Chapter 162 The frontal encounter with the devil (2)
The height and flexibility of the halflings are very advantageous in a chaotic fighting environment. Demons of the same small size cannot catch up with or defeat Alton, but larger demons will be stabbed by him if they are not careful, causing him a few blows.
Regardless of the amount of damage, he would stab him first. Alton even discovered that it was just a stab anyway, and it was better to stab the devil's vitals than to stab the flesh.
With his height, it's easy to see what kind of vital points he can hit...
Vondar was killing everyone, Louisa was rushing around with a dagger, and Alton took advantage of every opportunity and turned into an explosive little prince.
Further back, a cross-shaped flash of light could be seen in the dim torches and lights, mixed with the terrifying sound of whistling wind.
Although Michelle's Morning Star is a 'special-kill weapon' that has special effects on undead creatures, the quality of the mace itself and her brute strength cannot be compromised at all.
Many demons who looked very strong thought that the delicate-looking Michelle was a soft persimmon. They didn't expect that she would be beaten to pieces with a mace as soon as she got close. Soon there was a layer of ugly corpses on the ground.
She herself formed a sharp contrast.
It's hard to say how powerful Michelle's brute force is. Anyway, judging from the current effect, even if Vondar uses a mace, it is difficult to smash the demon into pieces.
By her side, fighting alongside Michelle was Camilla.
A little girl who usually looks very weak and has to entrust a friend to deliver a love letter to a girl that she dare not do in person is now even more cruel than Michelle.
Priests are basically only good at simple weapons, and rarely do research and training on military weapons, let alone exotic weapons like the Elf Curved Blade Dwarf Heavy Axe.
But priests have gods over their heads...
Usually the gods that priests believe in also have weapons they like to use. Priests who worship gods as idols will also consciously learn to use the weapons used by the gods they believe in.
For example, the priests of Moradin, the Soulforger, can use warhammers, while the priests of Lathander, Lord of the Dawn, are good at maces.
——In a sense, the mace can also be regarded as a mace. After all, it has nails, a round head, and it can be swung...
So, what kind of weapons does her priest Camilla, the goddess of immortal maiden, love, beauty, and art, use?
The answer is, machete.
This is a long-handled weapon with a shape very similar to the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. It is not particularly widely used even on real large-scale battlefields because most soldiers do not have the skill and strength to use a machete.
This thing weighs more than ten kilograms, and has a very large attack range when swung. The sharp blade is more like a meat grinder, quickly crushing all the demons that come close.
Therefore, many times people cannot be judged by their appearance.
Like Vondar, the few priests must reserve their magic power for healing. Rather than being priests, they now look more like warriors wearing armor and wielding cold weapons.
The sharp machete left horrific scars on the chest of a demon that were deep enough to see the bones. This was because it was hiding so fast. If it were a little slower, it would probably be torn in half.
However, he dodged the machete but failed to notice what was behind him.
The spear that Alton just threw happened to hit its butt. Before the unlucky devil had time to pull out the spear, he saw a cross-shaped flash of light expanding rapidly in front of his eyes.
Michelle, who had flattened the demon with a stick, noticed the spear stuck on the demon's body. She pulled it out and threw it horizontally towards the defense line behind her.
There is a shortage of weapons, and there are many people behind who only use sticks.
Starting from the influx of demons, the scene suddenly entered a state of chaos. Unlike many people who imagined that there were two distinct sides, once the fight started, it was actually like a group fight, and it quickly turned into a fight between me and you, and me among you.
state.
This passage is much wider than the passage Pei Renli and the others walked through, with about ten meters on the left and right sides, and in the middle is a row of stone pillars supporting the dome, so it can barely be opened.
Everyone set up three lines of defense here using tables, chairs, crates and other items. The first two lines were not blocked, but only the third line was completely blocked.
In addition to making it easier to retreat when the situation goes bad, this arrangement can also narrow the devil's attack route and make defense easier. It is like a layer after layer of filters, allowing the devil to break through to the last line of defense.
Almost all of them have injuries, which are relatively easy to solve.
The main reason is that most of the people actually have little fighting ability. The people in front are either the students of the adventurer school headed by Varela, or the soldiers and official adventurers who were accidentally blocked in. The number is not large.
After talking for a long time, where is Pei Renli?
"Bigby's attack punch!"
The activated stance smashed a Hill Demon away like a roaring truck.
This kind of demon has bull-like horns, but overall it looks like an upright goat. Its strong muscles are covered with a layer of dirty gray-white animal skin. They are very good at charging and are the assault troops that follow the cowardly demon.
However, there is really no need to compete with Bigby's attack punch.
It was smashed against the wall, and the weapon in its hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Upon seeing this, Pei Renli gestured with the seal, and the runes arranged on the wall suddenly lit up after receiving the order, as if an air cannon exploded out of thin air. A trembling sound spread around, making the nearby demons dizzy.
