The dark crystal lens hangs on the treetops, like a silent eye, staring at the darkness and silence of the woodland craftsmen. The craftsmen call the investigation in such a specific environment "gazing at the darkness". Combat craftsmen are considered to be one of the investigators.
Those who are less good at dealing with working in dark environments. Darkness will reduce the sight range and detection effect of clockwork goblins, allowing investigators to ignore more details. Combat craftsmen often rely on vision and are unable to use hearing and smell, and even
It's the sense of touch, which is their natural limitation.
But craftsmen also have their own methods, such as adding night vision modules, or increasing the number of detectives within the unit, using quantity to make up for quality. Very few people will choose the former, because the additional modules will reduce the performance of Clockwork Fairy under normal circumstances.
Lower performance, occupy more computing power, or at the very least, put more unnecessary burden on the alchemist.
Therefore, the twilight alchemist also chose a quantity strategy. He kept switching between the sights of the seven clockwork fairies. In the darkness and deep woods, it was so quiet that he could actually release more clockwork fairies, thirteen.
, or fourteen is his limit, but there is no need. At his level, this is not an ability worthy of showing off, not to mention that after reaching the limit, it is difficult to be distracted and pay attention to the movement in the forest.
He understood that he was just an assistant and used seven clockwork goblins to control the area so that the opponent would not dare to move easily. He narrowed the area little by little and allowed the 'hunter' in front to capture the target. An excellent combat craftsman should understand his own
Only by working to the limit of your abilities and cooperating with your teammates can you exert your greatest influence.
He even assigned two clockwork goblins to monitor Sakon to prevent unexpected opponents from entering this area. In the forest, the airspace under the tree canopy is a battleground for combat craftsmen.
If you fly too high, you will easily find it, if you fly too low, you will easily get tangled in the bushes, unless someone can walk through the canopy, but the alchemists of the Twilight Guild think that such people should not exist.
But what he thought did not exist was like a ghost passing through the gaps between the branches and leaves at this moment, like three silent gazes passing over the forest. In fact, if necessary, in a wide field of view
In mode, it wasn't that Fang couldn't even lower the Clockwork Fairy to the height of the bush, it was just unnecessary that he couldn't think of any other meaning besides showing off his skills.
He still calls himself a pragmatist.
The forest under the night appeared in the field of vision of the silver bee swarm through the light crystal module. It was as bright as noon. The little added calculation amount was almost non-existent for Fang. He could even easily see what was under the treetops.
The reflection of the hovering Clockwork Fairy is a bit light in low-light night vision environment, but the material of its shell can still be distinguished.
There is a fight in the forest
Naturally, it is impossible for the battle craftsman to release the clockwork goblins for no reason, and the opponent's clockwork goblins did not notice them, which means that there is a third party opposing the battle craftsman in this woodland. Discovered a
Clockwork goblins alone may not count, but Fang knows that the movements of clockwork goblins are regular. They mostly center on one point and spread to all directions. This depends on the search habits of different combat craftsmen.
Even Fang himself has his own habits, but his wide-field mode search and his alertness make it difficult for him not to detect the other party when his clockwork goblin is discovered. Fang lets his swarm
Spreading out, at a very comfortable position, about a hundred meters away, he found the second clockwork fairy. Ordinary Fang thought to himself, at least this person's method of using the clockwork fairy was a typical academic one.
It’s not that academics are bad, but generally speaking, if you don’t have something of your own, it’s easy to guess your intentions.
He couldn't make such an evaluation in the past. At that time, he didn't even know what school he belonged to. But things are different now. At least in terms of knowledge, he is no longer what he used to be. He has a second clockwork.
The goblin can easily find the next one and even uncover the opponent's entire reconnaissance network.
Fang did the same thing.
The three silver bees spread out counterclockwise silently, capturing every node on this network one by one. It sounds like a long time, but in fact it only takes about ten seconds.
Soon, he saw another target, a nightingale lurking in the bushes. Judging from the figure, she was a woman. Because her face was covered, she could not tell her age. The weapon was a long and short sword. Most people who use such weapons are professional
Rogues are also often referred to as night thieves. This is a very common branch of the setting system among nightingales. They specialize in setting traps and can do anything to open doors and pick locks.
The night thieves did not have as many fancy abilities as the shadow-type nightingales, but they had the keenest perception among the nightingales. She even noticed the clockwork fairy on the side, raised her head and cast a glance between the dark canopy.
She asked in a hoarse voice: "I seem to hear something?"
But it was too difficult for the alchemist to use the clockwork fairy to see something in the canopy of trees a hundred meters away. The alchemist complained and raised a clockwork fairy into the air.
, looked around for a week, but found nothing.
"Nothing, maybe a bat or a night owl," he replied, "Don't be distracted, the target may be just ahead."
Fang let his swarm fly a little higher. The other party's keenness surprised him a little, but when the woman spoke, he recognized that it was the owner of the previous voice. It seemed that the other party was searching for someone, or some people.
