Chapter 25 The End of the Hunt (1)
Berlem stayed in the Drunk Fish Tavern and drank wine. Because it was the first day of the journey to sleep in the wind, almost all the members of the Ghost Sword Brigade were soaking in the tavern and enjoying the warm fire and unlimited food and wine. Moreover, this trip to Golden Falls from Sentinel Town was actually not easy. Apart from the "Problem Children's Four", there were only Kaserba and Meka who were enjoying the journey. The rest of the guild felt that they could finally relax, so they felt that they would not go out to participate in the so-called hunting tonight.
"Anyway, I'm just patrolling the streets with cold wind like guards?" Coria said while drinking, her cheeks turned red because of sweet fruit wine. "Hmph! I don't want to go out and blow the cold wind like that idiot Ding Ke! How can I have such good luck to hit that monster worth three bags of gold coins? If it were so easy to meet, it would have been killed long ago!" After saying that, Coria hiccupped, which attracted the laughter of her companions around her.
"To be honest, I heard that the scenery in Beihou Bay is very good! There are also white dolphins and narwhals to see! Do we want to apply to the president for vacation in Aide Town?" a girl suddenly said.
"Dolphin?" The eyes of several other girls around her, including Coria, almost shone brightly, "Okay, okay! Let's ask the president to take us there!"
"Forget it, North Roar Bay is very cold in winter." Balme, who was sitting on the side, reminded.
"Hey? Has Sister Ballet been to Beihou Bay?" asked several girls.
"Hmph, don't know, the original location of Ballet Sister's number is in Langshi Town!" Luluen, who was sitting next to Ballet, said proudly.
"Really?" Suddenly the girls came over, "Sister Ballet, can you really see white dolphins and narwhals in Beihouwan?"
Why are you proud? Ballet looked at Luluen next to her helplessly. "Well, um, can you see it," and the North Sea sharks. Ballet thought, "But you have to take a boat. Are you not seasick?"
"For the sake of dolphins and whales, this is nothing!" The girls said and laughed.
Sure enough, he was drunk. Balme looked at these little girls and couldn't help but smile and shook his head. Although it was a game, he could really get drunk. Balme thought of him as he looked at the beer in front of him.
But speaking of this... If Luluen hadn't reminded me, Belle would have almost forgotten about this. How long has it been for her account? It's been more than a year... No, if we count according to the actual time, it's only been about five months. Belle couldn't help feeling a little sad. It's been more than a year since he came to "Adam". At the beginning, he played this game with his senior sister. As a result, the senior sister sold the game equipment early, while Belle barely persisted because he joined the Ghost Sword Brigade.
Since joining the Ghost Sword Brigade, she has changed nearly six characters. Every time she dies, she wants to say goodbye to the game completely, but Kasper can always call her and ask: "Do you still want to continue playing? If you want, remember to tell me where your initial location is so I can pick you up!" So Berle finally persisted.
It has been more than a year since then, and it has been three years to calculate the game time. Balem couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
"Sister Ballet, what's wrong?" Luluen next to her looked at her in confusion, "Have you suddenly thought of something funny?"
"No, no," Berme said, looking up and saw a man walking in from outside the tavern. "Miy? Is the wine awake?"
"No," the short-haired girl with brown skin walked over, her cheeks were slightly red and her eyes were sleepy. "Because I didn't want to go offline like this, but it was too boring to stay in the hotel, so I took out my crossbow and played..."
"Hey, that's not something you can play with, right?" Berlem said in a pretentious tone.
"Well," Mai nodded, and then sat down in an empty seat next to Belle, "The hotel owner said the same thing, his tone was exactly the same."
"And got kicked out?" Luluen asked.
"It should be." Mai rubbed his face, "I want another glass of sweet fruit wine."
"You'd better stop drinking," Berle sighed helplessly, and then said to Luluen beside her, "Go and ask her for a glass of juice, milk is OK."
"Is there milk in the tavern?" Luluen walked towards the bar counter of the tavern with a puzzled look.
"Ah, by the way." Mai suddenly remembered something.
"What's wrong?"
"I just seemed to hear Ding Ke's voice."
"Ding Ke?" Balme was surprised.
