Chapter 151: Trap and Hunting

According to the map, Kewanqiongde is located in the northeastern center of Skyrim Province. To be precise, it is located in the center of the triangle composed of Xueman City, Fenghew City and Wind Fort... and it seems a little farther to get there from Rift Valley City... Fortunately, Su Jing can fly... or, in other words, a gliding that is almost flying.

If he wasn't looking forward to the bandit gangs and ferocious beasts that would occasionally pop up, rushing on the road was the most boring thing for him. Fortunately, he could pass the time by practicing flying techniques along the way. The little demon insects were put into the maximum range and cruised, opening up a three-dimensional perception system with multiple perspectives for him. On the way, if he encountered the traces of the bandits, he wouldn't mind slaughtering them for three or five minutes and robbing them quickly. The gold coins he spent when he was trading in Rift Valley City were basically like this. Behind the hundreds of cute gold coins were the corpses of more than fifty unfortunate bandits.

According to his estimate, it would take about five hours to walk from Winter Castle, and eighteen hours to go from Rift Valley City to Kewanjunde. That is, he needs to move forward at a speed of three times the walking speed. The information sent back by Sadako from the instant messaging was that they rode to Kewanjunde. Then there was only time left for themselves... about two hours.

Very challenging.

Su Jing tied his hair up with his hairband, and the wings behind him were completely spread out. In the surprised eyes of the occasional witness, a figure with wings passed by the sky like a strong wind. Su Jing felt that his flight technology was constantly improving. With the fall again and again, he seemed to have gradually touched the breath of the wind and learned how to use the wind...

How to learn how to fly? Throw him into the sky.

Finally, he fluttered again. Su Jing successfully raised his height a little. Although he suspected that this was because of the right wind, it was still an extremely exciting success. Twenty seconds later, he fell into the rushing river and floated downstream along the river.

After lying in the cold and comfortable river water for a few minutes, Su Jing climbed ashore with difficulty, and continued on the road after evaporating the moisture from his body with flame elements.

The situation at the Mage Academy seems to be optimistic at the moment, and there is plenty of time. After deciding to go to Kewanqinde to seize the serrated crown, the two adventurers quickly sorted out their luggage and equipment props. Sadako Yamamura had nothing to bring, but carried a backpack containing some dry food and water; while Lu Mengyao, who had been paying attention, stuffed many strange materials into her cloak. She seemed to be mixing some strange materials together, and then put them into small balls in cloth pockets. Then various bottled potions were put in several thermos cups of different colors and hung on her waist.

"How about the energy potion of 500ml? Do you want to buy it? A bottle is about fifty points. If you become my teammate, you can provide it for free?" Lu Mengyao shook the space cup in her hand at Sadako Yamamura, showing a sly smile.

"Uh, yeah, no need."

Now both of their dormitories are in the "Hao of Achievement" among the three towers of the Mage Academy, which is the residence of all apprentices. Theoretically, new students who come to study here will quickly become addicted to the sea of ​​knowledge when they enter the college, but neither of them is considered normal students. Considering that the college manages apprentices very relaxedly and encourages students to conduct safe extracurricular internships, such sudden whimsical adventures are also very normal.

It also took a while to find a suitable horse in the Winter Castle. It was so dilapidated that they could not even find a place for excellent horses to rent. In the end, they rented two slow-walking old horses in the tavern as an apprentice of the Mage Academy and a deposit of dozens of gold coins.

Fortunately, Kovanqinde is not too far from the Winter Fort, otherwise they might have to reach the entrance of the catacomb in the middle of the night. Fortunately, according to Lu Mengyao's calculations, they can arrive at Kovanqinde at about dusk, and after a little rest there, they can explore the jagged crown there. If everything goes well, the entire tomb can be roughly cleaned up within three hours, then sleep there for another night, and return to the Winter Fort at noon the next day.

