Lord of War

The forest of Gray Shadow Forest, some yin is cold and dark, most of the time, there is no way to see the sun. Only during the most violent one or two hours at noon can you see a piece of pale gold in this forest. The hazy brilliance. But because the humidity in the forest is too heavy, usually at this time some thin and light fog will appear in the whole forest. Against the background of these fog, the shadows of the trees in the whole forest will turn into gray. Zhuo Zhuo feels a little bit weird.

  It is precisely because of this that this forest is called the Forest of Gray Shadows.

  In most other times, even if there is no sunlight, the forest is not as dark as the one seen from standing outside the forest.

  At this time, a team is moving forward in the forest.

The leader of the team is a middle-aged man. He is wearing a leather armor and a wide short knife hung on his back. This kind of knife has a wide range of uses. It can be used not only to attack but also to open a road. Many adventurers like it. Configure a short knife like this.

  The road right now obviously does not need to be opened with a short knife, so the middle-aged man did not pull the knife out of the sheath.

  He is walking in the forefront, and the speed is not fast, but if you look closely, you can find that his walking method is the inner eight round, and his body shape is slightly bowed, and his right hand has been kept at a position about a few centimeters away from the short knife.

   Cautious and careful.

  Obviously, this middle-aged man has lived in some more dangerous places for a long time, and his adventure experience is very rich.

  Having such a person as the leader of an adventurous team can indeed increase the survival rate of the entire team a lot.

  And not only that, besides this leader, there is another middle-aged man.

  He was about the same age as the leader, and he didn't wear leather armor or other protective gear on his body, but he was carrying two large bags, packed full of stuff, and obviously contained a lot of things. Although he has no weapons, he has a thick shield about half a person's height hung on his left hand. Apart from the height of this shield is not as high as the tower shield, the others are basically modeled on the scale of the tower shield.

  Small tower shield.

  This is the official scientific name of the shield held by the middle-aged man in front of him. The height of the small tower shield is similar to that of the half-length shield, but it is not a large shield. It is a heavy shield like the tower shield. However, this type of shield has smaller requirements for the user than the tower shield, so it can be worn. There are also more people using it. But the small tower shield also has many shortcomings: the defense surface is not as wide as the tower shield, and the weight is heavier than the half-length shield.

  So the small tower shield can actually be regarded as a failure.

  However, this only refers to military achievements. If it is in terms of adventure, the small tower shield is quite favored by some defenders.

Because they usually deal with monsters or hostile humans, the half-length shield is not thick enough to withstand the full blow of a level five or above monster. Although the tower shield can withstand it, it is too large in weight and area. It will cause a lack of speed, and it is often difficult to make a maneuvering change. Therefore, the birth of the small tower shield solves this problem.

   But it can only be used in the ranks of adventurers.

   These two people are Jerry and Bannock.

  Sean did not expect that Bannock was still a defender. Originally, when he heard Jerry introduced Bannock that he was good at tracking, he thought he was a hunter-like profession.

   Defenders, which are commonly known as tanks and meat shields in the game. Although this profession is not as rare as the magician, it can also be regarded as relatively rare on the Marvel Continent. It’s not that this profession is difficult to form like a magician. On the contrary, the speed of forming a defender is very high. Generally, if it is cultivated with great effort, a defender can be cultivated in two or three years. It is just a defender. The cost is not much lower than training a magician.

  The real reason for this is that the mortality rate of this profession is too high, especially when facing high-level monsters, whether it is attacking or retreating, the defender is always the frontline fighter. However, it is precisely because of this high mortality risk that the treatment of defenders has always been the highest in any team, especially those defenders who have experienced countless first-line wars and have more seniority and experience. Their reputation Almost not inferior to the head of any well-known mercenary group.

No matter whether Bannock is a real defender or not, even if it’s just a guest appearance on the defender’s deputy, even his potential has been fully exploited to the limit, but in Sean’s eyes, his value is far more than that. Jerry.

