Chapter XXVIII
The Elven Kingdom has three lines of defense, the Greenstone Forest, the Archer Forest, and the Mystical Forest.
The reason why the Elven Kingdom is so wary of the outside world has been overlooked, after all, it is very incorrect to always talk about the rotten grain in the United Kingdom - although the Elves still seem mean when they meet the Wickens now.
If the Greenstone Forest is a fully automatic line of defense, the Archer Forest is semi-automatic, and in a complex environment, any long-range means other than the elves' archery will be greatly hindered, and when the golem entangles the enemy, the elven's green bow will bring death to the offender.
But without the elven archers stationed, the golems were left with the only function of getting in the way, and the native magical creatures in the forest who had fallen into madness were more threatening than them.
Even if Li Guangfu has the intention to delay, he has to take into account the face of the army, and it would be too false to be stopped by such a defense line that lacks the ability to counterattack.
Who knows that those elves still have a lot of opinions about the speed of their advancement.
"You're really lucky! If this place is still under the control of filth, you must have to face the most elite archers of our clan!" The one-eyed elf looked at the golems who fell in front of the army and sighed, "If that's the case, I'm afraid you won't even see the shadow of the Mysteries Forest in nearly a hundred years!"
Li Guangfu glanced at the bow and arrow behind the one-eyed elf and didn't say much.
Perhaps this elf was once one of the defenders of this forest, and now it is normal to feel upset when he sees that the line of defense he once defended has been easily attacked.
But in the last hundred years...... I really dare to say that even if this is not an empty city, even if there are fallen shadows of elven archers everywhere, it will be defeated in five years at most, and this will count the time it takes to purify the pollution.
For the current army, how to lay down a polluted zone has never been a problem, the problem is only how to defend it after that.
Sure enough, discussing time with the immortals is a pointless thing.
According to the information provided by the elves, the defense of the Arcane Forest is mainly composed of labyrinths, and when the enemy is trapped by the maze, the elven mages can cast spells to their heart's content with the blessing of the Mysteries.
But now all that's left is the labyrinth
No matter how you think about it, there is no point here that can delay time, Li Guangfu said: "According to this progress, maybe you can break through the Mysterious Forest in three days, right?"
The one-eyed elf wondered, "With us leading the way, will it take three days to walk through a labyrinth?"
"Considering the situation in the Greenstone Forest, I suspect that the labyrinth here will most likely not function properly either, and these three days are my speculation after considering the possibility of a forced breakthrough. Li Guangfu explained.
There are only three ways to crack this spell: by intelligence, by brute force, or by giving up the spell duration at the end of the spell.
The strength of the labyrinth is also related to its rules, although Li Guangfu does not understand the principle, but the structure of the labyrinth with a cracking method is much stronger than the malicious maze with no cracking method, and the labyrinth constructed by the latter, or to be more accurate, the cage, can be destroyed relatively easily with brute force, and its meaning of existence is mainly used to deceive other mages.
After all, very few mages will evade the method of intelligence cracking, whether it is forcibly destroying the maze or waiting for the duration to end is a very shameful thing for the mage, and the word "malicious" of the malicious maze is also reflected here.
The current Forest of Mysteries is also like the previous two lines of defense, and there are some remnants of filthy power, in this case, the semi-permanent labyrinth in the forest may have become an existence similar to a malicious maze.
But the one-eyed elf was stimulated by Li Guangfu's statement that "you can forcibly break through the maze in three days", and after a flash of green, he disappeared in front of Li Guangfu, leaving no words.
Li Guangfu, who was blinded by the flash deliberately made by the one-eyed elf, couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, if you slow down, you have to say it, and if you are fast, you have to say it!
The guilt in my heart for the elves couldn't help but fade a little.
Camp Five in the Greenstone Forest welcomes a new group of adventurers.
The comings and goings of adventurers weren't a thing worth mentioning, but the unmarked sign that called himself a clown was too eye-catching.
Beneath the exaggerated and strange exterior is the mysterious inner strength that does not feel any supernatural power, and when the terrifying-looking clown first appeared in front of the people of Camp Five, an overreacted mage directly cast a maze on him, only to be cracked by him in less than two seconds, and shouted "fun" and asked to do it again.
With the acquiescence of the battalion commander, all the mages in the camp really used a maze spell on him, but none of them lasted more than three seconds, and now the entire camp was filled with a strange atmosphere, and mages could be seen meditating everywhere.
The Joker's current so-called unbranded identity exists away from the guild and relies on the guarantee of four regular adventurers, which is definitely an event that will lead to a credit rating downgrade, but Roth and the others have no other choice.
After meeting the Joker, they successfully complete the commission to defeat the Treants, and in the process, the Joker also participates in the battle.
