When Fang Yu saw a flash of light in the forest for the second time, he had already determined that there was a group of selectors southeast of Miss Nightingale. The flash seemed to be emitted by some short-lived light source and disappeared in a flash. He immediately thought
Understand the principle - it is the light emitted by the projection crystal.
The opponent is using the projection crystal to compare the terrain.
Logically speaking, the opponent should be more cautious, but this is probably because this place is already outside the valley, about three miles away from the Seven Seas Traveler. The opponent may know that there are combat craftsmen among them, but they are confident that the clockwork goblin will not fly so far.
Far away, or confident that the Seven Seas Brigade is not aware of their existence at all.
The location of the second flash was about one kilometer further than the first one. One kilometer was already not a close distance in the winding forest valley. Fang Plover quickly judged the direction in which the other party was heading. That route was actually not close.
It is difficult to formulate, because the other party will definitely enter the valley.
He moved his fingers slightly, and in the air, several screaming banshees flew out from behind the lower deck hatch of the Seven Seas Traveler, which was opened. Another construct hung below, flying towards the battlefield.
It only took them a few minutes to arrive at the predetermined location, lower the altitude, drop the construct, and then return. The six-legged walking constructs dropped were all evolved models of the 'ts-1 lurker' construct, 'ts
-xAnnihilation' type construct.
As soon as these medium-sized structures landed on the ground, they immediately retracted into the ground, activated the ether shield to shield their weak magic fluctuations, and then used fallen leaves to bury themselves, leaving only a visual crystal on the surface, motionlessly monitoring a certain person.
direction.
In the valley, only Miss Nightingale, who had reached the top of a nearby mountain, could see the few black spots flying away from a distance. They were so subtle in the darkness that it would have been difficult to see them clearly had she not been closer and paying attention to that direction.
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Even a level 35 or 40 selector can't see it clearly, because generally speaking, the 'detection' ability of a selector of this level can detect general movements within two to three hundred meters, such as conversations.
, sound sources such as footsteps are already quite sharp, and with more powerful ones, the content can even be heard clearly.
The noise emitted by the Clockwork Goblin's hinged wings is higher than that of ordinary conversation, but high-frequency noise has poor penetrability and serious attenuation with propagation distance. At a distance of several hundred meters, it does not attract even as much attention as conversation and footsteps, because the human ear
More sensitive to conversations and footsteps -
A more powerful selector, or a set of top-quality equipment, can extend this distance to more than 500 meters, but this is already within the reach of the top selectors at this level, which is what people commonly call it.
star player.
The members of AoA obviously cannot meet this requirement.
There are three clear lines between the brigades ranked within 3,000 in Aitaria. As for the teams outside the top 20% after 3,000, they are all inferior. Generally speaking, it is generally accepted that from 3,000 onwards to a few
One hundred thousand people are all within this range.
The range from 3,000 to 1,000, and then from 1,000 to the top 100 are called second- and third-level teams, with second-level teams being higher and third-level teams being lower.
The brigade under AoA is a typical third-level team, with a team ranking of 2927. Of course, this is the ranking of the first division. Based on the scale of the five divisions, it is even further behind, about between six and seven thousand.
Of course, this is not the main brigade of AoA, and it is not even the main force last time. At present, all the top brigade groups in the first division are gathered on the southern border of Oshu, and they have entered a state of silence before the war begins.
Marshall, the leader of AoA, naturally understands this.
His ID, 'Emerald', is one of the top 100 fire elemental users in the United States. He was originally rejected from the main team selection. The guild did not let him join the main team as a pawn, but instead asked him to join the main team as a pawn.
Lead this newly formed team.
The absolute main force of the AoA guild is the 'Heavenly Thorns' brigade, ranked 11th in the first division, and the league's ranking will not be lower than 300, even higher than the ranking of Silver Shadow, which is considered one of the top teams in North America.
Secondly, the ranking of the main team is also around 220, which is considered to be a relatively high-ranking team among the second-tier teams and is strong. However, because AoA has a small number of overall teams and the ranking of the main team is behind the three major guilds, it is ranked in North America.