"Well, it seems to be calling me from a distance, but I think it should be an hallucination after drinking." As he said that, Mai nodded, showing a look of "Well, it must be like this".
"That's it, but will you have hallucinations when drinking?" Balme began to worry about Mai's physical condition. Will she be alcohol allergic? But will alcohol allergic affect the game?
And at this moment, a person suddenly rushed in outside the door.
"Ah, Dingke?" As soon as Berber saw her clearly, she had already rushed to the table where they were sitting.
"Mai!!!" She seemed very angry, then rushed up and strangled Mai's neck, then rubbed her face, "It's actually! Dare! Ignore me!" Ding Ke said angrily while panting.
"Woooooooooooooo..." Mai endured Ding Ke's ravages with difficulty, "The hallucination...the hallucination has come true! Woooooooooooo..."
At this time, Luluen, who was carrying a mug full of juice, came over and said, "Hmm? Isn't this Dingke?"
"Ah, it's so good. I'm so thirsty!" Then Ding Ke snatched the juice from her hand and started drinking it in big gulps.
"Hey, hey! Be careful to choke!" As she said that, Luluen looked around, then looked at the door, "Hmm? That's..." She walked towards the door.
"Why are you back alone?" Berber asked, looking at Ding Ke who drank juice hard and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah, by the way!" Ding Ke suddenly thought of something.
"I said Ding Ke! Why did you throw a little girl at the door of the tavern?" Luluen's voice attracted the attention of most people in the tavern. Berme also looked over, but he saw a short little girl wearing a ragged cloak that was completely unfit. She held Luluen's hand tightly, and her careful look when walking made Berme realize that she was a blind man.
"Hey! Ding Ke! Where did you kidnap the little girl?" Berme immediately stood up from her position and walked towards the little girl. She must not explain this kind of thing, so Berme wanted to simply ask the little girl directly.
"What does it mean to be a kidnapped? It was entrusted to me by her parents!" Ding Ke said dissatisfiedly, "No!" Ding Ke suddenly shouted loudly again, "No, right!"
"Ha? What's wrong?" Belle turned around and looked at her. Most people in the tavern looked at Ding Ke, either confused or surprised.
"There is danger to me!"
Ding Ke's voice made the tavern fall into silence. After a few seconds, almost at the same time, all the members of the Ghost Sword Brigade stood up and took out their wallets speechlessly. For a moment, the sound of copper plates jingling throughout the tavern. The hotel owner hurried over to collect money from the table, and then the girls took out their red and blue cloaks and weapons from their "backpacks".
Balem buckled her cloak, then picked up the cross gun, she looked at Luluen, "Take care for this girl." Luluen nodded silently. "Ding Ke, lead the way." Balem looked at Ding Ke, Ding Ke grinned, then strode out of the tavern, and then members of the Ghost Sword Brigade followed him out of the tavern.
After a few dozen seconds, the lively tavern just now was missing most of the people, and the remaining male players looked at each other.
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Joel walked out of the dark alley and then swam on the edge of the battlefield. His eyes behind his pale mask were staring at the monster surrounded by guards and mercenaries. Blood surrounds it like snakes turned into smoke. The monster raised its head and Joel saw a fish eye looking at him.
Joel bent down, untied his longbow from a dead mercenary, used a black sword to separate his quiver-bound belt, then continued to walk along the edge of the battlefield, and then came to the bodies of the guards holding crossbows. Joel remembered the ruins of Lengxi Town, and exhaled, with the mask full of moisture he exhaled, and he felt his face sticky.
After taking off the crossbow and the quiver equipped with crossbow arrows, Joel raised his head and looked at the battlefield. The alliance between the mercenaries and the guards did not make the monster afraid. It waved the square shield and knocked open the defense line composed of the guards. The iron axe in his hand slashed wildly into the head of a guard. Then the mercenaries rushed forward and looked at the monster's square shield. Its scales either saw a wound or did not hurt the monster. The spear stabbed the monster, and its body trembled. However, it left and grabbed a spear that stabbed itself and started fighting.
The way of fighting this monster goes against all common sense. "Can't kill it!" the mercenary who was taken away from his spear shouted in despair before his death. All attacks that can kill according to common sense do not work in front of this monster. The chest, throat, arteries, no matter where the attack is, it only slows the monster's movements a little, but the blood of the person it kills immediately will heal its wounds.
