Derek was a little absent-minded, his mind was not on the present at all, he was only playing with the dagger in his hand a little irritably. Rather than walking through the forest in the middle of winter to perform a mission in this ghost place where birds do not lay eggs, he was more concerned about the recent days.
Dissatisfaction among the guild.
He watched the others escort the old man out - the other man was hunched over and looking at them with some fear. Derek suddenly felt something in his heart and looked around.
"There is abnormal disturbance in the elemental crystal."
Before Derek could speak, one of the people said, "Is it the wind of ether? Or is someone using magic to detect spells?" The man turned around and ordered to him, "Derek, disperse a few people and get out.
Check the perimeter——"
Derek checked his magic furnace and found nothing unusual. He cursed in his heart for making such a fuss. However, he did not speak because that person was the ranger captain of their team.
Alyssa watched the man walking in this direction from a distance.
She raised her hand to signal for everyone to stop. Fang Pliong turned around and asked Luo Yu with his eyes.
The elementalist extinguished the crystal on the magic wand, "Three people are coming, in the southwest."
Fang Yu nodded, made a silent gesture to the others, took out a clockwork fairy, and threw it far behind him - he raised his hand and made a fist.
After the small yellow ball rolled on the ground a few times, it suddenly made a subtle 'buzz' sound, vibrated its hinged wings, drew a bright golden arc, and flew into the sky.
The two young men were hanging far behind, and their eyes widened when they saw this scene. One of them opened his mouth to say something, but Yayo quickly covered the other's mouth.
He raised a finger to his lips. When his companion saw this, he understood and nodded quickly. Yayo breathed a sigh of relief and then let go of him.
"He...he is actually a combat craftsman?" his companion asked in a mouth-shaped voice.
Yayo nodded and looked back, feeling shocked in his heart - he clearly remembered that the other party was a third-level alchemist with solid basic skills and deep attainments in ancient alchemy.
Although combat craftsmen are not completely ignorant of craftsmanship, it is well known that these people specialize in combat and are not as good as ordinary alchemists in magic arts.
Even if they are the Holy Chosen Ones... Yayo doesn't know much about the Holy Chosen Ones, but he also knows that although those people grow very fast, they are still limited by something called 'knowledge and experience', and there is no real all-rounder.
But here's another possibility.
Most alchemists have more or less the skills of a combat craftsman, just like a combat craftsman also knows certain magical skills. Maybe the other party can also control the clockwork goblin?
There are quite a few alchemists in this world who can control clockwork fairies.
Of course, those are all adjustments made by the big guys——
Yayo himself can't do it, and neither can their president.
He held his breath and watched the scene in front of him, feeling in his heart that the legendary things were reflected in reality. He had only heard about it in the past, but now he saw it with his own eyes. Yayo raised his head as the golden arc rose into the sky, and suddenly his heart
An extremely strong thought emerged——
He doesn't want to be a frog in a well.
He looked at his companions, and the eyes of the two young men were shining with the same spark of ambition.
Be sure to go see the wider world outside!
Fang Plover pulled down his goggles and closed one eye. Through the eyepiece, he saw the Clockwork Fairy's field of vision flying higher and higher - taking in a panoramic view of Horfen College and the woods surrounding it.
He clicked on his system with his hand, cut out a picture, and then used the projection crystal to display it.
Fang Yu marked a few points on the map with his hand. It was Luo Yu who described to him the positions of the three people on the periphery. From this distance, the details could not be seen clearly, but he could roughly tell the occupation of the other party - one shield guard, one
Swordsman, a ranger.
He did not let the Clockwork Fairy descend because the other party was very keen. From the detection of Luo Yu's magic power, it could be seen that these people were of high level. This gave them a reminder that this was the first competition area——
It is the first division after the establishment of the Star Gate and the establishment of the Super Competitive League, and it is also the most legendary division.
