Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 9: Ambush
After resting up, he went online again and contacted Skynet in a hurry to tell him about Red Lotus. Although he had found out whereabouts, he was afraid that he would not be able to meet in the short term. This Red Lotus was wandering around in the high-level undead creature area and got into trouble. He accidentally broke into a mysterious valley in the "free territory". Later, he learned that it was the "Yinfeng Valley", one of the four forbidden areas in the "dead space". The name is "easy to come but hard to go". There lives a very special kind of undead creature in it - the engulfing ghost. The reason why they are special is that this kind of undead itself does not have the lethality and cannot kill the opponent. It only absorbs the opponent's physical strength and makes the target lose the ability to move. It is impossible to live or die - there is no undead creature that can kill you, and "Tianxia" does not allow suicide.
Red Lotus accidentally entered the valley, and naturally it was no exception. It was easy to get in but difficult to get out. Every time she approached the valley entrance, she would attract many powerful Devouring Ghosts to attack her, and she would soon be exhausted. When her physical strength recovered, as long as she moved towards the valley entrance again, she would soon be attacked again. She had no ability to resist at all, so she could only walk into the valley, where she would encounter less danger. Fortunately, the deeper she went into the valley, the weaker the Devouring Ghosts she encountered. She could be subdued by them, and it did not delay her leveling. She just temporarily lost her freedom and could not get out of the "Yinfeng Valley". Maybe she would have a chance when she became stronger.
Of course, if Skynet wants to meet Red Lotus earlier, it is not impossible. He can also venture into the "free territory" and find the "Yinfeng Valley" to accompany Red Lotus to "go to jail". I wanted to persuade him not to have such a "stupid" idea. It is the "Yinfeng Valley", one of the four mysterious forbidden areas. Going in is equivalent to being sentenced to "life imprisonment". I don't know when I can be liberated. Being imprisoned in one place for a long time will be more monotonous. The safer way is to reach the fifth level of occupation as soon as possible, so that I can rush to the northern continent to meet her. However, Skynet has been committed to finding Red Lotus and doesn't pay much attention to leveling. Even if I work hard from now on, it will take at least a month. Seeing his excited expression, I sighed, knowing that he would not listen to anything I said. Love is impulsive. Afeng often instills similar ideas in me. Let him go!
I came to the Forest of the Dead again and found Old Mason to accept the fifth-level career promotion mission. Although I had a feeling that it would not be easy, the content of the mission recorded on the parchment handed over by Old Mason still surprised me.
The mission name is "Intercept", and the content is to find a team from the Church of Light in the Western Continent to support the cathedrals in the Eastern Continent in the Howling Plains. It is usually composed of a number of NPCs of different light professions. The purpose is to strengthen the strength of the Church of Light in major cities. Once it has gained a foothold, it may expand its influence to larger towns. My task is to find this team halfway to intercept and kill, and use my strength to kill as many targets as possible. Finally, my performance will be comprehensively evaluated based on the number and level of the Light NPCs killed, which determines the level of promotion reward I can receive. And it is specially marked that because the light profession and the dark profession can produce a relatively strong induction between each other, try not to use the skills of the necromancer profession before finding the target or preparing to launch an attack, and don't summon undead creatures, so as not to alert the enemy. This means that even if I have the skill of "Dead Summoning", it is impossible to summon a large number of dark knights in advance to help.
What a crazy mission. Although the Church of Light and us Undead Wizards are mortal enemies, they are so powerful that they haven't made a move yet, but we have to attack them . They dare to provoke us when they are at a disadvantage, and we have to fight against the majority with a small number of people. It feels a bit weird.
Fortunately, the final mission was not as difficult as I imagined, and I was not forced to become a madman fighting ten people alone, because most of the team members are non-combat preachers of light. They are the main body of the Church of Light in spreading its faith and are responsible for recruiting believers. They do not have any combat power and are also my main targets. The priests of light and the knights of light are purely combat forces and are only responsible for guarding. There are not too many of them in the team. As long as I carefully avoid them and choose the right time to launch a raid, I may be able to achieve a good result.