Ranked fourth among the guilds.
Marshall was stopping. The alchemist behind him with the ID name 'Icbm' was an Asian. Although his ID was very domineering, he was actually not a combat craftsman. Excellent combat craftsmen were hard to find, and those with high levels were even rarer.
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Most teams would rather find an alchemist with a high enough level than a half-baked combat craftsman, because the latter may only be half-skilled in combat, and his alchemy is even worse.
For a team like theirs, one of the main responsibilities of the alchemist accompanying the team is to be responsible for logistics maintenance. If they can't even do their job well, no matter how much help they provide in combat, it won't mean much.
The truly top combat craftsmen, around whom large guilds form teams, are born to be star players.
The Asian was taking out the projection crystal, but was stopped by Marshall. Seeing that the other person looked over with some confusion, he said: "This is close enough to the valley. There is a very powerful combat craftsman among our opponents. Next we will
We have to rely on Zxc’s memory.”
He was talking about the scout not far away, the Ashfield hunter who had just returned from the Seven Seas Traveler not long ago. The magic weasel was still lying on that man's shoulder, his back arched, and he was looking around with his black eyes.
environment.
"Zxc, your magic weasel seems a little uneasy." Marshall asked.
"That's what it was like when you came back from over there," Zxc turned around and replied after hearing what the group leader said, "There was a horned lizard on that boat, and it seemed to scare Jimmy."
He patted the magic weasel on the head, trying to calm it down, but it always seemed a little angry.
This detail caught Marshall's attention. Low-level teams don't pay much attention to these details, but most people at their level are very meticulous - because people who are not careful will not reach this day.
"Is there anyone following us," he asked, and then called, "Amos."
Amos is the magician in the team and belongs to the prophecy faction. He is from the Eisengreen family of the Golden Goat. Of course, he is not an aborigine. Hearing the leader's voice, this very cold young man immediately stretched out his hand and held a magic wand.
appeared in his hand.
The nearby iron guards immediately stood in front of him. Covering the attack was only part of the purpose. It was more about blocking the opponent's spells and gestures. A shrewd spellcaster could tell the spell the opponent was about to cast at a glance through the shape of his mouth and gestures.
Then counterattack.
An invisible ripple radiated from the magician's hand, like a breeze blowing through the forest, raising ripples. It spread to a thousand meters away, and gradually calmed down after reaching the extreme distance.
Alyssa, who was on the top of the mountain, naturally saw this scene clearly.
She immediately estimated the answer. The spellcaster was at least level 37.
But there is no feedback from magic. The 'ts-x Annihilator' is a flexible structure specially constructed for spell detection. In its completely still state, almost no spells can detect it.
The construct was less than a hundred feet away from AoA and the group, and was quietly hidden under a pile of dead leaves. It didn't move or make any sound, so naturally no one could detect it.
The young man slowly put down the magic wand in his hand, and then shook his head at Marshall.
Marshall was relieved. At their level, it was impossible to monitor the enemy from a thousand meters away, and the opponent's level would only be lower than them. No matter how much he overestimated the opponent's strength, it was impossible to do it.
The thing is just impossible.
"But they may indeed have noticed us," Zxc said. "Shortly after I left, my spotted garden spider reacted, indicating that someone also left that place. I don't know if it was their people or the Falcon's.
people."
"Even their people are unlikely to find this direction so quickly, unless they are following you," the Asian asked, "Captain, are we too cautious? Didn't we hear that?"
Can a clockwork fairy fly three miles away?"
The conversation between the two people was transmitted intact to Fang Plover's ears through 'ts-x', and then to Miss Nightingale through the communication crystal in Fang Plover's hand.
Alyssa was horrified that the other party actually had a back-up plan.
When she saw the scout and the magic weasel leaving, she was sure that the other party did not notice that they had discovered him, so the other party's remaining move was purely out of cautious instinct.
"I really underestimated them," Miss Nightingale smiled, "Is this the level of a third-level team? I'm really sorry, Master."
