"Whenever I encounter such a disaster, I can't help but wonder...why do we always end up with such a tragic end?"
"I don't care why this is happening, but...can you move a place for me first!"
In an unknown cliff cave on Falling Star Mountain, several adventurers who had just experienced a catastrophe were leaning against the wall to rest as much as possible. Due to the previous fierce battle, the three of them were almost exhausted, so at this time they wanted to It is difficult to find a good place to rest on your own. Fortunately, there was also a young man from the Nosir tribe present. Although he claimed to be a scholar and had little fighting ability, it seemed okay to let him do the work of supporting and bandaging.
However, this young man's strength is limited after all, and he seems to have no experience in arranging wounded people, so he accidentally piled Duan Qing and Nan Tieshan together - based on his familiarity with the terrain, Duan Qing finally escaped from the previous cave entrance. There was an earth-shattering explosion, but that didn't mean that he was unscathed. In order to launch his most perfect attack at the most perfect time, Duan Qing had to force his way through the swarms of ground thorns that the earth element kept unleashing. At this time, the countless wounds on his body were the price he paid for this. .
But no matter how he compares, he seems to be better than Nan Tieshan.
The black-armored man who used to be so majestic was already lying on the ground like mud, in a state where he could not move no matter what. His black armor had been deformed by the previous attack, and his chest was almost flattened. The blood on his face was indistinguishable, like a ghost who had just crawled back from hell. The bruises on his head and left shoulder were also unknown. It was caused when the boulder hit him, and it was left when he fell to the ground. But judging from the bleeding that had stopped, this wound was still not fatal. In fact, from the last moment, he was still able to survive on his own. Judging from the situation while holding up the stone, this big man's body is still intact.
And he seemed to be in good spirits.
"Ah hahaha, sorry, sorry, but I am also... hurting all over now."
Having said this, Duan Qing still moved to the right with difficulty, and then leaned against another fallen rock: "Big brother is still amazing, not only is he still alive, but he also smashed the metal lump... ..”
"Then why do you think I am lying here unable to move?"
The big man's limbs were spread wide and his eyes were looking at the sky, but he seemed very excited after having just made some kind of breakthrough: "That's labor... The skills I learned when I completed the station mission, that The level of thrills once was no less than this time, hahahaha...cough! Cough!"
"Brother, don't get excited...and what is the station mission?"
"...In order to prove that you have the strength to establish a station in the wilds of Tania, the officials will give you a test, which is similar to fighting monsters. As long as you and your guild members can defeat the designated monsters, and then hand over the loot, and you will have the authority to establish a garrison."
After looking at the negative state of his body in the system prompts, the big man in black armor shook his head and continued to happily recall these unbearable past events: "From the information collected by players in the past, the goals given by the station mission They are all wild monsters near Taron County, plus one level of demonization at most, so they are not a piece of cake for me, but... When we applied, we were catching up with the invasion of the empire, and it was about to After we hit Tania, many spies from within the Imperial Army had already reached the area. Those officials were so frantic that they simply gave us a mission to kill one of the spies..."
"Ha, scouts of the empire." Under the black hood on the other side, a low laugh suddenly came out: "You have to endure it."
"Of course!" The big man glanced at Xue Ling Huan Bing with his peripheral vision, and then continued his memories: "The information was correct, we found them, but we really didn't expect that those who are different from ordinary online games... Uh, no, it was the same standard soldiers in other worlds who were so strong. Many brothers fell down in the end, and only myself and the last two people on the opposite side were left, hey..."
"I know the result is that you will definitely win, so don't brag."
"...You girl, if you don't like to joke, forget about it. You don't want others to brag." Nan Tieshan twisted his body twice in discomfort, and then continued: "Actually, there is nothing to brag about. I... almost didn't think about anything at the time, I just thought about avenging my brothers, fighting one to the death, two to the death... If I win, what is the mission, difficulty, and reward? At that time I couldn’t care less, I didn’t expect to survive in the end..."
"Later I looked through the skill list, and there was an additional skill called 'Storm Power'."
[Power of Storm: Gather the power from all parts of the body, explode all the potential of your body, and dump it on the enemy's head. 】
[Skill power: Depends on your own strength. 】
[Duration: Depends on one's own strength and spirit. 】
[Skill requirements: Strength 40, Spirit 30]
[Note: Unavailable. 】
"This skill..." Duan Qing's eyes widened when he heard it: "It's amazing..."
"Awesome..." The big man thought for a while, and finally swallowed back the word he wanted to say: "Didn't you hear that last sentence? Ever since I learned this skill, I have never Used it..."
"Are the conditions not enough?" Xue Ling Huan Bing intervened again: "I don't believe that a person like you can have such a high spirit."
"Yes, from birth to now, I have never wasted my talent on other things, so I don't know why I realized such a skill, and I don't know why I used this skill again... But just now I was able to move such a big stone, but now that I think about it...there are other reasons."
"Oh? What's the reason?"
"The stone has become lighter." The big man closed his eyes and seemed to be recalling the feeling just now: "I don't know why, but I just feel this way."
"It should be because of the influence of the elements." Duan Qing shook his head and pulled out another bandage, and continued to bandage according to Art's previous progress: "What happened in the hall just now was not an explosion, but some kind of wind element." Explosion."
"Elemental burst?"
"Yes, the elemental explosion is very spectacular. I was there before...Anyway, if you have a chance, you can see it." As he spoke, Duan Qing looked at the woman on the other side, who seemed to be aware of it. Lowered his head.
"...Although I don't know what you are talking about, judging from the strong wind just now, the inside...should indeed be spectacular."
