Chapter 25: The Power of Fear
After discovering that the spearman Lambert Camacho's cultural skills were only slightly better than that of the illiterate and illiterate, Rowe had to ask Catherway to provide voice support and started a conversation with Lambert Camacho.
So, after spending almost an hour of precious time, Rowe finally had a general understanding of why the two-headed Black Hawk mercenary group to which Lambert Camacho belonged appeared in the festering crypt of Sumenassas, the land of the undead.
The only pity is that Lambert Camacho's level is too low, and his status in the two-headed Black Hawk mercenary group is only a small minion, and his knowledge is very limited.
However, the information provided by Lambert Camacho is not entirely of low value, because Rowe noticed that according to Lambert Camacho's account, the place where the two-headed Black Hawk mercenary group and those skeleton monitor lizard knights meet in a short battle is a place similar to a group of underground palaces.
At that time, the five protected magicians were transcribing the patterns on the thick boulder pillars of the palace complex, but they were just about to do so when they were interrupted by the skeleton monitor lizard knight who rushed out of the underground palace......
So there is no doubt that the patterns on those boulder pillars must have hidden some valuable secrets.
Rowe loves secrets, because secrets are mostly related to knowledge and wealth.
And during the time when Luo Wei was pressuring for information, the battle to chase the dead under the hill had also ended.
The gold-level skeleton monitor lizard knight who killed people and took hearts, after obtaining the essence blood of the earth mage, did not continue the pursuit, but returned to the festering crypt.
So quickly. The rest of the ordinary skeleton monitor lizard knights. They all returned to the festering crypt.
Rowe noted. The skeleton monitor lizard knight who chased the farthest only chased out about two miles.
Does this mean that the maximum range of movement of the undead in the festering crypt under normal circumstances is only that far?
In the book "Dawn of the Corrupt", the author Chico Chaco Lub, after a large number of field trips to the land of the undead, finally came to an unsubstantiated conclusion, he believes that the land of the dead should have a core point with the richest dark element, and then the farther away from this core point, the less dark elements will become. Therefore, the undead who gather in the land of the dead will be under the control of instinct, and will not be too far away from the land of the dead, because if they are too far away, they will not be able to obtain the nourishment of the dark elements rich in the land of the dead.
Unfortunately, before Chico Chaco-Lub could confirm his conjecture, he contracted a vicious illness and died two months later on his way to the thirty-sixth land of the dead, which he intended to go to.
In the period leading up to his death, the last thing Chico Chaco Lubo did was to review and revise his manuscript one last time, and eventually passed away before it could be fully revised.
Perhaps the only thing that could make Chico Chaco Lub happy was his book "Dawn of the Corrupted" not long after his death. It was published at the expense of the White Wizard Freemasonry, a member of the Ring of Laws.
And when reading the book, Luo Wei felt that this inference might be reliable. Now, judging by what has been seen with his own eyes, Chico Chaco-Lub's reasoning should be more or less correct.
Under normal circumstances, the undead really seem to instinctively avoid staying away from the land of the undead.
"Luo Wei, are we going to change places? This guy's two-headed Black Eagle mercenary group, someone should have seen this guy escape here, so they should be looking for it soon, right?"
At this time, Catherway said to Luo Weijian.
Although Catherway, for her part, was absolutely confident that Rowe could easily kill those adventurers, this kind of fight was pointless no matter how much she thought about it.
Luo Wei shook his head at Catherway, he didn't think that the mercenaries of the two-headed Black Eagle mercenary group who had fled to two miles away still had the courage to run back again.
More than a hundred people were killed, only a dozen or so people remained, only two of the escorted magicians were also killed, and the last big and small cats left in the two-headed Black Eagle mercenary group were two or three, which can be completely described as "people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead", right?
There will not be much difference between a mercenary who has lost his heart and a monkey who has been frightened by a slaughtered chicken.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the remaining mercenaries will definitely not come back, even if those magicians still want to come back, but it will take time to reassemble a group of adventurers who are willing to work for them.
Therefore, in front of him, Lambert Camacho, who is completely at the level of a small minion in the two-headed Black Hawk mercenary group, and was able to escape from the festering crypt before was all about luck rather than strength, will anyone still remember him?
Well, maybe someone will remember Lambert Camacho, but Rowe doesn't think anyone else would want to take the risk and come back to find him.
And the fact seems to be exactly as Rowe expected, after the skeleton monitor lizard knights returned to the festering crypt one after another, the few mercenaries who fled and hid in all directions escaped from the hiding place one after another, and then fled the festering crypt of Sumenassas along the road without looking back.
"Spearman, do you see? No one remembers you at all, you are to your mercenary group...... Not at all important. ”
Luo Wei wrote these two lines on paper.
Most of the text was in words that Lancer Lambert Camacho didn't recognize, but after Catherway's "translation" retelling, the poor Lancer looked dark and finally nodded towards Rowe.
Lambert Camacho was very reluctant to admit it, but what Rowe wrote on paper was a fact he couldn't argue.