"Retreat! Retreat!" The mercenary who first issued the order shouted again. This siege was the same as last time. It cannot be said that it did not cause any damage, but there was no difference. The monster was still fighting in blood, but three people died again in the alliance between the two sides. The blood of the three people floated up, and the strange scene once again hit the morale of the fragile alliance.
"Hehehehehehehehe..." A gloomy laughter came from the monster's fish mouth full of jagged fangs. Although people were standing around, they were silent. This depressing scene where dozens of people remained silent together seemed even more terrifying against the backdrop of the smell of blood and the dim firelight.
"Hehehehehehe..." The monster leaned on a blood-stained spear and leaned against his feet, which was also stained with blood in his other hand. Then it suddenly began to speak, and everyone present held their breath for this.
"Wine..." the monster murmured, "Hehehehe...Wine..."
Then it exhaled a white air, and Joel noticed that the monster's body began to tremble, and the temperature around it seemed to drop with its strange actions and whispers. "It's so cold... wine..." It picked up its weapon again, "Give me... wine..."
"Kill it!" a guard shouted in horror.
"Don't act rashly!" The mercenaries wanted to stop them, but the guards in iron armor had already rushed towards the monster.
The killing unfolded again, and the guard who was roaring in horror rushed up. The iron sword in his hand slashed at the monster, but was easily blocked by the monster with an iron shield. Then the blood-stained spear directly pierced the guard's abdomen. The bright red spear head poked out from the guard's back. He widened his eyes, and then the monster was inserted into the spear and raised high, like a strange flag.
"Go to die!!!"
"monster!!!"
The roaring guards rushed up fearlessly. The iron sword and spear were not blocked by the iron shield, and several wounds were added to the monster's body. However, this was useless. Joel looked at the mercenaries. They rushed up like the guards, but they all stood there watching them fight with the monsters.
Someone had already started to escape. Joel saw that just as the guards launched an attack, the three people quietly fled into the alley, and then more and more mercenaries began to escape in scattered ways. Mercenaries were all cunning guys, and they would not die for things that were not sure, but Joel did not think that the escaped guys really left. They could not just let the three bags of gold coins go. Maybe they were hiding in the shadow of the alley like Joel and Mozi, waiting for the opportunity.
A mercenary ran past Joel and looked at Joel in surprise before leaving. Joel ignored him and continued to put arrows on the crossbow in his hand. This was the fourth crossbow. After being called a good arrow, Joel put it into his "backpack". At this time, the wailing sound of someone before his death came from the battlefield.
Without the help of the mercenaries, the guards could not support themselves. They were not as good as mercenaries to join the battle again quickly after being injured. The monster waved the square shield and smashed the guards' shield directly to the ground. The guards who fell to the ground were unable to stand up immediately. As a result, the monster stepped heavily on the breastplate. Then blood emerged from the gap in the guard's helmet, floated into the sky, and joined the blood mist like snakes.
The guards were shocked by the brutality of the monsters. They subconsciously avoided them. They had never faced monsters and had no idea how to deal with this transcendent power and terror. Seeing the guards wearing iron armor trembling, Joel realized that they would collapse at any time, and then threw down their weapons and escaped, and then they might be chased by the monsters...
At this time, the monster looked at Joel who had been standing on the edge of the battlefield. Or it would come directly to kill me, Joel thought. At this moment, there were only six mercenaries present. They all retreated far away from the monsters, maintaining a distance they thought they were safe. The only five remaining guards on the battlefield were also constantly retreating. This section of the street was completely covered by blood and corpses.
It was almost done. Joel took a step toward the side, then walked to a brazier, he took off the longbow on his back, leaned it against the brazier on the wooden rack, with sticky blood on it. Then Joel took an arrow from the quiver on his back, then took out a bottle of strong liquor from the "backpack", and then used a dagger to remove a bandage wrapped around him.
The monster looked at Joel calmly doing something beside the brazier, and then turned around and looked at him. The guards on the side also noticed the strangeness of the monster. They looked in the direction the monster was looking, but before they could see what was there, they only saw a brazier and a person, and suddenly a burst of rapid footsteps came from beside them.
"Hey! Don't go to die!" a mercenary shouted loudly.
