Chapter 212: Ring of Elements
Lan En turned around and raised his left hand high to prepare for the release of the seal.
Deep in the cave, the huge black shadow that had escaped the deceleration effect of Arden's magic array was getting closer and closer, and the sound was like an earthquake, which was frightening.
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Cohen stepped forward and stood side by side with Lan. Lann did not reject his companion's kindness. After taking a glance, he slightly reduced the amount of magic power he was preparing to output in his body and prepared for a combined seal attack.
Lowering his head, the vibration of the stones on the ground became larger and larger, and the roar like thunder became louder and louder.
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Vesemir suddenly took a step forward, lightly patted the two young men on the shoulders, and motioned them to take a step back.
"Let me do it. This is the revenge of the wolf faction. There is no reason for us to just watch from the sidelines." Vesemir looked serious. "I am still a little confident about [Igni Sign]." Lann and
Cohen They looked at each other, nodded and took a step back to hand over the output position to the old demon hunter, but they were always ready for support.
The white-haired old demon hunter took a deep breath, as if to transfer all the suppressed emotions over the years to his left hand. The fingertips trembled slightly. It was clear that the fire had not yet started, but the air was already slightly distorted due to the high temperature.
The next second, the roar of the giant beast was finally clearly audible, no longer carrying the echo of the cave.
The next second, a huge amount of flames finally roared out, no longer suppressing the anger in his heart.
Lan En narrowed his eyes slightly, and a white-hot flame like the scorching sun appeared in front of his eyes. The lake water was evaporated and evaporated in a short period of time, creating smoke that obscured everyone's sight. The weeds lost all their moisture in an instant and dried up. At the same time,
all the bomb fuses that had been deliberately exposed as traps by the demon hunters began to burn. combustion. There was no need to be touched by the flames, just a slight touch of the hot and twisted air, and these bombs were naturally ready to explode.
No one knows what exploded first, [Beehive] or [Dancing Star]? unimportant.
There was only an earth-shattering "bang" sound, and Mossak suddenly inserted the oak cane into the soil. Green vines instantly wrapped everyone around them, and then a green light film extended with these vines as a framework. When opened, they are connected to each other and become an extraordinarily solid magic shield.
"Pfft" splashing stones and the steel nails in the [Honeycomb Bomb] kept hitting the protective cover, causing ripples one after another.
It was not far from the center of the explosion, but Mossak looked calm and composed. Obviously, the impact of defending against the explosion of hundreds of bombs would not threaten him at all.
"Uncle Mossack, is there no problem?"
"If we were in the middle of the explosion, there might be a problem." Mossack shook his head, "But this is a forest in the mountains, even in winter. , the natural power I can borrow is still quite a lot."
"Lan, spellcasters can obtain power from nature in any way you can't think of, so if you face spellcasters in the future, try not to use these alchemy bombs." Mo Sisak taught Lann without hesitation how to deal with ordinary people like himself, "If you can use magic-blocking gold, use magic-blocking gold. The magic-blocking gold arrows you are equipped with are very creative." "The latest one you got is the one you got
. The ability to teleport is also very good. You can use it to go directly to the back. No matter how powerful the spell caster is, they are just flesh and blood. As long as they bypass the protective shield, it is just a matter of one knife!" Lann nodded with a twitching corner of his mouth, understanding that these are
absolutely This is Mossak's personal statement.
The other companions also looked weird. A druid taught the demon hunter how to kill the spellcaster and how to violate the rules.
While Mossack was teaching Lann every opportunity, the aftermath of the explosion finally dissipated.
The black smoke slowly rose upwards and dissipated, revealing the rock wall that was also smoked black. The entrance of the cave has collapsed, and the body of the Cyclops has been buried; there are constant frightening sounds from the other side of the mountain lake, and people are jumping out of the water and fleeing. Judging from the figures, they must be water ghosts; and there is a faint "rumbling" not far away. The sound must be an avalanche on a hillside that has been covered with snow for a long time. However, the snow is not that thick now, so it shouldn't cause much trouble.
The Cyclops was completely buried, leaving only one hand hanging outside the rock.
Before the demon hunters could start testing, the drooping hand immediately made a fist with force. With a "boom", the Cyclops instantly broke through the cover and appeared in front of everyone again.
At this moment, it is countless times more miserable than when we first met. The hood that was obtained from somewhere on the head has been burned to ashes, and the pants have naturally disappeared. However, at this moment, its skin is torn, dripping with blood, and its flesh is charred, and it actually looks like it is wearing a strange piece of clothing.
At the same time, there are densely packed steel nails and ceramic shards nailed to its body. Any trypophobia person will probably go crazy if they see it.
Even the steel has been torn into pieces in an explosion of this magnitude, but the Cyclops can still maintain most of its strength, which is really amazing.
