Chapter 5: First Encounter with the Undead
In the dark forest, the sight was worse than Xu Lai imagined.
The edge area was okay, but it suddenly became dark after ten steps in.
In addition, the forest smelled of decay and was extremely humid
As soon as he entered, Xu Lai felt like vomiting.
Five farmers have already started felling at the edge of the forest. Two people can chop down a big tree that Xu Lai can surround. Even with Su Ya's blessing, the efficiency is still not high.
They, a group of eleven people, did not dare to go too deep into the woods, and only patrolled around the edges deeper.
As the saying goes, don't enter the forest, especially when the broad leaves almost completely block the sun. He didn't dare to let Xu Lai go deep.
After walking for nearly a hundred steps, I didn't see any wild animals. The whole forest seemed extremely quiet, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.
“Wait!”
Su Ya suddenly spoke out, and Xu Lai almost instinctively controlled the team to stop.
"Master, look there!"
Using the dim sunlight behind him, Xu Lai looked in the direction of Su Ya's finger, and saw several tall and blurry figures wandering deep in the woods. .
Xu Lai rubbed his eyes. In the dark environment, he couldn't see clearly.
I couldn't help but took a few steps forward, but was pulled back by Su Ya.
"Master, be careful. Those are walking corpses, which are particularly sensitive to the smell of strangers."
"Walking corpses?" Although Xu Lai has received some information from the empire, he also has a general understanding of the other major camps. I understand, but I really don’t know the details.
Su Ya nodded and said: "The walking zombie is the second-level body of the undead camp. Look at that size, there may be a third-level zombie inside.
These things are extremely powerful, especially He likes to devour the flesh and blood of strangers. The disadvantage is that his movement speed is extremely slow and his movements are very stiff.”
There are also advantages to not being able to see clearly. At least after Su Ya’s introduction, Xu Lai didn’t jump up in fright. .
This was a ghost in broad daylight. If Xu Lai, who had never been superstitious, could really see the appearance of a walking corpse, he would not be as calm as he is now.
"I remember that the undead camp and us are naturally hostile." Xu Lai continued to ask.
Su Ya confirmed: "That's right, the undead are creatures that have been resurrected by a curse, and naturally hate all living creatures.
The intelligent high-level undead can at least communicate. Low-level undead only follow instincts and have no intelligence at all.
They are not affected by hunger, birth, old age, sickness and death, and undead creatures have no morale at all.
The walking zombies are even more rough-skinned and fleshy, but fortunately they have not evolved into rotting zombies or plague zombies, otherwise we might have contracted the disease as soon as we entered the forest. "
"Can they be killed? "Xu Lai asked another most important question.
Su Ya said with a smile: "Of course, both physical and magical attacks can destroy their bodies, but only holy light spells can completely purify them. they.
It’s just that the undead should have been driven away to the Corruption Land by humans and elves hundreds of years ago. I don’t know why they appeared in Middle-earth again. "
Xu Lai opened his mouth, and instinctively wanted to explain that he didn't know who had instilled the historical background in his mind. He just saw that the walking corpses seemed to be walking towards this direction, and there was no sound again.
His brain is still in a state of chaos. He has received so many things that he is still a little confused even now. At this moment, he had only been in this world for three hours. It was extremely difficult to completely block out the panic and anxiety deep in his heart and temporarily seal his nostalgia and reluctance for the past.
For him to make a decision quickly in such a strange place is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.
“Master, most undead creatures are afraid of the sun. Although the sun cannot kill them, it can greatly weaken their attack and defense.
We are very close to the sun behind us, and if we don’t solve these few Only undead creatures, our farmers cannot collect wood resources here at all.”
Xu Lai took a deep breath and said: "How do the strength of those undead compare with us?"
Su Ya glanced at Xu Lai, raised her chest and said seriously: "Master, the warriors under your command are all the best. Brave, we will not shrink from any enemy.
Besides, we have the advantage in numbers, so there is no need to worry even if they have a level 3 zombie.
We will definitely win this battle. !”
Although Su Ya is the most beautiful among the female farmers, the appearance of these female farmers can only be said to be average, so even if Su Ya is more outstanding, there is no way to compete with her. Compared with those exquisite women in modern society.
But after being promoted to a general, although her face did not change much, her figure became much taller and straighter, and she gained an aura that even Xu Lai couldn't explain.
Seeing her being so decisive, Xu Lai's uneasy heart gradually calmed down.
He said sternly: "Well, prepare to fight!"
Su Ya could not command the trainee shooter, but upon hearing this, she decisively raised the shield wrapped with iron bars. He drew out his long sword with his other hand and led the five farmers holding one-handed axes a few steps forward.
Xu Lai opened his mouth and wanted to call Su Ya to stop him, but he restrained himself when he thought that he was leading 10 archers, even if they all carried daggers.
Asking the shooters to spread out so as not to accidentally injure Su Ya and the others, Xu Lai also drew out his one-handed sword.
It’s just that the sword was raised but never dropped. Although he couldn’t see the specific data of the trainee shooters, he had a general idea of their abilities.
Apprentice Archer is a level 2 combat profession, capable of long-range attacks, but because it uses a short bow, it does the highest damage, and the most accurate attack distance is 50 meters.
Of course, they can attack creatures up to 100 meters away, but the damage will be reduced by at least half, and the hit rate is even horribly low.
The trainee archer has two bags of arrows, each bag contains 30 arrows. Unless he goes to rest in the camp or has a supply vehicle or other supply vehicle for supply, he will lose the ability to fight at a distance. .
Therefore, although he was extremely nervous, Xu Lai was still able to control his emotions. He didn't swing his one-handed sword heavily until the zombies appeared at a distance of about 50 meters.
Actually, he does not need to do this action, he only needs to give a command in his heart.
But he was so panicked at this time that he had to use such behavior to control his random thoughts.
With a wave of the sword, the trainee archers, who had been waiting for a long time, all set up their bows and arrows.
The movements of the ten people are not the same at all. They are as standard as if they have been practiced tens of thousands of times. Even the distance at which everyone raises their arms is almost the same.
Ten arrows roared out, and there was no so-called breaking wind. The short bow in the hands of the second-level archer was still a little less powerful.
Moreover, even if Xu Lai placed the zombies within the optimal attack distance of 50 meters, all ten arrows still did not hit the target. At least two arrows flew to unknown places.
(End of this chapter)