Chapter 489: Operation Begins
The elite coalition of 1,500 people was on a rampage after entering the sewers, killing people and killing monsters. Trolls, kobolds, goblins, ooze monsters, dung monsters, all the evil creatures that dared to appear in the sight of the paladins were all cut to pieces. These poor monsters had thought that fresh and delicious human flesh had been delivered to their doors, but they didn't expect that human flesh was there, but at the same time, they still had deadly weapons in their hands.
Due to the pathfinding work done in advance, it took less than an hour for the large army to arrive at the entrance of the Mind Flayer's Lair. Without saying a word, Henry directly lifted the blockade of the secret door, and the decomposing corpse inside was once again revealed.
The sight of the corpses of the same kind that had their brains eaten out, whether it was the priest of the good gods, the paladins, the masked mages, and the Am's soldiers, all of them were furious. An atmosphere of sorrow quickly spread in everyone's hearts, and if it weren't for Grand Master Wesselland's demand that everyone remain quiet, I'm afraid those hot-blooded guys would have shouted out long ago.
"These damn mind snatchers have killed and eaten so many innocent creatures without making a sound. What a wicked act, Lord of the Dawn! Please give me the strength to slay the evil in front of me......" Wilder prayed in a low voice. As a paladin who served Los Angeles, he did not hesitate to join in as soon as he heard that there was a crackdown against evil.
Henry pointed to the staircase at the end of the passage and whispered, "From here, there is a relatively spacious hall, which can accommodate about sixty to a hundred people, with more than ten Mind Flayer commanders and a large number of slaves. If you don't want to startle the snake, it's best to send the elite for a surprise attack. Otherwise, be prepared for a frontal assault. β
After listening to the introduction. Grand Master Witherland nodded slightly. "Understood. I'll arrange it now, and to be on the safe side, I'd like you and your Adventure Squad to join in. β
"No problem, my men are ready to fight at any time." Without hesitation, Henry agreed. Anyway, he came this time to mix experience, and by the way, consume Am's strength. Of course, the action must not be too obvious, otherwise it will be troublesome to be seen.
Assault teams were quickly formed. There were a total of thirty people, most of whom were professionals above level eight, including paladins, warriors, priests, and several masked mages who led the team, including Wilder, and then Henry's group of six. They weren't familiar with each other, they just nodded to each other, then silently drank a potion of invisibility and walked straight towards the stairs.
The staircase leading to the upper floors was as eerie as ever, and everyone was light on their feet to avoid alarming the enemy. I didn't even dare to breathe too hard. As they got closer and closer to the exit, everyone unconsciously became nervous. After a few seconds, they finally saw a shocking scene, which was the eating process of the Mind Flayer.
A poor dwarf was embraced by several slippery tentacles, two of which ran down their ears and into their brains, greedily sucking on the delicious brains. After only a dozen seconds, the terrifying monster sucked up everything in the victim's skull, and licked the remaining red and white slime on the tentacles.
This blatant evil act stimulated the commando team that was still invisible, but since they couldn't see each other, they could only endure for the time being, waiting for the signal to move.
Henry had quietly come behind a Mind Flayer. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he paused for a second, then began to lift the knife, and everyone saw a flash of cold light, and the tentacled head rolled to the ground.
"Kill!" The team members who were hiding in the shadows attacked when they saw the signal to move, killing more than ten octopus heads in an instant. However, due to the previous stealth, no one could see anyone, and several people appeared to attack a target at the same time.
Seeing this situation, the remaining few Mind Flayers threw out a "Psychic Shock" without hesitation, and the powerful psychic energy suddenly made nearly half of the team members stunned in place and unable to move. Not daring to slack off, Henry immediately stopped and quickly chanted a spell, successfully unleashing a "disenchantment" before the team was poisoned. By making more than double the cast level of his opponent, he lightly expelled the deterrent effect of the "Psychic Blast".
"Be careful! There's a guy running inside! Ammon, who was quick-witted, noticed the accident and immediately shouted at everyone. But apparently it was too late, the Mind Flayer was moving much faster on land than most humans, and in a matter of moments, it had already run inside.
"Damn! I knew it wouldn't be so smooth. Sheena cursed fiercely, and then swung her two-handed greatsword and slashed off the head of another octopus. Since she wore a gem necklace, none of them were affected by psychic abilities.
But others were not so lucky. There are only four Mind Flayers left, and they have done considerable damage to the raiding team. One of the Am's soldiers had turned into a walking corpse, and from those glazed eyes, it was clear that his consciousness was no longer in his body. Another pastor from Los Angeles was babbling nonsense, apparently wounded in the head, and probably never going to reply.
