Chapter 77 Brian’s Secret Weapon
“Is this place very close to the Dark Lake?”
Brian put his hand on the stone wall of the tunnel while he concentrated on feeling the faint trembling. , while saying to the Kuo Tao fishman monk not far away.
This monk murloc is also the largest among all the kuo-toa that Brian has ever seen.
His skin was rough and his limbs were covered with conspicuous tangled muscles and dotted with scars from battle and training, making him almost as ugly as a week-old corpse.
Brian had no doubt that the opponent's fighting skills were much higher than those of ordinary Kuo-Toa fishmen.
But what he couldn't imagine was that the other party turned out to be a fish-man who preached pacifism.
This made him realize that this fish man might be hiding some ulterior secrets.
"There is still at least 5 kilometers to go." The fish-man monk stared at his two protruding silver-black eyes and answered in a slow tone.
The two independently focused eyes of the Kuo Tao fish have extremely sharp vision. They can see any moving creature or object, even if the other party is invisible, spiritual or astral. Only Stay still to avoid their eyes.
Brian nodded thoughtfully and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop.
Because he judged it from the surface of the surrounding rock formations.
The road they were taking at this time, in the past years, countless underground races have mined mineral deposits in this area, and almost all valuable things have been dug away.
Looking at the marks on the stone walls, he could even imagine these underground races touching all the rock walls with greasy sweaty hands, destroying the possibility of any other ores being formed.
The color of the spacious oval tunnel is more like a dry earthy brown. Although this is a very suitable underground passage in the Underdark, it can be seen from the traces on the ground that few people use it now. .
It is said that when the ancient race created the Dark Lake, they also unintentionally brought the evil fish-man race Kuo-Tao, allowing them to take root in every corner along the shores of the Dark Lake, often robbing passing travelers.
“Let’s go.” After observing for a moment, Brian motioned for everyone to continue walking forward.
So, the murloc monk who led the way took the lead in the front row, followed two steps behind by the goblin copper block and the derro dwarf jip.
Under Brian's secret instructions, Copper Nugget and this enthusiastic derro dwarf became inseparable, and they were so familiar with each other that they would compare themselves to each other when they went out to pee.
“Did you find any problems?”
Hesiah, who was walking in the last row, walked side by side with Brian. Looking at his slightly solemn expression, she asked him through magic transmission.
"Stay vigilant." Brian said to the sword mage, "My intuition is rarely wrong."
Hisaya nodded slightly with conviction, and inadvertently moved his right hand to the hanging On the hilt of the slender waist.
Next, everyone was silent all the way and walked in the tunnel filled with sickly light for about half an hour. Soft sand began to appear on the hard ground, and their footsteps made a crunching sound on the sand. sound.
Brian looked around at the environmental features of the Underdark and recognized that they were very close to the Dark Lake.
He frowned and pondered for a moment, then found a triangular area composed of the stumps of three stalactites, and signaled everyone to take a break.
"We will walk about 3 kilometers and we will reach our destination."
The fishman monk not far away had no intention of stopping. He looked at Brian cautiously. Di did not let the echo of his words spread to the distance, and said:
"There is a fork in front of you. After passing the corner, go straight along the passage on the right, and you will be able to reach the largest Kuo Tao fishman on the coast of the dark lake. Small town, we have been lucky to have come this far, but we still have to"
"Boom!"
A cracking sound rang in their ears, interrupting the monk's voice and echoing in the wide tunnel for a long time.
Everyone was startled by the movement, and even Brian instinctively raised his head and looked at the top of the tunnel.
The Goblin Copper Block quickly grabbed the lighting stick that emitted a soft light in his hand, cutting off the radiation of the light and instantly plunging the entire tunnel into darkness.
"Could it be." The Derro dwarf whispered hoarsely, "Could it be another purple worm or abyss demon, me"
"Shhh" Copper Block whispered, " No, I think it’s more like”
"Boom!"
