Chapter 653: Undercurrents in the Kingdom of Nord5K
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Two damage values appeared, proving that this guy is not invulnerable!
It's just that Gurta's double resistance and strength attributes have reached a very terrifying level!
Otherwise, it would not be able to move at all under Zong Shen's explosive hammer.
After Zong Shen finished the blow, he probably knew what was going on, and quickly turned sideways to go around.
After entering the passage, I discovered that the big Gurta was followed by many Nord royal guards!
This entire passage forcibly opened by Gurta was basically packed to the brim.
After such a delay, the big man Gurta and the assassin Le Tai showed signs of breaking free.
Especially Gurta, whose strength worked wonders, his body trembled slightly, the golden light around him also swayed, and he might break free at any time.
As for the sixth-level Nord royal guards in the passage, they couldn't break free.
At this time, there was no room for Zong Shen to hesitate.
There was no way out of the passage, and he didn't want to fight these guys alone.
Just kidding, [Light and Dark State] also has a cooling time.
If you use it now, you may not be able to use it when defending challenges.
King Ragnar has been gone for a while.
The tunnel was also sealed by Zong Shen, and even if they temporarily dug and pursued, they would be unable to catch up.
Epic powerhouses are not earth descendants or earth-digging worms. It is not easy to get into the ground. At most, they can only dig more easily.
Thinking of this, Zong Shen took out the spare [Magic Drilling Machine] and a [Type 4 Goblin Bomb], smashed the glass cockpit directly, and started it up smoothly.
Then he unscrewed the trigger cap, and while the drilling machine was digging downwards, he threw the bomb behind him.
It was at this time that the big Gurta broke away from the time-stop restraint.
He did not pursue immediately, but opened his mouth and spat out a tooth that glowed with blood.
This tooth was very weird, and its speed was comparable to that of a bullet that escaped the barrel. It hit the back half of the drill just as it was halfway into the drill.
The hit did not cause any damage to the drilling machine, but left a faint red mark.
This mark is imprinted on the tail of the [Magic Drilling Machine], and after it is formed, it immediately fades until it disappears.
The rock foundations on the ground were twisted to pieces by the brambles that grew wildly.
The soil underneath had also become very loose. Once the thorns were drilled out, Zong Shen was like a fish swimming into the sea.
These thorns are very tough. Fortunately, the drill bit can even break through rocks, so drilling through these thorns is no problem.
"Boom!"
Just after the drilling machine penetrated the ground, the bomb exploded.
Amidst the flames soaring into the sky, Gurta rushed over with an axe, preparing to jump into the tunnel to give chase.
Zong Shen canceled the [Time Stop] effect while driving the drilling machine.
By this time, he had already burrowed five or six meters away.
Gurta braved the impact of the explosion and jumped into the tunnel, trudging forward in pursuit.
The strategy module marked his position in front of Zong Shen's field of vision, allowing him to keep track of the dynamics at any time.
Since the glass cockpit was shattered by him, a lot of loose soil and gravel fell into the cockpit while drilling along the way.
Seeing Gurta chasing after him, Zong Shen activated the [Time Stop Orb (Gold)] again.
A new golden ripple spread out again!
All enemy targets within range are covered.
Gurta was startled, once again affected by Shi Zhan's influence, and was restrained in place.
At this moment, there were ten thousand dirty words in his mind, and he didn't know whether to say them or not!
However, he had already broken free once before, and now that he had experience, he thought it would be much faster to break free again than the first time.
Zong Shen drove the drilling machine steadily, took out a [Level 3 Goblin Bomb], unscrewed the trigger cap, and threw it towards the back of the tunnel.
"Bang!"
A few seconds later, explosions and shock waves came.
Then fire filled the tunnel.
The tunnel behind him began to collapse.
The [Magic Drilling Machine] he was driving was also affected by the explosion damage.
A large amount of floating soil collapsed overhead.
The drill bit and crawler tracks can keep running at all times and will not be filled with floating soil.
A new passage was quickly opened, and the one behind it was basically sealed.
If the two epic mercenaries Gurta and Letai want to pursue, unless they also have a drilling machine, they will have to rely on brute force to dig!
This wave of earth escape tactics was quite successful.
Drill your own hole and let others dig it!
Thanks to the last round of points redemption, he redeemed two more [Magic Drilling Machines], otherwise he would be passive now!
Just like that, dig in the direction you came from at an angle of about 15°!
Every thirty or forty meters, he threw a [Level 3 Goblin Bomb] backwards. After operating three or four waves in succession, he stopped because due to the terrain, every explosion would affect the drilling machine.
This reduces the durability of the [Magic Drilling Machine] to over 50%.
If blasting continues, it may affect the normal use of the drilling machine.
So he replaced it with [Mining Goblin Detonator].
This thing is of low level, low power, and the detonation method is ignition and detonation.
The lead can last thirty seconds.
It's great for blasting back passages.
So he blew up another wave of detonators.
At this time, he had left the same place for ten minutes, and the other party would definitely not be able to pursue him.
His cockpit was also filled with floating soil.
Zong Shen only had one head exposed, and he just forced his way forward.
