Sarah wielded a heavy stone club and led Wiltok and others to rush towards the north of the forest, but they were still surrounded by shadow beasts.
The shadow beast is all white, crawling on the snow, blending in with the surrounding environment, making it difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Vertok's perception attribute is as high as 19 points, and he can see them clearly with just a glance.
There are about 70 of these monsters. Their appearance resembles that of a large bat without membrane-flesh wings. The muscles in the back half of the forelimbs are extremely developed, as if they are about to burst out from under the smooth, hairless skin. However, the forearms are skinny, 1.2 meters long, and there are a pair of legs at the end of the forelimbs. The three-toed sharp claws are like three one-foot-long inwardly curved daggers. In fact, the shadow beast's upper body is very strong, but its lower body is short and thin. A fin-like bone spur grows on the spine of its back, extending to its long tail, making the overall body look deformed and ugly. They mainly rely on their forelimbs and tails to crawl on the snow. Due to their flat bodies, they will not sink into the snow, but can gain faster mobility. This is the main reason why Wiltok and the others are surrounded by the shadow beasts.
The shadow beast is a scavenger in the black forest. It usually spends the day and night, feeding on humus, worms, carrion, and even animal feces. Its thin and smooth skin can quickly change color according to the surrounding environment, making it extremely difficult to be detected by predators. Their sharp claws and tail spines serve as weapons against predators. When the female shadow lurker begins to build a nest, the shy and mysterious shadow beast transforms into a fierce territorial defender. In order to protect the female beast and the eggs in the nest, they will eliminate threatening intruders at all costs.
The shadow beast is a second-level monster, medium-sized, male, with the innate abilities of color change, hard claws, group attack, and rotating flying cutting.
Color-changing: Shadow beasts can quickly change color, including skin, blood, and eyes, to perfectly blend into the environment.
Hard claws: The shadow beast's claws, bone spurs, and tail spurs are extremely hard, comparable to fine iron, and are excellent natural weapons.
Group attack: The shadow beasts know how to fight together, dazzling the enemy by interspersing and moving sideways, covering each other, and dividing the enemy formation. They are difficult to lock on because the color-changing talent makes them all look the same.
Rotating flying cut: The shadow beast is light in weight and has a long and powerful tail. It can use the power of the tail to eject into the air, hug its body into a ball, and then spin at high speed, using its sharp claws, bone spurs and tail spines to cut apart enemies within ten meters. You must be careful with the shadow beast's tail. The power and speed of its ejection, combined with its hard and sharp tail spines, are enough to penetrate high-quality hard leather armor. The good news is that shadow beasts have very low defense, and crossbows and spears are powerful weapons against them.
Listening to Mayor Mine introduce the characteristics of the shadow beast and seeing it with your own eyes are two completely different feelings. These more than seventy deformed monsters even have white eyes. They sometimes crawl on the snow and growl, sometimes move sideways and jump. As long as Vertok stares at a shadow beast for more than three seconds, it will immediately curl its tail and jump sideways with the help of amazing elasticity. The movements are quite flexible, and under the cover of its companions, its snow-white body is close to the shadow beast. The snow seems to have disappeared.
To be honest, it is difficult for Vertok to lock a shadow beast. If he is not careful, he may be distracted by other shadow beasts and lose the original target.
Wiltok didn't know how good other people's eyesight was, but he could understand how everyone felt just by imagining more than 70 toads of similar colors and sizes jumping around in front of him. He probably felt like vomiting.
The problem is that shadow beasts are not harmless frogs. They have extremely sharp claws and are monsters with a life level of two.
Vertok was not afraid of the Bald-Eared Butcher, but he felt terrified when he saw the shadow beasts. There are so many of them that even if Wiltok has seven arms and eight legs, he will definitely die if he gets caught in the herd.
When they first broke out, Max disappeared. He may have left the team on purpose. Dark hunters lack the ability to face enemies head-on, so it is easier to survive wandering alone, but other professions cannot.
Everyone could only huddle tightly and form the tightest iron barrel formation, for fear that the shadow beast would divide the team and defeat them one by one. The shield guards are responsible for the defense in both front and rear directions, and the professional swordsmen protect the two wings, surrounding the archers and Wiltok in the middle. Sarah wandered around the perimeter alone, killing all the shadow beasts that came close to the defensive formation.
She charged quickly, and her huge body pulled the snow on the ground into two flying waves. The heavy stone stick was pushed back from bottom to top, drawing an arc more than ten meters long, and pulled a shadow beast away. It exploded violently, and even the bones flew away.
