The gods in the Ultron world are rumored to be very generous. In fact, which god is not careful about calculations?
6 strategy points used to summon neutral creatures can only summon some violent animals at best.
Dire animals are larger, tougher, and more ferocious versions of regular animals. They usually have the ferocious appearance of prehistoric animals.
For example, at 6 points, you can exchange for two ferocious snakes that you command. This kind of thing with a challenge level of less than level 20 is equivalent to the peak of the black iron level. For a veteran like Raven, it is a one-shot deal.
Raven was a little disappointed, but he soon felt relieved. He was not a believer of the Red Knight, and had never given anyone any benefits. He couldn't expect the Red Knight to expend a large amount of divine power to help him summon a giant dragon to clean up the area, right?
The meaning of the red knight is also very obvious: you want me to contribute, right? Come up with more exciting strategies and predictions!
In the exchange list, there are many summoned beasts that are of inflated value. This is because the greater the difference in environment, the more divine power it takes to summon them directly.
The town of Arrow Tree where Raven is located is still surrounded by green trees. When you go near the Shadow Valley, it becomes an almost desert landscape. Normally, it is more cost-effective to summon monsters living in the desert.
Raven had no intention of doing this.
What he is looking for is something higher and better - the 'Invocation of the God of War' which can be exchanged for 20 strategy points. This one-time magic can provide a +5 bonus when Raven convinces neutral monsters.
The chess pieces on the [Red Knight's Strategy Chess Board] are limited, with only 8 pawns, 2 knights, 2 elephants, 2 rooks each, 1 queen, and 1 king.
Raven needs 14 points, and the knights representing the knight have been eaten up. If Ellison does not have reinforcements to enter, this means that Raven must at least focus on the bishop and the carriage.
Trying hard to recall everything about Ellison, Raven continued the great cause of 'selling his teammates', oh, I should say selling his former teammates.
Suddenly, a voice sounded. It was not a system prompt, but an oracle given directly by the Red Knight. An ethereal and heroic sonorous voice echoed in Raven's mind.
The moment he heard this voice, for some reason what came to mind in Raven's mind was a female general wearing a full-body knight's armor in fiery red and riding a majestic war horse.
It seemed like there were two armies fighting in the wilderness in front of me. The smaller side kept using flexible tactics to divide and outflank the enemy, making full use of every favorable moment and place on the battlefield to gradually lead its army to victory...
"Hey! You are a very courageous boy. Strategy points above the level of bishop are not so easy to obtain. Not only do you have to predict correctly, you also need to definitely destroy the opponent's combat power and use it as a sacrifice to me."
"Sacrifice?"
"Yes! A powerful warrior who dies in a plot is the best sacrifice to me."
Raven did not see the illusion of the red knight's incarnation, but he seemed to see the intriguing and naughty curves snaking out of the corners of the red knight's mouth. He always felt that the red knight believed that he had some kind of ability similar to prophecy, so he made additional requests.
However, this makes no difference to Raven.
Ellison must die!
Raven responded with a smile: "As you wish, respected Red Knight. You will see a counterattack with a huge disparity in strength."
"I'm looking forward to..." The red knight's voice faded away, but the ethereal echo still echoed in his ears.
He closed his eyes and thought about the details carefully. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes had become determined and deep.
No matter how many magical arts Ellison has, he is still a businessman at heart. And at this moment, he should be like Raven, and he has not yet opened the shadow energy tank. Now he is at best a businessman who knows magical arts.
His calculating style, coupled with his underestimation of the shadow plane, doomed him to be unable to gain an advantage in an area with ever-changing conditions like the Valley of Shadows.
Raven has never been to the Shadow Valley. Strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as his home ground. But as long as it involves the shadow plane, there is no one under Cyric who is more familiar with the kind of shuttle between two places than Raven.
The dance of death.
This is his confidence.
The Golden City has too many spies from Ellison, but Arrow Tree Town is different. With the memory of the previous life, Raven easily found a local black marketeer who actually believed in Shar, the Lady of the Night. Shar and Cyric were
Two gods who are seriously at odds with each other.
There, Raven bought a black iron-level white leather armor set. This set of leather armor provided Raven with less than 20 points of armor in total...it can only be said to be better than nothing.
What surprised Raven the most was that he actually found a copy of [Facial Transformation] in the hands of a businessman. This was not a simplified version of the castration spell that could only be used with a magic net, but the oldest original version of the spell. Although the spell was cast
The spell is 83 syllables long, but this is not a problem for Raven. After all, this original version of the spell will not cause him to lose the ability to cast this spell due to the collapse of the magic network when the world changes.
Of course, good things are expensive, so the black marketeer took away two god gold coins from Raven.
Now Raven can pretend to be a human novice rogue. Dispel spells below level 5 cannot deal with Raven's face change spell at all.
This time, Raven used facial transformation and makeup to transform himself into a human youth of about sixteen years old. He has wheat-colored skin, a large freckle near his nose, a high nose, a pair of ordinary eyes, and thick eyebrows.
