Act Twenty-Six: The Elite Blighted Beast
"You're going to scold me, Brando?"
"No, come here. Be careful. Looking at Roman's cautious look, Brando couldn't help but be angry and funny. But he looked up, and three young blighted beasts had appeared on the rock he had occupied with Roman before; He looked around again, and the bush monsters had already surrounded them from all sides in a matter of moments - they were the only targets in the canyon after the undead were gone, especially since the future merchant lady still had the glowing Thorn of Light in her hand, and the magic weapon was like a candle in the darkness that attracted the servants of the golden tree.
And it is indeed a candle of fire in the dark.
Brando could almost hear the Golden Tree's thirst for magic screaming in his mind, but he didn't even dare to think about it - time was running out, and maybe he would encounter the Tree Treemen, who would have to get out of here before then. He turned back to Freya and asked, "How is it, can you still hold on?" β
Freya nodded.
"Then let's go up from the other side, take your sword, and be careful." He said as he handed the maiden's sword back. Although the blighted beasts have taken over the high ground from this side, there is not a single bush monster in the opposite direction.
In fact, the speed of these activated plants is not very fast, and the efficiency of climbing and advancing on the staggered rocks is only about the same as that of ordinary people. However, they excelled in numbers and familiarity with the terrain, and with their high physique, corresponding stamina, and tenacity, Brando knew he had to find a way to stop these monsters.
He couldn't help but look up and look higher.
Freya placed her bloodied hand on the rock wall, cowering in pain. But she gritted her teeth, tore a piece of cloth from her sleeve and wrapped it around her hand, then grabbed the sharp stone and climbed up.
Brando couldn't help but sigh a little when he saw this scene in the back. However, he didn't have much time to take the Thorn of Light from Roman's hand, and then escorted her to climb up, and when he turned around, two young withered beasts had already crawled up from below.
"Brando, come up!" Roman's voice.
Freya's face turned pale with nervousness, and she immediately leaned on the rock and stretched out her hand to him.
But Brando didn't have the heart to respond, the two bush monsters had no intelligence, they were already half-standing and giving a 'hiss' threatening sound to the young man.
In a sense, the Blighted Beast could not be considered an intelligent life in the first place. It's just a puppet of the Golden Demon Tree.
Brando slashed the sword in his hand, and a glow in the darkness caused the two monsters to shrink back slightly, but he was about to take the opportunity to turn around and grab the hand of the future Valkyrie, but they pounced with a low roar.
Look for death!
Brando's heart was furious, and with the help of 2.1 energy levels of dexterity, he propped up on the rock wall, and the man flew up from mid-air and flew over the back of the heads of the two bush monsters - as soon as his feet landed, his upper body was already in the most standard attack stance.
A horizontal slash.
Freya let out an 'ah', only then did she know how far she was from Brando, her talent was not outstanding, but her greatest pride was that she could work harder and more focused on one thing than ordinary people, and her first swordsmanship in the Buchi militia did not mean how good her swordsmanship talent was, because ordinary people rarely noticed Freya's sweat for this.
This is also why Madden appreciates her and makes her the captain of the militia.
But her swordsmanship foundation is only solid, but Brando is more like a thousand tempers, if you have to use one word to describe it, it is 'clean and neat'.
With a sword, the head fell, and there was no mistake.
The withered beast that had lost its head spawned a circle of silver fire from the breach, and then immediately turned into a ball of fire and fell to the ground. The other blighted beast let out a terrible scream and swung its claws violently - in fact, the blighted beast's claws were much longer than the average person sees, but they rarely showed this before attacking, and many people hated it, but they could not fool Brando.
Just kidding, he's already been fooled once in the game, how could he fall into the same pit again?
Therefore, he had been guarding against this for a long time, and at this moment, he raised his sword, and the claws of the bush monster hit the thorn of Zhanguang and burst into a cloud of silver sparks. The withered beast screamed and retreated, but how could Brando, although he wondered in his heart, give up such a good opportunity to attack?
He shot forward with an arrow, and the elven sword in his hand had already drawn a striking silver line. In fact, he made not 10,000 but 8,000 in the game, and he was very familiar with this kind of attack. It's just that his physical attributes and skills are far from being able to keep up at this moment, which makes him feel very awkward, especially when he comes out of the sword, which is even worse than 108,000 miles.
He thought that if he was an iron-rank swordsman, he could easily dodge his sword, but unfortunately the blighted beast hatchlings didn't have that ability.
A sword pierces the throat.
Hot silver flames rose from either side of the leaf-shaped blade, and in the blink of an eye, the withered beast was reduced to a pile of ashes. Six golden clusters of light flew in the night sky and melted into Brando's chest.
To be honest, the effect of 'purification' on the undead and dark creatures is beyond Brando's imagination, but he has never seen anything like it in the game, so there is no way to compare-
"Brando, so you're so good!" Roman froze for a moment.