Hill Demon, who was hit closely by the 'Sonic Boom', immediately began to ooze blood from his mouth and nose. He lay limply on the ground, twitched a few times and stopped moving.
Demons are highly resistant to energy, and even immune to it. Fire, lightning, ice and acid are actually not as effective as usual.
It's different when it comes to sound waves.
However, due to limited time, the magic traps Pei Renli had arranged in advance were almost used up. Demons were still pouring in from far behind the gate, and the pressure suddenly increased.
He turned around to avoid a pair of bloody claws with mucus, and then felt his hands feel heavy.
A Babu demon that looked like a skinned and bloody skeleton and dragged a long tail grabbed the Swift Light Staff and was trying to drag Pei Renli over with it.
The mucus on the Babu Demon's body is actually a kind of strong acid. If you fight in close combat, the strong acid will easily splash onto your body, causing severe injury and pain. Besides, it is unlikely that Peri Renli can compete with the demon in terms of strength.
So he happily released the hand holding the staff, which made the Babu Demon lean back with too much force.
For a mage, the most important thing besides the spell book is the staff. The Babu Demon did not expect that Pei Renli would give up so quickly. Just when he was about to turn the staff around and use it to attack Pei Renli, the Babu Demon immediately felt the force on his hand.
There was an irresistible force coming from the staff inside, and it came out immediately.
The brass staff seemed to be controlled by an invisible person. It danced half a circle in the air and hit the Babu Demon in the head with a bang, knocking it out.
On the first day of class at the Adventurer School, the teacher clearly told them not to touch anything related to magic, especially if they didn't know anything. It seems that the devil's common sense needs to be improved.
Pei Renli, who used the stick dance technique to control the staff and beat the Babu Demon violently, picked up the trident dropped by the Hill Demon on the ground, raised his hand and performed a salty fish thrust.
The Babu Demon, who was beaten and unable to touch the door, had no time to hide. The trident pierced in with a pop, and the splashed acid only reached Pei Renli's feet, not touching him at all.
Seeing the Babu demon fall to the ground, Pei Renli hooked his finger, and the staff rotated in the air to repel the approaching demon, and it flew into his hand obediently.
"Rapid Light Arrow!"
The positive energy spell staggered one of the demons, and Pei Renli took the opportunity to withdraw the scroll:
"Smash Sonic!"
The exploding sound wave was like a bomb, and the turbulent air formed a shock wave visible to the naked eye. This shocked the demons who were hugging each other and ran away with their heads in their hands, and were immediately followed by other people's finishing blows.
However, Pei Renli didn't have time to see how much damage the spell caused. He turned his body to another Hill Demon that was attacking from behind, and shot out a trembling sonic bead, which opened a big eye in the Hill Demon's waist.
Son.
Perrenli's position was very forward, with Varela and a group of heavily armored warriors at the front, and behind him was the second line of defense with Michelle and Camilla, even further forward than Fondal.
As mentioned before, once a fight starts, it will be a chaotic situation. There can be no clear-cut battle lines. If you hide in the back and throw spells, you will not be able to see clearly. It is easy to accidentally injure your own people.
Pei Renli's close combat skills can only be regarded as not being in a hurry when someone touches his face. Even with this level of close combat ability, it is actually considered excellent.
After all, most people have little combat experience, and they, the students of the Adventurer School, can be considered the main force.
So he didn't hide behind at all, but directly pushed forward. From time to time, he had no time to use spells and had to hit them with his staff. This gave him the illusion that he had become a melee mage, and he got better and better with each fight.
But you have to understand that the reason why you can withstand it now is because your morale is high and the traps and defense lines laid out in advance have worked. The demons underestimated them and did not adopt any tactics. They just rushed in swarm.
But again, the devil is really not stupid.
"careful!"
Faintly hearing Varela's voice, Pei Renli wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up to see two flames as big as broad beans flying over his head.
--boom!
--boom!
What followed was two violent explosions. In a relatively closed environment, the loud noise caused by the explosion made people deaf for a moment, and it felt like their brains were about to be knocked out.
The fireball technique fell between the third and second lines of defense behind him. It was unclear how much damage it had caused, but if you think about the power of the fireball technique for a moment, you can understand the tragic situation there.
Debris used as bunkers and obstacles were blown away. Human body fragments and broken limbs were scattered everywhere like pieces of paper. Flames and flesh formed a tragic Shura field, and even the stone pillars holding up the dome appeared.
There was a huge crack.
The width of the passage is about ten meters, which is quite wide, but the circular killing area of the fireball technique is six meters in diameter. There is almost nowhere to hide after two fireballs.
The blood and killing made the demons roar with excitement. Along with the flames and thick smoke, several fire demons got in from behind the door. Once they appeared, they did not hesitate to spit out fan-shaped flames at the surrounding mortals.
, some soldiers who were unable to dodge directly turned into human torches.
Chapter completed!