However, although there was no fundamental damage, these exposed flesh wounds gave the snake sect demon hunters an opportunity to take advantage of. Before, only Lei Suo's legendary silver sword broke through the defense, but now these wounds are truly undefended.
Lan suddenly rushed forward and raised the [Arden's Seal] with one stroke. Everyone in the Snake Faction worked with Lan and had already become familiar with this special magic circle. They rolled to avoid the purple lightning, and all the poisons were poured out in one go. Say hello to the Cyclops.
This wasn't enough. Lan En's seal alone really couldn't restrain this huge monster. Fortunately, he was not the only demon hunter present.
A crossbow arrow flew toward the Cyclops' huge eye, and the giant beast just closed its eyelids to block the arrow. With its attention drawn, it opened its eyes angrily and looked in the direction of the arrow, only to see five or six left hands glowing with white light.
[Axi Seal] *N
Old Spearhead suddenly woke up from his slumber. He was already in a trance. The huge explosion made him even more confused. Now he is under the mental control of multiple demon hunters. The Cyclops is finally quiet for the first time. down.
Although this control only lasted five or six breaths, Old Spearhead immediately regained consciousness. But this little time is enough for the snake demon hunters to complete their work.
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At this moment, the old spear head was almost surrounded by various colorful poisonous mist, and there were dense scars from various poison-quenching weapons below his knees, and there was basically no red blood flowing out.
Lei Suo rolled back and said, "These poisons are all we have. The dose is enough to kill an entire military camp!" "
Very good, retreat! Wait for the poison to take effect!"
The old spearhead was injured more and more, and he staggered. After a while, The black wounds on its body and even the blood flowing out finally turned black.
The demon hunters relied on crossbows, bombs, and seals to fight and retreat, and Mossak's spells delayed the attack, hanging the clumsy beast like a kite.
Finally, the Cyclops began to stagger even when walking. It seemed to be scared, turned around and wanted to run away. The demon hunters also raised their swords, knowing that the time to decide the outcome had come.
The injury left the Cyclops no longer flexible, and the experienced demon hunter was finally able to approach its body without restraint.
Ten swift figures used Lann's [Arden's Seal] as a stage, spinning around it like a ghost. Whenever the old spearhead reacts, five or six hands will rise up to shock it with the [Yaxi Seal], making it fall into a trance.
Old Spearhead let out a mournful cry and stood frozen on the spot again.
Its arm was like a battering ram in disrepair, swinging slowly and heavily in front of it. The strong wind stirred up, and the affected ground raised dirt and leaves, making it pitted, but it could not hurt any demon hunters.
And with the violent exercise, the toxins gradually eroded his internal organs, devouring its vitality that was no longer surging.
At a certain moment, I realized that the enemy had finally reached an extreme point. Cohen suddenly rolled under Old Spearhead's scarred left leg. His left palm was pressed against the thick skin, and the air was rapidly compressing in his palm.
[Alder's Seal]!
His seal was like shooting an air cannon in the air, and the "bang" sound made people's eardrums tremble. Even at zero distance, even he himself was carried away by the reaction force and rolled twice in mid-air. But Cohen was obviously experienced and quickly adjusted his body shape.
Looking at Old Spearhead again, he finally couldn't control his balance under this zero-distance telekinesis bomb. He fell to the ground like he was pushing a mountain of gold over a jade pillar. Every heavy breath seemed to burst his lungs.
Golden light flashed, and Lan suddenly teleported to the back of Old Spearhead, holding the Lake Lady's Sword high above his head. The magic power, vitality, and adrenaline in his body began to decrease and he began to focus on the skills, and he began the longest charge in history.
As if the old spearhead felt something, he supported his palm and was about to get up when he saw Lambert rolling under its eyelids. He raised his left hand almost as if he was dying, and poured all his strength into the seal.
Then came Geralt, Eskar, and Vesemir.
[Yaksi Seal]*4
Under the mental control of the four-fold seal, Lao Spearhead completely missed his last chance to resist.
On the other side, the Sword of the Lake Lady in Lan's hand was as dazzling as a torch, making it dazzling even in the daytime.
He waved his arm violently, and the long sword drew out a dazzling arc of light. The invisible power extended out and lengthened the blade, making the long sword seem to turn into a huge decapitated side knife.
There was a "buzz" sound, but there was no feeling of the sword penetrating into the flesh. But Lambert, who was lying under the Cyclops, felt something flash in front of his eyes, and actually cut the skin on his palm lightly.
Immediately afterwards, a waterfall of fishy blood covered his head and face. Before he could react, two strong arms grabbed his collar and dragged him out from under Old Spearhead.
