Chapter XXVII: The Battle and the Unusual State of Events
"Be careful!"
Micah stretched out his left hand and used the shield fastened to his armor to block the attack of the war shadow in front of him.
"It's okay!"
"It's fine!"
Almost wounded, Amed quickly adjusted his position and blocked the other Shadow attacking him from their array.
"Water Breath, One Shape, Water Slash!"
Feeling the tactile sensation of the backs of the three people behind him leaning on each other, and looking around at the rapidly gathering war shadows around him, Micah directly used the sword form in the breath of water.
Quickly concentrating all the strength of his body, Micah stepped sideways, twisting his body with the swing of this plane slash.
The sharp sword swing passed, and in an instant, the war shadows surrounding the three of Micah were cut off from their necks.
At this moment, the place where the three of Micah are located is the sixth floor of the dungeon.
After passing the first layer of the trial, the three of Micah gradually went deep into the dungeon to fight the monsters on each floor.
While adapting to their surroundings, the three of them are still looking for a suitable place for them to continue their exercise.
So, as they progressed, they came to the sixth layer.
Here they encounter their first crisis in the dungeon.
A total of twenty Shadow of War.
The reason why I encountered so many war shadows can only be said to be really unlucky.
Near a passage, the three of Micah encountered seven war shadows, monsters that had only existed since the sixth layer, and the three of them had not encountered them before.
Just as they were about to step forward for a battle, eight more war shadows suddenly appeared on the walls on either side of them.
The birth of these eight war shadows made the already narrow passage even narrower, so the three of Micah did not want to fight here.
Just when they wanted to avoid the edge for a while, there was actually a war shadow coming from their own back road.
Such an unfortunate situation made Micah subconsciously wonder if he had encountered an abnormal situation!
As for what is an anomalous state of affairs?
There is a saying that has always been circulating in Olaria.
The dungeon is alive.
This statement is not a lie.
The dungeon has a will, and it is full of malice for adventurers who enter the dungeon.
It may not be conspicuous in normal times.
But when you're weakened by previous battles, or out of shape for other reasons, dungeons tend to deliver a fatal blow to you.
And this fatal blow came from an ailment.
An abnormal state is a special condition that is far beyond the normal state.
One of the most famous is the 'Monster Feast'.
Dungeons are known to spawn monsters and expel them from their walls.
And the monsters it spawns each time are limited.
But once you encounter a monster feast, the surrounding walls will continue to give birth to monsters, which can make the surrounding space fill with monsters in a very short time.
At the same time, it will also guide monsters from other places to gather here.
As a result, an unimaginable number of monsters have been condensed somewhere to deal a fatal blow to adventurers.
In addition to this, other anomalies include subsidence and enhancements.
Like a subsidence, the floor under the adventurer's feet shatters instantly, causing the adventurer to fall into a more dangerous level.
The enhanced species has a strength that far exceeds that of the same level.
And once it encounters an abnormal situation, it will be extremely dangerous, and death may be ushered in at any time.
That's why such words circulate among adventurers.
The dungeon is alive.
Although the three of Micah were suddenly surrounded by monsters, Micah quickly cleared the suspicion of an abnormal situation.
After all, if it's a monster feast, why should there be hundreds of monsters!
That's where it goes.
And in the upper layer, there is generally no abnormal state of affairs.
The environment here is too small for the dungeon.
But even so, Micah didn't dare to be careless.
Although the three of Micah often exercise, their ability value was no longer able to crush them at the sixth layer.
And neither Amid nor Melly has ever had the experience of fighting life and death.
And they are also good at one-on-one combat, not team battles.
With the foundation of the three of Micah, it would be very simple to practice in the dungeon for a few days and then encounter this situation, but now they can't do it so easily.
After all, they're all newcomers!
But that's not the most important thing.
The most important thing is the dungeon, and Micah is very worried about whether the other party will take advantage of the fire to rob it.
After all, dungeons are alive!
...
With Micha's 'horizontal slash', all five war shadows gathered around Micah's three were wiped out.
"Be careful, War Shadows are fast and lethal, but their attacks are monotonous, and they are still easy to defend."
"Understood!"
Hearing Micha's summary, Amed and Melly also nodded slightly.
And memorize the information of these war shadows in your mind thoroughly.
Tightening the sword in his hand, Micah began to think.
The most dangerous time for them was when they were just surrounded, and if they were to lose their teammates due to panic, it would be difficult to deal with them later.
And this is also a common problem for newbies.
The three of them are all strong-willed.
Even if the situation is urgent, there is no panic in the slightest, but quickly form a formation to meet the enemy, divide the triangle, and ensure that there are no dead ends in their team.
At this time, the three of them were actually out of danger.
With their strength, as long as they held their breath, they would hardly encounter unsolvable dangers before the tenth layer.
After the calm response of the three of Micah, eight war shadows have now been killed.
There are still twelve of the remaining War Shadows.
These twelve war shadows alone couldn't cause trouble for the three of Micah, and if they wanted to solve it, they could quickly solve it.
And that's exactly what Micah thought.
"Keep the formation and take the initiative!"
For adventurers, formation is important.
Because in a dungeon, there is no future for going it alone.
This may not be obvious at the upper level, but from the middle level onwards, the number of monsters increases dramatically, and it is impossible to deal with it alone.
That's why you need teammates.
And if you want to play the strength of your teammates perfectly, you need a formation.
Like the Loki clan, the reason why they were able to carry those weaker adventurers to the super lower level and even the deeper layers was because they connected everyone's forces through formations.
And in Olaria, Finn is the only one who can reasonably arrange and command so many people.
"Understood!"
Hearing Mio's words, Amed and Melly dispersed a little and switched from defensive to offensive.
Micah is in front of the front.
Amed and Melly were placed side by side behind Micah, and the three of them rushed forward quickly in the form of a triangle.
Soon, Micah, who was at the front, collided with the war shadow in front of him.
Micah slammed the shield in his left hand into its head, and then swung his great sword in his right hand horizontally, another slash from the water.
After Yawei's modification, the power of this horizontal slash has long since been transformed.
Under the blow, there was no survivor in front of Micah's eyes.
As the three of Micah intervened into the Shadow Group, the team's triangle attacked at the same time.
And Micah, who is the strongest in the front, even has the spare strength to take care of Amide and Melly on both sides while fighting, to make up for their shortcomings.
At the same time, the three of them are also savoring the difference between fighting and exercising.
Pushing himself to continue to move forward in swordsmanship.