Just like Yan Rong said, any strange thing may appear in a chaotic scene.
The monster standing at the door blocking Yan Rong and Rang was nearly two meters tall. It was wearing a somewhat shabby aristocratic attire that clearly fit the characteristics of the castle, but its two sleeves were completely torn, and a pair of mechanical arms replaced the original arms. There are five daggers on each side of the mechanical arms, and two broad brass-colored swords are held in both hands. What was slightly terrifying was its head. The vines protruding from the collar strangled the part above the nose, even crushing the bones. During the battle, black mucus was constantly thrown out from the gaps in the vines. Its mouth was wide open, and it looked like it was roaring in pain, but in fact it couldn't make any sound. Black lines were sewn on the upper and lower lips in a staggered state.
Rang and Yan Rong were only involved in the battle with it. There was a huge weight in the swing of the two broad swords. Both of them had to use the method of unloading to deal with it. In addition, the dagger on the monster's shoulder would also It bounces out from time to time, and it's extremely difficult to parry properly at such a close range.
"Something is wrong."
Lu Ning jumped on the stone chair and stabbed a small monster to death the moment it appeared. He glanced around and found that there were still some coming out. It was obvious that the fog had almost dissipated...
"Um?"
She glanced at the positions of several teammates again, and immediately turned to Lian Bisheng and shouted: "Lian Bisheng! Can you climb to the throne?"
"Yes, it can, but what's the use?"
"Vision! Those monsters must be outside our field of vision to get out. We need a high point to look down!"
After hearing this, Lian Bisheng immediately turned around and propped up his seat, flipping over the tall backrest of the seat. Sure enough, after he did this, those little monsters almost didn't come out anymore. While Lu Ning quickly killed the little monster, he also knocked down all the stone chairs, so that there would no longer be any blind spots in the room where the monster could appear.
"Great job! Let's go help!" Yuan Jie cleared the monsters on his side first, then swung his ax and rushed towards the unidentified monsters at the door, followed closely by Zhu Qinyuan, four against one. Next, everyone finally regained their advantage.
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"The bleak mist is over."
Three swift figures passed through the grass in the wilderness, and whispers began among them.
"Alex, Bingham, come this way, let's go to the Wax Baron's castle first."
"Ah...Dorian, do you smell death in the air?"
"It is indeed a strong death. Maybe the people from the outer city have released new companions here, and the killing is in progress."
"If it's a companion." A somewhat serious voice responded.
"Alex, don't be so strict. Maybe they fight because they have to fight, not those fighting lunatics."
"Dorian, you always think well of people. But if you are a newcomer and don't find a place to hide, but take the initiative to explore somewhere, it could explain some problems."
"Hey, what's going on with you two? We'll have to see each other before we can judge, right? And I wouldn't mind a little combatant, seriously. Our campfire really needs some fighting guys, doesn't it?"
The three figures nimbly slid down a slope and quickly rushed to the castle not far away.
At the same time, the battle on Lu Ning's side began to reach a stalemate.
The entire metal arm of the monster is made of extremely hard material, and neither Yuan Jie's ax nor Zhu Qinyuan's sword can cut it. In the four-on-one containment situation, Yan Rong and Rang each stole the opportunity to strike the monster's abdomen and throat with swords and shots, but they had no effect at all. Black debris gushed out from the wound, which was the only result.
After another head-on collision, Yuan Jie took several steps back and shook his arm: "This won't work! My hands are sore! How on earth can I kill this guy?"
"Chop it into pieces." Zhu Qinyuan handed the knife to his left hand. It was obvious that his right hand, which had been struggling, was feeling a little uncomfortable. However, even though Yan Rong was still using his shield to deflect the monster's chain dagger, he could still use the advantage of his spear to suppress the opponent's arm flexibility.
"It's hard to see where the weakness of this thing is..." Lian Bisheng sat there with his chin in his hands and watched, "My auxiliary function... oh."
"What?" Lu Ning looked up at him.
