Chapter Seventy-One: A Little Difficulty
Jeff, you deviate a little to the left; The warehouse is also crazy, you get a little closer; One step to the right...... Enough is enough, and further to the right you're going to hit me; Yangtze River Delta, stay away from me, your hammer is almost up to my navel......" In the void, the voice of the dark elf assassin Red Wolf came out of thin air.
"Jeff, don't push me." The Yangtze River Delta shouted.
"The warehouse is crazy too, you're stepping on my feet!" I whispered.
"Buddha laughs, don't keep kicking my heels." The dwarf lady is unhappily screwed!
"Ouch, which idiot is stabbing me in the ass!" The human swordsman Buddha smiled with a look of resentment.
Under the command of the Red Wolf, we were in a state of confusion.
"I said, can't you just be quiet?" The red wolf said in annoyance.
"You're embarrassed to say who caused our difficult situation, and some thief who slipped in with us should be conscious enough." The head of the Yangtze River Delta tilted to the left, and said solemnly to a void of air.
"Shhhh The red wolf suddenly reminded us.
Two young elven maidens turned a corner from the intersection in front of them and walked towards us, talking and laughing. However, when they discovered our presence, the laughter stopped abruptly, and a look of surprise and cringe froze on their faces.
What they saw were four villains with hideous expressions, angry eyes, weapons in their hands, and fierce and cold eyes looking at passers-by with malicious intent. The four villains staggered to the ground in a flat diamond shape, taking over more than half of the otherwise spacious path. He smiled and slowly approached them.
Soon, one of the elven girls, with a bow and arrow on her back, secretly pulled the corner of her companion's clothes, and the two girls timidly turned on another road with their heads bowed, not daring to even look at us.
Seeing their backs leave view, the four villains let out a long breath and mingled together:
"The Yangtze River Delta is so ugly that it scared the two beautiful sisters away." The warehouse also frantically pointed at the fat face of the orc shadow thief and laughed loudly.
"Nonsense, my figure is so majestic, my expression is so kind, my gaze is so gentle, my smile is so sexy, it's obvious that you perverted dead shemale old woman scared people away. Look at your worthless appearance. I saw that the nosebleed of the beautiful woman was about to spray on the brain, and I don't know if it was because she was too short, so the atmospheric pressure was particularly strong. Not to be outdone, the Yangtze River Delta immediately ridiculed each other.
"Alright, alright. Don't argue, it's really not easy to tell which of the two of you is uglier than the other......" The air was filled with the strange taunting voice of the red wolf.
"I don't know what to do, who do you think we're doing this for?" Faced with the provocation of the dark elves. The dwarven priest and the orc shadow thief quickly formed a strong alliance and shouted angrily into the air in unison.
Admittedly, the Nighthawk: Wind Rider set has an amazingly significant effect on increasing the effectiveness of the Assassin's stealth skill. Although the six gatekeepers standing on either side of the gates of the Holy City of Frescit were nearly ten levels above him, they could be helped by this class suit. The Dark Elf Assassin Red Wolf still managed to slip through the gates right under their noses.
As he infiltrated the city gates, a tense hiccup occurred: just as he was about to fully enter the city gates, a group of soldiers patrolling the ground with halberds approached him. Outside the city. It happened to be at the city gate ** with us. The ill-intentioned dark elves were startled. Afraid of being discovered by the patrol, he hurriedly took a step to the right. Enough passage was made for them. However, this movement allowed him to break through the security limit between him and the gate guards in the last row on his right.
The vigilant gate guard was immediately aware of the Dark Elf's whereabouts, and he jerked his head away, staring warily in the direction of the Dark Elf, his eyes as bright as a falcon as if they could penetrate the air and look straight into the hearts of people.
The red wolf was unprepared, as if he had been stupefied by this unexpected turn of events, and he and the soldier stared at him on the spot. Seeing that his first infiltration plan was about to be easily snuffed out in the cradle, I suddenly became anxious and stood in front of the guard to block his view:
"Sir, where can I find the pharmacist in the city? What about the blacksmith? What about the grocery store...... "I waved the magic map in my hand so hard that I wanted to glue the whole map to his head.
My plan worked, and the vigilant guard immediately gave up his search for the infiltrator, dutifully pointing out the apothecary on the map. By the time he looked up again at the dark elves' hideout, the illegal stowaways had already slipped away without a trace.
