Chapter 121 Skeleton Armor and Troll Mantis
[The host has chosen innovation, please specify another witchcraft or spells. 】
"Skeletons controlled by magic!" Richard was delighted and immediately recited silently.
[The control level of the control skeleton has reached the limit and meets the innovation requirements. This innovation will generate a new zero-level witchcraft, which requires 14521 energy points. When the current energy points are satisfied, start innovating! 】
【Ding! Generate a new zero-level witchcraft: Exoskeleton Armor]
[Exoskeleton Armor: Consume mental power to control and assemble bones around yourself or your friends to protect like a shield. The spell requires a witchcraft medium: a skeleton. 】
Subsequently, the new witchcraft, the five witchcraft runes involved, witchcraft models, spells, etc. were also displayed.
Moreover, the witchcraft medium required to perform witchcraft requires a skeleton as before, and there are no other additional requirements.
Richard was immediately overjoyed. It seemed that the hard work these days had not been in vain.
Surprise comes with thinking.
Richard thought: "The name of exoskeleton armor clearly reveals that it is also a zero-level witchcraft that tends to protect. It
is most likely affected by the dark element shield. After all, I chose to combine a defensive zero-level witchcraft It was combined with an attack-oriented magic. Based on this, the inspiration panel made some kind of fusion innovation."
Richard called up the panel and saw that the newly added zero-level witchcraft after the innovation was currently in [Witchcraft] Shown in a separate column: Exoskeleton Armor (entry 1%).
One good thing about the innovative wizardry is that you can get started directly without spending time on pre-processing or anything like that.
But think about it, isn't this what it should be? After all, the front parts of the exoskeleton armor are: zero-level witchcraft dark element shield and magic control skeleton.
And with these two items, I have reached my limit.
Moreover, Richard guessed that with this new zero-level witchcraft, he would improve very quickly.
Because there is precedent in this regard. For example, manipulating skeletons and summoning skeletons are only related to a certain extent, but when one of the two is at a higher level, the other will improve quickly.
In comparison, the correlation between exoskeleton armor, dark element shield and control skeleton is much higher!
It's a pity that there are not enough energy points now, otherwise, the improvement speed can be verified immediately.
Now that the new zero-level witchcraft is available, Richard certainly wants to try out its effects.
Ask Fingart to find a random fish-man skeleton as a medium for witchcraft.
As the spell sounded, the entire skeleton of the skeleton was controlled by Richard's mental tentacles and began to assemble along his body.
The skull part covered Richard's entire face, giving it a white fish head shape!
Huh! wrong! Fish head shape!
Also, his original skeleton was kept in the school and was not brought over. It was secretly found by Fingart, a skeleton of a former high-level fishman warrior.
"However, this fish head shape is really funny! I have to find human skeletons next time!" Richard secretly cursed.
The front of the chest's defense is pretty good, with dozens of ribs protecting the front, but the back is hollow, similar to women's evening gowns in previous lives, with the entire back exposed. Overall, it's a semi-encircled defense.
But the defense of the limbs is obviously more awkward. For example, in the arm, only the ulna and radius are arranged parallel to the own arm, and the protection of the two slender bones is not even half-encircled.
However, if you don't think too much about practicality, this witchcraft is definitely one of the best-looking ones.
A few seconds later, Richard, dressed in skeleton armor, appeared in the room majestically, except that the shape of the fish head was a bit funny.
Richard thought about it for a moment. The owner of his skeleton was a high-level fishman warrior, so the hardness was high enough. From this point of view, the most practical response scenario for his skeleton armor should be to deal with swords, axes and other weapons. It's a slashing weapon, so it must have good protection.
The protection against arrows is much weaker, after all, there are too many gaps between the bones.
The defense against witchcraft is probably not very good, as splash damage cannot be defended at all.
So, for now, this is a new zero-level witchcraft with a few application scenarios.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Come in!"
The person who came was none other than Fingart. Basically, except for Fingart, there were no other fishmen in the entire fishman tribe camp who would bother Richard.
Therefore, when Richard heard someone knocking on the door, he knew it must be Fingart.
What if it wasn't Fingart but someone who made a sneak attack? Hehe, the skeleton guardian behind the door is not a vegetarian either.
"Master, the warriors of our tribe found traces of a troll mantis in a keel fern bush in the Gray Fern Wilderness, do you think?"
Fingart reported respectfully at the door.
After hearing this, Richard's eyes lit up immediately. He had been hunting monsters for three days in a row, but he had never encountered the troll mantis. This time he finally waited.
"Assemble the manpower and bring your tower shields and fishing nets! We will set off in half an hour." Richard said resolutely.