But what really surprised him was the attire of the other party. Isn't this the first time he had seen "people from the Twilight Guild?"
What happened is connected.
What do ordinary people do here at this time? And judging from the other party's configuration, it's not just a temporary move like theirs.
Fang instantly retracted his mind, turned around, and made a gesture to lower his voice to the big cat man and Jita. Then he gestured and said: "The people in Twilight, I don't think they are doing anything good. Let's sneak over and take a look.
Situation, there is a fighting craftsman and a night thief over there."
The big cat man also asked him with gestures: "How do the combat craftsmen solve it?"
"The opponent may not be on the front line, so it is unrealistic to find him. The combat craftsman's control range can be up to several thousand meters away. We can cut in from his blind spot, but it is really a troublesome to get close. I'm afraid
You have to attract the other person’s attention.”
Fang replied, after all, they are not clockwork fairies and cannot fly.
But Jita took a breath and whispered: "Maybe I can do something."
"What did you say, Jita?" Her voice was so soft that Fang couldn't hear her clearly at the first time.
"I said I have a way, brother Ed."
"Then give it a try, Jita."
Miss Scholar nodded, opened her magic book, and held it up with a small hand. An invisible wind surrounded the silver book, making it float in mid-air.
She pressed one hand on the page, read out a few syllables that seemed obscure to others, and then pointed forward:
"... When we passed through the mountains in the Talon area, we saw such strange creatures. They were both rocks and living beings, and even a strange ecology...
684,1,10,"Ecology of the Talon Region"
In Jita's soft description, in the direction pointed by her snow-white fingertips, the forest shook. A piece of gray-white rock shook off the soil and roots, climbed up from the ground, and gradually
It formed the appearance of a tall rock puppet. The movement behind it obviously attracted the attention of those in front. Although the battle craftsmen could not hear what was going on on the battlefield, the nightingale had already reacted first.
"What happens next?"
She said loudly in the communication crystal.
"What direction?"
"Southeast of me."
The alchemist immediately separated a clockwork goblin and flew in that direction. When he saw this scene, Fang Lima pulled the little scholar and the big cat man into the bushes, and quietly moved towards the north.
The gray-white rock giant that came into view obviously attracted all the alchemist's attention, preventing him from noticing what was happening in the bushes on the other side of the river.
Just a moment later, his somewhat unexpected voice came from the crystal: "A rock giant, be careful, Ruin, it's near you. How did you provoke this thing?"
"Be silent," the voice of the ranger who had been silent came from the crystal. He straightened up from the branches of the tree where he had been hiding, raised his long bow, and shot an arrow at the gray-white rock giant. But this
The arrow missed a target and hit a big tree not far from the rock giant.
Jita didn't expect that there was a ranger hiding there. When she saw this scene, she subconsciously moved her little hand on the page, but Fang had already held her hand down:
"Don't move, he is testing you."
"Rock giants are a very special elemental creature. They themselves have no ability to perceive the outside world, but they live in symbiosis with a kind of winged lizard. Through a special connection between the two, they can feel everything around them."
"The winged lizard has poor eyesight and hearing, and relies on its sensitive sense of smell to move. If you had just moved, you would have exposed the fact that this rock giant was summoned by humans."
Fang said in a low voice.
Jita blushed a little. It wasn't that she didn't know this, but she just didn't react for a moment. "I'm sorry, brother Ed."
"No need to say sorry," Fang shook his head. "It's perfect to think of summoning rock giants in this place. Goblins, winged lizards and tree people often appear in the same area, and they won't suspect too much."
"But my magic power can't last long."
"That's enough."
The tree man's ranger looked at the rock giant, Hecai put down the long bow in his hand, and said to the two people on the other side of the crystal: "I will deal with this thing. You continue to keep an eye on the target and don't expose it."
After that, he jumped down from the tree, raised his bow again, and shot an arrow at the rock giant. But the arrow never missed again, and hit the rock giant's chest. The latter's huge figure was slightly
In a flash, several winged lizards climbed up from behind it and stopped on the shoulders of this giant creature.
When the ranger saw those winged lizards, he was completely reassured. Some elementalists could summon these elemental creatures, but they could not summon the winged lizards that would coexist with them. He put his hand to his mouth and blew a whistle in that direction.
He whistled loudly and then stepped back.
This thing was rough-skinned and thick-flesh, and he had no intention of wasting his arrows on it. He just needed to lure it away from this area.
…
While the other party was attracting attention to the rock giant, Fang and the big cat man had already waded across the river. He left Miss Scholar in the bushes on the river bank and told her not to make a sound no matter what.
Jita nodded obediently, and then she and Rhett continued to sneak in that direction, one from the south to the other from the north.
However, after sneaking for a while, he stopped and looked up to the north. Within a moment, he could no longer see the shadow of the big cat man in that direction. Fang turned over and hid under a huge dead tree, pressing his hand on
On the information crystal, three dragon hunters are projected.
But he was in no hurry to attack.
