Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Troll's Purpose
The crazy actions of the trolls startled Xu Yue, Brandt and the others, and it stands to reason that the other party should choose to retreat immediately when they see such a huge difference in numbers between the two sides. However, after hearing Alex's words, everyone immediately understood.
Brandt quickly ordered the team: 'All the soldiers of the first and second squads go forward and stop the trolls who are rushing towards them. The soldiers of the third and fourth squads surrounded the altar, and the trolls must not be allowed to escape. The fifth soldier rushed to the altar with me and cleared everything from above. The men of Team 6 stayed behind to protect the Arix Scholars. ‘
After speaking, he turned back to Xu Yue and said, "Master Xu Yue, it seems that I am going to trouble you again. In order to clean up these trolls in the shortest possible time, Xu Yue, you also took action. ‘
Xu Yue nodded and said, "Yes, I am responsible for cleaning up those low-level trolls on the altar, and those high-level ones will be handed over to you." ‘
Brandt knew that although Xu Yue's fireball technique intensive attack was very good at clearing enemies with low class levels, it was not very effective against enemies with high career levels. So he nodded, then turned and took the lead and rushed to the altar.
There were not many trolls on the altar at this time, and most of them had already been stopped by the soldiers of the first and second squads. Xu Yue did not run towards the altar, but directly stood below and used his spiritual power to lock on to the trolls who intercepted Brandt and the others and attacked with a fireball technique.
Although the number of people in this battle was far less than that of Black Rock City, it was very fierce. The trolls didn't look like ordinary soldiers, most of them had reached the first level of professionalism. If it weren't for the large number of people in the first and second squads, and the number of people who had reached the first-level professional level, it would have taken some effort to stop the other party.
Xu Yue had already released about two hundred fireball techniques along the way, and half of his spiritual power had been consumed. However, the rest of the mental power was used to cast spells against the trolls on the altar, and he thought it was enough.
But to his surprise, although his series of fireball spell bombardments did eliminate many trolls, several trolls on the altar relied on their fighting spirit to break his fireball technique, and it was obvious that there were many fighters with a professional level of three or above among these trolls.
Xu Yue frowned slightly, and then he decided to fight. I saw that he changed his careless appearance. The fireball condensed in his hand instantly became several times the size of before. These football-sized fireballs were completely different from their previous powers.
The trolls who were still able to rely on their own fighting energy to block his fireball spell before, under the attack of these huge fireball spells, as long as they hit more than two, they would be blown into a pile of minced meat and char. Xu Yue's attack this time became much more cautious, no longer as casual as at the beginning, but attacked the trolls on the altar one by one.
This time his attacks were much more efficient, and the trolls on the altar were scorched one by one. Only the top two trolls were able to block his attacks with their own strength. But the two trolls were already entangled by Brandt by this time. Although the strength of the two trolls is the same level as Brandt, it is obvious that the two are only beginners, and even if they face Brandt, a warrior at the peak of the fifth level, they are also severely suppressed.
Seeing that Brandt's victory was only a matter of time, Xu Yue put down his spell-casting arm and sat down on the steps of the altar with a slightly pale face. At this point, most of the trolls under the altar had already been dealt with by the first and second squads. The remaining trolls who wanted to escape were also intercepted by the third and fourth squads, and the human side could be said to have completely controlled the situation.
Alex walked over and looked at Xu Yue's pale face and asked, 'How is it?
Xu Yue endured the feeling of dizziness and nausea, took out a bottle of potion to restore mental power from the storage ring and drank it, before shaking his head and saying, "It's nothing, it's just the sequelae of mental power depletion." I've gotten used to this situation since the war began. ‘
Alex smiled a little understandingly, "You should take a good rest, if you always rely on magic potions to restore your mental power." It's not always good for the body. ‘
Xu Yue shook his head and said, "Although the situation here has been controlled by us, I don't know if there are other trolls near the altar, so it is necessary to be able to recover his combat strength earlier." ‘
Alex knew he was right, and he didn't do anything to refute it. The surrounding warriors had already dealt with their opponents by this time, and most of the trolls had been eliminated, except for a few who wanted to escape and were captured. These fleeing trolls are obviously much weaker in willpower than those who fight to the death, and are the best candidates for interrogation.
