Its reputation does not lie in its individual strength, but in its group hunting characteristics and various stunts that can defeat rogues.
Faced with the sudden attack, Ellison's men responded in the way they knew best.
The Blackguard instinctively releases [Dark Air of Despair]. This evil aura generally causes all hostile creatures within 3 meters to suffer a -2 morale penalty on all saving throws.
In front of the Staring Mastiff, this skill became a joke. The Staring Mastiff with its iron will completely ignored this skill. On the contrary, this skill aroused their ferocity.
One end swooped over and entangled the sword of a dark guard, and the other end immediately pounced on it, almost tearing off the shield on the guard's left arm.
The old master thief tried to fight back. He threw 10 flying knives at one go. He clearly aimed at the shadow where the Staring Mastiff jumped out, but all of them failed. The jumping ability of the Staring Mastiff is beyond imagination. If placed in gold
In the city, they have the ability to jump up to the third floor in one jump.
Their incredible jumping and agility make these hunters from the polar regions a nightmare for Ellison. They can even fly for long distances on cliffs at an angle of 90 degrees to the ground.
One magical spell after another was released from Ellison's hands, but it still could not change their fate of being besieged.
The mastiffs pounce left and right, jumping up and down, and their attack direction can be from almost any angle. The high-speed rush is gorgeous and deadly, and if you are not careful, you will be injured or even fatal.
Among Ellison's advanced professions is War Priest. This priest\war priest career structure allows him to wear heavy armor and hold a shield.
A full-body mithril magic armor that was enough to blind most of his companions wrapped Ellison tightly, leaving only his two eyes exposed. The armor also solidified a number of features such as [Enhanced Resistance], [Protection from Arrows], etc.
There are a lot of protection spells that can be used multiple times a day.
It is worth mentioning that Ellison also frantically took a tower shield with the [Light Spirit Technique] and [Brute Force Technique] permanently solidified. His hand holding this shield felt like holding a cake.
The Stygian Mastiff's attack was extremely violent, but it did not pose much of a threat to Ellison and the Black Guards, who were also wearing heavy armor.
Mastiffs who are accustomed to quick solutions and using their jaws to solve problems will develop various problems once they get into a protracted battle.
They couldn't catch the old master thief with super high dodge. They couldn't do anything about a pair of machetes that danced airtight, and Catrick who was proficient in intuitive dodge.
So the breakthrough point for the Staring Mastiff lies in the trickster.
Tricksters are good at using magic to perform tricks, sneak tricks or pranks. They are very adaptable to adventure. However, their arcane spellcasting ability and surprise ability need to be obtained from other professions, so Tricksters have to face humanoid targets.
It has various advantages.
Unfortunately, when dealing with high-speed dog targets, everything he learned seemed to be thrown into the ditch.
One of the Trickster's class skills is rolling...
No matter how fast a person rolls, can he be as fast as an agile dog?
The tragedy of the Trickster has become inevitable.
After a face-to-face examination, he already had several wounds on his arms and calves.
Sometimes instinct can kill people, and this was him. In a hurry, this guy actually started hiding and jumped into a shadow.
Playing hide in front of the Specter Mastiffs who are born with a keen sense of smell and true seeing? You really feel like you can't die fast enough. The Mastiffs easily detected the hiding place of the Trickster, pulled him out, and showed him in front of Ellison
The noodles were torn into pieces.
"It seems like it feels good to eat some human flesh occasionally!"
"Flesh filled with fear is the most delicious."
The mastiffs were minding their own business and chatting in common language. About one-third of the mastiffs participated in this feast of dismemberment, which was quite enjoyable for them. Although everyone's sense of taste temporarily disappeared, it did not hinder
Ellison and his party were visually shocked.
The intestines that were pulled out several meters away were shocking. Bone fragments and meat residue chewed by the thick canine jaws were scattered all over the place.
Ellison finally determined that even if the other party is an intelligent creature, there is no possibility of coexistence between the two parties. Even if these guys are driven away, they will come back after a while, endlessly.
He shouted loudly: "Now!"
The next moment, his tone switched to a pleasant male voice with a psychedelic flavor, and the wonderful rhythm passed through the space and reached directly into the minds of the mastiffs: "In the name of Cyric, I declare that your natural enemy has arrived."
Cyric, the god of murder, currently has the following clergy roles: murder, conspiracy, fraud, and lies.
Ellison said something meaningless, but with the blessing of a magical spell that had a fixed number of uses per day, it became Cyric's unique magical spell [True Lie].
It was obviously Ellison's lie, but what formed in the minds of the mastiffs was another extremely realistic picture, which had caused them heavy harm. Their natural enemies, celestial lions, suddenly surrounded them for some reason. One second they were hunters.
They have become prey in the next second.
