Chapter 51: Go through the back door
Pavel Cemetery is located in the northeastern mountains outside Deep Rock City, where it used to be a thriving small ore field, but because the ore mining skills were not high at that time, there were landslides and other things from time to time, which also led to many miners killed and injured. The dead were buried in the mines, and over time, a cemetery was formed. After that, a bishop named Pavel paid for the renovation of the cemetery in order to allow the dead to rest in peace, and in gratitude for his kindness, the place was renamed Pavel Cemetery.
But the world is impermanent, and the bishop becomes a notorious necromancer, and the cemetery has since become his territory. Although everyone has their own different opinions on what this originally kind and lenient bishop will turn into an evil and sinister necromancer, but Rhodes doesn't care about this matter at all.
The uninhabited road has almost disappeared, and the only remaining artificial traces are only a few broken stone slabs, and the rugged mountain road is extremely difficult to walk, but for Rod, the most annoying thing in front of him is not the road under his feet, but the whining guy behind him.
"I mean, boy, what do you mean by you taking us to this hellish place?"
Walking on the rugged mountain road, the elder Walker gasped and complained discontentedly as he looked at the slightly steep mountain wall below.
"The Pavel cemetery is on the other side of the mountain, and if you get lost, I don't mind pointing you in the right direction."
"Good intentions."
Walking in the front, Rod refused the old Walker's "proposal" without looking back.
"I think it's easier to walk this way."
Easier to walk?
Hearing Rod's answer, Old Walker almost didn't get his breath, he looked at the "beast path" that was almost impossible to move forward under his feet, and then compared the gentle ramp at the foot of the mountain——— which side is easier to walk, is this still to be discussed?
Although Old Walker had too much dissatisfaction in his heart, he still had to follow in a low voice, and after Marlene, Rhodes also made the same request to Old Walker, so that he must completely obey his orders and act, if he refused, then he would be thrown directly to die. Although it was not clear whether there was truth or falsehood in this young man's words, the elder Walker finally decided not to risk testing the other party's bottom line, after all, it was not good for him.
Rhodes walked in front of the pack in a plain leather full-body armor, followed by Lizzie and Marlene. The steep and difficult trail didn't bother Rhodes and Lijie too much, and Marlene was very skilled——— although she wasn't used to climbing mountains, it wasn't difficult to levitate forward with the support of spells.
Almost there.
Walking around the corner, the mountain road became narrower and more dangerous, but Rhodes was confident, he compared the scene in front of him with his memory, and then nodded in satisfaction.
In fact, from the very beginning, Rhodes had no intention of going straight to the other party's lair like a stunned boy, and one of the most peculiar things about Pavel's cemetery was that it was half on the ground and half in the mine. If you attack directly from the front, just with the four of them, I'm afraid that you will be exhausted by those undead creatures before you meet the boss, and it will be a joke to complete the task or something.
So from the very beginning, Rhodes did not plan to choose a frontal attack, because for him, there are better options.
Players are arguably the hardest and laziest people in this world, and they are hardworking because even the most average player has a much higher passion for adventure than the aborigines of this world. Even if it is a cave in the ground, a river, or a ravine, they will spare no effort to search for it, hoping to find some sealed or abandoned ancient artifacts inside, and then ascend to the sky in one step——— from this point of view, even the most greedy robbers cannot compare with them.
And they are lazy because in the face of those time-consuming tasks, players will always try their best to find bugs and shortcuts to ensure that they can get everything done in the shortest possible time. Honestly following the order is not the player's style, and finding loopholes and loopholes in every possible way is their favorite. …,
That's what Rhodes is doing right now.
The reason why I didn't choose the gentle ramp down the hill is because there is a small deep hole in the wall of this mountain that leads to the Pavel Cemetery, which was originally a vent when it was a mine pit, and now, through this passage, Rod can easily reach the Pavel Cemetery, which can shorten the distance by at least nearly half.
Walking around the corner, the howling cold wind suddenly became much stronger.
"This is it."