The golden mark in his field of vision showed four key marks.
The first one is the damn Eye of Cthulhu, which is still thousands of kilometers away from him at this time.
It will take at least four or five hours to get here.
The other two are the epic mercenaries Gurta and Le Tai.
They are about four kilometers away from Zong Shen, at the rear.
The one remaining focus mark is King Ragnar.
His position is also behind Zong Shen, about 7.6 kilometers underground, and is still advancing at a speed of four to five hundred meters per minute.
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As long as he leaves the scope of spatial chaos, I believe King Ragnar will have the means to escape calmly.
This spatial disorder also has an intensity range.
The reason for its formation was mainly due to King Ragnar's teleportation accident, and his encounter with Zong Shen who happened to be teleported to the same path by a fourth-order space trap, which ultimately resulted in space chaos.
Among them, the one with the highest degree of disorder should be the circle where Zong Shen teleported to where King Ragnar is.
According to the speed of the drilling machine, if we advance for half an hour or an hour at most, we will be able to reach a place with lower disturbance intensity.
By then, King Ragnar's dazzling storage space prop should be able to be opened smoothly.
The Nord royal guards and two epic mercenaries who were there could only do that.
They must find a way to locate King Ragnar, then use rune-like props to increase their movement speed, leave the chaotic area as soon as possible, and continue to pursue King Ragnar!
The competition between the two is who can leave the chaotic area first!
Zong Shen can't control that much now. He has done everything he should do. Now he can only hope that King Ragnar will be happy for himself!
Speaking of which, he had a [Stand-in Doll] left eight or nine hundred meters away from the scene of the incident.
I originally thought about escaping with the help of a doll, but when things got really bad, I remembered that there was a spatial disorder here.
Zong Shen, you say he is smart, he is quite witty.
If you say he is stupid, it is not stupid.
After all, it was just a cheat created by a slightly cautious ordinary person.
It is inevitable that there will be some small mistakes and oversights.
Fortunately, the problems are not major and will not affect the outcome of major events.
Now, that [Stand-in Doll] can only be recycled later if there is an opportunity.
After all, the opponent's focus must be on King Ragnar.
You will definitely not invest too much energy in him!
As for the direction Zong Shen is going now, it is the other two places worth exploring that were previously marked.
Those two places are dozens of kilometers apart from the place where the incident occurred.
Anyway, running away is not an escape, it’s not a bad idea to drop by!
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In the same place, both Gurta and Letay became disgraced.
They tried to give chase at first.
However, all the tunnels behind collapsed, and the shock of the explosion continued to be heard through the soil.
Gurta crawled out of the ground and spat hard, spitting out saliva mixed with soil.
"Pooh!"
"That boy is a ruthless character!"
"You actually rescued King Ragnar like that?"
Next to him, Loew dusted himself off and looked ugly.
"I see you didn't leave a bloody tooth mark, didn't you?"
"We can avenge this revenge slowly in the future!"
"The top priority is to find King Ragnar first!"
"I remember that the accompanying space mages should be able to sense the beacon on him!"
"Let's leave this giant thorn ball area first!"
Loew said calmly, and Guerta nodded in agreement.
The two of them walked along the passage and headed outside.
The Nord royal guards who entered the passage also turned around.
Of course, they can dig the tunnels left by King Ragnar.
But that place was also blown up by Zong Shen.
As long as the Nord Ax Hammer Shield Guards who subsequently enter the tunnel are not stupid, they will definitely destroy the tunnel one after another and cut off the throne for the king driving the drilling machine!
After all, these Nord Ax Hammer Shield Guards are definitely not as fast as the drilling machines, so that's all they can do.
Outside, the life force and the maintenance of natural elements are lost.
The giant thorn ball area occupying a radius of 500 meters began to wither and collapse.
All the surviving Nord royal guards and the space mages who had stayed behind gathered together.
Gurta and Letay also walked out.
All of these warriors follow Queen Sandina's orders directly.
There is a seventh-level royal guard captain in charge of the command.
As for Gurta and Letay, they are completely foreign aid and have no command authority over the warrior team.
Of course, if King Ragnar is allowed to escape smoothly, the two of them will not be able to get the agreed commission.
Mercenaries who fail the mission are not eligible to claim compensation.
And the Kingdom of Nord will inevitably start a bloody storm next.
If Queen Sandina had been prepared in advance, she might have been prepared to fail when she took action.
According to the influence of the Trivasin family in the Nord Kingdom.
If we win over a few more princes, we should be able to gain the support of one-third of the giant cities in the country.
This gave him the qualification to compete with the Lodbrok family.
In other words, the Nordic Kingdom is likely to be divided.
Civil war in the kingdom is about to break out!
So without Gurta and Letay saying anything, the royal guard captain responsible for commanding the operation summoned four space mages and asked them to immediately sense the location of King Ragnar.
In order to ensure the success of this operation, they ambush some dead soldiers in advance in many giant cities along the way.
And when the teleportation circle is manipulated and a teleportation accident occurs, a large-scale induction beacon will be left on King Ragnar.
As long as King Ragnar does not leave within a range of 10,000 kilometers, they can use this beacon to lock his location.
