In the inner cabin of the Whale Song battleship, in the dim corridor that smelled like sea water, two black figures were moving forward rapidly. They carefully avoided all sailors and patrols, as well as dark sentries and bright posts.
Step by step, they approached their target - the captain's cabin.
These two people were the female elf ranger Cole and the halfling thief Half Apple. They spent about half the night inspecting the 'Royal Margaret' and the three-masted sailing ship 'Cloud Mist'.
, I didn’t find anything useful, but I found a lot of suspicious points in this square-sailed battleship that looked like a warship.
First of all, although this warship is an armed warship, its defense is too tight. This step-by-step fortification pattern is more similar to a bunker, rather than a warship anchored in its own port; secondly, half of
Apple found many large compartments of unknown purpose in the bottom cabin. If they guessed correctly, these might have been places used to hide slaves.
So they planned to go to the captain's cabin to see if they could find a logbook or something.
Ke'er, who was walking in front, gestured for the half-apple to stop. "Turn left ahead and you'll find the captain's room. There are three sailors at the door, and there's a patrol in the distance. The patrol radius is about 20 yards," she said.
Half Apple thought for a moment and whispered: "The one on the left is yours. Once I activate my backstab, you'll do it. You have to do it quickly... I mean, we have to fight together before the patrol notices."
"I have no problem." Ke'er nodded, her big eyes looking particularly bright in the darkness.
There was no time to waste. When the patrol once again turned to the direction of their farthest patrol point, Half Apple immediately entered the stealth state and quickly went around behind the sailor on the right. With a flash of black light, he threw it out with a backstab and sneak attack. NPC
The sailor groaned and fell down. Even worse than most mercenaries, this level 3 NPC poses no challenge to our Mr. Halfling at all.
The two sailors were shocked. They drew their weapons and faced the half-apple at the same time. However, at the same time, a bow string vibrated in the darkness in the corner, and a black line went directly through the head of the NPC sailor on the left and hit him.
The nail hit the wooden wall of the cabin with a loud sound, and blood splashed on the floor. Ke'er shrugged her shoulders, stuck out her tongue, and whispered: "It's so miserable... I'd better shoot in the chest next time."
The situation was urgent. He didn't fight even though he was half an apple. He relied on the fact that he was twice as high as the opponent and bullied him directly. He knocked down the remaining sailor with three blows. Although he also received a blow, it didn't hurt him.
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After setting up a trap, the two of them killed the six-man patrol one after another, leaving only the final target - the captain's room!
Ke'er gently opened the door, and what she saw was a huge map. It was a map of the sea area near Dragon City. The map was made very finely. Although it can't be said that every detail is visible, it can be regarded as the best among maps.
On the left wall is a gold background cloud heraldry flag common to the Dragon City Navy, and on the right wall are two decorative scimitars; in the center of the room is a thick patterned carpet, with the 12 o'clock direction of the carpet
There is the captain's carved wooden table and rattan armchair. Now, an NPC man wearing the captain's coat is sitting on the chair. He tilts his head and puts his left hand on the table and gently holds it.
Holding his left cheek in the shape of a fist, his eyelids drooped, as if he was deep in thought.
As soon as the two entered the house, the NPC man raised his head in surprise.
"Who are you?" He was stunned and then asked.
"Oh? So there is someone there?" Ke'er smiled sheepishly.
The NPC man frowned, stood up and said in an unfriendly tone: "Who are you? I'm going to call the guards!"
"Guards?" Half Apple showed his white teeth, and he and Cole automatically stepped aside, revealing a pile of corpses of NPC sailors behind them. "I'm afraid your guards are sleeping... I mean, the whole ship is under our control."
, just go ahead and capture him!" He lied.
Ke'er understood, she pursed her lips and winked in a funny way.
The NPC man didn't notice these details. He was just startled, and then slumped down on the chair, sighing: "I knew there would be such a day..." He raised his head again, with a faint light flashing in his eyes.
"But... I won't just surrender. I would rather die in battle than surrender!"
He stood up in a hurry, pulled out the stabbing sword from his waist, and said solemnly: "Come on! Let's duel one on one!"
Half Apple sneered, "Who wants to duel with you, Ke'er, let's fight together!"
"Okay!" Ke'er smiled and nodded.
"Asshole! Cross reverse light!" The NPC man was furious. He took a step forward and threw the table away. The stabbing sword in his hand was pulled from left to right, from top to bottom, and a cross-shaped white light was emitted directly through the wood.
The table divided it into four pieces, and then rushed towards the half apple and Cole.
The two of them dodged to the left and right to avoid this terrifying sword energy. The sword energy that lost its target rushed directly towards the door of the captain's room, splitting the door into four neat pieces with a bang.
Half Apple and Ke'er looked at each other in confusion. They didn't expect that a mere captain could have such strength. It seemed that he was worthy of being a BOSS-level figure, no matter how weak he was, he was still capable.
Ke'er didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately threw a reconnaissance skill on the NPC man. After a moment, he said crisply: "Captain Marcus, level 10 warrior/level 3 swordsmith, strength 17, constitution 17, agility 18, perception 17
, Intelligence 16, Charisma 15, Specialties: Dodge, Flexible Movement, Jump Attack, Power Attack, Cleave, Combat Defense and Attack, Leadership, Proficient in Disarming, Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Stab Long Sword, Weapon Specialization: Stab
Strike long sword, Weapon specialization: thrust sword, Weapon proficiency: thrust sword, special combat skill: cross reverse light, character information, Dragon City Third Fleet, captain of the battleship Whale Song!" (Everyone can!
Look, how many specialties can be used by the warrior type in the DND rules? This is a level 13 warrior type, which has many more specialties than the level 21 rogue Feilin...)
