Lord of War

The Forest of Gray Shadows is a bit gloomy and gloomy, and most of the time it is impossible to see the sun. Only in the one or two hours at noon when the sun is the most violent, can you see a pale golden haze in this forest. brilliant. But because the humidity in the forest is too heavy, usually some thin and light mist will appear in the whole forest at this time, and against the background of these mist, the shadows of the trees in the whole forest turn gray, shadow shadows Zhuo felt a little more weird.

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

And most of the time, even if there is no sunlight, the forest is not as dark as it looks from outside the forest.

At this time, a team was walking in the forest.

The leader of the team was a middle-aged man, he was wearing a set of leather armor, and a wide-body short knife hung on his waist. This kind of knife has a wide range of uses. It can be used not only for attacking but also for opening roads. Many adventurers like it. Configure a short knife like this.

The road ahead obviously does not need to be opened with a short knife, so the middle-aged man did not draw his knife out of its sheath.

He is walking in the front, not fast, but if you look carefully, you can find that his walking method is the inner eight-style circle, and his body is slightly bowed, and his right hand is always kept about a few centimeters away from the short knife.

Cautious and cautious.

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

Having such a person as the leader of an adventure team can indeed greatly increase the chances of survival for the entire team.

And not only that, beside this leader, there was another middle-aged man.

He was about the same age as the leader, and he didn't wear protective equipment such as leather armor, but he carried two large bags on his body. The package was stuffed to the brim, and it was obvious that there were a lot of things in it. Although he didn't have a weapon, he had a thick shield about half a person's height hanging on his left hand. This kind of shield was basically made on the scale of the tower shield except that it was not as tall as 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 small tower shield is about the same height as the half-body shield, but it is not a large shield, but a heavy shield just like the tower shield, but this kind of shield has smaller requirements for users than the tower shield, so it can be worn There are more people using it. However, the small tower shield also has many flaws: its defensive surface is not as wide as that of a tower shield, and its weight is heavier than that of a half-body shield.

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

But this only refers to military achievements. In terms of adventure, the small tower shield is quite popular with some defenders.

Because they usually deal with monsters or hostile humans, the half body shield is not thick enough to withstand the full blow of monsters above level five, and although the tower shield can withstand it, it is too heavy and large in size. Will cause a lack of speed, often difficult to make mobility changes. Therefore, the birth of the small tower shield solved this problem.

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

these two people. It was Jerry and Bennock.

Sean did not expect that Bannock was actually a defender. When he heard Jerry introduce Bannock that he was good at tracking, he thought he was a hunter.

Defenders are commonly known as tanks and meat shields in the game.

Although this profession is not as rare as a magician, it can be regarded as relatively rare in the Miracle Continent. It's not that this profession is as difficult to shape as a magician. On the contrary, the speed at which defenders are formed is very high. Generally, if you put all your efforts into training, you can train a defender in two or three years, but the cost of training a defender is not much lower than training a magician.

Really for rare reasons. The reason is that the death rate of this profession is too high, especially when facing high-level monsters, whether it is attacking or retreating, the defender will always be the frontline fighter. However, it is precisely because of this risk of high mortality that the treatment of defenders has always been the highest in any team, especially those defenders who have experienced countless front-line wars and have older and richer qualifications and experience. Almost not inferior to the head of any well-known mercenary regiment.

Regardless of whether Bannock is a real defender or not, even if he is only a cameo as the defender's deputy T, even his potential has been fully developed to the limit, but in Sean's eyes, his value far exceeds jerry.

Because Bannock's experience is very rich, this alone is enough to double his worth.

After all, now under Xiao En's command, only Annuo can barely be regarded as a defender. But even if it was An Nuo, he wasn't a real defender, at most he played a cameo role as a deputy T. However, compared with Bannock, there are still many gaps between him and Bannock: the first point is that An Nuo currently only has a low-level silver, which is always a flaw; secondly, although An Nuo is smart, experience needs to be obtained through countless actual battles , he is far less sophisticated than Bannock.

And there is the most important point.

Annuo is the chieftain of the barbarians in the North, and the leader of the Iron Wings. Before a new successor is found, Annuo cannot step down from this position, which means that Annuo cannot serve as the important defender. duty.

Therefore, after learning about Bannock's real occupation, Sean has changed his mind. If possible, he would like to recruit Bannock.