Lian Bisheng pulled out something like round spectacles from his collar. There were many differences in the styles of different clothing. His outfit was more like a robe than Lu Ning's easy-to-movement look.
"You can see some black, it's being consumed, and there's about half of it left. I said, isn't this a health bar?"
Lu Ning didn't know what Lian Bisheng saw, but since the auxiliary clothing also had this function, there should be something similar on her clothes?
She touched her body and soon discovered that there were two buttons on the belt, black and gray. They were embedded in the middle of the belt, and they did not look like simple decorations. She pinched the gray one and rotated it gently, and suddenly felt The body feels much lighter.
So the increase in strength is not brought about by clothing?
"half."
When Lian Bisheng finished saying this, the monster suddenly roared, and a continuous "click" sound sounded from the two metal arms. Flames instantly ignited on its broad sword and chain dagger, followed by a spiral. The body rolled up into a circle of fire. The four besieging men had to withdraw from its attack range.
"Everyone! There should be enhancement components on the clothes, corresponding to the characteristics of the clothes we choose!" Lu Ning shouted.
"Oh?" Jean made a somewhat surprised sound, then inserted the sword into the scabbard, moved his black-gloved hand forward, and several arc-shaped shields composed of cyan hexagons appeared on his hand. In front of him, all the flames were blocked.
"This is a bit unexpected..." Yan Rong also quickly found the trigger switch on his clothes. The threads on the spear flashed, and a layer of dark red light adhered to the tip of the spear, which looked very intimidating.
"Someone is coming outside."
Lian Bi Sheng spoke again, this time his eyes were much more alert, and he raised his mace and pointed in the direction of the person. The speed of the visitor was also very fast. He had already rushed through the corridor on the second floor and arrived at the door in a blink of an eye. A young man with gray hair appeared at the door with a sliding shovel, raising a huge gun in his hand and pointing it at the monster. It was a shot in the back, and the scattered thunder exploded behind it, pushing the monster directly a few steps inside.
"Bingham! Dorian! This butcher's weakness is lightning!" the boy shouted.
"Clean the knife!"
In response to these words, a short boy with fiery red hair jumped up from the shadows. A piece of silver cloth in his hand passed across the back of the lying knife in his other hand. Thunder and lightning were instantly generated, and the knife and The monster's arms collided, and with a loud noise, the monster's body was wrapped in lightning, and its movements became frozen.
Immediately afterwards, a humanoid outline appeared vaguely in the air. As the outline emerged, cross-shaped slash marks appeared on the monster's body, one from the top of the head to the crotch, and the other across the waist and abdomen.
The three people coordinated their attacks for no more than five seconds. After a moment of silence, the monster suddenly spewed out a large amount of black smoke. Even the metal arms turned into smoke and dust, quickly dissipating in the air. Only a few things fell on it. on the ground.
At this time, the last person appeared. She was a black-haired girl squatting on the ground and wearing light clothing. She stared at the monster until it dissipated, then stood up and looked at Lu Ning and others.
"It is indeed a face I have never seen before." The girl put the dagger in her hand back to her waist. In addition to the dagger, she also had some tools, potions, and small bags on her belt. She looked very much like the adventurers in those adventure stories. , the other two teenagers were also dressed in similar attire. The one holding a huge gun wore a tan cloak, and the one using a knife wore a close-fitting chain armor. There were also many miscellaneous things on his body.
"Sorry." Jean coughed slightly and said with a smile, "May I ask who the three of you are..."
"I'm going to call you senior, senior!" the boy who wielded the knife said with a smile, and then his companion hit him on the back of the head.
Rang didn't take it too seriously. With his eyes, he could see that it was the girl who had the final say among the three of them. However, they all looked young and seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. However, they were very strong. The important thing is to finally see a living person.
"My name is Jean Stuart."
"Stuart? This surname belongs to neither the nobility nor the legion." The girl looked at Jean, "Are you two together?"
"Yes." Jean nodded.
"Let me look at your arms." The girl said directly.
Jean immediately opened his sleeves, and there was a black pattern on his arm. After seeing this pattern, the girl turned back proudly and said, "I just said they are new here!"