Sarah's brutal collision was unstoppable and as fast as lightning. It was indestructible within ten meters and was so fast that it was like teleporting. The terrible feeling of oppression made Vertok stunned. He finally understood why the fat cook was called "Unstoppable Sarah". With this kind of strength and speed, any martial arts skills in front of her were just fancy and could only be crushed.
Wiltok thought about the fact that the Bald-eared Butcher had received Sarah's full blow and was only injured but not dead. He couldn't help but feel afraid for his previous rashness.
Although Sarah is brave, she alone cannot relieve the team from the dilemma of being surrounded by shadow beasts. The shadow beast initially besieged the fat cook who had broken out of her defensive formation, and was beaten into meatloaf by her with a stone rolling pin. At the cost of their lives, the shadow beasts became smarter. They avoided the fat cook and took the half-elf professionals and Vertok as their primary targets.
Sarah had to take care of the others and could not chase them too far. She could only use brutal impact to kill the shadow beasts trying to sneak attack the defensive formation, but this powerful combat skill would definitely consume her physical energy seriously.
The iron barrel array deployed by Shield Guard Hack is currently able to protect itself, but its movement speed is impressively slow. Fortunately, the sharp arrows of the bow warriors can threaten the shadow beasts within 60 meters.
A snow-white shadow beast just jumped up and was caught by the corner of Wiltok's eye. He quickly opened his bow and fired an arrow in the crowd. The triangular feather arrow picked up the floating snowflakes and accurately hit the shadow beast's neck. Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen feather arrows came one after another, killing the shadow beast on the spot.
"Wil, well done!" The third-level archer instructor praised Victor's archery skills while shooting another shadow beast with a bow and arrow. The color of the arrow marked the target for other archers.
The second-level archers are all expert archers. They are good at rapid shooting, mobile shooting, and aimed shooting. However, the shadow beast is integrated with the environment and knows how to cover each other, which dazzles the second-level archers and makes it difficult to lock on a target. The third-level archer ignites his secret blood, stimulates his blind shooting ability, and uses his keen intuition to shoot enemies in the distance. The color of the arrow feathers is like a conspicuous mark, helping the second-level bow warrior to focus the fire on the shadow beast of the arrow.
If the archer instructor didn't know Wiltok, he would think that he was also a third-level archer. Otherwise, how could he accurately hit the difficult shadow beast with his bow and arrow?
But they all saw with their own eyes that Wiltok's strength, speed, physical fitness, combat skills, and explosive power were not inferior to the third-level shield guard, third-level swordsman, third-level dark hunter, and third-level archer. He seems to have no expertise, and seems to have all his expertise.
The half-elf professionals don't know how Vertok did it, but they firmly believe that his future is limitless. Boss Bottom is right. Only under the leadership of Wiltok can the Adventurer's House regroup and regain the wealth and industries hidden in the city-state.
In fact, everyone trusts and supports Wiltok mainly because they are influenced by his charming qualities, and their views on him are biased towards the good side.
Wiltok also knew nothing about his own charming qualities. He had no other ideas now, so he tried his best to kill the shadow beasts surrounding him.
However, the fatal effect caused by the piercing damage of the feather arrow is very poor, and it is far less immediate than the sword slash. Even if the triangular feather arrow hits the vital part of the shadow beast, it will not be killed for a while until it pulls out the arrow. Wiltok would rather wait and let the shadow beast hit by the arrow die slowly, but the second-level archer warrior couldn't find his target, and chasing the shadow beast hit by the arrow was a round of rapid fire.
A dozen arrows killed a shadow beast, which was really not very efficient. But we don't have time to waste time here. We must kill the shadow beasts quickly and fiercely, force the beasts to retreat, and then break out as soon as possible.
On the other side of the forest, the excited howls of the Orc Butcher could be heard from time to time. The shadow beast's attack may not have much effect on them, and every time the butcher kills a shadow beast, the blood rage value will be increased. If the shadow lurker did not show up, the Orc Butcher would have the upper hand in this forest.
Winter is the season when shadow lurkers lay eggs and hatch, and they generally do not leave their nests. Originally, it would be easy for Hurant's dragoons to take advantage of the characteristics of the shadow lurker in guarding the lair. It would be easy to eliminate its minions in the herd first and then deal with the lone shadow lurker. But they didn't come, and the Shadow Forest became the home of the Orc Butcher.