Fang Yu shook his head. He had seen even more bizarre methods. For example, in the battle between Silver Shadow and the main team of the Jefflite Red Team, KUN used the inertial thinking of the main team of the Jefflite Red Team to set up a trap and turn defeat into victory.
of.
But the method is based on strength. If he does not have the ability to build a 'Fairy Wall', or the opponent does not have the ability to leave the spotted garden spider and sense it remotely, all these ingenious ideas will be empty talk.
Most people talk about the insight of the omniscient KUN, but they often ignore the fact that while he is the tactical analyst of Silver Shadow, he is also a top selector himself.
R has repeatedly warned him that strength is the foundation of everything.
He even anticipated AoA's detection spell, but 'ts-x' was prepared for this. It was a masterpiece of Kingfisher Workshop, and Silver Vislan used it more than once to gain the upper hand on the battlefield.
Later, the Empire also took countermeasures, but the people in AoA would not have thought in advance that someone would use 'ts-x' to target them, not to mention that they themselves were airlifted to this battlefield.
This is the mindset, but it is based on the premise that the other party believes that he is not capable of doing all this. In fact, most people cannot do this.
As for the Construct Queen, isn't Ms. Ming's swift tactics a kind of force overcoming skill?
In the picture, Zxc seemed a little disapproving.
In his opinion, 'Bank' is not a combat member and does not understand the battle itself at all. Being cautious does not mean looking forward and backward. He does not believe that someone can follow him without being discovered by him, especially when the opponent's level is lower than his.
Amos' spells also prove this.
"My name is not 'Bank'," the alchemist said angrily, "I don't know how to fight, but I still have some understanding of constructs."
"Then what's your name?" Zxc smiled, "Intercontinental ballistic missile?"
"Shut up."
Everyone laughed lowly.
Marshall shook his head, but still explained: "About a year ago, several small guilds in Kaolin-Ithulian fought against each other in Orenze. In that battle, the other party would call it
The 'Lancer''s air combat structure was delivered to a distance of twenty miles and entered the battle."
This statement surprised everyone.
Even the prophet stopped and looked over, his eyes shining with surprise. "How is this possible?" Zxc couldn't help but ask.
"Unfortunately, this is the fact," Marshall said: "In the mission briefing given by the guild, the other party's evaluation is neither S nor SS, it is simply 'unpredictable', which means invincible at the same level.
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He looked at the others: "The reason why we are here is because we are at a higher level, but this does not mean that we can be careless and must treat our opponents at the same level as us. At the same time, more importantly -
—Be careful of the Falcons and other brigades too."
Everyone fell silent.
Marshall then asked: "Zxc, which ship have you seen before, and tell me about the situation at that time."
"There is no one on the ship," Zxc said directly: "There is only a girl in maid clothes. I don't know if there are other people below the deck, but there are only one or two cabins with lights. When I planned to let Jimmy sneak into the ship, it seemed to cause
I caught the horned lizard's attention, so in order not to alert the snake, I had to let the little guy back out first."
"A girl wearing a maid costume?" Others became interested, gathered around and asked: "Zxc, what you said is true, how is it, is it beautiful?"
Zxc pondered for a moment: "It seems pretty good-looking."
"real?"
Everyone couldn't help but started talking.
Marshall shook his head. No matter how professional he was, the selectors were different from the seriousness of the aborigines. He compared the images on the wanted poster and came to a conclusion.
"Shesta, the adopted daughter of the explorer Ma Wei, and the personal maid of his eldest daughter Sylvester von Albert Spica, good at combat - close combat, usual weapon: magic gauntlet, evaluation level
:Level 27-30, actual combat power: 35+.”
Others looked at the image on the wanted poster and couldn't help but whistle in a low voice, "It's so beautiful."
"That's nothing, look at her mistress."
"My God, what a beauty!"
"Don't think about it," Zxc said angrily: "This woman already has a wife, not to mention the other party is a wanted criminal."
"What a wanted criminal," the Iron Guard screamed, "If such a woman is willing to be my girlfriend, I will fight against the entire empire for her!"
