Chapter 5 Shadows (Part 1)
When Alps was searching for Lianda and the mad dog in the forest, they found a corpse lying in the forest. A short man in leather armor and with branches made of branches pierced the heart by a thin sword and killed him with one blow. "He thought he was hiding well?" Alps commented while pulling out the shrub branches he tied to his head armor, "It turned out that he was the one who was sneak attacked."
Alps looked at another corpse, a mercenary wearing mature leather armored in a pool of blood. He was hit by two arrows, but the fatal injury was that the bone on his neck was broken. Half of his helmet was also sunken, covered with cracks, and "reconnaissance" seemed to be severely damaged by weapons such as warhammers. The thin sword is a weapon with agility attribute bonus, and the warhammer is a weapon with a power bonus. Alps stood up and looked around. The legendary mad dog was a combat expert who could skillfully use various weapons.
Alps pulled out the iron sword and looked around. There were countless hidden places in the shrubs and woods. He could not be sure whether that guy was nearby. "Lianda? Are you nearby?" Alps called in a low voice in the team's voice and teammate positioning functions in "Adam", and there is an additional "realistic condition": if both sides do not know the other party's existence, the team's functions cannot be used. That is to say, if two team members do not know where the other party is, even if they are separated by a wall, the team's voice and teammate positioning functions cannot be used; but on the contrary, as long as you know the approximate positioning of the other party, these functions can be used.
"Landa?" Alps shouted loudly this time, but there were only monotonous insects and birds in the woods. The depressing atmosphere made Alps prepare for the worst. Suddenly, a sound came from the bushes behind him. Alps turned around and protected his body with an iron shield to avoid being attacked by hidden arrows. "Who is there?!" Alps asked coldly.
At this time, Alps saw a figure from afar, with a blood-stained rag cloak covering his figure. The face under the hood was hidden under the same worn mask, but his face slightly protruded forward, making Alps wonder whether there was still a mask hidden under the mask; the figure was hunched under the rag cloak, but extremely strong, so that the Alps could see it from afar; the eyes of the figure emitted a strange red light, and because the face was hidden in the shadow, it looked particularly conspicuous.
What was that? Alps had never seen such eyes before, but before he could think about anything, the figure turned around and rushed into the woods. Although he was hunched, his speed was very agile. His rag cloak was raised, and his whole body turned into a afterimage and disappeared behind the bushes.
The Alps immediately chased after him without any hesitation, but he was wearing heavy iron armor, which was incomparable to the speed of the shadow. After searching in the complex woods, the Alps finally lost the shadow.
"Damn." Alps gasped slightly, staring at the almost identical environment around him, not knowing where the guy had escaped. Although some functions of the team cannot be used when they don't know the other party exists, the team's health display can be used in any situation. As long as they are within the team's range, they can know the opponent's health. However, if there are many deaths or exceeding the team's distance, they will automatically withdraw from the team.
Lianda's health is still on the same safety line and has almost never been deducted. This makes the Alps feel a little relieved. At least she is still alive at the moment, but then she thought that the shadow just now seemed to be the legendary "mad dog". She was in the same forest as such a PVP madman, and there was no safety at all.
"Where did this guy go?" Alps observed the movements around him, and suddenly a sound of branches breaking from the bushes behind him left. Alps turned around suddenly, and the iron shield in his hand waved out. With a clang, a short crossbow arrow was bounced out by the iron shield, and sparks bloomed on the shield.
Alps rushed directly to the bushes without thinking. The iron sword in his hand slashed at the bushes. A figure retreated from the bushes. Before the Alps could take a closer look, the thin blade in the man's hand had already stabbed the Alps. The iron shield of the Alps retreated, and the thin blade cut the branches of the bushes, and after hitting the iron shield, it was bounced away. The man did not succeed in a blow. The man quickly retreated, and Alps saw her figure clearly.
It was not the figure I had seen before, but a woman in a red hunting suit. She wore an equally red boat-shaped hat with a large white feather on her neck and a gray-brown scarf that covered her lower half of her face. The short brown hair of the woman shook in the rapid battle, and her green eyes were keen like a veteran in the battlefield. She seemed to have taken off her cloak in advance to avoid being hooked by branches in such an environment.
"Who are you?!" After seeing that it was a woman, Alps raised his shield and took a step back.
After the woman stood firm, she held the hilt of the thin blade with one hand and looked at the Alps alertly. "This is what I want to ask," she said, "two people were killed not far ahead."
The Alps seemed to understand something, "I didn't kill it."
"Aren't you a mad dog?" the woman asked suspiciously.
"The mad dog just ran away under me," the Alps replied coldly, "but he should still be nearby."
"Are you really a mad dog?"
