My players are so fierce.

Chapter 67 66. Farewell, the old days of Cadman City [660]

(Additional update for the 'Frostfang Claw' brothers [1/5])
"call"

The orange-red fire followed the torch dropped by Lumina, rising rapidly like a writhing fire snake along the alchemical fire oil she had poured before.

This is obviously kerosene with added ingredients.

The flames spread at an unusually fast speed. Fortunately, Lumina was far away and threw the torch. If she had been closer, she would not have had time to run at the speed of the ignition.

In just the blink of an eye, the two alleys in front of her were completely enveloped in bright firelight. The flames danced and stretched the shadows of the surrounding obstacles, but Lumina could hear some subtle popping sounds. , like the scream of something being ignited in flames.

This made her eyes widen and she grabbed the shotgun in her hand.

The attack by the astral mountain dog just now reminded her of her real advantage. Compared to fighting in close combat, she might be better suited to shooting from a distance. It was a pity that she had just acquired the Elf Sword Skill, and she didn't know if there was a profession. Can it take into account both long-range and melee combat?
"Ow"

The tragic roar interrupted Lumina's imagination. She immediately raised the muzzle of the gun and aimed at the flames in front of her. Then she saw those invisible derivatives of despair struggling in the burning smoke and pouring out of the fire, like It's running away from the blazing flames.

But before he could run far, his body was shattered by a lead bullet from Lumi, turned into black smoke, and was engulfed by the blazing fire.

"efficient!"

Lumina looked at the astral shadows in the alley in front of her that were constantly being eroded and engulfed by the fire, leaving only a piece of gray ashes where the flames burned.

It seems that Lord Murphy's plan has the foundation for success. All he needs to do next is to spread this alchemical fire oil all over the ruins of the outer city, and then light it on fire, and everything will be fine.

She looked at the "Burning Test" mission that had been displayed on her player interface. She shouldered the gun and hummed a song. Taking the strange bones she had just picked up from the Astral Mountain Dog, she walked towards the defense line to find Mrs. Tracey to hand over. Task.

Mr. Murphy is not here, and I don’t know where he went.

"Well, this astral palatine bone is of good quality. It seems you are very lucky, little girl."

Mrs. Tracey maintained her signature half-drunk posture, sitting next to the alchemy table, holding the special materials handed over by Lumina for a moment, and then nodded with satisfaction and asked:
"What do you want? I can exchange the secret of psychic energy with you for this material."

Mrs. Tracey may look coquettish and benevolent, but she is actually very happy.

The bones of this astral creature left in the material world contain the crystallization of violent astral spiritual energy. It is a rare material in the spiritual circles in other places, but now she only needs to pay a little bit of elementary spiritual knowledge to get it. Fool these cute little warriors.

As her little Murphy said, after getting familiar with the behavior of these little warriors, she really grew to like these little cuties who are always full of energy, never afraid of risks, not very knowledgeable, and easily satisfied.

Their courage obviously needs to be used in more reasonable ways, such as helping themselves to get some fine wine or some rare and expensive materials.

Lumina had known before that she could use rare dropped materials to exchange for some psychic skill manuals from Mrs. Tris. However, as a solo player, she did not clear dungeons, so she did not plan to have such an opportunity. But now she heard that Tris The lady asked, and she herself was a little confused.

After thinking for a moment, she said carefully:

"Do you have an elf-style psychic book here?"

"Elves?"

Under the precise translation of the Calculation Orb, Tris understood Lumina's thoughts, but she frowned and said:
"Why are you interested in those conservative and xenophobic guys? They are not kind-hearted characters. The 'Sky Bridge' war between the elves of Castile and the Songhai people 300 years ago shocked the mainland. That was the first time we realized the power of those who believed in the natural Avalon but lived in seclusion.

Little girl, you should be more cautious.

I mean, stay away from the dangerous stuff. "

However, after seeing Lumina's expression not changing, Mrs. Tris knew that her warning was in vain.

Reminiscing that little Murphy asked her to secretly take care of this brave and careful girl, Mrs. Cuisi thought for a while before taking out a scroll and writing gracefully.

Nearly five minutes later, the scroll was folded and handed to Lumina.

"This is one of the elf spells in my memory, but you can't use it now."