"Dorian, just tell them directly," the gray-haired boy said.
"Okay, then... to put it simply, you must have no previous memories, such as why you appeared in the wilderness, what happened to your clothes, who you are... these things must have been forgotten. Of course, You have not forgotten your fighting skills and so on, so you can still persist here for such a long time, and you can even wear down a butcher to activate the madness. I have to say that your quality is really good."
"I wonder if you can help us clear up our doubts?" Jean immediately followed the words.
"You are just like us. You are the black engravings sent by people from the outer city." The girl lifted up her sleeves and showed the black lines on her arms that were similar to the others. "This is our biggest external feature. And everyone A black knight has no memory of what he was like before he became a black knight. He only retains things like knowledge, combat skills, and survival skills, but he doesn’t know anything about his past experiences!”
"Why do you do this?" Zhu Qinyuan asked coldly.
"In order to cut off the way back." The gray-haired boy replied with the same cold voice, "We can't go back. Without memory, there is no reason to go back."
"But it sounds like life in the city is better." Lian Bisheng said lazily, "At least it's wilderness outside, but in the city..."
"The city is also a hell." The girl shook her head, "It's not that we can't enter the city, so we have seen the scene in the city. We can talk about this kind of thing later. You... since you are new here, you should not have any Do you belong?"
"We didn't." Jean laughed, "You want us to join? You have good skills and fighting capabilities. It sounds like there are more than three people."
"Our campfire needs more combat power. Hei Ke... is not all very good at fighting. In short, as long as you join, we can answer your questions as seniors and teach you the basic common sense of survival here. ! This is a very good deal!" The girl raised her forehead slightly and tried to look proud, "This is a good opportunity. It is difficult for newcomers to get the qualifications to join!"
All the tourists are experienced adults, and it is basically certain that the mental age of these children matches their appearance.
"We really need some information to know what's going on here. It sounds like a good deal." Jean touched his beard.
"That's right?" The girl's tone was a little more excited.
"But from what you said, the number of black engraved beings in this wilderness should not be too rare, and you also mentioned the legions and nobles before. I always feel that there are many more worthy of selection than the bonfires you mentioned. The goal."
The girl was stunned and suddenly became a little incoherent: "What target is worth choosing? The legion and the nobility are innate, and black and that are not the same thing at all! No! You don't have to care about those at all, we are indeed just bonfire……"
"Dorian." The gray-haired boy covered his head and sighed, "Although these people have no memory, they still have ways of dealing with things accumulated over time. It's better to tell the truth."
The girl's face turned red: "I, I, I didn't lie or deceive, right?"
"Haha, don't be nervous." Jean squatted down, his smile full of affinity, "I know you need us people to join, I just think that if you really want us to be your companions, at least you shouldn't provide some basic information. You’re hiding something, aren’t you?”
"Yes...wait! I just haven't had time to say it yet! I can tell you if you want to know!"
"Forget it, sir, it's bad luck for Dorian to meet someone like you for the first time." The gray-haired boy came over and looked directly into Jean's eyes, "My name is Alex, my companion It's Bingham and Dorian, we come from the Campfire of the Wind. It's just a name. The bonfire is a place where black knights huddle together in the wasteland to keep warm. Of course, more powerful black knights will join the camp, just like a village or It is a place like a small town with a complete social system, but the camp will not accept newcomers Hei Ke. If you don't believe it, you will have the opportunity to find out for yourself in the future. There are currently seventeen people in our campfire, but there are only five combatants. That’s why I hope you can join.”
"Although you are calmer than her, telling everything like this is not a good habit in negotiations." Jean smiled and patted Alex on the shoulder, "We already understand the general situation, but we need to discuss it a little bit. You see How about it?"
"Okay." Alex nodded, gently tugged on Dorian's arm and pulled her back.
"Did I mess up?" Dorian was a little aggrieved.
"The matter is not up to us. At least the death wrapped around them is not strong enough, so we should be able to believe it."