Then there was a violent "thud" sound, and smoke and dust on the ground began to rise. Lambert wiped off the blood on his eyelids and looked over. It turned out to be the head of the Cyclops. The neck, which was as thick as a steel pillar, had been slashed in two by Lann.
Lambert looked up again and saw the sighing expressions of Geralt and Eskar. It was these two people who had just pulled him out.
"You know what." Geralt wiped the long sword in his hand, "You were almost killed by that head just now."
Lambert was about to retort, but found that the [Queen's Seal] on his body was not I know when I have been defeated long ago.
He took a breath with lingering fear, all kinds of emotions surged into his heart, and in the end only anger remained.
"Bah!" Lambert spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and then kicked Old Spearhead in the head again.
"This is for Wardhe, you monster." Lambert murmured the name of his apprentice at the same time, his chest heaving violently, "And I... and I will continue to live!" [Mission - Wolf's Revenge
- Completed]
The system prompt sounded like a holy chant, and Lann looked at his experience points. I just upgraded by killing monsters in Haji Fortress, and there is still a long way to go before I can upgrade.
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The powerful enemy died, and everyone gathered around in admiration to watch this laborious and expensive masterpiece.
"Cyclops, it should also have mutagenic substances. I just don't know how to dissect it, it's too hard..."
Geralt sighed: "This is the most difficult battle I have fought, and this is also the most difficult battle I have ever encountered. to the strongest enemy. But miraculously there were no casualties."
Lann patted an old acquaintance on the shoulder: "Perhaps this is our fighting method. In the face of powerful enemies, the demon hunters themselves should act collectively. This is also One of my original intentions for reviving the Order of Demon Hunters is to help each other and watch over each other." The
youngest demon hunter present lamented: "What if the demon hunters who have spent decades of hard work and training are allowed to It's really not worth it if a monster causes death or injury."
Everyone was looking at the body of Old Spearhead, but another griffon demon hunter was studying something else.
Cohen noticed that on a rock wall far away from the center of the explosion, several stones were cracked and broken into several petals. Alchemy bombs alone cannot cause such an effect. The fragmentation of these stones is due to high temperature. This is obviously the effect of Vesemir's Seal.
Cohen touched Lann quietly: "Can you do this?"
Lann shook his head: "My seal range is larger, and the limit can cover an army of hundreds of people. But the temperature is not so high, it is just normal It's just a flame."
Looking at the damage caused by Vesemir, Lan estimated that he would have to wait until he activated the third level skill of the seal and then increase the absolute strength of the seal by a percentage to achieve such an effect.
This is the [Igni Seal] that can crack a mountain rock with just a few breaths. Currently, Lan En's knowledge is that only Geron can surpass him, and his seal can burn out magma.
But after all, Geron was forcibly strengthened by the second mutation of the demon hunter for hundreds of years. There is no comparison at all. Lann even thought that if Vesemir also underwent a second mutation, could his seal also burn magma?
I just don’t know if Kelda, another master of the Griffin School, has such strength.
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After hearing Lan's answer, Cohen compared his seal with Vesemir's, shook his head and sighed: "My seal does not have such power." The
seal is different from the sword. It gradually increases with age. As a griffon, Cohen's seal is stronger than that of the young people of the same generation, the previous generation, the previous two generations, or even the three generations above him in the Wolf sect, but compared with Vesemir, who is more than a hundred years older than him. In comparison, it's still a bit unsatisfactory.
"This is also the effect of the strengthened Ring of Elements." Vesemir is relatively kind to young people from other schools. After hearing their sighs, he took the initiative to explain, "When you go there, you might even be able to defeat them. Me."
Eskar curled his lips slightly: "I don't have any."
Vesemir immediately raised his voice when he heard this: "That's because your training is not hard enough!" The
wolf sect's demon hunter curled his lips, Don't really care. Apparently he was used to the old demon hunter's temper.
The old spearhead was dead, and the depression in the hearts of the wolf sect's demon hunters was wiped away. For a moment, they only felt that the sky was clear and clear.
But everyone's journey is not over yet. For other demon hunters, there is another goal ahead - the Ring of Elements.
Lan patted the Cyclops' body with his left hand, put the entire corpse into the [Inventory], and then walked towards the entrance of the cave that was collapsed by the explosion.
Mossak's body once again glowed with the magical aura of natural energy, and the demon hunters also used [Alder's Seal] to assist. After about a quarter of an hour, all the boulders blocking the entrance of the cave were cleared.
The old druid also specially turned the plants into the shape of supports in the mine, sparsely and orderly supporting the rock wall of the cave. It is unlikely that another explosion of the same level will cause collapse in the future.
Although the Wolf Faction plans to relocate to Cintra in the future, Kaer Morhen, especially the Ring of Elements, cannot be abandoned. This kind of terrain that can permanently enhance the witcher's sigil is not available in other schools, and is even rarely heard of in the Warlock Brotherhood.