When Lumina heard Mrs. Tris's words, she immediately took it in surprise and started the item identification on the player interface. Soon, a simple explanation appeared in front of her eyes:
Name: Tris's Magic Notes·Eye of the Wilderness
Efficacy: Learn natural psionic skills·Eye of the Wilderness, summon a psionic sentinel owl, and guide this psionic power to allow the user to control the owl for beyond-visual-range observation, and maintain the beyond-visual-range observation state before the psionic power is exhausted. Allows up to three psionic markers to be placed in the target area.

In terrains rich in natural spiritual energy, the effect of the Eye of the Wild is increased and the energy consumption is reduced, and it can support the user to initiate long-distance mental communication with the target.

hint!

The sentinel owl summoned by this spell has [Natural Concealment] and [Psychic Concealment], making it difficult to be discovered by enemies.

Please note that this advanced detection spell will be interfered with by complex psychic environments.

Requirements: Learning this skill requires Thinking ≥ 12
Item description:

[This psychic spell is derived from a special variant of the Elf Ranger's "Wild Sentinel" technique. Its biggest advantage is that after Mrs. Tracey's improvement, the chance of the spell being detected is greatly reduced, thereby effectively improving the user's safety.

But you'd better not ask Mrs. Tris in detail where she learned this alien spell. This is related to a certain experience in her youth. 】

"You need to think 12 to learn?"

Lumina glanced at her character interface. Although her mind was at full 8 points, according to the explanation of the power level in the game, she not only had to complete the Black Iron Trial, but she also had to gain the precious freedoms gained by upgrading the level. Only by adding attribute points to thinking can the learning conditions be met.

But wouldn’t this mess up my career plan?

"Do you have any other worries?"

Mrs. Tracey saw the little player's worries and asked casually.

Lumina expressed her thoughts through the translation function. When she heard that she neither wanted to give up her shooting expertise nor the elven secret sword skills, but also wanted to learn the elves' psychic spells, Mrs. Tracey suddenly showed a look of disbelief. Helpless expression.

What's the matter with this kid?

Was your head kicked hard by an astral bull?The result of trying to do whatever you want in the way of strength is often not enough specialization. No matter how talented you are, you can't withstand such disaster!

However, she still showed some "elder wisdom" for the sake of little Murphy, so she mentioned this to Lumina:

"According to your requirements, the profession that I can think of that is most suitable for you is probably the profession of 'bard'.

It is from the orthodox elf inheritance. It is not outstanding in all aspects but is a typical snake oil. Although human poets always think it is not authentic, but if you can find someone willing to teach you these skills, maybe you can get it. Get what you want.

However, child, I advise you not to give up the path of psychic or ranger.

Your talents may be better suited for this. "

"Thank you for your advice, ma'am."

Lumina suddenly understood. She immediately took out a few bottles of good wine that she had just collected from her bag and presented them to her. Tris immediately beamed and had a better impression of the smart and sensible little girl in front of her. She simply reminded her again. To: "I remember that there was an old lady in the 'Blood Fang' tavern in the inner city who was always full of energy. She seemed to have traveled to the elves' territory when she was young and she also sang a good song.

She was most likely a bard with a hidden identity, but that was over 100 years ago.

If you can find her relics or notes, you might be able to find some clues. "

Lumina quickly recorded the news in her player interface. Now she really realized the importance of "favorability" in this game, and she got another piece of key information.

In the past few days, she had been purposefully collecting various drinks as gifts for Tris while searching. Now it seems that her efforts have not been in vain.

But the inner city.
It's still covered in astral energy. I guess a new map won't be opened until the outer city of Cadman City is recaptured, right?

Lumina left with a full harvest and planned to go around the city again.

After she leaves, Tris drinks her wine and waits until?Murphy, the eldest lady, Maxim and Adele, who acted secretly, escorted three carriages quietly out of the city.

"got it?"

Tris asked, Murphy nodded, patted the car next to him and said:

"The three underground cores of the Serenade Psychic Barrier were retrieved without incident. Please check their status."

"No need."

Tris waved her hands lazily and said:

"Things of that level only have two states. As long as it's not broken, it won't break. After all, it's a strategic-level psychic item, but it's not as fragile as you think. Now that I've got this thing, I'm going to burn the city down." ?"