Despite the fright, the success of sneaking through the gates only meant that the Dark Elves' plans to steal had just begun, and with that came another headache: how to move around the city.
You know, Freishit is one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the entire Farvi continent, although it is not the busiest time for air waders to come to the mainland, but there are still many pedestrians shuttling back and forth on the streets of the city, and in some congested sections, people will inevitably have slight collisions.
For the Red Wolf, who is an adventurer in the opposing faction, even the slightest contact from us will break his stealth and expose him to the fullest. Even if no one touches him, and even if he has a suit protection that provides a stealth bonus, it's hard to guarantee that one or two overly vigilant pedestrians won't spot him in a crowd. And once a dark elf exposes his whereabouts in the main city of the Alliance Army on the Falvi Continent, you can fully imagine how the "angry youths" of the mainland who are full of patriotism and sincerity will receive him "warmly and thoughtfully".
In order to protect the red wolf's whereabouts from leaking, as we marched, I, the Yangtze River Delta, and the warehouse were also crazy and Buddha Xiao arranged up in a diamond shape, surrounding him in the middle, avoiding the dark elves from getting close to other pedestrians. And when we encounter a lone pedestrian in a narrow section, we will try to make a fierce and domineering appearance. Let them take a detour as much as possible.
It sounds simple, but it's actually not an easy job. When the Assassin is hidden, his movement speed is reduced to one-third of his normal speed, and even though the Assassin class set increases his movement speed while hidden, the Red Wolf is still traveling much slower than us, and the person walking behind him will step on his heel if he is not careful. And the effect of his hiding is ridiculously good, even though we know that he is standing in the middle, but many times we will lose his trace completely if we are not careful—we can't find his location, and naturally we can't keep our distance from him.
So. We'll have to adjust our stride and speed to the Dark Elves' commands. Under the chaotic command of the dark elves, the chaotic scene just now has been played out on the streets again and again.
We
Escorting the Red Wolf to the Guild Application Office in Freshit, a small bungalow with an unexpectedly shabby building. A fence halves the already cramped room. An elderly man with a wrinkled face that could almost kill flies sat on a raised chair with his feet dangling, his eyes squinting weakly at the fence, and he was the only legally recognized "guild applicant" in the entire Falvi Continental Alliance.
As in many parts of the continent, these government offices always arrange for elderly grandparents to handle these public affairs. As it happens, these staff members often share some common characteristics, such as their inefficiency and short tempers. The service attitude is very poor, and I always like to tell you a lot of things that have to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, the pattern of the mainland, and the people of the world, but have nothing to do with you.
A sign was erected outside the house, where every notice for the establishment of a guild would be posted waiting for the guild members' signatures. The sign is shockingly short. I almost had to bend my waist at a right angle to read the text properly.
It is said that the height of the sign was carefully measured by experts from the city administration of Frescht. Put it at the most suitable height. So that citizens of all races in the city, especially the Confucian and Dwarven tribes, could sign their names smoothly. This rigorous administrative measure has profoundly embodied a kind of "humanistic care" of "political civilization" and has been unanimously praised by the broadest masses of the people.
As far as I can observe. Although the Confucian and dwarves could barely touch the lower edge of the sign, they would have to tiptoe to sign their names on the sign, and if a tall minotaur like Niu Million wanted to clearly read the handwriting, he would have to lie on the ground.
It is always the case: in order to take care of the "human care" of all people as much as possible, the Union authorities tend to work hard and take many very laborious and complex measures, and the end result is very inconvenient for everyone - for the Falvi Continental Union government authorities, such cases of good intentions and bad deeds occur so often that it is almost suspected that the job of these ruling officials is to rack their brains and do everything possible to get us in trouble. I don't know how the geniuses of government officials could have so many brilliant ideas in their minds to come up with so many bad ideas that no one could even think of - for example, I can't think of them.
I've always wondered why they couldn't put up two signs, one tall and one short, here.
……
Like the small dilapidated house in the guild application office, this sign is short and dilapidated, a wooden shelf that has been put together by a few pieces of broken wood in a very crude way, and if you pass by it without knowing it, you will probably think that it is a pile of garbage discarded by some pedestrian who lacks a sense of public morality. Only the two majestic sword-sword soldiers guarding it slightly showed the legal authority and solemnity of some of this broken plank. Like most of the guards in the city, the two soldiers guarding the signs were also strong men who had reached level 60.
