Chapter 535: Elven Hunter's First Test
No one asked Lu Xi why he ordered the burning of the bodies of his own dead. Everyone is a "veteran" with combat experience, of course, they know that for the undead lords of Henas, the complete corpse is the best resource to expand the army, especially the corpse of the caster before death, which is more likely to be directly evoked to become a powerful corpse witch. Fragments of the caster's soul will be trapped in a slowly decaying body, suffering near-eternity.
As for why you didn't burn the corpses of those orcs by the way...... To be honest, Lu Xi still wished that brainless necromancer really made the orcs skeleton soldiers and undead, preferably in front of the living orcs.
As a raging fire ignited behind them, the greatly increased team set off again. Lu Xi began to lead the line at the head of the line, and he never looked back, neither to look at the castle behind him, nor at the bodies of Captain Rayson and Miss Millster, who were engulfed in flames, and the bodies of all the other Federation war dead. There was no expression on his face anymore, neither anger nor grief, but perhaps it was this expressionlessness that was more intimidating. Even, except for Nicole and Lim, no one dared to appear within five meters of him, not even Snow Leopard Big Meow and Akdina.
It wasn't until an hour later that Lu Xi began to talk to everyone, discussing the route of the march with Major Grimmar and Viscount Mura, the leaders of the team. Then, after another half a day, Lu Xi, who everyone has always been familiar with, came back, and if someone joined the team, they couldn't even pick out a sense of disobedience. But because of this, the worried look on Nicole's face became more and more obvious.
"Lu Lu ......" found a separate opportunity. Nicole frowned and shouted at the other, but she was about to say something. For a while, I felt that I was short of words, and I was suddenly speechless.
"Don't worry. I'm fine. Lu Xi seemed to know what Nicole wanted to say, slammed his fist on his chest, and deliberately squeezed out a smile: "Although there is still a panic here, it will not affect anything else." It does not affect the fighting, nor does it affect judgment and leadership. β
Lu Xi felt that his smile should be very natural, but he didn't expect the worry on Nicole's face to be even heavier: "...... I always feel that Lu Lu, who has such a strong smile and smiles, is too worrying. β
ββ¦β¦ Whether it's forced to smile or not is not the main question. Anyway, I was already mentally prepared for this before I came. And one day in the future, I may lose even more. I should have been mentally prepared for this. I was panicked, but I could finally overcome it, and after a while, I might not even remember the faces of those two people clearly, anyway, humans are just such forgetful creatures. β
"But ......"
"Speaking of which, I don't remember the protagonist being so incompetent as to ask Nicole to comfort me. I remember the time when you were scolded and cried by Sister Tido, but I told jokes and made faces and sang to make you happy! How old was I? Is it four or five? β
"People, people didn't cry! The one who says others cry is the crybaby! Belch...... Lu Lu! How should this be? "I had just made a few distinctions in a particularly unconvincing tone, but I was halfway through the sentence. Nicole stopped, her face changing.
"You feel it too?" Lu Xi stuck to the mountain wall, looked at a small black dot in the sky, pouted and sneered: "It's really fast enough." I thought we could get rid of them. β
"It's impossible. There are still a lot of wounded in the team, although everyone is trying to keep up with the team on their own volition, so as not to cause trouble to everyone. But that's the limit, after all. Nicole looked at the expanding black dot in the sky and had already taken out her bow and arrow. Ready for battle.
"That's why I said it was 'delusional'!" Lu Xi put his hand on each one and carefully distinguished the black dot that was getting closer and closer. It wasn't until the other party had expanded to the size of a bee that he nodded: "Anyway, it doesn't look like a particularly remarkable guy, right?" Nicole, you tell everyone not to panic and move on. β
"Hmmm! Lu Lu should also be careful. The elven girl nodded vigorously and turned around and walked away quickly. It was only at this time that the black dot finally revealed its form.
Huge eagle-like creatures with golden feathers and a wingspan of more than five meters soared through the air, hovering and flying at an altitude of more than 300 meters above the ground, emitting a long, high-pitched roar. The cry of this great bird was faintly tinged with the momentum of thunder and lightning, and on the great wilderness of Orgrimmar, where it grows, the long cry alone can terrify their favorite prey, the strong, fleshy bison, from a distance of several kilometers. Even the land rulers of the vast wasteland, those large terrestrial demonic beasts and the wild wolves in the pack, after hearing such a cry, often retreated.
This is an adult ptarmigan. Powerful, beautiful, proud, one of the most powerful predators of the sky under the dragon species, the overlord of the northern sky.
However, at this moment, the thunderbird had been hanging high in the sky at least 300 meters above the ground, and although its keen eagle eye, which could see the scenery for hundreds of miles, had locked on the prey of the fast-walking army in the gap between the mountain road and the dense forest, it did not flutter its wings and flutter as usual.