The mastiffs were panicked and no longer had room to speak. They let out instinctive canine screams.
While the mastiffs were unable to extricate themselves from the illusion, Ellison's experts all took action and killed the lost mastiffs in various ways.
More than a dozen mastiffs are killed every second.
Seeing that the enemy was about to be wiped out, and just as the joy of victory filled his heart, Raven took action again.
The sudden appearance of rope attracted everyone's attention.
Ellison almost instinctively activated the protective spell enchanted on the armor. Recently, a Black Guard rushed towards Ellison, trying to resist the sneak attack with his body and shield.
However, Roe Yi's attack still retreated with one blow.
The scream happened behind Ellison.
It was another Black Guard. At that time, he inserted his long sword into the heart of a Staring Mastiff, and was about to tear the Mastiff's heart apart with a twist. Ellison was attacked by a sneak attack that attracted all his remaining attention.
Unconsciously, the twist of his head caused a gap between the helmet and the solid shoulder armor.
Raven walked out of the shadow of the Black Guard unexpectedly and appeared behind the Black Guard.
His eyes were full of calmness, and there was a cruel faint smile on the corner of his mouth, with a cold light flashing!
dagger!
Obsidian Thorn!
A silent black light appeared so suddenly and unexpectedly, like a black lightning, pushing the people who were already in trouble into a deeper abyss.
The light of this strike was so profound that everyone who saw this scene felt like they knew it but were unable to resist. They either closed their eyes involuntarily and couldn't bear to see what was going to happen next, or they were struck by this lightning.
Shocked by the peerless sharpness of the blow, he was unable to move.
At least three pairs of eyes witnessed the black dagger piercing the Black Guard's carotid artery and passing through the throat and trachea.
The Blackguard's +10 Fortitude bonus is useless due to the sharpness and penetrating properties of the Obsidian Thorn.
Then, as Raven's wrist rotated at a high speed, the sharp blade tip turned here and crushed the Dark Guard's throat to pieces.
Dropped.
"Farrenheit! No -" Seeing that the guard who had been following him for many years was killed, Ellison let out a scream that was not like a human voice. He was still in the process of casting the last spell and could do nothing. He could only watch helplessly.
Seeing Raven kicking on the dead Farenhat's armor very lightly, turning around beautifully in the air, he flew into another shadow gap and escaped in the blink of an eye.
After coming back to his senses, Ellison smashed the [Healing Technique] on Fahrenheit's head like crazy.
Unfortunately, this makes no sense!
Healing spells heal living people. The moment he was stabbed by Raven, Farenheit was already dead.
The Staring Mastiff was completely killed, and the remaining people gathered around and stood silently next to Ellison.
"Didn't Raven only have the Black Iron level? Who told me what happened just now? Were they the assassin's standard skills [Shadow Jump] and [Infallible Shadow]?" Ellison couldn't hide the hint in his tone.
of anger.
The one who spoke first was his most loyal guard. Under the Dark Guard's helmet, his voice sounded loud and angry: "Professionals of the rogue type can usually hide their aura, but the aura at the moment of taking action cannot be deceived. That just now
It is indeed the aura of the Black Iron Order."
"How could that happen..."
The old thief interjected: "This is the blessing of the shadow plane. Because the shadow energy here is so rich, the energy consumption of all our skills that require shadow energy has been greatly reduced. Maybe it was the Raven who just realized the shadow skills.
"
Ellison's face suddenly turned pale: "Didn't you say that he hasn't officially resonated yet? Didn't he have to get the Shadow Orb in order to achieve perfect resonance?"
The old thief was silent for a long time before replying: "If I read correctly, until the assassination was successful, he still did not resonate. He borrowed the power of the shadow plane."
"ah!?"
Catrick interrupted: "Master... although I don't want to admit it, I agree with Vanderfar's view."
"What?"
"Master, there is a kind of person in the world called a genius." Catrick shut up after saying this.
Raven is a genius. Otherwise, no one can explain how an underage half-elf could survive Ellison's repeated pursuits.
The more you fight, the stronger you get!
No one dared to admit this before, so they attributed Raven's survival to luck.
Perhaps they have noticed it, but no one dares to face this fact!
The surroundings fell into dead silence again!
No one can imagine that there are people in the world who can make progress so fast!
A few days ago he was a little kid who wasn't even a professional.
A few days later, he was actually able to kill a Silver-level Dark Guard who was known for his rough skin and thick flesh.
Regardless of whether he was playing tricks, borrowing sharp weapons, or using tricks to sneak up on key points. Anyway, the fact that he jumped over a level and killed a powerful enemy was right in front of Ellison and everyone else.
Finally, Ellison Sting, one of the twelve priests of Cyric, the famous god of murder, and who would be known as the left hand of God in the future, squeezed out these words: "I underestimated him."