In addition, there are four guys who have all suffered injuries from different Cheng dΓΉ, and one guy is the most unlucky, he was directly pulled into his body by the Mind Flayer and assimilated, and there was not even a bit of scum left. Now everyone has a deep understanding of this terrifying creature, and there are quite a few guys with a look of fear in their eyes.
Soon, the Grand Master followed with the follow-up troops. As soon as he appeared, he hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Was it a success? β
Henry shook his head with a wry smile. "Sorry, ran one. You'd better hurry up and get ready, I think it won't be long before the enemy's large forces will appear. β
"How is that possible! These thirty people are all elite players, and they can't even handle a dozen Mind Flayers, right? Witherland's face suddenly became quite ugly.
"Look at it, that's what you're talking about. Thirty men sneaked up on less than twenty Mind Flayers, and ten were killed in the first place, leaving only five or six to cause seven casualties, and I don't think it's very likely that they will recover. With that, Henry pointed to the wounded who were obviously not in good spirits.
He now finally knew the horror of psychic abilities. Unlike magic, there are no obvious arcane aura, brilliant colors, deafening sounds, invisible and inaudible, and only felt when they are in effect. Most people have absolutely no resistance to this invisible, even without any warning, attack.
Witherland felt his scalp tingle when he glanced at the wounded who were in a daze, babbling nonsense, and who thought they were rabbits clamoring for turnips. He took a deep breath and asked, "You mean they'll always be like this?" β
"It's hard to say, you know that brain damage is difficult to recover, maybe try "limited wishes" or "wishing". Henry replied with a helpless shrug of his shoulders. But he felt that neither the Temple nor the Council would be willing to spend such a large price on such an attempt.
"In the face of such a terrifying enemy, will we really have a chance of winning?" Witherland asked, a little frustrated. He found that among the wounded were several professionals of about level ten, and in this team, they could already be regarded as high-end combat power. Even they would have lost so much against the Mind Flayer, let alone the rest.
Henry glanced at the gooey heads and thought about it instantly. He smiled slightly and replied, "Of course there is a way, but it requires the cooperation of many spellcasters. Please gather all the priests and mages, I need to talk to them. β
"No problem, I'm going to get the priest and the mage together." As he spoke, the Grand Master immediately turned around and gave a few orders to a holy warrior, and soon, a large number of priests and mages were drawn out, and judging from the number, there were probably close to three hundred. Among them, priests accounted for the vast majority, more than 200, and there were less than 80 mages.
Their faces were full of confusion, and they didn't know what the point of doing this was. After all, according to tradition, spellcasters are mixed in the team so that they can cover more when casting group buff spells, and only in this way can they maximize their combat effectiveness.
"Guys, I know you must be very strange, but this is related to the next tactics, so please cooperate. Now, please take the notes of "Manipulating the Dead", "Creating the Undead", and "Summon the Undead Knight" to the left. In addition, the "Greasy Technique", "Dead Cloud Technique", "Stinky Cloud Technique", and "Spider Web Technique" are recorded standing on the right. Hyung shouted at the crowd using the "illusion technique".
He knew that time was running out, and in another ten minutes or so, the Mind Flayer hiding inside would rush out with heavily armed slaves. At that time, a fierce battle is inevitable, and if you don't arrange tactics, I'm afraid these people may not be able to fight now.
The priests and mages were in a mess at this order, and in a few moments, everyone was divided into three distinct pieces. Among them, the number of people standing on the left was the smallest, about forty, and most of them were the priests of Taros, the god of storms. Because of their faith, most priests in the good camp don't record the magic of summoning the undead at all. As for the people standing on the right, there were not many of them, only about forty people, and all of them were mages.
Seeing this, Henry couldn't help but sigh. The guys who stay in the middle are typical and don't prepare in advance, otherwise the next battle will be much easier. You must know that the things that the Mind Flayer hates the most, and at the same time fears the most, are the undead, because their psychic charm is of no use to these negative energy creatures, and they can only rely on slaves to fight hard.
It can be said that the combination of summoning the undead + necromancer + stinking cloud + greasy + spider web is the best way to deal with the octopus head. When the time comes, when it is accompanied by long-range weapon attacks, such as quenched (poisonous) arrows, javelins, throwing knives, etc., it can definitely play a role in killing with one hit. But it needs to be changed a little now, otherwise I'm afraid that this little undead won't even consume much slaves. (To be continued......)