It was right to bring Feini here. The Demon Fortress is exactly as I imagined. The roads are very complicated, just like a straight and square spider web. Why is it said to be square and straight? Because I found a very interesting sight. The roads here are as straight as the buildings with strong lines around them. The corners at each intersection are also sharp and angular. It looks like there is a sharp and oppressive feeling, as if it is a fortified city. Military fortress.
In broad daylight, there was no one on the wide gray hard stone road. The huge castle was empty, with only the sharp gray-brown buildings standing straight up into the sky. It looked like a ghost town with a long history.
But the footsteps of "dengdengdeng——" gradually sounded, and then one after another well-armed adventurers rushed out of the crisscrossing alleys and crossroads, joined the running ranks, gathered into a small stream, and then Gradually it turned into a big river, and the originally deserted avenue suddenly became like a military parade avenue, surrounded by adventurers.
There are barbarians carrying giant axes as big as wheels, and every step they take can make the floor vibrate; there are paladins holding a majestic scepter in one hand and holding a simple shield in the other hand, with smooth lines of armor worn on their bodies. , is synonymous with solemnity and magnificence; assassins who walk like ghosts. They bend over and move freely through the gaps in the crowd where even children cannot squeeze in. Some of them seem to have suction cups on their feet, hanging vertically on the ground. Passing by the walls, there are also arrogant and sexy Amazons, wizards who symbolize mystery and wisdom, Druid walking "dogs", and even very rare ones, the whole person is shrouded in a chilling mist of death. Necromancer in .
Although these people have different professions, whether they are warlike barbarians, gentle druids, or rational and wise wizards, they all have a common characteristic, that is, their faces are full of hungry wolves. Generally speaking, compared to them, the adventurers of Kurast lacked a fierceness in their momentum regardless of their strength. The adventurers in the camp and Lu Gaoyin were like sheep in front of their momentum. docile.
These adventurers who joined the running team greeted Oscar enthusiastically, who was running in the middle of the road. Their expressions and tone more or less indicated that he was the leader. It seems that this big man said that he was the number one in the Demon Fortress. Barbarian warriors are not completely bragging, at least in terms of popularity.
At the same time, they also set their sights on our three unfamiliar adventurers. Linya's beauty caught their attention, and Feini's subconsciously changeable temperament also attracted the attention of many people. However, adventurers value strength more than women, so they finally set their sights on me.
"This is brother Wu Fan, an adventurer who has just arrived at the Demon Fortress. Please take more care of him."
"Oh, that's natural!!"
The adventurers around me became excited, and their eyes turned green, which gave me a creepy feeling. Feini, who was surrounded by the center, was even shivering, with tears of regret shining in her dark eyes. Hikari, probably because he had known that even if he was thrown into Harrogath, he would never have come to this ghost place.
"Boy, you and your partners are too young. You don't have any ruthlessness. You will have to follow us for a good exercise later." A thin wizard patted my shoulder carelessly and said.
"..."
It's completely unimaginable how this wizard behaved. It's like a weak scholar patting the bandit on the shoulder and saying, boy, you don't have enough murderous aura.
"Brother, be careful. In the Demon Fortress. You have only two choices. You either turn into a wolf. Or you die."
The old family of "dog". One has a wolf's head on his head. The druid's eyes were as sharp as a wolf's. He came forward and reminded me kindly.
"Don't worry. Even if I can't change into a wolf, I'm still a dragon. I can't die." I added my tongue. The blood slowly became excited with the momentum of this passionate passion.
"I hope so."
Probably because he didn't expect my tone to be so loud, the druid was stunned for a moment, then laughed, gave a thumbs up and said, "In the Demon Fortress, I'm not afraid of you being aggressive, but I'm afraid that if you don't have the strength, fighting will turn everything into dust." After the stone is washed, it will be clear at a glance whether it is a stubborn stone or gold.
The road we were running on was probably the main road leading to the city gate, so more and more adventurers joined in. Some of them looked like they had just jumped out of the bed in the hotel. Not to mention the equipment, they didn't even have any clothes. After getting dressed, wearing jumper shorts, with his strong upper body exposed and getting dressed, he ran out. On the stone road more than ten meters wide, the adventurers in front and behind could no longer be seen. According to a rough calculation, there were at least five or six hundred.
The huge gate of the fortress, which is dozens of meters wide and more than ten meters high, has opened its steel mouth to us. Following the crowd, we rushed out. The tall, oppressive gray buildings on both sides suddenly unfolded. My line of sight became wider, but I couldn't sigh at the spectacular sight of such vastness, but I was horrified.
Walking out of the stern gray castle, what appears in front of us is an endless gray plain. The height I am now at is like a goshawk circling thousands of meters above, looking for this vast expanse of land. The plains were awe-inspiring.