Now the only one who didn't settle the battle was Brandt at the top of the altar. The two trolls who were his opponents were not weak, and although he was suppressed by him because of his strength, it was obviously not easy to get rid of them for a while.
However, Brandt took the time to pay attention to the surroundings of the altar during the battle, and now he was the only one left who did not finish the battle. I feel a little unbearable on my face. I saw that he suddenly burst his fighting spirit, and his attack power increased a lot in a short period of time. The two trolls who had been suppressed by him suddenly couldn't parry anymore, one was instantly slashed through the neck by Brandt's two-handed greatsword, and his head flew directly down the altar, and the other was split into two sides from the top of his head with a knife. The corpse twitched twice and then stopped moving.
Although these two attacks seem to be very short, the consumption of body and fighting energy is very intense. I saw that after destroying the enemy, Brandt put the two-handed big sword in his hand on the ground, holding the hilt of the sword in both hands and panting heavily, and the continuous sweat on his forehead showed that it was not easy for him to deal with these two enemies.
After drinking the mental power recovery potion, Xu Yue felt that his head was a little better, and the feeling of dizziness and nausea was reduced a lot. With great difficulty, he took it up, and walked with Alex to the top of the altar.
I saw that the top of this altar had been messed up by the trolls at this time, and the stone platform used for blood sacrifice in the center of the top had been moved aside by the trolls at this time. Under the stone platform, there are three hollows of finished characters, and some solidified blood sacrifices can be seen in the hollows.
These cavities, which were only the thickness of a wrist, were obviously very deep, and they looked so dark from the cavities that even if Xu Yue used an illumination technique to put them on top of the holes, he couldn't see the bottom.
There should be something down here. Judging by the actions of the trolls, they probably wanted to take something out of it and take it with them, so they sent a small force back to retake the altars after they were defeated. Alex looked at the three holes and said.
Brandt nodded, and when he saw the captains of several squads coming up from under the altar, he asked them, 'Has the soldier who was sent to guard this altar been found?'
Several squad leaders glanced at each other. The captain of the first team stepped forward and replied, 'Only their bodies have been found. The guard was a team of thirty people, and it seemed that they had been attacked by the troll control demonic beast. Many of their bodies have been mutilated. ‘
'Damn trolls. It seems that we didn't chase them hard enough when they were defeated!' Brandt said angrily slamming the stone platform next to him angrily.
It was imperative to find out what the trolls were trying to take from the altar, and it was important for them to send someone to take the things from the altar when the logistics were completely destroyed and they were defeated without any supplies. So we have to figure things out!' Xu Yue said after looking at the three holes in the ground and pondering for a while.
'What should I do?, tear down the altar from above, like those trolls?' said Brandt, looking at the top of the mess that had been torn down.
'Wait a minute. I need to make a note of the contents of the inscriptions and patterns on the altar and their location. Otherwise, it would be impossible to deduce the specific purpose of this altar from the text. It doesn't take too long, just one day is enough to record. Alex hurriedly stopped.
Xu Yue also nodded and said, "That's right, the altar has been controlled by us, and you can take out the things that the troll wants from it at any time." The most important thing now is to send someone to inform Black Rock City and tell them to send more men to the altars that we have taken. I believe that the attack on this altar is not an isolated case, and I am afraid that the situation is similar in other current altars.
Brandt also came to his senses. Hurriedly taught a few scouts in the team, and asked them to hurry back to Black Rock City to report the news. Brandt then encamped most of the battle, and they were afraid that they would have to stay here for several days, without a safe camp.
Alex, on the other hand, began to observe the altar himself, constantly recording the words and magic patterns on the altar and their positions, which was a big project, and I am afraid he would have to work late.
Brandt himself led a few warriors to escort the captured trolls into the jungle. Then the screams continued in the jungle. But soon Brandt ran back with a depressed face, he was a little embarrassed to find Alex who was recording carefully and said a few words, Alex frowned slightly, but nodded and agreed.
'What's wrong?' Xu Yue asked after seeing Brandt walking back.
