The Swordsman of Faerûn

[Flame in Palm], the first spell-like spell developed by William based on the blood of fire. Although William rarely uses this trick, it is almost useless to him now, but this trick is still used today, in Xiaomi Sha'er's hands bloomed with an unusual demeanor.

[Flame in Palm] is a spell-like spell that combines the double damage effects of fire damage and physical impact, but ghouls are always covered with corpse oil and pus, which allows them to keep their festered skin moist enough in the dry air. They can even stay safely in the sun for a period of time without being burned, but it also makes them extremely easy to be ignited by flames (only burns, but difficult to be burned to death).

This overconfident ghoul directly slapped the flames in the face, its flaming forehead was thrown back, its claws hurriedly slapped the flames on its face, and its claw-like soles swept viciously at the little guy .

However, Misha'er kicked sideways as if she had predicted in advance, not only happened to avoid the attack of the ghoul, but even just when the monster's old power was gone and new power was not born, she kicked it to the side. Balance, and fell a big fart.

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After kicking away the ghoul, Misha'er jumped a few steps in a row, widening the distance from the monster. This is not to say that the little guy wants to avoid the battle, on the contrary, at this moment, Misha'er's heart is raging With a fighting spirit, she couldn't wait to show her heroic appearance in full view.

Misha's retreat is just to practice the teaching from William, to keep the optimal space between yourself and the opponent at all times, this distance is determined by your strike range and your effective reaction space (that is, when the enemy attacks, you How far away you need to be from your opponent to get enough time to make an appropriate response).

Obviously, in terms of physical strength, Misha'er definitely has no advantage in front of ghouls. All she can rely on is the martial arts she has practiced for a long time, the awakening ability of the fire warlock, and her excellent body. weapons and equipment.

After opening the distance, Misha'er immediately activated her full armor. She held the fine gold sword [Pricking Star] in one hand, and the former artifact [Scepter of Dawn] in the other. Seven winds feather armor, on her feet are a pair of small heavy-hitting combat boots tailored from the top-quality magic dragon skin (a kind of dinosaur monster), and she also wears a queen-shaped crown-shaped helmet of courage .

Anyone with this luxurious costume, not to mention dealing with a mere ghoul, even if they want to challenge a dragon is not without confidence.

The ghoul turned over and looked around dully, as if unwilling to believe that it had suffered a small loss in front of a little girl just now.It shook its head, hissed and growled, and then jumped at Misha'er again.

At the same time, the little guy slid forward and rushed forward, passing by the somewhat bewildered ghoul in an instant, while the sharp [thorn star] took the opportunity to cut off half of the ghoul's claw.

The pain-sensing nerve of the ghoul is relatively slow, and when it turned around and wanted to continue to pounce on Misha, it realized that half of its claw was actually missing.The ghoul looked at his disabled hand in surprise, including the paws that fell on the ground. It finally realized that the cub in front of it was not an easy-to-get dessert, but a spiky breadfruit (a kind of giant breadfruit). The fruit is a special product in the Dragon Coast area. The pulp of this fruit is rich in starch and sucrose, which can replace the role of bread to some extent, but the outer skin of the fruit is covered with clusters of spikes).

Although the ghoul's habits are always dominated by the hunger, thirst, and desire for biological flesh and blood, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have enough wisdom. Take your own life.

As a result, the combat experience and wisdom of the previous life began to wake up in the ghoul's nearly ossified mind.

It pulled out the steel crossbow bolt inserted on its body, turned over the tail of the arrow and inserted it fiercely into the flesh of the incomplete palm, thus forming a simple wrist stab. Of course, the most reliable thing for a ghoul is its natural claws, because The ghoul's claws are not only sharp, but also contain deadly corpse poison.

The ghoul opened his arms, opened his posture, and made a short dagger stabbing gesture commonly used by rogues, aiming at Misha'er to launch a surprise attack.

