Chapter 11: The Village

Roth held a single knife in his right hand, his body flickered left and right, and after shaking to the enemy's right side, he suddenly held the blade with his left hand, and suddenly pointed his hands at the enemy's throat.

Despite his rapid resurrection, the Filthy Warrior briefly lost his ability to cast spells, and Roth seized the opportunity to slash his enemies with all his might.

Roth's internal strength is not abundant, but the hard power of a magical warrior after losing his magic is not enough to match that of a specialized warrior, and the thin sword in his hand is split like firewood, and he is reduced to sludge with his master, who has been cut in half.

It's just that this place has not been completely purified after all, and these filthy forces will not simply disappear because they are beaten back to their original shapes, and this mud is struggling, trying to merge with other scattered filthy forces.

At this point, no technology is meaningless, only to use pure power to erase these filth, and if I insist on it, priests can be more efficient.

This is the greatest enemy that adventurers face when fighting on the border and even in the polluted area.

If you don't spend a lot of strength to wear down the enemy, then the opponent can be resurrected at any time, and even if this one is completely eliminated, other enemies may appear at any time, and it is simply difficult to move an inch.

But in this commission, the adventurers had the privilege of accompanying the army.

A spear as thick as an adult man's arm stabbed out with a muffled sound, and the huge fighting spirit washed through the mud in front of Roth, completely destroying it.

Roth looked at the soldier ant whose fighting spirit seemed to be endless, and he was somewhat envious in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't be envious.

Low-level Ant-Man does not have the ability to cast spells, after all, this ability requires too much intelligence, although it does not mean that smart people will definitely be able to learn magic, but those who are not smart will definitely not be able to learn.

At the expense of intelligence, these low-level ants are exchanged for a natural armor, terrifying strange power, and inexhaustible fighting spirit.

Without these soldiers, the cost of recovering lost territory would have multiplied, and it might even have been a pipe dream.

Roth collected his thoughts and returned his attention to the battlefield, searching for a new enemy.

Most of the enemies are attracted by the five-man soldiers, but there are always exceptions for adventurers to deal with on their own.

The gray mist tugged at Roth's right eye, causing his eyelid to jump, and he turned his head to look to his right, only to see a filthy shadow sneaking up on Thrando!

Before he could make a move, a familiar black blade appeared there and pierced the assassin's heart.

It's the dark man.

If the military formation of five people is compared to a martial arts master, this dark man is like a rope dart in the hand of a master, unpredictable, advancing and retreating freely, and killing with one blow.

Vikinkaka, who had been pointed at the throat by the sharp blade before, couldn't help but rub his neck.

Thrando whistled at the dark man, "Whew! What a fast knife, you guys." ”

The dark man ignored him, and in an instant, he reappeared in the military formation, and Ant-Man's fighting spirit followed, completely clearing the hidden danger.

It's a really exciting battle, but Rott can't help but have some rude thoughts in his heart.

The dark man is darker than the filthy beasts and shadows that appear in the filth!

Of course, don't get me wrong, although this idea may indeed be a bit rude, but there is absolutely no derogatory connotation, after all, the reason why dark people are black is because their skin absorbs light, and it is completely different from pure black, and the color of filth.

In addition to their characteristics of polluting and eroding the world, the main reason why filth is called filth is that they give people a feeling of "dirty" in all senses.

There is a perception in the church that the filth of filth is also a form of spiritual pollution, otherwise there is no way to explain the phenomenon that the mere hearing of the sound of the filthy beast is enough to make people feel "dirty".

Like Ant-Man, Darkman is also the standard in the military formation.

The other three people in a five-man army formation can be Wicken, Qin and Han people, Xiluo people, or elves and dwarves, but a five-man army formation must have at least one soldier ant and one dark man.

Without the soldier ants, the army would not be able to defeat the polluted area, and without the dark people, it would not be able to hold the purified area that was defeated.

This is all due to the fact that the Dark People absorb light, making them extremely sensitive to the environment, whether it is to find other teammates in the Polluted Zone or to detect Filth in the Purified Zone.

However, the social status of the two races of Ant-Man and Dark-Man is the lowest, which really makes Roth from the village puzzled.

Ant-Man is said to have a completely different social structure from humans, and may not be interested in the status of power in human society at all, but just want to join forces with other races to reclaim a world where they can survive.

But it is very strange that the dark man obviously plays an irreplaceable role, but he does not get the corresponding respect.

Especially when the previous king, the dark king Obama, first took office, at that time, Roth was trying to learn Qin Chinese to understand the book, and both the village elders and the "city people" in the town sighed, as if the end of the world had come.

"Why has the status of the Dark Man been not high, and it seems that the Dark Man King has not improved much during his time in office......" Roth couldn't help muttering to himself.

"It's quite strange that you're thinking about this kind of thing at this time. ”

It's that can't find the source of the mutter, who is talking anyway?

