In Stupid Village, the troops from Cold Wind City were slowly leaving the camp. City Lord Cronfield Longlegs stood in front of the team and looked back. There was a team of about fifty people following him.
A wizard in a golden robe was casting a spell, summoning a ferocious lion from the Shadow Realm to serve as a mount. His servants equipped the lion with a cushion for the owner to ride comfortably.
'Chief Alchemist' Fabbro took out a statue from his pocket, cast a spell and enlarged it into a mechanical beast to serve as a transportation tool. The golden-robed wizard smiled when he saw it and said: "Your Excellency Fabbro, I heard that you lost a lot last time.
big?"
Fabbro's face sank and he snorted coldly: "Sir Mao Qi, I heard that as the 'Chief Prophecy' of Cold Wind City, you rashly sent your demon pet to investigate the evil lair. As a result, the demon pet died and you were permanently punished.
Damage. Tsk tsk tsk..."
The golden-robed wizard suddenly looked gloomy, stared at Fabbro and headed towards the long-legged city lord. A paladin wearing full body armor came up and whispered: "Your Excellency Mao Qi, don't make trouble. We are here to fight against evil, not here.
Infighting."
The golden-robed wizard's hatred continued, but he could only change the topic and said: "Do you think those greedy guys are reliable?"
The words refer to the few adventurers following the long-legged city lord. Their armor is damaged and their appearance is in a mess, but they are dancing like the city lord is repeatedly emphasizing something.
This group of guys came from Harmony Village, and it was said that they had explored a feasible road to the elven ruins. They first sold this information to Victor Hugo for one thousand gold coins, then turned around and ran to Stupid Village to ask for help.
The power of Cold Wind City is sold again.
The full-armored paladin also stared at the adventurers and said in a deep voice: "I detected them. They are all evil people, but they did not lie. They provided a lot of information about Harmony Village, and I kept my promise not to them.
impose punishment.
Victor Hugo received the news one day in advance that he had led a team to leave his lair and was heading towards the elven ruins. The Lord of the Long-Legged City decided to catch up and join the fight for the ruins."
Silverleaf City is located in the Black Forest, and the map given by Zhou Qingfeng also marked its location. However, there is no feasible road in the vast Black Forest, and it is unknown what dangers there are along the way.
Harmony Village has been established for three months, and the news of the discovery of the elven ruins has spread throughout the North. Zhou Qingfeng tried every means to provide logistics and survival guides for the swarming adventurers, making many lucky guys rich.
The number of immigrants who have poured into the Black Forest has exceeded five to six thousand, but the number of floating people in Harmony Village rarely exceeds five hundred. This has certainly reduced the pressure on the village, but the cruel reality behind it is...,
Many people who went to explore never came back.
Fabbro brought a dozen people in, but after a month of hard work, only five or six people came out. This is why Zhou Qingfeng is not willing to explore the elf ruins all at once - if you want to know the correct path to the elf ruins, you must rely on human life.
Go for trial and error.
Zhou Qingfeng owns Harmony Village and owns the 'Holy Light Information Network'. He is the most well-informed person in the entire Harmony Village. After three months of hard work and the sacrifice of a large number of adventurers' lives, some crude information leading to the core area has finally been described.
come out.
A real battle has officially begun.
The golden-robed wizard said: "The forest spirit also confirmed the news to me. Victor Hugo left his lair and was heading to the Elf Ruins. Powell seemed to be with him. He should not be dead yet, but I don't know the specific situation.
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The full-armored paladin nodded, "This is an opportunity. We can cooperate with His Excellency Lord Long-Legs City to attack him halfway and solve this difficult target."
The golden-robed wizard had no objection to this, and the plan was settled.
At the same time, Zhou Qingfeng's team was entering the depths of the black forest where the road was difficult to navigate. The rugged forest was filled with thick fog that blocked the view, and deadly dangers were hidden among the trees and shrubs.
On the twisted tree trunk, a blood-sucking vine slowly drooped. The spikes on the vine protruded, waiting for prey to fall into the trap. But this time, the approaching prey noticed this dangerous monster in advance.
Hilly raised her bow and arrow and was about to shoot, but the 'Disease Priest' came up to stop him and said: "Don't shoot, let me do it. The vampire vine is both an animal and a plant. Its pith has special effects on many diseases.
Don’t miss it.”
With several assistants, Justen stepped forward and used magic to try to capture the rare vampire vine. The vampire vine sensed the danger and quickly retracted. It kept shaking its cane, making a creaking sound.
