The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 652 Here is a Monster Kingdom
After kicking away the ghoul, Misha'er jumped a few steps in a row, widening the distance from the monster. This is not to say that the little guy wants to avoid the battle, on the contrary, at this moment, Misha'er's heart is raging With a fighting spirit, she couldn't wait to show her heroic appearance in full view.

Misha's retreat is just to practice the teaching from William, to keep the optimal space between yourself and the opponent at all times, this distance is determined by your strike range and your effective reaction space (that is, when the enemy attacks, you How far away you need to be from your opponent to get enough time to make an appropriate response).

Obviously, in terms of physical strength, Misha'er definitely has no advantage in front of ghouls. All she can rely on is the martial arts she has practiced for a long time, the awakening ability of the fire warlock, and her excellent body. weapons and equipment.

After opening the distance, Misha'er immediately activated her full armor. She held the fine gold sword [Pricking Star] in one hand, and the former artifact [Scepter of Dawn] in the other. Seven winds feather armor, on her feet are a pair of small heavy-hitting combat boots tailored from the top-quality magic dragon skin (a kind of dinosaur monster), and she also wears a queen-shaped crown-shaped helmet of courage .

Anyone with this luxurious costume, not to mention dealing with a mere ghoul, even if they want to challenge a dragon is not without confidence.

The ghoul turned over and looked around dully, as if unwilling to believe that it had suffered a small loss in front of a little girl just now.It shook its head, hissed and growled, and then jumped at Misha'er again.

At the same time, the little guy slid forward and rushed forward, passing by the somewhat bewildered ghoul in an instant, while the sharp [thorn star] took the opportunity to cut off half of the ghoul's claw.

The pain-sensing nerve of the ghoul is relatively slow, and when it turned around and wanted to continue to pounce on Misha, it realized that half of its claw was actually missing.The ghoul looked at his disabled hand in surprise, including the paws that fell on the ground. It finally realized that the cub in front of it was not an easy-to-get dessert, but a spiky breadfruit (a kind of giant breadfruit). The fruit is a special product in the Dragon Coast area. The pulp of this fruit is rich in starch and sucrose, which can replace the role of bread to some extent, but the outer skin of the fruit is covered with clusters of spikes).

Although the ghoul's habits are always dominated by the hunger, thirst, and desire for biological flesh and blood, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have enough wisdom. Take your own life.

As a result, the combat experience and wisdom of the previous life began to wake up in the ghoul's nearly ossified mind.

It pulled out the steel crossbow bolt inserted on its body, turned over the tail of the arrow and inserted it fiercely into the flesh of the incomplete palm, thus forming a simple wrist stab. Of course, the most reliable thing for a ghoul is its natural claws, because The ghoul's claws are not only sharp, but also contain deadly corpse poison.

The ghoul opened his arms, opened his posture, and made a short dagger stabbing gesture commonly used by rogues, aiming at Misha'er to launch a surprise attack.

This scene shocked most people. Their first thought was that this ghoul has a brain?Then a chill came from the bottom of their hearts. They seemed to have underestimated these terrifying undead monsters before. A sense of fear that only existed when they were dominated by vampires enveloped everyone's hearts.

Of course, none of this could hinder the fighting power between Misha'er and the ghouls.

The ghoul, fighting like a rogue, displayed uncommon agility, scurrying around Misha like a flea.But Misha'er didn't show any weakness in the fight against the ghoul. Not only did she have a quick nerve response, but her hands and feet were as nimble as a juggler. She provides a strong reaction force, which greatly improves the explosive power of the little girl.

One person and one monster are like two evenly matched fighting dancers, chasing and jumping back and forth in the abandoned village, and every intersection between the two sides represents a fatal confrontation.

Generally speaking, Misha'er has a certain advantage, because her fine gold rapier is too sharp. After the second time, half of the steel arrow was cut off, the ghoul was quite afraid of this weapon. When Misha'er wields [Pricking Star] to strike, the ghoul will try to dodge.

