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The owner of the caravan, who had no choice but to order to stay in place and rest for the night, set off again. But he still didn't come up with any money to comfort the mercenary warriors.

The warriors were not polite, and all ran to the side of the caravan, gathered in another group, and raised several bonfires for the night. It's kind of a strike.

In order not to expose some of their habitual characteristics as much as possible, the three of them had to crowd into a caravan for the night after late at night. Of course, the flower-faced badger Badbey also squeezed in, and sniffed around looking for something to eat.

"Isn't it just for the night? I see why those caravan guys are so nervous?" asked Grimm curiously as he lay down.

"There are robbers at night. Grimm, who was lying under his covers, replied casually.

Dong Hezi was even more puzzled: "You can see the town in front of you here, are there still robbers who dare to operate in such a close area?"

Grimm knew that the druid master lacked a basic understanding of many things, so he had no choice but to continue to explain: "That's not an ordinary bandit, there are generally two kinds of activities here: one is the half-human tall kobold lizardmen, their running ability is fast and long-lasting, even the wolf can't catch up. And he is small and good at ambushes, sneak attacks, and is especially good at night attacks. Once they attack their targets at night, they will be harassed in groups like wolves, killing and robbing as long as the target shows a slight flaw. And it's incredibly fast, as long as you can grab something and run away in the blink of an eye. Even the cavalry would have had a hard time catching up with them in the dark. Although mages can attack from a distance, they are very clever and will no longer fight once they succeed. It scattered and ran away in a bang, and it couldn't kill a few at a time. Moreover, they can give birth like rats, and they will recover in a few months. It's really hard to prevent. And spring is their most active and daring period, and it is hard to guarantee that they will not come to harass. I can only hope that it will come a little less, but I can't cope with it if there is more. ”

"Then there's the mountain giants that are two or three people tall. They were more troublesome: most of them had spears or homemade large crossbows, and each of them was equipped with a special leather thrower that could throw large iron or copper balls from a distance. If you run into them, you'll be shot in half by a single shot, not to mention the difference in melee ability. Moreover, many giants also have mages or priests to help out, and a small team like this is basically over when they meet a group - even a third-order mage can't be stopped, even if he has a sixth-order scroll available. ”

Grimm thought for a moment and said, "But the giant's nose is not very good, and he doesn't have night vision. I don't think I will touch them. But the kobold lizardman has a nose that is more intelligent than a vulture, and may come to try his luck at night when he smells a human scent. They also have natural night vision in close combat, and can see as if it were daylight in areas without light. If we really fight, we human beings will suffer very much. So they're afraid of this. ”

He smiled again and said, "Actually, this boss won't be hurt if he has the protection of a mage, so if he can't do it, he will use a flying technique to escape from the sky." The ones who are really scared are the guys, I've heard that kobold lizardmen are very fond of eating human flesh. They are especially fond of sneaking up on caravans in the wilderness, catching one or two humans and running away. After being dragged back, he was dismembered and boiled to eat.

Dong Hezi had another question: "We came all the way, and it seems that we haven't seen ko-headed lizardmen come to harass us at night." Is there really going to be one here? It can't be that the soldiers made it up to get their mercenary money sooner?"

Grimm reached out from the quilt, patted Palik's spell equipment and armor loaded next to him, and smiled, "That's because we have these things as talismans." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Dong Hezi looked like he was sincerely asking for advice.

Grimm enjoyed this attitude in his heart, so the more he spoke, the more excited he became: "Kobold lizardmen are not dumb-headed bipedal lizards, many of them have some low-level spells, which are given by the god of kobold lizardmen. Others are the arcane arts they have inherited, such as enduring the environment, mist, being fluent in language, flamethrowing, rapid charge, detecting thoughts, and so on. As far as I know, each kobold tribe has different spells, but all have the basic spell of 'Detect Spell'. ”

He patted the magical instruments with a slight hint and said, "These things I brought in at the beginning, as well as the distributed loot, are all good magical equipment, and they can all emit a strong magic aura. When the ko-headed lizardmen saw these auras from a distance, they knew that there were people with relatively strong combat power here, so they tried to avoid them, especially when they were scarce. So it's not that there are no kobold lizardmen along the way, but that the kobold lizardmen are all far away from us. ”

Dong Hezi nodded and understood-robbers are also afraid of ruthless people.