Seeing that the topic of discussion gradually went off the rails, a few people even agreed with the taste of the Dragon Alchemist, thinking that this is what a real man should do. What do the Empire and the Kingdom of Corrin-Ithurion mean?
The Chosen Ones themselves didn't pay much attention to those things. Marshall couldn't help but cough before drawing their attention back.
Regardless of whether you agree with it or not, the mission goal is always the mission goal.
"It's weird," the alchemist said at this time, "Normally, their ship ran aground there, and they should at least perform maintenance on the ship so that it can be restored as soon as possible. In that case, there can't be no other people left on the ship. How could there be only one person?
Where is the maid responsible for keeping watch?"
"I have an idea," said the young man named Amos.
"Tell me about it." Marshall looked at the other party.
Amos said: "This valley has been strange since it suddenly appeared. I guess it has always been here, but we have never discovered it. We use magic projection to detect the nearby terrain.
, but the magic method will be ineffective once it is interfered with."
"Normally, something like that won't happen, but there are always exceptions." He raised the magic wand in his hand and lightly swiped it in the air, and a pale silver trace emerged from the forest.
"Grey fog!" Others were shocked.
"Isn't this the gray fog unique to the Turbid Realm?" Zxc couldn't help but ask: "Why does it appear in this place?"
But at this time, Marshall had already reacted: "I understand, this layer of gray fog is obviously very thin, indicating that it is dissipating. Before this, it was this layer of gray fog that blocked our magic detection."
He continued along this line of thinking: "We all know that gray fog has the property of hindering the flow of ether. The fleets in the second world avoid these terrible things. Whenever there is gray fog, a fleet will be in danger."
The news came out that the reason why their ship ran aground at this place was precisely because of the fog."
"Wait a minute," the alchemist also understood, "that means the gray mist is dissipating now, which means something must have happened in the valley. The people from the Seven Seas Brigade are not on the boat, which means they have found the source of the gray mist.
source and solved the problem.”
Amos then nodded and said that was the case.
"What do you think the source is?" he asked.
"Obelisk."
Others have already figured out the answer.
How come there is gray fog in this mysterious valley? There must be a source behind all the ether anomalies in Aitalia, but if the gray fog is naturally generated, how can it be dissipated by man-made means?
This shows that there must be a device in the valley that can control the generation of gray fog, and the presence of man-made artifacts means the existence of ruins, and the ruins of the Numelin era have always been associated with the word obelisk.
"We have to hurry up," Marshall decided immediately. "Since the gray fog is dissipating, it means that the other party may repair the sailboat and leave at any time, and we must at least hurry up before the Falcon Group and others arrive."
But just as he finished saying this, a light arrow flew over.
The iron guard next to Marshall reacted very quickly, raised his shield to block, and with a 'dang' sound, the light arrow hit his shield and created a spark, then deflected to the side and fell into the dense forest.
"Who's over there!" The iron guard drew his sword with his backhand and roared in that direction.
The next moment, a figure emerged from that direction. A magician in robes was stepping out of a light door and looking at everyone. The twisted light door behind him was more like a shadow, absorbing all the light, making it appear pitch black.
dark.
"Shadow spell, secret thief?" Zxc's eyes narrowed, "The person of mystery?"
The other party did not answer, but clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful analysis, Amos, isn't it? Is this the prophet you found from Hypar?"
He looked at the cold young man: "I heard that you have a special background as a Golden Goat?"
But the young man only glanced at him and did not answer.
Marshall has already spoken: "Stop pretending, Mr. Banwin, the deputy leader of the 'Enigma', what are you doing here to join in the fun? Didn't Irs order you, the subordinate guild of the Prometheus Brotherhood, not to be the enemy of the Dragon Alchemist?"
What?"
He sarcastically said: "Even your boss is scared of being beaten, so you are not worried at all?"
The magician smiled, obviously not interested in this provoking method: "Then you don't know how difficult the opponent is, or do you think you can be more powerful than Boss Irs? We don't necessarily have to fight with the Dragon Alchemist.