Everything was planned so smoothly that when Lu Mengyao arrived at Kewanqiongde in the evening, he still had time to wander around. Seeing her excited appearance, Sadako Yamamura couldn't bear to expect what would happen next. Su Jing was not a bloodthirsty person. The ideal result was to stop her, and then force her to give up the task and quit the game...

But what if things are not as perfect as I think? After these two days of getting along, although I know that she might have been cheating on herself, Sadako Yamamura still developed a little favor for this woman who talks a little and occasionally goes off the line. It's not for any other reason, she will develop a good impression of anyone she has come into contact with. If Su Jing has to...

Sadako Yamamura chewed the bread in clear water without knowing the taste. Lu Mengyao sorted out her props, confirmed her props again, and pulled out a short staff with a red crystal embedded at the top from the belt around her waist and held it in her hand.

Ten minutes later, Sadako Yamamura stepped into the catacombs of Horizon Province for the first time.

The catacombs in the Sky Province are full of the architectural aesthetics of the ancient Nords. The ancient Nord kings are buried here. At that time, people worshipped the giant dragons in the sky, and the influence of primitive barbaric religions is everywhere. From the structure of each tomb, the designs symbolizing the giant dragons can be seen, such as rough grinding stones, huge wooden stake structures and old carvings; the shapes in many places imply the dragon's chest, femur and spine.

The entrance to the Catacomb of Kewanqinde is in a small, artificially dug canyon. The entrance is inside the canyon, and it takes two stairs to find it. There are traces of campfires on the ground, and perhaps some bold passers-by once stayed here. The gate of the catacomb is made of fine iron and is still tightly closed. There are few tomb robbers here to join in the fun, because every residents of the Sky Province know that in the underground tombs, sleepless skeletons and corpse ghouls are wandering. This is not just a story of lying to the children by their pillows. It can even be said that most people who try to enter the catacomb will see these terrifying things, and some of them fall under the sword of the corpse ghoul.

When he pushed open the gate of Jingtie, Lu Mengyao squeezed in directly, and then carefully observed the traces on the ground. There was no light inside the tomb, it was deep and dark, cold and dry. It had a decay smell unique to the underground maze.

"Use magic light technique." Lu Mengyao suggested.

Magic Light is the most basic spell in the school of change. It can be regarded as the simplest spell among all spells. It is simple to build and does not require any energy. It can be regarded as an extremely convenient spell. It is very useful in many cases. It will ignite a bright floating ball of light in the direction designated by the caster and illuminate nearby places. Sometimes it can also play a role in confusing the enemy. Even a new caster like Sadako Yamamura, it is not difficult to use it.

With the two casters acting at the same time, light balls emitting white light replaced the torch, illuminating the cold cave interior. Lu Mengyao recited two short spells and temporarily added a glimmer visual enchantment to her eyes. In this case, she could temporarily see objects here clearly. Then she took out a monocle glass from her cloak and put it on her left eye. This glass that constants the secret vision can allow her to observe various magic items and traces left by the magic she had cast with her naked eyes.

In Lu Mengyao's vision, this place emits a faint colorless glow, which is like a faint background radiation, reminding the user that the strength of the magic element here may represent unknown dangers. However, this is not a big deal for adventurers. The danger here is at most dead ghouls, skeletons, or snow rats as big as cats and frost spiders that are one meter long... These things will not cause any damage to the two adventurers in total.

"It's so interesting." Lu Mengyao pulled out another staff, and the gem at the top of the staff was blue.

The first scene inside the tomb is an extremely wide hall, with an interior area of ​​probably thousands of square meters. Four or five thick stone pillars covered with moss support the hall, and two of them lying on the ground, looking dilapidated.

With a few heavy muffled sounds, several corpse ghosts rushed up with long swords. These guys were the guardians in the tomb and the dead driven by resentment. To describe them specifically, they were dead bodies wearing iron armor, with faint blue light in their eyes, and their actions were the same as ordinary people. They usually carried their weapons from their lives - thanks to the martial arts tradition of the Nords. Lu Mengyao raised her hand and pointed, and at the tip of the staff in her right hand, a huge red fireball began to condense. After half a second, it suddenly fired out, bombarding the two corpse ghosts that rushed forward.

