Duan Qing saw the fork in the road that Qicai Lingguang mentioned not long after, because there were only two branches at that intersection, one of which went up along the rugged rocks on their right, and then gradually disappeared on the mountain road that could not be seen in the north. The end.
"This road leads to Faron Hill." Qicai Lingguang explained: "That is the place that the Imperial Army has currently occupied."
"Isn't it tragic that they control this place?" Duan Qing asked, "This is the only commanding height nearby."
"You all know why the people in the empire don't know about it." Qicai Lingguang glanced at the situation on the mountain road, and then bent down again: "The imperial troops have been withdrawn everywhere, but they have not been withdrawn here. That’s why.”
"Then you...don't plan to take it back?"
"What are you robbing, Falong Mountain? Stop joking." Qicai Lingguang whispered: "The principality rushed several times and was beaten to a disgrace, and then there was no more movement. And us players... until now I haven’t seen any related tasks.”
"Maybe they don't trust us, or they think we are too weak..."
"Can't you? Does this hill look so difficult? The intersection is so close to the fortress..."
"That's because you didn't go up and try. Look, there, there, and behind that big rock. If you just walk up there, I guarantee you a surprise." This time, Sunny answered his question in a low voice: "Besides... if there are players who want to go to Falon Hill to do the mission, they will not take this route at all. They will turn right after leaving the fortress and go around the edge of the fortress, although the distance is a bit longer. , but better than safety..."
"There's no need to fight the leader here, right?"
As Duan Qing responded, several people quietly looked at the front on the other side of the forked road - the fortifications made of wooden piles and earth and stone were simply placed behind the intersection not far away, and a few people could still be vaguely seen. Shadows flickered there. One of the men, whose clothes and demeanor were completely different from the other soldiers, was holding something in his hand and was writing and drawing. At the same time, he was talking to the men next to him without raising his head, as if he was giving instructions.
That guy is the first BOSS mentioned by Qicai Lingguang.
"We are a small force, and we sneaked all the way here, so the people here are not alert yet. If it were a group like the Faron Hill Tour Group, we would have been discovered by this time." Several people were still lying at the intersection. In the grass beside him, he whispered and observed the movement there: "The person waiting here will not be a BOSS, but the official troops of the empire..."
"We little adventurers can't bear this."
"Is this the reason why we should avoid being discovered along the way?" After checking his adventure notes, he found that it still showed "Felong Grassland". Duan Qing asked in a low voice: "Then what should we do next? What do we think? It seems a bit difficult to deal with these people without being discovered..."
"Originally, we should have been discovered when we hit this place." Qicai Lingguang replied: "As long as we kill this leader and then rush in quickly along the mountainside, we can reach the next area before reinforcements arrive."
"The rest...it's all about the tough battles, so there's no need to hide."
Duan Qing seemed to smell some unknown bloody smell from these words. Duan Qing stopped asking questions and focused his gaze on the same front: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's just have a big fight and it will be over." ?”
Qicai Lingguang did not answer, but waited quietly for a while, and then suddenly turned in a certain direction - an imperial soldier looking left and right, stepping on the grass to inspect where Duan Qing and the others were.
"Huh? Didn't I put the nearby..."
"Shh...!"
Silence, waving hands, the colorful aura moved slowly with the four people present, gradually spreading around the person's position. At a certain moment, as the captain, his eyes flashed, and then he waved his right hand suddenly and rushed towards the man first.
"Varied……"
Before the surprise in his eyes fully rose, a faster black shadow suddenly appeared behind the soldier's head, and then hit his head - it was the handle of a dagger.
Thump - thump.
"Um?"
In the fortification not far away, the leader who was still explaining something raised his head and looked in a certain direction. After a while, he lowered his head again.
"call--"
Several people in the grass took a breath: "It was so thrilling, I thought I was discovered..."
"In the past, this method would not attract the attention over there. Why is it wrong today?"
"That guy may also be a detective, so his hearing may be more sensitive..."
"Continue?" Konoha Tornado, who appeared again, asked in a low voice.
"Go on, but be more careful."
The black figure gradually disappeared into the grass again, and Duan Qing asked: "This tactic?"
