Chapter 144: Exposed
During the days of waiting for information from lurkers in other areas, the rescue team members who remained in Kaos City were also not idle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although no one dared to inquire about the underground forces in the city, it was not difficult to spend a little money to get some public information and rumors in the city during this time.
This kind of incident that happened in the city, no matter how hard the Lucians tried to cover it up, would leave quite a lot of traces. In particular, the search has only been over for less than a few days, and the memories of the witnesses in the city have not yet blurred. As long as you have enough time to walk the streets, it is not difficult to summarize the general situation of the incident from those messages.
But the role of the Boreham rescuers is not suitable for them to wander the streets and ask for news—they are not troubadours, but a manor aristocrat and his powerful friends. If that were the case, Lucia's intelligence officers, who had been fooling her so hard, would come to the door again.
On the contrary, the transaction with those shady forces in the city is quite in line with the style of these 'rednecks'. Although the codes and rules of Lucia's underworld are completely different from Nohan's. But this is not difficult for Warren Buffett, who has been in charge of intelligence work for many years.
Of course, in such a sensitive period, Warren Buffett does not feel anything too secret. However, from the semi-public information, he was still able to find useful information in this chaotic event through the layers of fog.
Warren Buffett, the bully, as the intelligence chief of this operation, gave the information he got at the party: "Judging from what we know now, although not all of them have been arrested, it seems that someone has fallen into the hands of the enemy. ”
"So it's getting quite complicated?" Knight Ovaltine put his hand on his hand and said, "We should bring back those who have not yet fallen into the hands of the enemy, or we must rescue our companions who have been arrested." ”
"You're the leader of our operation? What should we do? "'Spell Keeper' Haiyan said, tugging at his fingers. Although as a spellcaster, he is able to stay calm most of the time. But the tremendous pressure of going deep into the enemy realm made him feel a little irritable.
"Aren't I thinking about it?" Knight Ovaltine turned his head to look at the 'Spell Keeper' Haiyan, and then turned his gaze to Warren Buffett the Fool: "If we choose to rob the prison, what are the chances of successfully breaking out of Kaos City?" ”
"Break out after the robbery?" Deep wrinkles immediately appeared on the forehead of the fool Buffett, "Not to mention the possibility of breaking through after the prison robbery." We don't even know where the arrested are being held. It is also impossible to determine whether the alleged arrested are true companions or the bait cast by the Lucians. ”
"So much uncertainty?" Knight Ovaltine touched his neatly groomed beard. Then he stared at the fool Buffett for a long time.
"There's only so much information available at the moment. After all, it happened so suddenly, and we haven't been able to find enough information in Lucia's intelligence network. And in this city, our movement is also very restricted. Warren Buffett, the fool, said helplessly, "It's not easy to get the current information." ”
In fact, the intelligence officers arranged by Bolim Territory in the territory of the Lucia Kingdom did not work very smoothly during this time. On the one hand, after one of the intelligence stations was exposed, Lucia's intelligence agents outside Kaos City also entered the realm state. This added considerable trouble to the work of Boreham's intelligence officers. On the other hand, because of the previous exposure, the intelligence officers of Boreham in the remaining cities have become more cautious. Prudence brings safety and efficiency at the same time.
"Why don't I use the Psychic Technique to ask?" Boreham Prophet made such an offer as he looked at Warren Buffett's lips that kept opening and closing.
"Don't yet, we don't know if there are any strange things in the city that detect spell fluctuations." Barrett immediately stopped him.
"'Psychic Magic' as a final confirmation before acting!" The warrior monk archer, who had not spoken much all this time, also opened his eyes at this time to join the discussion.
"We're in a really bad situation right now." Knight Ovaltine waved his arm slightly, but unfortunately he couldn't make any sound in this strange space: "If it really doesn't work, just send a signal directly to those intelligence officers who haven't been arrested yet, and then we'll rush out together." ”
"Rough plan. But I'm worried about whether I'll be able to make it to the city until the informants join us. "Warren Buffett the Fool clearly doesn't want the kind of situation that the Ovaltine Cavaliers have chosen.
The Knight of Ovaltine prefers to solve problems by fighting head-on because of his professional characteristics, while Warren Buffett the Fool also likes to move in the shadows because of his work. The two have different approaches to the same incident, resulting in very different initial plans for both sides.
It was difficult to come up with a unified plan for this gathering, and the Knight Ovaltine did not use his captain's authority to force his own ideas. This makes it impossible to determine what solution to choose to solve the situation at hand. So everyone just needs to continue to collect information and see if they can find any new clues.
Barrett, who had been shopping in the store for routine business that day, suddenly felt that something was wrong. However, he did not leave immediately, but instead filled a bottle of fruit pulp into his baggage. But as soon as he walked out of the storefront, he immediately reincarnated and quickened his pace.
Suddenly, Barrett felt a tingling sensation in his scalp, as if something was eyeing him. Immediately afterwards, the cold hairs all over his body stood up, and the muscles of that piece also entered the tension for the first time. As Barrett's brow began to tingle, he finally couldn't bear the danger.
Barrett gently rubbed the ring in his hand, and his original hunting suit was immediately replaced by a sturdy pure gold breastplate. But armor alone couldn't give Barrett enough security, so he flicked his right hand, and a flash of inspiration flashed in the other ring—and then the block of force field immediately appeared on the enemy Barrett wanted.
