Chapter 66 Returning to the Outer Area
Why does Roja know that these monsters are looking for him?
Because he has tried it more than once in the past few days:
as soon as he sees himself, even the weakest skeleton soldier will attack immediately, and he is not afraid to run away like before.
And as soon as he takes off his armor and puts away his moose and spear, even those powerful high-level monsters passing by won't give him a second glance.
Good guy, just recognize this outfit, right?
Could it be that I was targeted by General Skeleton because I was immune to his control last time?
This was the only possibility that Roja could think of.
Because when he met the high-level monster skeleton warlock a few days ago, the other party did not hesitate to attack him as soon as he came up.
This shows that the reason why he is being sought is before killing the skeleton warlock.
After he guessed the truth, the following text appeared on the panel:
[The uncontrollable Skeleton Knight was hunted by the Lord of the Undead Mountains, and tens of thousands of monsters were looking for his traces in an attempt to destroy him] [
Mission One: Hide and seek! ]
[Note: Hide near the Undead Mountains to avoid being caught by the monster army. Difficulty: E, Reward: Experience +10/day, Strength +0.1/day, Upper limit: The hunt for the monster army is over]
[Mission 2: Angry counterattack! ]
[Note: Killing the high-level monsters in the undead army will deal a heavy blow to the Skeleton General's power. Difficulty: B, Reward: Experience and freedom points will be given according to the target killed]
Note that this is not a choice between two, but two tasks that appear at the same time.
The first option, although "escape from the army" looks scary, the difficulty is only E.
In fact, Roja felt that by digging a hole and burying himself, he could hide until General Skeleton died of old age without being discovered by him.
He even wished that the other party would hunt him down forever and sign in every day to gain experience and attributes in vain.
As for the second option, difficulty B, it means high reward and high risk.
But Roja has enough time, and he is not in a hurry to do anything he is not sure about. He can wait for the opportunity while slowly getting stronger.
However, he would not really bury himself in the ground forever. Instead, he planned to find a place to "retreat and practice" where the monster army would not set foot.
After some consideration, Roja did not dare to return to the dragon's nest, and decided not to dig a cave in the deep area, but to find another place.
This is General Skeleton's territory, and there are wandering monsters everywhere. Even if he hides in a cave, he can't completely feel at ease.
"Passion -" "
Morning Mochi traveled in the gray mist, and trotted it slowly.
Passing quietly one monster after another, as if entering a deserted land, Roja finally arrived at the valley at the exit of the deep area.
There are more guards here than before. Thousands of skeleton soldiers form dense phalanxes, and teams of cavalry are patrolling all around.
In the sky, vampires, bone dragons, and carrion griffins flew around like foraging birds without stopping.
You can even see the aura emanating from high-level monsters in the fog from a distance.
Is this to prevent me from escaping?
After successfully walking out of the valley, Roja couldn't help but be surprised by the troops deployed here.
Don’t the mercenaries have any measures?
He quickly left this place and rushed to the Eagle Group's camp.
"Ouch——"
The young dragon yawned out of boredom.
On the hillside, Luo Ya quietly looked at the dozens of white tents below.
After the monsters started wandering deep in the mountains, the Eagle Group's camps were still there, but more security measures were added.
Roja let the baby dragon possess a bird, flew in and took a look around. He did not find the captains, but found some interesting things.
The central tent serving as the conference room was empty at the moment, but the water in the tea cup was still warm, indicating that the person had just left.
What's this?
In the middle of the tent, there was a huge sand table filled with signs of various colors.
Roja took a few glances and felt that he could get a lot of information from it:
with a mountain range as the dividing line, the two sides of the sand table represented the power of monsters and mercenaries respectively, and the flags of different colors represented the distinction between strength and status.
On the side of the mercenaries, the seven red plaques obviously represent the seven captains,
and so on. The remaining fifty or so white plaques, Roja guessed, are the elites next to the captains.
As for ordinary mercenaries, they are represented by yellow number cards marked with "ten" and "twenty". The total number is about eight hundred.
It is worth noting that there are three red plaques placed at the foot of the table, which are marked with the words "Captain" and "Deputy Commander" respectively.
This is probably all the members of the Eagle Group, and on the other side represents the monsters:
there are six red cards in total, with numbers from one to six marked on them.
And the only black sign with the word "General" clearly represents the Skeleton General.