"Do you want to hear me tell you a secret? I once stumbled across a document that said that when the United Kingdom was first established, the secret people were slaves!"

Roth's first reaction was not surprise, but anger.

"What are you talking nonsense......"

"Your reaction is boring, forget it!" The voice that came from nowhere disappeared again, leaving only Roth, who didn't know who to vent his anger to.

He can't just shout and scream, others will only think he's insane.

But it's infuriating!

How can this man insult the ancestors who stood up, put aside prejudice, and stood up in solidarity at the most critical time in the world?

And if you think about it carefully, even Ant-Man has been accepted, what reason does the Dark Man have to become a slave?

While Roth was thinking about things related to the army, several soldiers were also paying attention to him.

"He found out, even before me. The dark man spoke in the middle of the formation.

The five-man formation can also act as an isolation, although it is not the original design, but it can also be used as a sound insulation, and they have been evaluating the strength of the various adventurers along the way.

"I noticed it too. Liu Yuan nodded, "Dante, do you have any other questions?"

Dante the Dark Man hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, maybe it's my delusion, but I feel as if he has become two people before that Roth turns his head." ”

"Become?"

"Yes, it's not that there is one more person all of a sudden, it's the feeling that one person has become two people, and both are that Roth. Sorry, it may be a bit confusing, but for a moment I can't say anything more. ”

Liu Yuan began to think, and Li Kehuan said at this time: "But that person's internal strength, well, his cultivation is indeed internal strength instead of fighting spirit, which is a bit embarrassing." It's too little, if he hadn't followed us, he would have survived at the border?"

"But he's very good at using his internal forces in the most efficient way. Along the way, he never avoided the battle, but he also did not lose his physical strength, and his shots were always fast and ruthless, and he should have been instructed by a master. Liu Yuan was still thinking, but he didn't delay answering this simple question, "He temporarily became an unbranded businessman because of lack of money, which is not only enough for personal defense, but even exceeded." The people who taught him martial arts should have high expectations for him, but it's a pity...... Or is it not too late?"

McLocken put forward a bold hypothesis: "Isn't that little sword saint's master also called Roth? and they all use the methods of your Qin and Han people to cultivate, does it matter?"

Liu Yuan couldn't help but laugh: "His Roth and that Roth are not the same thing at all. Although I have also heard that the master of the Little Sword Saint may become an adventurer in the near future, if it is really the disguise of that person, it would be too much not to even change the name. ”

"Maybe people think the opposite? They don't think they can do it, but he just does it, so won't he hide it from everyone?"

"The main problem is not here. Li Kehuan shook his head and said, "The problem is that the little sword saint practices the sword, and that thing can't be hidden after practice, how can this person be the one who doesn't have the sword at all." Moreover, the swordsmanship of the Little Sword Saint is mainly from the Western school, and this person is obviously the path of our Qin and Han dynasties, so he can't catch up at all!"

McLocken scratched his cheek and said, "It's weird, my instincts are rarely wrong......"

Li Kehuan spread his hands: "You also said that it is rare, don't you? Don't always live by intuition." ”

"I've lived like this for thousands of years. ”

"It's boring for you to talk like that!"

Roth is still familiar with the single knife in his hand.

It's not that he is not unprepared, he has been practicing the single knife of the Qin and Han dynasties for a while, but in order to reduce the possibility of exposure and reduce the clues left for others, he can only reverse the knife method from the tactics recorded in the book "Idle Talk".

If it weren't for that hidden autobiography, "Idle Talk" is indeed not a great book for the current world, which is why the original owner of the book would fool him into buying it when he was young.

First of all, the cultivation method of Fengjianmen is very worthless, and Fengjianmen wishes that someone would be willing to learn.

All these other exercises and tactics are also based on the premise of "how the peasants should defend themselves against wild beasts, bandits, and even rebellious armies and unscrupulous armies that try to kill the good and the unscrupulous", which is really useless in the face of filth.

What can be seen by the filth is the elite soldiers of the strong army that has existed in history, and the tactics of using bandits and unscrupulous armies as opponents are really ridiculous.

The only tactics that are somewhat useful against beasts are also stretched thin in the face of low-level filthy beasts, and it is no wonder that the guardian of the capital who read this book with high expectations is so angry that he said that it is not worth a penny.

What's more, after Joel left, his main energy was spent thinking about the possible shortcomings of Joel's swordsmanship, and the mind spent on himself was not enough.

Fortunately, judging from the effect of actual combat, this set of sword techniques that I have realized is still quite useful in dealing with humanoid enemies.

...... The lack of a sword makes it easier for Roth to hide his identity, but it is also a pain in Roth's heart.

In theory, the sword of Fengjianmen should be practiced by anyone, and the focus is on the word [raising], unless you are a peerless genius, no matter what talent you have, you must honestly go to [raise] in order to achieve something.