This scene shocked most people. Their first thought was that this ghoul has a brain?Then a chill came from the bottom of their hearts. They seemed to have underestimated these terrifying undead monsters before. A sense of fear that only existed when they were dominated by vampires enveloped everyone's hearts.

Of course, none of this could hinder the fighting power between Misha'er and the ghouls.

The ghoul, fighting like a rogue, displayed uncommon agility, scurrying around Misha like a flea.But Misha'er didn't show any weakness in the fight against the ghoul. Not only did she have a quick nerve response, but her hands and feet were as nimble as a juggler. She provides a strong reaction force, which greatly improves the explosive power of the little girl.

One person and one monster are like two evenly matched fighting dancers, chasing and jumping back and forth in the abandoned village, and every intersection between the two sides represents a fatal confrontation.

Generally speaking, Misha'er has a certain advantage, because her fine gold rapier is too sharp. After the second time, half of the steel arrow was cut off, the ghoul was quite afraid of this weapon. When Misha'er wields [Pricking Star] to strike, the ghoul will try to dodge.

As for the stabbing attack of [Starbow Sword], this kind of attack that makes a small hole in the body of a ghoul is similar to scratching an itch to a monster, but Mi Shaer should try to avoid using this kind of attack method as much as possible, because it It will make her reveal flaws that she shouldn't have in the process of attacking.

The ghoul just paid attention to the sharp [Star Stabbing Sword], but ignored the [Scepter of Dawn] that Misha'er held in the other hand. After all, no one could have imagined that the toy-like The small cane is actually an indestructible artifact.

Misha'er is very smart, she didn't activate the power of the [Scepter of Dawn] at first, and even tried her best to avoid it colliding with the enemy until Misha'er caught a ghoul that was unaware of it. Taking the opportunity, she swung her scepter and hit the ghoul's back hard, almost smashing most of the monster's skeleton into powder.

The ghoul, whose body had almost lost its support, fell to the ground howling, its contracted muscles almost shrinking it into a ball of meat.

Misha cut off the ghoul's head, then released a fireball that set the monster's corpse on fire.In the end, she flicked the [Star Stabbing Sword] triumphantly, put on a posture of sheathing it, and bouncing back to Phinea and Miluna, her little face was filled with a smug smile .

Xiao Mi Luna was a little bit annoyed by her little friend's complacent look, and complained like a complaint: "Misha! You use so many treasures to kill a ghoul, what is there to be proud of?! If it were me, It can definitely kill ten ghouls! It can even kill a ghoul king!"

Misha'er wasn't angry either, she just smiled and said, "I'm sure I can do it too!"

Feniya next to her came up and said, "I can do it too!"

Of course, for Baird's combat team, which was aiming to temper its tactical experience, this was a failed battle, and everyone even suffered a fatal heartbeat because of their mistakes.

The leaders of all the combat teams gathered together for a small meeting. Although they also felt sympathy for what happened to Baird, after all, no matter if any of them were changed, in this first meeting with the ghoul Similar mistakes are inevitable in the collision, but it does not prevent them from scolding Baird severely.

This is a rare opportunity. After all, Baird has always regarded himself as the loyal dog closest to the lord, but it has made many former friends quite upset, although this kind of anger will not turn into jealousy. , but everyone would be happy to take this opportunity to shame him severely.

Later they discussed with each other and made minor adjustments to the combat team, such as reducing the number of crossbowmen with poor attack effects, and letting some strong rangers pick up forks, while the original forkmen were replaced with shields and swords In this way, it is guaranteed that the sword and shield fighters who are in the lead have a sufficient number of redundancy, and that they can still be used when the ghoul breaks through the first interception. Form the second or even the third effective line of defense.

Whether it was the first battle that the combat team lost, or Misha'er's killing of the ghoul, or the reorganization of several combat teams on their own initiative, William noticed all of them. He just watched quietly, and did not To express any opinion, only when Mi Sha'er killed the ghoul did he quietly retract the Qiushui knife suspended in mid-air.