Withdrawing your gaze from this magnificent plain and looking at your feet, you discovered that the plain and the outside of the castle entrance where we are now are connected by a steep and curved wall-cut staircase with a maximum width of no more than ten meters. There are deep and invisible layers below the path. In the canyon at the bottom, it is conceivable that if you fall from the trail, even those who change jobs will be shattered to pieces.
Kane said in the book that the Demon Fortress was built on a huge platform raised from the flat ground on the Plains of Despair. From a distance, it looked like a lonely pillar erected on the flat ground. After decades of human beings The construction, including the participation of the dwarves, finally opened up a steep staircase leading to the platform on the top of this "stone pillar" with smooth sides and extremely hardness. It then took hundreds of years to gradually form the current demon fortress. The scale of the project can be said to be the result of the sweat and crystallization of the two races.
The reason why the castle was built on it was because the mages discovered that the material of the entire stone pillar was a good carrier of magic. Therefore, after it was built, the stone pillar was blessed with strong magic by countless mages. It lasted for tens of thousands of years. , I don’t know how many magics have been blessed, and the strong magic elements are overflowing. Until it seeps out from the stone pillars, it can be said with great confidence that even if the three demon gods come in person, they may not be able to shake the foundation of the demon fortress. .
Seeing my dumbfounded look, Oscar next to me didn't take it seriously either. The boundless magnificent plain below me and the road in front of me would make even the most daring adventurer die in fear at the first sight.
, has become a baptism ceremony for almost every new adventurer. Even in this Oscar, every time I see it, I have to sigh.
To be able to carve out a road and build a castle in such a deserted place shows how powerful human beings are.
"Let's go, the monster is coming."
Oscar pointed at the countless small dots coming over on the plain below. With a gaze sharper than an eagle's eye, I could barely see that it was a huge monster army composed of at least tens of thousands of various monsters.
In the direction where they were coming, around the plain centered on the stone pillars of the demon fortress, there was a blood-red wall made of stones, bones and flesh. The smell of blood seemed to stimulate my nostrils. Inside the wall, there were already hundreds of adventurers gearing up, waiting for the monster to come.
Looking at the steep stairs in front of me, I held Linya's hand slightly and looked at her. Linya was calmer than I thought. Although her face was a little unnaturally pale, her smile in return was still firm.
Stepping on the steep stairs with empty space on both sides, the biting cold wind from high altitude seemed to be taking advantage of the void and blowing towards my face. I accidentally kicked a small stone under my feet and rolled out of the stairs. I was swept away by the bottomless darkness. Swallowed by the abyss, looking down inadvertently, the dizzy feeling of high altitude came to my mind slightly.
"Don't look down. You'll get used to it soon."
Oscar on the side reminded with a smile, indeed, if you can ignore the bottomless abyss canyon below, this steep staircase, let alone adventurers, is not considered worthy of ordinary people. After all, no matter how narrow it is, the narrowest The place is also more than three or four meters wide.
At our speed, in just a moment, this path to the sky, which has been recited in countless novels, has reached the lowest point. After one foot touched the thick flat ground, Linya and I exhaled in unison and couldn't help but look at each other. And laugh.
The corner of my eye fell on Feini on the other side. My dear, this beautiful transvestite has fluttering skirts and her face has not changed from the beginning to the end. She is as light and calm as if she had just walked through a sheep's path. She is worthy of it. He is a former traveler who has traveled half of the continent.
At this time, Oscar patted the shoulder of the bend and asked us to look back. A stone pillar several thousand meters high with sides as smooth as a flat mirror stood behind us like a sword holding up the sky, straight into the clouds, with its top covered with gray Surrounded by clouds, only the towering tip of the castle can be vaguely seen.
"Spectacular, really spectacular."
After a long time, I took a breath and roared loudly. Without roaring, it was not enough to vent the pride in my heart at the moment.
"Hahaha, right? When I saw it, I yelled at the plain for several minutes before I calmed down." Oscar laughed.
I can't imagine the terrifying scene of this big man yelling at the plain. The sound of his usual speech has already challenged the upper limit of my eardrums. This roar may scare even the monsters out of their courage.
I smiled and shook my head, and walked towards the defense line with everyone. I looked at the bloodthirsty fighting spirit on the faces of the adventurers around me. After experiencing the shock of the Demon Fortress, I think I can probably guess why this happened. .
The Plains of Despair where the Demon Fortress is located is known as the place closest to hell. Therefore, affected by the evil atmosphere, the sky here is gray, and the buildings of the Demon Fortress are also gray in tone. It seems like the whole world is looking at it. They are all gray. After staying in such a harsh environment for a long time, your mood will naturally be depressed and you need to vent. However, the architectural style of the Demon Fortress reveals a strong and iron-blooded smell, which can stimulate people's fighting spirit to the maximum extent. The depressed mood was also released. Therefore, if you stay here for two years without dying, I am afraid that as they say, even sheep can turn into hungry wolves.
