Chapter 59 Valley of the Dead
Qin Lun glanced at the death list quietly and saw a hidden plot of "clearing the dead" inside. The difficulty of this task is unknown, but it is natural to explore the world of Torrell with the broken starry sky. It is obviously not yet detailed information for this regional task.
The apostles' attitude towards this task was quite relaxed, because the basic reward for the Broken Star Sky was very low, with only 10,000 Broken Crystals, hundreds of redemption coupons and few contribution points, which were similar to the guidance task initially performed by the Fortress team.
After receiving Stark's reply, the Knights Boni left two cavalrymen to continue to rush to the nearby guard station, and the other cavalry still followed the mercenary group to the Valley of the Dead again. From this point of view, the cavalry of the guards led by Boni were still very brave, at least they did not fear and retreat because of their previous failure.
"Master Angelo, you are not from our mercenary group, why do you have to take such a big risk to follow me!" Philip approached the red robe mage and asked softly.
"Haha, we mages can't be promoted by working behind closed doors. In practical combat like this, it is easier to become familiar with the magic you usually master. And I don't think that just a hundred undead can break through your defense and threaten my safety!" Angelo chuckled and reached out to touch the apprentice El's short hair. "What's more, this child has been learning magic with me, and this time it's also a rare opportunity to fight."
"It makes sense to say this, but please be more cautious then. After all, the members of our group have not cooperated with you." Philip nodded in understanding and gave another instructor.
"Master Philip, please don't worry, I'm not the kind of academic mage who can't help but be weak." Angelo bowed politely and then glanced at the distance, "That apprentice knight of Goddess Lauvita seems to be moving forward and retreating with us?"
"Yes, we have persuaded Miss Idriya, but the believers of the Painful Girl seem to be harder to convince than you!" Philip replied with a wry smile.
"Well, this is of course. If this Miss Idriya's belief is firm enough, she may have regarded encirclement and suppression of the undead as a test." Angelo shook her head lightly and said, "The goddess of abuse, Lauvita, is full of invasion even in the war of gods, is bold and fearless. Naturally, her knight will not retreat in the face of danger."
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"Water Lake is here!" Everyone looked at the shimmering lake in front of them, and felt a sense of pre-war excitement in their hearts.
Since the apostles came out of Iron Star Fort, they had never encountered a decent battle. The thieves on the eastern border of Taesel and Am are too weak, and there is actually no substantial threat except for the troublesome harassment.
The area of Lake Wen is not very large among the many inland lakes in the Feren continent, probably only one-quarter of Lake Aesmire and one-third of Lake Naga. It is incomparable to the inland sea, which is equivalent to the area of a kingdom, such as the Lake of Steam, which is equivalent to the area of a kingdom.
Of course, this scale is already pretty good for the Mercedes Lake, which takes the Yunwu Mountains as the source of the upstream. The two east-west rivers formed by Lake Weng and Lake Acemere are the most prosperous Mesoi Basin in Amme.
Since the source is the Yunwu Mountains, Lake Wen is close to the foot of the mountain and is also very close to the Twin Towers. This was once the location of the Tomahawk Bridge, which was built by the Sannata Dwarfs, one of the two bridges on the mainland.
Under the water at the middle of the lake in Wen Lake, you can still see the shadows of the bridge piers that remained thousands of years ago in some places. These stone piers as big as windmills crawl at the bottom of the water like giant beasts, which is daunting.
"The small valley where the undead appeared is not far away. Bypassing the eastern end of Lake Vancouver, we can see the entrance." After arriving here, the Am cavalry, including the Knights of Boni, became a little nervous. Although they had received strong support, the shadow of failure left before still weighed on their hearts like a huge rock.
"I'll go and scout first!" Ilistin volunteered to explore the way when he heard Boni's words.
"Don't send the druids. The valley is full of poisonous miasma. I can't see the situation inside clearly, so I can only enter from the ground." Boni waved his hand to stop Ilisten, who was eager to try. He didn't want to lose his manpower before the war started.
"Miscema? Will it affect the next battle?" Stark frowned and looked at Boni with some dissatisfaction. The heavy armored Knight had not mentioned this situation before.
"There is no effect. The miasma is lighter than the air and floats over the valley. Except for the poor light in the valley, it does not affect our battle with the undead." Boni shook his head cautiously, "But you should note that the terrain of this small valley is very complicated. There are rocks that are several people high everywhere, which is simply a stone formation. You must always pay attention to the surrounding conditions and not be attacked by the undead."
"Knight Boni, did you enter the innermost part of the valley when you came here before?" Stark asked cautiously.
"No, I asked some of the cavalry to store the horses at the entrance of the valley and walk into the valley as the forward of the team. Not long after entering, I was surrounded by the undead. Fortunately, the horses did not lose all of them, so we finally broke through." Angelo sighed, his face looked ugly, probably because he remembered his comrades who had lost in the valley.
