There is a big problem with this sequence game

Chapter 184 Hand of Death

Both elves and dwarves are now in dire straits.

It's just that the two situations are different.

The dwarves were suddenly destroyed when the sun was at its peak, and everything was sealed in the ground.

The elves participated in the divine war many times and shed the last drop of blood.

The legendary spring spirit of the elven kingdom is also missing.

At that time, the elves were very depressed, and they could not keep the treasures of their ancestors.

It was only two or three hundred years later than the dwarves' demise.

However, the people who know nothing about this believe that the elves still control the spirit of the spring and the spring of life.

He also felt that the elves were just tired of the war, so they secluded themselves from the world.

So people can no longer see the elves.

But the ancient races and some high-sequencers are very clear about this matter.

Bai Lan even knew that this legendary spring spirit was now in the hands of the witch in the misty forest.

The witch used the power of the spring spirit to cultivate many magical plants.

There are various signs that the witch in the mist forest most likely stole the spring spirit from the witch in the wilderness.

Bai Lan felt that this might be the biggest reason why the Witch of the Wild crossed the Blizzard Fortress.

Even Calcifer admitted that the spirit of the spring was a rare treasure.

The elves have many legends, some of which are well-known to every household.

For example, as long as you soak in the fountain of life, you can survive even if you are punished by God.

Bai Lan was noncommittal about this.

The elves are believers in the God of Nature.

The spirit of the spring water comes from the god of nature, who has the authority to revive all things.

But the elf still declined.

Rather than protecting his followers, the God of Nature seemed to have given up completely.

Even the spirit of the spring water was missing, and the god did not perform any miracles.

Just as the sun god did not save the dwarves, the god of nature did not save the elves.

Don't want to do this?

Still can't do it?

If you don't want to, why don't you want to? Bai Lan has never heard of elves abandoning their faith.

If not...

That's a little scary.

……

Player station.

Bai Lan drove Sophia to the border town.

Five knight apprentices stayed in the border town. What they wanted to do was to pay attention to the movements of dark forces such as the black magician, and to kill the fragments of Hope who came out of the black forest.

To date, they have obtained more than a dozen fragments of Hopper's pages.

Above are Hope's notes on researching the path of flesh and blood, which is a bit unfathomable to players.

The only thing that is certain is that the more scrapped pages are collected, the more complete the information on the flesh and blood pathway will be.

It was a long thing, and no one knows how many notes Hope wrote.

From the fragmentary pages obtained from Little Bob's body, it is known that Hope's research most likely involves the level of Sequence 6.

Bai Lan came here because Shi Zhongjian reminded him that there were some matters to be dealt with here.

As soon as he arrived here, the knight apprentice who stayed in the border town received him and informed him everything.

This is mainly related to one force.

Bai Lan originally thought it was related to the black magician, but unexpectedly it was not.

"Thief?" Bai Lan frowned slightly.

"Well, the president sent out a brother earlier..." the knight apprentice who stayed behind replied.

The thieves have caused a thief rebellion in the border town. Although they are a mob, they pose a great threat to the town without border defense forces.

It's just that the thieves were repulsed by the player alliance.

In the end, it was Bai Lan who defeated them all.

It was just the vanguard force of the thieves. It could only be considered a tentative attack, not the main force.

Subsequent events followed one after another, and Bai Lan did not pay much attention to the thief.

But the Pavilion Master doesn’t think so.

Thieves remain a danger to players and Border Town.

Bai Lan remembered that the pavilion master once asked him for a complete copy of the extraordinary characteristics of a thief, so he owed him five magic gold coins, which he has not paid back yet.

It’s just that the Pavilion Master never mentioned the whereabouts of this characteristic.

Only now did Bai Lan know that the Pavilion Master had given this characteristic to a Rafe player, allowing the latter to change his profession and become a Sequence 9 thief.

Rafe's talent is [Destruction], which fits the characteristics of a thief very well.

The core characteristic of thieves is to destroy the original order and rules and turn everything into ruins.

Rafe spent a long time to find the thieves and get involved, becoming the leader of the thieves.

Now he sent back the message.

Snow Wind Fortress is about to collapse, and the thieves are gathering their main force, probably preparing for the next invasion of the border town.

This time, it was no longer like before, only a few small bosses were dispatched.

Sequence 9 thieves can be called leaders among thieves.

Sequence 8 thieves are at the leadership level and can command a party.

What Raph saw alone was a meeting of three commander-level thieves.

One of them is called the Grand Commander, and he is probably the best in Sequence 8.

The thieves are now gathering, and the final number of leaders may be around ten.