Seeing the second battle group ready to fight, William unleashed a second ghoul.The ensuing battle can be said to be lackluster. Generally speaking, a group of sword and shield fighters desperately squeezed the ghoul with their solid steel shields to limit its space of movement. The defense of the shield array (only three or four sword and shield players can go forward at a time), but more sword and shield players on standby will immediately fill up their positions in time.

Then the fork hand pierces the ghoul's flesh, cooperates with the sword and shield hand to fix it completely, and then the knife and axe hand harvests the head, dismembers the monster, and finally the theoretical caster steps forward to set the ghoul's body on fire , destroying it completely.

The last step is essential, because even the remains of dismembered ghouls still have the possibility of resurrection, and only by burning them to ashes can the ghouls be truly eliminated.

Of course, there are also some extremely terrifying evil spells, which can be resurrected with only the ashes of a ghoul, but the evil boss who has mastered that kind of terrible ability will definitely not do such a business that is not worth the loss, after all, the consumption of that kind of spells is not worth it. It can't be converted with the value of a hundred ghouls.

With the success of the first time, the second time can be copied. William released the ghouls in the cellar one by one, making them an experience pack for everyone. After such a tempering, the morale and cooperation of the entire team have been greatly improved , The teamwork ability has been fundamentally improved.

Now, their eyes became sharper, they were full of self-confidence, and their will to fight became much stronger. Even the most timid fighters had the courage to carry their shields and rush forward to slap the ghoul.

All these are the benefits brought by actual combat. If the same effect is achieved only by training, even if it takes two or three years, it may not be as good.

Holy water is the panacea of ​​otherworldly magic.

After several battles, everyone also summed up a better personnel cooperation plan.

When facing the monster's first surprise attack, the sword and shield hand is not the best choice, the fork hand is.Two fork hands cooperate with three shield hands to intercept. The fork hands harass the slow monster's attack, and the shield hands step forward to resist. Auxiliary blocking the enemy.

Of course, this is not completely guaranteed to be foolproof, after all, ghouls will adapt to changes, and accidents will always happen on the battlefield.Among them, many people were injured, scratched or even bitten by ghouls, fractured, torn, and poisoned, but these are nothing serious. , Those with torn or poisoned bodies washed their wounds with holy water, wrapped them with bandages, and refilled them with holy water.

After the monsters in one cellar were cleared, there was a second cellar. William found three cellars hiding ghouls in the entire village ruins, and then cleaned them up.

But this does not mean that this area is safe.

William led everyone to find the second place where the monster was hidden. In the ruins of a collapsed barn, a large number of dead bones were piled together. They were not only dead bones, but also immortal skeletons.

Undead skeletons are much easier to deal with than ghouls, the only thing to be careful about is their numbers.There are hundreds of undead skeletons hidden in a decaying barn. This is already a force capable of slaughtering villages and towns, but it is thrown here like rotten firewood. This is definitely not something that undead creatures can do spontaneously. , behind the scenes there must be an invisible black hand manipulating all this.

It took a lot of effort for the elite team to hammer all the undead skeletons into bone stubble all over the ground. They piled most of the bone stubble together, poured a high-concentration holy water stock solution like holy oil, and then piled it on The firewood burned them to ashes as well.

After eliminating all the skeletons and taking a rest, William led the team to the third monster gathering area, which was another small valley, guided by his perception.

On the way there, when William and the others passed the land reclaimed by the pioneers in the past, they found that the land that should have been abandoned for decades was not barren, but was planted with some strange plants, and even some Food was also grown for human consumption.

William immediately stopped the team.

Not only did William realize that something was wrong, but anyone with a little brain would understand that there was a big problem here.

No matter which world or era people are in, if the enemies people face are beasts that don’t do production and monsters that don’t know how to manage, no matter how cruel the opponent is or how powerful the force is, it won’t make the entire social group despair.But if the opponent is replaced by a monster that can produce and manage, it will arouse the fear of the entire human race from the subconscious level.

A sentence derived from this is called: Heretics are more damned than heretics!