Now in this world, the United Kingdom wants to raise the standard of adulthood even younger, and I can't wait for the new generation to be born to be able to dance with knives and sticks, cast spells and chant spells, who can afford to wait for you to raise an old man over there before you go out of the mountain and shout "invincible in the world"?

But Roth just can't raise anything, as if his hard work has been raised on others...... This is one of the reasons why he didn't want to leave the village later.

Fortunately, having Joel's apprentice can make him grow a face, and he can balance his mind a little.

After successfully slashing the shadow of a magic swordsman, Roth couldn't help but say, "Why are these all magic warriors?"

Vikinkaka wanted to complain about this for a long time, and after hearing this, he immediately picked up the conversation and said: "No! Your fighting style is quite suitable for dealing with them, but I am really going to be annoyed by them! You say that they are warriors, and there are any warriors who still have a magic barrier on their bodies, and they keep throwing missiles and small fireballs, stone bullets and other things in your face! You say that they are mages, and they are mages who will obediently climb up when they are close to you!"

Brother Shuangjian, who also has a little magic cultivation himself, always feels a little uncomfortable when he hears this, but people are not talking about themselves, and they can't hit the muzzle of the gun by themselves, so he said from another angle: "A reckless man like you is just a little knowledgeable." The fallen city where the frontline camp is located was originally the White Eagle Fortress of the Wicken Kingdom, and the assassins and magic warriors we meet now are all regular troops stationed in the fortress in the past!"

Vikin Kaka was puzzled: "Haven't all that fallen city been defeated?"

Liu Yuan said loudly at this time: "This is the reason why we have to solve that village. It's too close to the frontline camp, and it acts as a core that constantly feeds the Fallen Shadows of the White Eagle Fortress, making it difficult for us to make progress in our purification efforts. ”

"Brother, wouldn't it be better if you just sent a large army to crush this village, why are you so troublesome?" Thrando joined the conversation.

"It is impossible for the army to move. Liu Yuan shook his head and said, "Just like this, the Kung Fu White Eagle Fortress will be polluted again, so it will be wasted!"

At this time, Serlando's voice whispered in Roth's ear like a mosquito: "If that's the case, you'd be convenient, if this really happens, won't you send it?"

Roth immediately glared at Thrando with great effort, hoping to express his thoughts in this way.

No matter how much this kind of behavior touches Roth's bottom line, he must not tolerate it, but he can't use what he says to avoid being discovered by others The cooperative relationship between him and Thrando can only rely on staring.

Liu Yuan didn't notice this episode, and continued to explain: "Under normal circumstances, it is enough to solve one team of people in one village, and we have already attached great importance to sending two teams before. And judging from the intelligence, if you can't find the crux of the problem, it is useless to send as many people as you want. ”

One of the priests of the regular adventurers held the idol in his hand and said, "The progress that has been made must not be reversed, and I hope this commission can be ended in the first part." ”

"Wouldn't we have much money in that case?" the hooded man snorted, "We'll forget it, that merchant over there, you're going to be very embarrassed, right?"

Why are you dragging me into the water here, these people are not targeting me one by one...... Roth has a lot of trouble.

Liu Yuan pointed ahead and said, "Don't gossip, the village is ahead, let's clear all the shadows as soon as possible!"

Sure enough, the outline of a village had come into view, and it wouldn't be long before they were on their feet.

This was the first time Roth had seen an undestroyed village of depravity embodied in filth.

But what happened next was beyond his imagination.

The shadows of the village...... It's the villagers who used to be.

Among them are hard-working farmers.

There is a housewife who hums while doing laundry.

There are vigilant patrolling self-police regiments.

There are idlers chatting and talking.

There are also children playing cricket with boards and cloth bags woven from broken steps.

...... Just like the village of Sprunp, it can even be said that it is more vibrant than the village of Sprunp.

They look like ordinary civilians, living their little lives day after day, completely unaware that they have no shadow of the present and the future, the past.

"What's the matter, little merchant brother, it's the first time you've seen this formation?" the voice of unknown people sounded again, "What a chance! There will be more exciting scenes in a while, you must experience it well, and remember it when you do business with us in the future, so as not to be so black-hearted! I have heard of your deeds." ”

It's a pity that Roth doesn't have the spare time to rejoice in the success of his plan now.

"Oh no! there's a bandit coming!" cried out the sludge-clad idler in horror.

"The old man and the children have retreated to the center of the village!" the self-police group was so nervous that their voices were trembling, "This, this group of people doesn't look good......

Thrando impatiently threw a purple star-shaped magic missile, shattering the shadow of the vigilante.

"I brought up the [past] when this village was attacked by bandits...... It's annoying. Thrando sighed.

"May the mercy of God save these mournful souls!" the priest drew a cross on his chest to commemorate the sacrifice of the true God, and then pulled open his shirt, and his muscles swelled violently.