It's nothing, it's just that none of the trolls speak a lingua franca, and only the Arix scholars on our side can communicate with the trolls, so I asked the Arix scholars to interrogate with me which of the following trolls. Brandt said with some embarrassment.
Xu Yue looked at the somewhat helpless Alex scholar, and immediately understood why he frowned at Brandt's invitation before. As a scholar who focused on learning, it was clear that Alex didn't like the bloody interrogation process, but fortunately, most of Talumia's scholars were very sensible people. The swarm will only allow them to prioritize things, and they will not be as rigid and inflexible as some nerds on the planet.
After Brandt and Alex walked into the jungle again, the troll's screams were remembered, but the sound was much more muffled. Obviously, in order to take care of Alex's affections, Brandt changed his methods of coercing confessions a little. But it was less bloody when it went up, but it didn't diminish in the slightest effect on the trolls.
Sure enough, only twenty minutes later, Brandt and Alex walked out of the jungle, but their faces did not have that happy look, and their frowns showed that they did not ask for the information they wanted to know.
'How's that?' the trolls said?' Xu Yue asked Brandt.
Not to mention, these trolls are just low-level soldiers, and they have very limited information. However, our previous suspicions were confirmed. The trolls did break up an army and go to the other troll altars to fetch things. I'm afraid we're going to lose a lot of people this time. Due to the shortage of personnel, the team sent to guard the altar was a team of about thirty people, and it was impossible to deal with hundreds of trolls. Brandt said angrily.
'What exactly do these trolls want to take from the altar?' Xu Yue asked curiously.
These low-level trolls only know what the king's breath is called, and what it is is probably only known to the trolls who are being led by the group. But those two trolls are too strong. It's hard to get alive, and it's hard for a troll of this level to ask for anything from them. Brandt said helplessly.
'Well, anyway, I'll know what these trolls are trying to do when I figure out what this altar does. However, it will take some time, and by tomorrow I will be able to record the text and magic patterns on the outside of the altar, and you can have the soldiers remove the top of the altar first. Find out what's inside. Alex comforted Brandt.
Brandt nodded helplessly, and then everyone began to get busy. Brandt had to arrange the guards of the camp, Alex was busy taking notes on the altar, and in the end, Xu Yue was the only one who was idle. He looked at the warriors who were busy setting up their tents, thought for a moment, walked to a relatively open spot in the camp, and then took out a white object the size of an egg and threw it in the middle of the clearing.
Kenneth's Portable Cabin. This can be said to be the most expensive magic item on Xu Yue's body, and he has not been able to use it once since he bought it, because the things around him are one after another, and he is not even empty to study this fully functional mobile research base-like house. This time, he decided to take advantage of this thing and study it again.
This is not Xu Yue's show, but living in such a simple camp in this kind of wilderness is really not a comfortable choice. Kenneth's cabin is primarily used as a mobile magical room, but it also serves as a comfortable place to stay in the wilderness at any time. Moreover, after this magic item is deployed, it can rely on its own magic array to form a fifth-level protective magic shield to completely protect the hut, which also ensures that the people who live inside will not be harmed by sudden attacks. Either way. Xu Yue had no reason to give up such a safe and comfortable place to squeeze those simple tents with those soldiers.
With a flash of white light, Kenneth's cabin expanded into a wild lumberjack's cabin with a yard like a building block. Xu Yue walked to the courtyard gate that seemed to be ordinary firewood, and put his hand on a very quaint-looking knocker on the courtyard door. After he injected his spiritual power into this inconspicuous door knocker, he suddenly saw a faint smoothness flash on the door of the small courtyard, and the simple-looking wooden door also opened.
When Xu Yue walked into the courtyard gate, he took a closer look at the wooden door that looked like it could be broken with one kick. After touching it in person, he certainly didn't think that the wooden door would be as fragile as it looked. In fact, as a magician, he could clearly feel that this inconspicuous wooden door was actually connected to the magic array in the entire courtyard. If he hadn't personally injected his spiritual power, others would have come to let alone kick with their feet. Even if you use magic bombardment below level five, don't even think about causing the slightest damage to this wooden door before the magic crystals of the magic array are consumed.