As for the stabbing attack of [Starbow Sword], this kind of attack that makes a small hole in the body of a ghoul is similar to scratching an itch to a monster, but Mi Shaer should try to avoid using this kind of attack method as much as possible, because it It will make her reveal flaws that she shouldn't have in the process of attacking.

The ghoul just paid attention to the sharp [Star Stabbing Sword], but ignored the [Scepter of Dawn] that Misha'er held in the other hand. After all, no one could have imagined that the toy-like The small cane is actually an indestructible artifact.

Misha'er is very smart, she didn't activate the power of the [Scepter of Dawn] at first, and even tried her best to avoid it colliding with the enemy until Misha'er caught a ghoul that was unaware of it. Taking the opportunity, she swung her scepter and hit the ghoul's back hard, almost smashing most of the monster's skeleton into powder.

The ghoul, whose body had almost lost its support, fell to the ground howling, its contracted muscles almost shrinking it into a ball of meat.

Misha cut off the ghoul's head, then released a fireball that set the monster's corpse on fire.In the end, she flicked the [Star Stabbing Sword] triumphantly, put on a posture of sheathing it, and bouncing back to Phinea and Miluna, her little face was filled with a smug smile .

Xiao Mi Luna was a little bit annoyed by her little friend's complacent look, and complained like a complaint: "Misha! With so many treasures, what is there to be proud of just killing a ghoul?! If it were me, It can definitely kill ten ghouls! It can even kill a ghoul king!"

Misha'er wasn't angry either, she just smiled and said, "I'm sure I can do it too!"

Feniya next to her came up and said, "I can do it too!"

Of course, for Baird's combat team, which was aiming to temper its tactical experience, this was a failed battle, and everyone even suffered a fatal heartbeat because of their mistakes.

The leaders of all the combat teams gathered together for a small meeting. Although they also felt sympathy for what happened to Baird, after all, no matter if any of them were changed, in this first meeting with the ghoul Similar mistakes are inevitable in the collision, but it does not prevent them from scolding Baird severely.

This is a rare opportunity. After all, Baird has always regarded himself as the loyal dog closest to the lord, but it has made many former friends quite upset, although this kind of anger will not turn into jealousy. , but everyone would be happy to take this opportunity to shame him severely.

Later they discussed with each other and made minor adjustments to the combat team, such as reducing the number of crossbowmen with poor attack effects, and letting some strong rangers pick up forks, while the original forkmen were replaced with shields and swords In this way, it is guaranteed that the sword and shield fighters who are in the lead have a sufficient number of redundancy, and that they can still be used when the ghoul breaks through the first interception. Form the second or even the third effective line of defense.

Whether it was the first battle that the combat team lost, or Misha'er's killing of the ghoul, or the reorganization of several combat teams on their own initiative, William noticed all of them. He just watched quietly, and did not To express any opinion, only when Mi Sha'er killed the ghoul did he quietly retract the Qiushui knife suspended in mid-air.

Seeing the second battle group ready to fight, William unleashed a second ghoul.The ensuing battle can be said to be lackluster. Generally speaking, a group of sword and shield fighters desperately squeezed the ghoul with their solid steel shields to limit its space of movement. The defense of the shield array (only three or four sword and shield players can go forward at a time), but more sword and shield players on standby will immediately fill up their positions in time.

Then the fork hand pierces the ghoul's flesh, cooperates with the sword and shield hand to fix it completely, and then the knife and axe hand harvests the head, dismembers the monster, and finally the theoretical caster steps forward to set the ghoul's body on fire , destroying it completely.

The last step is essential, because even the remains of dismembered ghouls still have the possibility of resurrection, and only by burning them to ashes can the ghouls be truly eliminated.

Of course, there are also some extremely terrifying evil spells, which can be resurrected with only the ashes of a ghoul, but the evil boss who has mastered that kind of terrible ability will definitely not do such a business that is not worth the loss, after all, the consumption of that kind of spells is not worth it. It can't be converted with the value of a hundred ghouls.

With the success of the first time, the second time can be copied. William released the ghouls in the cellar one by one, making them an experience pack for everyone. After such a tempering, the morale and cooperation of the entire team have been greatly improved , The teamwork ability has been fundamentally improved.