But no matter how well prepared they are, they can only operate in the dark.
They have at most two hours left to act.
From the moment the teleportation accident occurred, the people in Wolffang Castle probably took action.
Not only were they the ones who left a mark on the king, the War Guards also had a way to sense the king's location.
As a border fortress, Wolffang Castle has a group of sixth-level warriors stationed there.
Together with the remaining five teams of Nord Ax and Hammer Warguards, they can form a team whose strength cannot be underestimated.
Through the method of space mages taking turns to open high-level [Shadow Wormholes], it only takes two or three hours to reach here with the support team across a distance of several thousand kilometers.
As the King of Nord, Ragnar Lodbrok and the power of the Lodbrok family behind him in the kingdom cannot be underestimated.
Even in these thousands of years, it has been weakened by the enfeoffment of nobles and cannibalized by the Trivasin family.
But the Lodbrok family is still the well-deserved royal family of the Kingdom of Nord!
As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, but the royal family still has the majesty of the royal family!
By then, there will definitely be no peace in the Nord Kingdom.
Originally, if Queen Sandina could intercept and kill him successfully, then Sandina would be able to support the prince to ascend to the throne.
The eldest prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince are all her heirs.
Under her intentional control, the princes have long become puppets in her hands.
Only the fourth princess was slightly luckier. Because she loved sailing, she was gifted a huge coastal city.
That is the port city of Fialkel located in the northeastern fjord of the Kingdom of Nord.
Now there is also a sizable maritime fleet and caravan.
The ships under his command headed north to the Sea of Polar Ice and south to the Sea of Storms.
A lot of wealth has been accumulated through maritime trade and selling seafood!
The third prince is an out-and-out playboy who has nothing to do all day long. He owns a rich trading city named Qiu Sui City, which is located in the rich valley plain of the Kingdom of Nord.
It is also a famous grain-producing and trading city.
However, the third prince seldom managed the development of internal affairs and only focused on having fun all day long.
Travel with the royal guards to various cities in the kingdom.
Likes to deal with goblin merchants and buy some weird engineering products.
The original goblin merchant Boswell had dealt with the third prince.
The eldest prince is a little more progressive, his character is very similar to King Ragnar.
He loves fighting very much, but his fighting talent is average.
He holds a large mining city in his hands, Steel Heart Castle.
This is one of several large forging cities in the Kingdom of Nord.
Responsible for forging the standard equipment of the kingdom's soldiers and various magic machines.
It is definitely a manufacturing giant.
The eldest prince also had little interest in dealing with internal affairs.
The management of the giant city was handed over to the internal officials sent by the Trivasin family.
The same is true for Qiu Suicheng, including the third prince.
The Trivasin family has long been controlled by Queen Zandina.
This means that she indirectly controls the eldest prince and the third prince.
Especially the eldest prince, he enjoys the right to inherit the king.
Moreover, the eldest prince also has some elders in the Lodbrok family who support him.
All in all, this is a complicated relationship.
Once a conflict breaks out, it will definitely be a major event that affects the whole body.
So no matter what, they can't let Ragnar Lodbrok go back alive!
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Just as Queen Sandina's side continued on the road of pursuit,
Zong Shen drove the [Magic Drilling Machine] and continued driving underground for a while, then controlled the drilling machine to start drilling toward the surface.
Due to the lack of a glass hatch cover, the cockpit was almost buried alive by floating soil and gravel.
After another three or four minutes, the drilling machine broke through the soil layer and came into contact with the complete rock base.
The third-speed drill bit touched the bottom of the rock foundation, and immediately made a harsh friction sound.
The previous rock base ground was broken up by thorns, so it became easy to penetrate.
In fact, if you let the drill bit drill hard, it will still take a lot of effort.
It took three to four minutes to drill through the seven to eight meters of rock base!
At this time, the drill bit is heated by friction, and the diamond at the tip is red.
Hot smoke came out, and the surface of the drill corners on both sides of the drill bit turned white.
"boom!"
With the rock base drilled through, the drill returned to the surface.
This [Magic Drilling Machine] has long been in disrepair.
The cockpit was full of dirt, and Zong Shen sat in it, barely showing his head.
Fine pieces of soil and dust fell into his body through the opened gaps.
After returning to the ground, he did not continue moving forward, but stopped first to prepare for a rest.
There are still about 17 or 18 kilometers away from the other two marking points.
It will take at least half an hour to get there.
Zong Shen left the cockpit first and brought a lot of soil with him.
He himself is more like a fresh radish pulled out of the soil, looking gray and dusty.
This [Magic Drilling Machine] was first affected by several consecutive waves of explosions, and then it was drilled savagely underground. The body was already scarred.
In addition to the cab, the track components on both sides and the front-end drilling rig are also severely worn.
The whole body is almost covered with a thick mud shell.
The durability is less than 30%.
This violent use is equivalent to the durability consumption of a month of normal continuous mining.
But there is no way.
This king is indeed not that easy to save!
It is worth paying some price for Zong Shen.
The prerequisite for getting your money back this time is that King Ragnar can escape smoothly!