, you said there are obelisks in this valley, so can’t we join forces with them?”
He paused for a moment, "I heard that they are also freely chosen and have little interest in the obelisk. We can completely stand on their side and work with them to get what they need. Besides, we don't necessarily need the ownership of the obelisk.
All you need to do is rub the information on it."
The people from AoA were stunned when they heard this.
And this sudden change naturally fell into the eyes of Fang Pulver and Alyssa, who were watching the changes quietly.
Across the screen of the communication crystal, the two couldn't help but look at each other in surprise. They were originally here to prepare for a possible upcoming attack on the Seven Seas Traveler, but they didn't expect to encounter such a good scene.
Marshall and others' analysis of the situation of the Seven Seas Traveler just now made him almost a little surprised. Except that the final purpose may be wrong, the other party almost completely expected their current situation.
He then slightly stopped looking down on his opponents. Although these teams from the second world were not as good as the games between the top teams he had ever seen, most of them had their own merits.
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At least in terms of knowledge, the other party is far superior to the rest of the Seven Seas Brigade. Even Miya didn't recognize the origin of the gray mist. Several people in this team obviously recognized it at a glance.
Although the magician from the Prometheus Brotherhood kept saying that he wanted to unite with the Seven Seas Brigade, Fang Yu knew very well that if the other party really had this idea, he would never tell it to his opponent AoA.
"Mystery," Alyssa had already found out the origin of the brigade, "the guild under Prometheus, Fog's sub-main force, ranked 2877, the mage's name is Ban Wen, and he is their deputy wizard leader.
"
Another third-level team, Fang Yu thought.
This does not include the Falcon Group, which is ranked 2901, ranking in the middle of the three teams, but it is also a third-level team.
However, the appearance of this team under the Prometheus Brotherhood suddenly gave him an inspiration, and he suddenly had a bold idea.
When Ban Wen appeared, Marshall's face visibly darkened, and he looked at the other party and said: "Stop being so mysterious, Ban Wen, if you really plan to cooperate with the Seven Seas Brigade, you won't come here. He is a wanted criminal in the empire.
Do you really plan to cooperate with them?"
"Originally, that was my plan," Banwin said, "but now I have a new idea. Marshall, you know that the Sea Eagle Feathers have two brigades here. Although the Falcons are not as powerful as us, they are
With the addition of another group, it will be difficult for us to monopolize the benefits of this valley."
"Even if they are stronger, we may not even be able to enter the valley. Of course, if they really do that, it is likely to start a guild war. But no matter how it is distributed, that will only happen after the war. What kind of benefits does the guild get?
The reality is that it has nothing to do with us.”
Ban Wen paused and looked at everyone in AoA, "What we want is to complete the mission."
"So you plan to join forces with us?" Marshall immediately understood the other party's intention, "But you can do it in a more aboveboard way, Banwin."
"I just want to tell you that you can't even notice me. Do you really think that the people in the Seven Seas Brigade will know nothing about what's going on outside the valley?" The magician smiled, and he looked at Zxc, "Mr.
After leaving, at least two people left the valley one after another. If one of them is from the Falcon Regiment, who is the other person?"
Marshall and Fang Plover's expressions changed at the same time.
However, the latter quickly calmed down. In fact, Alisa noticed the magic weasel through the little horn and discovered the existence of Zxc. It was a coincidence. It was normal for Miss Nightingale not to notice the people in AoA.
The level difference is close to ten levels, not to mention the Falcon Group's ranking is even higher.
Don't say that the ranking of 'Mystery' is only 40 places higher than the people in AoA. Banwen's prophet named Amos didn't notice him in front of everyone in AoA. The crushing of levels is real.
of.
Especially at the elite level, everyone's level is actually not much different.
But fortunately, he kept an eye out and allowed his clockwork fairy to follow Miss Nightingale. Fortunately, he followed Miss Nightingale's advice. Fortunately, he also knew the skill of the fairy wall.
There is nothing sharper than discovering and arranging a strategy in advance. The Seven Seas Brigade may be on the passive side, but why are others not?
