Necromancy God of Heroes of Might and Magic

2020-10-31

  Chapter 22 vampire II

When the armored walking corpse in the tomb was bitten by a bat, Rhodes He stepped into the back hall first, and began to control the walking corpses stationed here, igniting the second barrier.

This hall is where Rhodes first woke up, and because of the large size of the hall, it was impossible to set the entire floor on fire. Rhodes' focus is still on the back, near the tomb passage.

At this time, the entire rear is already a fire sea, and the passage is blocked by a lit barrier. In front of the barrier is still standing an iron-clad walking corpse, holding a shield, facing the rushing through the fire sea. vampire ……

…………

“Cough, cough…”

Wake up from the tomb, kill undead creatures all the way out of the tomb, and then Lure the wolves and return to the tomb to fight. Rhodes can be said to be very familiar with the passages in the entire tomb.

As a result, Rhodes has selected several sites that are most suitable for creating a flame barrier. One is at the entrance to the tomb where the coffin was. One is at the junction of the hall where the corpse is displayed and the passage to the tomb. One is in the narrow part of the tomb passage. One is at the exit of the tomb.

According to Rhodes' original idea, he would be in front of the vampire, and whenever the vampire passed a barrier, he would let the walking corpses at the next barrier ignite the flames.

However, the burning of the wood filled the entire tomb with thick smoke. The smoke made it difficult for Rhodes to see things around him, and Rhodes coughed violently, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Unlike undead creatures, the smoke from burning wood may have little effect on undead creatures, but for Rhodes in human bodies, the smoke is deadly.

Rhodes could only change his approach. When the vampire was blocked by the second barrier, he quickly retreated toward the outside of the tomb, and in the process of retreating, let the walking corpses set the barrier on fire.

Exiting the entire tomb passage, Rhodes was standing on the ground, and the corpse wolves were waiting around. Watching the smoke rising from the exit, Rhodes recalled what he first saw inside the burial chamber.

On its own, Rhodes was not surprised that the barrier was breached. Rhodes knew that there was no way to trap the vampire in the tomb by a single barrier, but instead placed multiple barriers. What surprised Rhodes was how quickly the vampire broke the barrier.

When these barriers were first laid out, Rhodes couldn't determine the type of undead creatures in the coffin, and Rhodes had a few guesses as to which undead creature was sleeping.

The first thing Rhodes thought of was the ghost of the third rank. In Dia, most of the tombs are slumbering with ghosts. Undead mage can transform undead creatures with the power of ghosts, and at the same time, it can accelerate the advancement of ghosts, which is a mutually beneficial relationship.

Except the ghost, the rest of the probability is much smaller, only the corpse witch and vampire. Among these undead creatures, as long as the rank exceeds the third rank, it is not directly controllable by the spiritual imprint.

No matter which undead creature is in the coffin, Rhodes believes that with the barrier he has arranged, plus the corpse's life to hold it back, it can persist for a while, and the flames can burn it.

But because the vampire is sleeping in the tomb, the vampire focuses on survivability, and the bat transformation skill it has directly makes the barrier much less effective. With this skill, vampire only needs to deal with the armored walking corpse in front, and can quickly cross the barrier.

If it were not a vampire, but a creature like a ghost, it would never have passed through the barrier so easily.

The barrier placed by Rhodes obviously didn't do much damage to the vampire. The flames didn't have the effect Rhodes had imagined, but only made vampire use the bat a few more times.

However, Rhodes has achieved the purpose of making these arrangements, even by giving vampire a few more bats. The more bats used by vampire, the more confident Rhodes can beat vampire.

Rhodes at first, did not intend to use these arrangements to kill the sleeping undead creatures in the tomb, but just wanted to weaken its strength as much as possible. Undead creatures in the third rank are not so easy to kill easily.

Even if it is a ghost, although it does not have such a strong survivability as a vampire, it can still break through by virtue of its physical fitness and undead characteristics. For Rhodes, the real battle is still on the ground.

Rhodes made these arrangements just to give himself a big enough advantage in the next battle. It is undoubtedly the most stupid way to directly open the coffin to fight.

Anyone knows how to give themselves an edge before a fight, whether it's a trap, poisoned weapon, sneak attack, or something else. Any action taken, even if it only takes a slight advantage, can tilt the Scales of Victory towards itself, than it is to fight it directly.

"How many times can you...bat?"

Feeling the corpse mark dissipate in front of the third barrier, Rhodes whispered.

As for vampire, Rhodes is relatively familiar with vampire due to the experience of fighting in previous life. The third rank vampire's skill, Batman, has a limited number of times in addition to consuming life. Only when the fourth rank is reached, the limitations of the bat will disappear.

In the game, the third rank and the fourth rank are a dividing line. The fourth rank, whether it is for professionals or other creatures, will produce an essential change. Stepping into the fourth rank, the combat capability will be doubled immediately. Only after reaching the fourth rank, the sorcerer can remove the word apprentice in front and become the official mage.

Similarly, for a creature like vampire, to reach fourth rank, in addition to a substantial increase in basic physical fitness, all skills will also be improved accordingly. Batman no longer has a limit on the number of times it can be used, and will also awaken other skills.

Rhodes has always been afraid of the undead progression in the depths of the tomb, and that's why. According to Rhodes' observation, the current vampire is only third rank, and there is no advanced success.

Originally, vampires could advance with peace of mind. By sleeping in the tomb and accumulating energy, they were promoted from third rank creatures to fourth rank creatures.

So, vampire will look so angry when the progression is interrupted. To advance by means of long sleep like this, once it is interrupted, it can be said that all previous efforts have been lost.

Because of this, after the vampire is interrupted, he will not hesitate to cross the passage full of flames and come to hunt down Rhodes.

Acknowledging this, Rhodes placed what he thought was the best barrier at the exit. The effort expended even exceeded at first the arrangement in the main tomb.

Rhodes set the barrier on fire at the entrance, and the surrounding walking corpses surrounded him. Just wait for the vampire to come here and Rhodes can smash it.

After the third barrier was breached by vampire, Rhodes had full attention, completely staring at the exit of the passage, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

Dense smoke has been wafting outward from the tomb.

After waiting for a while, Rhodes began to wonder. According to the speed of vampire, it should have arrived here at this time, and the walking corpse stationed in the passage did not send any strange hints to Rhodes. Rhodes couldn't help but feel more alert.

Suddenly, a strong perception warning came from Rhodes up ahead, Rhodes not even think, turned his body sideways and rolled away.

A dark figure broke out from the ground far from the exit of the tomb, and rushed towards Rhodes' location with great speed, while grabbing it with one claws.

Even though Rhodes immediately dodged, the arm was wounded, and the sharp claws ripped off a piece of flesh on Rhodes' arm. This shadow is vampire.

Somehow, vampire anticipated what Rhodes was doing, and instead beat somebody at their own game, taking advantage of the opportunity Rhodes was waiting here, to raid Rhodes!

(end of this chapter)