Unlike the Second Division, which saw a significant decline in strength after the Battle of Covenant Mountain, the First Division is undoubtedly at its peak in the past ten years.
However, Miss Nightingale was very cautious and stopped at just the right time. The few people who came out to patrol were obviously absent-minded and were walking in circles not far away like headless chickens. They did not realize that anyone was spying on them from this direction.
"The man they caught was the old servant of the Linn family." Papalar was instructed by Fang Pilgrim to ask the two young men. He returned and said to the others, "Those guys seem to have chosen
Summoner."
"I also saw the same logo on their shirts. They are the local guild in Tagli?" Miss Nightingale agreed with this conclusion. "Why are they arresting the servants of the Linn family?"
"You'll know if you lean over and listen." Fang Plover replied succinctly.
He obviously felt that these people had bad intentions. He closed one eye and observed the nearby terrain, then pointed to a point on the map with his finger, "Parker, you sneak into this building and occupy the commanding heights. Miss Alyssa, you get closer and prepare."
Save people..."
After experiencing so many battles, Fang Plover has long been adept at commanding.
Miss Nightingale nodded when she heard this.
Although Parker was a little dissatisfied with the tone of his order, he was very satisfied with the task of suppressing him and did not reply. He took charge of the task and ducked into the bushes before disappearing from that direction.
Fang Yu then said to the others: "Others, follow me."
Yayo and his companions also walked up at his signal. They happened to hear these words and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ed, there are more than ten of them, are we..."
But Fang Yu shook his head and only motioned for them to follow.
Since there were clockwork goblins watching overhead and the opponent had no combat craftsmen, the group of people easily bypassed those people.
There is a section of low red brick wall not far away, which is covered with parasitic plants. The leaves are yellow and withered in the winter. Several people squatted and sneaked under the wall.
We are already quite close to those people here, and if we get any closer there is a risk of being discovered, but we still can't hear the other party's conversation.
Fortunately, Fang Plover was prepared. He took out a crystal the size of an earring from his pocket and touched it with his hand. The crystal shone slightly and then stopped.
Then he threw the crystal far away.
Such a slight movement still attracted the other party's attention. A ranger carrying a big bow came over and inspected for a few times, but found no clues and quickly walked back.
Fang Yu then took out another crystal, which was actually a pair of communication crystals.
When Jita saw this, she immediately understood what he meant, and immediately made a few gestures on Guril's magic book with her hand, setting up a zone of silence around everyone to isolate the sound.
Fang Yu then injected magic power into the crystal, and a voice came out from the crystal:
"Old guy, you hid it well. If it weren't for your good son, it would have been really hard for us to find you. You should know what we are looking for. Tell me, where is the manuscript?"
But this sentence was followed by a long silence.
Fang Yu slightly poked his head out and looked in that direction. He saw a group of people holding the old servant of the Lin En family in the middle. Except for a few people on the periphery and the ranger who just came over, the rest of him
I counted exactly ten people, no more, no less.
One of them is questioning the old servant, and he should be the owner of the voice in the communication crystal.
The old man stood among the people and said nothing.
Seeing this, the person who asked the question turned around and spoke to the person next to him. Then his voice came from the crystal again: "Go, you go and talk to him."
Fang Yu saw a middle-aged man coming out with a submissive look.
The other party hesitated for a moment and then said: "...Father, just tell them where that guy's manuscript is. Do you think the Lin En family has come back to take care of us over the years? We have treated them like this."
We have been servants for many years. They just left us here to fend for ourselves. Why do you have to suffer for those guys? They caused so much harm to everyone back then. The principality..."
"Shut up, you beast."
The old man's distressed voice interrupted him, "Not to mention that I don't know where Mr. Ash's manuscript is. Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell these people. Don't think that I don't know what happened back then.
Are you the ones who maliciously slandered me behind your back, and now you are pretending to be a good person? If it weren’t for you, would the principality be like this?”
