Chapter 18: Dragonvein Kobold Warlock

Unlike the shoddy stone caves made by the jackals, the kobolds are accustomed to burrowing and are good at digging burrows. Their nests are usually designed to be low passages large enough for kobolds to move through easily, but also to obstruct the passage of larger humanoids.

Compared to the stronger gnolls, kobolds compensate for their physical deficiencies with their talent for making traps. The most stealthy kobold traps even use natural hazards and other creatures. A triprope may be attached to a clay pot pouring out of carnivorous green ooze or a tensioned spring trap may be used to throw venomous centipedes at intruders.

Overall, kobolds' dens are complex and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, Lin Xi had never planned to enter this deep cave.

She first maintained her invisibility technique and quietly touched the entrance. The kobold guard shook his nose and looked in confusion, his confused head not yet aware of the danger, and suddenly there was a chill behind him, and the cold gnoll's claws grabbed his throat and wiped it silently.

“…… Stealth success. ”

“…… You deal 29 critical damage to the target. ”

“…… When the target dies, you gain 1 XP and +1 Survival Point. ”

Due to Lin Xi's advanced level, the punishment mechanism caused by the excessively high level difference made Lin Xi only gain experience points that were better than nothing, but her goal was not experience in the first place.

The kobold guard's eyes were violent, the trachea of his throat was cut, and a large amount of blood splattered out, pouring into the trachea, and he could only make a few "hoho" sounds, and before he died, he saw that another kobold guard on the opposite side also died under the mouth of the pseudo-dragon, and he twitched a few times unwillingly, and then stopped moving.

Lin Xi's stealth technique failed after the attack, and his figure emerged from the void and threw the corpse to the ground at will. The strong smell of blood spread, and a large number of kobolds in the cave were alarmed and poured out in droves.

Lin Xi stood in place, put the 'Armor of Agasis' and 'Hada Power' on his body, and walked straight towards the kobold army holding torches and wielding inferior stone blades. Lin flew into the sky, waiting for the opportunity to move.

The "Dark Technique" was launched with Lin Xi as the center, and the kobold's torch seemed to be suddenly extinguished by some invisible force, and the darkness swallowed all the light within a radius of 15 feet, and the kobold suddenly fell into a panic, some of them waved their weapons in a panic and injured their companions, and some of them tried to withdraw from the coverage of the dark magic.

Weak-willedness, bullying the weak and fearing the hard is the biggest weakness of the kobold!

Lin Xi took this opportunity to bully and press closer, like a wolf into a flock of sheep, the claws of the jackal in his hand were like the sickle of death, tossing and turning and quickly harvesting the life of the kobold. Occasionally, an attack fell on Lin Xi's body, but it was also blocked by the armor of Agasis, and the frost armor trembled, transmitting the cold breath to the attacker's body, followed by even more cold and ruthless claws.

With the blessing of darkness and the armor of the shadow, the last thing Lin Xi is afraid of is group battles, in this case, the only thing that can limit her is physical strength and endurance.

This is also a test for himself, as the last period of time before leaving the secret realm of the city and going to the Shengyao camp, Lin Xi must have a clear understanding of his current combat strength, and the most effective way is to conduct actual combat.

The stretch of spell slots is one of the biggest limitations of the evil sorcerer, even with the blessing of the super demon core, Lin Xi's spell slots have greatly increased, but if there is a continuous high-intensity battle within a day, the spell slots will eventually run out. This is also one of the reasons why Lin Xi focuses on melee ability.

In Lin Xi's body, the sorcerer's spells were only a means to assist in battle. Just imagine, the enemy struggled to break through Lin Xi's spell coverage area, and was about to perform close output, but was blown up by Lin Xi's backhand.

Lin Xi's strength and agility physique reached 10, 14, and 13 with the blessing of titles and spells, agility and physique, as attributes common to all professions, are not high, but they are not low, and they are barely enough on the premise of not comparing with top players and NPCs. It's just that the strength is low, and even against the weak kobolds, there are still situations where they can't be killed with one hit.