"Yes, Master!" Fingart bowed respectfully and slowly exited the room.
The shape of the murloc's tower shield is similar to that of humans on the surface, but the materials are quite different. It is made of the roots of a rather heavy and hard ironwood fern as the skeleton, and then covered with several layers of a kind of dark water lake. Specially made fish skin from plastic fish.
The skin of this fish is like the rubber that Richard used to make car tires in his previous life. It is extremely tough. An ordinary knight's long sword needs to chop at the same wound several times before it can split it.
If the fish skin of this kind of rubber fish is professionally salted and dried by the fishman tribe, its toughness can be improved to another level.
In addition, the fishing nets are also made from the vines of a mutated man-eating vine. After being soaked in a special medicinal liquid from the fishman tribe, they are very difficult to cut.
These two things can be said to be the key to killing the troll mantis. They are the blood and tears experience summed up time and time again when the murloc tribe hunted the troll mantis.
After all, the prophets of the Murloc Tribe have often tried to make extremely difficult potions like the Mutated Heart, and the raw materials consumed were quite expensive.
Therefore, it can be said that this time, Richard stood on the shoulders of the fish-man prophets and hunted the troll mantis, which was a big deal.
The troll mantis is different from the monsters that Richard killed before. It has wings!
According to the description of the servant Fingart, the troll mantis moves very fast. Once it finds that it is outmatched, it will immediately flap its wings and run away, making it impossible to catch up.
Therefore, you must bring multiple fishing nets to trap it layer by layer during the battle and restrict its movements. Otherwise, even if you can defeat it, you will definitely not be able to keep it.
Moreover, the troll mantis is extremely vengeful. If it cannot be killed, it will come back to cause trouble for the fishman tribe when it recovers from its injuries.
In this regard, the previously powerful blind fishman tribe suffered several losses. After everything was ready, Richard and his group of dozens of people set off fully armed and rushed to the Keel Fern Bush where the troll mantis was infested.
A few hours later, after picking up the mutant crab demon controlled by the soul-eating demon spider, the group arrived at the keel fern bush.
"Master, in the past when our tribe hunted the troll mantis, we always looked for a small valley in advance and laid an ambush in advance. Do you think we should first find a suitable place?" Fingart said softly from the side.
"Valley? Why not find a cave? Wouldn't it be easier to restrict the movement of the troll mantis?" Richard asked curiously.
"Master, this giant mantis is cautious by nature and rarely enters places like caves that restrict its flight." "
Then hurry up and find a suitable valley. By the way, should I let the mutant crab demon hide in it first?" Otherwise, as soon as the mutant crab demon appears, the giant mantis may start to escape." Richard nodded.
"Wise master, I praise you!"
"Okay, stop flattering and go do your work."
Since there were other fishmen present, Richard specifically told Fingart not to call him master, and there was no need to be too reserved, but Fingart still secretly called him master. It made Richard angry and funny.
After all, his external identity is just a "wandering wizard" hired by Fingart.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Fingart to be polite to him, but nodding and bowing is a bit too much, and it is easy for other murlocs to spot him. This is something that Richard needs to pay attention to, who wants to stay hidden behind the scenes.
As Fingart arranged for dozens of murloc warriors to search carefully, they soon discovered a narrow valley that could be used as an ambush point.
A group of murloc warriors were divided into several teams according to the division of labor, such as the net-throwing team, the tower shield team, etc., and they were laying ambushes in various locations in the valley. The three senior murloc warriors were wearing unusually thick clothes and holding special weapons. Tower Shield, prepare to meet the troll mantis in the valley.
As for the mutant crab demon, Richard placed it in a depression downwind, near the entrance of the valley, and placed a large number of broad-leaf ferns to cover and camouflage it.
Seeing that everything was ready, Richard pointed the Bone Summoning Staff forward, and a huge light green inverse pentagram formation appeared on the ground in front of him. Three skeleton archers and a skeleton berserker appeared from Climb out quickly inside.
This time, Richard considered that there was already a mutant crab demon in terms of human shields, which must be enough, so he did not choose to summon a skeleton guardian holding a sword and shield.
Because if the mutant crab demon can't withstand it, then summoning more skeleton guardians will be in vain.
Therefore, this time he specially summoned three ranged fighters and one melee fighter.
The Skeleton Berserker has a very important task this time, which is to help Richard test the protective capabilities of the Skeleton Armor, because in Richard's judgment, the Skeleton Armor should be the most suitable for dealing with the scene in front of him - the "Big Sword" of the Troll Praying Mantis. Chop.
At this time, Richard began to tiptoe forward and observed the troll mantis that was eating not far ahead.