There was another explosion, and the smell of cracked rocks and lightning filled the tunnel.
Lightning?
Brian looked at each other in the darkness with the sword mage beside him, and immediately thought of what kind of race could naturally release lightning magic.
Lightning? Rock crack?
At this moment, Brian suddenly realized what this meant.
“Earthquake!”
The Goblin Copper Block obviously also reacted, shouted loudly to the Derro dwarf beside him, and disappeared into a shadow.
The fishman monk heard the shouts of the goblins behind him and quickly ran towards the front of the tunnel.
The Derro dwarf Jeep nimbly jumped over a large boulder blocking the road and landed on the soft rock debris. He staggered and almost fell. After steadying himself, he did not look back. Keep running.
Brian calmly reached out and pointed in the darkness, and the dark tunnel became extraordinarily bright under the illumination of a simple trick.
——"Spiritual Any Door!"
Looking at the bright light shining in the distance outside the tunnel, he concentrated his mind, pulled Hesayah beside him and stepped in with a thought. The portal disappeared.
"Boom!"
The moment the two left, a third explosion came, the sound louder than the previous two.
Dust and stone debris fell from the cave roof, and the shadows cast by the light spell twisted and jumped on the shaking rock walls.
The earth was tearing apart and roaring, and the roaring sound seemed to fill the whole world.
The stone wall of the cave rippled like calm water being broken. The stone cracked, dust with debris spewed out from the cracks, and large stones fell from the rock wall.
The air was filled with the frightening smell of broken rocks, and the dust that originally fell formed thick clouds of fog.
Vaguely, Brian also smelled some other smells, thick moisture, the fishy smell of dead fish, and rich mushroom bushes.
When he felt the fishy smell getting stronger and stronger, a large group of Kuo-Tao fishmen emerged from the darkness and surrounded the five of them.
This is a group of about twenty or thirty Kuo Tao fishmen.
Their bodies are covered with hard green scales. Their short and stooped but extremely strong bodies have thick limbs, and duck-like webs grow between their sharp claws.
Although they have human-like bodies and limbs, they have a bullet-like fish head and piranha-like sharp fangs protruding from the outside, making them look particularly ferocious.
Kuo-Toa, who have an evil personality and violent tendencies, are ancient underwater humanoid creatures.
They once populated the coasts and islands of the surface world.
When humans and other surface races drove the kuo-toa into the underground world, allowing them to live in madness and darkness for generations, they never returned to the sun.
"Hello, my people, which tribe are you from?" The fish-man monk slowly stepped forward, looked at a group of ferocious little fish-men, and said calmly, "I am from. "
However, before he finished speaking, the monk responded with a roaring harpoon.
The harpoon passed by the monk's bullet-like head in a thrilling manner, and was heavily inserted into the stone wall far behind her.
"Blood and death, dedicated to the Father of the Deep Sea!"
The three Kuo-toa priests with shell instruments hanging around their necks raised their scepters at the same time and roared fervently: "They are Capture all the sacrifices presented to the Father of the Deep Sea!”
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, all the Kuo Tao fishmen rushed towards them, waving harpoons, pincer staffs or spears.
This time, Brian noticed that the murloc monk, who liked to preach peace the most, did not choose to evade. Instead, he directly used his bare hands to take the lead in facing the attack of the Kuo Tao murlocs.
I saw him leaning down to dodge the swing of a pincer staff with a top designed like a crab claw, and hit the Kuo Tao fish man in the abdomen with one palm.
Then, relying on the slime talent of his race, he clung to the target, led him to jump, and performed an acrobatic tumble in the air. The moment he hit the ground, he landed his second punch without fail.
Blood splattered and bones shattered.
The Kuo Tao fishman warrior fell to the ground on his back, rolling wildly, covering his bloody face with both hands, struggling for a few times, and then died.
It wasn't until the death of the Kuo-Toa that Brian determined that the fish-man warrior was a Kuo-Too overseer.
