Chapter 89 The purpose of the troll
The trolls' crazy actions shocked Xu Yue, Brandt and others. Logically speaking, the other party saw such a huge gap in the number of people between the two sides, so they should have chosen to retreat immediately. However, after hearing Alex's words, everyone immediately understood.
Brandt quickly ordered the team: "All the soldiers of the first and second teams move forward and stop the trolls rushing over. The soldiers of the third and fourth teams surround the altar, and they must not let these trolls run away. The soldiers of the fifth small team rushed to the altar with me and cleared out all the above. The people of the sixth team stayed to protect the Alex Scholars."
After saying that, he turned around and said to Xu Yue: "Master Xu Yue, it seems that you are going to trouble you again. In order to get rid of these trolls in the shortest time, Xu Yue, you have also taken action together."
Xu Yue nodded and said, "It should be, I am responsible for cleaning up the trolls with low profession levels on the altar, and I will leave those advanced ones to you."
Brandt knew that although Xu Yue's fireball technique was very good at clearing enemies with low profession level, it was not very effective against enemies with high profession level. So he nodded, then turned around and took the lead and rushed to the altar.
There were not many trolls on the altar at this time, and most of them had been stopped by the soldiers of the first and second teams. Xu Yue did not run towards the altar, but stood directly below and locked down the trolls who intercepted Brandt and others with their mental power to attack with fireball.
Although the number of people in this battle is far less than that of Black Rock City, it is very fierce. The trolls do not seem to be ordinary soldiers, and most of them reach the first-level profession level. If it weren't for the large number of people in the first-level second team and there were many people who reached the first-level profession level, it would take some effort to stop the other party.
Xu Yue had released about 200 fireball techniques along the way, and his mental power had been consumed half. However, the remaining mental power was used to cast spells against the trolls on the altar. He thought it was enough.
But what surprised him was that although his series of fireball bombings did destroy many trolls, the trolls on the altar relied on fighting spirit to defeat his fireball skills. Obviously, there are many warriors with professional level above level three among these trolls.
After Xu Yue frowned slightly, he decided to fight quickly. He changed his careless appearance. The fireball condensed in his hand instantly changed to several times the size of the previous one. These fireball techniques with football size showed a completely different power than before.
The trolls who could still block his fireball technique with their own fighting spirit were blown into a pile of minced meat and coke under the attack of these huge fireball techniques. Xu Yue's attack became much more cautious this time, no longer as casual as at the beginning, but instead attacked the trolls on the altar one by one.
This time his attack efficiency was much higher. The trolls on the altar were bombarded into coke one by one. Only the two trolls on the top blocked his attack with their powerful strength. However, the two trolls were entangled by Brandt at this time. Although the two trolls were at the same level as Brandt, it was obvious that they were just primary level. Even if they faced Brandt, a warrior at the top of level five, they were severely suppressed.
Seeing that Brandt's victory was only a matter of time, Xu Yue put down his spell casting arm and sat on the steps of the altar with a slightly pale face. At this time, most of the trolls under the altar had been solved by the first and second teams. The remaining trolls who wanted to escape were also intercepted by the third and fourth teams. The human side could be said to have completely controlled the situation.
After Aless came over, he looked at Xu Yue's pale face and asked, "How is it? No big problem, right?"
Xu Yue suppressed the dizziness and nausea, took out a bottle of spiritual recovery potion from the storage ring and drank it, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just a sequelae of mental exhaustion. Since the beginning of the war, I have been a little used to this situation."
Alex smiled with some understanding and said, "You should have a good rest. If you always rely on magic potions to restore your mental power, it will always be not good for your body."
Xu Yue shook his head and said, "Although the situation here has been controlled by us, I don't know if there are other trolls near the altar. It is necessary to be able to recover the combat power earlier."
Alex knew that he was right and did not make any refutation. The soldiers around him had already solved their opponents at this time, and most of the trolls were eliminated, and only a few guys who wanted to escape were captured. These trolls who escaped were obviously much weaker in their willpower than those trolls who fought until death, and were the best candidates for interrogation.
The only battle that has not been resolved is Brandt at the top of the altar. The two trolls he opponent are not weak. Although they were suppressed by him due to their strength issues, it was obviously not easy to solve them in a short while.