Although the rumbling sound on the ground is getting stronger and stronger, as if the monsters on the opposite side will appear in front of us at any time, Oscar, who is experienced, is not in a hurry. There is still more than ten minutes before they actually rush to the defense line.
He rushed towards the defense line unhurriedly. He pointed at the dilapidated buildings around and told me that the land at the foot of the Demon Fortress was not even within the scope of the Plains of Despair. It was also called the Suburban Prairie before Hell invaded. It was once prosperous, but later the Hell Clan's offensive was too fierce, and everyone had to abandon the city below and move to the castle.
Some people may ask, why is the environment in the Demon Fortress so harsh, and why do ordinary civilians still live here? That's because, just as the foundation stone pillars of the Demon Fortress are made of magic carrier materials, there are many magic material ores needed by mages. The ancestors living in the Demon Fortress have made a living on this for generations, and they can't live without it. They don’t want to leave here, but living in a harsh environment all year round makes the folk customs of the Demonic Fortress particularly tough. As a result, a large number of determined and courageous adventurers have been produced, and it is one of the main places for exporting talents in the camp training camp.
If you want to say that you are as tough as the above, you can tell just by looking at the demon fortress. There is no shortage of places to live in the demon fortress, but many civilians still choose to live in the suburban prairie at their feet. They seem to simply ignore that once the adventurers are defeated, their own Even those civilian children dared to stand on the defensive line during the hunting operation, throwing stones at the terrifying monsters less than a hundred meters away from them or loudly cheering for the adventurers, and the adults did not stop them. In the Demonic Fortress, boys who have not been on the defensive line during hunting activities will be ridiculed and isolated by everyone.
On the defense line, thousands of career changers and soldiers were already standing together, and then they were separated. Professions such as mages and Amazons who are good at long-range attacks stood on the defense line, while melee combatants such as paladins and barbarians were in the front. To withstand the impact of monsters, fringe killers like assassins can use their free will. Anyone who can reach the demon fortress is not a loser anyway. Not to mention having the same tacit understanding with teammates, but simple cooperation is still not easy to come by?
Linya and Feini were naturally on the defensive line, and were assigned to a later position in order to take care of their strength. Feini seemed to have been familiar with this pattern for a long time, and quietly led Linya to the rear, letting Oscar, who had just wanted to show off, stared blankly, as if he couldn't figure out how this new girl could look like a seasoned veteran.
Hundreds of melee adventurers were lined up in a wild goose formation. They probably thought I was a newcomer, so they assigned me to a position far back on the right edge, where the fighting intensity was naturally relatively low.
The roar on the ground gradually became more intense, no less than a magnitude 3 or 4 earthquake. The enemy figures in the distance, like thousands of galloping horses, were also clearly reflected in our sights. The disgusting faces were reflected in our pupils. enlarge.
The one at the front is exactly the enemy I am familiar with. During the support operation in Kurast, the Dark Wanderer
It's just that these ordinary-level flesh-and-blood beasts are naturally not comparable to the T7 heroes. Their status in the eyes of Demon Fortress-level adventurers cannot even be compared with the dwarves of Kurast.
"Oh-oh——"
When the monster army was still about a kilometer away, the paladin turned on the halo, and huge colorful halos enveloped the entire wild goose team, and the Druid's spirit also dropped one from a distance, not missing any one. Adventurer.
Regarding the amplification effects of the three major amplification skills - Paladin's Aura, Druid's Spirit, and Barbarian's Cry, theoretically speaking, although the same amplification skill cannot be superimposed, different amplification skills can. Countless ones can be blessed, but due to the rules, if it is not the aura carried by oneself, then the amplification skills that an adventurer can enjoy are actually limited. A mercenary can only bear one at most, and ordinary job changers can It can withstand two, and a particularly well-qualified job changer can withstand three. I have never heard of any adventurer who can withstand more than three amplifying skills from others.
Unfortunately, I, the protagonist, did not break the rules, but fortunately, I, a job changer with not outstanding qualifications, reached the upper limit of the blessing and could withstand three.
Faced with many choices, I hesitated for a moment. My defense and life were already high enough, and ordinary monsters couldn't break through the defense. Therefore, skills that increase defense and life could be ignored. After eliminating them, I chose the following three.
Paladin's fourth-level defense system aura [Energy]: Increases movement speed and endurance. Once enveloped by this aura, a steady stream of power surges up, and the body becomes more agile.