Weird noise.
"It is summoning symbionts." Justen shouted: "Sir Hugo, please pay attention to your surroundings. The symbionts of the vampire vine are probably some jackals. They protect each other and assist in symbiosis."
Zhou Qingfeng raised his hand, and the entire team slowly stopped, silently forming a formation to cover each other. In the quiet woods, he did not need to speak, and relied on the information network to communicate and command with other people in the team.
It takes some time to capture the vampire vine. This rare creature is very deadly when hiding. However, it moves slowly and is almost difficult to escape once discovered. At this moment, it is entrenched on several tree trunks and constantly waving the vines, resisting the confinement force exerted by divine magic.
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Amidst the sound of rattan whipping, chaotic footsteps sounded from far to near. Zhou Qingfeng closed his eyes. The 'listening' ability brought by the constant law was more useful than his eyesight. He could clearly judge the number and number of intruders.
position.
"Don't move, everyone, let my personal guards try." Zhou Qingfeng said on the information network.
The clown Adrian jumped back from the wài of the team and warned cautiously: "Sir Hugo, there is a group of jackals coming outside, more than twenty in number. They are equipped with many crude bows and arrows, and they are trying to surround us.
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"Raise your shield." Zhou Qingfeng did not change his mind, "The guards move forward. I hope each of you will kill at least one jackal."
Others said nothing about Zhou Qingfeng's insistence. But anyone familiar with the jungle knew that jackals with wolf heads and bodies were difficult to deal with. They were taller, stronger, more ferocious, and cunning, and were much more difficult to deal with than the same number of goblins.
Powell stayed in the middle of the team, and he had great doubts about Zhou Qingfeng's orders. As a sparring partner, although he had admitted that "Hugo" had made rapid progress, those rookie guards had only received training for less than a month, and their combat effectiveness was quite limited.
His innermost assessment was, "Twenty jackals can kill all those rookies with just one impact."
The selected rookie guards resolutely carried out Zhou Qingfeng's orders. They held swords and shields, forming a semicircular formation, and slowly stepped forward, forming a conspicuous protrusion in the team.
Every rookie guard's brain is connected to the information network, and with the help of Zhou Qingfeng and others' investigation, they can vaguely determine the location of the enemy opposite them.
The first sword and shield player stared at the thick fog in front of him, his breathing getting faster and faster. He couldn't see the situation on the other side, but Sophia in the information network repeatedly told him that there were two jackals in the thick fog, waiting.
Raid him.
The leading swordsman and shieldman was only seventeen years old, and he was an armed squire before. His original job was to follow a certain adventurer master to fight with the wind, and he had never faced the enemy directly.
Lack of training, lack of food and clothing, and little courage. Just because he was taller, he was selected into Zhou Qingfeng's personal guard. After training for more than half a month, he now wanted to prove that he was capable of fighting.
"Calm down, don't panic. What to do on the training ground, do it now." With the help of the information link, Sophia has overall control over the entire guard team. She encourages every rookie team member and allows them to display their due fighting level.
Whoosh..., a bone arrow shot out of the thick fog.
This was like a signal, followed by more than a dozen bone arrows being shot out one after another. One wave after another without stopping - the rookie guards who came forward faced the dense rain of arrows, quickly raised their shields and shrank their heads, and each other
cover.
The sound of arrows being hit sounded loudly, and the rookie guards could feel that the arms holding the shield were constantly being impacted, and even becoming more and more laborious. The leading sword and shield hand even felt that the shield was being hit continuously, and the weight increased greatly, and his arms were numb.
Can't catch it.
It's the jackal's short sword!
This is a common method used by jungle monsters to deal with human shield formations. They will first rain down a wave of arrows, and then throw heavy short spears. Even if it cannot break the human shield, it can make the human warrior holding the shield very difficult and expose gaps in the defense.
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"Xili." Zhou Qingfeng shouted. Several arrows flew out from beside him and disappeared into the thick fog. Then screams came out, and soon everyone heard the roar of the jackal.
Those humanoid beasts rushed out.
The short standard gun weighed more than ten kilograms, and the swordsman's shield in front of his head was hit three times in a row. It was very difficult to hold it. As soon as the shield was lowered, his head was exposed. Just as he felt that he was about to be shot to death, the thick fog on the opposite side
Two jackals jumped out from the middle and hit them with bone clubs.
The order came from the information link at the right time, "Abandon the shield and fight!"