Chapter 20: Ambush
The gnome gathering team slowly climbed to the ground through the cavern, and then navigated to the growth point of a special magical plant. Because the entire squad was equipped with hand cannons and an elder who was proficient in illusion, they were not afraid of the beast and headed straight for their destination.
The forests of the main material plane are full of shrubs that are more than half a man tall. A bush swayed, and a group of diminutive gnomes appeared on the edge of a small clearing.
After inspecting the magic plants in the clearing, the dwarf elder nodded his small head and said with satisfaction, "These magic plants have recovered well and can be collected." ”
After receiving the order, some members of the team began to shuttle through the center of the clearing, collecting leaves, thin roots, sap, and other materials for magical plants. The other part of the team is on guard around the open space to prevent all kinds of dangerous situations from happening.
Once all the materials that could be collected and stored were collected, the gnome team set off again, heading to the previous collection point.
"It's coming! It's coming!"
A nimble giant jumped from a large tree and excitedly greeted the team of giants waiting under the tree. Zuihou also said to a giant priest in a respectful tone: "Please also ask the honorable priest to hide it too, and then suddenly attack them later, and take them by surprise!"
In order to understand the origin of the mysterious creatures that robbed the giant hunting party, as well as the weapons they used, the giant clan sent a special team of warriors to wait at the place where they were robbed last time. Because I don't know about that race, I don't know if it's useful to wait for rabbits, but I can only use this method.
The strength of the Giant Warriors is extraordinary, and it is relatively easy to defeat the gnomes of this squad, but what the Giant Church asks is to capture these gnomes. Therefore, the church specially sent a priest who had reached level 4 in Dream Building to join the warrior team. If it weren't for the hard training of the holy warriors and the high demands on physical and willpower, so that no giant warriors have met the promotion requirements until now, then the church would definitely send holy warriors. The priest was able to trap their spiritual consciousness with dream-building, and he was able to capture them easily.
Before the development of civilization, the giant clan lived by hunting, and they were naturally very good at concealing themselves. Although they were tall, they also easily hid in the forest, and there was no trace of them.
The gnome squad slowly navigated the bushes, relying on their natural height advantage to cover in the bushes, avoiding many beasts along the way.
The dwarf elders in the gathering team suddenly stopped and shouted in a low voice, "Stop!
Along the way, although the dwarf team did not receive attacks from fierce beasts, they encountered many small beasts. But here, there is no such thing as a half-beast, so there must be something wrong.
The dwarf elder is proficient in illusion, and his spiritual power is also relatively strong. He swept out his spiritual power, and immediately spotted the Giant Squad hidden not far away. And from the shape of the giant team, it can be clearly judged that what they are waiting for is the dwarf gathering team!
Since it is an enemy, it is necessary to strike first. Gnomes do not live in the city safely underground, and they have to go out of the city every day to hunt or gather materials, so they are no strangers to fighting. When the dwarf elder discovered the giant warrior in ambush, he naturally had to take the initiative to ensure the safety of the gathering team.
Unaware that his side had been discovered, the Giant Warrior remained cautiously lying in his hidden place. However, the priest, who was more sensitive to spirit, sensed a spiritual force sweeping by, and knew that he had been exposed. It's just that before he could use the magic first, his brain was dizzy, and various phantoms appeared in front of him.
"Not good!" The priest relied on his powerful spiritual power not to be completely charmed, and his heart woke up, and he immediately communicated with the holy power in his body, and applied a holy light technique to himself. …,
This giant priest majored in dream building, but the Holy Light Technique was a good way to inspire believers, so naturally he did not fall behind, and he practiced to level 3. Now, as soon as he did it, he felt his spirit shake and his mind cleared again. Although the Holy Light Technique is not a divine technique aimed at illusion, under the spiritual condensation, the illusion is naturally broken.
Although some of these dwarf clans were born with an understanding of illusion and were able to become illusionists through special training, there was no formal cultivation method after all. Therefore, the strength of this elder is only level 3. In the face of a giant priest whose spiritual power is even stronger and his strength is already level 4, his illusion can only play a role in disturbing the mind.
"Dream Building!" the priest came to his senses, immediately activated his holy power, and began to fight back.
In the face of the level 4 dream building technique, the members of the dwarf gathering team did not have the slightest ability to resist, and immediately fell asleep on the ground. Only the dwarf elder pinched his thigh hard, and he barely concentrated his energy and did not fall asleep.
Dream building is not to forcibly construct a dream and let a living creature fall into sleep, but to first amplify the exhaustion in the living being's heart to fall into sleep, and then take advantage of the situation to guide the memory of the living being, and construct a dream that the living creature most wants to enter. Therefore, if a creature who has been subjected to the Dream Building Technique does not resist before falling asleep, then after falling asleep, it is truly unable to resist. They will only gradually indulge in dreams until they are guided by the outside world and the dream building technique is unraveled.
The dwarf elder struggled to concentrate, knowing that he was no match for the other party in terms of mental power, so he immediately pulled out the hand cannon on his waist and aimed towards the place where the other party was.
Last time, the giant's warrior fell under a strange weapon, and this giant priest only knew it. So after he released Dream Building, he dodged and hid behind a big tree. Two magic spells were sent out in a row, and the priest's mental power was also a little tired. In order to gain more time to practice, after reaching the tree, the priest began to unleash the Holy Light Technique to the giant warriors who had come with him.
There were as many as ten giant warriors who came with him, but the priest's spiritual power and holy power were not much. Earlier, he had already released a level 4 Dream Building Technique and a Level 3 Holy Light Technique, and now the Holy Power was no longer enough to awaken all his teammates. So he can only wake up a giant warrior first and be his own meat shield. The rest of the giant warriors can wait until they deal with each other.
The holy light sprinkled, and one of the strongest giant warriors in the team immediately came to his senses. At the request of the pastor, he immediately understood his mission. The priest needs him to fend off an attack and give the priest a safe time to unleash his magic.
There is only one person left on the other side, and there is naturally only one hand cannon, so it is naturally much easier to resist. The giant warrior immediately thought of the easiest way to attract the attention of the other party with his voice. He carefully picked up his weapon from the ground, trying not to make a sound, and threw it away.
This dwarf elder is also a tragedy, he has fallen into the dream building technique of the giant priest and is mentally exhausted. He couldn't use his mental power to find out the location of the other party, so he could only hold the hand cannon and carefully pay attention to the surrounding sounds. The hand cannon can only fire one spike at a time, and it cannot fire in bursts. So he can only hope that he can find out where the other party is hiding, and then hit and put the other party down.
The weapon thrown by the giant warrior landed on the ground with a dull sound. It immediately attracted the attention of the dwarf elder, but he was cautious and did not activate the hand cannon.
From the giant warrior waking up, picking up the weapon, throwing the weapon, the weapon landing, to the hesitation of the dwarf elder. It wasn't a long time, but it was enough for the pastor to take a long breath. The priest took a deep breath, used the holy power in his body with all his might, and once again used his mastery dream building technique.
A feeling of exhaustion from the depths of his soul welled up, and the dwarf elder wanted to pinch himself again, but his head immediately sank and he fell asleep.
PS: The church doesn't have a holy emblem yet! I haven't met another church now, it's okay if I don't have it for the time being, if I do, then I must have a holy emblem. Swords and staffs are too old-fashioned, and there are no magicians yet!