Chapter 117 Achievement: Respect!
The most important monster in the Mantis Village is definitely the Mantis.
There are two types, one is the mantis warrior standing on the ground, which is different from the monsters Erxiao encountered before that will be knocked back if hit.
After the Mantis Warrior assumes his attack stance, he will not retreat after being hit, but will swing his sword forward.
Erxiao also gained a good memory after suffering two losses. He always kept the rhythm of the attack in mind and was not greedy for the sword. When the enemy attacked, he first sprinted backwards and then looked for opportunities to attack.
There is also a young mantis flying in the air that will attack you with the spike at the end of its tail.
As long as you are not in a hurry, it is not difficult.
During the continuous exploration in Mantis Village, the Little Knight also discovered his second ability.
[Mantis Claw]
It is also called climbing the wall.
The very classic left and right wall design makes you feel a sincere fun the moment you gain this ability.
But fun is always short-lived, and suffering is the main theme of Hollow Knight.
As Erxiao continued to explore to the right, a completely different map design that could be passed by just jumping came into view.
To the left is the wall with the thorns below.
How can a dictionary be so good?
The method of passage is also very simple. With the mantis claw, the little knight attached to the wall will slowly slide down. When it slides to the correct position, you only need to press a sprint to successfully come to the right. On that short, narrow platform.
But everyone knows it.
The brain and the hands are two completely different things.
Brain: The distance is enough, rush! You are so aggressive!
Hand: Oh, jump!
If you press the wrong key, you will fall into the spikes. If you press the wrong key, you will fall into the spikes. If you press the wrong key, you will fall into the spikes.
Erxiao, who had gained new abilities, did not feel that the game had become easier, but rather that it had become more difficult!
Because with new abilities come new puzzles! Mr. Luo will not let you be lazy in a place like this.
"Haven't you ever played Ori? Shouldn't you just have hands for this level of jumping music?"
"Too stupid...I almost want to sell this anchor."
"How much does it cost per pound?"
"Three yuan for a catty, ten yuan for three catties?"
“Give me the GCK from the bamboo rat seller!”
Erxiao replied weakly:
"It was a year ago that I played Ori. I haven't played this game for a long time and I feel unfamiliar."
"Haha, other people play games to torture monsters, but you can play games to torture the audience."
"I'm going to have to fight the brain congestion."
"It is recommended to pay for a call."
But in general, Erxiao successfully jumped to the opposite side and opened the mechanism leading to the bottom of Mantis Village.
While playing around, Erxiao somewhat broke his defense.
"Isn't this Mantis Village your home? Why are there so many spikes! There must be that serious disease!"
The scolding is followed by the scolding, and the water friends are having fun, but the game must continue to be played.
As the mechanism at the bottom of the Mantis Village was opened, the most classic battle in the early days of Hollow Knight suddenly came!
In the background, the three lords are at the top, but there is an interrupted chair next to them.
The three mantis lords were overlooking our little knight from a high altitude. When we walked to the left to bypass these three lords, the door to the room on the right suddenly closed.
There are only two choices before us at this moment. One is to retreat in despair and just pretend that we have never been to this place.
The other one is to stand in the center, pull out the bone nails, and face the challenge!
Players who have never really experienced this game will never understand that when the little knight turns his back to the player and faces the three lords on the stage, he brazenly pulls out his bone nail, which is not of the same magnitude at all, and faces the challenge. When you do this, your heart will be filled with what kind of emotion.
And as the extremely rhythmic battle sound effects rang in their ears, the three mantis lords stood up from their seats, and their left and right sides were also locked by the railings.
The battle begins immediately!
The mantis lord in the center jumped high and disappeared on the seat.
As if his vision was blurred, Lord Mantis suddenly appeared on the guardrail on the right. The spiked spear in his hand was thrown out with great force, turning into a spinning moon disk and heading towards the young knight at an extremely fast speed.
Erxiao jumped up high to avoid it, but the moon disk, which was still flying close to the ground, suddenly rose. Erxiao's original intention was to jump up to avoid it, but now it seemed that he had hit the monster's attack head-on!
Accompanied by the sound and special effects of losing blood, a square of the Knight's mask was scratched off.
Erxiao's heart seemed to be in his throat, and he kept hinting in his heart that he must clearly see the monster's attack.
She had never thought that she would be able to defeat the BOSS when she first met him, but as long as she could figure out the monster's attack ideas and find the corresponding avoidance methods, it would only be a matter of time before she could defeat him.
Erxiao's attention was firmly focused on the guardrails on both sides. The mantis lord who threw the nail jumped up and disappeared without a trace.
The next second, he suddenly appeared above the little knight, and thrust his vertical spear straight down.
Before there was any time to react, Erxiao was hit again!
She frantically pressed the focus button to restore her blood, but Lord Mantis appeared elusive and attacked as fast as a shower.
Before the little knight was halfway through gathering energy, it suddenly appeared behind the little knight and rushed towards him.
No surprise hits again!
The whole process happened too fast. In less than half a minute, the little knight's health was reduced to only two bars, and he was in danger!
"This Mantis Lord's desire to attack is completely different from the previous fake knights and Bumblebees!