In the level classification of Kuo Tao fishmen, apart from the high priests and whip bearers, they are the most powerful group of non-spellcaster fishmen warriors, with an average challenge level of about 7.
He saw the fishman monk clasping his hands together and bowing slightly to the corpse.
Then, the fishlegs with tangled muscles kicked hard towards the ground, turning into an afterimage, like a bullet coming out of the barrel, and met the second Kuo Tao fish man without warning.
——"Essence Palm!"
——"Fighting Qi Strike!"
——"Floating Wind Combo!"
——"Shocking Fist!"
In the blink of an eye, four Kuo-Toa warriors fell to the ground and died in the shadow of the monk's fist.
It wasn’t until the three Kuo-Tao fishman priests released their divine spells that they slowed down the powerful offensive of the monks as if they were entering an uninhabited land.
Looking at the fierce fighting appearance of the fish-man monk, Brian couldn't help but recall the opponent's previous performance, and a sentence appeared in his mind unconsciously: be weak externally, and strike hard internally.
While paying attention to the fight between the fish-man monks, he was not idle either.
With the blessing of the arcane gauntlet, his skillful first-level spell can be released instantly by raising his hand.
It won’t take a while.
Five kuo-toa holding harpoons and pincer staffs fell into the baptism of arcane missiles before they could even rush forward. For a while, no one dared to attack again. .
Obviously, although the number of these Kuo Tao fish people is large, their strength is not as strong as imagined.
Even the three fishman priests who led them were only about level 5 at most.
During the melee, Brian saw that among his unreliable teammates, the goblin copper block turned into a shadow and disappeared as usual.
The derro dwarf, who used a short sword, used his own methodical moves to get entangled with a Kuo-Toa fishman, and it was difficult to determine the outcome.
Hisaya's rune sword slashed outwards like a storm. Every time the sword slashed out, it would trigger bursts of screams.
The electric light crackled and jumped, and the sword blade tore through the air, sending out bursts of sharp whistles.
The kuo-toa murmurs swarmed in like wheat, falling to the ground one after another and dying.
The strength shown by Hesiah made Brian dare not throw spells casually, for fear of accidentally injuring her darting figure.
At this moment. He suddenly felt a dangerous magical wave gathering crazily, and this familiar energy reminded him of the previous cave collapse.
——"Arcane Countermeasure!"
He used his countermeasures almost without thinking.
As a light blue magic network barrier appeared in front of his eyes, a bolt of lightning shining with blue and white light came crashing down.
The blue and white lightning beam fell in the magic network, struggled for a moment like a fish in the net, then suddenly turned the gun head, and blasted at three people holding hands in circles at a dizzying speed. Kuo-Toa priest.
This is the racial talent of the Kuo Toa. All Kuo Toa who become priests or whip bearers can create powerful lightning energy to attack enemies by holding hands and spinning around together. .
“Boom!”
However, after Brian successfully countered it, the returning lightning beam exploded again, instantly killing one of the Kuo-Tao fishman priests who was caught off guard.
While the two fishman priests were still shocked by the power of magic, the fireball that Brian had prepared followed closely behind.
The two panicked fishman priests were screaming and were blasted into the sky by the explosion of the fireball, and then fell heavily to the ground, lifeless.
The huge noise caused by the fireball naturally alerted everyone around him in an instant.
Seeing that the three priests and one Kuo Tao supervisor who led them were all killed in battle, the remaining Kuo Tao fishmen abandoned their opponents and turned around and ran away.
“It’s not that easy to leave!” Hesayah shouted coldly, preparing to vent the black clouds that had accumulated on the Thunder Gauntlet.
"Let me do it."
The moment she raised her hand, Brian came over and pressed her hand down again.
“Have you heard of the “Mayofu Micrometeor”? "He looked at the nine fleeing Kuo Tao fish people and said to the sword mage beside him with a smile.
Mayouf Micro Meteor?