"...Father, why are you doing this," the middle-aged man's voice said again, "We have not received any benefits from their family, but have suffered a lot for them. To you, they are just strangers, and I am
Your son."
"I don't have an idle and indolent son like you," the old man's voice trembled with anger, "I gave you my last bit of money back then, and I made it clear that since you left this place, you shouldn't come back. Now you actually
Bring these people here to ask for Mr. Ash’s relics, they don’t belong to you!”
"The Lin En family is no longer here at all," the middle-aged man said angrily, "If that doesn't belong to us, who does it belong to?"
"Bah, shameless!"
"Well," the middle-aged man said, "I am here to persuade you because you and I are father and son. After all, it's not me who wants this thing now. You have so many reasons, but I can't persuade you.
If you are moved, you should see if these people will listen to your reasoning?"
The old servant fell silent.
It could be seen that he was a little afraid of those people, but he still replied after a moment: "I have already said, I do not know the whereabouts of Mr. Ash's manuscript."
Hearing this, Fang Plover looked over there again.
He saw the person who had asked the question before was approaching the old man, and knowing that he didn't need to listen any more, he covered the communication crystal with his hand, and the voice suddenly stopped.
Then Fang Yu turned around and said to the others: "Do it."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yu immediately raised the magic wand in his hand, whispered a few words, and pointed at the ranger.
The ranger was walking back with her back to them. At this moment, she was shocked when she heard the sound of breaking through the air from behind. She didn't react at all, but her agility and dodge ability instinctively made her dodge to the side.
go.
Clinker Luo Yu had predicted his reaction. As soon as the knight-errant girl turned around, she saw a beam of golden-red rays coming straight towards her.
Her eyes widened.
The magic shield of the magic furnace opened with a "Teng" sound, blocking the rays for a moment. This moment of effort finally bought the girl some time, and she returned her hand and pressed on the crystal embedded in the circuit on the chest of the magic armor.
A wind elemental shield glowing with a faint green light opened, blocking Luo Yu's at least three-ring spell.
But from reflection and dodge, to the opening of the magic furnace shield, to activating the wind element shield on the magic armor, after the female ranger took a step back, her balance and dodge values had completely returned to zero. To have enough energy to make the next reaction, at least
A time to breathe.
It's a pity she didn't.
It was at this time that, using Luo Yu's spell as a signal, the Papalar people poked their heads out of the fourth-floor window of a nearby building covered with parasitic plants and set up their heavy crossbows.
A sharp roar.
Under the unwilling gaze of the ranger girl, an ordinary metal crossbow bolt penetrated her throat, causing her to lean back. Before her body fell to the ground, it had already turned into a faint white light and disappeared.
All this happened in the blink of an eye as the rabbit rose and the falcon fell. Before the others in the woods could react, they found that their side was under attack and one person was missing for no apparent reason.
"Enemy attack!"
The three people on the periphery reacted fastest, and two of them subconsciously moved closer to the iron guard.
Others in the woods were also on alert. The Iron Guard immediately took off his big shield from behind, held it in his hand, and looked around warily. Others either found cover immediately, or turned to the Iron Guard, or soldiers, etc.
career close to you.
Derek, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, was even more alarmed. Although the dead female ranger was of average skill and was about the same level as him in the guild, she died without even being able to face him.
Even a sneak attack would be too outrageous. After all, professions such as scouts, rangers and shadow dancers are naturally good at dealing with surprise attacks. This only shows that the level of those who attack them is extraordinary.
At least not inferior to them.
Derek's heart was pounding. He glanced upwards and caught a glimmer of light. "On the fourth floor," he screamed, "Ranger... not, crossbow sniper!"
But the moment he shouted out, Derek regretted it. He recognized that it was a magic crossbow, and aimed it in his direction. There were two crashes, and two crossbow arrows were pointed in this direction one after another.
Fly here.
Derek sounded the alarm in his heart, and subconsciously flew away, staring at the two flashes of light, his mind running rapidly, "Tracking arrow, explosion arrow, or refractor arrow?"