As for the large number of low-level monsters in the Undead Mountains, and the number of high-level monsters in at least double digits, it seems that they are not represented on the sand table.
Roja speculated that this was because the current plan of the Eagle Group was to behead people from top to bottom.
According to ordinary people's thinking, they must first throw a hundred "nuclear bombs" at General Skeleton to kill him.
As long as the seven brands on the side of the monster, including the Skeleton General, are taken out, the other minions may be just a matter of time for the mercenaries.
I really learned a lot.
The little bird controlled by the young dragon flew around the camp and found no other valuable information.
Well, the only thing left to see was the warehouse...
After that, Roja aimed at the warehouse and threw the cursed spear with all his strength!
"Boom!!"
Accompanied by huge explosions and shock waves, a large firework-like magic flash bomb rose from the camp...
...
deep in the mountains and high in the sky.
On the broad back of the white giant eagle,
Finn and the other seven people were here, looking down at the monsters below.
Suddenly, the face of the mage Calvin changed, "Camp No. 6! Someone is attacking my defensive spell!" Without saying a
word, he immediately took out a purple gem from his arms and crushed it. The next second, something appeared under his feet. A small teleportation circle.
"Buzz!"
The purple magic light wave flashed, and Qianzhi Mage disappeared instantly.
Finn's face darkened, "Let's get there quickly!"
The giant white eagle turned around and flew back with all its strength.
However, even though Kavin's movements were extremely fast, it was still a step too late.
The entire warehouse was blown away by the blast of air, and countless white tent fragments slowly fell from above like petals.
The boxes that were originally neatly arranged were broken, and the armor, weapons, herbs, magic stones, and furs inside were scattered everywhere. The ground was full of traces of scorch by magic.
Calvin could tell at a glance that two boxes of the most precious magic stones had disappeared.
And the culprit who caused all this disappeared without a trace in just a few seconds.
"Where did the thief go?!"
Master Qianzhi was so angry that his chest heaved violently.
As the strongest mage of the Eagle Group, he performs all defensive spells alone. Almost all mercenaries, including himself, have great trust in his spells and believe that the warehouse will be foolproof.
Now something went wrong. At this moment, he could imagine the mocking faces of those people he had never dealt with!
"Don't even think about escaping!"
Kavin waved his staff vigorously, and circles of invisible magic power spread out rapidly, sweeping to an area of several hundred meters in radius.
Wherever the magic power passes, all the trees, weeds, and moss tremble slightly, and they have become the eyes and tentacles of the mage.
Within this range, all living creatures and undead souls in the sky and on the earth cannot escape his detection!
"..."
However, half a minute passed, but no trace of the suspicious person was found.
After another half minute,
Kavin put down his staff and looked a little ugly.
At this time, he had to admit that the other party had completely escaped.
The only good news is that no mercenaries appear to have been harmed in the attack.
"Captain Cavin!"
Several mercenaries came over.
There had just been a series of huge explosions in the warehouse. Everyone immediately ran away when they heard the noise. They didn't dare to come over until they saw Kavin stopped casting spells.
At this time, the huge white eagle fell from the sky.
Finn and others also rushed here. "Caven, have you found the attacker?"
Sword Demon Subaru sneered and said, "Of course the thief escaped, otherwise what would this kid be doing standing here?" "
I I admit that it was my dereliction of duty."
The mage glanced at him and said coldly: "But the opponent who broke through twelve layers of compound defense spells in a few seconds is not a small player." Subaru sneered, "Excuse! That's your excuse
! I can split this kind of defense with one blow..."
"The quarrel ends here!"
Finn frowned and looked at the mercenaries around him: "What do the people who attacked the warehouse look like? Have any of you seen it?"
Assassin, wearing a white skull mask, said in an old and hoarse voice: "Could it be, Are they the guys with big swords?"
Holding big swords - this description here specifically refers to another mercenary group also stationed in Border Town that acts relatively low-key.
The Great Sword Mercenary Group is weaker than the Eagle Group, but there are also several masters in the same realm as them.
"Uh, captains..."
A mercenary looked a little strange and said quickly: "I haven't had time to say that the ones who attacked the warehouse were not humans, but monsters."
Will monsters attack the warehouse specifically? Finn's heart trembled.