Over the course of a short battle, the Joker displays terrifying abilities such as summoning giant balloons out of thin air, dancing to clone each other, and punching dryads to death, as well as showing great sensitivity and tension when encountering the remnants of filthy power.
Later, when Roth gave his dry food to the clown, he was afraid that the man would "react" in some way halfway through the meal, but according to him, there was no other way to react to a certain dish.
When he said that, Roth could only believe it.
After the commission was completed, he did not "answer the original world" as he said before, but changed his words: "It seems that the aftertaste of this bowl of noodles is quite long, and I may have to bother you for a while longer!"
Even Roth, who originally believed the Joker's statement that he came from another world, is now more inclined to the conjecture that this person is an archmage with a brain problem.
It's just that in this way, the four of them had to be more cautious when facing this clown, and the four people who originally planned to return to Oscar City after handing in the mission at Camp 3 said "I want to see what other camps are like." I had to bite the bullet and ask the battalion commander of Camp No. 3 which camp could take the temporary commission.
The commander of Battalion No. 3 must have also seen the predicament of Roth and the others, but he had no intention of helping to relieve the siege, but only provided them with the location of Camp No. 5 and sent them away.
It can only be said that the No. 3 battalion commander's combination of punches that ignore and cause trouble to the east can be regarded as helping Zhang Luan and Nina, the two young people, to teach a lesson about human warmth.
Roth's expected support from the guild has also been delayed, and he thinks that the guild should be monitoring the situation on his side, but ......
The clown is now performing his unique "one-man circus" in Camp Five, and he has created more than 20 doppelgangers for unknown reasons, some dancing on balls, some playing with throwing knives, some being targets, some drilling fire rings, some performing the so-called "trapeze", and of course all the circus equipment appears out of thin air when he wants to use it.
It is said that it is a circus but there are no horses at all, and the "trapeze" called the finale by the clown is actually the most inconspicuous thing in front of his many strange abilities......
Some of the guys who couldn't figure out the situation cheered around the clown, most of them were warriors, mages and priests were basically nervous.
The battalion commander of Camp 5 was listening to Roth explain the situation with a dark face, and although he didn't say it explicitly, Roth could read his lines from the other party's eyes staring at him.
What the hell are you doing bringing this guy to me!?
But at this point, Roth didn't bother to be submissive to the other party, and when he met a guy who could create things at will, who wouldn't be involuntarily unable to help himself?
In the past few days, he has acted as an ambassador for the clown exchange, and the mental pressure is really not small.
"Joker, I've come up with a new labyrinth!" shouted an unconvinced mage as he burst out of the crowd.
A clown dancing on top of the ball suddenly seemed to be ghosted, and then a new clown jumped high from the top of the ball, spun around for three and a half weeks, and landed in front of the mage, like a child waiting for candy, excitedly exclaimed, "Oh yes, yes, come and show me!"
The mage took a deep breath and cast a labyrinth on the clown in front of him, who temporarily disappeared from view without any resistance - the other clowns were still performing happily.
The mage's face was very solemn, because he felt that the clown who was imprisoned by his labyrinth technique was not a false clone, the maze technique, the teleportation technique and the mana draining technique were all spells that restrained the stand-in technique and the transformation technique, and even the high-level stand-in technique would instantly reveal the prototype.
But the other clowns who performed over there were also genuine goods.
It is no wonder that even the priests' faces are dark, and the clowns, whether they are clones or creations, do not have any fluctuations in extraordinary power in the process, and this ability is almost miraculous.
After 2:5 seconds, the clown who was locked up by the maze technique successfully escaped from the predicament, and he reappeared and criticized with some dissatisfaction: "This maze is a change of soup and not a change of medicine! You should break through the shackles of thinking, try to confuse the concepts of up, down, left and right, and it will be much better if you build a multi-layered structure!"
The mage, whose labyrinth technique was easily cracked again, felt that his intelligence had been insulted, and gritted his teeth and said, "You said it lightly......"
Many other mages who were also holding their breath saw this lesson from the past, and they also lost the intention of challenging again, and the few who did not give up were sweating profusely, and their mental power was obviously running at full speed.
After the clown "instructed" the mage in front of him, he looked at Roth, who seemed to be at an impasse with the battalion commander, and took the initiative to walk over, while the other clowns who were performing began to decrease unconsciously, and finally disappeared completely.
"Hey, you're the battalion commander here, aren't you? Oh, I know we're probably causing you a lot of trouble when we come here, so I'm going to put on a circus to apologize. I don't know if there's anything here...... By the way, is there a temporary entrustment for us?"
With a strange translation, the clown first disappeared from everyone's field of vision, and then suddenly appeared next to the battalion commander and put his arms around the battalion commander's neck.