After all, as soon as the two-year agreement arrives, Beth and the others will leave. Who will be responsible for William's safety then? Besides William, Neil's safety is also a big headache for Sean. After all, if he wants to continue to develop his territory, the issue of Chirav Territory is an unavoidable obstacle. It is simply a natural assassination holy place.

If Bannock is really that valuable, it is not impossible for Sean to spend a little effort to help him break through the limit.

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

It has been three days of observation like this.

In other words, Sean and the others have entered the Forest of Gray Shadows for four days.

The standing position of the team is Jerry in front, Bannock is half a body behind Jerry's left, and Cecilia is behind Bannock. The distant relative of Bannock was about two steps ahead of Cecilia's right, while Sean was at the back of the line.

This is an uncommon tactical protection formation.

In the game, it is jokingly called two safety locks by players.

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 usually the professional who occupies this position is the deputy T. But Sean knows that this young man is not a deputy T, he is a melee output player. Putting such an output player in this position is tantamount to letting the other party use their lives to protect the core players in the game Dead can be resurrected at any time, but in this real world. Death is real death.

When Jerry put the young man in this position, Sean could clearly see the young man's face change slightly, obviously he knew the importance of this position. Bannock didn't raise any objections to this, so Sean certainly saw the young man hesitate for a second before he gritted his teeth and agreed. Originally, Sean thought the young man would be passive and sabotage. But he didn't expect to know that his future is likely to happen, but he didn't relax in the slightest.

As for the target of his protection. Of course it was Cecilia.

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

Though it looks like Bannock is protecting Jerry. But in fact, if the attack was aimed at Jerry, then Bannock would need at least one to two seconds of reaction time to block the damage for Jerry. However, if the attack was aimed at Cecilia, then Bannock could react in an instant, because Cecilia's position was Bannock's real protection circle.

As for the original position of Jerry, Jerry wanted to give it up 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 the "two safety locks" need to be broken, it is necessary to attack from the last man's position, so Sean's position needs to bear the greatest pressure.

But he has the confidence and strength.

To this. Of course, Jerry couldn't say anything, he could only walk in the forefront.

However, after observing these few days, Sean discovered that Bannock may really be a pure defender, not a cameo deputy T. Because of the continuous several days of travel, besides checking the terrain from time to time to judge the fleeing direction of the black crystal leopard, Bannock has also maintained a high degree of attention to prevent possible surprise attacks. This is very important for Bannock. Ke's physical and mental exhaustion is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.

At least Sean is also a veteran adventurer.

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

The most important attributes of this career system are endurance and willpower, while the weakest of the five attributes is agility.

The formation period of the barrier paladins is the seventh level, which is the low-level gold stage. They can wear equipment weighing hundreds of kilograms and still move freely, and their natural high-willed attributes also allow them to resist many soul energy magics. In the game, the magic resistance is extremely high, but in reality, many magics have physical damage, so unless they are immune to magic, no one dares to say that they can be safe and sound under the bombardment of magic.

As one of the top five systems in the defender profession, the shortcoming of the barrier paladin is that it is slow to take shape, and this shortcoming will be magnified many times in reality.

Because there is a gap between the sixth and seventh ranks of barrier paladins, it can be said that they are two worlds.

If you can't step into the seventh step, you will never be able to become a powerful defender.

Bannock's potential, Sean, is estimated to be almost exhausted like Jerry's, so he is stuck at the upper silver pinnacle, unable to become a real barrier paladin. Moreover, the Barrier Paladin is not as strong as in the game in reality. To resist magic damage, he also needs magic equipment to resist it. That is to say, this profession is extremely dependent on equipment. In fact, any defender The dependence on equipment 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 barrier paladin has another flaw: low damage.

This profession has almost no output ability.

That's why Sean saw that Bannock didn't hold any weapons at all, he just lifted a shield and carried two huge backpacks.

Anyway. Sean saw Bennock as a fact, but thinking of choosing between him and Alfred to invest in someone made him a little embarrassed. In terms of personal emotional factors, he certainly hopes to invest in Alfred. After all, this is the first veteran to follow him, and Alfred is also very scary when he grows up, even if he has changed his career to advance. direction, but the magic warrior has another name of "Iron Man" in the game. Once this profession is formed, it is almost omnipotent. By drawing different magic lines on the equipment, various abilities and attributes of the magic warrior can be easily changed.

The only flaw. It is the driving of these magic patterns that consume the fighting spirit of the wearer, so the more magic patterns to draw, the higher the carrying capacity for the professional.

As for this problem, Sean actually has a way to solve it, that is, to keep collecting materials for Alfred. Constantly strengthen his body.

