In the early morning, a magic stone car drove out of the Xishan Camp and headed west towards the mountains in the distance. There were four people sitting in the car, Auster, Pullman and two other attendants.
This kind of vehicle is driven by magic crystals on the ground and does not require horses or drivers. From the appearance, it looks like a classic car from the earth's steam age.
In order to speed up the journey, Oster decided to travel lightly and ordered most of the soldiers of the escort team to go to Dongxiang support headquarters with the Xishan Mobile Force. He boarded the magic stone vehicle prepared by the battalion headquarters, taking only Pullman and three other people with him, and hurried to the secret armory.
The speed of the magic stone cart was much faster than that of the carriage, and there was no need to change horses or rest. After traveling for less than half a day, they entered the Black Mountain Mountains. The population density and development level of this world are still much lower than those of Earth. Apart from hunters, woodcutters, and barbaric tribes such as kobolds, there are basically few civilized races in such deep mountains and old forests.
The Defias secret armory is built here, near the main peak of the mountain range. Although the altitude is not high, the surrounding forest area is vast. A kind of blinding magic similar to a suspicious array was set up at the entrance of the armory. It was one of the black technologies of Defias craftsmen back then and has been lost. Only by opening the guide mark with a special keystone can one cross the doubtful formation and find the hidden entrance to the valley.
This stone is usually carried by Skarr and has never been entrusted to anyone else. Even Keith does not know how to use it; this time, he gave it to Oster without hesitation, which shows his trust in the deputy gang leader.
There are still several hours of driving to reach the main peak of Montenegro. As long as you enter the coverage area of the doubt array, input magic power in the correct order, and activate the runes on the key stone, you can start the guide to find the entrance. At the same time, the user and the people and objects within a certain range of the surrounding area will also be lost in the eyes of the outside world. In other words, with the key, they are safe.
Along the way, Oster was worried and still thinking about harvesting the puppets. According to the newly unlocked content of Sa Shu, because this thing itself is an imitation of the Death Knight, without knowing the original design code of the Brotherhood, forcibly activating special abilities requires the cursed code fragment left by Gul'dan. There are three fragments in total, corresponding to the anti-magic shield, chaos energy cannon and flying abilities. Only by acquiring these abilities can a mecha truly become a Gundam, rather than a stupid tank with arms and legs.
These fragments were lost with the defeat of the orcs after World War II. At present, it is only known that the piece of the chaotic energy cannon was found by the Holy Light Church and is personally kept by the governor-level lord. There is no need to think too much about it for the time being; the other two pieces are missing. But one of them, called Steinberg, was a fragment of an anti-magic shield that Auster had only seen recently, in the hands of a female killer who was trying to take her own life.
Although I don’t know if this is pure coincidence or if there is some connection, from the current point of view, finding the female killer seems to be more critical than rushing to the base;
Oster thought it would take a lot of effort to see her again, but after traveling for a few more hours, the carriage was ambushed just before entering the range of the suspicious formation.
As mentioned before, once they enter the doubt formation and open the key stone, they will enter different planes and lose their trace in the eyes of the outside world. So if someone wants to kill the deputy leader of the rebel army, the last chance is before entering the range of the suspicious formation. The opponent obviously knew this very well and waited patiently until the last stretch of the road before launching the attack;
And he came prepared, and he was bound to win. The self-propelled explosive array buried underground accurately positioned the territory of the magic stone vehicle, and the three arrays in different directions attracted the wheels from all angles. With a loud noise and a huge fireball, the upper part of the car exploded into the sky in an instant.
Not long after, two men wearing cloaks and holding large guns appeared from the nearby grass and went to confirm. They came to the dilapidated car that had fallen in the other direction and was smoking thickly. They carefully used the barrel of a gun to open the twisted car door - and then found that there was no one inside.
Oster hid in a hidden place, watching with a telescope, wondering if he had been prepared and used magic projection to cover himself and other passengers. It is estimated that at this moment, their heads are in the car and their butts are in the tree;
In fact, he had long discovered that the female hunter had not been far away since she escaped from Tar Village, following him intermittently. Although Sa Shu had detected that he was being followed by a magic mark, he was still unable to catch her due to the opponent's high awareness of counter-reconnaissance and her ability to use a variety of anti-magic equipment, so he could only let her follow calmly.
Behavior like this that doesn't show up or hit you, but just follows you and disgusts you, reminds Auster of those extremely insignificant hunters who were always hiding 100 yards away and putting a mark on your head when they were playing games in their previous life. If you chase him, he will get on his horse and run away, then come back and shoot you when you reach half health in a duel. Whether this tactic is easy to use or not is second to none, but the mentality of engaging people is first-rate.
It may be that Oster's continuous display of powerful spell-casting abilities later made the opponent quite fearful and did not take any further action. But since Oster summoned the meteor spell outside the camp and exhausted all his mana, and Sashu shut down and became a blank slate, the opponent was worthy of being a magic hunter. He was keenly aware of the target's weakness and began to look for opportunities to strike.
And Oster soon discovered that there was more than one female hunter, and there were at least five or six accomplices disguised as rebel soldiers and civilians in the camp. When sorting out the case files, it became more certain that these people had frequently fomented discord at the battalion headquarters, expanded the dispute between the foreign and Turkish factions, informed the officers and soldiers of the situation at the battalion headquarters, and even killed former Captain Price;
Now, they want to use the same method against Oster. But obviously, the wrong opponent was chosen. Relying on Sashu's abnormal detection and early warning capabilities, Oster is well aware of attacks launched and about to be launched against him within a certain range. So he had already discovered that more than once, someone a few hundred yards away was using the Eagle Eye technique to target him.
Although these spies can be dealt with at any time, their leader, the female hunter, is cunningly hiding outside and is not in the battalion headquarters. Oster wanted to find an opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop to end this state of being manipulated. After learning that the cursed code was hidden in the staff and gun in the female magic hunter's hands, this matter became even more urgent;
That's why he frequently took the initiative to expose himself in open places, dance and sing to seduce female hunters to launch attacks, and he was also dissatisfied with Keith's unknown situation that interfered with his affairs. After the fight in Tar Village, Oster already had an understanding of her strength; that is, she was at the level of an ordinary 5-person elite monster. If the opponent shoots, Oster is confident that he can dodge in advance according to the path prompted by the shaman, or apply protective magic or use enchanted protective gear to avoid the damage. Then you can immediately determine the opponent's location and capture and subdue them.
Oster was quite confident in his upgraded abilities and decided to take a certain risk to catch the tail. So he remained calm and waited for the other party to show his weakness; however, in the end, the other party still did not take action. Perhaps because there were too many troops within the camp, Oster could be treated immediately even if he was shot, and it would be difficult for the attacker to escape unscathed from the search of many rebel soldiers;
Oster was deeply disappointed. If the other party just didn't take the bait, he really couldn't do anything to her. When leaving the camp and heading to the armory, Oster made a last-ditch effort, deliberately showing his flaws, sending away the escort, taking only three followers with him, taking a magic stone cart with an obvious target, and taking the main road the whole way;
As a result, until the eve of entering the range of the suspicious formation, there was still no movement. After so many days of battles of wits and courage, Oster was tired. He was already calling the other party a coward in his heart. At this time, the attack came belatedly.
After the bomb detonated, Sa Shu revealed that there were six people on the other side, all of whom were law hunters holding law-breaking guns. In addition to the two people who came to confirm, four people were lurking and covering, just to prevent the target from having a back-up plan. However, what is the use of such trivial skills? In front of Sashu, they are almost useless.
