Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 47: Flying Dragon in the Sky
The list of the top 32 has been announced. Dragon Knight, Light Priest, Wrath Swordsman, Berserker, Dwarf Warrior, Lightning Mage... all of them are famous and powerful players. In comparison, the one least favored by the outside world is me, the Undead Wizard. I have to admit that if I didn't have the artifact "Touch of Death" and the extremely good pet Fire Wing Ghost Horse Taotao that can evolve, even many "critics" think that if I didn't encounter opponents who were mostly suppressed by me in the competition, it would be difficult for me to achieve such "excellent" results. In fact, it's no wonder that they have such views, mainly because the current situation of us Undead Wizards is indeed not optimistic.
After the great explosion when all level five professions learned "Summoning the Undead" and played a huge role in group battles, the Undead Wizards who were promoted to level six fell into a trough period of development. Not only was it because players of other professions had level six and seven magical pets and their strength had been greatly improved, but the process for Undead Wizards to obtain powerful pets in the "Dead Space" was relatively difficult and required more time and energy. Moreover, the summonable undead creatures were at a bottleneck stage, which restricted the development of Undead Wizards.
At present, excellent necromancers, except for me who is a bit different, are generally level 6 main job and level 4 magician vice job. Their basic mental power is only enough to subdue the Horror Giant Bear Knight. It should be quite difficult to face the Horror Tiger Knight and the Horror Lion Knight. As the more common necromancer and the Horror Knight who is generally used as the main force in battle, the strength comparison between different types is also very unbalanced, showing a trend of polarization. Except for special individuals like Red Star who have undergone mutations, there are six types of Horror Knights in normal form, namely Giant Bear, Tiger, Lion, Bull and Earth Dragon, as well as Horror Dragon Knight, which is relatively rare. The strength of the first three types is relatively low, and the gap between them is not big. They are not as good as ordinary level 6 magic pets. The strength of the latter three types is obviously much higher, and they are not at the same level at all. I believe they can also fight against level 7 magic pets. But stronger undead creatures require higher basic mental power to subdue them. If you want to have a chance of success, you must at least be promoted to the seventh-level full-time job and the fifth-level deputy magician job. This has led to a gap in the development of our undead wizards at the current stage. It seems that there is a lack of successors. Our strength feels like it has fallen behind a lot, and we can no longer have the previous glory and honor.
Of course, there are many types of undead creatures in the "Dead Space", and you can also find other substitutes with similar strength to make the transition, but once the undead creatures die in battle, they cannot be reborn. No one wants the undead creatures that they have conquered with great effort to be easily sacrificed, and the role that undead creatures that cannot fight desperately can play in the battle will be greatly reduced. There are many concerns them, and they dare not be summoned in many occasions, just like my blood bat couple. The most used is the "blood evil" they spit out. After attacking, they quickly evacuate. They are rarely allowed to transform into human form to fight with strong opponents, just because they are reluctant to sacrifice them. Unable to mass produce and difficult to replenish, such undead creatures are not suitable to serve as the main combat arms, and they are not of much help to improve the overall strength of the undead wizard.
Perhaps just as Tianxia advertises: the game settings are dynamic and highly relative, and will be adjusted accordingly as the player's professional level increases, and the strength may be weakened or improved to maintain an overall balance. Any profession has the potential to excel, of course, at different stages, and only a small number of people can excel. In Tianxia, there is no strongest profession, only stronger players!
If the players are like this, the NPCs will naturally not be the same as before. Take the NPCs of the Light Church's combat professions that are directly related to us, for example. Since the appearance of the sixth-level profession, their strength has also been greatly improved. Although I have not had any conflicts with them since the first battle of the promotion mission, the "Resistance Alliance" has not had less friction with them. It is said that the strength of the NPCs themselves has not changed significantly. The key lies in their pets. Although they are still the Light Pegasus and Light Tiger in appearance, their actual abilities have been greatly improved. Depending on the identity of the NPC, they present the strength of the sixth-level or seventh-level monsters. It is already quite difficult to imagine fighting against several or challenging higher-level monsters as before. At first, I was not very clear about these. After experiencing several failures, I roughly figured out the changes in the opponent's strength. Recently, their actions have been restrained a lot. They don't easily have too much conflict with the Light Church and try to avoid the participation of high-level NPCs.