"Miss Sadako...please..."

Lu Mengyao was halfway through her words and suddenly felt something was wrong. She turned around and looked at the gentle long-haired woman had disappeared at some point.

"Damn." A dangerous smile bloomed from the corner of her lips.

Well, what should come will come. Lu Mengyao glanced around, squirming slightly, preparing to deal with the next crisis. Where will the other party attack? Her sharp eyes glanced at thick pillars, and four or five corpse ghosts rushed up with long swords and giant axes. Two iron arrows flew in front of her, but were twisted by the protective spells that came on the cloak of "arrow protection".

Hiding in the group of corpse ghosts? Lu Mengyao raised another staff, and chain lightning condensed from the end of the staff into a blue lightning ball, and then turned into a torrent of lightning, completely annihilated the vitality of the four or five corpse ghosts after death. Her sharp black pupils hidden behind her monocle glasses kept carefully scanning all directions, but the other party never showed up.

There was a place in the tomb that made her a little concerned, that was the ground around her seemed to be too clean.

Why is this happening? The constant approaching sense of crisis stimulated her to think quickly. Why does the distribution of dust and gravel on the ground seem to have some strange rules? She noticed that although it is difficult to describe, there is a large area on the ground - where she is standing, the gravel and dust on the ground are a little...unnatural.

Some strange noises came from above her head, and she understood in an instant.

The opponent's strategy was not to rush up and attack directly, but to drag a whole huge rock to the ceiling of the hall through some strange technique, and then waited until she stepped into the trap and fell down instantly, crushing herself to death. She raised her head, as expected, it was not originally part of the dome, but a huge heavy stone slab fell down.

With a loud bang, a heavy loud noise pressed the mage and the corpse ghosts underneath. The crisp sound of bone shattering became extremely light in the loud noise.

The dust settles.

After a while, Su Jing walked out. Not long after entering the catacomb, Sadako Yamamura quietly retreated again. As an auxiliary adventurer like her, she should not appear on the front battlefield, she is too fragile.

Su Jing walked to the heavy stone slab and observed it carefully. Before he was fully confirmed, he did not want Sadako Yamamura to enter this dangerous area. However, the situation he observed with the demon hunting insect just now made him very concerned. This woman seemed to be on high alert, or she had foreseeed that she would appear?

Su Jing restarted the gravity control device buried in the ceiling and sucked the heavy stone slabs again. He flew to the ceiling with his wings, spent several minutes digging several holes in the stone dome, then stuffed the gravity control device in, and moved a large piece of heavy bluestone slab from the inside of the tomb, and used a small range of gravity to absorb it on the ceiling, and arranged it on the necessary path to enter the tomb.

After completing this trap, he moved several large coffins containing ghouls from the tomb and placed them in the hall at the entrance. Originally, the ghoul wanted to rush out of the coffin and chop him, but this guy used a broken cube to connect and glue the joints of these large coffins to lock them all inside the coffin. He waited until the prey stepped into the trap that he used the broken cube to unlock them remotely and release the ghouls.

The stone slab flew back to the top of the sky with the starting gravity. Su Jing looked at the corpses on the ground and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. With a white light, a huge dragon bone battle axe appeared in his hands. The ivory giant axe floated with a jade-like warm light, but it may be one of the hardest substances in this world.

"Well, you're reacting very quickly. This dear friend."

Su Jing held the battle axe tightly, and the demon hunters began to disperse, looking for the other party's traces.

【… Very creative trap, I admit, I was almost killed… If I hadn’t been on guard in advance.】

A gentle woman's whisper came from Su Jing's ear. This was the effect of some kind of spell. It can be seen that the other party was still wandering in the tomb and was always planning a fatal blow to him.

"So smart, so when did you find me?" Su Jing asked with a smile. This is him delaying time. The search for the demon hunting insects will soon end. This mage... As long as she is discovered by herself, the battle will be over.