The mercenary's voice had not disappeared, and the sound of the Big Tai Knife slashing the air had already bypassed the shield. The monster turned around suddenly, and the oncoming big blade made it subconsciously want to retreat, but it still could not escape the long blade of the Big Tai Knife. The sharp blade cut a deep mark on the monster's chest. The bones and fish scales sat down under the blade and then were cut into two pieces. The dark blood was sprayed out with the wind that passed by the blade, splashing onto the corpse that had already begun to become cold.
The "blood snake" floating in the sky began to wriggle, and several tiny blood mists separated from the "blood snake" and drilled into the knife wound on the monster's chest. However, the monster looked unaware. It raised the fish's head and opened its sharp-toothed mouth to Mo Zi and made an ugly roar.
Bang! With the sound of the glass shattering, a bottle filled with dwarf liquor smashed on the monster's head. The fish eyes on both sides of its head saw who threw the thing, and then it also saw the man holding up a longbow, and the arrows of the arrows on the bow were burning with flames.
"The wine you want," Joel whispered hoarsely.
The arrow left the string, wrapped around the bandage, poured on the arrow lit after the strong wine, drew a hot line in the darkness and nailed it to the monster's head. The flames were about to burn, and the dwarf's strong wine was like oil. When the flames touched it, the flames on the arrow immediately turned from yellow to blue. The hot flames instantly swallowed half of the monster's body and half of the face.
The monster was suddenly engulfed by the flames, which made everyone else present stunned. For mercenaries, flames are not commonly used, because consumables such as oil pots are too expensive and are only used in large quantities when defending the city. Usually, the oil pots carried by mercenaries are only used as fuel for camping. Although there are not many thrown directly onto the enemy like this, this kind of fighting method is too luxurious for ordinary players.
Unlike tar that can burn for a long time, the flames burn more violently and faster. The blue flame can only last for about ten seconds at most.
The monster roared and struggled in the flames. He threw down the shield, then held the spear in both hands and began to wave it wildly. The corpses on the ground were cut out by the blade of the spear. Mo Zi retreated to avoid being accidentally injured by the monster. Other guards and mercenaries who had already stood at a certain distance did not dare to move forward easily.
The blood and mucus on the monster's body had been burned by the scorching flames, and then the flame spread. It had been more than ten seconds, but the flames were still not extinguished, but the color changed from blue to yellow.
Sure enough, Joel thought to himself that the flame could easily ignite the resurrection of the dead. Joel had already experienced it in his own hands in the burning old house on the riverside, but once he confirmed his identity as the resurrection of the dead, it still made Joel feel a little gloomy.
The monster obviously discovered this. It raised its head and roared towards the sky. The "blood snake" surrounding his head began to roll. Unfortunately, Joel put on a longbow, then picked up an iron spear on the ground and rushed towards the monster. Mozi also noticed his movements and decisively held the big sword tightly with both hands and rushed towards the monster.
The monster waved its spear and smashed it towards Mozi, but the big sword danced, and the blade broke the spear pole, and the spear head flew out in a rotating manner. At this moment, the "blood snake" in the sky suddenly lost its form, turned back to blood, and then poured down from the monster's head. The blood poured on the monster's body, making a hissing sound, and then the flame disappeared into the blood that appeared dark red.
Mozi stopped in front of the splashing blood and quickly retreated, but Joel still held the spear and stabbed the monster in the blood.
As the blood fell, a large pool of blood suddenly accumulated on the ground. The monster's body was soaked by sticky blood, and its whole body showed a dark black. Joel's spear was grabbed by the monster, and then they were stalemate. The blood on the monster's body began to drip, and the place burned by the flames was finally exposed. A charred black, and wisps of smoke with a fishy and stinky smell emerged from the monster's body. Joel also noticed that the eyes on the monster's right seemed to melt in the flames, and a disgusting deformity was presented under the wetness of the blood.
The "blood snake" floating in the air had disappeared, and the mercenaries and guards around were also at a loss by the sudden appearance. The smell of burnt smell with a fishy smell began to spread around. Several guards made uncomfortable retching sounds, and only a few mercenaries also frowned and pinched their noses. The smell of blood was too strong, and Joel, who was closest to the monster, felt so even more.
Chapter completed!