Isn't this a familiar scene? That's right, Lu Xi and his small team had just entered the Namoya Mountain Range region when they encountered the same situation. Of course, the author no longer has discipline and does not sell copies of the director, and will not use the clips he has written before to deceive the numbers. To say that there is a difference from before, there is naturally a difference, last time, Lu Xi only had a team of one and ten people in his hands, and he could hide in the shadow of the mountain, but now, when most of the captives in the castle were safely rescued, his team instantly expanded to more than 200 people.
Thanks to him, the mission completion of the "Savior from Heaven" has also reached 234/200. The reason why the mission has not yet been declared complete is because Lu Xi has not yet brought them safely to the secret ruins.
Of course, it is also thanks to him. The goal of more than 200 people is too big, even in this mountain jungle where there are hiding places everywhere. It's still a crowding team. The traces of the marching of the troops could not be concealed in any way, not to mention the fact that they had just made a big fuss. Lightning, thunder, and fire erupted, destroying most of the ancient fortress and enough supplies for tens of thousands of troops.
Sure enough, less than a day after everyone left, they heard the shocking sound of fluttering wings from the sky behind them. The huge golden giant bird flapped its wings and followed everyone to soar, and this time it was nearly two hours.
"Still won't go? I really can't give up! Lu Xi stuck to the side of a big tree, looked at the giant eagle hovering in the sky through the gap between the treetops and leaves, and snorted coldly: "Hey, since you don't want to go." Come down and play with me! What's the point of staying there? Tail row? stalkerοΌ β
"Because the Thunderbird is also a magical beast with a certain intelligence! It is the instinct of intelligent beings to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and people may have felt Lu Lu's murderous aura. Nicole's voice rang out behind her again. She should have brought Lu Xi's order with her, and now she is back.
"Sooner or later, that guy will attract a large number of enemies."
"Sooner or later! Lu Lu, I just wanted to sue you, just now a cute little fox came to sue me, and an orc force of more than 2,000 people is chasing after me, it should be the unit that was originally planned to rest in the castle. It's only about half a day's journey from us. β
That's to be expected. There are a lot of wounded in our army, and their mobility is certainly not as good as that of the well-recharged orc soldiers. Half a day, though? Well. It should still be able to catch up. Lu Xi pondered for a moment: "What I'm afraid of is that guy will bring the enemy in the sky over." β
"Yes, yes, this is what I want to sue Lu Lu, just now there was a beautiful little swift flying to sue me, and three bone dragons are rushing towards us. Of course. They're farther away, and it's probably going to be tomorrow if they fly over. Nicole hurriedly added.
ββ¦β¦ Well, that's to be expected. Lu Xi sighed. Because he was worried that the other party would add some bad news, he hurriedly said: "Since that guy doesn't want to go or come down." Just stay. Nicole, shoot that guy down. May I? β
At a distance of 300 meters, shoot with a bow, which is called Arabian Nights and myths and legends in Lu Xi's hometown, plus stall literature, but it is not something that is completely impossible for elves, however, the elf girl compared the distance of the big bird, and then bit her lip and shook her head vigorously: "Lu Lu, this is too difficult for strong people!" That Thunderbird is basically hovering at the critical point of range, and he is not one of those top wood elf marksmen, and his bow skills are at most average, whether it is power, accuracy, or arrow speed, it is very reluctant. Even if it is a fluke shot, one or two castration arrows will not be fatal to the Thunderbird. β
"So, you can use this for a shot." Lu Xi took out two long bars of artifacts from the space bag on the bracelet and handed one of them to Nicole.
"This ...... Muskets? Ah, no, it should be Lu Lu's guide gun or something, right? Uh, I've also played with this thing, and the power is really good, but the stability and accuracy are really not as good as the bow and arrow. β
"There's no way, I don't know how to use the mechanical assembly line method to draw rifling, I can only use alchemy to deal with it, and the output will naturally not go up. The dwarves are equipped with unrifled smoothbore guns, well, of course, I personally think that they are like their large barrel-like size, with heavy armor and a giant smoothbore gun in their hands, and under the barrel hung not bayonets but prisoners of war and war hammers, this kind of battle line is much more handsome than those lobsters and blue roosters in our hometown...... Uh, in short, that's not the point. The point is that these two spears are idiosyncratic, and their accuracy, range, muzzle velocity, and individual lethality are higher than those prepared for the dwarven infantry, which means that the material cost is a little more expensive. Holding the black technology product born from his own hand again, Lu Xi suddenly entered the self-congratulatory mode as usual: "I am also going to make more rifled guns from ordinary materials, although the output is destined to be low by relying on alchemy, but it is enough to distribute to Norda's friends." Nolda Wood Elf Hunter ...... Hehe, this scene, even if you don't want to, you're about to get drunk. β
"Well, although people can't understand what Lu Lu is saying, it should still be very powerful." Nicole took the rifled rifled gun handed over by Lu Xi with a curious expression. Pulled the bolt of the gun in large quantities and fiddled with it. At the time of the Isle of Rainbow Roses. She has also played with those pilot gun trial works, so she naturally knows how to use them. Of course, due to the hit power of the smoothbore gun, the elf girl felt that her bow and arrow were more reliable.
