Chapter 4: The Straight ()

For bandits, fighting ambushing is of course more cost-effective than attacking. However, in this era when adventurers have incredible power, bandits try to hide the adventurers' eye-to-ear ambush. Apart from collusion, they may only pray that their opponents will make mistakes. Similarly, if a bandit group does not even have mercenary-level warriors, then it is better to leave and go home to farm.

As a well-known robber said, "The technical job of robbery is not suitable for ordinary people."

The thieves who were targeting the caravan probably had the idea of ​​ambushing them. Many of them had soil and grass for disguise. It was probably Hegel's escape that made the bandits realize that the ambush had lost its meaning, so they hurriedly removed the disguise and chased after them.

More than 500 thieves advanced to a place about fifty meters away from the caravan's defense line and stopped. The thief's leader should have some military knowledge and know that it is impossible to surround this caravan with a force of 700 people with his hands. He or they deployed all the bandits on the front of the caravan, and should have planned to break the caravan's resistance with thunder.

“A little troublesome.”

Arthur casually glanced at the bandits' arrangements and knew that they had no intention of negotiating.

"Arthur, what did you see?"

Balzac asked with a thick eyebrows.

"The bandit's formation is obviously intended to use three lowest fourth-level warriors as arrows and take us down in one go."

Arthur paused slightly and continued, "Transfer all Rogge archers, Iron Wolf Mages and mercenaries with ranks above the third level to the front. If you can't stop the three fourth-level warriors, it doesn't make sense for us to defend the side."

"Well, just do what you said."

When the caravan was hurriedly adjusting the arrangement, the thieves began to trot under the leadership of two magic swordsmen holding big swords in both hands. Behind the two magic swordsmen were a ranger with bows and arrows and several other warriors with different weapons. Later, there were a group of mercenaries holding shields. Finally, there were more than 500 ordinary people with strange names.

"Prepare! Shoot!"

At Balzac's order, twenty Roger archers pulled the bowstring and loosened their fingers. Twenty feathered arrows burning with flames or air-conditioning were like dense bees toward the thief who had been close to forty meters away.

Later, Belanchi's fireball and the Iron Wolf Mage's ice-tip bullet also roared at the bandits.

Faced with the powerful attack of the caravan guards, the two magic swordsmen calmly waved their swords and cut off several feather arrows in the waist. The shields of the thief mercenaries also blocked some feather arrows one after another. However, about ten feather arrows escaped the interception and stabbed into the fragile body of ordinary bandits.

Compared with adventurers, ordinary people in the Paradise Alliance do not have the skills given by gods, nor do they have the ability to enhance infinitely. Even if ordinary people can also exercise, they can achieve half the result with twice the effort, and they can't rely on their toes to find that their combat power is unreliable. Therefore, facing the feathered arrows that Roger's archers are enough to penetrate gold and stone, ordinary bandits can only grab the shaft of the arrow shot into the vital parts, and their throats rolled as if they were to say something, but in the end they could only fall softly on the cold land.

After the feather arrow, the magic of the caravan guards also fell on ordinary bandits. When they were hit by fireballs, the bandits immediately turned into a burning human-shaped torch; when they were hit by ice magic, they were better off, but their teeth were trembling and their bodies were trembling. They raised their hands and feet and trembled like an old man in their seventies, and then they were shot through their throats by tricky feather arrows.

This is not the end. A circular ice ring that was constantly spreading suddenly appeared under a thief's feet. As a dot thief, there was nothing wrong with it, but the bandits inside the ice ring had no exception to look blue and their movements suddenly slowed down a lot.

Elemental Master’s second-level ice-type skill, Ice Demon Ring!

Faced with the joint attack of feather arrows and magic, the ordinary bandits who escaped by luck had not had time to glad that the second wave of feather arrows guarded by the caravan had already arrived. This time, their target was also locked on ordinary bandits with a large number of people. Balzac knew that with the few dozen Roger archers in the caravan, it was impossible to cause damage to the warriors and mercenaries among the thieves. So he aimed at the ordinary people among the thieves. Kill one is the other. At least when adventurers on both sides fight, these ordinary people holding weapons will not cause trouble for their own side.

On the other hand, the archers among the thieves also found the position of the caravan shooter. Under the protection of dozens of shield-holding mercenaries, about ten feather arrows with magical fluctuations were mixed in nearly a hundred light feather arrows and attacked the Roger archers in the caravan.

Without Balzac's instructions, the barbarian mercenaries guarding the Roger archers held a half-man-high shield to block the feather arrows. The tall and large barbarians preferred to block the feather arrows shot by Rogers with their skills, and used their bodies to block the ordinary feather arrows that were not too late to use their shields to block them. Anyway, the scattered feather arrows shot by ordinary people are unlikely to harm the powerful ** of the barbarians.

The distance of fifty meters was quickly shortened to thirty meters, twenty meters, and ten meters when the two sides shot.

"Prepare!"

Balzac could clearly see the thief's faces twisted by excitement and desire. The real test is coming. As Arthur said, it is meaningless to not stop the three powerful warriors, no matter how tenacious they resist.

"drink!"

Arthur first seized the opportunity and started the charge to knock a fourth-level magic swordsman with a flesh-faced face out of the defense line composed of vehicles. Arthur's attack also kicked off the bloody hand-to-hand combat.

The silent Maxim's face remained the same, and with a wave of his sword, he blocked the ranger who rushed in. The sword light was as bright as snow, and in the blink of an eye, the unlucky ranger was lost. It was only a matter of time to lose.