Even the chance of monsters dropping equipment upon death has been adjusted. For example, before we advanced to the sixth level, we killed two level seven magic dragons and they dropped two top-level artifacts. But now with the gradual popularization of level six magical pets , and even a large number of level seven magical pets, there is basically not much gain from killing level six or seven monsters. The burst rate is very low, and most of the gains are some raw materials. Finished props and equipment rarely appear, and at most they are relatively ordinary artifacts, which are only suitable for ordinary players. For experts, they are not worth their while. The difficulty of obtaining equipment is no different from before the advancement. Challenging higher-level monsters is still the inevitable choice for players to obtain better props and equipment.
In the sixth round, my opponent was the flying dragon knight Real Madrid who had defeated Afeng. Although I avoided Long Xing Tian Xia and Sheng Tian Tang, the two strongest players in the lower half, which had artifacts, I finally felt relieved. However, the highly maneuverable and sensitive pterosaurs were exactly the kind of monsters I feared the most. In addition, the knight was Real Madrid, whose strength was not inferior to that of the angels in the world. He was ranked the 16th seed before the game, which was also very difficult for me to deal with. Fortunately, he watched coldly in the last round in order to defeat the magic shooter, and launched a big showdown with two "pseudo-artifacts". Without the most worrying means, the situation was not too bad. The outside world unanimously estimated that the winning rate was 30:70, 30:70 for me and 70:70 for him. They were not optimistic about my battle with him.
I agree with this view. Taotao is not yet able to compete with the pterosaur alone. It is difficult to effectively intercept the attack of the dragon knight in the air. The air has a considerable initiative on the ground. If the attack misses, it will fly away immediately. My general attack magic power is slightly insufficient, and the "ghost fire" is relatively time-consuming to cast, which will not pose a great threat to the masters of Real Madrid. Moreover, facing the dragon knight, the horror knight who can only attack at close range on the ground is of no use at all. The blood bat couple is not in good condition and cannot fight. The corpse witch's "death cloud bomb" can play a powerful role, but the defense ability is too low. I don't know if it can withstand the attack of the dragon knight. More importantly, because of the relatively fast flying speed of the pterosaur, even if it is entangled with the "trip rope", it may not have time to cast the "summoning of the dead". In addition, it has been exposed in the game. Real Madrid must have been prepared and will definitely be more careful in action. If the "trip rope" is wrapped around the wrong part, it will directly affect the effect of reducing speed, and I can't help but pay attention.
Of course, if I use Red Star's three "life-killing flying spears" and cooperate with Tao Tao, I may be able to gain a certain advantage, but there are more crucial battles to come. For me, results outside of the "Top Ten" are not very meaningful, and they mean failure. Since I have set the goal of winning the "Top Ten", I can't just focus on the present and ignore long-term considerations. After all, there are seeded players with higher rankings waiting for me to conquer.
The game officially started. Real Madrid and I started to summon pets at the same time. Because of the slight advantage in casting speed, the pterosaur appeared a little slower than Tao Tao, so Tao Tao could recover his mobility first and occupy a relatively advantageous position. It was a pity that the distance was too far, beyond the effective attack range of the "tripwire". Otherwise, I could take advantage of this time to entangle it and ensure that the maximum deceleration effect could be achieved, making it difficult for Real Madrid to even take off smoothly, and I could cast "Summon the Dead" with more peace of mind.
Riding on the pterosaur, Real Madrid flew into the sky, pointing the "Wind Demon Dragon Spear" in his hand directly at me, and approaching me quickly in a curve, obviously guarding against my "trip rope". Tao Tao had already used "Flowing Fire Armor" and "Fire Feather Flying" to strengthen his own protection, but he did not take the initiative to rush forward to meet the attack - that would easily allow Real Madrid to break through with its strength advantage, directly threatening my safety, but hovered not far ahead, waiting to move. I did not summon the red star again - I did not want to use the "Life-Calling Spear", which would not play a big role against the flying dragon knight, and I did not waste time trying to cast the "Summoning the Undead" - Real Madrid would not give me this opportunity. I first applied "Three Shields to Protect My Body", then urged "Touch of Death" to form a layer of protective shield, and then prepared the "Curse of the Undead", waiting for Real Madrid to approach.