Under the cover of the face-changing spell, the pointed ears that represented the elven blood turned into round ears.
After doing all this, Raven changed the horses and carriages.
It takes at least 4 days to drive day and night from Arrow Tree Town to Shadow Valley. Raven doesn't plan to rush. Because there are many faster ways than the land route, such as hiring a gryphon as a mount. This is a gold-level, huge raptor with a gryphon's head and body.
, it only takes half a day to get from the Golden City to the Shadow Valley.
Raven had never thought about using a griffon to leave the Golden City. Thinking that Ellison only had to move his hands and feet, the griffin would treat the passengers as snacks on the way, and Raven shuddered.
Of course, all this is still within Raven's budget.
In this way, he took the rope alone and embarked on the journey to the Shadow Valley.
On the other hand, at night, in the gorgeous Golden City Auction House, Ellison's face was so gloomy that ink would drip if he splashed water on it.
[Pure White Frost Dance] has been priced at a sky-high price.
A low-level dagger, just because it had the words "Floating Island" as an annotation, the auction price kept rising, and the continuous bidding sounds were more irritating than the cries of goblins.
"One hundred and fifteen thousand gold coins!"
"One hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Two hundred thousand!"
The auction was anonymous at the beginning. The major investors stayed in private rooms that were well-secured and isolated from medium- and low-level magic detection. No one knew who was who.
Ever since the priests of Gond, the god of crafts and forging, revealed their god's name in the hope of overpowering others, things immediately went into chaos.
A lot of priests of gods jumped out, and in the end, the backstage boss, who was not a powerful god, did not dare to make a public offer.
Since Cyric is now only a god of medium power, Ellison can only pretend to be a grandson from beginning to end, not daring to reveal his identity, and bravely stand up to the God of tyranny and the church of the three major gods of dwarves, halflings, and orcs.
I took a photo of [Pure White Frost Dance].
The price is one million gold coins.
Ellison almost went crazy. It wasn't that he couldn't afford the money. The problem was that compared with his previous expectations, it was definitely a waste of money!
He didn't know at the moment that someone had already switched the package inside, otherwise he would have been so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot!
This is because the first treasure map fragments related to the floating island have just appeared in the Ultron continent, and the major forces were not too sure about the situation.
If the major forces firmly believe that this is a good thing that their gods urgently need, such as the map fragments where the floating continent will be after the 18th, the price can easily reach tens of millions.
There is no secret temple of Cyric in the City of Gold. Generally speaking, the Church of Fortune allows any church to preach and accept believers in the City of Gold as long as they pay money. This "general" does not include Cyric's Church of Murder.
Ellison had no choice but to send his most loyal subordinates and half of his guards to escort [Pure White Frost Dance] to the nearest altar. He himself led a large army and captured all the griffons in the Golden City in one go.
Fly straight through the night to the town of Salles next to the Shadow Valley.
"Did the news get out?" Ellison asked.
The old thief Vanderfa next to him bowed and responded: "As per your request, I announced a public reward in the Adventurer's Guild. In fact, three teams of adventurers rated as Silver have arrived in Salles Town. There are more adventurers nearby.
Rush there."
"very good!"
After the old thief retreated, Ellison's confidant Catrick stepped forward and whispered: "The Night Hunters' troops have already laid an ambush outside Salles Town."
This is Ellison's response.
He is indeed not familiar with the terrain of the Shadow Valley. This does not prevent him from recruiting a large number of cannon fodder to eliminate the traps in the Shadow Valley with his flesh and blood.
The weak use surprise to win, and the strong use force to overwhelm others.
Raven didn't want to form a team if possible.
When he noticed vigilant wanderers trying to peer into his carriage to see if Raven was traveling alone or if there were others in the carriage, Raven realized he had to form a team.
Otherwise, he would be blocked before he even gets close to the Shadow Valley.
Fortunately, due to the release of the bounty order, there is no shortage of rookie adventurers who want to form a team in the surrounding towns.
After arriving in Wanda City, a city before Salles Town, Raven came to the Sword and Vulture Tavern in the west of the city. From the dense mountain forest area to the wasteland, the style of the city and the bar changed dramatically.
Wood has become a luxury here, and most buildings are made of mud bricks or stones. Only the door of this pub is made of wood. From the tables to the chairs to the bar, they are all made of granite, and you can't move the stools without any effort.
In the world of Ultron, apart from special organizations and adventurer guilds, the most well-informed person must be the tavern owner.
Raven tied up his horse, entered the tavern, and walked straight to the bar. He held a silver coin with his index finger and pushed it in front of the bartender: "I want to find some temporary teammates."
The bartender glanced around Raven's body twice and curled his lips: "There are a few guys in the stable behind the White Stone Tavern, and they happen to be short of a wanderer."
Raven doesn't care who his teammates are. Anyway, these teammates are just used as a cover, no matter what.
When Raven went to the place, he suddenly found that he couldn't calm down!