"Bang!" The sound waves stirred up by a loud bang even shook the dust on the ground high. A glittering arrow landed less than 10 feet away from Barrett. At such a close distance, Barrett could even see the terrazor on the blade - the solid distortion field kept the Lucian sniper firmly out of Barrett's threat.
'Exposed! Barrett's voice immediately popped into his head, and he immediately activated the solidified flash effect on his body. Rolling forward to dodge the enemy behind him as much as possible, his free left hand touching his belt, and a copper-colored potion vial was brought to his mouth.
"Poof!" After expertly pushing the cork off the cork with his thumb, Barrett poured the potion into his mouth. Immediately after that, he moved almost a third faster. But if you look closely, you will see that the speed and span of Barrett's legs have not changed much, as if there is a person pushing him forward from behind.
And just as Barrett sped up and rushed towards the hotel where the rescue team was, the Lucians, who didn't expect the sniper to miss, could only hurriedly launch the preparatory plan that they thought was redundant. It's a pity that because I didn't pay much attention to it before, there was a problem with the whole backup plan at the beginning.
Vendors on both sides of the road immediately overturned their stalls. The goods that rolled to the ground and the overturned seats immediately turned the road into a mess, which was not spacious. However, due to too much tension and lack of training, they knocked down the stalls too early. This gave Barrett plenty of time to react.
With all his might, he ignored the rolling garbage on the ground, and the tables, chairs, and tents that blocked the way were directly lifted open by the huge force. As for the two Lucia intelligence officers who tried to sneak up on the road under the cover of a tarpaulin, they crashed into the houses on both sides of the road after a cold light. One of them rolled as a thick mist of blood erupted from his missing shoulder. The other person was even more missing a small half of his head, so that the red and white brain flowers fell to the ground.
After removing these two stumbling blocks, Barrett continued on his way without even looking at them—though for now Barrett could not see any threat to him except for the initial sniper. But let's not forget that Kaos City is Lucian territory, and who knows what kind of danger awaits Barrett next.
Although Kaos City is at most a second-tier city that is not well-known in the entire Lucia Kingdom. But Barrett was not convinced that there would be no Bronze Rank guards. If he waits for those guys to make a move, Barrett probably won't have a good chance of having a round with his teammates. At that time, maybe you won't even have time to use the teleportation scroll, and you can only consume resurrection stones to escape.
But before Barrett had taken two steps, the road in front of him immediately surged like waves in the sea. Immediately after that, the ground thorns drilled out from underneath, becoming a barrier to Barrett's advance.
'Urban occupations? It's a pity that your plan this time is doomed to fail. Although his heart fluctuated slightly, Barrett still didn't care about slamming into the stone forest that suddenly appeared. A smile already appeared on the face of the Lucia intelligence officer who was following him.
But then the corners of their mouths froze. Because the sorceries created the pillars, as if they were scared of Barrett, they all moved out of the way when he was less than five feet away—easily leaving Barrett with a passage he could walk through.
By the time Barrett had passed, the pillars that had been divided into two sides returned to their original positions. The Lucia guards, who could only watch Barrett run farther and farther behind the stone pillar, could only jump on the spot in anger at this time.
The successive attempts to resist failed indeed to the Lucians' expectations. But this is their city after all, and it can't take too long for the enemy to mobilize forces. Before the intelligence officers could even call for reinforcements with their SMS batons, their second wave of offensive had already arrived.
A scorching fireball swelled through the streets of the city, and the Lucia spellcaster who released him didn't seem to care if it would hurt the city's inhabitants. And Barrett, who was enveloped by this fireball, clearly felt the difference of this spell - in the churning flames, mixed with broken green pillars, iron drills, and gravel, they swept towards Barrett one by one.
After rushing out of the flames, Barrett, who looked disgraced, protruded an iron nail from his mouth: "It seems that eighty percent of it is 'urban magic', and fighting on the enemy's home ground is trouble." ”
City Mana is a special supermagic specialty that allows spellcasters to use the city's own power to shape and enhance their spells. He can combine any damage spells he casts with the urban environment. When he casts an offensive spell with an energy descriptor, whether it's strong acid, cold, electric shock, fire, or sonic waves, he can add part of the will of the city to the spell.
Most of the time, it's gravel, displays, falling dirt, stones, nails, nearby gravel piles, and so on. In other cases, additions will be more elaborate and may even change the appearance of the spell. Only half of the damage with the appropriate descriptor is considered energy damage, and resistance and immunity are calculated accordingly; The remaining damage comes from the city itself, not spell resistance, energy resistance, or immunity. So even against some so-called magic immunity creatures, having this specialty can also have a good effect.
Even spells that use the 'City Magic' specialty don't require more advanced spell slots like other specialties. The only restriction is that these grants only occur in urban environments, and must be in cities larger than smaller cities.
For spellcasters who have been fighting in the city for a long time, the 'City Magic' specialty is almost a must-have. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the kind of mages are often specially cultivated by big forces.
"Whoosh" Just then, three arrows glowing with blue-purple brilliance skimmed over the roof on Barrett's left. Immediately after Barrett there was the sound of a heavy object falling. He looked up and saw the warrior monk archer in the team, swaying past the roof in front of him. With his agile skills, he walked on the irregular roof. Even if Barrett didn't turn his head, he knew that the target of his companion's attack must be the enemy spellcaster just now. (To be continued.) )