Obviously, a group of unknown beings are occupying and even operating the land that once made the pioneers of Dagger Valley retreat.

The ghouls and undead skeletons that William and the others eliminated before are likely to be the defense forces deployed by the occupiers here. William and the others may have taken advantage of the sun during the day, or William opened the passage too fast. So much so that the person in charge here didn't have time to react, and William's elite team easily destroyed the two monster hiding places.

William and the others trekked for more than tens of miles that day, clearing the way in the barren mountains and ridges, clearing ghouls and skeletons, and taking some rest and preparations in between.

It was obviously not a wise choice to spend the night in such a dangerous place, but in view of the current situation and William's original intention of sweeping the wilderness this time, William decided to stay overnight in this area.

However, they did not choose the village ruins that seemed to have better terrain, but camped near the farmland where food crops were planted.

Camping in dangerous areas is particular, either easy to defend and difficult to attack, or easy to advance and retreat, at least there must be no hidden dangers, such as those cellars full of bones in the village.

Just as everyone was building a simple fence for the overnight camp, the last ray of sunlight fell, but there was still light at dusk on the horizon, a figure slowly walked out from the ruins of the village.

This figure in a black robe came before the crowd and said sharply, "Invaders! You have set foot in Count Pilar's kingdom!"

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When the black-robed figure appeared, everyone had already heightened their vigilance. After all, camping in the wild is a very dangerous thing, especially when camping at night in such an unknown area, it is even more difficult to rest assured.

In other words, William's prestige was high enough, and his strength convinced his subordinates, so he was able to overcome all opinions and go against the common sense of camping in the wild by staying overnight in such a ghostly place.

By the way, backcountry camping in Faerun is serious adventure.There is a saying: If there is a city in the city, but there is no city to stay in the town, it is really impossible to find a village and make a living.If you don't have to, absolutely don't camp in the wild, just come here with tigers, leopards, wolves, or a nest of monsters and ghosts, and you can eat the unlucky ones who missed the lodging as spicy noodles.

Hearing this figure of unknown origin stand there talking nonsense, it made a group of uneasy elite soldiers very dissatisfied.

Baird is always the bravest of all, he stood up and shouted loudly: "I have never heard of Count Pilar, and there is no kingdom here! Report your origin! Stranger."

Hearing the words, the black-robed figure laughed "Jie Jie", and then it lifted the robe that covered its face, revealing an ugly face like a rotten pig's head, its eyes were like dark red gemstones, shining in the darkness of dusk. It was shining under the light, and the outturned lips could not be closed, but the disgusting gums were exposed, and the teeth on the gums were actually sharp fangs.

At this moment, the people who were building the fence of the camp all backed away in panic, and a smell of fear quickly spread in the air. The monster took a deep breath of the air full of fear, and then sighed intoxicatedly, saying: " How long has it been since I've breathed such pure and clean terror? Ha! I can't even remember myself!"

The monster muttered to himself for a while, then stared at the only Baird who was not afraid, and said, "Courage! It's really annoying, but it's a nostalgic character! Poor mortal, since you asked sincerely , then I will kindly clear up your doubts for you.

I am the eldest son of Nosferatu, the western governor of the Dark Hills Kingdom, the Warmaster—Banlkanas, the natural enemy of all flesh and blood creatures! "

Nosferatu is an ancient branch of the vampire population, all of them are ugly and hideous monsters. They gave up their elegant appearance, but gained the melee combat ability that those beautiful vampires can't match, a Mature Nosferatu vampires can even take down adult dragons in close combat.

In addition, the so-called Nosferatu's eldest son does not mean that it is the first son of a certain vampire elder in a literal sense, but that this vampire is the first in combat power among all his peers of the same rank. A saying that only the Nosferatu blood clan has.When the monster revealed his identity, the soldiers didn't have any special reaction, because they didn't understand what Nosferatu represented.