However, Brandt took the time to pay attention to the surroundings of the altar during the battle and found that he was the only one left without ending the battle. He felt that his face was also a little uneasy. He suddenly burst out his fighting spirit, and his attack power increased a lot in a short period of time. The two trolls who had been suppressed by him could no longer resist it. One was instantly scratched by Brandt's big sword with both hands and heads, and his head flew directly off the altar, and the other was slashed from the top of his head into both sides by him. The body stopped moving after twitching twice.
Although these two attacks seemed to be short, they consumed very severely on physical strength and fighting spirit. After destroying the enemy, Brandt supported the big sword in his hands on the ground, holding the hilt of the sword in his hands, gasping heavily, and the sweat on his forehead showed that it was not easy for him to solve these two enemies.
After drinking the mental power recovery potion, Xu Yue felt that his head was getting better, and the dizziness and nausea felt much less. He struggled to take it and walked up to the top of the altar with Alex.
The top of the altar was already messed up by the trolls, and the stone platform used for the blood sacrifice in the center of the top was moved aside by the trolls. There were three holes in the bottom of the stone platform, and some solidified blood sacrifices could be seen in the hole.
These holes, which are only the thickness of the wrist, are obviously very deep, and look dark from the hole. Even if Xu Yue uses an illumination technique to put it above the hole, he cannot see the bottom.
‘There should be something below. According to the actions of the trolls, they probably wanted to take out something inside, so they sent a small group of troops back to regain the altars after they were defeated.’ Aless looked at the three holes and said.
Brand nodded, and after seeing the captains of several small teams walking up from under the altar, he asked them: "Have the soldiers sent to guard the altar found it?"
Several team leaders looked at each other. The captain of the first team stood up and replied: "Only their bodies were found. In this guard, there was a team of thirty people. It seemed that they were attacked by the monsters controlled by the trolls. Many people's corpses have become incomplete."
‘Damn trolls. They dared to do such small moves when they ran away. It seems that we were not ruthless enough when they retreated!’ Brandt angrily smashed the stone platform next to him and said.
'The most urgent thing is to figure out what these trolls want to take away from the altar. When their logistics were completely destroyed and they were defeated without any supplies, they also sent someone to take away the things from the altar. It can be seen that this thing is very important for the trolls. So we must figure it out!' Xu Yue looked at the three holes on the ground and pondered for a while and said.
‘What should I do? Just like those trolls, I took the altar here from above?’ Brandt looked at the top of the altar that was dismantled and said.
‘Wait a moment. I need to record the contents of these words and patterns on the altar and their locations. Otherwise, I will not be able to infer the specific function of the altar from the text. The time does not take too long, just recording will be enough one day.’ Alex quickly stopped him.
Xu Yue also nodded and said, "Yes, the altar has been controlled by us. If you want to take out the thing that the troll wants from it, you can do any time. Now the most important thing is to send someone to inform Black Rock City as soon as possible and tell them to send more people to the altars that we have taken down. I believe that the attack on this altar is not an isolated case, and I am afraid that the situation in other altars discovered is similar.
Brandt also woke up and hurriedly taught several scouts in the team and asked them to return to Black Rock City to report the news. Next, Brandt asked most of the battles to be camped, and they probably had to stay here for several days, and there would be no stable camp.
Alex began to observe around the altar in person, constantly recording the text, magic patterns and their locations on the altar. This is a big project, and I'm afraid he will have to work until very late.
Brandt himself took several soldiers to escort the captured trolls into the jungle. Then the jungle continued to remember the screams. But soon Brandt ran back with a depressed face. He felt embarrassed to find Alex who was recording carefully and said a few words. Alex frowned slightly, but nodded and agreed.
‘What’s wrong?’ Xu Yue asked after seeing Brandt come back.
‘Nothing, it’s just that no one among those trolls knows the common language, and only Alex scholars can communicate with trolls here, so I asked Alex scholars to interrogate the following trolls with me.’ Brandt said a little embarrassedly.
Xu Yue looked at the helpless scholar of Alexis and immediately understood why he frowned at Brandt's invitation. As a scholar who focused on knowledge, it was obvious that Alexis did not like the bloody interrogation process, but fortunately, most of Tarenmiya's scholars are very rational figures. The extraordinary ones will only let them distinguish the priorities of things, and will not be as old-fashioned and ignorant as some nerds on earth.