If you see two strong warriors with sharp blades and serious expressions guarding a pile of rotten wood just as high as their belts, the contrast is hard to inspire any genuine awe for them—and in my personal opinion, it's hard not to feel even a hint of genuine comicalness.
At this time. The notice board was posted with an announcement that the new guild was "a group of people who were idle and bored and chattering about messy things", and more than a dozen people had already left their signatures on the announcement. There were a few people standing around the billboard, some of them unfamiliar faces, but most of them were old acquaintances of ours - if nothing else, they were all about to become members of our guild.
Guarded by two high-ranking soldiers, the Red Wolf simply had no way to approach the announcement. We could only say hello to the sorceress Fei Yin who was standing under the sign from a distance, and then found a secluded corner, where the three of them protected the dark elf assassin in the middle, and I walked briskly in the direction of Fei Yin.
"Fei Yin. How many people are there now? I asked from afar.
"Fifteen already!" Fei Yin looked energetic, and she tilted her head to look behind me. She obviously couldn't see the dark elf red wolf in the hidden state, and naturally only saw me, the Yangtze River Delta, the warehouse also crazy and Buddha laughing.
"With the four of you, there's only one person left. Nocturne in B flat minor, this guy is so sluggish. So far, I haven't brought anyone to sign up. If he delays the formation of the guild, I will never spare him......" Although the sorceress gritted her teeth as she spoke, her eyes already burst out with a yellow glow like a gold coin.
I quickly explained to her, "Oh, that dwarven priest is a nocturne in B flat minor. Buddha laughs is the place I brought here. ”
"So it's said that no one in the Yangtze River Delta has been found?" Listening to my words, Fei Yin looked at the big belly of the Yangtze River Delta with great interest, and her face was full of greedy expressions that she couldn't boil oil and sell our fat orc shadow thieves for money.
"In fact......" I had to go on and explain," ...... Except for the Buddha laughing. We've brought someone with us, but he can't sign it for the time being......"
I briefly introduced the situation of the red wolf to Fei Yin, and especially reminded this master thief who couldn't control his own hands was extremely dangerous. At first, I was worried that she would oppose the Dark Elves joining the guild because of her rivalry to the camp. But I soon found out. My worries are unfounded......
"Are you telling the truth?" Fei Yin couldn't help but scream. His face flushed with excitement, "That guy's level of theft is so high?" You have to find a way to pull him into the guild! Oh, my God. Level 40 theft, this is an ATM with long legs, as long as he goes around the street every day, we will be rich! ”
"But......" I pointed to the two high-ranking warriors next to the sign, embarrassed...... With them here, he didn't even have a chance to get close to the autograph. ”
"This ......" Fei Yin couldn't help frowning as she carefully looked at the two professional soldiers who were armed from his heels to his teeth.
"Don't stand there stupidly, get out of here and come up with ideas!" If you can consume what you can consume others, you will never use your own, this is the life creed that our greedy ice sorceress Miss Fei Yin has always adhered to - this is true for money, and it is probably the same for brain cells. She only thought about this question for a few seconds, and then she habitually found the easiest and best way without her brain-wrenching things to be done by others.
We put the current difficulties
The companions at the scene spoke clearly, hoping to get some insight from them. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of people are completely pessimistic about joining the Dark Elves - they don't believe we can accommodate an Assassin from a rival faction in our main city. However, the good news is that people who like to challenge the laws of the world with their minds are by no means a minority in our guild:
"Just let him stay close to the announcement incognito, and he may not be discovered......" spoke to a Confucian assassin named "Corner of Light".
It was obviously unrealistic to let the dark elf Red Wolf, who had managed to sneak into Freshitt City, test the anti-stealth ability of the high-level guards with his own life, so the bright corner volunteered to do the test. He unleashed his "Stealth" assassin skill, converged his whereabouts and approached the wooden sign, and as soon as he put the tip of his pen on the guild application announcement, a soft white light suddenly flashed and enveloped his entire body. The diminutive Confucian Assassin was immediately nowhere to hide.
We've all underestimated a rudimentary sign. Although it looks like a pile of rotten wood - of course, it is actually a pile of rotten wood - but this pile of rotten wood is, after all, the only place in the entire continent of Falvi to publish the announcement of the guild application. It is eternally blessed with divine magic, and no one is allowed to hide its form or return to it.
As a result, the experiment ended in failure without any suspense.
"Shall I sign for him?" Niu Wan ran over and scribbled on the announcement, but no matter how he wrote, the pen was just empty, and he couldn't write a single extra word except for the signature he left for the first time.
