wandering fairy

The helpless caravan owner had no choice but to order to stay in place at night and set off after a night's rest.But still did not take out money to comfort those mercenary soldiers.

Those soldiers were not polite, they all ran to the side of the caravan, got together in another group, and set up a few piles of bonfires for the night.Kind of like a strike.

In order not to expose some of their habitual characteristics as much as possible, the three of Dong Hezi had to spend the night crowded in the box car after nightfall.Of course, Budbe, the painted-faced badger, also squeezed in, sniffing here and there to find something to eat.

"Isn't it just to spend the night? I see why the guys in the caravan are so nervous?" Dong Hezi asked Grimm curiously after lying down.

"There are robbers at night." Grimm, who was lying under his quilt, replied casually.

Dong Hezi was even more puzzled: "You can see the town in front of you here, so are there any bandits who dare to operate in such a close area?"

Grimm knew that the druid master lacked a basic understanding of many things, so he had no choice but to continue to explain: "Those are not ordinary robbers, there are generally two kinds of people here: one is the dog-headed lizard half the height of a person People, their running ability is fast and long-lasting, even wolves can't catch up. And they are small and good at ambushes and sneak attacks, especially good at night attacks. Once they attack the target at night, they will separate in groups like wolves Harassment, as long as the target shows a slight flaw, they will start killing and robbing. And they are extremely fast, they can grab things and run away in a blink of an eye. Even cavalry can hardly catch up with them in the dark .Although mages can attack from a distance, they are very clever. Once they succeed, they will no longer love to fight. They will scatter and run away, and they can't kill a few at a time. Besides, they can reproduce like mice, and they will die in a few months. Recovery. It is impossible to guard against. Moreover, spring is the most active and boldest period for them, so there is no guarantee that they will not come to harass them. I can only hope that they will come less often, and they will not be able to cope with them if there are too many."

"There is another kind of mountain giants with a height of two or three people. They are more troublesome: most of them have throwing guns or large self-made crossbows, and each of them is equipped with a special leather thrower, which can throw large iron from a distance. Balls or copper balls. If you encounter them, half of a lighting will be shot down! Not to mention the gap in melee ability. And many giants also have mages or priests to help out. It's over—just a third-level mage can't stop it, even if he has a sixth-level scroll."

Grimm thought for a while and said, "However, giants' noses are not very good, and they don't have night vision. I probably won't meet them. But the nose of the dog-headed lizardman is better than that of a vulture. After smelling humans at night, they may They will come here to try their luck. They also have natural night vision ability in melee combat, and can see the dark place as if it were day. If we really fight, we humans will suffer a lot. So they are afraid of this."

He smiled again and said: "Actually, the boss will not be harmed by the protection of a mage. If it doesn't work, he can use a flying spell to escape from the sky. Those guys are really afraid. I heard that the dog-headed lizard people like to eat it very much." Human flesh. They especially like to sneak up on caravans in the wild, and run away after catching one or two humans. After dragging them back, they dismember them and cook them for food.

Dong Hezi had another question: "We have come all the way, and it seems that we have never seen a dog-headed lizard man come to harass at night. Is there really one here? Could it be that those soldiers made it up in order to get employment money earlier? "

Grimm stretched out his hand from under the quilt, patted Palick's magic equipment and armor on the side, and said with a smile: "That's because we have these things as amulets."

"How do you say that?" Dong Hezi asked sincerely.

Grimm enjoyed this attitude very much, so the more he talked, the more excited he was: "The dog-headed lizardmen are not stupid bipedal lizards. Many of them know some low-level spells, which are bestowed by the god of the dog-headed lizardmen. .Some are the arcane spells they have inherited, such as enduring the environment, obscuring mist, comprehend languages, flame spray, fast charge, detect thoughts, etc. As far as I know, the spells of each kobold lizard tribe are different , but they all have basic spells like 'detect spells'."

He patted the magical equipment with a little satisfaction and said: "The things I brought up at the beginning, as well as the trophies distributed are all very good magic equipment, and they can emit strong magic aura. The dog-headed lizard When people see these auras in the distance, they know that there are people with strong fighting power here, so they try to avoid them, especially when they are rare. So it is not that there are no dog-headed lizardmen on this road, but dog-headed lizardmen They all avoid us."