Because he was only suspicious of the other party, but he did not rule out the possibility that the other party had the same purpose as them.
At the other end of the forest, the moment the dusk ranger blew his whistle, Alice could no longer calm down. Although the appearance of the rock giant was a bit of a coincidence, she could only believe that it was a coincidence at the moment.
There were only two people left. If she couldn't seize this opportunity again, she really couldn't think of any better opportunity she would find.
She took out a black crystal and threw it in one direction. The crystal turned into a smoke in mid-air, forming a humanoid shape.
At the same time, Alice suddenly rushed out of her hiding place and ran in the opposite direction. But as soon as she moved, a figure flew towards her in the darkness.
Alice turned around in shock, and was thrown to the ground by the shadow, "I've got you, little kitten!" the nightingale from the Twilight Guild yelled, but before her voice fell, she saw the girl in her hands.
Turned into a ball of smoke.
Only then did the other party realize that they had been deceived, and when they turned around, they saw Alice jumping up from the bushes and getting further and further away from her.
But Alice had not run a few steps when she suddenly felt the air beneath her feet. She reacted quickly, reached out and grabbed the aerial roots of a nearby giant tree and swung into the air.
But at this moment, a net came across her in mid-air, and it just wrapped her up tightly.
She felt a huge force coming from her feet, pulling her upwards and hanging her head down in the air. In her upside-down vision, Alice saw the gray-headed nightingale walking towards her.
.
"Little kitten, do you think you are the only one who can scheme against others?"
She said with a sneer.
Alice was about to speak, but the other party had already slapped her: "Shut up, I hate the shadow dance system the most."
Alice grunted after being beaten, but knowing that she could not survive, her consciousness was still very clear, so she reached out and pulled out the dagger at her waist, preparing to commit suicide.
But that Nightingale was much higher level than her, and had quick hands. He slapped the dagger out of her hand, then grabbed her hair and pulled her up:
"Don't even think about these little tricks."
"You can't torture me." Alice narrowed her eyes and said calmly.
"This is not considered torture," the other party replied with a sneer: "The battle between us is not over yet."
"Is it?"
Alice asked back.
The woman was slightly startled, and suddenly turned around with a change of expression. However, Alice pressed her other hand lightly on her magic furnace, and the dagger that was knocked out flew upside down like a bolt of lightning.
return.
It hit the woman squarely on the back shoulder.
"The dagger is poisonous," Alice reminded the other person kindly.
The woman groaned, kicked her away, pulled out a long dagger with her backhand, and stabbed Alice in the chest.
However, Alice did not struggle. She understood that this was the best outcome, so she just closed her eyes and waited for death. However, the death she imagined did not come, and instead she heard the woman's scream.
She opened her eyes with some surprise, only to find that the woman was backing away continuously. The right hand that originally held the dagger had been broken up to her arm. The woman was pressing the broken part with one hand, almost crying from the pain.
And a tall figure, holding a holy sword, with a majestic long mane and a tall figure, stood in front of her. The owner of that figure even said to her gracefully:
"Miss Alice, long time no see."
"Because of that sweet kiss between you and your sister."
"Our captain has always been thinking about it."
Alice opened her mouth, and couldn't help but think about how she and her sister had deceived that fool, and her face felt a little hot. But it wasn't because of shyness, it was probably because of a guilty conscience after being caught.
…
The moment the big cat man saw Alice, he had already received the news. In fact, he had already seen the situation over there through the clockwork fairy.
He also didn't expect that they would meet Miss Nightingale's twin sister in this place. She heard that the other party had been recruited by the military, but why did she appear here?
But considering these things is obviously not the first priority at the moment. The moment the big cat man took action, the opponent's ranger also reacted.
At that moment, Jita's magic power finally couldn't hold on anymore. The rock giant summoned from the book "Ecology of the Talon Region" suddenly fell apart and turned into several rolling gray rocks.
Those winged lizards also turned into specks of light and disappeared into the darkness.
Under the stunned gaze of the ranger, he heard a panicked voice coming from his communication crystal: "...my clockwork goblin...be careful, there are enemies..."
But the notice was already a little late.
In the ranger's gaze, several slender shadows appeared behind the collapsed rocks. They were raising their guns and aiming in this direction.
The ranger reacted quickly and rolled over into the bushes behind him. In the flickering light of the fire, the bullet hit the spot where he originally stood.
He roughly judged the enemy's direction through this round of shooting, and rolled and hid under a nearby towering ancient tree. But as soon as he stopped, a gentle buzzing sound came from his ears.
A golden thing, no more than the size of a palm, flew in from the outside, hit the ground not far from him, rolled and stopped in front of him.
Clockwork goblin?
The ranger was slightly startled. He had never seen anyone control the Clockwork Goblin so much that it could hit the ground. He subconsciously reached out to the thing, intending to pick it up and throw it out.
But he will soon regret his actions
There was a loud noise.
Fang looked at a group of golden fireworks rising in the dark forest in that direction from a distance.