Only the half-elf protector Cheval Starcloak and the druid Conger Wolf Soul became extremely ugly, because they knew too much and understood what the Nosferatu blood race was like. exist.It can be said that if William's family is excluded, the remaining elite team of more than 40 people, including Cheval Starcloak and Conger Wolf Soul, may only take a short time for this monster to go on a killing spree can kill everyone.

Even Cheval Starcloak thought that even the mighty Lord William might not be the opponent of this terrifying monster.

Just when the two "smart men" who knew the details of the monster were trembling, the ignorant and fearless Baird shouted to the monster: "Monster! Standing in front of you is the only legal lord of Dagger Valley, the owner of Falls Town, William Your Excellency and his lord's guard!"

At this moment, Xie Val Xingpao had the urge to hit someone.

Baird!you idiot!This terrifying monster is scary enough, but you still dare to provoke him?We were all cheated to death by you!

Sure enough, as soon as Baird's words fell, the ugly vampire became furious immediately, and its stature almost doubled in an instant, turning into a monster like a giant. Its fangs and claws also elongated accordingly several times, and a pair of devil-like wings stretched out from behind.

The vampire Banlkanas roared like thunder: "Ignorant mortals! Lamb! Only Earl Pilar is the only owner of this land! He was, is, and will be the only one in the valley! Your lords! Usurpers! Your arrogance has completely angered the great Warmaster! Prepare to atone for your arrogance with your humble howls and dirty flesh and blood!"

Speaking of which, the monster jumped up and rushed towards the crowd in the camp like a giant beast.

Banlkanas is actually not as angry as it appears in his heart, he just wants to find a reasonable excuse for his violent killing, of course this is not necessary, but an evocative sense of ritual.

There is a saying that Master Lu said very well: If life does not have a sense of ritual, it will be as bad as shit.

Even before rushing into those weak humans, this ugly monster has already anticipated the next scene, it will set off a bloody storm among the crowd, and countless delicious flesh and blood will be torn apart by it, it He will bathe in the blood, drink the blood freely, and then, like a big cat chasing and playing with its prey, will track down those frightened survivors one by one, and slowly kill them.

Banlkanas believes that it will not be lonely for at least the next month.

Unfortunately, accidents are often accompanied by surprises.

Banlkanas was the first to discover the surprise. When it stood above everyone's heads out of thin air, the vampire, with its excellent night vision ability, immediately spotted the two little guys hiding behind everyone.

Misha'er and Miluna were very curious about the monster that suddenly appeared. They were huddling behind the crowd to watch the excitement. The meaning of fear.

For any vampire, the flesh and blood of a young is undoubtedly the most luscious dessert.

The eldest son of Nosferatu also had an irresistible love for the human cubs. It laughed wildly and jumped on the cubs' heads, about to stretch out its claws to snatch them away.

Then Banlkanas found that it flew away first by itself, flying away with irreversible inertial force.Flying with the vampire is its conceited contempt.

No one likes being hit like a baseball, and Banrkanas is a vampire, and he doesn't like being treated in a similar way by humans either.

Leaning on a mace, William looked at the flying monster pretending to be playful, hoping that it would not land face first when it landed, after all, that guy was already ugly enough.

Banlkanas didn't use his face to land, it used his waist, which inevitably dislocated its lumbar spine, so that after the vampire landed, it took a while to get up from the chaotic pile of grass.

It looked at the culprit that caused the "air crash" with a stern look, and William also looked at the Nosferatu vampire with a serious look.In the violent blow just now, William concentrated all his strength into a stick, which was powerful enough to smash an adult frost giant into minced meat, but it only smashed the small half of the vampire's body, which shows the tyranny of this monster's physique.

What's even more worrying is that within a few seconds of the monster flying upside down, its injuries almost healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.William has already confirmed in his heart that this is a terrifying monster whose recovery ability is no less than that of a troll.

Speaking of which, the troll was the first monster that William had encountered since his rebirth that made him feel hopeless. The sourness at that time is still lingering in his aftertaste, and William even almost gave birth to a demon because of it.