Now, their eyes became sharper, they were full of self-confidence, and their will to fight became much stronger. Even the most timid fighters had the courage to carry their shields and rush forward to slap the ghoul.

All these are the benefits brought by actual combat. If the same effect is achieved only by training, even if it takes two or three years, it may not be as good.

Holy water is the panacea of ​​otherworldly magic.

After several battles, everyone also summed up a better personnel cooperation plan.

When facing the monster's first surprise attack, the sword and shield hand is not the best choice, the fork hand is.Two fork hands cooperate with three shield hands to intercept. The fork hands harass the slow monster's attack, and the shield hands step forward to resist. Auxiliary blocking the enemy.

Of course, this is not completely guaranteed to be foolproof, after all, ghouls will adapt to changes, and accidents will always happen on the battlefield.Among them, many people were injured, scratched or even bitten by ghouls, fractured, torn, and poisoned, but these are nothing serious. , Those with torn or poisoned bodies washed their wounds with holy water, wrapped them with bandages, and refilled them with holy water.

After the monsters in one cellar were cleared, there was a second cellar. William found three cellars hiding ghouls in the entire village ruins, and then cleaned them up.

But this does not mean that this area is safe.

William led everyone to find the second place where the monster was hidden. In the ruins of a collapsed barn, a large number of dead bones were piled together. They were not only dead bones, but also immortal skeletons.

Undead skeletons are much easier to deal with than ghouls, the only thing to be careful about is their numbers.There are hundreds of undead skeletons hidden in a decaying barn. This is already a force capable of slaughtering villages and towns, but it is thrown here like rotten firewood. This is definitely not something that undead creatures can do spontaneously. , behind the scenes there must be an invisible black hand manipulating all this.

It took a lot of effort for the elite team to hammer all the undead skeletons into bone stubble all over the ground. They piled most of the bone stubble together, poured a high-concentration holy water stock solution like holy oil, and then piled it on The firewood burned them to ashes as well.

After eliminating all the skeletons and taking a rest, William led the team to the third monster gathering area, which was another small valley, guided by his perception.

On the way there, when William and the others passed the land reclaimed by the pioneers in the past, they found that the land that should have been abandoned for decades was not barren, but was planted with some strange plants, and even some Food was also grown for human consumption.

William immediately stopped the team.

Not only did William realize that something was wrong, but anyone with a little brain would understand that there was a big problem here.

No matter which world or era people are in, if the enemies people face are beasts that don’t do production and monsters that don’t know how to manage, no matter how cruel the opponent is or how powerful the force is, it won’t make the entire social group despair.But if the opponent is replaced by a monster that can produce and manage, it will arouse the fear of the entire human race from the subconscious level.

A sentence derived from this is called: Heretics are more damned than heretics!

Obviously, a group of unknown beings are occupying and even operating the land that once made the pioneers of Dagger Valley retreat.

The ghouls and undead skeletons that William and the others eliminated before are likely to be the defense forces deployed by the occupiers here. William and the others may have taken advantage of the sun during the day, or William opened the passage too fast. So much so that the person in charge here didn't have time to react, and William's elite team easily destroyed the two monster hiding places.

William and the others trekked for more than tens of miles that day, clearing the way in the barren mountains and ridges, clearing ghouls and skeletons, and taking some rest and preparations in between.

It was obviously not a wise choice to spend the night in such a dangerous place, but in view of the current situation and William's original intention of sweeping the wilderness this time, William decided to stay overnight in this area.

However, they did not choose the village ruins that seemed to have better terrain, but camped near the farmland where food crops were planted.

Camping in dangerous areas is particular, either easy to defend and difficult to attack, or easy to advance and retreat, at least there must be no hidden dangers, such as those cellars full of bones in the village.

Just as everyone was building a simple fence for the overnight camp, the last ray of sunlight fell, but there was still light at dusk on the horizon, a figure slowly walked out from the ruins of the village.

This figure in a black robe came before the crowd and said sharply, "Invaders! You have set foot in Count Pilar's kingdom!"

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