172. Change tactics
As soon as the Silver Knight was dealt with here, Rottikabas on the other side also happened to deal with the Bronze Horseman.
Looking at the Bronze Horseman, who was almost smashed, and Rottikabas, who was as tired as a dead dog with a spear, Sean slowly pulled out the Black King, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead that hadn't appeared for a long time. And Harding, because he forcibly caught the silver knight's spear on his left hand, was rubbed with a blood mark, blood beads were constantly oozing from it, and the hot pain was also constantly stimulating Harding's nerves.
At this moment, no one's face can maintain a relaxed and calm look.
Even Sean's expression became weird.
He really didn't come to this copy of the Water Demon Vault back then, but when he watched the video, he didn't realize how difficult these puppets were. At that time, he still remembered that the strength of the team that came to open up the wasteland was only the seventh order, although the development of the wasteland was the result of the cooperation of the four teams, but with the comprehensive strength of Sean and the others, if they met the four teams in the original game, there would be no pressure to annihilate the other party.
But why is it so hard to fight just against two bronze knights and a silver knight?
Sean's brow furrowed.
"These puppets are even more difficult to deal with than alchemy puppets." Rottikabas didn't seem to bother to care about the image, and directly threw the knight's spear to the place, just lying on the ground with a big grin, constantly panting, "Not only is the material solid, but the sense of battle is far beyond the scope of normal people, if not it is empty." I would really think I was facing the Old Elven Guard. ”
Hearing Rottikabas's words, Sean suddenly had a feeling that his eyes lit up!
That's right!
It's the Ancient Elven Guard!
The merfolk were a long time ago, probably at the beginning of the Age of Chaos. They had already built a vast empire, the Atlantean Empire. As a matriarchal society, and a race that is regarded as a pet by the gods, the merfolk have always lacked strong people, and their racial growth limit is probably the level of the upper gold, and only a very small number of super geniuses can become the powerhouses of the holy realm, so the merfolk clan is naturally proficient in other achievements.
Thereinto. Like the unique teleportation array technology of the gods, it was perfectly copied by the mermaid clan.
The magic teleportation blueprint that Sean obtained with the Haytham Institute before was actually the work of the mermaids. Even if it's a magic guide that is about to be born in the future. It is also based on the mermaid clan's magic technology as a replication, and even includes the most powerful tenth-level legion in the Maggie Empire, the Holy Puppet Legion, whose prototype is also modeled after these puppets of the mermaid clan.
Unlike today's mainstream puppet technology on the continent, the merfolk puppets are all powered by a complete system of magical mechanics. Understand it in Sean's way of thinking. It's that each puppet is like a biological computer with basic artificial intelligence. The combat skills they possess are all pre-set when the merfolk are loaded into the magic system, and as their combat teaching template, they are naturally the elven knights of the ancient holy elves, that is, the ancient elven guards.
In the Twilight Age, there was a stricter and more rigorous distinction in judging strength than now, and as the most powerful force of the Divine Elf Clan, it was at least one in a thousand, if not one in a thousand. The rigor of the selection process is beyond comprehension today.
Therefore, in fact, the combat effectiveness of these puppets is converted to today's strength standards. At least half a level to a level. In addition, it is not the player who is exploring with Sean at this time, but the native inhabitants of this world, although they are much stronger than the player, but they also lack the player's all-encompassing tactical thinking and flexibility, these two points are the reason why Sean will fall into a bitter battle.
Of course, if you want to say that the solution is actually not nothing, that is, to destroy the mana supply center system of this dungeon, then you can directly weaken at least half of the combat power of these puppets. Because these puppets are also known as magic puppets, they have a unique fighting style and combat skills, unlike alchemy puppets and flesh puppets that can only rely on brute force to fight, so maintaining the battle and action of the puppets requires a very large amount of mana, and in order to provide this continuous supply of mana, all the puppets and the magic array under the dungeon are connected, and the magic power they consume is supplemented by the magic array of guò.
Therefore, as long as the operation of the magic array is interrupted, these puppets will enter a low-energy mode, and their combat effectiveness will be weakened.
In the first place, the first team to enter the dungeon chose to take the Central Axis Road, where they encountered a powerful puppet. After dealing with this puppet, the central system of mana supply was destroyed, and then the puppets in the dungeon became much easier to deal with. Later, when the underground city was turned into a dungeon, many players came down to try it, but the central system of mana supply had been destroyed, so the puppet was not there.
Sean, who had watched some videos at the time, didn't think much about it, and simply thought that these puppets were easy to solve, but unfortunately the benefits were not proportional to the pay, and the copy also limited only five people to enter, so Sean didn't bring a group to play this copy. But the situation is noticeably different at this time, as Sean is now finally aware of the key problem in this dungeon - the central system of mana supply!