He retreated in the right direction, barely avoiding the first crossbow bolt.
But the moment the crossbow arrow hit the ground, it suddenly turned into countless rays of light and exploded in all directions - it was indeed a refracting arrow. This technique is a technique that all mid-level crossbow shooters and rangers know.
The magic bow or crossbow works together with the three types of magic plug-ins on his body to promote birth. Derek has also installed this set of plug-ins and knows this technique. But the opponent is obviously higher level than him, because the light refracted
There are thirteen ways.
He has only seven paths.
Each of those beams of silver light has half the attack power of the original crossbow.
The opponent is at least five levels higher than him.
Derek immediately came to this conclusion, but he was also right. He turned around in mid-air to avoid every attack, then jumped and rolled behind a tree trunk.
The shooter's second crossbow bolt predicted the direction of his dodge, but not the distance. He analyzed his only possibility of escape in just half a second, but before he could relax, he suddenly heard a sound
A muffled sound came from behind——
"not good!"
Derek's scalp went crazy when he heard that unique voice.
But he had exhausted all his dodge points and had no time to react - he only heard a loud noise, the bark of the tree exploded, and a crossbow bolt penetrated the trunk and shot out from his left chest like a beam of blue light.
It entered the soil in front and disappeared into the feathers.
Wind elemental arrow——
Penetrating arrow.
Derek coughed up a mouthful of blood with a 'wow' sound.
One encounter left one dead and the other seriously injured, and everyone's scalp was numb.
"Who is there!?" The person who asked the question roared loudly, but did not dare to get up. Everyone present believed that a terrifyingly threatening crossbow sniper was occupying the commanding heights to suppress them.
This is the worst case scenario.
But there are obviously no other guilds near Tagli, so who dares to attack them?
That person immediately waved to the others, signaling everyone to attack in several directions. Staying passive was not the solution and they could only be suppressed to death. It was not like they were inexperienced in fighting, so they immediately tried to take back the initiative.
But after Parker shot two arrows, he felt a little sad for his expensive magic arrow, so he pulled back, not intending to show off anymore.
He then just followed Fang Plover's instructions, and fired two cheap smoke bombs into the woods with his bow left and right. Finally, after thinking about it, he placed an explosive arrow.
At least in the Seven Seas Brigade, explosive crystals are relatively cheap, and there are many - the Papalar people made some adjustments and removed the most expensive delayer on them.
Finally, I briefly recalled the direction in my memory, and then pulled the trigger.
White smoke exploded in mid-air, forming two clouds that spread downward.
The person who asked the question felt bad in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to give an order, but suddenly realized that the smoke would also cover his body, and immediately entered text in the team channel:
"Don't blow away the smoke completely, use Breeze to clear a path."
But just as he gave the order, as soon as the magicians in the team got up, a crossbow bolt penetrated the smoke and shot straight in that direction. The magician was shocked when he saw this, and instinctively opened the magic shield of the magic furnace.
shield.
"Don't--" The warrior beside him yelled as he saw this scene clearly with the superior dynamic vision provided by the warrior plug-in.
But it was too late, the explosion hit the magic shield opened by the magician.
As mentioned before, the energy of the explosive crystal comes from the turbulent magic power in it, but to detonate, the shooter needs to use a delayer to set the time...
But there is no delay device on the crossbow arrows of the Papalar people.
Just at the moment when the exploding crystal smashed into the magic shield, the turbulent magic power that should have been scattered was drawn by the magic power of the magic shield itself, and actually followed its magic circuit directly towards the magic furnace behind the magician.
The magician turned pale with fright.
But he didn't know if it was the huge magic power gathered in his magic furnace that caused the dazzling bright spots that turned his face pale.
In short, the next moment, the magic furnace behind him was shattered into pieces with a loud noise.
