everywhere, messing up almost everything. After a careful search, Brad found three paintings painted in stone with charcoal.

"Looking at the traces, the person should have been there last night, and he left last night. It is not certain whether it was taken by the ogre or left on its own. Brad came to a conclusion after examining the footprints and other traces.

"It was supposed to be painted by Audrey, and it was very similar to the style found in her home. Mike scrutinized the stone paintings. The first is Audrey herself, who looks at a loss, and there are many people or monsters who want to arrest her, the second is a reliable middle-aged man, who is four or five points like Richard, but she is not wearing armor, and the third is a kind old woman, who is six or seven points like Audrey herself.

"Looking at the content, it seems that the Audrey villagers want to arrest her, and she hopes that some elders will come to save her. Kenar speculated.

"There is some truth to it. Mike agreed, and secretly slandered in his heart: This little girl is quite literary, you can't write something, what kind of painting do you think, I think I am Van Gogh or Anda Chong.

While Mike and the others were looking around to discuss and discover, in the woods next to the abandoned mine, two ogres wearing animal skins and holding giant axes were also discussing.

"That pig is so big, it's big enough to eat for a while. ”

"The pig is for you, and I want a woman. ”

"Okay, Mark. ”

"Women want to live, Kema. ”

"The pig will also live, and it will not be able to carry it back. ”

"I went up to the top, waited for them to come out, jumped down. You take the wolf and rush over. ”

"Okay, Mark. ”

After discussing the distribution of loot and tactics, the ogres began to move. Their plan was executed smoothly, and as soon as Mike and the others walked four or five meters out of the abandoned mine, an ogre named Kema led seven wolves to rush out.

Mike chanted and cast the spell in one go, and the fireball exploded around the ogre, knocking over four wolves that were very close to him by the way, and then began to chant the spider web.

Brad charges with a spear and shoots the wolf, then swings his sword at the ogre, who is wounded by the fireball.

Little Baker stood in front of Mike and Kenael to guard against the wolves that might rush at him.

Kenael didn't react at first, then she wanted to cast a spell, and then remembered that the enemy should release the tiger, and when she threw two small balls into a tiger and a lion, the wolf had already been blown over by Mike's fireball, and then she hurriedly chanted the greasy technique, ready to let the ogre's axe out of her hand, but due to nervousness, the magic chant was much slower than when she practiced.

When everyone's attention was attracted by the enemy in front of him, Mark, who had been lying in ambush above the mine, jumped down and slashed at the unsuspecting mage who was casting a spell, and was about to succeed.

It's a pity that he also made the same mistake as Damshal's little Beck, even if he saw that Pig Ben was armed to the teeth, he still didn't pay enough attention to it. Pig Ben is a battle pig among wild boars, trained in Semerina's scouting, two points better than Brad's seasoned ranger warrior, and is focused on protecting Mike and Kenael. So, when Mark was in trouble, Zhu Ben immediately noticed it, turned around and used the nine-tooth stainless steel braces to go to the top of the flying Mark.

With a loud bang, the giant axe and the nine-toothed steel braces slashed together, Zhu Ben took three steps back under the force, and Mark flew five or six meters backwards and staggered back, and the weapon almost fell off.

Mike was chanting about the spider web when suddenly there was a loud bang diagonally above him, nearly causing him to miss his spell. Turning his head, he saw that an ogre was staggering back into the mine, so he threw the spider web spell to him, and sealed him up in the province.

"How?!" Brad was fighting fiercely, unable to turn back. The ogre who was hit by Mike's fireball was not badly injured, and two wolves were attacking, making it very difficult for him to deal with it. Kenael's lion and tiger bite a wolf together, which does not help much in the battle.

"It's okay!" Mike chanted, and with a flash dust, flashing the dog's eyes of ogres and wolves.

The opponent is blind, and it is a good time to attack. Brad stabbed straight at a blind wolf, slashed an ogre from behind with Mike's magic missile, and slashed the last two with a lion and tiger.