"I don't know why such a phenomenon suddenly appeared in that hall. It may have something to do with the elemental creature, it may have something to do with our actions, or it may... have something to do with the hall itself."
Duan Qing gritted his teeth and tore off the last bandage, then tried to stand up slowly: "I can bet that the hall must still retain its appearance just now, and the strong wind before... should be saturated Caused by the wind element."
"They drove the earth element away for us, and by the way...saved you who was pressed by a boulder."
"Well, it's reasonable and convincing." The big man who was still lying on the spot nodded: "But I can't verify it now. I will still be weak for a long time..."
"Art, take care of him." Duan Qing said to the young man who was listening in confusion. Duan Qing began to walk towards the hall with difficulty: "Let me verify it."
"Are you alone?" The big man in black armor raised his head slightly: "That's not necessary, we are all seriously injured now..."
"I'm fine." In a meaningless tone, Duan Qing's figure gradually walked away: "And..."
"Now if we want to move forward, we have to rely on that hall."
"Hey, aren't you worried about your boyfriend?" After the man had gone far away, the big man lying motionless on the ground brought up the topic again: "Did they have a fight?"
"You have to figure out who is the seriously injured one now." The woman said in a cold voice: "If you don't want me to chop off your head, don't talk about similar topics again."
"Haha, haha, I'm going to be shy for now." Nan Tieshan put his head back on the cold ground: "But to be honest, if another earth element comes out ahead..."
"He will handle it." The woman interrupted Nan Tieshan: "Even if he can't handle it, he will escape back."
"So confident." The big man murmured: "But I should have seen it a long time ago. Those swords that disrupted the rhythm before, and that last blow..."
"Regardless of strength, speed, or timing...tsk, tsk, tsk, aren't these the things we and other martial arts practitioners pursue in the end?"
"what are you saying?"
"I thought it would be a big mistake to make you look wrong, but I didn't expect..." Ignoring Xue Ling Huan Bing's question, the big man looked at the sky and still said to himself. : "Both of them made a mistake..."
Seeing that the other party seemed to be in some kind of fugue state, the woman shook her head helplessly, and then stood up slowly with her long sword in hand.
"I'm going to the front too." After looking at the wind and snow outside, and then at the surrounding situation, the woman nodded to Art, and then followed the road reflected by the two rows of stone pillars that still glowed with blue-green light. , walked into the previous stone hall.
The situation at the scene was just as Duan Qing had guessed. Apart from the damage caused during the previous battle, there seemed to be no unnecessary changes. Those stone pillars that had been hit by various external forces were still lying there quietly, while the remaining stone pillars were still standing on both sides. Judging from the light on their surfaces, these stone pillars seemed to be brighter than before. Much smaller.
"It seems that is indeed the case..."
Confirming a certain previous conclusion, the woman looked around the hall, but did not find Duan Qing. But the next moment, the man who was extremely conspicuous because he was covered in bandages jumped out of the square hole in the middle.
"I really admire you for still having the energy to do acrobatics." The woman dragged her long sword and slowly walked to his side: "And you didn't miss it."
"Don't think about how I died all day, okay? People will be very sad when they hear it." Duan Qing sighed helplessly, and then continued to look around: "Don't look, this pit is bottomless, the previous That elevator also goes up, so don’t expect it to come up from below..."
"This elevator is very high." Then the woman put her head back.
"Of course, there are probably..." Duan Qing smiled and gestured: "The whole Falling Star Mountain is so high? If we can take the elevator, maybe we can reach the bottom of Falling Star Mountain and find someone Suppress the big devil inside and so on..."
"If I want to hit you, I won't hit you anyway." The woman said angrily: "It's so tiring to fight an earth element... By the way, did you understand the previous blow?"
"That... I understand." Duan Qing scratched his head.
[Deathly attack: A fatal blow can cause a fatal blow when hitting the enemy's weakness accurately. 】
[Skill power: 100% (miss)]
[Skill requirements: None]
"The comment 'missed' at the end... does it mean that the opponent's vital part was not hit?"
"Probably so. After all, many people have tested it. It is ineffective to hit non-vital parts with such an attack. But how much damage can be caused... no one knows." The woman explained in a low voice: "Anyway, when used successfully, the target is already dead."
"Sure enough, the skill is as its name suggests." Duan Qing shook his head and said, "But this skill does not require attributes, which I did not expect."
"Why?" Xue Ling Huan Bing asked curiously: "Such a basic skill does not even require the weapon used..."
"I know that you can knock someone to death with a staff." Duan Qing continued his inspection work and explained to Xue Ling Huan Bing: "But in theory, if you want to complete something like this, Such attacks are difficult, especially in the context of ... such a highly realistic simulation of the free world."
"That's why it uses notes to remind you what the effect of a miss is. Isn't this normal?"
"It's not that simple." Duan Qing still shook his head: "Although I can't say what's wrong now, one thing is certain."
"What?"
"Spirit...must be a useful attribute in the future."
Knowing what the other party wanted to say, Duan Qing immediately looked back at the other party and said: "It's not useful for legal professions, but... it's useful for everyone."
"Oh? What can the melee profession do with its spirit?"
"It's just a guess now, but...just think about Nan Tieshan's skill." Duan Qing, who wandered for a while, finally stopped somewhere: "Is it here?"
The place where the two stopped was the small hole they found on the wall before.
"What's wrong?"
"We have to find a way to get that elevator down!" Duan Qing pointed to the small hole and said, "We used this switch before, but the stone platform didn't respond. Then I pulled out the stone pillar... Now think about it, are those stone pillars the kind of things that block the power supply?"
Xue Ling Huan Bing looked at Duan Qing's face, and after a long while, she suddenly realized.
"You mean, this thing is the key to controlling Shitai?"