Freya was even more speechless, she had believed that Brando was a militia member of the Praggs. But thinking about it at the moment, it should have been this young man who lied to her, she is not a stupid person, how can there be such a militia?
However, in fact, she and Roman have not yet learned about swordsmanship, and they don't understand that the real evaluation of a swordsman's level is judged by the balance of speed, strength and skill, in fact, Brando's speed and strength are still far behind. But if you want to talk about skills alone, because of his past experience, he can barely perform many skills that a low-ranking swordsman has never thought of.
But this is actually meaningless, because many skills are not supported by the corresponding level of strength, which is actually just a shelf. For example, his vacancy just now was actually taking advantage of the blighted beast's dexterity, and if it was facing other people, he would definitely not use this trick casually.
Just kidding, wasn't it a target in the air before the 'element' of civilization?
However, Brando didn't have the heart to enjoy the surprise of the two beauties, he had already noticed more blightbeasts climbing up, and he hurriedly gestured to Freya and Roman to keep them going, while he subconsciously glanced at the ashes of the two blighted beasts. It's like an instinctive look in the game, and it's funny to say - he just wants to see if he drops his equipment.
But of course, no.
It seems that there are still some differences from the game.,Isn't there 1-2 copper coins for the basic drop of the blighted beast? He couldn't help but shake his head, turned around and grabbed the rock wall and climbed up.
The dexterity of the blighted beast larvae is 1.2 energy levels, and although the strength and physique of the adult body far exceed that of monsters of the same level, the dexterity is even lower than that of the larvae, only two-thirds of the larvae. And Brando's 2.1 energy level, Freya, as a militia with standard training, will not be lower than 1.2 energy levels, and only Roman is slightly worse among the three of them, but with the help of Brando and Freya, the speed will not be much slower.
So the three of them climbed all the way up the sharp rocks, and gradually distanced themselves from the bush monsters, but the latter was invincible in endurance and persevered, and it took several minutes to chase and escape.
At this time, the advantage of physique was reflected, except for Brando's face and heart not beating, Freya began to gasp a little. As for Roman, a little face has long been as white as paper, but Brando said that he would carry her, and she refused to let her.
Brando couldn't help but look back, those monsters were hanging about a few dozen meters behind, fortunately their IQ was not enough to support them to outflank them in front, otherwise they would have been out of play for a long time. But even so, there is no way to go on like this, it is a matter of time before it is caught up, and the physique of the 3 energy levels of the blighted beast larvae is higher than that of Brando.
He couldn't help but look up at the cliff in the distance, fortunately, it wasn't far away.
But at this time, Roman shouted breathlessly: "Brando, look over there! β
Our protagonist subconsciously turns his head, and with a squint of his eyes, he sees a giant withered beast about three people tall and flying like a fly, feeling out of a crack in a rock and appearing in front of them.
I'm going to go! Elite, this is the patrol leader! If he encounters such a thing in the game, Brando is estimated to be happy for a long time, but now he only has the urge to scold his mother. This thing is an alienated version of the blighted beast after sharing the blood of the golden tree, not only is it outstanding in physique and strength, but it is also not inferior in dexterity at 1.7 energy levels.
"Freya, Roman, go to the other side of the cliff. There is a rope hook in the backpack, as long as you find a way to climb up, these low-level demon servants will not be able to catch up for the time being! He immediately took off his backpack and threw it to Roman, who was the only man here, and of course he had to take responsibility for the break.
In the game, although both male and female players are equal, as a basic netiquette, most of the time a team is dominated by male characters who take the initiative to take on the post-break tasks. So at this time, Brando made a decision almost without thinking.
"I'm with you." Freya said.
Brando glanced at her, saw the seriousness on the face of the future Valkyrie, and knew that he could not persuade her, so he could only nod. But this is also the one he really needs a helper, at least Freya can do this role well, not Roman, who is lazy and aspires to be a businessman in three days of militia training.
"Roman, go, we'll rely on you now."
"Yes, Brando!" Miss Merchant, of course, understood, and she nodded desperately while holding Brando's backpack, then turned and ran in that direction.
The elite blighted beasts came in front of them in a few vertical leaps, and the group of blighted beasts in the distance was still about forty meters away. Brando and Freya glanced at each other and estimated that they had about thirty seconds to end the fight.
"This thing's claws are three meters long, pay attention to its striking range, let's stand out of the way. And it shoots thorns from its body, and the thorns are poisonous, so you don't want to dodge the frontβ"
Freya clenched her sword nervously, and she took a breath, though she didn't know why Brando knew this. But he also knew that the other party would not lie to him, so he tried to keep himself calm and nodded.
Brando shook his hand, a little stiff, the previous paralyzing toxin had already begun to take effect. He opened the panel and saw that Dexterity had dropped by 0.1 energy levels. However, he couldn't help but glance at the elite withered beast and sighed a little. The elite blight beast in the game will only drop money as a patrol leader, more than ten silver coins, it won't be beneficial here, right?
Before you think about it, it doesn't seem impossible.
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