Dong Hezi nodded and understood—robbers are also afraid of ruthless people.

Grimm added: "But this time may be different. The gang of dog-headed lizardmen who dare to haunt big towns must have certain strength. Maybe they will not easily attack our caravan, but now the entire caravan is very open. , others are hard to say. Those who are on the fringes are more likely to be attacked.”

"Then just huddle together for better defense." Dong Hezi asked, "Why is the shop spread out like this? Don't caravans even understand this bit of common sense?"

After hearing this, Grimm was so surprised that he almost said: It's not others who have no common sense, but you, the great druid!

But he couldn't think of it, so he continued to exert his patience and said slowly: "Because they die faster when they are crowded together. Those dog-headed lizardmen also have some large-area damage spells. Sometimes they will even attack some people. Unscrupulous merchants or mages buy spell scrolls like Explosive Fireball, Ice Storm, and even Death Cloud. If they are crowded together and surrounded by several Fire Walls, is there any way to survive? So it is best to disperse Yes. But it won’t be able to protect the people on the periphery. But there’s nothing you can do about it. There will always be people in this world who will be unlucky, won’t they?”

Dong Hezi held down Budbe, who was scratching and biting, and said disapprovingly: "It's just a group of small lizardmen who are only half the height of human beings and have average intelligence. Are they really that capable? Let alone today It's only for one night, as for being scared like this?"

Grimm shrugged and said, "Who knows? Anyway, there are dog-headed lizardmen all over the mountains and plains, and you can bump into a team at will. If we meet tonight, we don't have to be surprised. Just take care of yourself."

After speaking, everyone ended the discussion and fell asleep together.

Under the night, large sheets of fog gradually appeared in the cold and humid mountains, making it difficult to see things more than 60 feet (about meters) away.Everyone insisted on it for half the night and finally couldn't stand it anymore. They either got into the tents and quilts, or fell asleep with their clothes and cars.Shen Shen entered the dream.

Dong Hezi opened his eyes. Since he had practiced the Nine Turns Mysterious Kung Fu, he had very little sleep time, only about 3 hours a day.The rest of the time is either guided by qi circulation or settled in a doze.But a warning sign woke him up—it was from Budbay.Now it's outside the car sniffing the chilly fog.It has discovered some new scents that are not inferior to humans.

Dong Hezi understood that certain creatures had approached quietly under the mist, and judging from where the smell came from, it seemed to be coming from all directions!

"Is it really a kobold?" Dong Hezi thought, but he didn't want Budbe to take risks.If it was really a large group of kobolds who came, they would probably kill Budbey and eat it at the sight of it.

So he sat up straight and secretly invoked the supernatural power of Lei Gongzhuan.With five fingers, five groups of light blue cloud-like substances condensed on the five fingertips and began to expand, getting bigger and bigger.After a few breaths, it decomposes into five small air elements about half a person in length, whose upper body looks like a strong man's silhouette, and whose lower body looks like a thick cloud of smoke.

They floated gently in the air, seemingly weightless.The whole body is beautiful azure blue, and there are little five-color scales on the thick body.Their flat faces have no facial features, but they can emit some elemental sound language; their thick arms seem to be connected by two short pillars, but they have no hands; below the waist is a stubby blue "smoke" , thick like a solid body, but slightly fluttering and changing like a cloud of smoke.

Dong Hezi ordered in his heart to fly out of the car to look around.The five light blue air elements immediately turned transparent, as if there was nothing in the air.Then they all flew out to carry out the order.

Dong Hezi was secretly proud.Originally, it was necessary to use the "Summoning of Natural Allies" to summon the Qi element.But now he possesses the supernatural power of Lei Gongzhuan, and has a very high understanding and mastery of things like thunder and lightning.Therefore, imitating the operation principle of spells and using supernatural power to summon, the effect is quite good.Originally, air elements had various forms, most of which did not have the outline of a human figure.But there is a natural connection between these air elements and themselves, not only can adjust the shape according to their own wishes, but also their intelligence has greatly increased, and they can think and deal with some complicated problems.The most wonderful thing is that I can now receive the information of things they "feel" as if I am observing it myself.This is what magic can't achieve anyway!

Fortunately, he immediately calmed down and began to receive the information from the five air elements.