The attack frequency is too fast, and there is no chance of recovering blood! ”
"That's not all, and this guy only appears for a short time each time, so there aren't many opportunities to cause effective damage to him."
"Is there anyone with skills who can figure out how to defeat this monster? I find it difficult even looking at it."
Compared with the previous group ridicule of Erxiao's operation in the live broadcast room, this time, the guys were not embarrassed.
With such an intensity of attack frequency, it would be completely embarrassing to talk about food.
But looking back, no one can yet sum up any good coping methods.
The main reason is that Er Xiao died too quickly.
In the whole battle, the Mantis Lord made five attacks. Erxiao did not escape even a single attack and died immediately.
Seeing the little knight resurrected in the chair that was a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from Mantis Village, Erxiao was more or less on the verge of tears.
When she thought about having to run so far back here, there would be acid water, monsters, and spikes on the road. Moreover, even if she did come to the BOSS's room again, she would be like this without being proficient in the BOSS's mechanism. When he died suddenly without success, Erxiao felt a strong dislike for this game in his heart.
At this moment, she had a vague impulse in her heart. She threw the controller directly, finished the game, and broadcast live to see who she loved!
"To be fair, Mr. Luo should have placed a chair next to the BOSS room. The back and forth is really too far, and it's a bit hard to cover, brothers."
"Akatsuko can't break the defense, don't do this, don't do this, aren't the fake knights and bumblebees like this?"
"If you die, you will die. You talk as if no one has ever died. If you continue to fight, it will be over!"
"Yikuzuo! There are so many water friends in the live broadcast room today to accompany you to fight the three mantises!"
Erxiao took a long breath and focused his eyes.
On the road again.
Yes, this road is very long; yes, the BOSS's movements are not even clear; yes, even if she has to make one more trip, there is a high probability that she will have to make another 100 million trips.
But so what?
Not for the live broadcast, not for the popularity, not for the salary paid by Mr. Luo.
Just because I'm not convinced.
What’s difficult, what’s BOSS, come next!
After a lot of hard work, he once again arrived at the room where the Mantis Lords were, and the little knight once again pulled out the bone nails towards the Mantis Lords!
The exciting and rhythmic battle music sounded again, and the barrage was filled with everyone's encouragement for Erxiao.
"Come on! Hold on a little longer this time!"
"Evading the attack counts as success!"
"No rush! No rush! No rush!"
The familiar nailed Yuepan attacked again. Erxiao took a deep breath, jumped high, jumped behind Yuepan, and successfully dodged it!
But Erxiao didn't react to the direct thrust that fell from the sky and was hit directly.
Taking a deep breath, Erxiao mechanically slid the left and right joysticks, allowing the little knight to move around at any time.
The next moment, Lord Mantis appeared on the wall on the right again and waved his nail spear.
Erxiao jumped up subconsciously, but this time the moon disk did not fly close to the ground, but was directly thrown into the air.
The Knight is injured again!
The sudden appearance of Lord Mantis on the left side of the platform made Erxiao's heart skip a beat. As she pressed the jump button and jumped high, the attack was finally successfully avoided!
"There are two types of boomerang-like objects placed by this BOSS. One is placed in mid-air, and then it will stick to the ground and disappear. The other is placed close to the ground, and then it will disappear above the ground."
"Use your sprint! You can't use your new abilities, right? You can easily avoid the attack from the sky by sprinting!"
"Hidden well! Look clearly at this guy's moves. If you dodge the boomerang move, you can jump up and hit him with a few blows!"
The barrage was intensely discussing how to dodge the attack of the Mantis Lord and how to attack.
But at this time, Erxiao couldn't do two things at once.
She was immersed in her battle with the slender warrior, carefully avoiding its violent attack like a violent storm.
Another hit and Erxiao died on the spot.
But she was not discouraged in her eyes, because compared to the first time when she died after holding on for five rounds, this time she lasted for more than ten rounds.
This is undoubtedly a huge improvement! Although from the beginning to the end, I didn't even touch Lord Mantis a few times.
Come again!
The third and fourth time...
The road from the chair above the acid pond to Mantis Village is extremely familiar. Running this road is like going home, which makes me feel happy.
And Erxiao was finally able to easily avoid Lord Mantis' attack, and took the time to stab this guy twice.
Although from time to time he still needs to be hit hard because of his mistakes in movement, now Erxiao can confidently say:
"This Mantis Lord and I are evenly matched opponents!"
Finally, on the seventh try, when Erxiao jumped up high, dodged the rotating nail spear, and hit Lord Mantis with a spirit of vengeance.
With the white light flashing around Lord Mantis, it fell!
“Awesome!”
"Passed!"
"Okay, okay! You did a good job!"
Just as the audience in the live broadcast room and Er Xiao were about to open the champagne, the defeated mantis lord returned to his seat, as if falling asleep, lowering his head and closing his eyes to rest.
The remaining two Mantis Lords, who had been watching the show, suddenly had weapons in their hands and jumped up from their seats!
In the end, Erxiao only had time to jump up and struggle for a moment before he died with hatred under the attack of the two mantis lords.
"???"