"Boom!"

A deafening thunderclap sounded, and more than a dozen kobold corpses flew out of the spherical dark area and fell to the ground on their stomachs, with a trace of silver-white thunder flashing on the surface of their skin.

It was estimated that it was almost over, and most of his physical strength was consumed, and Lin Xi simply and neatly shot the "Thundering Wave" to kill all the remaining kobolds who were still breathing.

The dark spell slowly dissipated, revealing the situation inside: there were a large number of kobold corpses lying on the ground, Lin Xi stood in the middle, holding the neck of a kobold who was barely moving with one hand, the ice armor on her body had been shattered, and she was covered with the blood of the enemy or herself, like a devil returning from hell.

The kobolds who had escaped the darkness were already frightened, and now gathered at the entrance of the cave, and in the middle of them was a unique kobold.

It is about the same size as a normal kobold, and even looks thinner. It was an elderly kobold leader, with cloudy eyes that contained wisdom that belonged only to the caster.

Dragonvein kobold warlock.

A rare individual among the kobold tribe, they are lucky enough to awaken the dragon blood buried deep in their bodies.

Dragons, especially the evil five-colored dragons, they have eyes that ordinary people can't imagine appreciating beauty, after breeding the kobold clan with unknown creatures, even after thousands of generations, the dragon blood in the kobold's body has long been extremely thin, but it still gives the dragon vein kobold a powerful spell-casting ability, they grow leather wings behind them, their intelligence is improved, and they will become the leader to lead the entire kobold tribe.

"Spellcaster, it's a pity it's too weak." Lin Xi's fingers were forceful, crushing the weak kobold's throat, throwing the corpse to the ground, and then looking at the kobold leader with indifferent eyes.

The old kobold warlock's eyes shone brightly, and as soon as the wooden staff in his hand was raised, a secondary fireball technique condensed and flew out, but it was easily dodged by Lin Xi.

Immediately afterwards, another evil aura flew towards Lin Xi.

“…… You have been hit by Calamity. ”

"Perceived Exemption...... Immunity is successful, and you are successfully immune to Calamity. ”

A pure spellcaster, it is recognized as the most difficult class to survive in the early game.

Despite their high late-game potential, delicate casters have more than 20 times the mortality rate in the early game compared to melee classes such as Warrior, Paladin, and Barbarian.

Later in the game, the ratio of legalists to combatants reaches 1:7.96, which means that there is only one pure legalist in almost nine people.

The reason is that the future mages are scarce in the early stage of spell slots, they don't know many spells, and they are not skilled enough to cast spells.

Lin Xi tilted his head, the 'Calamity Technique' was completely ineffective in the face of the perception of up to 29, and the kobold warlock changed his face, and spread his wings to dodge Lin Xi's magic energy explosion.

The fireball spell was accumulating in the air, but he didn't notice that Lin had been in ambush for a long time, and the red shadow passed quickly, and there was an extra blood mark on the old kobold's chest, and the spell was also interrupted.

No sooner had it raised its staff again than a jet-black ray of energy burst out, piercing its body along with its leather wings.

The magic energy blast left a dark mark on the wound, and the powerful repulsive force knocked the old kobold several feet away, and then fell heavily, smashing right in the middle of the remaining kobolds, startling the latter to flee in all directions.

Lin Xi stepped forward and watched the kobold warlock lying on the ground with a painful face, the magic of pain eroding the wound like a maggot attached to the bone, and the staff fell to the side. Lin Xi glanced at it, uninterested, stepped forward and stepped on the kobold warlock's chest, and then a magic energy explosion pierced its head.

“…… The quest task is complete. ”

“…… Experience aura removal. ”

“…… You and your team kill the kobold boss and manage to reduce the number of kobolds to less than 20. ”

“…… The player received the Bronze Quest Chest ×2. ”

“…… The player is certified ×4 in the public forum. ”

The public forum certification is finally here, and Lin Xi's eyes have a hint of interest.