The fifth-level magic depicted with a large magic array is not the same as the protective magic on the magic equipment, although it is also a fifth-level magic, but the fifth-level magic depicted with the magic array is at the peak of the fifth level in terms of intensity. And the magic support energy on the magic equipment is relatively close to the fixed point of the spell strength of this level, which is already considered the best.
And taking the protective magic as an example, because the magic carved by the magic array is powered by the magic crystal, as long as the magic crystal is not consumed, and the attack received does not go beyond the protective magic, then the protective magic will never be broken. However, the energy of the protective magic itself released by the magic equipment is limited, and as long as the energy of the magic itself is consumed, then the protective magic will dissipate.
However, magic arrays are generally engraved on relatively large carriers, which is very inconvenient to move, so they are generally not used in flexible battles. Magical equipment, on the other hand, has a wide range of applications because it is easy to carry. The pros and cons of the two are flickering, and it is not possible to count who is better than the other.
Pushing open the interior of the cabin, Xu Yue walked directly through the living room towards the bedroom, he wanted to see if this place was suitable for him to live in. Because the interior is constanized with space magic. So it looks very spacious inside. The window that I saw from the outside was only about half a meter long and wide, but when I looked out from the inside, it was a large window with a length and width of two meters and a half, and the light was surprisingly abundant.
The bedroom is not just one, but is divided into four rooms, each with a minimum of 20 square meters. The room is equipped with beds, tables and chairs, and a hanging chair made of green vines on the side of the window. A variety of beautiful flowers form the top of the sling chair, giving the whole room a little more natural atmosphere.
The designer is obviously very careful about the layout of the room, and the items in the room are very delicate and beautiful, with some elven characteristics.
Xu Yue nodded with satisfaction, and rushed to the layout of this room, and he felt that he had spent millions of gold coins without losing money. However, although this room is very well furnished. However, some of the necessary utensils for life, such as water cups and bedding, were not prepared, but this did not surprise him, after all, whoever sells things will not even prepare the necessities of life.
After Xu Yue thought about it, he directly opened the door in the room and walked in, Kenneth's portable hut itself carried protective magic, if it were not for his guidance. No one should try to break in without breaking through the magic circle. This time, he only went back to the villa on Earth, took a few sets of bedding and pillows from here, and then he moved them back and forth several times to four rooms.
As for other household items, he planned to buy them directly from Talumia's side. After all, there is a big difference between the two worlds, and things like bedding and pillows are fine, and the difference between many other living utensils is somewhat obvious. Since Xu Yue decided to use this hut, he might be able to live in it alone. Anyone else doesn't say it, just the Alex scholar can't be kind enough to let people sleep in tents.
After a little preparation, Xu Yue nodded in satisfaction, and then he turned around and came to the room where the magic puppet was placed. Push open the door. He felt that this hundred-meter-long room was filled with the style of the earth's machine and factory. This room has been almost filled with all sorts of machines that don't know their function, and these machines have merged with the room as a whole. On the floor in the center of the room were four discs depicted with delicate magical patterns, and these discs, one meter in diameter, shot soft pillars of light. Four people of different shapes floated in the center of the four pillars of light with their eyes closed, as if they were sleeping.
Xu Yue looked at these four people with some surprise, and listened to the introduction of the auctioneer in the auction hall at that time. Of course, he knew that the four human bodies that looked like they were no different from living people were actually four magical golems with different functions.
The discs at the feet of the four puppets are marked with the numbers one, two, three, four, and four in common characters, and in the disc pillar of light that is one in reality, is a man who looks to be in his thirties, with two curly mustaches, dressed and looks like a noble butler.
In the pillar of light of disc number two is a puppet wearing a mage robe and covering his head with a hood. Then I looked at the bright light of the pillar of light, and I saw that the puppet looked like a young man of twenty-six or seventeen years old, even if the other party's eyes were closed at this time, the expression gave people a very calm and meticulous feeling of treating things.
In the pillar of light of disc number three was a very slim-looking lady, dressed in the usual outfit of female adventurers, and carrying a backpack that looked like it was supposed to store some special items.