Grimm added, "But this time may be different, the gang of kobold lizardmen who dare to haunt the big towns must have some strength." Maybe they won't attack our caravan lightly, but now that the whole caravan is open, it's hard for others to say. Those on the fringes are more likely to be attacked. ”

"Then just huddle together, it's good to defend. Dong Hezi asked, "Why is it so open, don't the caravans even understand this bit of common sense?"

When Grimm heard this, he was so surprised that he almost said: It's not people who don't have common sense, but you, the great druid!

But he couldn't think of this, so he continued to exert the power of patience and said slowly: "Because if you squeeze together, you will die faster." Those kobold lizardmen will also have some large damage spells. Spell scrolls such as Burst Fireballs, Ice Storms, and even Dead Clouds are sometimes purchased from unscrupulous merchants or mages. If you huddle together and be surrounded by a few fire wall techniques, will there be a way to survive? But this will not protect the periphery. But there's no way around it. There's always someone in this world who is going to be unlucky, isn't it?"

Dong Hezi pressed down Badbe, who was biting and biting in the east, and said disappreciatively: "It's just a group of small lizardmen who are only half as tall as humans and have mediocre intelligence." Is it really that capable? Besides, it's just tonight, and you're scared like that?"

Grimm shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows? Anyway, kobolds are all over the mountain, and they can run into a team at will." If we happen tonight, we don't have to be surprised, just take care of ourselves. ”

After speaking, everyone ended the discussion and fell asleep together.

At night, a large area of fog slowly appeared in the cold and damp mountains, making it difficult to see things from more than 60 feet (about 20 meters) away. The crowd persevered for half the night and finally couldn't stay up, or got into the tent quilt, or slept with clothes and cars. Sinking into the dream.

Dong Hezi opened his eyes, and because he had practiced the Nine Turns Xuangong, he slept very little every day, only about 3 hours. The rest of the time is either guided by qi or in a false sleep. But he was awakened by a warning sign—it was Badbey. Now it's sniffing the wet mist outside the car. It has discovered some new scents that are not inferior to humans.

Dong Hezi understood that some creatures had crept up with the mist, and judging from the direction of the smell, it seemed to be in all directions!

"Is it really a kobold?" thought to Tokoko, but he didn't want Badbe to take the risk. If it was really a large group of kobolds, I was afraid that as soon as I saw Badbey, they would slaughter and eat it.

So he sat up straight and secretly invoked the supernatural power of Lei Gongzhen. Five fingers, five clouds of light blue mist-like substance condensed on the five fingertips and began to expand, getting bigger and bigger. After a few breaths, it was divided into five small qi elements about half a human in length, with the upper body slightly resembling the outline of a strong man, and the lower body resembling a dense smoke.

They floated gently in the air, seemingly weightless. The whole body is a beautiful blue color, and the thick body also emits a little five-colored scale light. Their flat faces have no facial features, but they can produce some elemental sound language, their thick arms seem to be connected by two short columns, but they have no hands, and below their waist and abdomen is a short column of blue "smoke", dense like a solid, but slightly churning and changing like a cloud of smoke.

Dong Hezi ordered in his heart to fly outside the car to take a look around. The five pale blue qi elements immediately turned into transparent, as if there was nothing in the air. Then they all flew out to carry out the order.

Dong Hezi was secretly proud in his heart. Originally, it was necessary to use the "Natural Ally Summoning Technique" to summon the Qi elemental. But now he has the supernatural power of Lei Gong Seal, and he has a very high understanding and mastery of things like thunder and lightning. Therefore, according to the working principle of the spell, the effect of using supernatural power to summon is quite good. Originally, the qi elements had various forms, and most of them did not have the outline of a human form. However, these qi elements have a natural connection with themselves, not only can they adjust their form according to their own wishes, but their intelligence has also increased greatly, and they can think and deal with some complex problems. Best of all, you can now receive information about things they "feel" as if you were observing them yourself. This is something that spells can't achieve anyway!

Fortunately, he immediately calmed down and began to receive the information transmitted back by the five qi elements.