"And the head ogre is sealed in the mine, and we caught it alive. Mike pretended to be calm, and his heart was pounding so hard that he almost ...... In fact, it doesn't seem to be anything, both mage armor and shield protection, and fake life, the ability to resist blows is much stronger than that of Brad, a warrior, and even if the axe is cut strong, at most it will be flesh wounds. Pig Ben should be able to react before the second axe, but it's still a bit dangerous.

"No problem. "Brad thinks Mike is pretty reliable. Together, four spells take care of the enemy. "Little Baker, you clean up the wolves first. Kena'er, you first, take the lion and tiger on guard. ”

"Good. Kenael's face flushed slightly. She was about to finish chanting the greasy spell just now, but she was frightened by the loud sound and the spell failed. When he came to his senses, the ogre had been sealed in a scrap mine by Mike. She sings a second greasy spell, but before she can finish it, the ogre is beheaded by Mike and Brad. The lions and tigers that were released were not well commanded. As a result, almost nothing was done, and two animal balls and two spell slots were wasted.

"Brad, get out of the way, you're too close to the mine. ”

Brad took a few steps back, thinking that Mike was afraid that after the cobwebs were lifted, the ogre would rush out and hit them by surprise. That wouldn't happen with his reflexes, but it would be safer to step back. As a result, Mike chanted a fireball spell that blew up both the cobwebs and the ogre.

Brad was speechless, this Mike, the spell slot is too wasteful, don't manage Pastor Chad or Layla or Adrian or anyone else has never seen this, I have to tell him.

Mark, the ogre, who was entangled in a spider's web and couldn't break free for a while, was hit by a fireball and burned with spider silk and lost half his life. Before he could recover from the Trauma, Brad rushed in and slashed his hands and beat him to death.

"Mike, I don't think the fireball at the end is completely off. Kenael's animal ball should play a bigger role. "Confirming that the enemies have all been destroyed, Brad wants to talk about the use of spell slots.

"I'm not afraid of whatever. Mike didn't care, "Besides, we're going back to the village next, the probability of a battle is very low, and the spell slots won't be used up at all." If it was in normal times, I would pay attention. ”

Mike's reasons are quite good, and Brad doesn't have much to say.

While Little Baker was skinning the wolf and cutting the wolf's meat, Brad was searching the ogre, and Kenael quietly came over.

"Didn't I just behave badly......"

"Well, it's very bad. Mike told the truth.

"Why are you ...... like this" Kena was annoyed, of course she knew that she was not doing well, and she just wanted Mike to comfort her.

"Good is good, bad is bad, if it's obviously bad but you deliberately say good in order to comfort you, once or twice maybe it's nothing, but ten times eight times you may believe it, then it's bad. "It doesn't matter if your level is poor, as long as you know that your level is poor, there will never be much of a problem. But if you think that your level is very high, you are a so-called pig-like teammate, and comforting compliments from relatives and friends often contribute to it.

"People know~~~Mr. Mike~~~"

"Well, it's good to know, Kenaer-san, how do you think it should be corrected?"

"But when I was fighting goblins, I always used magic very well......" Kenar frowned.

"Striving to improve is one solution, building on strengths and avoiding weaknesses is another. I'm weak in hand-to-hand combat, and I don't have a lot of observation, you know, but as long as I'm casting spells in a safe place, these two shortcomings aren't considered disadvantages. ”

"But wasn't it dangerous just now? "Kenael is a little scared now, just a little bit, she will lose Mike, it turns out that the risk is so dangerous.

"There's no way around it, and besides, Pig Ben hasn't been protecting us all the time, it's very reliable, you have to believe it. Mike didn't care, "Besides, it's naturally best to be able to cast spells with two hearts while staying vigilant, otherwise you should concentrate on casting spells to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, so that you can have the energy to be vigilant." If you don't feel at ease, you will lose your head to protect yourself. ”

"Well......" Kenar felt as if she was wasting the magic bag. Because Sal often uses it, when he borrowed it yesterday, there were only two small balls in it, and today he recovered one but used two of them himself, and only the last one remained.

"Mike, look at this. Brad brought two wicker dolls, very similar to the one he found at Audrey's house.

"This is a big catch, let's take the ogre back for interrogation, and the three stone paintings will be chiseled down. ”

"Yes. ”