In the pillar of light of the last disk, disc number four, is a two-meter-tall man who appears to be very athletic. He wore the coarse cloth mining suit worn by miners, carried a magic lamp on his forehead, held a small iron pickaxe in his hand, and carried an iron basket for ore behind him.
According to his memory, Xu Yue matched the functions of the four puppets with their arrangement. The first one is obviously a puppet that can take care of the mage's daily life, the second is the magic assistant type, the third is the magic plant and animal material collection type, and the fourth is the magic mineral gathering type. In fact, their image is indeed compatible with their own common number.
After thinking about it, Xu Yue walked over to the pillar of light of the No. 1 puppet, and he didn't need the other puppets for the time being, so he didn't plan to wake them up.
I saw Xu Yue stretch out his hand through the pillar of light, pressed his hand on the center of the puppet's eyebrows, and his own spiritual power instantly entered No. 1's forehead through his fingers. Then I saw a delicate magic array the size of a bottle cap appear in the center of No. 1's eyebrows, and then this magic array burst into bright brilliance.
The brilliance of the No. 1 disc slowly dissipated, and the No. 1 puppet slowly descended to the ground of the disc. At the same time, Puppet One's closed eyes opened. When it saw Xu Yue standing in front of it, it performed a standard etiquette and said, "Hello, master!" ‘
Xu Yue looked at the No. 1 puppet with some curiosity, which looked no different from a real person. He thought for a moment and asked, 'Hello, One. But I feel a little awkward to call you that, can I change your name?'
'I'm honored to have you name me, please say the name you have changed, and I'll enter it into my memory. Puppet No. 1 bowed slightly.
Xu Yue thought for a while and said, "You will be called Jarvis after you." ‘
He has always liked the intelligent system similar to the butler and assistant in the Iron Man movie, so he simply named the intelligent system for No. 1.
One, now called Jarvis, bowed slightly and said, 'Thank you for naming me, is there anything you need to command?'
Xu Yue nodded and said, "I will invite friends to stay here in a while, I have already brought some bedding and other things, I hope you can tidy it up, so as not to make the guests feel that we are rude." In addition, I have some daily utensils, and I also need you to put them in the right place first. ‘
'Do as you are told!' said Jarvis after a respectful faux pas.
Xu Yue took out a small part of Talumia's unique household utensils from the storage ring and handed them to him, these things were all prepared for backup that Xu Yue had bought before, and they had never been used, and this was just the right time.
After seeing Jarvis busy, Xu Yue left here directly. When he pushed the door open and walked out of the hut, he saw Brandt standing at the door of the courtyard with some curiosity and looking inside.
"I bought a little knack at the auction before, and suddenly I remembered that this thing has a habitation function, so I took it out and used it, and I was about to invite you and Alex Scholar to come in and live together." Xu Yue smiled and said.
Brandt was obviously a little tempted by Xu Yue's words, not because he was greedy for enjoyment, but because he was curious about this magical magic item, but after thinking about it, he still regretted and said, "Forget it, you should live with the Arix scholar." I'm inconvenient. ‘
Xu Yue was not surprised by his words, Brandt, as the commander of the team, would have a very bad impact on the soldiers below if he really came to live. And Xu Yue and the Arix scholars, one as a magician of high status who has always liked to enjoy, and the other as a scholar of high status, respected for his wisdom and knowledge, living in such a hut will not arouse the criticism of those warriors.
In fact, as a mysterious and wealthy magician, if he really ran to squeeze the tent with those soldiers, I am afraid that it would really make those soldiers feel strange.
Xu Yue shrugged his shoulders to show that he was casual before asking, "By the way, what's going on with the Alex Scholar, he won't really be ready to do this until late at night, right?"
Brandt suddenly slapped the back of his head and said, "Oops, I was curious about your house, and I almost forgot to get down to business." We've got some problems there while we're cleaning the top of the altar, so I'm afraid we'll have to go over and see it together. ‘
Xu Yue's brows jumped for a moment and then asked, "What's now, could it be that you've figured out the role of the altar?"
Brandt said helplessly, "The role of the altar has not yet been figured out, but you better be prepared, I am afraid that this time there will be some trouble!"
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