Act 16 Journey (II)

When I first entered the Death Canyon, this quiet place was not as terrifying as it was legendary.

Blue moss grows on ancient stone slabs, and a little bit of cracks brings a historical charm to this place. Trees are growing everywhere, and green vegetation grows vigorously under the irrigation of sunlight and rain. The carriages of Ivis and others are rolled over the stone slab that has been disrepaired for a long time, and the stones you encounter from time to time can make the car bump slightly.

In this case, it is naturally not suitable to read. Avis closed the book and looked up at the sky above him. The black barrier almost covered the sky, and the travelers could only see a trace of sunlight shining through the canyon. Avis's eyes looked down along the peak of the canyon, and there were only a few plants on the brown stone wall. Avis also saw some traces of the survival of animals - eagles covered with golden fur, green snakes ten meters long, and some unknown creatures jumping. Further down the line of sight were some low, wantonly growing vegetation. The blue stone slabs were covered with traces of human footsteps. The carriage was shaking in this canyon representing death, and the lightly bright sunlight shone on the road ahead.

Ge Tongluo, who was playing with a dagger, suddenly spoke, "Wait a minute, stop."

So the carriage stopped. The expensive pure-blooded plain horse paced in place for a while, making a scream of "Heryl" and then stopped moving. Seeing that the coachman and Ivis were both looking at him curiously, Ge Tongluo turned over and got out of the car and said to Ivis: "Be prepared for the fight."

"Ah?" Ivis was a little surprised, "Why?"

"Because we are likely to meet some less friendly 'guests'." Ge Tongluo held a dagger in his hand and came to the grass beside him. He casually stumbled, then grabbed something and dragged it out. When he saw this, Avis took out his staff without hesitation and put it in his hand, with a hint of alert. His hand bent slightly, and he pinched the magic scroll he placed in his pocket - the mage armor. At critical moments, such a shield that can protect the master can save his life.

That was a corpse. He was wearing iron armor, but at this time there was no trace of damage. His fatal injury seemed to be the hideous blow in his throat. It can be seen from the terrible wound that a lot of blood must have been sprayed. Our Mr. Wanderer also found some blood stains on the ground that had been deliberately covered.

As a dragon vein mage, Ives was naturally sensitive to various smells in the air. He followed his sixth sense to the grass beside him, pushed it apart and looked, then gritted his teeth and said, "There are also..."

"Is it the passing caravan that was attacked?" Avis stood up straight and looked at Ge Tongluo. As for the coachman... he was already trembling and hid aside.

Ge Tongluo frowned slightly. His right hand did not release the hilt of the dagger on his waist. His gaze glanced around and finally said, "No... the dead are not from the caravan. I see that there is no here." Ge Tongluo squatted down in front of a corpse, and his hand touched the right chest on the armor. This place was not as smooth as other places, and could reflect human shadows. There were obvious signs of polishing.

"This armor was snatched up." Ge Tongluo said, "Because the origin is not right, these robbers often have the habit of grinding off the label. And..." Ge Tongluo turned the person in front of him and continued, "This guy is so sweet that he can tell from the fact that he has a pot of wine behind him. I'm not saying that mercenaries don't do this, but after all, they are organized teams. They won't let everyone carry items that can be bad - it's the safest way to concentrate on preserving them. Only unorganized and undisciplined robbers will carry this thing, and they will take a big sip before each battle to increase morale."

"How could anyone attack the robber?" Avis said in some uncertainty. He stood up and glanced around with a sharp gaze. When you observe carefully, you will find that there are still deep traces of battle on the ground. Although it is buried, this cannot escape the eyes of Avis and Ge Tongluo.

"Who knows?" Ge Tongluo stood up, "Internal strife? A righteous demon came to the scene? Or was he encountered a difficult mercenary team? What I am more curious about is why these people buried the battlefield?"

Before Ge Tongluo could figure out this problem, he heard some footsteps. Turning back, he saw something approaching in front of him. Ge Tongluo held the dagger in his right hand without hesitation, but his left hand was hidden. Avis knew that there was a sleeve arrow on Ge Tongluo's left hand, which could be indifferent at the most critical moment. How to say it... it should be very suitable for sinister and cunning people like Ge Tongluo! Avis defined it in his heart.