"The news from Rafe mentioned that the leader of the thieves may also participate in this operation." The knight who stayed behind turned pale.

Bai Lan was a little shocked when she heard the news, and quickly understood what it meant.

The sense of oppression that Lord Mort Wolf brought to the border town is still vivid in his mind, and he can destroy the entire town by himself.

Now the leader of thieves from Sequence 7 is coming to the border town.

If the opponent only has a Sequence 8 thieves leader, Bai Lan feels that he still has the strength to fight.

As long as the opponents don't gather together and can defeat them one by one, for him, killing one is no different than killing ten.

The human pathway is slightly weaker than the xenogeneic pathway.

This is mainly due to differences in physical characteristics.

It's like a human being competing with a cow in terms of strength. It's impossible to compare.

The most obvious thing is that in the same order of combat effectiveness, thieves are not as good as werewolves, and werewolves are not as good as dragons.

But the thief leader in Sequence 7 is different. This is the most powerful thief.

Bai Lan said solemnly: "Are you sure?"

The remaining knight also lacked confidence and said: "I'm not sure, Rafe didn't say it clearly."

The kingdom has invested a large number of troops on the front line for a long time, but the rear gradually lost control and turmoil broke out.

The kingdom has attacked several times, but the thieves run extremely fast, roaring in the mountains and forests, and wandering around.

Wild fire, in spring.

As long as the leader of the thieves does not die, thieves will always appear one after another.

Extraordinary thieves are a natural source of disaster. Their words are powerfully deceptive and can induce violence and destructive desires in others.

Even if you come to a place with a good social atmosphere, within a few days the place can be turned into a sea of ​​​​fire, gathering thousands of thugs and followers.

The contagiousness of this channel is very terrifying, even more terrifying than a pyramid scheme.

Bai Lan didn't panic.

The thief leader is not 100% sure to appear.

Because the risk taken is too great, the thieves only have one leader. Once the leader dies, it means that the thieves' power has come to an end.

Unless a second thieves leader will be born later.

In fact, compared to the thieves leader, the imminent collapse of the Snow Wind Fortress is more eye-catching.

Bai Lan knew that this was definitely a huge disaster.

If this really happened, it would not only be the thieves who would cause trouble, but also the black magicians who would not show up because they were afraid of the blizzard. Without the blizzard to stop it, the border town is left to its own devices.

However, according to Rafe's message, the bandit leaders were scattered all over the place. If they wanted to assemble, it would take at least four or five days, and it would also take two days to reach the border town.

This period is enough for all players to improve to a new level.

If the bandit leader had not appeared, they might have been able to survive this crisis.

Bai Lan bit the knuckle on his fist, his eyes flickered, and he said, "I know about this matter, and I will let you know."

His face did not show any expression of anxiety or fear, he remained calm and composed.

The main force of thieves is about to attack. This matter must not be hidden. It is best to let all players know.

It's a good thing they knew ahead of time, otherwise they would have been caught off guard.

The remaining knights also breathed a sigh of relief.

If the elder brother panics, then they will only be more unsure.

Bai Lan thought about it silently, and then said: "Set up a knight and ride on a magic horse to Snow Wind City. I want to know the current situation of Snow Wind City and how long it can last..."

Snowstorm Fortress has snow falling all year round. It is the border gate of the kingdom and has a reputation far and wide.

For hundreds of years, it has protected every inch of land on the frontier.

Now it has collapsed.

Bai Lan had no real feelings about this, just some emotion.

Bai Lan first learned about the existence of Snow Wind City in the abandoned mine cave in the Iron Mining Village.

The knight of the blizzard froze the demon named Deliora decades ago.

Thinking about it carefully, the turmoil in the Black Forest ten years ago should have been suppressed by the knights of the blizzard.

But in fact, the real main force is the King's Guard.

Bai Lan took people to find the mayor and asked for a proof of identity, otherwise he might not be able to see the true power of Snow Wind City.

By now, the player has fully gained the trust of the border town, otherwise the old mayor would not let the pavilion master and others do whatever they want.

After all, the full-time quota in the border town is reserved for local residents, so that qualified knights or warriors can be selected.

If the king knew that the old mayor gave these quotas to the players, he would definitely blame him.

But the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the old mayor has his own plans.

Bai Lan felt that Border Town and the Pavilion Master had some special tacit understanding.

Therefore, the process went smoothly, and the old mayor calmly handed over the Border Town's identification documents to them.

Watching the knight apprentice rushing to the Blizzard Fortress, he calculated based on the distance that he would be back the day after tomorrow.

After doing all this, Bai Lan still has some time to log in today.

He suddenly remembered something and asked Sophia: "Is there a spell to preserve the soul?"