  Because Bannock has a lot of experience, this alone is enough to double his worth.

  After all, only Anno under Xiao En’s command can barely be regarded as a defender. But even if it is Anno, he is not a real defender. However, there are still many gaps between him and Bannock: The first point is that Anno currently only has lower silver, which is always a flaw; second, although Anno is smart, his experience is also obtained through countless actual battles. , He is far less experienced than Bennock.

  And there is the most important point.

Anno is the chief of the barbarians in the North, and the head of the Iron Wing. Before finding a new successor, Anno cannot retreat from this position, which means that Anno cannot be the important defender. Position.

  So after learning about Bannock’s real career, Sean has changed his mind. If possible, he wants to recruit Bannock.

  After all, as soon as the two-year appointment arrives, Beth and others will leave. Who will be responsible for William's safety at that time? In addition to William, Neal’s safety is also a very headache for Sean. After all, if he wants to continue to develop his territory, the problem of Chiraff’s collar is a barrier that cannot be circumvented, and Chirof leads the current chaotic situation. It is a natural assassination holy place.

  If Bennock is really so valuable, it is not impossible for Sean to spend a little bit of effort to help him push the limit.

  So this trip has been gone for two days, but Sean still has no complaints, but has been observing Bannock to see if he is really worth his investment.

  It has been three days to observe this way.

  In other words, Xiao En and others have been in the Forest of Gray Shadows for four days.

The team’s position is Jerry in front, Bannock is in the left half of Jerry’s position, behind Bannock is Cecilia, and Bannock’s distant relative is in Cecilia About two steps ahead on the right, and Sean is at the back of the team.

  This is an unusual tactical protection formation.

  The game is dubbed by players as two security locks.

In the    formation, although it seems that Bannock’s distant relative is at the core, in fact this position is a secondary defensive position, so the pros who usually occupy this position are deputy t. But Shaun knew that this young man was not a deputy, he was a melee exporter. Putting such an exporter in this position was equivalent to letting the opponent use his life to protect the core player-in the game. The player can be resurrected at any time when he is dead, but in this real world, death is the real death.

  When Jerry put the young man in this position, Sean could clearly see the young man’s face changed slightly. Obviously he knew the importance of this position. And Bennock didn’t object to this, so of course Sean also saw that the young man gritted his teeth and agreed after hesitating for a second. Originally, Sean thought that this young man would be passive, but he didn’t expect to know it. It is very likely that he will end up in the future, but he has not slackened in the slightest.

  As for the goal of his protection, of course it is Cecilia.

  She is the heart of this "two safety locks".

  Although it seems that Bannock is protecting Jerry, but in fact, if it is an attack towards Jerry, then Bannock will take at least one to two seconds of reaction time to block the damage for Jerry. But if it is an attack against Cecilia, then Bannock can react in an instant, because Cecilia's position is the real protection circle of Bannock.

  In contrast to the original position of Jerry, Jerry wanted to give to Sean because it was the second safe position in the entire formation, but Sean refused.

  He is in charge of the queen.

  In fact, Sean’s position is the most dangerous in the entire formation. Because to break the "two safety locks" is to launch an attack from the last person's position, so Sean's position needs to bear the greatest pressure.

  But he has this confidence and strength.

  Of course Jerry can't say anything about this, he can only walk in the forefront.

   And through the observation of the past few days, Sean has discovered that Bannock may really be a pure defender, not a cameo. Because of the trip for several days, in addition to checking the terrain from time to time to determine the direction of the Sombra Leopard’s escape, Bannock also maintained a high degree of attention to prevent possible surprise attacks. This is for Bannock. Ke's physical strength and Jingshen consumption are so great that it is by no means as simple as he looks on the surface.

  At least, Sean is also an experienced adventurer.

  But from this, Sean dared to judge that Bannock was indeed a veritable defender, and it should be a barrier Paladin system that is extremely rare among defenders.

  The most important attribute of this professional system is endurance and will, while the weakest of the five attributes is agility.