Five completely transparent qi elements flew around the outer perimeter of the caravan station like a transparent and invisible breeze, reconnoitering the surrounding movements and enemy conditions.

They flew fast, but they didn't make the slightest sound, not even the sound of the wind whistling by.

They wander around, but they don't show a single image, and even many detection spells can't detect them. Because they don't emit magical aura, they can't be detected by spells like arcane vision, and because they're inherently transparent, they can't be seen by spells like "true knowledge".

When they are silent, even in the presence of the most astute dog, they will not be alarmed in the slightest. Because they don't have any smell.

They have no eyes, no ears, no nose, but they can "observe" a piece of information from a long distance, whether it is images, sounds or smells, they cannot escape their innate special sensory ability. Even deliberate camouflage and concealment are equivalent to non-existence for them.

Even the fog that covered the vast expanse did not affect their ability to observe in the slightest. Relying on the supernatural connection with them, Dong Hezi "saw" through the fog to see the surrounding images and hear a clear body voice, as well as a special body odor that gradually diffused.

- On the outskirts of the station, there are a few kobold lizardmen gathered in threes, threes, fives. They form dozens of small scattered groups, hiding behind shrubs and tall thatch. The kobold lizardmen in each group are armed with different weapons, ranging from throwing spears to daggers and shields, to large nets and crossbows. A variety of weapons from near and far are readily available and well matched. Obviously, each small group is a complete fighting group, capable of fighting independently and cooperating with each other, even more formal and orderly than some human bandits!

This kind of formation is impossible to do without a high level of intelligence. Grimm was right, they really can't be treated as two-legged lizards.

The five completely transparent qi elements continued to explore outward, and soon one of them discovered an even more striking scene—most of the small groups of ko-headed lizards were lying in ambush on the west side of the caravan station, far away from the side of the city of Rodlisqui. On the east side of the station, on the side facing the city of Rodresqui, there is a large forest. At least seventy or eighty kobold lizardmen are lurking inside!

Dong Hezi secretly ordered the qi element to probe close to the woods, and actually sensed some spell fluctuations! Obviously, there were kobolds who could spell spells, or they were carrying spell tools. Maybe even both.

If these kobold lizardmen launch a surprise attack and disrupt the formation and morale of the caravan, the fleeers will instinctively flee towards the city of Rodlisqui, or find a place to hide themselves, such as the woods!

If that were the case, they would only be dumpled alive by these tactically savvy ko-headed lizardmen.

Now things can be a big problem, there is a mage who knows the third-order arcane and an arcane soldier who can only know the second-order arcane - the leader of the group of mercenaries, and the two sides are not at odds. If you work hard, you will still suffer a big loss.

But on his side, he can't show too much, too high ability, so as not to expose his identity. Well, let's tell the boss and the mage about this quietly.

So he woke up Lelin and Grimm and told them to sù. When the two of them took out their weapons, staffs, potions, etc., and prepared for battle, they came to the big tent where the caravan owner and the mage lived together.

It was a large gray tent as large as an ordinary farmhouse, but it was rudimentary in appearance, with only a few caravan signs and slogans painted on it. When Dong Hezi just walked to the door of the tent, the mage's voice came from inside: "Who? Stop!" and his tone sounded like a cat that was about to burst out and hurt people.

Dong Hezi lowered his voice and said, "It's me, the priest of the god of the qi element, Ah Kudi. ”

The mage must have placed a magic alarm on himself, so he was immediately awakened by the spell as soon as a creature approached, even if the comer used various disguised skills or spells (such as invisibility, etc.) to no avail. It's more useful than the best dogs. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but admire the strangeness of the arcane in my heart.

Inside the tent, the mage and the caravan owner hurriedly dressed while listening to Dong Hezi inform him of the state of danger outside.

But the reaction of the two of them afterwards was very calm, and the mage snorted coldly and asked, "They haven't shown any signs of moving yet?"