That idea became more and more clear in his mind at this moment. Fang Pultru finally picked up the communication crystal and lowered his voice and said to Miss Nightingale:
"Miss Alisa, I have an idea."
"Master, please tell me."
After listening to Fang Plover's instructions, Alyssa showed a look of surprise in her eyes. This was not like the somewhat dull captain she knew.
It's more like...
But she just nodded silently, then immediately turned around and left the mountain.
Fang Pliant's eyes returned to the AoA group. Seeing that the other party seemed to have reached an agreement, he also knew in his heart that the timing was really good.
He formulated the plan in just a few moments, while passing instructions to the scholar lady Mia who stayed on the Seven Seas Traveler, and then issued the order to the 'ts-x' Annihilator not far from AoA and Banwen.
gave the final order.
That command is actually very simple.
Self-explosion.
Fang Yu has long been accustomed to transforming most of his constructs into efreets. As long as they are not main battle constructs and do not require frequent maneuvers, they are all equipped with fragile gray crystals.
He cut off the connection, then activated the closed loop device, and then raised his head. The stars in the night sky were still bright, but the eastern sky was already faintly blue, with a layer of light blue on the dark purple background.
Naturally, he couldn't see the brilliant light produced by the explosion, because it was several miles away.
But Alyssa was looking back from the mountainside when she suddenly saw a bright flash of light blooming in the dark forest not far away. The light directly penetrated the tree canopy and shone brightly.
After a while, the roar came from a distance.
In fact, the explosion did not cause much trouble to the AoA team. Even Banwen himself, who was closest to the center of the explosion, did not suffer any damage from the explosion. At the moment when the ether fluctuations occurred, the magic furnace on the magician's body
It automatically senses and generates a layer of shield.
Several triggering spells on him were also activated. In an instant, several layers of protection were applied under the shield, and in a layer of shining black light, he was teleported hundreds of feet away through the shadow.
The flames of the explosion went out.
Marshall just got up from the ground in disgrace. Zxc was asking about other people's injuries, but the responses from everywhere were pretty good, including the alchemist who had no fighting ability and was protected by the iron guard without any injuries.
"What it is?"
"It's a construct. I can see it clearly," someone answered. "It popped out from that direction before detonating. It's a TS-1 Lurker type construct. It may be a more advanced model."
"Construct," everyone's hearts trembled. Is it the Dragon Alchemist?
Did the other party really discover them?
But Marshall interrupted them and said through gritted teeth: "Stop discussing these, we have to leave this place immediately."
"Captain?"
But before he finished speaking, a bright beam of light suddenly appeared in the night sky.
The bright fire in mid-air was reflected in everyone's eyes and could not fall for a long time. "It's the people from the Falcon Regiment," Zxc's expression changed drastically, "They found us and they are contacting their own people."
But that was just the beginning. The originally peaceful forest seemed to boil all of a sudden. Bundles of signal flares were rising into the sky, as if they were communicating with each other, and messages were being passed between different teams.
It's like a hunter discovering his prey.
Marshall's face turned green: "Let's go and enter the valley before everyone else!"
Now that people had been exposed, they no longer pretended. Many torches lit up in the forest, and the flames gathered in one direction.
Fang Plover's vision was only through his own clockwork fairy, watching this scene quietly.
Of course, he knows that this is definitely not the whole story. There must be people fishing in troubled waters behind the scenes. The situation of the Seven Seas Traveler cannot be said to be safe, but the enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear. If we want to light a fire in the forest——
Then this fire must burn as brightly as possible.
Because the brighter the fire, the more it can shine out those people hiding in the shadows.
Alyssa paused silently for a long time, watching this scene happen, she turned back and asked: "Master, what you are doing is a bit like that person."
Fang Yu naturally heard the meaning of her words and scratched his face in embarrassment. Of course it looked similar, because his style of play was actually learning from the omniscient one.
No information can be discerned under a calm sea, but if the current becomes chaotic, even if the undercurrent is turbulent, as a bystander at the chessboard, you can always observe something from it. At that time.