"Damn, you're a priest of the [Now] faction!" said Thrando in surprise.

"The fact of praying for the future is too illusory, and there is no future without a foundation for the present!" the priest yelled and rushed forward, kicking the stunned child holding the plank into the mud with a single kick.

"One formation, one charge. Liu Yuan ordered calmly.

The military formation completed the change of formation in the march, Ant-Man stood at the forefront with a spear in his hand and launched a charge, Liu Yuan stood on the right with a long knife, Li Kehuan held a shield on the left, and took off the javelin on his back with his right hand to deal with the accident, McRok took out a bow and took out a double dagger and hid behind Li Kehuan and Ant-Man, Dante turned into a shadow and flickered beside Liu Yuan.

After receiving the blessing, Ant-Man's fighting spirit rose like a flame, and the military formation rushed directly to the center of the village with a huge impact, and even crushed several houses on the road.

There was a reclusive mage in the village, as recorded in the intelligence, who was impaled by Li Kehuan's javelin at the moment of his appearance, and the runes on the javelin emitted thunder and lightning, preventing him from being reborn.

The shadow of a vigilante regiment took shape inside the formation, and was neatly disintegrated by Myrok with a double dagger, and the formless sludge dissipated in the blink of an eye.

The sequelae of destroying too many shadows at once is that there are too many sludges scattered, and another batch will soon converge, and Liu Yuan easily wields the long knife and simply kills them again.

Ant-Man's fighting spirit will inevitably slip through in such a charge, and occasionally sludge will break into the formation, but it will either be chopped by Myrokon's twin daggers or dealt with by Dante's blade.

"Hmph, you're lucky, these military masters actually used this method. Finding that the battle seemed to be over soon, the voice dissatisfied, "Otherwise, you will be able to enjoy the great drama that those shadows have put on you, and I wonder if you will be as clean as you were when you slaughtered the pockets of our adventurers, when you faced a shadow who was holding a child and cried bitterly, little merchant?"

Roth said angrily: "It's just some illusions, what are you talking about here!"

"Think it's an illusion? Okay, it's a lot easier. ”

At this moment, Vikinkaka wielded the giant club in his hand and smashed the shadow of an old man who was kneeling and begging for mercy.

"But they are [the past]. Do you think that those people who are on their knees begging for mercy are just trying to confuse you, and if you show a flaw, they will attack you?"

"Isn't it?"

"Hmph, look over there! There's just the shadow of a crying kid lying on the ground, why don't you go over and see if it attacks you?"

Roth walked over silently with a dark face.

The other adventurers noticed Rot's strange behavior, but even the regular adventurers had no intention of stopping him.

"Daddy, Mommy, Uncle, where are my Mom and Dad?" is the shadow of a little girl crying breathlessly, and her sadness and helplessness are vividly restored on her face pinched out of the mud.

Roth thrust the knife into the ground and spread his arms.

But the girl's shadow was still just crying.

The shadow of a vigilante stumbled out, and a short figure flashed and cut him in two.

The owner of the voice of "tsk......" felt that in this way, the "merchant brother" would definitely be able to find an excuse, and was a little dissatisfied.

Roth asked, "Why didn't this little girl's shadow do anything? It only needs to transform itself into a warrior to successfully attack me, doesn't it?"

The owner of the voice was a little surprised, and a short figure with a silk thread revealed his true body and said to Roth, "You didn't escape reality. ”

"Answer my question!"

"Hmph, because it's just a little girl's shadow! Only those who have combat power will take the initiative to attack us, and it's more like this in the polluted area! Filth will reproduce the world's past, faithfully reproduce everything! If you leave it alone, it will live a repetitive life like a little child!" The short assassin pulled the silk thread in his hand, cut the little girl's shadow into several pieces, and stepped on it again.

"If you talk to such a shadow, they will even respond to you! Even though they can't say anything new, hehe, just a few words over and over again...... But they talk like real people, ahh

The assassin jumped like madness on the remains of the girl's shadow.

"Fake! These shadows have no future! They are remnants of the past that can only be repeated over and over again, and only by destroying them can we have the present and the future! But I still have heartache, I know it's stupid, but every time I feel heartache! Brother Merchant, the peaceful life of you people who don't need to fight is built on this kind of thing! I ask you, have you who live in the inner circle forgotten this!"

The dwarf assassin gasped, pointed at Roth and yelled, "I heard about it! You brought a large batch of obsidian stones? Speculatively, well? Do you want to make a fortune from this? Do you still think, "Oh, I'm really unlucky this time?" Is it so happy to snatch gold from those of us who are fighting on the front line? Before you do such a speculative thing next time, ask me a good conscience!"

...... Even with his disguised identity, Roth was speechless.

Does he know that?

Could this be the adventure story he wanted to hear?