"Nope. Dong Haozi was a little surprised by their appearance. I thought that the two of them would be panicked, but they were like a pair of people who had experienced strong winds and waves, and their faces were calm and even showed a trace of disdain for so many kobolds. Continued: "According to my miniature elemental report, they seem to be patiently waiting for something. ”

The mage sneered softly again and said, "They're waiting for the fog outside to get thicker. When they can't see within 10 feet, they have to do it! At that time, our people can't see each other, can't accurately dispatch and assist each other, and morale can easily collapse. With their keen sense of smell and hearing, they can accurately find targets in the darkness and fog, and use their special sounds to transmit messages to each other and cooperate in battle. The winner will be decided immediately!"

He turned around again and thanked Dong Hezi, and said, "If we don't know the situation, we will suffer a big loss." But now that we know, they've already lost half the way. Can you point out the exact location of the ambushers to the west?"

Dong Hezi hesitated, half of the summoned elements did not have a subtle connection with the priest, and it would be a little troublesome if someone noticed. But after a little thought, he said, "Yes." ”

The mage smiled and said, "Wait until we tell the guys to get ready." We work together to attack first, you point out the location, and I launch a spell attack. Those kobold lizardmen are cunning, but they are quite greedy for life and afraid of death. The battle is indomitable, and the slightest setback will hesitate to retreat. As long as we start to teach them a lesson, they will naturally understand that the matter is exposed, and they will retreat without a fight. ”

Dong Hezi said in his heart: I see, no wonder you are so calm. It turns out that you have already figured out the habits of these little things, and the tactics of dealing with them are also very familiar. I'm underestimating you.

But he promised as usual, and he went out to prepare.

With a "boom", the flames burst somewhere outside the caravan station, and the flashes and loud noises in the fog looked unusually dull. The kobold lizardman in charge of the feint on the west side screamed in fear, followed by several bursting fireballs the size of a basin. After a few "booms, booms", a few poor kobolds fell on the ground - each burst of fireball accurately hit a cloud of kobold lizardmen, covering them in the fog, which would have been a disadvantage in obscuring their vision. Although the strong and agile ones avoided it, killing only a few of the sluggish ones, each accurate attack caused a great deal of panic and confusion to the kobold lizardmen to the west. After a few hits, they make a weird "hiss, hiss, smack, smack" sound and begin to trot backwards and retreat.

The mage watched with satisfaction as he continued to direct the burst fireball stored in his wand to fly out. Hitting in the direction and distance pointed out by the "Air Elemental Priest" beside him, every time he heard the kobold lizardman screaming in the fog, he launched his spells harder, causing the fireballs to whizz out one after another.

It's been a long time since it's been so smooth! He thought happily in his heart: It was really unheard of for this priest to be able to receive reconnaissance information from small gas elements from a long distance. However, the universe is so vast that we mages are only allowed to invent all kinds of novel spells, and are not allowed to study new technologies as well?

He added another "ear sharpening technique" to himself. Instead of enhancing hearing, this spell uses the power of the spell to "place" a snooping energy field somewhere at a distance, allowing you to "hear" the surrounding images from the perspective of this peeping field. Since this spell field is completely detected by spells, it can be clearly "heard" in any environment.

He heard a scattered sound "around", and it seemed that the formation of kobold lizardmen had dispersed. One is to run for your life, and the other is to use loose formations to avoid area attacks that explode fireballs. Although they are very good at tactics, they unfortunately show their strategic flaws, and they have to flee as much as possible to avoid being hunted down.

So he proudly announced to the caravan boss beside him: "Our goal is basically accomplished, we only need those mercenary soldiers to come and stabilize the stitches." As he spoke, he smiled at Dong Hezi to show his gratitude.

Before the boss's smiling face could be opened, a fellow ran up to him and shouted, "Boss! McKenzie, they won't come! They say they won't be responsible for tonight's business unless you pay all the money for the past few weeks." ”

The faces of the boss and the mage turned pale, and the kobold lizardmen were all clever ghosts, and if those mercenaries couldn't die in battle, they would definitely see the flaws! As soon as they rushed over, the team would collapse immediately! Although those guys had been in the rivers and lakes for some years, they were just amateur thugs after all, and they were far from those regular army or professional robbers.

No, now there are more than a dozen guys who are hiding behind the cart, and their legs are trembling and they can't even hold the dagger in their hands. It seems that he will leave his companions behind at any time and run for his life.

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