[When I first met her, I knew that she must have a companion.]

"When we first met?"

[First of all, when I met her at the Winter Castle Academy, she clearly had three forces, but she insisted that I was the one who supported General Tulius. Why is this? It is more reasonable to guess that I am an adventurer who supports the Dragonborn. How could the adventurer who supports the Dragonborn appear in the enemy territory? Excluding several possible surnames with low probability, I concluded that she must have met the adventurer who supports the Dragonborn in some way... However, the adventurer who supports the Dragonborn, according to

It is common sense that it should not appear in the East of Sky Province, but rather - based on the plot time at that time, it should be at the Hosga peak - so there are three possibilities. One is that the neutral adventurer came to the East for some reason, or because she has the ability to cross long distances in a short time, but - seeing her difficult appearance along the way... Then there is only the third possibility left - she has a teammate. And that teammate has a remote connection with her.]

"………………basically correct inference, but a little bit insufficient, please give the next argument." Su Jing had already scanned the demon hunting insects, but the other party seemed to have completely disappeared, without any trace of existence. This was impossible, he frowned slightly. If the other party was a mage, then her invisibility technique would definitely be seen through by the demon hunting insect's natural illusion-breaking ability.

[Second, it is also your biggest flaw, the weakness. I am bluntly speaking, the strengths of both parties in a competitive game should be similar. However... the strength of this lady is still a certain gap compared to me. So, either she is hiding her own strength, or she has a companion. Compared with the first one, we can clearly confirm this conclusion: she has a companion. Although the team cards are rare, they are not very rare props. However, considering that team groups will bring about improvements in overall evaluation and enter a stronger world, facing stronger opponents, so few people will use team cards and people to form teams.]

"...When I think about it this way, will your strength be completely superior to me? If I can compete with Miss Sadako, this mage with keen observation."

[Of course not. My strength also has a lot of water. For example, I have much more prop reserves than ordinary people, so I get a little higher evaluation...]

Lu Mengyao hid behind a giant pillar and used monocle glasses to observe the flying small dots in the air. She saw this flying magic aura before stepping into the trap. At first, she thought it might be the free element energy in the air, but now she extremely suspected that it was some kind of surveillance device. If she hadn't made any mistakes in the estimate, then the one that absorbed the boulder on the ceiling should be some kind of anti-gravity magic array... No, there was no magic aura, or... a certain gravity-based technology product on the technology side.

She pulled out a scroll from the slot on her belt, then pulled out three bottles of potions from the inner pocket, gently unscrewed the bottle cap, poured "Cow's Brutality", "Cat's Elegance", and "Bear's Patience" into her mouth in one breath, and then swallowed it in one go.

This scroll is the "Isaac Advanced Missile Storm" she bought at a high price. It can be regarded as an advanced enhanced version of the mage's most basic attack spell "magic missile". At present, her magical strength can probably release a secondary missile storm with slightly less destructive power, but it is still a certain distance from the advanced missile storm.

Seeing the circling cruise trajectory of those highlights, Lu Mengyao jumped out from behind the giant pillar quickly and silently, hiding behind another giant pillar. Since she could not confirm whether these things had anti-invisible mechanisms, she had been "manually avoiding" these strange magical auras. As of now, these guys did not find themselves.

But wait a moment, if they have the ability to anti-invisibility, why did the adventurer not scan the carpet in one breath, but let these demon hunting insects fly here in a disorderly manner? This is unreasonable. Lu Mengyao began to call out the flight trajectory of these magical auras in her mind again, and the seemingly messy orbits are getting tighter and tighter... He was deliberately forcing himself here!

When Lu Mengyao raised her head again, Su Jing was already standing in front of him with a huge battle axe. With the man's wrist swing, the huge battle axe fell down. The mage's figure was silently axe and two pieces. In the air, a bunch of wool that had been cut into two pieces fell silently.