This is the true foundation of a university school. Even Lan thinks that around this ring of elements, a magic school comparable to Arethusa can be built, or a druid ring like Skellige can be established. A gathering of spellcasters.
This location should have been carefully selected by the warlocks of the Demon Hunter Order. From this, we can also see how Buddhist the Wolf Sect is and how much it wastes resources. It is sitting on such a real treasure mountain but has not developed a matching force at all.
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"Before we reach the Ring of Elements, is there anything else we need to pay attention to?" Leaving the cave, our eyes suddenly became clear again.
Lan suddenly remembered something and asked the Wolf Faction people pointedly.
Geralt and others had already looked around warily, and their posture was also the reason why Lan asked this question.
"If I remember correctly, there is also a family of rock trolls here." Geralt recalled, "There should be three of them. When I first conducted the trial, there was only one, and it was easy to use the [Axi Sign]. It's over."
Lann pointed to the circle of people around him and said with a smile: "It will only be easier to meet those trolls now." "
But we just made such a big noise, there were bombs and The avalanche, as well as the roar and screams of Old Spearhead, these trolls must have been hiding long ago." This is
also true. Everyone did not encounter trolls along the way, which made Lan, who had never seen these humanoid creatures, I was disappointed for a while.
But his attention was quickly attracted by the Ring of Elements.
In front of you is a platform that is obviously man-made. The architectural style is like an altar, simple but solemn.
Half of the dozens of steps in front of the altar have collapsed, and it's obvious that no one has visited it for several years. A group of people must cross the gap and climb up the stairs. What they see is a pile of broken candles and four braziers.
Perhaps because of the strong wind in the mountains, these objects did not accumulate much dust.
The rock guardrail under the candle is engraved with various dense runes and ancient texts, dividing the entire rock ring into four parts - spring,
symbolizing the vibrant water element; summer, symbolizing the fire element of heat and drought; and autumn. , the earth element that symbolizes the harvest of crops; winter, the air element that symbolizes the withering of all things and the desolation of the world.
Water, fire, earth, and air are also the basic elements of today's spell caster system. It's a pity that there is no ether element that symbolizes "spirit", otherwise it would be complete.
All the demon hunters felt the badges on their necks tremble slightly at the same time. It was obvious that the chaotic energy fluctuations here were abnormal.
Lan En felt something in his heart: Maybe this is the [magic place] in the real world.
"What to do next?"
After hearing the question, Vesemir instructed, "First use up all the magic power, and then kneel down and meditate. We will help you light four braziers and complete the magic circle to help you gather magic power. "
Use all the magic power?" Lann raised his eyebrows.
Vesemir nodded: "Is there any problem? Only by depleting the energy in the body can we better guide the injection of external energy."
Lann shrugged, went straight forward and knelt on the ground, and then raised his left hand high to the sky.
[Alder Seal·Magic Explosion]!
The roaring wind surged out from the palm of his hand, and the natural wind in the mountains was swept in for a while, and was carried away together with the clouds and mist not far away.
The long hair and robes of the demon hunters were blown violently, and those standing closer could not help but squint their eyes and take a few steps back to avoid the wind pressure.
"He is indeed very good." Vesemir exclaimed to the old druid. "I heard that he became a demon hunter in less than two years? He can actually have such magic output. If it were an ordinary apprentice, he would Even the seal is unfamiliar to me."
Mossak raised his chin slightly reservedly: "It's more than that."
"Oh?" Vesemir didn't know what Mossak meant.
Amidst this confusion, the storm of mental power continued to sweep across the sky ahead. Ten breaths, twenty breaths, fifty breaths, a hundred breaths...
Half a quarter of an hour later, Vesemir's forehead began to sweat.
But Lann's left hand was still like a blower used by a giant, endlessly spewing storms outward.
In the strong wind, Lambert's eyes slightly turned to Cohen, who was also surprised.
"Shut up, I know what you're going to ask." Cohen yelled impatiently, "I can't do it!"
Regarding the Cyclops, everyone seemed to have some doubts. After all, after leveling up in the game, it might take less than a minute to take drugs and say New Year's greetings. Killed. It's really not easy to use the pig-donkey style to play alone, but you can also brush it alone.
But the fact is that in this world view, the Cyclops exists outside the ecological chain and does not have any natural enemies. "There is only one case of natural death, and he has never been killed by humans" is also the research of the original work.
A more realistic and realistic approach is used here, which Panda thinks is more reasonable. If the Cyclops was really weak, then why didn't the Wolf Faction kill this monster with a blood feud after they stopped training apprentices?
What's more, Old Spearhead is no ordinary Cyclops. It is still necessary to give the BOSS some cards...
above.
(End of chapter)