It was definitely not an accident that the first team of players to enter the dungeon wasteland had lost two of them in the face of the twelve Bronze Knights in the first round, with the standard configuration of twenty-five people on their team, but the combat power of these puppets was far beyond their imagination due to the increase in the supply of mana at that time. In other words, if Sean hadn't known from the beginning that these puppets would move, and with Lancet's cooperation, I'm afraid they would have been out of luck on the other side of the square.
Because after really fighting with the Bronze Knights and Silver Knights, Sean and the others really realized how strong these puppets were. With their current strength. I don't dare to say that I can solve these puppets at will, not to mention the third boss, even the easiest to challenge the Giant Sword Knight has the strength of the upper gold. And if it is raised by half a level according to the standard. That is the combat power of the upper golden peak, with the unique advantage of the giant sword knight in terms of destructive power, I am afraid that Sean and the others will inevitably reduce their personnel when they fight this boss.
That's not what Sean wants.
Thinking of this, Sean's gaze couldn't help but look at Sheena.
Among all of them, Sheena's personal combat power is the weakest, and Sean originally thought that there should not be much difference between this water monster vault and the game. Therefore, she also brought Sheena in the hope that she would increase her combat experience. But unexpectedly, the actual situation is even more difficult than in the game, so that Sheena has become a burden to Sean and others.
Merely. Sheena is obviously still very self-aware.
In the battle just now, she didn't shoot blindly, she just held a gun in front of Heatley, and looked at her body that was only slightly relaxed at this time. Sean could roughly guess it. If the Silver Knight's propulsive charge just now was successful, then Sheena would probably be able to stop the Silver Knight's attack on Heatley at the cost of an arm.
Of course, because of the presence of Heatley, the goddess of life, as long as Sheena does not die on the spot, then even a severed limb can be restored. It's just that the price that Xitli needs to pay will be relatively large, and it is inevitable that Sheena will suffer somewhat.
This qiē is for this young girl who has lived a life of fine clothes and jade food since she was a child. It's also a battle that requires willpower to win. However, Sean is happy. Sheena is worthy of inheriting Alfred's bloodline in this regard, and her willpower is indeed incomparable, and her courage is also very good, of course, this aspect may be due to Rena's chivalrous guidance to Sheena in the early stage.
Because of this, Sean is naturally more optimistic about Sheena's future. Naturally, Sean certainly doesn't want Sheena to die in this kind of place, on the one hand, he can't explain to Alfred after he goes back, and on the other hand, the potential that Sheena is showing now is worth investing in at any cost.
No, this is the second Valkyrie of the future Void Principality.
"What do we do next?" After a brief rest, the blood on Harding's left hand and right shoulder had completely disappeared.
The Demon Descendant was born with the racial talent of [Automatic Healing], and after becoming a Blood Warrior, he will receive an inaugural reward called [Automatic Healing], and the combination of these two natural abilities naturally makes any injury on Hatting's body completely healed within a day as long as it is not the standard of serious injuries. Not to mention this kind of scratching skin, which is not even a slight injury, basically only takes about four or five minutes to fully recover.
Therefore, Heatley's restoration magic on Hatting only increased his burden and pain.
"These puppets are even more difficult to deal with than we thought, and if we continue like this, I'm afraid that if the number exceeds five, we will have casualties." Harding's brows furrowed, the most important thing about being a strong man is the accurate judgment on the form, "With our strength, we can only deal with three or four bronze knights head-on, or two silver knights, at most, once we exceed this number, we will become very passive." ”
"It's really bad for us, so we're going to do it differently." Sean nodded, Sean still believed in Harding's judgment, "Let's go to the magic room first." …… The dungeons built by the mermaid clan generally have at least one magic room as the control center, and the reason why the battle of these puppets is so strong is that the dungeon has an endless supply of magic power to them, so they can burst out with powerful combat skills like just now. …… And if we destroy this magic center, then the rest of the battle will be much easier. ”
"Where's the magic room?" Cecilia asked, turning her gaze to Lancet.
Obviously, no one thought that Sean would know about the layout of the dungeon. And Sean can't say anything at this time, he may be able to pretend to be a god or a learned scholar, but he can't say everything. Especially he needs to consider the situation of opening the real mermaid dungeon in the future, if he says everything now, then everyone in the mermaid dungeon will definitely rely on him for a while.
But Sean didn't know anything about the situation. Because no one in the game had ever been there. Sean didn't want to lead the entire team to death, so at this time, Sean naturally didn't dare to speak casually until Geraint clearly stated the direction.