But from the perspective of the overall situation, investing in and training Bannock is the right way.

Because after the barrier paladin got up. Xiaoqiang is simply unbeatable. Even in the face of instant death magic, it has extremely high resistance. And the biggest advantage is that a barrier paladin with low-ranking gold strength will never fall easily even if he faces the bombardment of three high-ranking gold powerhouses. It is also impossible for Neo to face the combination of three high-ranking gold powerhouses at the same time.

At this moment, Sean already regarded Bannock as one of his own. It didn't take into account that he hadn't invited Bannock yet. Of course, even if Sean sends out the invitation, whether Bannock will accept it is still unknown.

In this case, two more days passed. 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 behind everyone. Jerry and Bannock almost regard Sean as a member of their team, rather than an outsider. The nobleman, because they have never seen a nobleman with such good physical strength, and he didn't even complain at all along the way. And compared to the particularity of Xiao En, a nobleman, the girl magician surprised them even more, because as a magician, her physical strength is not weak at all, although she is still the only one in the whole team. The endurance is the worst, but that is also relative to their team.

The well-known weak constitution of magicians seems to be completely absent from her body.

Therefore, Jerry and Bannock were quite surprised when Sean said to wait. They were not surprised that Sean finally wanted to talk about rest, because they knew it was impossible, even if they were all exhausted, Sean could still maintain strong energy, which was the proof of the past few days.

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

"The Black Crystal Leopard really entered here?" Sean frowned, looking at the sea of ​​flowers in front of him.

"Yes." Jerry and Bannock looked at each other, but it was Bannock who was good at tracking, so he was naturally the one who replied, "According to the current clues, we are getting closer and closer to the Black Crystal Leopard. I have every reason to believe that the Black Crystal Demon Leopard must have been seriously injured...When a normal beast is frightened or injured, it will immediately return to the area it is familiar with to avoid and heal its injuries."

"I know what you're going to say next. Warcraft also evolved from beasts, so this principle also applies to Warcraft, right?"

"Yes." Although he didn't know why Sean said that, Bannock still nodded.

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

"No." Everyone shook their heads.

"I've been in before." Sean said in a deep voice, "This sea of ​​flowers is a warning line for the Forest of Gray Shadows."

"Warning line?"

"The location we are in now is still the outer edge of the Forest of Gray Shadows. The highest level of monsters encountered here is level three. But this sea of ​​flowers is different. In the depths of this sea of ​​flowers in the Forest of Gray Shadows, there is a The small lake is where a group of fifth-level monsters live, and entering it with our strength is simply courting death."

Level five Warcraft. That is already equivalent to the strength of a high-ranking silver.

And if it is a stronger or more ferocious fifth-level monster, its combat power is almost comparable to the lower-level gold of human beings. As for the fifth-level herd monsters, no matter how powerful they are, their combat power will definitely exceed that of the sixth-level monsters.

At this moment, upon hearing Sean's words, everyone including Bannock was stunned.

"This is impossible, the trail of the Black Crystal Demon Leopard clearly points here."

Xiao En's expression was a little uncertain, and his eyes looking at Huahai were full of hesitation.

As a rare and special monster, the Black Crystal Demon Leopard is only rated as a third-level monster. But its strength is comparable to that of a fourth-level monster, and once it is transformed into a black crystal, it has a combat power comparable to that of a fifth-level monster. But every time the black crystal leopard transforms into a black crystal, it is an act of burning its vitality, so if it is not in a critical situation, it is impossible to make such a self-harming act.

so. It is normal for the Black Crystal Demon Leopard to be active in the area where the fourth-level monsters are active. Sean believed it.

Even if it appears in the activity area of ​​a fifth-level monster. It is not impossible.

But there is one place where there is an absolute exception.

That is this sea of ​​flowers.

In the Forest of Gray Shadows, the real overlord is not the only level 6 monster, but the level 5 monsters located deep in the sea of ​​flowers.

Two-legged scorpion wolf.

No matter how powerful the black crystal leopard is, this kind of monster will never be its opponent, because their saliva is very corrosive, which happens to be the nemesis of the black crystal leopard. And Warcraft will have an instinctive resistance to natural enemies. So as long as it smells the smell of the two-legged scorpion wolf, it is absolutely impossible for the black crystal leopard to approach, but now it is said that the black crystal leopard has run into the depths of this flower sea. Isn't this a very suspicious thing?