"Damn it! Two! Why are there still more!"
"Two versus one, right? There are too many people to bully the few, but there is no martial ethics!"
"What the hell are you looking at? Why don't you come out and challenge me!"
"You think I fuck you!"
“Let’s challenge each other!”
"There were three people sitting on the seats, but only the middle one came out to beat you. They didn't say they wanted to challenge you. It's so funny."
Not to mention the noise from everyone in the live broadcast room who was interrupted when he opened champagne, there was not much discouragement on Er Xiao’s face.
Without saying a word, she set off again.
No matter what one mantis turned into two mantises, since she had decided to kill this guy, even if it turned into three mantises in the end, she would never back down!
The attack frequency of two mantises is obviously not comparable to that of one mantis.
Often as soon as one mantis has finished sprinting, the next mantis's lower spine will follow.
The rhythm of the entire battle is airtight. The little knight is like a butterfly fluttering in the strong wind at this moment, and is in danger of capsizing anytime and anywhere.
But during the attack, Erxiao became more and more proficient in the use of "downward slash".
Can't you be mature? When the mantises on both sides are confronting each other, the only opportunity to attack is to leap high and dive downward.
At this time, some viewers who came from other places in the live broadcast room saw Er Xiao challenging Three Mantises, and they couldn't help but feel a little bit showy.
"Anchor, stand on the left side of the center of the pillar. When the two boomerangs overlap, they will return health. Lowering your head will cause the collision volume to be insufficient. This is the only chance to return health."
In this regard, Erxiao naturally followed the good advice.
As the number of Erxiao's deaths increased, more than two hours passed.
Looking at the little knight sitting on the chair, she suddenly stopped what she was doing.
"What? Gave up?"
"It's just a little bit close, Erxiao, don't be scared, I feel like it's almost over."
"It's true, I feel like you can dodge very easily with your skills."
Erxiao raised the corners of her mouth and shook her head:
"Come on, come on, the anchor has decided to open a prize-winning quiz. Can the anchor beat the three mantises next time?"
"Actually, I feel that whether Er Xiaoli can beat Er Xiaoli just depends on a little bit of luck and touch. There is no big problem with his technique. He may pass in the next game, or he may pass in the next game."
"The deal is gone, brothers!"
"The left side is full!"
The audience in the live broadcast room was also very enthusiastic.
Indeed, as the old man above just said, everyone already knows how to defeat this BOSS.
All that's missing is a little proficiency.
Maybe I can get through it this time, maybe next time.
It's this 50/50 feeling that makes it valuable.
The game was closed in one minute. As expected, there were many people who couldn't suppress it.
Erxiao took a deep breath, wiped his sweaty palms, and came to the residence of the three mantises again.
Just like he had done countless times before, he took out the bone nails and faced the challenge head on.
There is nothing impassioned or impassioned.
Just like we have fought countless times before, you come and go, defending and counterattacking.
The method of defeating this BOSS has long been engraved in his mind and hands.
The first mantis is defeated, the first phase ends, the second phase begins, and the second mantis is defeated.
The "passed" barrage in the live broadcast room filled the screen with excitement. Erxiao's attention was not focused on that at all. She was just focused, staring at the challenge in front of her, and attacking it unswervingly.
An unpretentious jump, an unpretentious slash.
When the third Mantis Lord turned into white light under the knight's bone nail and returned to the seat.
The three people who had been sleeping with their heads down suddenly stood up and saluted the little knight with one hand on his chest.
[Respect]
[Defeat Lord Mantis]
As the achievement on the steam platform in the lower right corner popped up, an indescribable sense of accomplishment instantly surged into his heart. Erxiao took a breath, but also felt a sense of emptiness.
That's it? Is this the end? More intensity!
She still had some unfinished feelings, or in other words, in her heart, she was looking forward to the three mantises coming together, and then she would continue to repeat the process of parkour, swinging the knife, and being defeated.
But in the end, Erxiao still spit out two words from his mouth:
"Passed!"
"Passed!!!"
"After two hours of fighting, she really made me cry to death!"
"Er Xiao, why don't you give me a few kisses? I just stayed with you for two hours."
Everyone in the live broadcast room was as excited as the Chinese New Year.
The difficulty of Three Mantis is obvious to all, and everyone understands Erxiao's technique.
But just seeing Er Xiao not flinching, not escaping, and completely conquering the difficulties in front of him with his own efforts, it really makes people feel unable to calm down for a long time.
"Brothers, let's not talk anymore. I want to play too. I'm just a fool, so I can just start playing by myself!"
"I also want to fight three mantises! This battle is so exciting!"
"I can only say that my game life without playing Three Mantises is incomplete."
After defeating the BOSS, it was natural to collect his trophies. On the way back, Erxiao waited carefully for the mantis warrior to give him a blow, but it bowed to our little knight.
[Respect]
It seemed that he had just completed the achievements of a Hollow Knight, but it wasn't until the Mantis Warrior bowed that everyone understood the meaning of respect.
Player, you have defeated the most powerful warrior of the Mantis Tribe with your own strength, and you have gained the respect of the entire Mantis Tribe!
(End of chapter)