Then, Ge Tongluo discovered those things... it was a group of slow-moving white bone frames, holding dilapidated scimitars in their hands, and there seemed to be a little burning glowing flame in their empty eyes. Although it was daytime, the surrounding environment made these skeletons exude a hint of coldness.

"Ahhhh! Help!" The coachman screamed in panic. Avis turned his head and said to the coachman: "You stay in the carriage for the time being, don't move, we will end the battle soon." The skeleton's challenge level is level 1, and Avis, who already has level 4, is naturally worth it. What's more, there is a level 5 wanderer next to him!

As soon as Ge Tongluo's body was shortened, he fell into a shadow, making it impossible to detect his existence. He really couldn't feel his existence - whether it was in his breathing, heartbeat or footsteps, he couldn't detect Ge Tongluo who was integrated with the surrounding environment at this time.

Extraordinary expertise - advanced stealth.

Avis took out a light crossbow, aimed at the skeletons that were shaking and starting to shoot. Although the hit rate was slightly low, the skeletons fell one by one. Finally, Avis activated the scroll and added the spell to himself the "Master Armor". When the skeletons approached Avis, Avis began to recite the spell.

A decadent scimitar slashed at Ivis, but the attack was blocked by the mage's armor and did not cause much damage to Ivis. Ivis looked around him and surrounded about a dozen skeletons.

(A dozen or so... enough money!)

Then, Avis quickly finished chanting the last spell, and suddenly a large area of ​​flames popped up around his body. The fire wave covered about four meters around with him as the center of the circle. The terrifying wave directly made the pitiful white bones of the dead. Finally, the skeletons shook their bodies and fell to the ground, and some even turned into ashes-like powder.

Avis then raised his hand, and then a spider web was sprayed out of his hand. The spider web was directly crushed to the ground, layer by layer of milky white mesh bound most of the skeletons that had not yet gotten close to him. With the pitiful power attributes of the skeletons, it was difficult for them to break free from the spider web technique in a short time.

Avis also noticed that a figure appeared behind some skeletons from time to time, and used the green dagger to mount their heads. Then, after casting the "backstab", he became invisible again. This also made Avis sigh that the extraordinary expertise is really a bug-level existence.

In the continent of Alanthea, any profession that reaches a multiple of level 5 can obtain an extraordinary feat. Regardless of whether you have any reward feats at this level, you can choose such an extraordinary feat. The extraordinary feat is the biggest factor that differentiates professions from mortals.

For example, the extraordinary specialties of warriors, such as ‘proficient arcane’, ‘super strong’, ‘strengthful will’, ‘swordstorm’… Each extraordinary specialty allows warriors to even have the possibility of fighting against mages of the same level!

The "high-level stealth" chosen by Ge Tongluo is also a type of extraordinary expertise. The effectiveness is that the success rate of stealth is increased by 40%, and it also has the attribute of "undetectable". In other words, except for a few magic methods, no one can see through Ge Tongluo's stealth. Therefore, although Ge Tongluo's attack is low, his health is low, and he cannot be immune to magic, he is still an excellent wanderer.

Avis then took out the crossbow and killed the skeletons one by one. In the end, only three skeletons struggled to come to Avis, and were killed by Ge Tongluo, who had been removed from his invisibility, from behind.

After doing all this, Ge Tongluo said to Ivis: "How come the dead spirits appear in this place?"

Avis shook his head: "Actually, I'm also curious... By the way, I've seen the undead twice this time. Is Vitora really the same as the legend says, a country without the undead?"

Ge Tongluo frowned: "It is indeed difficult to see the undead in the realm of Vitora... Let's go, we'd better pass through this canyon before dark. Now, this place may be a real, veritable 'Death Canyon'..."

Avis was also a little speechless. At night, he really didn't have the confidence to deal with the undead that appeared in groups... The combat effectiveness of such a dark family at night would double.

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My computer broke down yesterday and it was repaired for a day, but it was not updated. I am ashamed.
Chapter completed!