"Is this really the fifth-level career promotion task? Did you accidentally take the wrong one?" Even so, the difficulty of this task is really too arduous. Thinking about the arduous process of completing each task, I wonder when I will get a turn for an easier task, which will also allow me to take advantage.
Old Mason smiled slightly, "If the promotion mission is 'interception', then it will definitely not be wrong."
I looked at him helplessly, "Am I accepting another test of the highest difficulty?" It's always like this, I've almost gotten used to it. Letting a necromancer challenge a small team of light-related NPCs composed of all fifth-level professionals and above (without reaching the fifth-level profession, it is impossible to pass through the "Gate of Time and Space"), to launch a sneak attack under their noses, and being restricted from casting the "Summoning the Undead" in advance, is definitely not something that any necromancer can do. Since he wants to teach his opponents a lesson, he will certainly not let those less powerful colleagues embarrass themselves.
"Those who are capable should do more work. These are promotion tasks assigned by the system based on your ability, and there is absolutely no possibility of cheating. Besides, this is the first battle of our undead wizards against the Church of Light. We must strive to achieve the greatest results and boost morale. Who else but you can take on this important task? Since you are a strong man, you must have the awareness of a strong man and constantly urge yourself to climb higher goals and make greater progress, rather than being complacent and satisfied with the status quo." Old Mason gave another high-sounding answer. I was too lazy to listen to his nagging, so I hurriedly asked a few more questions and turned to leave the undead hut.
Following the route described in the mission, I hurried to the designated area on the Howling Plains to look for the target. It was a pity that I could not use the "Summon the Undead" in advance despite such a good opportunity. Otherwise, I could have killed more foreign devils of the Light Department with the help of a few more Dark Knights. Fortunately, Taotao was my pet, not a simple Undead creature. I specifically asked Old Mason, and the Light Department profession could not sense its existence, so it was not within the scope of the restriction, and it could be summoned as a means of transportation.
Finally, we found the target. There were 27 people in total, of which only two priests of light and five knights of light escorted them. The remaining 20 were all preachers of light. They walked slowly and the team was scattered. They probably didn't expect to be attacked. However, there was a knight of light and a priest of light in the front, two knights of light and another priest of light guarding the middle of the team, and two knights of light guarding the end of the team. The NPC's defense layout was reasonable and could deal with emergencies at any time.
Although the seven NPCs are all level 5 elite knights and bishops of light, their strength is not necessarily much stronger than the original level 4 supreme honor and holy heaven. According to Long Xing Tianxia's introduction, the NPC's tactics are conservative and lack change. Compared with the master players of the same level, their real strength is generally one level lower. Let's not talk about the two bishops for now. Unless they have artifacts or "pseudo artifacts", they are destined to become victims of my "touch of death" if they are caught by surprise. The five elite knights are heavily armored and ride on the standard glorious war horses of the Knights of Light. Although I don't know their abilities, just looking at the layer of armor on the horses, I can infer that they are not good at speed and will be much less threatening to me.
Quietly rush to the top of a small mound in front and ambush. Judging from the direction the enemy is advancing, they must pass under the mound. Then launch a surprise attack and catch them off guard. After all, the enemy outnumbers us. Without some strategy, it will be difficult to achieve the greatest results.
The target has entered the ambush area. I waved my magic wand, applied "attack acceleration", and quickly cast "Summon the Undead". It seems that the prompt on the task introduction is not wrong. There was no reaction after casting "attack acceleration". Almost at the same time when I cast "Summon the Undead", the knights of light and priests of light noticed something unusual and looked towards me together.
Before they could figure out the situation and react, after using "attack acceleration" and the speed bonus of the wind magic crystal core, I had completed the "summoning of the undead". Along with a black light, a dark knight and a black warrior appeared in the team of the light preacher . However, I did not summon the strongest Black Star. He might be sacrificed at any time if trapped in the enemy's camp. I was reluctant to let Black Star, who was about to evolve, take the risk.