The formation period of the Barrier Paladin is the seventh stage, that is, the lower gold stage. They can wear hundreds of kilograms of equipment and still move freely, and their natural high-willed genus also allows them to resist many spirit energy magic—of course. In the game, the magic resistance is extremely high, but in reality, a lot of magic is caused by physical damage, so unless magic is immune, no one dares to say that he can be safe under the bombardment of magic.

  As one of the top five systems in the defender profession, the disadvantage of the Barrier Paladin is that it is slow to form, and this shortcoming will be magnified many times in reality.

  Because the barrier Paladin is between the sixth and seventh steps, it can be said that there are two worlds.

   cannot step into the seventh step, then it will never be a strong defender.

  Bannock’s potential, Sean is estimated to be almost drained like Jerry, so he will be stuck at the upper silver pinnacle, unable to become a real barrier Paladin. Moreover, the Paladin of the Bulwark is not as strong in reality as it is in the game. If he wants to resist magical damage, he also needs magical equipment to resist. That is to say, the dependence of this class on equipment is extremely high—in fact, any defense The reliance on equipment of the defender is extremely high, which is why the cost of training a defender is not much less than that of training a magician.

  In addition, the Paladin of the Bulwark also has a flaw: low damage.

  This profession has almost no output ability.

  That’s why Sean saw that Bannock didn’t take any weapons at all. He just raised a shield, and then carried two huge backpacks.

  In any case, it is a fact that Sean sees working at Knock, but he thinks of choosing between him and Alfred to invest in someone, which makes him a little embarrassed. From a personal emotional point of view, he certainly hopes to invest in Alfred, after all, this is the first veteran to follow him, and Alfred grows up is also very scary, even if he has now been changed by him. Direction, but the magic warrior has the nickname "Iron Man" in the game. Once this profession is formed, it is almost universal-by drawing different magic patterns on the equipment, you can easily change the various abilities and attributes of the magic warrior. xing.

  The only flaw is that the drive of these magic patterns consumes the wrath of the wearer. Therefore, the more magic patterns to draw, the higher the carrying capacity for professionals.

  In fact, Sean has a way to solve this problem, which is to keep collecting materials for Alfred to strengthen his body.

   However, starting from the overall situation, investing in training Bannock is the right way.

  Because of the barrier, after the Paladin got up, he was simply an undead Xiaoqiang, even in the face of death magic, he has a very high resistance. And the biggest advantage is that a low-level gold-strength bulwark paladin will never fall easily even if it is faced with the bombardment of three high-level gold powerhouses, and Sean’s current territory, even if it’s Xuefa It is impossible for Nio to face the combination of three high-level gold powerhouses at the same time.

  At this moment, Sean had already regarded Bannock as his own, and he had not even considered that he had not sent an invitation to Bannock. Of course, even if Sean sends out the invitation, it is still unknown whether Bannock will accept it.

  In this case, after another two days, a group of five people finally came to a place with a sea of ​​blue and red flowers.

  When he saw this place, Sean suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

In the past few days, Sean has never said anything, but has been silently following everyone behind him. Jerry and Bannock are almost about to regard Sean as a member of their team, rather than an outsider. Nobles, because they have never seen a noble physically so good, and they didn't even complain about it along the way. And compared to the special xing of the nobleman, Sean, the girl magician surprised them even more, because as a magician, her physical strength is not weak at all, although she is still in the whole team. The worst endurance, but that is also relative to their team.

  The well-known weak physique of the magician does not seem to be reflected in her at all.

  So, when Sean said to wait, Jerry and Bannock were both surprised. They were not surprised that Sean was finally going to talk about taking a break, because they knew it was impossible. Even if all of them were exhausted, Sean could still maintain a vigorous Jing power. This is the evidence of the past few days. .

  But Jerry still immediately asked, "Master Shaun, what's the problem?"

   "Small Crystal Demon Leopard really enters here?" Sean frowned, looking at the sea of ​​flowers in front of him.