After Brandt and Aless walked into the jungle again, the troll's screams were reminded of again, but the sound was suppressed a lot. It was obvious that in order to take care of Aless's emotions, Brandt changed his method of forcing confession a little. However, it became less bloody, but the effect on the trolls did not weaken at all.
Sure enough, after about twenty minutes, Brandt and Alex walked out of the jungle, but there was no happy expression on their faces, and their frowning brows meant that they did not ask what they wanted to know.
‘How are those trolls saying something?’ Xu Yue asked Brandt.
‘Don’t mention, these trolls are just some soldiers at the bottom, and the information they know is very limited. However, our previous speculation has been confirmed. The trolls did break up a unit into pieces and go to other troll altars to get things. This time, we may lose a lot of people. Due to the shortage of personnel, the teams sent to guard the altars are all squads of about thirty people, and they can’t deal with hundreds of trolls at all. ‘Brandt said angrily.
‘What exactly do these trolls want to take away from the altar?’ Xu Yue asked curiously.
‘I don’t know! These trolls at the bottom only know what they are calling the King’s breath. What is it, I’m afraid only the trolls in the lead. However, the two trolls are too strong. It’s difficult to catch them alive, and it’s difficult for trolls of this level to ask anything from them. ‘Brandt said helplessly.
‘Forget it, no matter what, after I understand the function of this altar, I will understand what these trolls want to do. But it will take some time. When tomorrow I will be able to record the words and magic patterns outside the altar. You can ask the soldiers to remove the top of the altar and find out the things inside. ‘Arez comforts Brandt Road.
Brandt nodded helplessly, and then everyone began to get busy. Brandt wanted to arrange the guards of the camp, and Alex was busy making records of the altar. In the end, only Xu Yue was idle. He looked at the soldiers who were busy setting up camp tents, thought about it, and walked to a relatively open position in the camp, then took out a white object the size of an egg and threw it into the center of the open space.
Kenneth's portable cabin. This can be said to be the most expensive magic item on Xu Yue, which has never been used once since he bought it, because things around him were one after another. He didn't even have time to study this full-featured mobile research base. This time, he decided to use this thing and study it carefully.
This is not Xu Yue's show off, but living in a simple camp in this wilderness is not a comfortable choice. Although Kenneth's portable cabin is mainly used as a mobile magic laboratory, it also takes into account the function of having a comfortable foothold in the wild. Moreover, after the magic item is unfolded, it can form a level five-level protective magic cover to fully protect the cabin, which also ensures that the people living inside will not be hurt by sudden attacks. In any aspect, Xu Yue has no reason to give up such a safe and comfortable residence to squeeze in the simple tents with the soldiers.
As a flash of white light flashed, Kenneth's portable hut expanded layer by layer like unfolded building blocks into a wild logger cabin that seemed to be carrying a yard. Xu Yue walked to the courtyard gate that seemed like ordinary firewood, and put his hand on a very simple door knocker on the courtyard gate. After he injected his mental power into this inconspicuous door knocker, he suddenly saw a faint smoothness flashing across the courtyard door, and the seemingly simple wooden door opened.
When Xu Yue walked into the courtyard, he looked carefully at the wooden door that seemed to be able to kick it with one kick. After personal contact, he certainly would not think that this wooden door would look so fragile to it. In fact, as a magician, he could clearly feel that this inconspicuous wooden door was actually connected with the magic array in the entire courtyard. If he had not injected his own mental power, no one would have kicked it with his feet. Even if he bombarded with magic above level five, he would not have thought of causing any damage to the wooden door until the magic crystal of the magic array was consumed.
The level five magic carved with a large magic array is different from the protective magic on magic equipment. Although it is also level five magic, the level five magic carved with a magic array is at the highest point of level five in strength. The magical energy on magic equipment is relatively close to the spell strength of this level, which is considered the best.
Moreover, taking protective magic as an example, the magic carved from the magic array relies on the power supply of magic crystals, so as long as the magic crystal is not consumed and the attacks received do not exceed the protective magic, then this protective magic will never be broken. However, the energy of the protective magic itself released by magic equipment is limited. As long as the energy of the magic itself is consumed, the protective magic will dissipate.
However, magic arrays are usually engraved on relatively large carriers, which are inconvenient to move, so they are generally not used in flexible combat. However, magic equipment is easy to carry, so it has a wide range of applications. The pros and cons of the two are not considered to be better than the other.