Lu Mengyao was sweating coldly at this moment. Fortunately, in the last second, she created a simple illusion at the fastest speed, which made the man subconsciously slash towards the illusion. She used the agility of the cat's elegant amplification to quickly take out a small piece of clay from her arms, dipped her fingers in a small amount of water, and then whispered a spell. Under her casting, a large piece of stone at the top of the giant pillar turned into spoiled mud. A few seconds later, she tore open a teleportation scroll and disappeared in front of Su Jing's eyes with the spell. With the release of this "fossil into mud", a heavy stone fell down and smashed towards Su Jing's head. Only a few refreshing and light sounds were heard. Su Jing held the battle axe and coughed and walked out of the splash of dust.

"So... I've returned it again, right? It's a smart trick." Su Jing wiped the mud from his face with his fingers and glanced around with his sharp eyes.

【…………………】

This time, the other party didn't say a word, and Su Jing expanded his telepathy field. He just used this to finally discover the other party's position. When he found that the other party was avoiding the investigation of the demon hunting insect, he realized that the other party had discovered the existence of the demon hunting insect, so he decided to use the trick and approach her a corner with the demon hunting insect. Unexpectedly, she escaped at the last second. I have to praise her, she is really a tough opponent...

Through the telepathic "field", he could slightly sense the other party's position and current psychological state. But what made him a little confused was that the psychological state felt from this enemy was calm and firm before, but now it was a little... chaotic? Judging from the previous actions of this mage, she was not the kind of person who would be scared by danger and be out of possession...

With the low and dense sound of chanting the mantra, several figures of people wearing gray cloaks appeared in front of Su Jing. A total of six figures of gray cloaks stood up from one of the collapsed rocks. Su Jing showed a silent sneer. Did she think she could not see through these small illusions? After being strengthened, her left eye was equivalent to a three-star demon hunting insect, which had its own effects of breaking the illusion, multiple attention, dark vision, etc. For him, seeing through these illusions was just as relaxed and pleasant as the backhand pattern.

Since the other party thought he could not see through the illusion, then pretend that he could not see through it. Su Jing slowly stepped forward and gently lifted the dragon bone axe in his hand.

The mage's face was hidden in the gray cloak, holding a scroll in his left hand and a short red crystal staff in his right hand, observing Su Jing vigilantly.

"What, do you want to talk about it?" Su Jing showed a perfect sarcastic smile. The power in his body began to accumulate. As long as the opponent thought that his body was defenseless and released any spell of destruction, his magic-hunting dusk power armor would be dressed instantly and then kill him at the highest speed.

【From your strength and reaction speed…Biotech? I noticed that your back clothing has two clefts at the shoulder blades. If it is not some kind of external device, it is…Wings.】

"Well, basically that's right."

[There are some technology-based props, but they are used to assist yourself in close combat.]

“My hobby.”

[Subject... weird. Love dramatic last scenes. And, from your hairstyle and eyebrows, as well as your trimmed nails... narcissistic tendencies.]

"...The observation ability is very sharp." Su Jing raised his eyebrows.

[I had a girlfriend in college and then I left it all the time. I have no shame in being a human being.]

"…………………………I don’t quite understand how these are observed. And I must state that it is a peaceful breakup, not a mess." Su Jing’s eyebrows slowly frowned.

[Exceptional surname habit, sadism, don't like to use condoms. Improving mentality is high but lower than me. I have talent for card games, but I don't know anything about chess. I am willing to help others on the surface but often do damage. I misappropriate the expenses of club activities to buy all kinds of equipment that I don't use for nonsense - we are a drama club, why do we want to buy the Terremen piano?]

"I...I x." Su Jingqing couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands and spit out dirty words between her fingers.

The gray cloak lifted off the hood, revealing Lu Mengyao's slightly red eyes.

"A minute ago you wanted to cut me into two parts. Now we can see how disgusting you have with that past relationship. I know that people who are so eager for the surname of a woman like you will not be satisfied with being single. Sure enough, they found a new woman after only two months of death..."

"Wait a minute, I think everything can be explained..."
Chapter completed!