When Hesiah heard the name of this spell , couldn't help but look at Brian in shock, and said subconsciously: "Do you know this spell? ”
"Of course, today I want to show you what a real "Mayoufu micrometeor" is. "
Brian patted his dimensional bag, took out an item, and looked at the nine Kuo-Toa people who were about to disappear from his sight.
The legendary "Ma Youfu Wei" "Meteor", there is also a more popular name: the three-ring god-slaying spell.
As a wizard who is proficient in the school of evocation, Brian naturally tried every means to master this spell.
The reason why this three-ring energy evocation spell is called: God-killing spell is not because it has actually killed gods.
The main reason is that someone used it to kill a legendary lich, and this lich was killed by someone who crossed the level.
"Ma Youfu Micro Meteor" became famous because of this, and has almost become the number one cross-level challenge spell among low-level spells.
Although its little damage is not enough for a god.
After all, from the perspective of damage, this spell is not even comparable to the damage of a fireball.
But there is a very special thing about "Mayouf Micro Meteor", that is, it is a magical creation and is regarded as a +5 magic weapon. It is also the only magic that is not immune to divine shields or legal barriers.
To put it simply, its damage is real damage. No matter how high your resistance is, 1 blood point will be forcibly deducted when you are hit.
Because of this, "Mayoufu Micro Meteor" can break through most defensive armors.
So, the greatest significance of this spell to Brian is to break the defense.
Whether it is a dragon, a demon, a devil, or a powerful legendary lich, no one can ignore the real damage caused by "Mayouf Micro Meteor".
Perhaps this kind of damage will be greatly reduced in various reductions, but in the words of their players: As long as you dare to show your health bar, God will slaughter you.
You can imagine, if hundreds of people cast "Mayoufu Micro Meteor" at the same time, even if it only causes 1 point of damage, it is not something that a legendary strong person can resist.
Of course, this kind of grand "Ma Youfu Micro Meteor" scene is probably difficult for any force except their players to achieve.
Under Hesiah's expectant gaze, Brian stopped ink-marking, locked onto the nine fleeing Kuo-Toa fishmen, and took out a Type 92 pistol directly from the dimensional bag.
That’s right!
You read that right, Brian is holding a pistol in his hand right now.
Moreover, the barrel of this pistol is made of pure gold, shining with golden luster in a dim environment.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Then, he pulled the trigger without hesitation, eight gunshots were fired in succession, and fist-sized fireballs spurted out from the barrel of the gun one after another. , dragging the tail flame, accurately hit the Kuo Tao fish man's body.
While the fireball left bloody holes in their hard scales, it suddenly exploded violently like a grenade, killing the eight Kuo-Toa fishmen completely.
Seeing the results of his experiment, Brian nodded with satisfaction.
Since his Arcane Fire was upgraded to level 4, the first spell he activated from Arcane Fire was Mayouf Micro Meteor.
With the activation of this spell, he successfully mastered it. After he learned the fourth-level power "Psychic Craftsmanship" yesterday, he immediately took out a lot of gold coins and steel, and used these raw materials to create for himself A pistol was produced.
The reason why "Ma Youfu Micro Meteor" can be shot out of the gun barrel is mainly because this three-ring spell has been improved into a four-ring energy evocation with the help of the system before he was reborn. Spells.
Ma Youfu's micro-meteor (energy shaping, transformation)
(alchemy, magic weapon, flame)
Level: 3
Components: Verbal, Gesture, Material
Duration: Special
Saving Throw: None
The caster creates miniature bolides in the hand , the number of meteors is its own level * 1. This energy creation is regarded as a +5 magic weapon, which can cause penetration and explosion damage to the target.
Casting Material: Beads made of saltpeter and sulfur with added pine tar.
Note: When releasing this spell, the caster must launch it from a small hollow tube made of pure gold.
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It can be seen from the introduction of "Ma Youfu Micro Meteor" that there are many conditions for the release of this spell.