The five fully transparent air elements flew around the periphery of the caravan station like a transparent and invisible breeze, spying on the movement and enemy situation around them.

They fly fast, but they don't make any sound, not even the whistling wind.

They float around without revealing anything, not even with many detection spells.Because firstly, they do not emit magical aura, so they cannot be detected by spells such as arcane vision; secondly, they are inherently transparent, so they cannot be seen by spells such as "true seeing".

When they are silent, they will not disturb even the most sensitive dog.Because they don't have any smell.

They have no eyes, no ears, no nose, but they can "observe" all information within a long distance, whether it is images, sounds or smells, they cannot escape their innate special sensory ability.Even deliberate camouflage and concealment are equivalent to non-existence for them.

Even the fog that covered the vast land did not in the slightest affect their powers of seeing.Relying on the connection with the supernatural power between them, Dong Hezi "through" the thick fog to see the surrounding images and hear clear body voices, as well as a special body odor that gradually diffused.

——On the outskirts of the station, some dog-headed lizardmen gathered in threes and fives.They form small, widely dispersed groups of dozens, hiding behind shrubs and tall thatch.The kobolds in each group hold different weapons, either with javelins, with short swords and bucklers, or with large and crossbows.All kinds of near and far weapons are readily available and properly matched.Obviously, each small group is a complete fighting group, which can fight independently and cooperate with each other, even more formal and orderly than some human bandits!

This formation is impossible without high intelligence.Grimm was right, they really shouldn't be treated like lizards.

The five completely transparent air elements continued to explore, and soon one of them discovered an even more astonishing scene - most of the small groups of kobold lizardmen were lying in ambush on the west side of the caravan station, far away from the city of Rodriguez. side.On the east side of the garrison, on the side facing Rodriguez City, there is a large forest.At least seventy or eighty dog-headed lizardmen are ambush inside!

Dong Hezi secretly probed the forest with the element of life energy, and actually sensed some spell fluctuations!Apparently there were kobolds who knew spells, or carried spell implements.Maybe even a bit of both.

If these dog-headed lizardmen launch a sudden attack and disrupt the formation and morale of the caravan, the fleeing people will instinctively flee to Rodriguez City, or find a place where they can hide themselves, such as—the woods !

If this is the case, they will only be made dumplings alive by these dog-headed lizardmen who are proficient in tactics.

This time things became serious. In the caravan, there was only a mage who knew Tier [-] arcane arts and an arcane soldier who only knew Tier [-] arcane arts—the leader of the group of mercenaries, and the two sides were at odds.If you fight recklessly, you will suffer a lot.

But I can't show too much or too high ability on my side, so as not to expose my identity.Well, let's quietly tell the boss and the mage about this first.

So he woke Lelin and Grimm and told them the situation.When the two took out weapons, staffs, potions, etc. to prepare for battle, they came to the big tent where the caravan owner and the mage lived together.

It was a big gray tent as big as an ordinary farmhouse, but its appearance was simple, with only a few caravan logos and slogans painted on it.When Dong Hezi just walked to the door of the tent, the mage's voice came from inside: "Who? Stop!" His tone sounded like a cat about to violently hurt someone.

Dong Hezi lowered his voice and said, "It's me, the priest of Akuodi, the god of air elements."

The mage must have cast a magic alarm for himself, so that as soon as a creature approaches, he is immediately awakened by the spell, even if the comer uses various concealing skills or spells (such as invisibility, etc.) to no avail.It is more useful than the best dog.Thinking of this, I couldn't help admiring the strangeness of arcane art.

In the tent, the mage and the caravan owner hurriedly put on their clothes while listening to Dong Yunzi inform them of the emergency situation outside.

But the reaction of the two afterward was very calm. The mage snorted coldly and asked, "They haven't shown signs of doing anything yet?"

"No." Dong Hezi was a little surprised by their performance.I thought the two of them would be panic-stricken, but unexpectedly, they looked like a pair of people who had experienced a lot of wind and waves, their faces were calm and even showed a little disdain for so many kobolds.He continued: "According to my small air element report, they seem to be waiting patiently for something."