"Wait a minute, be our guide and take me into the festering crypt, and if you can take me deep into the place where you went before, I'll give you a hundred gold gaddons—pay as cash. ”
Rowe was pleased with the spearman's reaction, so he quickly wrote down some of these words on his notepad.
After Catherway helped to read the words out of the paper again, Lambert Camacho's face turned terrified, and he remembered the previous experience of having to escape the festering crypt with nine deaths.
"I refuse! I won't go in again! Absolutely not!"
Lambert Camacho screamed loudly, no one wants to have the same nightmare twice.
"Are you sure?"
Rowe was finally on paper again. Wrote the words that Lambert Camacho was able to recognize. But when this short text was shown to Lambert Camacho. Nelson, the zombie lord wielding the twin swords of ice and fire, stepped forward and crossed the twin swords around Lambert Camacho's neck.
"Choose, spearman, will you come home alive with a hundred gold gatons, or will you be killed here now?"
As Catherway helped read the words, Rowe pulled out dozens of golden coins from the Void Ring and sent them to rain down to the ground.
Gold has never been a problem for Luo Wei, as long as he can pay enough gold to solve the problem.
And most of the time, the phrase that money can make the devil grind is like a truth-like saving zài - especially now that this kind of money is either take money. Either death.
"The gods are above, don't kill me, don't kill me, I've changed my mind......! I'm willing to be your guide! Don't kill me......"
Before he was about to pee his pants, the poor spearman completely changed his mind.
"Good. The corners of Rovi's zombie face twitched, but he smiled a rather hideously because of the stiffness of his muscles, and after thinking about it, he continued to write on his notepad: "I like to deal with smart people who know the times. ”
Catherway read out the words written by Rovi for Rovi, and then added: "Mr. Lambert Camacho, we are actually good people, so as long as you don't do anything incomprehensible, your life will never be in danger." ”
Good?
Good. There are weapons that are put around the necks of others, forcing them into dangerous places that they have managed to escape with great difficulty. Do you want to be a goddamn guide?
Poor Mr. Spearman, in his heart, seemed to have 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past, but in the face of Luo Wei, who was "smiling" at him, he could only do his best to face Luo Wei, mobilizing his muscles to respond with a smile that was not much better than crying.
"Hehe, hehe, hehehe——, no, no, I will definitely lead the way, definitely!"
Lambert Camacho grinned hard and swore that he would be better behaved than a bunny.
It's a pity that the poor spearman didn't know that his smile and words were in Luo Wei's eyes, but they had the opposite effect of making him really cry-
This spearman, with such a lewd smile, must not be a good man, well, it seems that he should be kept a close eye on him, lest he really do something "incomprehensible", as Catherway put it......
Luo Wei secretly thought so, but in order not to irritate the poor spearman and let the other party complete the work of leading the way, Luo Wei did not turn this inner activity into a text table.
So, after nodding to Lambert Camacho, Rowe had Lord Zombie Nelson slowly retract his sword of ice and fire, making the poor spearman a little safer from the coerced state of being able to move his head at any moment.
It's just that when he was put on his neck by the double sword, Lambert Camacho, who didn't dare to move because he didn't dare to move his head as long as he moved, sat down on the ground with his legs trembling when he finally could move safely.
On the one hand, he was afraid, and on the other hand, he was also tired - escaping from the festering crypt had already consumed almost all of Lambert Camacho's strength, and if it weren't for the fear of death, he would have sat on the ground a long time ago.
Therefore, fear can also make people show potential abilities that they would never normally have.
And the potential that Lambert Camacho has just shown is already similar to the skill of a well-trained high-level sword wielder who can master the sword wielder skill "standing".
Of course, it is a pity that everyone present, whether it is Lambert Camacho himself, or Rowe and Catherway, has not noticed this at all.
Who would believe that a spearman who is afraid of death can stand tall?
Ignoring Rovi, who had been standing for a long time, but finally sat down with the fallen spearmen, he poked his head out for the Nth time to observe the situation from behind the ruins of the watchtower.
Rovi saw that there were only a few corpses of mercenaries left on the black, grassy road leading from the festering crypt to the ruined city of Sumenassas, and all the skeleton monitor lizard knights and the mercenaries who had fled in all directions had returned to their places.
"Good, we're almost ready to go. ”
After making sure that there was really no problem, Luo Wei turned this inner activity into words but into a gesture of waving his hand to keep up.
Catherway followed first, but poor spearman Lambert Camacho was still slumped on the ground with weak legs.
"Mr. Lambert Camacho, I think you'd better hurry up and pick up the gold coins that already belong to you, and follow us. If you can't do it, something bad might happen......"
Without Rovi's command, Catherway reminded kindly to the mercenary who was sitting on the ground, gulping and mouthing a rough mouth
Catherway's reminder was effective, for the poor spearman jumped from the ground with great speed after a stirring.
In short, Lambert Camacho once again proved the power of fear with himself -
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