With the support of ten Roger archers, Sherlock and Cromwell also met another fourth-level magic swordsman. With the cooperation and number of people, the two brothers barely resisted the attack of the magic swordsman.

"shooting!"

From all the signs, it can be seen that Balzac is very good at this small-scale battle. When putting the warriors and about twenty mercenaries in the thief group into the defense circle, the remaining ten Roger archers immediately attacked, and used continuous rain of arrows to assist thirty spear mercenaries, sword and shield mercenaries, sword dancers and other melee mercenaries to block the remaining thieves outside the defense circle.

"Start the aura!"

As a crystal spirit with pink hair appeared, a golden light chain that rotated clockwise first appeared at Balzac's feet.

Second-level offensive aura needle! A powerful aura that allows the attacker to bear the same damage.

Under Balzac's order, the spear mercenaries in the caravan also activated various auras.

Dozens of golden light blades form a circular pattern that is discharged in sequence, and an outwardly expanding aperture flashes on the light blade from time to time... This is a first-level offensive spiritual fire, which can add fire damage to melee weapons.

A wheel-shaped ring that shrinks inwardly... This is a third-level offensive spiritual energy blessing aiming, which can improve teammates' hit rate.

Three irregular rings that shrink inwardly... This is the focus of fourth-level offensive aura, which can increase the damage of melee weapons and has a slight chance to break the magic effect.

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However, the most outstanding one was the hazy light blue mist under Arthur's feet. As soon as Arthur's aura appeared, experienced adventurers discovered that their opponent's face turned pale blue and their movements became slow.

Fourth-level offensive spiritual energy sacred frozen!

The thieves who entered the defense circle were originally at a disadvantage. Under the influence of various wonderful auras, the thieves soon suffered casualties. As a hunter was shot into a hedgehog by the Iron Wolf Mage's ice magic, the twenty thieves and mercenaries who broke into the defense circle died one after another, leaving only a few warriors struggling to support themselves under the siege of caravan guards.

However, compared with the ease of his companions, Arthur faced a much more dangerous situation. Although Arthur has a legendary weapon with great power, his opponent is a fourth-level magic swordsman, and his powerful skills can completely offset the gap in weapons.

Therefore, Arthur, who has rich combat experience, always implemented a strategy, which is to use the skills obtained from thousands of tempering to entangle the magic swordsman and never fight against his opponents.

The ordinary people in the caravan who were trembling only saw the big sword with green light forming a light curtain, which tightly surrounded the magic swordsman and did not give him a chance to escape.

Arthur's opponent, the Magic Swordsman wearing chain mail and holding a big sword, took a balanced route. Seeing that this young Templar was as omnipresent as the wind and slippery as a loach, his counterattack was futile, he calmed down to resist and no longer tried to get rid of Arthur's entanglement. The Magic Swordsman believed that Arthur's attack was based on a large amount of physical energy consumed. He could not support it for too long. Once Arthur was powerless, the fate of this caravan would be destined.

As the Demon Swordsman thought, Arthur's physical strength was rapidly losing. Arthur calculated in his mind and knew that if this continued, he would not be able to support Maxim in solving his opponent.

Then play a trump card.

Arthur, who made up his mind, whispered a weird spell while strengthening his attack.

Of course, Arthur's actions could not be hidden from his opponent. The Demon Swordsman was curious, what was this little guy doing? The skills of the warrior can be instantly emitted! Could it be his own skill?

Arthur quickly gave him the answer. A purple light flashed in Arthur's eyes, and the magic swordsman felt as if he had been hit by something. He became dazed and was confused for a moment. He didn't even hold the big sword and fell to the ground with a "clang".

Arthur did not miss this opportunity. The beast bit the bite into a gorgeous sword light, and pierced from the lower abdomen of the magic swordsman with an orange light band above his head!

The second-level Templar actually killed the fourth-level magic swordsman! Even with the assistance of several spiritual energy, the result is too exaggerated!

Arthur's victory shocked everyone in the defense circle. Immediately afterwards, the morale of the defense party rose sharply, but the thieves were afraid and unconsciously moved in a direction away from Arthur.

Arthur, who killed the fourth-level magic swordsman, did not retreat to a safe place. He exhaled a few heavy breaths of turbid air, then waved his sword and entered the battle again.

Three minutes later, the ranger among the thieves was killed by Maxim, and another magic swordsman was cut by Sherlock on his back and escaped. The other eight warriors who rushed into the defense circle all turned into corpses. Thirty-six mercenaries and about one hundred ordinary thieves were buried with them.

Twenty-three mercenaries died in the caravan, seventeen of which were mercenaries responsible for blocking the thieves. The ten warriors, except for Hegel who were shot with an arrow and Sherry was too involved, were all safe and sound.

In addition, there were more than a dozen caravan servants hit by the ravage. Fortunately, no one died.

After the thieves retreated, the caravan wanted to rescue the wounded and bury the dead, but they could not move forward today. The caravan leader discussed with Balzac and decided to camp on the spot.

After a busy life, Sheriel entangled Arthur and insisted on telling him how he killed the Demon Swordsman. Of course, Arthur would not tell his secret, so he refused to tell him that it was an additional skill on the armor.

But in this way, everyone's eyes were filled with awe when they looked at Arthur. You must know that additional skills can only be obtained through the sacrifice of the soul altar!

In other words, equipment with additional skills is not something you can buy for a little money.
Chapter completed!