Chapter 465: The Black Forest (14)
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Spoilage swarms are clusters of scavenging flies ranging in size from thousands to tens of thousands, and are endemic to woodland swamp environments - yes, one would rather think of a spoilage swarm as a single organism, since each swarm contains various types of scavenging flies. Some are responsible for finding decaying animal carcasses, some are responsible for decomposing corpses, some are responsible for alerting to various dangers in the outside world, and even a small number of special scavenging flies are responsible for judging the activities of the entire swarm at its core, which is almost no different from a single organism.
But no matter what type of scavenging flies, they all have a common characteristic, that is, all of them are extremely aggressive, as long as the core scavenger flies make the judgment of attack, they will swarm and pounce on them, and kill their opponents at any cost.
The head and mouthparts of the scavenger fly are weapons, and the head of each scavenger fly is extremely sharp and as hard as ordinary iron ore. The mouthparts are like steel needles, especially when piercing the body of living beings, a toxin in the body will be injected into it, and the wound will soon turn black, and the strict zhòng will also rot and suppurate.
Although these gray-and-white vipers are the thickness of an adult's wrist and several meters long, they can only swim close along the stagnant water, and then jump up to launch a melee attack on these humans standing on the "root mats", as long as they are not bitten, there is no big problem. But this should not be taken lightly, because there are many types of swamp snakes. These seem to be ordinary in front of them, but there is no guarantee that there will be no poisonous snakes that can breathe venom behind them.
The mage girl explained the characteristics of the two creatures with extremely brief explanations, and the expressions of her companions were a little solemn. For everywhere in sight the water was covered with swamp snakes swimming, and there were just as many swarms of putrefined, they flew slowly from all directions, the closest being less than ten meters, and the farthest being just passing through the mist.
"Mage and Ranger abandon the swamp viper! you focus on attacking the swarm! Thorre and Hilarily you two stand ready to take my place and wait until the swarm approaches me and Sapa to deal with them!"
"Leon, no. Erin released two fireballs and said again, "The Corrupt Swarm is highly resistant to melee weapons, and only spells can deal damage. I'm especially afraid of flames, so let's do it!"
As if to verify what the mage girl said, the two rangers who heard the order had just launched a wave of attacks aimed at the distant swarm, and their attacks were quite accurate. Dozens of long arrows rained down on the first two swarms.
"Buzz". The swarm seemed to have grown several times larger, and most of the long arrows passed through the middle, which had no effect at all. However, the swarm could not be completely dispersed, and the remaining part of the long arrows finally hit, and then a sound like a metallic symphony sounded, and the long arrows sparked at the edge of the swarm, and then completely changed their trajectory, turning in circles and not knowing where they flew.
"I'm ...... Such an exaggeration?" Li Ang was slightly surprised.
And the fireballs that flew out of Erin's hands hit the same corrupt swarm in quick succession. The first one blew up the scavenging flies flying on its outer side, and the second one directly set the entire swarm on fire. Soon. The medium-sized swarm of decaying insects slowly descended in the flames and finally landed in the stagnant water, with only a few scavenging flies flying out.
But there wasn't much relief on the faces of those who witnessed this, because compared to such a large number of corrupt insect swarms, such a lethality was nothing compared to the number of corrupt insect swarms, and how many fireball spells could an ordinary mage unleash even if he was powerful?
Cheney is worthy of his status as an archmage, he can unleash the five rings of explosive fireballs, which surpass the fireball technique in terms of lethality and range, and can cover three or four swarms per shot. However, Cheney did not underestimate the young female mage on the side, because he was almost twice as slow as Erin in terms of the speed at which he could cast secret spells.
The old man couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he was very experienced, and he knew that the female mage must be born with a very special talent, and once she advanced to such a foundation, she would definitely surpass himself who had stayed in the third order for many years.
"Cheney, Erin, stop casting!"
At this time, Leon's voice came, Cheney looked over in amazement, and heard the young man say: "Save your spiritual power, wait until the swarm is closer, more dense, otherwise we will have no other mages!"
To be honest, Cheney was already a little flustered by now, because in all his years as a mercenary and hunter, this was the most dangerous situation. An endless stream of swamp venomous snakes, overwhelming swarms of corrupt insects, these are all creatures that have never been seen in the past at a distance of about 2,500 meters, and the number is so amazing, this is almost a desperate situation...... How do you cope?