"Probably, on the side of the Central Axis." Geraint flipped through his notebook before he spoke, "I've looked it up, there's an energy room in the direction of the central axis. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about a magic room, though. …… However, according to the information I checked, the energy room is guarded by a powerful mechanism puppet if we were to turn off the power inside. I'm afraid I'll have to defeat this puppet. ”
"Powerful puppets?" Rottikabas's brow furrowed slightly, and then he spoke, "How powerful?" ”
"Maybe a little stronger than the silver knight just now." Lancet's tone was a little uncertain, "The materials I read are only recorded in the literature. There was no actual fighting. I don't know. ”
"The guards of the energy room...... It's the Guardian. Sean sighed, knowing that this was the time when he needed to step forward.
Puppet of the Agency. Guard Warriors.
This thing is more than a puppet. The Silver Knight is more than a star and a half!
In terms of in-game terms, then the Silver Knight can only be regarded as a captain-level mob, which is commonly known as a mini-boss. Although the guard warrior has not reached the strength of the Golden Knight, it is not far from the Greatsword Knight or the two twin knights. Of course, the most important thing is that because of the huge magic system of the entire dungeon as an energy supply, the overall strength of the guardian warriors is slightly stronger than the other two bosses.
The first team came to open up the wasteland. Because I didn't figure out the situation, I directly buried more than a dozen people when facing this boss. This is one of the main reasons why they will be wiped out by the second team of players later.
"Ah, yes." If Lancet's eyes could be turned into star eyes, Sean believed that what he saw now must be two stars that were constantly twinkling, "It's from the Guardian series, and the model seems to be called ...... Guard Warriors. ”
The merfolk puppets have a variety of series of divisions according to their different uses.
Models like the Bronze Horseman, Silver Knight, Golden Knight, Twin Knight, Greatsword Knight, and so on all belong to the Knight series, modeled after the knightly style of the Holy Elves. According to the different types of targets imitated, there are naturally differences in individual combat effectiveness: for example, the Bronze Horseman is modeled after the following retinue knight; The Silver Knight, on the other hand, is modeled after the Superior Attendant Knight. Although they are all retinue knights, this sequence is the lowest level in the Holy Elf Knight sequence, that is, the so-called knight apprentice, but the distinction between the upper and lower ranks is still enough to explain a qiē.
As for the three puppets such as the Golden Knight, the Twin Knight, and the Giant Sword Knight, they are modeled after the real elven knights, so they have more powerful combat power and more professional combat skills. For example, the Twin Knight is good at combining skills, while the Greatsword Knight is more focused on swordsmanship and the destructive power of the greatsword.
In addition to the Knight series, there are also Guardian series, Mage series, Strike series, Legion series, and Special People series.
Among them, the Guardian series is specially used for defensive operations, and the combat ability of this kind of puppet is relatively weak, but the protection performance has been greatly enhanced. Of course, the so-called weak combat ability is also much stronger than the two types of retinue knights compared to the superior works of the knight series such as the Golden Knight, the Twin Knight, and the Giant Sword Knight.
"Guardian warriors......" Sean sighed, "this type of puppet is not easy to deal with." …… Silver Knight, you all know that, right? Sean stretched out his hand to the silver knight that had been destroyed, and after seeing everyone nodding, Sean spoke: "That thing will have combat skills, and the guard warriors will be able to do it, and the power is only a lot." In addition, if you fight with it, you also need to pay special attention to its two combat skills, one is the magic gun burst, the beam attack skill, the front width of five meters and the length of thirty meters are the coverage of its attack skills. ”
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed slightly, the length of thirty meters is equivalent to saying that if a profession like Harding and Rotikabas are fighting head-to-head, then it is impossible to retreat and dodge at all. Because with their strength, a backward jump of thirty meters is the absolute limit, and it may not even be enough, so there is no way to fight at all.
"But you can rest assured, it will have a noticeable state of charge when it casts this skill, and at this time, you can just hide behind it." Sean said in a deep voice, knowing something about this puppet, as he had encountered it in other places in the game, "and it doesn't know how to defend at all during its use of this combat skill, so we can take advantage of this opportunity to attack it." ”
"And what about the other combat skill?" Cecilia asked.
"Another combat skill is none of our business." When Sean said this, he smiled weirdly and turned his head to look at Rottikabas, "Fragment Gun, you know how to do it." ”
Hearing Sean, Rotikabas's face became a little ugly. (To be continued......)
PS: It's still 5K, and if you cut it in 3K, you must not be happy to watch it, so I put two chapters together, cut some nonsense, and condensed it into 5K.