Once the bald-eared butcher kills the herd of beasts besieging him, he will be free to deal with the half-elf professionals.
Wiltok's worries did not last long. From the depths of the forest in the southwest, two sharp stone axes flew out, whistling and hitting the tight formation arranged by the half-elf professionals.
The bald-eared butcher's body was glowing with blood. He stood next to a thick pine tree, laughing wildly as he threw heavy stone axes at the iron barrel formation where Wiltok was located. With the Orc's powerful explosive power, the range of his throwing ax reaches an exaggerated 150 meters, which is far beyond the effective counterattack range of crossbows and javelins.
Vertok raised his bow and shot two powerful flying axes, and cursed angrily: "The bald-eared orc is a bastard!"
There is no doubt that the bald-eared butcher abandoned his companions, stood out from the encirclement of the shadow beasts alone, and specially ran over to attack the half-elf professional with a long-range throwing axe!
No matter how accurate Bald Ear's flying ax is, it can fly more than 150 meters, and half-elf professionals can easily dodge it. However, while everyone is avoiding the flying axe, the iron barrel formation will inevitably become scattered, which immediately causes a chain reaction.
The shadow beasts rushed over from all directions desperately, their long and powerful tails pressed against the ground, launching themselves into the air like a spring, their flat bodies curled up into a ball, like a high-speed rotating flywheel, slashing at the half-elf. of the head.
As the shadow beast cut in, the iron barrel formation instantly collapsed. There were deformed and ugly monsters all around Vertok. He immediately discarded the bow, grabbed the long sword, and used the battle breathing method. A cold sword light was like a stream meandering in the cracks of the rock, passing by three monsters. The shadow beast's body cut them flat, but did not hurt the surrounding half-elves.
The half-elf professionals had no time to applaud Wiltok's exquisite sword power. They ignited their secret blood, stimulated their abilities, and fought with the surrounding shadow beasts.
A second-level swordsman had just killed a shadow beast, and the sharp claws of another shadow beast swept across his calf, the protective gear and muscles rolled around, and blood flowed across the area. He only grunted for half a moment before a flying ax hit him in the head, and blood spattered on Vertok's leather armor.
Shield Guard Hack roared, using rock skin to resist the shadow beast's scratches, and swung the shield ax mounted on his arm to kill two monsters.
"Sister Sarah, take Wiltok out! Others spread out to cover, and then break out individually!"
The fat cook rushed over, frightened the beasts away, grabbed Wiltok, turned around and ran away. The shadow beasts were obviously afraid of her rolling pin. They evaded to both sides and turned to attack the scattered half-elf professionals.
The scenery of the snowy forest quickly receded, and Vertok could only watch helplessly on Sarah's shoulder as the shield guard Harker rushed left and right, and was finally overwhelmed by the shadow beast herd.
The bald-eared butcher laughed silently, grabbed his axe, and quietly chased Sarah's back from the edge of the battlefield.
Quel'Engara gathered the power of the ten brothers and the barbarian warriors to kill Gangyan, the leader of the Taku clan, and was promoted to the sixth level of massacre. Bald Ear is determined to kill the weakened Sarah independently. Only in this way can he have a chance to heal his inner trauma and gain stronger power. Then he will seek revenge on the round-eared half-elf who brought shame to him.
The fat cook ignored Vertok's objections and carried him through the snow forest. She ran for several kilometers in one breath and got rid of all the shadow beasts. Then she suddenly stopped, put Vertok down, and said: "Viltok , my child, go quickly."
Wiltok had noticed the bald-eared butcher following him. He shook his head and said, "No, let's go together."
A tall and fat body with bald ears stood out from behind the big tree, carrying an ax and looking at Sarah coldly.
The fat cook touched Wiltok's head and smiled gently: "Okay, wait until I kill it, and then we will go together. But don't interfere in this battle, I'm afraid of accidentally hurting you."
Sarah dragged the rolling pin with one hand as she walked towards Bald Ear step by step. The snow collapsed under her feet, leaving a straight mark. She expressed a clear and strong will to her opponents: in a head-to-head confrontation, no one can escape.
Bald Er was taller and burlier than Sarah, but Sarah felt like a mountain crashing into him, and her indomitable momentum put great pressure on his soul.
When their strength reaches their level, the battle of souls and wills can often determine the outcome of life and death.
Bald Er understands that if he chooses to evade his opponent's edge, Sarah's spiritual will will directly reach its peak and launch the most violent attack on him, and he will be afraid of the idea of avoidance and will not be able to give full play to his full strength, even if one Small mistakes can be fatal.