"First, lure out the people guarding there one by one." This time, the girl named Qian Zhihe was the first to answer: "We do this every time."
"We don't have such a high-end profession as treatment, so pulling a group of monsters to go over is simply not feasible." Qicai Lingguang continued to explain: "So we can only lure them one by one before the war, and kill the monsters next to them. Kill the soldiers one by one."
Looking at the guard reporting next to the boss-looking man, he added: "Uh... try to deal with them all."
"That guy is a skilled worker." Qingtian whispered, "Looks pretty good..."
"Haha, so I told you not to be impatient. You were like this when Kuang Lan fantasized about leaving..."
"Hush...there's something moving again."
Following the same pattern, they repeatedly killed or knocked out several surrounding guards, and then moved the fallen people further away. It wasn't until Konoha Tornado who returned once again shook his head that a few people retreated a little further away and began to make final arrangements: "The remaining mobs can't be pulled, so when the fight starts later, someone needs to come. deal with……"
"Then let me do it." Duan Qing immediately volunteered and said, "I just watched the show for a long time, and I was a little embarrassed."
"That's okay." Qicai Lingguang looked at Duan Qing and nodded after a while: "Xiaomu, you are still responsible for intercepting and killing them. Pay attention to the blood volume of those people and don't let more than two guys start running away at the same time."
The last half of the sentence was still addressed to Duan Qing. After the latter waved his hand to express understanding, he continued to introduce: "The remaining BOSS...leave it to us to deal with."
"Let's briefly talk about his skills. No matter which team is filling this position today, there are several skills that are basically universal, including stabbing, sweeping, roundhouse slash, grab and throw, and acceleration skills... However, considering that that guy may be a spy, he will most likely use wind steps, sneak attacks, backstabs, and even disgusting tricks such as dagger throwing, which will also come with negative status effects such as poisoning and bleeding..."
"After the fight starts, don't crowd around him, especially around him. If there are more than three people, the opponent is likely to release a big skill. In addition, don't get close to the area near the mountain, as it will easily be seen by people on Falon Hill. arrive……"
"Hello."
During the captain's long and verbose instructions, Duan Qing quietly tugged on the robe of the girl next to him: "Is our captain always so eloquent?"
"Only at this time." The girl smiled secretly, and then whispered: "But these things are very useful, at least they can give us a better chance of survival..."
"Will using routines against BOSS work? This is a free world..."
"Because we have fought so many times, we are all used to it, so we have summed up many routines. We can even guess what their fighting methods are like by just looking at some BOSS..."
"Thousand-fingered Crane!"
"Ah? Ah! Here!"
Amidst the low roar, the sharp eyes of the colorful aura also pierced the two of them: "Do you remember what I just said?"
"Remember!" the red-haired girl replied with a tense expression, and then her face fell again: "Oh, how many times have I said it..."
"That won't work! We only have one life, and there's nothing we can do if we reduce our numbers! Really, it's like this every time... Where did you just say it?"
"Mao Duo is weak in fire." Sunny replied lazily.
"Yes, Mao Duo is weak in fire... what Mao Duo is weak in fire! That's what you said, okay? I'm talking about that guy's magic defense is low! Xiao Qian, don't laugh, I'm talking about you! Don't fight with all your strength for a while , no one can protect you if you attract hatred! Others, too, save more energy to deal with emergencies..."
"Yes, yes, knowing the captain will make the calluses come out..."
Amidst the snickering, the originally serious pre-war meeting ended hastily. Before several people dispersed to their responsible positions, the girl once again held Duan Qing.
"Well...don't blame the captain."
"What's wrong?" Duan Qing answered her with a confused expression.
"No...nothing."
Qian Zhihe hesitated to speak, but finally ran forward with his head lowered, leaving behind a figure with long fiery red hair flying behind him.
"Ah……"
Duan Qing shook his head and smiled, and then murmured to himself while watching the distribution of people on the other side of the fork in the road.
"This...is the normal situation."
"Hold your position! The enemy has appeared!"
With a loud shout, the BOSS battle behind the fork in the road officially started. Under the leadership of Qicai Lingguang, the five people in the team quickly climbed over the fortifications and directly entered a state of hand-to-hand combat. It wasn't until he rushed in that Duan Qing temporarily took a look at the whole scene that he couldn't see clearly outside before.