"Yes." Jerry and Bannock looked at each other, but Bannock was good at tracking, so it was him naturally who answered, "According to the current clues, we are getting closer and closer to the Black Crystal Demon Leopard. It's close, and I have every reason to believe that the Sombra Demon Leopard must have been seriously injured.... When ordinary beasts are frightened or injured, they will return to their familiar area as soon as possible to evade and heal."

   "I know what you are going to say next. Warcraft also evolved from beasts, so the same principle applies to Warcraft, right?"

   "Yes." Although I don't know why Sean said that, Bannock nodded.

   "Have you ever entered this sea of ​​flowers?" Seeing Bannock nodding, Sean asked back.

   "No." Everyone shook their heads.

   "I have been in." Xiao En said in a deep voice, "This sea of ​​flowers is a jing line of the Forest of Gray Shadows."

   "Jing Ring Line?"

"We are at the outer edge of the Forest of Gray Shadows. The highest level of monsters encountered here is level 3. But this sea of ​​flowers is different. In the depths of the sea of ​​flowers in the Forest of Gray Shadows, there is a The small lake is where a group of level 5 monsters live, and entering with our strength is simply looking for death."

  Five-level beast, that is already equivalent to the strength of the upper silver.

   And if it is a more powerful or brutal level five monster, its combat power is almost comparable to the lower level of human gold. And the five-level gregarious beasts, regardless of their strength, their combat power absolutely surpasses the sixth-level beasts.

  At this time, hearing Sean's words, including Bennock was stunned.

   "This is impossible, the trace of the Black Crystal Demon Leopard is clearly pointing here."

  Sean’s **** se was a little yin uncertain, and his eyes looked at the sea of ​​flowers full of hesitation.

  Small Crystal Demon Leopard is a rare special beast. Although it is only a third-level beast in terms of assessment, its strength is comparable to a fourth-level beast, and once a black crystal is transformed, it will have a fighting power comparable to that of a fifth-level beast. But every time the Black Crystal Demon leopard turns into a black crystal, it is an action that burns vitality, so if there is no emergency situation, it is impossible to make such a self-harm action.

  So it is normal for the Sombra Demon Leopard to be active in the area of ​​the fourth-level Warcraft activity, Sean believes.

  Even if it appears in the activity area of ​​level five monsters, it is not impossible.

  But there is one exception.

  That is this sea of ​​flowers.

  In the Forest of Gray Shadows, the real overlord is not the only six-level beast, but those five-level beasts located in the depths of this sea of ​​flowers.

  Biped scorpion wolf.

  This kind of beast, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Black Crystal Demon Leopard, will definitely not be its opponent, because their saliva has a strong corrosive effect, which happens to be the nemesis of the Black Crystal Demon Leopard. However, Warcraft will have an instinctive resistance to natural enemies, so as long as it smells the scent of a bipedal scorpion wolf, it is absolutely impossible for the Black Crystal Demon Leopard to approach. Isn't it a very suspicious thing?

And Sean, who had killed many Sombra Leopards in the game at the beginning, so the level of understanding of Sombra Leopards, he is actually far above Bannock, and even with the assistance of True Eye, he is even more able to Easily find the traces left by the Black Crystal Demon Leopard.

  The Eye of Truth can never deceive Sean, so he also knows that these traces are real.

  In this way, of course, Sean also knew that the Black Crystal Demon Leopard had indeed escaped into the depths of the sea of ​​flowers. So what kind of situation will force the Black Crystal Demon Leopard, who is afraid of the two-legged scorpion wolf, to hide in the sea of ​​flowers?

The thought of    just circulated in Sean’s mind, and he immediately understood the reason.