And Sean. He also killed many black crystal leopards in the game, so his understanding of the black crystal leopard is actually far higher than that of Bannock, and even with the help of the real eye, he can easily Discover the traces left by those black crystal magic leopards.

It is absolutely impossible for the True Eye to deceive Xiao En, so he also knows that these traces are real.

In this way, Sean certainly knew that the Black Crystal Demon Leopard had indeed escaped into the depths of the sea of ​​flowers. So what kind of situation is it that forces the black crystal leopard who is afraid of the two-legged scorpion wolf to run into the sea of ​​flowers to hide?

This idea just turned around in Sean's mind, and he immediately understood the reason.

The two-legged scorpion wolf is a magical beast that even Sean is not willing to provoke, so its power and fear are clear at a glance. The Black Crystal Leopard can smell the scent of the Scorpion Wolf, so of course there are ways to avoid the attack of the Scorpion Wolf, but other people who try to chase the Black Crystal Leopard don't know the horror of this sea of ​​flowers, nor will they know The two-legged scorpion wolf is terrifying, so once they find traces of the black crystal leopard, and this sea of ​​flowers is located in the outer edge of the gray shadow forest, they will definitely break in without any scruples.

And in fact it is.

If Sean hadn't stopped him, Bannock would have led them into the sea of ​​flowers long ago. Under such circumstances, if they didn't find the black crystal leopard, they would become the meal of the bipedal scorpion wolf.

All monsters have a certain amount of wisdom, but Sean never imagined that monsters can also possess such cunning wisdom, and use the terrifying nature of natural enemies to solve the threats to themselves.

"What a cunning beast." Sean's face became even more ugly after he understood what the Black Crystal Leopard was thinking.

There is no doubt that it is definitely a black crystal magic leopard that was seriously injured. It is even possible that after escaping from the siege of others that day, there must have been several waves of attackers on the road, otherwise, with the strength of the black crystal magic leopard It is almost misunderstood 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 Xiao En had to give up the black crystal leopard because of this, he would be very unwilling.

After all, there are two materials on the Black Crystal Leopard that he desperately needs at present. As long as he has these two materials, and if he is not too unlucky when he goes to the underground black market in the Forest of Gray Shadows, then he may be able to go back this time. It is possible to produce two to three pieces of gold-level demonized equipment, even with special effects, so that the improvement of the combat power of the entire territory is extremely significant.

At this moment, Sean didn't speak, but just looked at the sea of ​​flowers uncertainly. Although Bannock, Jerry and the others didn't know the situation, they didn't say anything, they just waited quietly. They are not fools. Seeing that people as powerful as Xiao En are so scruples about Huahai, and they also said that there are fifth-level monsters living in groups, how could they enter rashly.

"Master Sean..." Jerry hesitated and tentatively spoke.

"Huh." Xiao En exhaled heavily, his expression regained his tranquility, "The depths of the sea of ​​flowers are very dangerous, even I may not be able to survive. ... But I still want to go in, because the black crystal demon Leopards are very important to me, what do you say?"

"This..." Bannock and Jerry looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

They did ask Sean, hoping to work with Sean to solve Diane's trouble. But this premise is of course also for survival. If he can't survive, is it necessary to solve Diane? But now, they are very aware of the danger in Hua Haili, and Xiao En wants to continue to go deeper, which naturally goes against their original intention, so of course they seem very hesitant.

Sean certainly knew the concerns of these people. If it was normal, he would have ignored them a long time ago and would have done what he should have done. But now that 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 wait for me here. It only takes one day to go deep into the sea of ​​flowers. If I haven't come back within five days, you can leave by yourself."

Hearing Sean's words, Bannock and Jerry hesitated a little, but nodded in agreement.

It's just waiting for five days, and it doesn't matter how long it will take here. Anyway, they can't continue to hunt the black crystal leopard, so it doesn't matter.

"I'll go in with you!" When Cecilia heard that Sean was about to enter the sea of ​​flowers, although she was also worried, she still said immediately.

Looking at Cecilia with a serious face, Sean originally wanted to refuse, but when he thought of the purpose of coming with Cecilia for this trip, he no longer objected. At worst, if it really doesn't work, then Give up hunting the Black Crystal Demon Leopard.

Even if the Black Crystal Demon Leopard is valuable again, it certainly cannot be compared with Cecilia in Sean's mind.

And Sean also has enough strength and self-confidence: If he wants to leave, those two-legged scorpion wolves inside can't keep him.

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