Looking at a deep marrow cave more than two meters wide not far in front of him, Rod nodded, he walked to the entrance of the cave and looked down, but it was pitch black below, and he couldn't see anything.
"Wait, boy, what do you want to do? You mean let's jump into this hole? ”
"That's right, it's the vent that connects the tunnel, and from here, we can cut the travel time by half."
"What a joke!"
Hearing this, old Walker said dissatisfiedly.
"How do you know that this is the way down there? Brat? And what if those damn monsters are waiting for us down there? Besides, if you do this, even if we finally get the damn necromancer, how are we going to get out? ”
"It's stupid."
Rod didn't answer Old Walker's words, but Marlene clearly didn't agree with the old mercenary's idea.
"Don't you know the master-slave relationship between the undead and the necromancer? They can only maintain their form by relying on the energy given by the necromancer, and once we destroy the necromancer, then those undead creatures will also turn back into non-threatening corpses, and they don't even know this, are you really a mercenary? ”
"I'm a mercenary, not a mage."
Being lightly taunted by Marlene, old Walker immediately shrank back, and didn't say anything more, just complained a little unpleasantly.
"Who knows, you mages are thinking about some kind of nonsense."
"Messy? You savage and ignorant ......"
"I'll go down first."
Rhodes decisively nipted this low-level quarrel in the bud.
"Next is Lijie, then Marlene, Walker, you're the last in line, I don't think you need help."
In the dark cavern, the howling cold wind swept by. Although the entire deep cave was four or five meters deep, with the help of the soul bird, Rod still landed smoothly on the ground.
"Huh!"
As soon as it landed, a dazzling white light immediately flashed out of Rod's hand, streaking through the darkness, but it did not cause waves. Rod took a few steps forward vigilantly, and only after making sure that there was no danger did he come at ease. At this moment, the other three also followed in Rod's footsteps and jumped off one after another.
Lijie and Marlene were relatively easy, and it was not difficult for the caster to cast levitation spells, and although Old Walker did not have the ability to cast spells like the two young ladies, as a ranger who had once excelled in magic, this height was not difficult for him.
"Let's go."
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Rod lowered his voice and said a word, and then walked forward.
In the dilapidated tunnels, only the footsteps of the crowd echoed in the silent darkness, and Lijie acted as a "lighthouse" as always, summoning divine light to illuminate the path in front of them. According to Rod's instructions, Marlene walked by Lijie's side to help Lijie block possible accidents. Old Walker, on the other hand, followed at the very back, which was a relatively dangerous and important position, and if the enemy attacked from behind, it would become quite dangerous. It took an experienced person to protect them, and neither Lizzie nor Marlene could afford to carry the burden, so they had to leave it to Old Walker.
Gravel rolling.
Everywhere in the light of the divine light, you can see the abandoned, rusty tools and minecarts, the pillars that support the mines, the corroded holes everywhere, the dense cobwebs hanging in the corners, the occasional breeze fluttering, and the ominous aura slowly emerges and spreads in the air.
The smell of death.
"Lijie."
Walking to the end of the tunnel, looking at the empty mining field in front of him, Rhodes made a gesture, and sensing his gesture, Lijie quickly slowed down and applied guardian shields to all four of them. Old Walker, who was still a little unconcerned, had already drawn the short knife and dagger at his waist at this time, and his two eyes looked around vigilantly, he bent down, and his ears listened vigilantly to the movements around him. Although the old mercenary was very complaining and annoying along the way, now he also showed a different side of himself. …,
Only Marlene didn't react immediately, but after seeing the movements of others, the girl immediately reflexively grabbed the staff, but unlike Old Walker, Marlene focused on Rod, because of the previous agreement, she had to follow Rod's orders to act, otherwise she would not be able to fight without permission even if the enemy hit her. Although this condition is very harsh, after a failure, Marlene is not so resistant to it.
One step, two steps, three steps.
"Ka!"
Just as everyone walked into the mine, suddenly a withered arm stretched out from the ground and stretched out towards the four of them.