"It turns out there are two people hiding in the corner... Sigh."
Blocking the attack from a long sword, Duan Qing rolled on the spot, passed through the battle line that was about to be formed, and came to the rear of the enemy group. Then he slashed left and right, killing the two guards behind who were about to join the battle. attracted his attention - due to the setting of skills and mechanisms, no one in this game has found a skill that can forcefully attract hatred like taunting, so the only other way for players is to pull monsters with their faces. It just depends on movement and damage.
"Your grandpa, I'm here!"
"Stop him!"
In Duan Qing's two-pronged approach, the leader who looked like a commander finally gave the order to intercept him, and several guards near Duan Qing also surrounded him at the same time.
"That's almost it... Hey, why is there another one? Ouch, slow down, slow down..."
In the dizzying alternation of swords, Duan Qing quickly passed through the besieging crowd, then held the sword with both hands, and rushed to the side of Qicai Lingguang before a sword shadow was about to fall on his body: "Wait a minute! "
The huge blade was raised from bottom to top, sideways in front of Duan Qing, and bounced back the attack. He followed up with a kick and kicked away the man who attempted a sneak attack. Then, with the colorful light running, he regained distance from the train pulled by Duan Qing.
"I told you to slow down... I said, that guy named Konoha Tornado, can you help me deal with it?"
The young man in black not far away did not speak, but continued to greet the BOSS in front of him with the two daggers in his hands.
"Hey, you really abide by your duties..."
Duan Qing shook his head helplessly, and rolled across the ground again. The straight sword on one side spun rapidly in his hand. While cutting up the weeds in the sky, he also pushed back an enemy who was chasing him from the side. He jumped up suddenly, moving the sword with him. Amidst the friction of footsteps and the whistling of dancing, he unleashed a sweep that surrounded his whole body. While forcing everyone back, he slashed to the side, throwing away all the force of the rotation. , then drew back one hand, grasped the blade with his left palm, and blocked the broad sword in front of him.
"clang!"
Amidst the screams of a soldier nearby being hit, a crossbow arrow hit the weapon Duan Qing had just raised, and then bounced to the side.
"On the possibility of parrying long-range attacks." An inexplicable smile appeared on his face. Duan Qing's left hand slid down the straight surface of the kitchen knife. At the same time, he stooped slightly and hid his face behind the angled blade. :"as well as……"
"On the offensive effectiveness of parrying."
In the gradually forming semicircular circle, he jumped to the left and slashed straight at the enemy closest to him. The soldier holding the sword didn't seem to be afraid of the huge weapon in Duan Qing's hand. He still blocked the powerful and heavy attack with one sword, and then stabbed the opponent in the chest with a loud shout.
The sword that was blocked retreated in the air for a few minutes, and then fell again as Duan Qing took a step forward. The coldness of the sword did not care at all about the attack from below, but pointed at the enemy's head without hesitation. Split it over.
clang!
"If these two articles were posted on the forum..."
The original situation of exchanging lives for lives was finally resolved by the temporary rescue of the imperial soldiers. However, it was not that the empire's will to fight was frightened by the opponent, but that the soldier judged that his head would blossom first - the opponent The power of the sword seemed to be a bit faster than the one that came before.
what happened……
Doubts had not yet arisen in his heart, but his body was the first to react in the battle - the huge blade struck his head again at an even faster speed.
"Request support!"
In the flash of sword light, the parrying movements practiced thousands of times seemed to have saved the soldier's life once again. But before he could react, Duan Qing withdrew the blade faster than before - with his hands as the axis, the broad kitchen knife drew a cone in the air with an incredible trajectory, and it was instantly swung between the two of them, and then lifted up.
Amidst the sound of metal friction, the long sword was naturally lifted upward by the sword. Duan Qing took advantage of the situation and pushed away his opponent with a shoulder bump. Then he slashed diagonally with the sword, blocking the attack from the side.
"It should cause a big response..."
Looking at the enemies surrounding him again, as well as the guy who had just fought with him and was now being dragged behind by his companions, Duan Qing tightened the knife in his hand and showed a cruel smile.