"I'm not," Alps sighed helplessly, "Next time to confirm someone else's identity and shoot arrows, I'll almost be killed by you."
"That's really a shame." The woman disagreed. "It shouldn't be anything to see your skills," then she looked around again, "You said the mad dog is still nearby?"
"careful!"
The Alps rushed forward suddenly, and surprise flashed in the woman's eyes. She raised the knife to stop him. Because it was too sudden, the woman had no time to react. The blade only slashed a spark on the iron armor of the Alps, leaving a mark. Fortunately, the armor was not cut open. The Alps ignored these and held up the shield and touched the woman behind. Then a meteor hammer covered with thorns slammed on the shield. The sparks were everywhere, and the huge impact force made the Alps, who had not yet stood firm, fall into a ball.
Alps poured backwards, and the woman pressed on him. The moment she fell down, the sharp blade stabbed towards Alps' head, but in the end it was just inserted into the soil on the right side of his head. The woman's eyes flashed with shock and anger, but she also understood what was going on. She quickly turned over and stood up again. The mad dog hidden under the rag cloak appeared again. He looked at the two of them gloomyly, and the red light in his eyes shone slightly. He held the handle of the meteor hammer with one hand, and the iron ball with a spike fixed with the iron chain was dragged to the ground, but he dragged it up and then rotated.
The sound of the chains trembled, and the Alps quickly climbed up from the ground. He stood firm and walked to the front of the woman at the top. "What's going on with this guy?" the woman asked with a frown.
"He is the mad dog." Alps said calmly, and the mad dog rushed over. The meteor hammer in his hand hit the Alps again. The Alps pushed up the iron shield. The blow made his arm numb and retreated repeatedly, and the meteor hammer that hit the iron shield was bounced away again. The woman rushed forward suddenly, and the thin blade in her hand slashed towards the rag cloak. The sound of metal collision made both of them stunned, because the mad dog had already grasped a metal round shield in his left hand.
The woman failed to get a hit, and Alps had already caught her by her side. The steel sword in her hand stabbed the mad dog. He suddenly retreated. The meteor hammer in his right hand now turned into a hardwood-handled steel warhammer. The anvil-shaped hammer hit the Alps' shield. The several consecutive heavy blows had caused the slightly curved shield to sink. The blow made the Alps a little unbalanced. The straight sword in his hand also pierced the mad dog's cloak without hurting him. The Alps, who was hit by the side, blocked the woman who wanted to take action again. The mad dog quickly retreated and disappeared behind the bushes at an incredible speed.
"Catch it!" The woman rushed around the Alps. The Alps in iron armor were not as fast as these two guys, but he still held up his shield and followed.
But in the end, the Alps almost lost their way in the woods, and the two men disappeared. At this time, a strong wind blew, and the whole forest started to ring. The sound of leaves swaying overwhelmed all the footsteps and fighting. Alps moved forward in alertness and finally arrived at the location of the two corpses.
While the Alps was thinking about what to do, another person walked out from behind the bushes next to him. Alps looked closely and saw that it was a woman in a red hunting suit. She covered her abdomen, her face was a little pale, and blood overflowed from the wound, dyeing her red hunting suit even brighter. "Damn..." The woman limped out of the bushes, and Alps hurriedly walked up, "That monster..."
"Are you okay?!" Alps stepped forward and supported the woman. The woman glared at him angrily, but did not refuse his help.
"You... um..." the woman said in pain, "Be gentle! It hurts!" Then the woman said dissatisfied, "If you followed you just now, we would be able to kill that mad dog! In the end, he still let him run away!"
"Yes, yes, yes, be careful, I'll help you with the wound." Alps said as she helped her sit by the tree, "I don't have first aid or medical skills. After treating the wound, I'll take you to the nearest town."
"Actually, there is no need to be such a trouble. Our president is also bringing people here. Just follow the way to the south... Wow! Be gentle, stupid!" The woman punched Alps in pain, but then covered her fist and screamed for a while. Alps took out a hemorrhage ointment from her backpack and applied it to the wound, and wrapped it in a bandage. This kind of emergency fool-style treatment method can only be effective for players. If the other party is an NPC, the effect of doing this may be far less than that of the player.
After treating the wound, Alps stood up and said, "Don't think about it." He turned around and looked around. There was no sign of others. The two corpses were still standing next to him. It was almost winter. Alps told himself that if he stayed next to the corpse for a long time, he might encounter a beast attracted by the corpse, and he would be in trouble then. Thinking of it, he opened the team list and sent a message to Lianda: quickly return to the rest point under the old oak tree, immediately!
After sending the message, Alps reached out to help the woman on the ground, "You will go with me to have a reunion with your companions, and then we will take you to the town."