"If you had this thing, no one would use bows and arrows in the future, would they?"
"How can that work? How cute the bow and arrow girl is! Although the musket girl is also cute in a sense...... However, I mean, this weapon has too much of a technological atmosphere to have a mystical effect, and if Ni can find the 'Wind King's Power' later, don't say no. β
The so-called power of the Wind King. The scientific name is "The Power of Sithhel", which is taken from the name of Sithhel, the god of wind who fell in the Battle of the Gods, and is one of the twelve brilliant artifacts, and the only bow and arrow weapon in the brilliant artifact. Lu Xi is self-aware, no matter how much he develops his black technology guidance weapon, it is impossible to develop an artifact with the blessing effect of the gods.
However, the so-called great power of big industry. In the era of big industry, isn't it all about overwhelming heroes and myths with overwhelming quantities?
"Anyway, let's try it first." Nicole was noncommittal and said that she didn't have much confidence.
"That's right. Just give it a try. You hit the head, I hit the stomach. Lu Xi said. He knew that his archery skills would definitely not be as good as Nicole's as a wood elf. So I picked a bigger target.
These two long-rod type guide guns are designed to maintain their stability and robustness. Lu Xi mixed a certain amount of star iron into the body and barrel, so the entire body of the gun presented the color of the night sky. It's quite a bit of an aura. Of course, Nicole is not a secondary two sullen like Lu Xi who claims to have graduated but has not yet graduated, and she definitely won't like the "manly" color of black, so on the gun given to Nicole, Lu Xi used lapis lazuli and silver to outline the silver and cyan vine patterns on the body of the gun, and named it "Tianteng". As for his own, this one painted a crimson flame pattern, named "Robbery Fire".
Sure enough, it's still full of the sullen naming taste of the second middle school teenager! He still has a trough for spitting out Sesilu.
Of course, although the exterior decoration is different, the structural material inside is exactly the same, which is equivalent to twins of the same mother.
(Name: Tento / Robbery Fire.) Quality: Red Rare. Penetration 75~~100, effective range 1200 yards, best damage range 400 yards, armor piercing 60, durability 25, fire damage +20, wind damage +10. (Reload 1/1). Weight 3. οΌ
1200 yards, in Lu Xi's hometown, this is the range of an anti-materiel sniper rifle, and it is only a theoretical range, but in this era of occultism that the periodic table of light must have made the chemists in his hometown mad at the age of occultism, the rifled gun, which has only been born for a few months, can achieve the same effect, and the power is even surpassed. Of course, as a liberal arts student, Lu Xi naturally couldn't study the periodic table of elements compiled into this world, but he at least knew what kind of materials could be used to increase the accuracy and power of weapons.
If Guiding Technology really develops like this, this world will definitely become a world with a very strange technology tree, right? Will I be able to see that day?
Lu Xi was thinking so much as he let the standard three-point-line crosshair on the gun slowly coincide with the belly of the golden bird, and then firmly pulled the trigger.
Before he could hear the gunshot, he could already feel the explosion of the muzzle of the gun breaking through the wind barrier. Thanks to the huge size of the Thunderbird, Lu Xi, who was not too confident in long-distance shooting, finally did not miss, and the projectile broke through the barrier between clouds and space, and in an instant, it penetrated the golden feathers and flesh of the big bird. However, it's a pity that it's not the heart that Lu Xi imagined, but the abdomen that is a lot of distance behind.
The bullet of the guide gun is naturally very powerful, even if it hits the abdomen, it is enough for the other party to suffer, but it may not be a fatal injury for a large monster like the Thunderbird, if it is in normal times, this kind of injury will either make the other party let out a painful wail and flee, or it will make it fierce and pounce down to attack.
Fortunately, there is also Nicole's double insurance. As an elven aristocrat who was born to be a marksman, her speed of getting started really made those genius top marksmen in Lu Xi's hometown ashamed of it, the first time she operated a rifled gun, the first time she practiced the aiming method that she was not used to, and the first time she shot in actual combat, but she still scored ten rings without any suspense.
I saw that the head of the big bird suddenly bloomed with a blood flower, and the whole body seemed to be fixed by something, only the wings were still subconsciously fluttered twice, and then, the wings that lost their life no longer had the strength to support their soaring, and the huge body fell straight from the sky and fell into the trees of the mountains, making a series of chaotic after-sounds.
"Well, it works perfectly." Nicole nodded in great satisfaction, and then unceremoniously carried the gun behind herself.
"Stalker is done, but the pursuers won't stop there." Lu Xi also stuffed the gun back into his bracelet: "By the way, Anji took Lao Pa to explore the way, and he should have found it, right?" β
As soon as the words fell, Lu Xi's mind sounded with the secret words from the Star Spirit Assassin: "Master, we have found it." (To be continued......)