I saw a huge "alien version" of a mantis enlarged dozens of times, using a pair of barbed forelimbs to hold a steel-bristle wild boar weighing several hundred kilograms, and was eating with relish. The strong upper jaw easily tore open and closed the thick boar skin.
The troll mantis is similar to the mantis that Richard remembered from his previous life. It is light green all over and has excellent concealment in the jungle.
The most eye-catching thing is of course its pair of "big knives" with a row of hard and sharp serrations. If it were to be chopped, Richard felt that even the special tower shields and fishing nets prepared by the murlocs would not be able to survive. Too long.
Secondly, there are the pair of broad light green wings on its back. If you look carefully, you can still vaguely see that there is a pair of inner wings as thin as cicada wings under the big wings, which means that the troll mantis actually has two pairs of wings.
Richard thought to himself: "It seems that what Fingart said is true. Judging from bionics, the structure of this kind of large and small wings is very conducive to short-distance sprint flight and sudden changes in direction. The troll mantis must move quickly
. Extremely fast, and flexible in dodging.
In this case, the lure plan originally arranged by myself has to be slightly changed."
It seems that hunting the troll mantis also places great demands on the hunter's attack power. As it lasts for a long time, It's easy to get away with it.
But this point, with the mutant crab demon, is Richard's strength. For now, as long as the troll mantis is lured to the preset battlefield, there is a high probability that it will kneel down.
Richard arranged the three skeleton archers in a straight line between the valley and the troll mantis.
"Phew!" The skeleton archer closest to the troll mantis aimed three arrows at the troll mantis' abdomen.
This is exactly the secret bow skill of Richard possessed by the skeleton archer, multiple shots!
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The giant mantis reacted very quickly, flipping its two "big knives" like flying, and instantly knocked all three arrows away without even hitting its body.
This made Richard's pupils shrink!
"What a speed!"
The troll mantis, which was interrupted from eating, was obviously very angry at the skeleton archer. In an instant, it dropped the steel-bristle wild boar held between its forelimbs and rushed towards the skeleton archer. With a flap of its wings, it was dozens of meters away. Within two or three seconds, it was instantly crossed.
At this time, the first skeleton archer turned around and ran four or five meters when he was caught up by the troll mantis.
The skeleton archer quickly raised his bow to parry, but it was no use!
"Swish, swish, swish!" The sharp and saw-toothed huge forelimbs slashed dozens of times in succession. Three seconds later, where the skeleton archer originally stood, there was only a pile of chopped bones.
And Richard gave this skeleton archer a dark element shield in advance, which only allowed him to last for two more seconds!
That's right, it just lasted two more seconds!
It wasn't that Richard's dark element shield at the extreme level was ineffective, but that the giant mantis' "blade" slashed too fast. In one second, it slashed more than ten times from all angles.
Who can withstand this!
"Hiss! This attack power is so amazing!" Richard's expression was dull for a while.
After killing the skeleton archer, the troll mantis showed a very anthropomorphic expression of satisfaction on his face, which roughly meant: "How dare you disturb me from eating, I'll chop you to pieces!" When the murlocs saw this scene in the distance, they also
thought The "Wandering Wizard"'s seduction plan failed, and he was suddenly a little discouraged.
Suddenly, the second skeleton archer arranged by Richard shot another arrow closer to the valley.
Hearing the sharp sound piercing the air again, the troll mantis turned around in an instant, and with a speed that was so fast that he could see the afterimage, he slashed away the sneak attack with a "sword"!
This second sneak attack made the troll mantis instantly furious. This time, two pairs of wings flapped at the same time!
"Buzz buzz!"
This time, the high-frequency vibrating wings covered the same distance in just over a second and rushed to the second skeleton archer.
Under a violent storm of "big knife" cuts, Richard who was not far away seemed to feel the sharp air rushing towards his face, making him shudder.
In an instant, the second skeleton archer followed in the footsteps of the first skeleton archer and was chopped into bones.
The previous one can be chopped into pork rib soup, but this one is too finely chopped and can only be used to paint the walls.
Richard couldn't help but sigh when he saw it: "Guys, go back to the world of the dead and rest for a while. I will avenge you later!" It seems that the
troll Mantis, who was attacked for the second time, is really angry. !
However, this also allowed Richard to observe on the spot that the speed at which the troll mantis ran at full speed was really astonishing!
When the troll mantis once again planned to turn around and leave to continue eating, the third skeleton archer originally hidden at the entrance of the valley started
"Whoosh!"
This time, the troll mantis instantly went crazy, so he thought Without thinking, he flew towards the valley where the third skeleton archer was, as fast as thunder!
(End of chapter)