In the face of this sudden attack, Rhodes, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately threw out his long sword, and the dazzling sword light cut through the darkness, bringing a sharp whistling sound, and those arms were cut off like straw, and for a time countless "stumps and broken arms" flew all over the sky, and at the same time, the ground cracked, and the black, stiff, and shriveled corpses slowly crawled out of it.
"Marlene, ring ice!"
"Huh? Ah, good! ”
Marlene froze for a moment in the face of Rod's order, then she hurriedly raised her staff, and then slammed it to the ground.
“Caiky!” (Frost)
With this incantation, the snow-white frost carpet instantly spread around with the staff as the center, and for a while, the temperature dropped suddenly, and a little ice crystal emerged from the air, and under the influence of this, the bodies of the undead creatures were also stiff, their movements quickly slowed down, and at this moment, the long sword in Rod's hand had burst out with hot, bright flames.
"Whew......!!"
In the midst of the raging flames, the figure of the black hound reappeared, roaring at the enemy in front of it, and then swooping out at Rod's command. Bursts of flame pounced on the undead who had been frozen by the ice, and stretched out their fangs and claws at them.
"Thunderstorm!"
Hearing Rod's order, Marlene raised her right hand, and soon, a dazzling lightning burst out from her fingers, hitting the ghouls' bodies hard, just a blink of an eye, a series of low roaring sounds, accompanied by the outbreak of air waves, the undead creatures who were already unstable were immediately blown out of the air, and they were emptied in a blink of an eye.
"It's ........."
Looking at the scene in front of her blankly, Marlene gasped in disbelief, although she knew that her spells were very powerful, she didn't expect that she could defeat so many undead creatures at one time! And what made Marlene feel even more incredible was that the two spells she cast were the most commonly used spells by low-level mages, although they didn't require too long a chanting time, but they shouldn't be so powerful. And, the most incredible thing for Marlene is......... How could her attacks be so fluid?
The pursuit of smooth spell attack speed is a very important skill for spellcasters, after all, for mages, cast speed, spell power and spell casting skills are indispensable, if their speed is faster, they can control the rhythm before the opponent and have an advantage. But it's not easy, as there are hundreds or thousands of spells that mages learn, and it's not easy to figure out the smooth rhythm of attacks and the best spell combinations. Among mages, most of the understanding of this is only when you go deep into the soul ring, the deeper the mastery, the more fluid and fast the speed of connecting and casting spells.
However, this time, Rod's command was completely beyond Marlene's expectations.
Who is he?
Thinking of this, Marlene couldn't help but take the time to look back at Rod, although she also has this deep understanding of spells, but in the face of fierce battles, she can choose the fastest and most powerful one from countless spell combinations without hesitation, but not everyone can do it.
Is this gentleman still a mage?
If Rhodes had heard Marlene's thoughts, he would have shaken his head helplessly. Conscience of heaven and earth, Rod didn't know how difficult and troublesome it was for Lu Dao to learn magic in this world, and the reason why he would order Marlene to do so was entirely because in the game, there were only a few large-scale AOE spell combinations that players most often used, and they could just pick one and use it. As for the principle of what spell combination——— he was not interested in learning about these boring things.
The battle was over in five minutes.
The undead who were frozen under the ice didn't have time to show their presence and threat before they were completely beaten back to their original form. A moment later, there was nothing left of the frost-covered ground except the mutilated corpses. After guarding the surroundings and making sure that there was no threat for the time being, Rod lowered his sword and then gestured to the crowd.
"Clean up the battlefield."
Seeing Rod's gesture, Lijie and Old Walker nodded, and then immediately scattered, but Marlene was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Rod meant.
"Cleaning the battlefield?"
"That's right."
Rhodes said, walking over to a corpse that had been completely torn apart, leaving only bones and fragments, and reaching out to search.
"Check these bodies for anything good, and bring them to me."
"Corpses, corpses!!"
Hearing this, Marlene's face immediately became strange.