But in Cheney's eyes, although the young nobleman's face was solemn, there was no trace of panic, and his voice was quite calm, not at all like a young man who was only twenty years old.
Leon was giving orders, and for some reason Cheney's feelings began to calm down, and the panic in his heart gradually disappeared, and he couldn't help but straighten up and respond to the young man's words.
Li Ang nodded to him, and then said: "The others are too, we are facing a protracted battle, you must pay attention to the consumption of your body, as long as you feel tired, retreat and rest, I will let others fill your place!"
Everyone responded in unison, but Boris shouted in a loud voice: "My lord, I don't know what's going on, I'm feeling good now, even the consumed body is recovering, it is estimated that it is a special gift from the Great Forest to me!"
Even though he was currently fighting, Boris's words still made many people laugh and made the big man a little baffled.
Cheney just had a wrong feeling, so he didn't pay attention to the consumption of mental power, and after hearing Boris's words, he had a similar feeling after paying a little attention, but he didn't just act intuitively like Boris, and when he saw everyone's reaction, he looked at Leon's expression again, and was suddenly surprised.
Leon smiled at him and said, "Yes, as long as you are no more than fifty meters away from me, then it will always maintain this effect." ”
At this moment, Cheney's expression was like he was about to swallow an egg alive, and his heart was shocked beyond measure. Because this veteran mercenary with a lot of experience had heard of a similar ability, the "Aura of the Strong", it was said that only a very small number of people who could obtain some kind of powerful "grace" would possess it, could it be that this young man was also one of them?
An ecstasy welled up from the depths of his heart, but at the same time the young man's hand clapped on his shoulder.
"Cheney, don't be distracted," Leon said in a deep voice, "I'm going to do something next, and I must have the cooperation of you and Erin!"
"Please!" Cheney came back to his senses, and immediately became extremely serious.
The young man didn't answer directly, he first took out a bunch of blue and red medicine bottles from the dimensional bag and handed them to Erin, who was recovering beside him, and then raised his voice and said, "Everyone, pay attention, I will leave for a while, and then you will obey Katarina's command and continue to hold on!"
"Ahh
"There are too many corrupt swarms, and the locations are too scattered, but now there are only two mages, you and Erin, no matter how quickly you recover, it is impossible to destroy so many swarms," Leon looked at the shadows that were constantly approaching outside, and said, "I'll go and gather them together as much as possible, and then you two will attack according to my orders, it will be more efficient." ”
"Your Excellency, this is too dangerous! Not only are there corrupt insect swarms, but there are also countless swamp snakes in the water, and you can ...... at any time."
At this point, Cheney took a lot of effort to swallow the word "death" back, but his face was already quite anxious, for fear that the young nobleman really took his opponent too simple and sacrificed his precious life in vain—for Cheney now, even if everyone here, even himself, could go, but Leon could not go.
"My lord, I'd better go!" Boris probably thought the same way, so he just hesitated for a moment and shouted.
Leon waved his hand and said, "Cheney, Boris, maybe we have known each other for a short time, but you have to remember one thing, and that is to believe me. ”
Cheney was silent, and he noticed that the young nobleman's "guards" did not react to this decision, as if they took it for granted. He believed that these people could not have any ill will towards their lord, and that only meant one thing—they had considerable confidence in Leon.
Leon glanced at where he had been standing, where Ser and Hilarily were already stationed, and the new female guards were also looking at him worriedly.
The young man shook his head and smiled, and walked in that direction.
But before leaving, Fiona's voice suddenly rang in his ears, "Confident man...... Do you want me to join you, sister?"
Li Ang said without looking back: "No need, you just pay attention to protecting others." ”
Although the other party is kind-hearted, and her strength is also the strongest among all, Leon really can't let Fiona bother this time - after all, Leon is a "familiar hand" for things like "gathering monsters" and then letting mages remotely AOE, and he doesn't know how many times he did it when he was in his previous life, so he also knows how helpless and even annoying it would be to be disturbed by an inexperienced person on the way to gather monsters.
The vampire girl snorted softly and quietly retreated.
Ser and Hilarily gave him a place in the middle, and the maid whispered, "Your Excellency, please be careful. ”
Leon nodded, swept away the almost endless vipers with a sword, and strode down from the roots of the tree where he had landed. (To be continued......)