If he wants to heal his spiritual trauma by killing the powerful enemy in front of him, he must face the test of his spiritual will!
The fifth-level butcher of the Split Rock Tribe took a deep breath, picked up his ax, and walked towards Sarah at the same speed.
The two sides got closer and closer, reaching within reach. At the same time, they stopped and faced each other in silence. Only the non-stop wind and snow are flowing.
Sarah was upwind, snowflakes fluttering on her face, and she blinked her eyelids briefly. Bald Er, who had been motionless just now, took the lead, and the big ax struck Sarah's head instantly like a weightless snowflake. The next moment, the seemingly light ax will become extremely heavy and can split Sarah's head.
Once you master the Heart of the Mirror, you can change the intensity of your power as you please.
Sarah tilted her head, but she was still chopped on the shoulder by the orc butcher's axe. Bald Er burst out with strength, but felt as if his ax had hit a rock, splitting Sarah's flesh and blood and meeting strong resistance.
Sarah allowed the bald-eared butcher to chop her left shoulder. She raised her eyes, and there was a deep cold that froze everything in her eyes. The gray-white stone rolling pin in her right hand had become crystal clear, with several fine cracks on the surface, forming A circle of ice crystals. The elemental crystal stone stick stabbed the half-orc butcher's chest and abdomen.
Frost spreads across the Butcher's naked skin, eating away at the red light that represents the power of blood rage. Bald Er felt a deep chill running through his heart, threatening to freeze himself completely. He let out a fierce killing roar and raised his blood rage to resist the invasion of frost.
Bald Ear can obviously withstand the pressure and fight Sarah to the end to see if his ax splits the opponent's body first, or if he is frozen into a popsicle by the power of frost first.
However, the power of ice triggered by Sarah is eroding Bald Er's blood-rage power, evoking the shadow of fear deep in his heart.
In Bald Ear's sight, Sarah's current image overlapped with that of a tall half-elf with round ears. Perhaps, it was not a half-elf, but Bald Er would never forget that the monster's fists shone with platinum light, and with just one punch, his father, the old chief of the Split Rock Tribe, was beaten to pieces. Bald Ear roared and rushed towards his father's murderer, but the blood-rage power he was proud of was shattered by the opponent's blow, and his confidence was completely shattered.
Bald Er was frightened. He threw away his axe, and with the help of the push of the crystal stone stick, he flew upside down for more than ten meters. He fell a few times on the snow, got up and fled in panic into the forest.
Sarah was no longer able to catch up, and noticed that in the shadowy forest, Max and an orc shaman were fighting silently. She decisively threw away the crystallized stone stick, pulled out the ax that had pierced the shoulder bone, sealed the horrific wound with the power of frost, grabbed Wiltok who was coming over and ran out of the forest.
"Let's go quickly, there are enemies behind us!"
Not long after, Wiltok and Sarah rushed out of the shadow forest and came to a large forest glade covered with snow.
The fat cook at the Adventurer's House finally couldn't hold on anymore. Her huge body collapsed and fell heavily on the snow. The wound on her shoulder burst open again, and the gurgling blood suddenly dyed a piece of pure white snow red.
"Sarah, how are you?" Wiltok hugged Sarah's head and asked eagerly. He held her shoulder with his other hand, trying to heal the bleeding wound.
Sarah reluctantly opened her eyes and said in a weak voice: "Wil, my child, thank you... I'm sorry, I can't walk anymore... If you can escape, I hope you can help the adventurers Children of my family. In the future, if you have the opportunity to go to the throne of the Earth Mother, help me ask the ancient guardians if they can forgive me, a sinner..."
Sarah, the fat cook who had been taking care of Vertok, finally came to the end of her life. Wiltok was silent for a long time, then leaned into Sarah's ear and whispered softly: "They will definitely forgive you, I promise..."
"Sister Sarah has always regarded you as her son. In fact, she has no son. She should have remembered it in the last moments of her life." The fourth-level dark hunter staggered over and whispered to Wiltok.
Vertok asked without looking up: "What's Sarah's crime?"
Max shook his head and said sadly: "I don't know what a crime that is...Sister Sarah was originally a female warrior of the Hemer tribe. During a battle, she absorbed the fetus in her belly... Her unborn baby The child should be from the Taku tribe and merge with Sister Sarah. Then, Sister Sarah became like this."