Roth saw the battalion commander clenching his fists, but fortunately he didn't make a move in the end.
The battalion commander forced out a smile and said to the clown: "This kind of thing is not always a temporary commission." I think Camp Six might be in need, would you like me to show you the way?"
The clown shook the battalion commander and said, "Brother battalion commander, don't be like this, right? In Camp No. 3 before, they said that Camp No. 5 would be here before we came! I see that you have so many camps, and the reason why the commander of Camp No. 3 chose Camp No. 5 must be justified, don't be so cold to us!"
At this time, the commander of the fifth battalion had already greeted the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the third battalion commander in his heart, but now he really had no choice but to smile forcefully: "Sorry Mr. Clown, issuing a temporary commission is an extraordinary means, for adventurers, many things are not guaranteed without going through the adventurer's guild, and it is also a very shameful thing for us, after all, this means that we can't solve emergencies on our own." But if I don't stick to this form of temporary commission, I personally hope to be able to get your help!"
Little Scandal Yan made a very exaggerated serious face, and pursed his lower lip so hard that lines appeared on his chin, which was particularly prominent on his brightly painted face: "I see, I'm sorry, it's really difficult for me to understand the situation." But I feel like that's what I'm doing right now, I don't want to go to Oscar. Even if I don't have anything to do, can you at least allow me to stay here? I can give you a circus every day!"
The battalion commander looked at the clown's arm around his neck and thought to himself, I want to reject you......
Lista turned his mind and said, "In that case, then we ......"
"The five of you are a team, aren't you!" the battalion commander interrupted Lista.
"We ......" Lista did not dare to say the word "no" directly, so he could only speak around the corner, which inevitably fell behind.
The clown had already nodded at this time and said, "Yes, we are companions who have fought side by side!"
Lista wilted.
The battalion commander smiled more sincerely: "In that case, you can live in this camp now, and I will find out if there is a suitable job for you!"
The battalion commander then assigned a soldier to show the Joker where he was staying, and the Joker jumped up and down behind the soldier and turned back to wave to Roth.
Lista said with a bitter face, "He wants to stay here, we don't have to stay here too, right?"
The battalion commander sneered, pointed at Lista and said, "You have led this disaster star to me, and you still want to leave by yourself?
After snorting vigorously, the battalion commander turned his head and walked into the command post in the middle of the camp that had been made out of spells.
Rott also felt very helpless, and when he was about to keep up with the clown, Zhang Luan tugged on his sleeve.
"Mr. Roth, how did you manage to keep up with Mr. Clown's rhythm?" Zhang Luan held back for a long time and finally couldn't help but ask this question, "I can't understand what Mr. Clown said, why can you communicate with him normally, Mr. Roth?"
Roth couldn't tell him that his spirit was originally different from ordinary people, so he could only say perfunctorily: "Hehe, it should be that my receptivity is stronger." ”
After Roth took the lead in keeping up with the clown, and after pulling some distance from the other three, Nina pointed at Zhang Luan with her finger and said, "Why do you ask such a question?"
Zhang Luan replied: "I just think Mr. Roth is so powerful." Sure enough, as an adventurer, I can't restrain my thinking, so should I also strengthen my ability to accept it......"
Nina shook her head when she heard this: "No, I don't want Zhang Luan to become a weirdo!"
The soldier led Roth and the others to a tent, bowed sharply to the clown, and hurried away.
The clown sighed with emotion: "The people here are so polite!"
The inside of this tent is a little larger than it looks from the outside, and it is obviously not intended for just five people, in fact, there are indeed traces of life such as dropped socks in some corners, and perhaps the people who originally lived here fled after knowing that the clown was going to live here.
The clown looked at his surroundings and nodded: "That's good, I've experienced a few wars when I reacted, and this environment is really good for the front line camp!
Roth smiled bitterly: "After all, we have begun to fight back for hundreds of years and have begun to grasp the situation. But it is also true that much of the world is still polluted by filth. It hasn't rained for a few days, otherwise you might be uncomfortable with your sensitivity to filth, right?"
"Is it raining?" asked the clown, "is all the rain you have here?"
"Yes, after all, the sea is under the control of pollution, and it can be said that most of the world's water bodies are in a polluted state. ”
The clown asked, "And does it rain a lot here?"
"It's quite frequent, isn't it? No matter what the season, it's rare to have no rain or snow for a week, and the winter is particularly difficult. The lack of rain in the past few days may also be due to something done above, after all, there are no people living in the polluted area that was blown up, and maybe a lot of it will be returned after a rain, presumably because the weather is under control. But it shouldn't last, right?"
The clown breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and said, "Great, it seems that this bowl of noodles won't kill me!"
No matter how receptive Roth is, he can't take this conversation for a while.