Sophia tilted her head and looked at him, puzzled: "What are you going to do?"

Bai Lan smiled and said: "Boil the spiritual oil."

Sophia's eyes suddenly became strange. She knew that Bai Lan had the formula for spiritual oil, but she didn't have any background in the church...

Wool comes from sheep.

Black Swan said at this time: "There used to be an advanced path called [Contractor]. This path was split from the Death Path..."

"It's hard to find extraordinary people of the [Contractor] path now. Even if you can find them, you can only find [Contractors] of the lower path..."

"Contractors can contract souls. The evil spirits you encountered in the maze were the contract master's best partners in the past..."

Bai Lan listened carefully. He knew that there had been many higher paths.

But few have been completely preserved.

For example, Assassin used to be a high-level path, but now it has become a middle-level path.

Black Swan changed the topic: "The general skills of contract masters are basically related to the soul. Which one do you want to learn?"

Bai Lan was stunned: "What are they?"

"I was very curious about this pathway before, so I spent some time studying its capabilities..."

Black Swan spoke out all the common skills she had mastered as a contractor.

[Soul-inducing Technique], [Whispers of Fear], [Spreading Souls], [Soul Harvest], [Hand of Death]...

Extraordinary skills, easy to learn but difficult to master.

Bai Lan has only mastered three combat skills so far, namely slashing and piercing attacks, as well as killing.

But in fact, he also has basic skills such as [Assault], [Swift Attack], and [Hand of Darkness].

And I also learned a lot of skills by using talents, and all the skills combined can be ranked in a whole row.

Looking at the panel, he is quite versatile.

But that's not the case when fighting.

For example, it took him two seconds to launch [Assault]. In the eyes of ordinary people, the sudden thrust within a hundred meters was like teleporting.

Sounds wonderful, right?

But this speed is not as good as his sprinting with brute force.

After all, his physical fitness is so high that he can achieve this kind of teleportation effect just by relying on his physical fitness.

Of course, if you master it and form a body reflex, Bai Lan's speed will be greatly improved.

At this time, Bai Lan hopes that his talent is of the deep blue type, which will be enough to achieve perfection on his own.

Unfortunately, there are no such good things in the world.

Just [Piercing Attack], he has not yet reached a perfect level of practice, so practice makes perfect.

As the saying goes, the fist never leaves the hand and the tune never leaves the mouth. If you don't practice for a long time, you will become unfamiliar.

This in itself is a process of sailing against the current.

It’s just that a person only has so much energy.

All qualified transcendents need a long time to grow.

Bai Lan finally chose [Hand of Death].

This skill is similar to [Hand of Darkness]. Hand of Darkness is a substantial hand composed of energy.

The Hand of Death is an illusory hand transformed from the soul, which can hold other people's souls.

Black Swan proposes that magic gold coins can be regarded as carriers.

The magic gold coin itself has a mysterious effect. If a soul is put into the magic gold coin with the [Hand of Death], it will be difficult for that soul to escape from the shackles of the magic gold coin in a short period of time.

"It would be nice if you had the equipment and materials left by the contractor." Black Swan said.

Underworld flowers, soul-guiding lamps, soul-calling crystals, trembling cloaks, soul chains, etc., are all materials and props that have miraculous effects on the soul.

Magic gold coins are not the most suitable carrier.

Bai Lan nodded.

He planned to post it on the forum to see if any players had encountered these props and materials.

"It would be nice if there were enemies in the contract master path." Bai Lan thought to herself.

His [Killing Enlightenment] might be able to absorb certain characteristics of the opponent.

……

In the real world, Bai Lan logs out of the game.

He first turned on his computer and announced on the forum that the thieves might arrive in the border town in a few days.

All the players were quite shocked.

The last time the thief made the players panic, it was difficult to defeat them.

Now that it has come back, everyone is feeling uneasy.

After all, the thieves this time don't seem to be on the same level as the thieves last time.

Bai Lan ignored the replies that were all chatty and asking questions. He just asked about the props for the contract master path.

"Brother, what are you doing looking for these things?"

Bai Lan replied: "Collect souls."

"We encountered a sea of ​​flowers in the maze yesterday. The game prompted that it was a flower from the underworld, but there were many evil spirits wandering there. If my brother wants it, I will discuss it with my companions and try to pick some."

According to Black Swan, underworld flowers will only grow in places with a strong smell of death, and are extremely attractive to dead souls and evil spirits.

And once those spirits smell the fragrance of the flowers of the underworld, they will never be able to leave.

"Well, please be safe, please."

"No trouble, no trouble! As long as I can help you, big brother." The player replied quickly.

(End of this chapter)