  The two-legged scorpion wolf is a monster that even Sean is not willing to provoke, so its power and fear are clear at a glance. The Black Crystal Demon Leopard can smell the scent of the bipedal scorpion wolf, so of course there are ways to avoid the bipedal scorpion wolf attack, but other people who try to chase the Black Crystal demon leopard don’t know the terrible nature of this sea of ​​flowers, nor will they know it. The two-legged scorpion wolves are terrible, so once they find the trace of the Black Crystal Demon Leopard, and the sea of ​​flowers is in the outer edge of the Grey Shadow Forest, then they will definitely break in without hesitation.

  In fact, it is true.

  If it hadn't been for Sean to stop him, Bannock would have taken them into the sea of ​​flowers long ago. Under such circumstances, maybe they didn't find the Sombra Demon Leopard, and they became the belly Chinese food of the biped scorpion wolf.

  Warcraft all have a certain amount of wisdom, but Sean never thought that Warcraft could have such a cunning wisdom, and actually use the terrible xing of its natural enemies to solve the threats to him.

   "What a cunning beast." After understanding Sombra's thoughts, Sean's face became even more ugly.

Undoubtedly, it was definitely a severely injured Sombra Demon Leopard. It is even possible that after escaping from someone else’s siege that day, there must have been several waves of attackers on the road. It is almost impossible for people to misunderstand that it is the outer skin of physical immunity, and it is absolutely impossible to break into the range of activities of natural enemies.

   But if Sean is to give up the Black Crystal Demon Leopard because of this, he is indeed very unwilling.

After all, there are two materials on the Black Crystal Demon Leopard that he needs very much at present. As long as they have these two materials, and then go to the underground black market of the Grey Shadow Forest, if luck is not too bad, then he may be able to go back this time. It is possible to make two or three pieces of gold-level magical equipment, and even the strength of special effects, so that the increase in the combat power of the entire territory is extremely significant.

  At this time, Xiao En did not speak, but Yin looked at the sea of ​​flowers uncertainly. Although Bannock, Jerry and others did not know the situation, they did not say anything, just waited quietly. They are not fools. They are so scrupulous about Huahai when they see the powerful people like Sean, and they also said that there are five-level monsters that live in groups, how could they even enter it hastily.

   "Master Shaun..." Jerry hesitated to test Xing.

"Huh." Xiao En exhaled a heavy breath, Shense regained his tranquility, "The depths of the sea of ​​flowers are very dangerous, even I may not be able to survive.... But I still have to go in, because of the black crystal demon. Leopard is very important to me, what do you say?"

   "This..." Bennock and Jerry looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say.

  They really asked for Sean, hoping to work with Sean to solve the problem of Dianes. But this premise is of course to survive. If it can’t survive, then is it necessary to solve Dianes? But now, they are very aware of the danger in the sea of ​​flowers, and Sean will continue to go deeper, which is naturally against their original intention, so of course he is very hesitant.

Of course, Sean also knew the concerns of these people. If he had ignored them in normal times, what should he do, but now he wants to recruit Bannock, of course he can't be so casual, so he said after a moment of silence: "If you don't want to go in, then just wait for me here. It will only take a day to walk to the depths of the sea of ​​flowers. If I haven't returned within five days, you will leave by yourself."

  Bannock and Jerry hesitated slightly after hearing what Shaun said, but they nodded in agreement.

  Just waited for five days, and it didn’t take long to spend here. Anyway, the Black Crystal Demon Leopard couldn’t continue hunting them, and it didn’t matter.

   "I will go in with you!" And Cecilia heard that Sean was about to enter the sea of ​​flowers, although she was worried, but she still spoke immediately.

Looking at Cecilia with a serious face, Sean originally wanted to refuse, but when he thought of the purpose of coming with Cecilia on this trip, he didn’t object anymore. The big deal is that if it doesn’t work, then Give up on hunting the Black Crystal Demon Leopard.

   Even if the Sombra Demon Leopard is no longer valuable, in Sean’s mind, there is definitely no way to compare it with Cecilia.

  And Sean also has enough strength and self-confidence: If he wants to go, there is no way to keep him with the two-legged wolves inside. (To be continued.)