In addition to the necessary spells and magic gestures, you also need to prepare beads made of saltpeter and sulfur added with pine tar, and an expensive gold hollow tube.
When releasing the spell, these small beads must be stuffed into the hollow tube, and then fired at the enemy.
Does this scene look familiar?
So, after Brian mastered this spell, he began to think about how to eliminate these complicated steps.
Finally, after spending a lot of time and experience in research, he finally found a solution and upgraded the level of this spell to the fourth level.
Although the difficulty level has been increased to the fourth level, the power of the spell has not increased much.
The biggest change is that these beads, made of saltpeter and sulfur added with pine tar, can be transformed into micro-meteors under the surge of magical energy. They do not need to be released immediately, but can be saved in his specially made bullets. Clip inside.
In this case, when he needs to use it, he can fire it directly in the form of a pistol.
The only flaw is that he cannot reuse this spell before these micro-meteors are launched.
Otherwise, with sufficient financial resources, Brian could even form a micro-meteor army.
If you don’t like someone, give him a shooting star to wash his face. Even if a god comes, you have to avoid its sharpness for the time being.
Although it cannot be popularized, it is at least one of his most powerful trump cards.
Even if you are facing an adult dragon, if you go down with a shuttle, even if you can't kill him, you will be able to stun him and even run away with your tail between your legs in fear.
So, Brian is quite satisfied with this. After all, his pistol is loaded with bullets that can force even gods to cause damage.
As for why this low-level spell will cause harm to God.
According to research, the origin of the "Ma Youfu micro-meteor" is that after the young wizard Ma Youfu created the Mayoufu acid arrow, when he used the acid arrow, he accidentally reversed the spell and injured himself, resulting in disfigurement.
In order to restore his original handsome appearance, Ma Youfu decided to pray to God, hoping that God would grant him a miracle.
On a starry night, young Ma Youfu came to the top of a hill, faced the deep blue night sky, and called God's name over and over again.
However, unfortunately, a god heard his call, but the god immediately realized that it was a wizard who called him, not a believer or a priest.
So the god turned around to leave. Ma Youfu was very anxious when he saw this. In desperation, he struck the broken gong five times in a row, making a sound of "dang dang dang dang dang", and then began to sing a moving song to express himself The grief, "Only You..." (For details, please refer to "Westward Journey")
But I didn't expect that this move angered the god. The god thought to himself, how dare this little wizard with only level 5 dare to do this Contempt yourself!
So God smashed the stars in the night sky to the ground to punish Ma Youfu for his rash actions.
The final result can be imagined.
Ma Youfu was smashed to death on the spot, but fortunately, with his persistence in magic, he recorded the process of casting the spell at the last moment of his life, leaving this legacy to future generations of wizards. Great legacy!
So the three-ring spell Ma Youfu Micro Meteor was born.
“Why is your "Ma Youfu Micro Meteor" release method so strange? "Seeing the eight dead Kuo Tao fishmen, Xisaya took a breath of air and couldn't help but ask.
Her surprised eyes wandered from time to time to the strange equipment in her hand.
Goblin Copper Block and others also turned their attention to the thing in Brian's hand.
“Because I researched it myself.”
Brian replaced the magazine and cast the fourth-ring spell "Mayouf Micro Meteor" again to activate the bullets inside. Store it solemnly for a rainy day.
“But didn’t you notice?” Hesiah continued, “You missed an enemy.”
"I left it out on purpose."
Brian looked towards the direction where the last Kuo-Tao murloc escaped, "I'm just a little curious about the origins of this group of murlocs who believe in the Father of the Deep Sea. ”
The words just fell.
“Crack!”
The Kuo Tao fishman’s disappearing figure was suddenly struck by a bolt of blue and white lightning. With a howl, he fell to the ground and died.
at the same time.
Brian saw a larger group of Kuo-Tao fishmen appear in their line of sight.
(End of this chapter)