Chapter 9 The Road That Can't Be Taken
Unlike the previous mobile defense formation when outside the projection world, it was traveling in the forest and had severely limited vision, so it must maintain a compact formation, leaving no chance for enemies who might be hiding in the dark to break.
However, now he is in an empty field, with no objects surrounding him that hinder his vision. Using dense formations has no meaning except limiting his reaction space. The best choice at this time is the loose defensive formation, which is what Shuer's team is now.
Shuer ran in the front this time, and the copy of the Dark Moon Book floated beside him and followed him. The holy white light continued to spread out from the Book, forming a cone-shaped light curtain in front of Shuer.
Of course, this is not a simple holy light, but a purification technique, one of the priests' common magical techniques, which can effectively dispel toxic elements in the surrounding air and protect organisms within the purification range from harm. Toxins in most environments can be purified by this, but unfortunately, the effect in this alien projection is not great, because the most deadly attacks of plants are actually not related to toxins, and the effect of purification techniques is very limited.
"Bang bang", the sound of armor colliding came from behind Shuer, and the dwarf Mobak chased him tightly.
Now Mobak hasn't done anything extra, he just concentrates on running and tries to improve his speed.
This is also impossible. Unless he intends to abandon his teammates, the team's speed is based on the slowest person, which is the so-called short-term effect. Therefore, the greatest contribution that Mobak can make to the team is to try to improve his own speed, so he only needs to concentrate on moving forward, and others will be responsible for the extra matters.
For example, two skeleton horses and two wizards.
The two mage ladies are the most leisurely. They don’t need to run by themselves. They just need to control the skeleton horse and hold the dwarf in the middle one on the left and right.
Of course, the four-legged skeleton horse ran faster than the two-legged people, but under Shuer's command, Militi significantly slowed down the summoning object and kept it in sync with Mobak. This made the two mages easier and could free up more time to alert the possible crises around them.
The mages were relaxed, and Sav and Makajren were also relaxed. As light armored combat professions, their weight was much lower than that of the dwarves and their movements were more flexible. They followed the two mages, which not only protected the safety of the mages, but also protected the two wings of the entire team.
In contrast, Moria, who should have been easily dealt with, was not so lucky because she is now in the form of an elf, or a humanoid.
After all, Shuer's order was to wrap his whole body tightly and not to be exposed to the air. No one knew how to wear a deer and wrap it up, so she could only transform into an elf form.
So, Lin Jing, who is used to running on four legs, can only maintain the human form now. It is particularly awkward to run and it is already very powerful to keep up with the team's speed. It is inevitable that he will work harder.
No one spoke, and the team moved forward at high speed in silence.
The 40-kilometer road is not too long for combat professionals, but it is not easy to run a full journey for an hour even if they are all golden-level professionals.
Moreover, for these shadow-seekers, this more than an hour may not be just a simple run. In this unfamiliar environment, anything is possible.
Fortunately, they are not only relying on their own strength, but the kindness of the Dark Moon is favoring them.
Well, it was actually Shuer who was favoring them.
The single magic of quick action is very short, only thirty seconds to one minute, and is often used by priests to increase their speed in times of crisis to escape the enemy's attack range. If you really want to speed up when moving for a long distance, you must constantly cast spells. The mental power is consumed very much and not many priests can bear it.
But Shuer is special. The soul repaired by divine power has super strong mental power and unique divine affinity. It also makes him particularly effective when releasing universal divine arts and dark moon magic. Therefore, even while running, he can continuously replenish everyone's actions quickly, which has greatly increased everyone's speed.
In addition to Shuer, there is also the ubiquitous wind that helps the shadow-seekers.
Since the skeleton horse is actually controlled by Militi, Mia, who rides on the skeleton horse, does not need to be distracted and controls, and she has enough energy to control the wind-attribute magic to help everyone get out of the predicament.
In addition to Shuer's holy light purification layer, there is actually a wind wall composed of invisible wind. The streamlined wind wall can not only minimize the resistance encountered by the team in progress, but also blow away most of the particles in the air, causing the plants to lose most of the effects of their offensives.
It can be said that the Shadow Trail Team has done its best to fight against hostile plants and minimize contact with plants. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the team to make any mistakes in safety.
However, being in a projection in another world, you can never consider problems with normal circumstances. Everything happens here is unknown and not that normal.
"Dang", the sound of weapons colliding suddenly sounded inside the team, and the two figures took a step back. Obviously, the competition between power was not a winner, and the team that was moving forward quickly stopped.
As soon as Shuer turned his head, he saw Suff hiding behind the skeleton horse under Mia's seat, looking at the dwarf Mobak with a weird look, and his hands were already in his hand.