His expression immediately became extremely solemn, and he asked in a deep voice: "What kind of monster does it look like? Is it one of the twelve heroic spirits who took action against us?" "No! Boss
Finn!"
The mercenary waved his hands repeatedly, " That monster has attacked us several times before, and it's the skeleton knight who once killed Piggy..." "
...What did you say?" Finn was stunned.
Later, according to the descriptions of several mercenaries, it was learned that
the monster now has a high probability of mastering the ability of invisibility. Even if it is standing next to it, it will be difficult for ordinary mercenaries to detect it.
A mage with extremely keen senses once noticed something was wrong in the air, but in the end he only thought it was his own illusion.
It wasn't until a series of explosions occurred in the warehouse, and powerful shock waves spread violently around, that the monster suddenly revealed its true appearance from the void: wearing ferocious white bone
armor, riding a tall dead moose, holding a gun with blood lines in its hand A slender bone gun, with a small silver dragon with golden eyes squatting on its shoulder.
It threw the bone spear twice in a row, completely breaking through the warehouse's defensive spell.
After quickly taking away the two boxes of the most valuable magic stones, they disappeared again.
Many people hid not far away in fear and witnessed this scene with their own eyes.
But even the mercenary with the strongest perception and intuition has no way of knowing which direction it leaves.
A few seconds later, the mage Kavin arrived belatedly, but no trace of him was found.
Although the armor and mount are different from before, many people have heard of the iconic bone gun that can turn people into corpses.
That's why the mercenaries were able to determine his identity as the skeleton knight who had killed Pige.
"Heh, heh..."
After listening to the mercenaries' stories, Finn had mixed emotions in his heart and showed a somewhat gaffeful sneer,
"What you mean is... the undead soul that Scar once chased and chopped is now gone. Can you take the initiative to attack the camp, steal the magic stone, and escape intact?"
Seeing the always gentle elf showing such an expression, the others were silent for a moment.
"...How could such a thing happen!" Finn clenched his fists, his expression gloomy and scary.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that he had made many wrong decisions in the past!
When the Skeleton Knight killed two scouts,
when it killed three mercenaries,
when it killed Pigman Pige!
Deep in the mountains, witness it with your own eyes as it escapes the pursuit of the Minotaur!
For a long time, he had been focusing his energy on the depths of the mountains, thinking about dealing with General Skeleton.
As the commander-in-chief who planned everything, he never thought of smothering that unusual undead spirit with all his strength!
As a result, the other party has grown to this point without knowing it? !
"Why are other high-level monsters hiding in the mountains under the control of General Skeleton, but it attacks us again and again?!"
Finn continued to ask himself in a cold voice: "This time it is to snatch the magic stone, next time What will happen again? Kill half of the ordinary members?"
"Finn!"
At this time, Assassin took two steps forward and said in a deep voice: "It's just a hidden monster. It's not worth your loss."
Olipa spread her hands indifferently, "Yes, find it. Just kill him again."
The mage Cavin pushed up his glasses and said calmly: "I can be responsible for doing this."
Finn glanced at Cavin, "No, you can't, that monster's weapon is aimed at Mage."
Then he turned to look at the old man wearing a white skull mask, "Assassin, as the only former assassin king in the assassination group who has lived past the age of fifty, this kind of thing should be easy for you, right?"
The old man smiled and tightened his grip on the black dagger named "Death Knell" at his waist.
"Okay! Then this matter is settled."
Finn nodded, "That monster gave me a very bad feeling, so please be sure to find and solve it as soon as possible."
At this time, Sword Demon Subaru said to Calvin said:
"Boy, I remember that you have the insidious habit of putting a 'tracking stone' in the magic stone box. You won't forget this, right?" The
so-called tracking stone is when a mage carves a spiritual imprint on a monster. , as a means of determining its location.
A mage of Cavin's level can bring the tracking stone dozens of kilometers away, and he can still find it by casting spells again and again.
Kavin closed his eyes and shook his head, "Of course I won't forget it, but just now, my spiritual mark was no longer detectable..." ...
In
a hidden cave on the cliff, Roja counted his harvest.
[A magic stone with a spiritual mark, estimated at 350 copper coins, recyclable]
Oh?
[Recovered, Copper Coin +350]
The mage's spiritual imprint completely disappeared.
Let’s post the two chapters together today
(end of this chapter)