It can be said that among all the types of monsters, the last thing William wants to meet is a guy with amazing resilience, which will easily expand his psychological shadow area. Of course, as long as William still finds it troublesome.

After the vampire stood up, he straightened his torn robes, and walked gracefully in front of William. It felt very strange, like an upright wild boar walking on a catwalk, shaking its head, but stepping out of the style of the Miss World Beauty Pageant.

At this time, there was no human in front of William. These winking guys hid behind their lord almost immediately, staying with the lord's wife and the two little ones. I think this should be the safest place. , and can also protect the family of the lord by the way, or be protected.

Banlkanas stood at a distance of twenty or thirty steps in front of William. It looked at William's figure, and then at the hideous big stick that made it hurt so much. The corners of its twisted mouth couldn't help twitching. Twice.

Perhaps thinking that his gigantic size was a disadvantage, the vampire regained his normal height and looked almost similar to William's, except that he was a little thinner.It said in a bad tone: "Human! Undeclared war is a very impolite act of disrespect, which violates the model of aristocratic etiquette. Out of criticism of this injustice, on behalf of all those who have suffered similar injustice Victims condemn you!"

There was a sudden change in the style of painting, which made William feel a little nervous, but he was naturally not a vegetarian, and when he thought about it, he remembered a scene in his previous life, so he said contemptuously: "Ugly It's not a crime, but it's your fault for such an ugly guy like you to run out to scare people. Even if you can't scare the children, it's not right to scare the flowers and plants on the roadside. If you don't believe me, smell it Smell, the surrounding air is polluted by your ugly appearance!"

Banlkanas was angry for a while. Indeed, the ugly appearance is the eternal pain in the hearts of all Nosferatu. If they have a choice, they also want to have a beautiful lamb appearance, which can be easily Mixed into the lamb flock, you can not only enjoy the delicious lamb flesh, but also taste the luxurious civilization.

It's a pity that the ugly appearance prevents Nosferatu vampires from ever enjoying this kind of double fun, which is the price paid for obtaining too strong power.

William's words without profanity just hit the pain point of Banlkanas. It really wanted to rush up and tear the human's mouth into a ripped bag, pull out his tongue and tie it into a knot, to see if he could still Such impolite words cannot be said.

It's just that Banlkanas can't do this, and neither can it.

The reason is that just now, the last piece of the wooden fence has been placed, and the entire camp has become a whole, and what makes Ghost Incompetent furious is that William secretly planted a tree at intervals under the fence. nail.William mixed the well mud dug from Lathander's Light's Prophecy Pool with holy oil, kneaded it into a half-foot-long mud nail, and then fired it into hard porcelain with cursed fire, turning it into a powerful holy nail.

These holy nails are harder than steel and rich in divine power. William can even use the energy of curse fire to recharge them. When the power of these holy nails is combined with the temporary fence, it becomes A sacred wall that keeps evil at bay.

Until these fences are destroyed, the holy nails are pulled out, or the owner inside the fence invites, this ugly vampire can't even set foot in the camp.The reason why William shot back Banlkanas just now was not only to save the two little guys, but also to drive this monster out.

Otherwise, if the vampire is still inside when this sacred land is activated, then this residence will have no effect on Banlkanas, because it is itself a part of this holy residence from a legal point of view.

The holy residence cannot purify its own evil, it can only block the invasion of external evil.

The transformation from the holy nail to the holy residence is the biggest confidence for William to camp overnight in this perilous area. After all, after such a long adventure, he and his family spent most of the time camping in the wild. The danger is naturally very clear, how could he do such a mindless thing.

Now is the time to test the vampire's speaking skills. If William can be tricked into letting it go, that is, invite it to enter, then it can calmly walk in and do whatever it wants.Of course, if the coaxing fails, the vampire can only squat outside like a house dog, playing with long-term siege. I believe that these mortals who cannot escape from eating, drinking and scattering will not last long, after all, the supplies they carry are obviously insufficient.