As for Mobak, he looked a little depressed, staring at the ground in a daze, muttering in his mouth that he didn't know what he was saying.
"What's going on?" Shure frowned.
"He, he, he, he..." The female swordsman was so scared that she couldn't even say a complete sentence when she was staring at her.
"Mobak suddenly raised his axe to kill himself by chopping his neck. Fortunately, Sassa blocked it in time." Moria at the end was the only one who saw the complete pass.
"Suicide?" Shur's eyes shrank, and he had heard Mobak's mumbling.
"There is no hope, no hope, I'd better die. It's too tiring to run like this."
"Damn it, I praise the holy name of the Dark Moon and the magic technique." Xiuer had a stern face and could calm his mind and release the magic technique that could calm his mind.
"Eh?" The magic technique worked immediately. The dwarf fought a cold war. His dull and dazed eyes suddenly became agile. He looked at his battle axe in surprise, "I, me, why did I suddenly want to commit suicide?"
"Keep moving forward, don't stop." Without answering the question, Shuer led everyone to start moving again, the speed was slightly slower than before, and asked with all his energy, "Tell me, what did you feel just now."
"I don't know either." Although the dwarf ran with everyone, he was still a little confused, "I suddenly wanted to commit suicide and couldn't figure out what was going on."
"Nonsense, I know you can't figure it out. I'm asking you how you felt at that time." Shuer said irritably.
"Uh, I just think everything is meaningless. There is nothing left except being tired when you live." The dwarf shrank his neck and said carefully, "I feel more and more desperate, and I don't want to live anymore."
"I, I think it's a bit..." Saf was hesitant, looking unsure if he wanted to say something.
"I haven't asked you now, and just say whatever you want to say, don't waste time." Shuer's eyes were gloomy and his tone was very stern.
"Yes, yes." The female swordsman was so scared by Shure's attitude that she almost forgot to move. She lowered her head and red eyes, "I'm sorry."
"Hey? Shul, I think you're so interesting now." Moria blinked and smiled blankly, "It seems like she's changed. It's so fun."
"No, no, I was hit, I was so calm."
As soon as he hit the word, Shuer, who was getting more and more irritable, suddenly understood. With a wave of his hand, the magic technique of calming the mind was washed by himself.
"It's not mental control, it's just that emotions are infected. Fortunately, the sanitary technique can be controlled."
Just as Suer was about to continue talking, the half-ling on the other side suddenly fell down. Fortunately, he woke up in time and rolled on the ground several times, and stood up again without decreasing speed.
"Pray for the mercy of the moon in the name of Luna, the Lord of Dark Moon." The problems that arise one after another made Sul unable to explain anything. He raised his hands directly, and released the light of mercy with a calm and destiny light of mercy at will, wrapping everyone in it.
"It's very close to the target." As the captain, you must not only make decisions, but also be able to mobilize the emotions of the team members. "It's enough to hold on for another ten minutes. Don't worry. Although you don't know how they do it, it only affects everyone's emotions. You can restrain yourself by calming your mind."
"Mobak, the mountains are not far away, you can lead the way below."
Indeed, after more than an hour of adventure, the target mountain range was already in front of us. As Mobak had expected before, although the top of the mountain was covered with trees, the steep mountain walls were covered with exposed rocks, and it can be said that no grass grew.
"I understand, leave it to me." Although I almost killed myself, the dwarf knew that now is not the time to be afraid or apologize. The plants have begun to find the weakness of the team. If they continue, the problem may only become more and more serious. They must fight and decide quickly.
"I am the best at finding caves. All caves cannot escape my eyes. Let's see, the direction of the mountain... Yes, turn right thirteen degrees, ridges, valleys, valleys, and valleys, so I can't do it there, keep moving forward."
"This peak shape is good. If you look closer, you won't be able to see it. The soil is not right, so don't go here."
"There must be natural caves there. The sign is too obvious. If there is no cave, I will dig out my eyes. Let's go there."
Pointing excitedly to the left, the dwarf rushed towards a mountain wall first.
Although it looks no different from other locations, and it is a steep rock wall, no one would doubt the judgment of a geological expert. Everyone followed the dwarf and rushed to the stone wall with him.
"Here, here, here, here, here." The dwarf spent a few seconds knocking on the rock wall, and finally left marks with the handle of the axe.
"Mia, it's up to you." Shul nodded to the elf mage.
Needless to say, four fireballs emerged beside Mia and directly hit the calibrated position.
"boom".
Smoke and dust spread everywhere, and gravel peeled off.
Although dust is annoying, it represents hope of getting out of danger.
But……
"Damn it, why is this happening?" The dwarf's roar came from the smoke and dust.
Behind the blown stone wall, there was still a dead end, and it was replaced by a metal wall.
Chapter completed!