Bypassing the eastern end of Lake Wen, everyone saw the undead valley in Boni's mouth. The entrance to the valley is very small, probably only enough for three horses to enter side by side. As the heavy armored knight said, the terrain in the valley was complex, and only after looking out for more than ten meters, the view was blocked by the rocks, and I couldn't see the inside clearly.
The entire valley was extremely quiet, and there was no sound of insects and birds, like a lifeless grave.
Looking at the valley, Qin Lun frowned slightly. His "Ganits left eye" had failed for the first time and could not see through the inside of the valley. In the black and white retina, there was only a layer of gray mist.
"Lone, I'll leave it to you and Perth!" Stark glanced at Robin and waved to the two thieves. Perth was the lost first-level apostle. Since the two teams worked together, the ground reconnaissance work was basically completed by both of them.
Roner grinned, looked at another thief, and shook the black cloak behind him, and disappeared in front of everyone.
After a while, the apostles waiting outside the valley suddenly changed their faces and rushed from the horses to the entrance of the valley.
"What's wrong?" Boni was shocked, jumped off his horse and chased Stark in front.
"Let's talk about it later!" Stark had no time to explain and spread his figure and rushed into the valley. However, as MT in the team, his speed was not fast. At least Kelly had already taken the lead in rushing into the valley.
"What's wrong with them?" Yilistin and Milleras, who were standing next to Qin Lun, were a little confused.
"The thieves of the mercenary group have a special contact with Captain Robin, and Ron and Perth seem to be in trouble!" Qin Lun's eyes flashed and he comforted with a smile, "But don't worry, they will not be in danger for the time being."
"Then are we going in now..." Milleras asked with some concern. The Japanese Elf Prince is not afraid of death. He is burdened with a burden. For him, death is also a very luxurious thing.
"It's okay, you don't know their strength. As long as there are no more than two legendary professions, these undead will not hurt us!" Qin Lun smiled indifferently.
Fortress and Lost themselves are the kind of combination teams that sacrifice individual performance and prefer group combat. Except for Kelly and everyone who is unable to cooperate due to their large gap in strength, after so long, the others have become more and more skilled in cooperating with each other.
In Qin Lun's eyes, there is no crushing strength like a legendary profession. If these initial apostles are combined, they can compete with the second-level apostles in a short period of time, and if there are two-level MTs like Stark, they can still deal with the higher-level apostles.
Bypassing the rocks at the entrance of the valley, the Apostle and Am's cavalry finally saw the battle not far from the entrance of the valley. More than twenty skeletons and zombies were fighting against two thieves.
Roner and the thief named Perth were both in a mess at this time, and were barely resisting the attack of the undead. Looking at their appearance, they were still injured in this short ten minutes, which surprised the apostles who were familiar with them.
"Go together and solve it quickly!" Robin frowned and felt very uneasy in his heart. He waved his hand decisively and took over the leadership that was originally handed over to Stark.
More than apostles dealt with more than twenty low-level undeads. There was no suspense in this battle, and there was no need for elves and dwarves to intervene. Qin Lun, Milleras and others just shot a few arrows symbolically, and the last skeleton was also broken apart by Stark with an axe.
"What's going on with you?" Nicole checked the wounds of the two thieves and found that they had dispelled the corpse poison. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at them in anger.
"Captain Stark, your mercenary group is indeed very strong. I didn't expect that the two thieves could hold on for so long under the siege of more than twenty undead!" Compared with the apostles' contemptuous eyes of the two thieves, Knight Boni seemed very happy.
The two thieves smiled bitterly, and Boni's appreciation not only did not make them happy, but instead felt like he was stepping on shit.
"These undead are very strange. They actually saw through the sneaking of Perth and I. We were surrounded not long after entering the valley. Moreover, their attack levels are clear and well-organized, so we can't even unfold our body skills."
Longer glanced at the wound on his arm and said with lingering fear, "If there were one or two advanced undead among them, we wouldn't even be able to withstand you. If it were the plot thieves in this world, even if we had our strength, they would probably die because of the infection of corpse poison."
"It's not these skeletons who saw through your stealth, but that thing!" Angelo, who had been listening quietly, suddenly sneered, and raised the staff in his hand, and a crystal clear ice arrow shot straight into a corner of the air.
"Bang!" With Angelo taking action, an invisible spherical object suddenly appeared in the empty air and was shot down to the ground by the ice arrow.
"What is this?"
Stark's eyes lit up, and he rushed forward and stepped on it. After a closer look, he couldn't help but be amazed. This was a black eyeball the size of a child's fist, but there were a pair of bat wings on it, struggling constantly under his feet.
"The imitation of the Eye Demon is an alchemy creature. However, ordinary mages don't use this thing very much. People who use them are usually undead magicians and lichs!" Angelo said lightly, "It seems that Knight Boni's guess is correct. The undead here is indeed manipulated."
Chapter completed!