"Average ability?" Half Apple frowned. From the opponent's attribute distribution and skill selection, it can be seen that this is a skill-based NPPC that pays attention to the balance of abilities. It is very difficult to deal with, because he has no obvious advantages and no obvious advantages.
The shortcomings make it a very difficult opponent.
"He is a master of stabbing with long swords. I should really ask Yun to show off with him, hehe!" Ke'er said it easily, but she was always vigilant. She pointed the tip of the arrow at Marcus and raised her bow at the same time.
Pull to the corresponding string.
"Switch to melee weapons, let's attack him from both sides!" Half Apple said while rubbing his body, the two daggers in his hands emitting a faint light. He did not fight Marcus head-on, but just wandered around this man.
The captain was surrounded by people waiting for him to take action.
Ke'er was not hesitant, she responded lightly, retracted her long bow, drew out the scimitar from her waist, and went to kill them. The three agile characters fought together like windmills, and there was a clanging sound in the captain's room.
Although Marcus is not born with agility, his profession focuses more on skills rather than agility, but his level makes up for this flaw. With a level more than twice as high as that of Half an Apple and Cole, he is not only good at agility
In terms of skills, they are not inferior to these two smart people, and their skills are far superior. If it were not 2V1, half an apple would probably feel very dangerous.
The dodge and flexible movement specialties allowed Marcus to cope with the attacks of Half Apple and Cole with ease. The swordsman's leaping thrust brought by the jumping attack specialties also caused a great deal of damage to the two team members who were shining gold coins.
Threat, this battle was really miserable. In just a few moments, half of the apple was injured in many places. Even Cole, who was behind Marcus, suffered a few minor injuries.
"Damn, it's really BT! It feels even harder to deal with than Feilin's crazy woman!" He complained helplessly after swallowing half an apple and a bottle of life potion.
Ke'er nodded and turned sideways, finally finding an opportunity to attack. She used her left scimitar to deflect Marcus's stabbing sword. She swiped the scimitar of her right hand downwards, directly drawing out a blood mark, inflicting 14 points of damage. Marcus groaned.
, his steps were chaotic; Half Apple immediately seized the opportunity to go around behind him and throw a backstab, -27!
"The defense is really high! Damn it! Oh my god... Is there anyone left alive!" Half Apple bent down to avoid the long sword swept by the opponent, and complained bitterly at the same time.
Marcus, who once again took the initiative to attack, did not dare to stop. He immediately jumped back to get out of the attack range of the two men and began to grasp the distance of the attack. However, the experienced Half Apple would not allow him to slip away like this. The short man
With a slight twist of his body, he got close again and tried his best to get a stab, creating an opportunity for Ke'er.
Ke'er reacted faster, and with a flash of inspiration in her mind, she seized this fleeting opportunity to retract her swords and pull off the long bow. She drove the long arrow into Marcus's right shoulder with lightning and flint... and blood surged out.
came out, the system prompt sounded: "System prompt: You hit the high-level NPC Magus, causing 21 points of damage to the opponent. The opponent's dominant hand was seriously injured, and the attack will no longer carry a strength damage bonus."
Cole was overjoyed; Marcus was furious, his eyes froze, and the stabbing sword in his hand held half an apple, and a pair of daggers poked and plucked, and unexpectedly knocked the two daggers away with a choking sound! Half an apple!
Stunned, he cried out: "Damn it! I'm proficient in disarming weapons!...Why am I so unlucky!"
The BOSS captain ignored him and rushed straight towards Cole. The long lag time between retracting the longbow and redrawing the melee weapon after being approached by an archer was enough to kill her ten times.
"Stop!" Half Apple didn't care anymore. He jumped up and hugged Marcus to prevent him from moving forward. Marcus struggled desperately, but unfortunately the system finally determined that Half Apple's grapple check was successful, and he
I had no choice but to grit my teeth, raise my sword, and stab our lovely halfling gentleman in the back with all his strength.
"Ke'er, shoot him! Kill him... Wow! It hurts! Holy shit!" Half Apple roared while swallowing the life potion.
The female elf ranger did not dare to neglect, she raised her bow and fired fiercely. Finally, with the seventh arrow, Magus was turned into a corpse. After hearing the system's friendly experience prompts, both of them collapsed to the ground. This was really thrilling.
...Half Apple touched his backpack with lingering fear - a bottle of life medicine was gone!
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In the third district of Dragon City, in an underground passage in a luxury residential area——
The fighting around them was still going on, but it was a bit boring. It seemed that the enemy didn't focus on intercepting them at all. Quiet Xue felt a little uneasy in her heart.
A dark shadow flashed around her, and she subconsciously reached out to take the note. On the note lay quietly a few beautiful words——
"Go forward 100 yards, turn left, there is a third room, the hostages are in that hall!"
Quiet Xue was slightly stunned. Why was there no summary of the enemy's troop distribution in the information this time?
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On the other side, the Arcane Zone, the core of the Fourteenth Arcane Tower——
Xiao Fen, who was dressed in black robes, slowly walked to the one-way portal with a gloomy expression. He looked at the portal that was shining with magic fluctuations, and he showed an unknown smile.
It has a different kind of weird beauty, but those white teeth make people feel chilling...
He pulled out the architectural design drawing, tilted his head, and said with a smile: "Is this the final core of the Tower of Arcane?"
He threw the picture aside and said to himself: "It seems that there are still three tough battles to be fought in the three-story hall... It's really troublesome."
With a slight sneer, Xiao Fen pulled down the hood of his black velvet robe and walked towards the metal portal that embodies the beauty of magic...
And when he shifted his gaze, looking from behind him, he saw that the long corridor was densely covered with bloody and broken corpses...
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