Seeing the Dark Knight and the Black Warrior, the seven NPCs of the Light Department finally came to their senses and took action immediately. The two Bishops of Light began to chant spells - this is also a major feature of the Light Priests that is different from other magician professions. Chanting spells is required to cast spells. Two elite knights quickly rushed towards the Dark Knight, one went to meet the Black Warrior, and the other two rushed straight to the position where I was hiding. Although they did not see me, they could sense it exactly.
However, the place I chose to land was a distance away from them. Before the elite knights approached, the dark knights had already chopped down two defenseless preachers. Although the black warriors reacted a little slower, they also killed one, but then fell into a hard fight. The two bishops used "courage" and "blessing" on the five knights respectively, and summoned their respective pets - the standard configuration of the light priests, the light cats, and then chanted "holy words" to weaken the abilities of the undead creatures. All of this was done neatly and neatly, and they seemed well-trained. The three elite knights used "holy blessings" while facing the dark knights and black warriors. The offensive and defensive advances and retreats were orderly. The five people cooperated closely, and without any other powerful props, they temporarily tied with the two high-level undead creatures I summoned, making them have no time to chase and kill the nearby preachers. It was really beyond my expectation.
As for the two elite knights who were charging towards me, I had no intention of engaging in a fight with them. The effect of "Touch of Death" against them was not very ideal, and it would not be possible to completely deal with them in a short period of time. I decided to keep it to deal with the two bishops so that the Dark Knight and the Black Warrior could escape and hunt down the preachers.
I turned over and rode on Taotao, bypassing the two elite knights who were rushing towards me, and circled towards the battlefield under the mound. Their speed was indeed slower than Taotao's. Although they tried their best to catch up, they could not close the distance between us.
After entering the attack range, I raised my left hand and launched the "Touch of Death" at one of the Bishops of Light. The strange thing was that the other party seemed to be prepared. At the same time I launched the attack, I quickly drew a cross with my right hand across my chest and loudly recited scriptures that I couldn't understand. A hazy white light suddenly emanated from my body. Although I was entangled by the illusory black python, the absorption of mental power was not smooth, as if it was hit by an invisible resistance, slowing down the rate of loss.
This sudden change caught me off guard. How could it be that there was a way to defend against the artifact? This light-related profession was too abnormal. If I couldn't defeat these two bishops quickly, with them beside me to assist in the attack and defense, I wouldn't be able to perform a second "Summon the Undead", and it would be difficult to expand the results of the victory.
The two Knights of Light who were chasing me had originally used "Holy Blessing", but this could not increase the speed of their mounts, and they still could not catch up with me. I don't know what tricks they did, but they suddenly made their glorious warhorses shrouded in a faint white light, and their speed increased a lot. While I was distracted, they approached quickly, and by the time I noticed, the two spears were about to stab me.
I was already surprised that the artifact had suffered a setback at the hands of the Bishop of Light, and I was almost panicked by the sudden attack of two elite knights. Since the advantage of speed had been lost, I was no match for the professional knights in horseback fighting. I quickly dodged and jumped off the horse to avoid the stab of two spears, then quickly used "A Rider Away" and "Phantom" to escape to the side, putting some distance between me and the two knights.
At this point, the battle seemed to have turned into a protracted war. The defense method of the Bishop of Light was really effective. I was eager to absorb all his mental power, but I was unwilling to give up, so I could only continue the stalemate. With one bishop pinned down by me, the Dark Knight and the Black Warrior began to gain the upper hand, but the three elite knights who were fighting with them immediately used their skills to increase the speed of their mounts, which immediately reversed the situation and put them into a passive position by relying on their flexibility and mobility. In fact, my situation was the most dangerous. On the one hand, I had to distract myself from absorbing the mental power of the Bishop of Light, and on the other hand, there were two elite knights chasing me who were not slow and could give me a fatal blow at any time. I had to pay attention to dodge. This fifth-level light profession was indeed not easy to deal with. Fortunately, they were all NPCs. Although they cooperated well, their fighting skills were relatively simple. I felt that their reactions seemed to be slower than those of the Supreme Honor, so I could still hold on.