Paladin's fourth-level attack halo [Concentration]: Increases damage, reduces the probability of attack interruption, and is equivalent to resisting negative states to a certain extent. What a good thing! !
Paladin's third-level attack halo [Blessed Aiming]: Increases attack accuracy. When this state is applied to the body, it is equivalent to the Eagle Eye technique. If used properly, the effect is quite good.
It's a pity that there is no fifth-level aura of the Paladin. There are still a few adventurers at the Demon Fortress level who have reached the fifth level. It is not that there are no fifth-level Paladins in the entire team, but a few fifth-level Paladins have all been assigned. In the mage team, she is also the legendary nanny. Because the fifth-level defense aura of the fifth-level paladin [Meditation] is used to speed up the recovery of mana, in a large-scale battle, what else can be better than ensuring the firepower of the mage? What about the more important thing, sustainability?
But no, those fifth-level paladins who were mixed in the rear mage team all had sad faces, and even began to hate their own fifth-level skill [meditation]. Of course, they didn't just stand around, occasionally throwing holy light when they were idle. Well, it’s still possible to replenish the blood of the comrades on the front line, nanny.
Rumble——
The flesh-and-blood beasts at the front have arrived less than a hundred meters away, but no adventurers have focused their attention on them, and even the magic of the wizards behind them has not been consumed on them, because...
"Bang - bang -"
Continuous sounds of magic sounded, and attacks such as fiery explosions and snow-freeze emerged from these dense flesh-and-blood beasts. The paladin's attack halo [Holy Fire] and [Holy Freeze] made these monsters who dared to attack suffer a heavy loss. Any monster that enters the range of the halo will be attacked by fire or ice.
Of course, attacking the aura is not omnipotent. Firstly, it continuously consumes mana. Secondly, the frequency of attacks is relatively slow. It only attacks once every four to five seconds. It does not pose much threat to thick-skinned monsters. Thirdly, if the number of monsters in the aura is Too much, and the attack power will be further dispersed.
However, it was enough to save the wizard's mana to deal with these cannon fodder-level flesh and blood beasts. The last of these huge flesh and blood beasts fell down one after another before they could reach the defense line.
At this time, a sharp-eyed assassin not far away suddenly shouted "Caution". Countless black shadows suddenly jumped out from the continuous flow of flesh and blood beasts in front, leaping high into the air towards them. We swoop in.
After taking a closer look, I discovered that these beasts that looked like flesh and blood with bone spurs on their backs were not flesh and blood beasts, but [Wall-cutting Stalkers], the final form of the Desert Jumper in the Lugaoin Desert, and Like the desert jumpers, they are good at yin people. Because their appearance and size are similar to flesh and blood beasts, they lurk among them, waiting for opportunities to move.
As the final form of desert jumpers, their speed is more flexible and fierce, and their attack power is stronger. They are not comparable to cannon fodder-level flesh-and-blood beasts, but they are faced with experienced people who are already familiar with their attack patterns. Among the adventurers, these hundreds of figures were still in mid-air without jumping down. Behind them, there was a mage who was extremely confident in his accuracy and threw out a few fire bombs or ice bombs with disdain.
Hundreds of fiery red and icy blue tails streaked across our sky. Except for a few who crashed into the car, they almost knocked away all the wall-cutting stalkers that jumped up to attack. The remaining dozens fell in front of us, except for the sheep that fell into the tiger's mouth. Other than that, I really can't find a more appropriate word to describe it.
However, Feini and Linya in the crowd actually launched their own attacks, and hit them accurately, which made the surrounding mages who originally looked down on their level of strength slightly shudder, and they no longer dare to look down on them, you know Wall-cutting stalkers have always been famous for their speed and dexterity. It is not easy to hit them. At least many of these demon fortress-level mages cannot guarantee that they can hit 100% of the time.
Although the strength of these two people is low, they are still catching up with themselves. Doesn't this represent unlimited potential?
Intermittently, thousands more wall-cutting stalkers jumped out from the flesh-and-blood beasts, but the scale was not as big as the first time. The mages behind were not willing to waste their mana anymore, so they were left to us to deal with.
In the surprised eyes of the barbarian next to him, he casually split a wall-cutting stalker that came to the door automatically into two pieces in the air. Before he could even scream, the blood splashed out from the body formed a flower in the air. A poignant rose.
Fortunately, these monsters have low IQs and are not organized at all. Otherwise, if thousands of wall-cutting stalkers pounced on them at the same time, it would be a big trouble.
However, now is not the time to rejoice. The flesh-and-blood beasts are just cannon fodder, and the wall-cutting stalkers are just appetizers. The real battle is still to come. Seeing the figure of the real main force of the monster army gradually revealed, I took a sip of dryness. His lips, the crystal sword in his hand, stained by blood, shimmered with a cold tone...