"Ah."

Murphy nodded and said:
"The militias in the survivor camp will gradually burn the city area with kerosene over the next two days, and finally advance to the cracks in the star boundary to confirm the new boundaries. Those hard-to-reach places on the edge of the ruins of the outer city will be controlled by the eldest lady. 'Airdrop' with Adele.

Only by burning away those shadows can this place truly belong to us.

In addition, the bad situation you predicted before has appeared. According to my warriors' investigation of the sewer area, hordes of ghouls and their "cousins" water ghosts have appeared under the ruins.
The death energy in Transia is not concentrated, so the transformation speed is too fast, right? "

"Fast? I still think it's slow."

Tris snorted, put on the cold and arrogant expression that a psychic master should have, and said:
"The spiritual energy in the material world is filtered through the astral world. It is meaningless to pursue subdivision in front of the violent spiritual energy from these sources. They already have the common characteristics of various spiritual energies.

The appearance of ghouls is only the first step, and more troublesome ghosts are yet to come.

Once you've burned away the astral shadow on the city's surface, it's time to deal with the hell.

However, your warriors seem to have implemented some special management methods in the camp. I heard them discussing things like 'Big Pot Rice' there today."

Tris was a little worried. She knew the details of the little player, so she asked:

"Is it really okay to just let them do this?"

"If it is a method that has been proven effective, then we don't need to worry."

Murphy said something to Tris in a subtle tone.

The latter was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Murphy was saying that their warriors might use management methods from another world.

She nodded and asked no more questions.
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"Chapter Commander! There's a problem over there in Cadman City!"

Two hours after nightfall that night, in the temporary camp of the witch hunters, a white oak scout quickly walked into the old Finok's tent and said loudly to the chapter elder Finok who was carefully wiping the big oak sacred blade. :
"There is fire rising over the ruins!
Its flames even penetrate the shadow of the astral world, allowing us to see it visually from the observation point.We suspected that there was something wrong in the city that caused the whole city to burn down.

Maybe there was a conflict between that strange vampire and the civilians he oppressed? "

"Ok?"

The old knight, who was only wearing single clothes, raised his head in surprise.

He carried the holy blade behind his back, followed the scout quickly to a high point outside the camp, and then used the scout telescope to look in the direction of Cadman City.

The burning fire was extremely dazzling under the dark night.

But the old knight with rich war experience immediately judged that it was not the fire that burned the whole city. He knew this kind of thing quite well, probably because he had experienced similar things in his war life.

And more than once.

"No! The flame was too small and not intense enough. At most it ignited a small area of ​​the city. This was a consciously planned arson."

The old knight put down his telescope and said in a deep voice:

"They seem to be using fire to combat the overflowing astral shadow, which is a very good alternative in the absence of dedicated cleansing psionicists.

But it's beyond my imagination that a vampire would take the initiative to use fire.

I remember that using fire to purify filth and darkness is an ancient tradition of the people in Transia, right? "

"Yes, Chapter Leader, there is indeed a similar custom circulating locally. It is said that it was a method summed up in the confrontation between their ancestors and vampires a long time ago."

A scout with some knowledge of local customs responded:

"Such a method cannot be wrong. Flame can indeed be used in many exorcism rituals, but are we just going to let those vampires take back their city? Maybe we should launch an attack when they are not prepared?

Based on the information we have so far, under your leadership, there is no way those vampires can stop us! "

"It's time to move forward, but not to attack."

Old Finok shook his head and said in a deep voice:

"Those vampires and their blood servants cannot escape from our grasp! The astral rift will close tomorrow, and we will take action at that time.

But remember our mission, hunters.

Those few sporadic vampires and their blood servants are not important. Confirming the death of Sarokdar and the destruction of the blood vultures is the top priority!
I know that those who have survived the war to this day have more or less blood on their hands, but if I find out that you cannot control the depraved desire for destruction in your hearts and slash your swords at those survivors, then stop it. Blame me for being so indifferent! "

　"I teach physics. I have never taught them magic. I have never slapped the evil god, kicked the devil, or knocked down the kingdom of God. All the rumors about me are baseless slander." said Ren Tesla. explain.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)