The flash of the explosion even penetrated the smoke, and a circular shock wave swept across, directly knocking away the nearest people.
The person who asked the question opened his mouth wide and had no time to enter the text. He shouted directly: "Protect that old thing!"
Ash's manuscript still falls on the other party——
He couldn't let those people kill the old guy.
The two swordsmen who were guarding the old servant also retreated subconsciously, and one of them was about to open the shield - he had learned the lesson from his companions, and this time he opened the shield on the magic armor.
Just for a moment, the shield's light had already lit up, blocking the old servant's path and blocking the incoming shock wave and stones.
The swordsman was slightly startled, thinking that his companion was one step ahead of him. He turned around and was about to say something, but suddenly he saw a bright sword light reflected in his field of vision.
A slender snow-white hand stretched out from behind and covered his mouth, and then the swordsman felt a slight chill on his neck.
Then I couldn't notice anything at all.
Alyssa squatted next to the two of them, wiped the blood on their daggers on their shirts, watched the two corpses disappear into white light, and then picked up the other party's lost equipment.
With Fang Plover around, Miss Nightingale simply looked down upon these magical equipment of varying quality, not to mention some of them damaged the core crystal when they were cut off from the magic furnace.
However, the group leader requested that the equipment be recycled, saying that it could be repaired and resold.
Then she straightened up and looked at the old servant of the Lynn family.
The other party seemed stunned and didn't react for a while.
"Old man, please come with me."
The smoke had not completely dissipated. Seeing that the other party had no response, Alyssa asked again, "Are you injured? Do you need help?"
The old man shook his head dully.
…
"Target saved."
Fang Yu looked at the text that popped up on the light screen.
He did not intend to participate in the subsequent battle. One of the Papalars was killed and one was injured as soon as they attacked, and at least three more were killed in one fell swoop. Except for the two swordsmen, Miss Nightingale was still silent when she first sneaked in.
Killed one.
Then there are at most five people left.
Luo Yu and Jita have already passed, and it should be more than enough for them to deal with the remaining people.
After experiencing so many battles, of course he is not the only one who has grown up in the Seven Seas Brigade - Luo Yu, Jita, Papalar, and even Miss Nightingale, who joined the team later, have also passed the second-level profession one by one.
stage, entering the upper zone among the first world selectors.
And when she was in Aquin, Princess Brianne personally tested the combat effectiveness of their group. Almost everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade grew up in battle after battle. Simply speaking from the perspective of combat experience, far from it.
Much richer than ordinary chosen ones.
Fang Yu still remembered that when he first met Parker, the opponent even stepped on the air during the battle and fell off the rock. Who would have thought that the opponent could now stand on his own and suppress half of the group by himself?
?
The scene just now reminded him of Qin Zhi, the ranger of the Silver Forest Spear whom he had met before. At that time, the other party was also the same person who suppressed the entire Dawn Star group.
Of course, their current opponents are far inferior to the Dawn Star back then, but after all, they are still level 17 or 18 selectors, close to the peak of the second level profession.
Fang Yu thought silently for a moment, and then sent a message to Luo Yu, telling him to stay alive if possible.
Luo Yu even had time to reply to a text message during the battle:
"good."
Fang Yu had previously asked the young people from the two craftsmen's associations, but unfortunately the other party was not familiar with the local selectors and could not tell the origins of these people.
In fact, Yayo and his companions were completely stunned at this moment. They looked at the 'alchemist' in front of them, then looked at the direction of the smoke-filled woods, and opened their mouths, not knowing what to say for a moment.
They didn't expect that the other party would take action without saying a word, even though they were dealing with the Chosen One.
But even the Chosen One...
"Mr. Ed..." Yayo felt that he should at least live in a peaceful era. He just subconsciously wanted to confirm this, "I, I thought you would negotiate with them first, and then..."
Fang Yu was startled when he heard this.
He thought about it carefully before explaining to the two of them, "...it seems that I did do this before."