The mage sneered softly again, and said: "They are waiting for the fog outside to become thicker. When they can't see within 10 feet, they will attack! At that time, our people cannot see each other and cannot With accurate dispatch and mutual assistance, morale is easy to collapse. With their keen sense of smell and hearing, they can accurately find targets in the dark and fog, and use their special voice to send messages to each other and cooperate with the battle. The victory and defeat are immediate It can be separated!"

He turned around and thanked Dong Hezi, and said, "It would be a big loss if we didn't know the situation. But now that we know, they have already lost half the battle. Can you point out the exact location of the ambush in the west?" "

Dong Hezi hesitated for a moment, half of the summoned elements did not have his own subtle connection with the priest, and it would be troublesome if they were noticed.But after a little thought, he still said, "Yes."

The mage said with a smile on his face: "After we notify the guys to get ready, we cooperate to attack first, you point out the location, and I launch a magic attack. They are caught off guard! Those dog-headed lizardmen are cunning, but they are quite They are greedy for life and afraid of death. When the battle is smooth, they will move forward, and if there is a slight setback, they will hesitate to retreat. As long as we teach them a lesson first, they will naturally understand that things have been exposed, and they will retreat without fighting."

Dong Hezi thought to himself: So that's the case, no wonder you are so calm.It turns out that you have already figured out the habits of these little things, and the tactics to deal with them are also very familiar.I underestimated you.

But he promised as usual, and he went out to prepare.

With a "boom", the flames exploded somewhere outside the caravan station, and the flashes and loud noises in the thick fog seemed extremely dull.The dog-headed lizard man in charge of the feint on the west side yelled in panic, and then several washbasin-sized bursting fireballs flew over. "Boom, boom" after a few bangs, the charred limbs of a few poor kobolds fell on the ground—each burst fireball hit a group of kobolds accurately, and the thick fog covering them would become a cover Weakness of one's own vision.Even though the strong and agile guys avoided them, only a few weak and slow ones were killed, but every accurate attack brought great panic and confusion to the dog-headed lizardmen in the west.After being hit a few times, they made a strange sound of "hiss, hiss, bark, bark" and began to trot backwards.

The mage looked at the current effect with satisfaction, and he continued to guide the explosive fireball stored in the magic wand in his hand to fly out.Hit in the direction and distance indicated by the "priest of air element" next to him. Every time he heard the scream of the dog-headed lizard man in the thick fog, he cast the spell harder, causing the fireballs to fly out one after another.

It's been a long time since I played so smoothly!He thought happily in his heart: This priest can actually receive reconnaissance information from small air elements at a long distance, which is really unheard of.But the universe is full of wonders, so we mages are only allowed to invent all kinds of novel spells, and priests are not allowed to study new technologies?If in the future there is such a person to accompany them to engage in long-range attacks, it will also be a pleasing thing for the enemy to fall down in despair at an ultra-long distance.

He added a "clear ear" to himself.This spell is not to enhance hearing, but to use the power of the spell to "place" a peeping energy field somewhere in the distance, allowing oneself to "hear" the surrounding images from the perspective of the peeping field.Since this magic field is completely detected by magic, it can be clearly "heard" no matter what the environment.

He heard a scattered sound in the "surroundings", it seems that the formation of the dog-headed lizardmen has dispersed.One is because they are scrambling for their lives, and the other reason is that they need to use loose formation to avoid the area attack of the explosive fireball.Although they are very proficient in tactics, it is a pity that they have shown flaws in strategy, so they can only escape as soon as possible to avoid being hunted down.

So he proudly announced to the caravan boss beside him: "Our goal is basically accomplished, we just need those mercenary soldiers to come over and fix the stitches." He then smiled at Dong Hezi to show his thanks.

Before the boss smiled, a guy ran over and shouted: "Boss! MacKenzie and the others won't come! They said that unless you paid all the employment money for these weeks, they have no responsibility for tonight's affairs." Tube."

The faces of the boss and the mage turned pale, and the dog-headed lizardmen were all clever ghosts. If those mercenaries were killed in battle, they would definitely see their flaws!At that time, as soon as they rush over, the team will collapse immediately!Although those guys have been in the rivers and lakes for some years, they are just amateur thugs after all, and they are far behind those regular soldiers or professional robbers.

No, right now there are more than a dozen guys crawling and crawling to hide behind the cart, their legs trembling and they can't even hold the dagger in their hands.It seemed that he would abandon his companion at any time and run for his life.