"Hmph." The woman turned her head away, "You, don't think I would thank you. It's your fault that I would be hurt. If you could just follow me, I wouldn't be hurt!"
"Yes, yes," Alps smiled bitterly. He put the woman's hand on his shoulders. The woman moved unnaturally, but Alps didn't care about this, "Go here."
The Alps helped the limping woman toward the low mound not far ahead. Because it was surrounded by woods, it was hard to see that place.
"Hey." The woman's hat covered her upper face, and she was shorter than the Alps, so the Alps couldn't see her expression clearly.
"Hmm?" Alps watched vigilantly, fearing that the mad dog would come again.
"What's your name?"
“Alps.”
"oh."
"oh?"
"What, what's wrong? Do you have anything to be dissatisfied with when you ask your name?" the woman asked nervously.
"No, what about your name?" Alps felt amused and crying.
"Coria." The woman reached out and lowered her hat brim, "Coria of the Ghost Sword Brigade."
"Ghost Sword Brigade?" Alps was stunned, "Is it that Kaserba's Ghost Sword Brigade?"
"Do you know our president?"
"No, I just heard of it." Alps was silent after saying that, Coria didn't say anything more. Is Kasperba, a fast swordsman who is known as the "Scarlet Rose", going to meet such a person? Alps suddenly felt a little bit expectant.
The two of them were silent and soon walked out of the forest, and were not attacked again during this period, nor encountered other players. The slope of the hillside was so high that the injured Coria screamed in pain every step, and began to curse halfway through.
"Wuwuwuwuwu... This broken game hurts so much!" Coria covered the wound on her abdomen, as if the wound had blood flowed out again. Alps thought about returning to the top of the dwarf mound and bandaged it again.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
"Hey, are you okay?" Alps asked helplessly.
"It's something wrong! It hurts so much!" Coria shouted angrily.
At this time, the Alps saw a man on the top of the low hill waving at them. It was the red-haired Lianda. "Master Al!" she waved her hand and shouted loudly. After seeing her figure, Alps finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she jumped over and jumped over, holding something in her hand, "Sir Al, Lord Al! Look, I beat the fox! Humph, this is not an ordinary fox, it is the best material "Fox at the bottom of the valley"! Humph, I'm amazing! I can give you a little praise!" As she said that, she shook her head thoughtfully, "No, since it's Lord Al, you can praise it anyway!"
"Who is this person?" Coria asked angrily, pointing at Lianda who was jumping in front of her.
"It's my teammate." Alps said with a wry smile.
"Hmm? Who are you talking to?" This was Lianda's expression that he had just discovered Coria, "Sir Al? This is the prey you caught? Why is this? There is obviously Lianda already."
"Who is the prey?! Woooooooooooooooooooooo... it hurts..." The loud shouting touched the wound, making Coria whine in pain.
"Mr. Al, as a hunter, it is the duty to let the prey die without pain!" Lianda said as if he was teaching, and she wiped her thumb on her throat with her thumb, "This way, it can be solved!"
"What did you say...! Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
"Stop messing with Lianda, do you have first aid or medical skills? Come and help." Alps ignored Lianda and helped Coria, who was crying and hurt, walked towards the old oak.
"Mr. Al is injured?" Lianda followed nervously, "Where is injured? Tell me quickly, let me see, let me see! Take off all...hehehe..."
Alps sighed and continued to ignore Lianda, allowing Coria to lie down against the old oak tree. The wound was indeed cracked again, and the bandages were dyed red. "Lianda, come and help with the wound." As he said that, Alps stood up and walked to the pot they had set up before. Because they were in a hurry, Alps didn't have time to clean up. Fortunately, it was not stolen, but the broth inside was gone.
"Hmph, the bad-hearted Lord Al." As he said that, Lianda put the fox back into his backpack, then took out the dagger and squatted down beside Coria, "Don't move around, don't blame me for the second trauma!"
"Wooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"Lianda, have you drunk all the broth?" asked Alps looking at the empty pot.
"Yes, because Lord Al never comes back." Lianda said while treating the wound, and stuffed a roll of bandage into Coria's mouth. "I have been waiting here for a long time when Lord Al Al sent me a message. Speaking of which, Lord Al, where have you been? Why did he bring someone back?"
"Something happened." As he said that, Alps sat down on the spot. He reached out to touch the ground, but couldn't find it. So he stood up again, looked around and was sure that it was not. "Strange, Lianda, where did my cup go?" Alps asked.
"Mug? What cup?" Lianda was stunned for a moment, and his subordinates also stopped working.
Alps did not answer immediately, but sat down again, "No, nothing." Could it be that he was taken away by the man who had escaped to the low hill? Alps took out the spare cup from his backpack in confusion.
Chapter completed!