"What if...... Sign for someone...... It is also possible to ...... Words...... So we ...... Why...... Still...... What about recruiting people again? Seeing Niu Million's face and red ears busy for a long time, the half-orc warlock Ding Ding Xiaoge said in a hesitant voice, "Each of us ...... Write two ...... Name...... Isn't it...... Is it enough? ”
". You didn't remind me earlier......" Niu million muttered and said "fold!
This stupid experiment 2 is not even a meaningful experiment.
"I don't think we're thinking in the right direction......" At this time, the elven marksman String Ge Yayi slowly paced out of the crowd, and his rational voice couldn't help but lift people's spirits. …… The dark elf couldn't sign because there were two high-ranking guards guarding here, and everyone had been wondering how to get him close to it without being detected, but I thought we should make the most of the director's initiative. We should not be constrained by empiricism and essentialism, but should give full play to our ability to think innovatively and backwards, further emancipate our minds, seek truth from facts, and think about how to get these two guards away. ”
The speech of Xian Ge Yayi greatly expanded our horizons. It made our eyes light up. I immediately looked at him expectantly:
"So, do you have a way to get these two guards out?"
"Well...... " String Geya smiled and nodded confidently. In the midst of dozens of expectant eyes. Living up to expectations, he said, "...... Yes. Actually, there's nothing I can do......"
"There's no way to talk so much nonsense! Waste everyone's feelings! Fei Yin immediately went into a rampage, and the slender magician slammed our great realist to the ground. Then he knocked him out with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. The guild members who have been deceived by the string song Yayi have also carried forward the glorious tradition of beating the water dogs well, and everyone has found the perverted pleasure of bullying the widow with a lot of people in this weak elven shooter. These space-waders had just the right scale, and they were very successful in beating the elven archer into a pig's head, but they didn't hurt his life at all. The guards who stood aside stared at the violence that was happening around them with wide eyes, and they had no intention of stopping it.
Just when everyone was excited that the depression in their hearts could be vented, suddenly, the long-haired elven female animal trainer Yan Zhen muttered impatiently:
"It's really troublesome, if you can't kill these two guards, right?" In the face of those intelligent humanoid creatures, this beautiful elven girl has always been very ruthless.
The whole venue suddenly fell silent.
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, although they didn't say a word, but the stupid flames that shot out of their eyes have fully demonstrated their agreement with this suggestion. In the end, everyone's eyes fell on Fei Yin's face. The female ice mage bit her lip and stared at the two guards, as if she was making a difficult judgment.
"What's there to think about, let's kill them all first! I'll go first, you guys cover! While everyone was considering what to do, a short figure was already waving a short staff, shouting wildly, and without any battle plan, he pounced on it alone.
There is only one person in our guild who would be so passionate about violence and so unthinkingly engaged in battle, and that is our Dwarven Priest Longbow Shooter. I'm pretty sure that his passion for battle came entirely from the depths of his heart - but apparently not through his brain.
Immediately someone rushed after him, trying to provide follow-up support for his furious attack, but no one could keep up with the longbow shooting in the wilderness. In the blink of an eye, the nunchucks of the longbow struck the sword guard hard for the first time......
"Boom ......" A cold and sacred white light slashed down in the air, like a thick lightning bolt splitting in the air, as if even the sky and the earth had been cut in half.
After the white light, the guard stood proudly with his sword held high.
Longbow Shot lay on the ground with his eyes rolled and tongue out, and his feet were facing the sky, leaving a bright red scar on his forehead, and he looked very embarrassed.
Could it be that this is the legendary one-hit kill?!
Time seemed to stand still suddenly, and all the people who rushed forward with their weapons invariably stopped their movements completely, like petrified statues, staring at the corpse of the longbow shooting the sun with wide eyes and stupidity.
I drew my sword at this point, too, but I was too far away to provide timely assistance to my dwarven devotional friends in battle.
I'm so glad I did.
And I'm sure that's what the vast majority of people here thought in their hearts.
"Fanatics, don't challenge the majesty of the gods in the holy city!" The soldier returned his sword to the sheath, looked at the dwarf corpse of the longbow and shot the sun, and said with disdain.
Concubine Yin on the side glanced at the corpse of the longbow shooting sun, shook her head in disappointment, turned her face without changing her face and continued to ask:
"Who has any other ideas?"