After a simple contact, I was hit by Taotao's "Fire Roar" - this guy must have been equipped with props and equipment that reduce fire damage, so he dared to come so recklessly. Real Madrid violently knocked Taotao away, dived, and directly hit me with the dragon spear, just for fear that I would have time to cast "Summon the Undead". However, I also had my own plans, and did not take the usual approach of casting "One Ride Away" and "Shadow of Shift" to dodge, so that there would be no way to fight back, the situation would become more and more passive, and it would be more difficult to win the game. After successively applying "Summon the Undead" to Real Madrid and Pterosaur, I avoided the pounce of the two hind claws of the Pterosaur, and took a dragon spear attack from Real Madrid, and took the opportunity to throw out the "trip rope", which was firmly wrapped around the Pterosaur.
After just the first round of contact, the health value was only two-thirds, but the speed of the pterosaur dropped significantly, so with the support of Taotao, I used all my skills to narrowly escape the attacks of Real Madrid and hid far away. Because Real Madrid's speed was reduced by half, it could no longer get rid of Taotao's interception. After being forced back, it was rushed up and entangled, and it could not threaten me for a while.
I gained three minutes, and while retreating, I began to cast "Summon the Undead". I made up my mind and summoned the only three corpse wizard kings. Although they were relatively rare, they were not rare. I had to sacrifice them to kill Real Madrid. As long as I put in a little more effort and launched a few small-scale undead wars against the corpse wizard's territory, I should be able to conquer some more. There were also three corpse wizards accompanying them, scattered in different positions in the stadium, making it more difficult for Real Madrid to attack.
The effect of the "tripwire" disappeared, and the pterosaur regained its agility, immediately breaking through Taotao's interception and attacking me, but my reaction was not too slow, and I was injured constantly, but I didn't suffer as heavy a blow as in the first round. There are always pros and cons, and this is also a weakness of the Dragon Knight. Although it has high mobility, it is not as efficient as the Speed Dragon Knight in attacking. It cannot continuously maintain the same height or position to fight, and needs to use detours, circling and other actions from time to time to transition, and cannot launch continuous attacks.
The Corpse Witch King and Corpse Witch have recovered their mobility, but I didn't let them attack immediately. While Real Madrid was focusing on me, I slowly approached the battle circle, trying to get into the best attack distance, and then launched a fierce attack at the same time to cause the greatest damage to the pterosaur. After all, their defense ability is too low. Once Real Madrid turns to deal with them, they may not be able to withstand several attacks. To ensure the suddenness of the attack and to attack once more, there will be more hope of victory. Anyway, before discovering the threat of summoning undead, few players will take the initiative to deal with them. Generally, it is the best way to directly attack the undead wizard himself to solve the problem once and for all.
When Real Madrid forced Tao Tao back again and launched a dive attack on me, three corpse wizard kings and three corpse wizards released the "death cloud bomb" together to attack. The pterosaur, whose magic defense ability was relatively low, encountered a corpse wizard king with relatively high magic attack power. The pterosaur that was hit couldn't help but let out a roar, and its body paused and swayed for a while, allowing me to successfully avoid the attack. Tao Tao took this opportunity to entangle him again. When Real Madrid stabilized its position and forced Tao Tao back, the second wave of attacks from the corpse wizard kings arrived again, interrupting Real Madrid's attack on me again.
Feeling the threat from the Corpse Witch King, Real Madrid stopped attacking me and flew away, intending to kill them first. The fragile Corpse Witch was naturally vulnerable to the double attack of the powerful pterosaur and the "Wind Demon Spear". It only took a dive to turn it into a pile of rotten meat. Even the Corpse Witch King, which was much more powerful, could not withstand the tossing and was quickly sacrificed. I felt distressed. It took a lot of effort to subdue the three Corpse Witch Kings after launching an undead war. Now they were lost so easily. I really couldn't accept it.