Pushing the inside of the cabin, Xu Yue rushed through the living room and walked towards the bedroom. He wanted to see if it was suitable for him to live in. Because the interior was constant with space magic, the space inside looked very spacious. The window that was only about half a meter long and wide when seen from the outside was a large window that was two or five meters long and wide, and the light was unexpectedly sufficient.
The bedroom room is not just one, but divided into four rooms, each room is at least twenty square meters. Not only are there beds, tables and chairs and other items in the room, there is also a hanging chair made of green vines on the edge of the window. Various beautiful flowers form the top of the hanging chair, making the whole room look more natural.
The designer is obviously very attentive to the layout of the room. The items in the room are very exquisite and beautiful, with some characteristics of the elves.
Xu Yue nodded with satisfaction and went to the layout of the room. He felt that he had spent millions of gold coins. However, although the layout of the room was very perfect, some essential utensils for life, such as water cups and bedding, were not prepared, but this was not beyond his expectations. After all, no one would even prepare the necessities of life for sale.
After thinking about it, Xu Yue directly opened the door of the crossing door in the room and walked in. Kenneth's portable cabin itself had protective magic, without his guidance. No one could break in without breaking the magic circle. This time he just returned to the villa on Earth, took a few sets of quilts and pillows from here, and then he moved the quilts and pillows back and forth several times to the four rooms.
As for other daily necessities, he planned to buy them directly from Tarenmiya. After all, there are big differences between the two worlds. Bedding and pillows are fine, but the differences are obvious like many other daily necessities. Since Xu Yue decided to use this cottage, he might only live in by himself. If others don’t say it, it would be impossible for him to let others sleep in the tent just by being an Alex scholar.
After a little preparation, Xu Yue nodded with satisfaction, and then he turned to the room where the magic puppet was placed. As soon as he pushed open the door, he felt that the room was filled with the style of the earth's machine factory buildings. All kinds of machines that didn't know the function almost filled the room, and these machines had merged into a whole with the room. There were four discs with exquisite magic patterns on the ground in the center of the room, and soft light columns were shot out from these discs with one meter diameter. Four people of different shapes floated in the center of the four light columns with their eyes closed, looking like they were sleeping.
Xu Yue looked at these four people in surprise and heard the introduction of the auctioneer at the auction house at that time. Of course, he knew that these four human bodies, which seemed to be no different from living people, were actually four magic puppets with different functions.
The discs under the feet of the four puppets are marked with one, two, three, four, and four numbers in common words. In the disk light column with reality, there is a man who looks in his thirties and has two beards with beards. He looks like a noble butler in his clothes and looks.
In the light column of the second disk, there is a puppet wearing a mage robe and covering his head with a hood. Then the light column looks like a young man of twenty-six or seven years old. Even if the other party closes his eyes at this time, his expression gives people a feeling of being very calm and meticulous in dealing with things.
In the light column of the No. 3 disc is a lady with a very slim figure. She is wearing a clothing commonly worn by female adventurers and a backpack that looks like she should be storing some special items.
The last disc, that is, the light column of the No. 4 disc, was a man who was two meters tall and looked very strong. He was wearing a coarse cloth mining uniform that miners often wore, with a magic mine lamp on his forehead, a small iron pickaxe in his hand, and an iron basket for ore behind him.
Based on his memory, Xu Yue matched the functions of the four puppets with their wovens. The number one is obviously a puppet that can take care of the magician's daily life, the number two is a magic assistant type, the third is a magic plant and animal material collection type, and the fourth is a magic mineral collection type. In fact, their image is indeed comparable to their own public.
After thinking about it, Xu Yue walked to the light column of puppet No. 1. He couldn't use the other puppets for the time being, so he didn't plan to wake them up.
Xu Yue reached out to see the light column and pressed his hand on the eyebrows of a puppet. His own mental power instantly entered No. 1's forehead through his fingers. Then he saw an exquisite magic array the size of a bottle cap appeared in the center of No. 1's eyebrows, and then the magic array emitted bright light.
The light of disk No. 1 slowly dissipated, and the puppet No. 1 slowly descended to the ground of the disk. At the same time, the puppet No. 1's closed eyes also opened. After seeing Xu Yue standing in front of him, it performed a standard etiquette and said: "Hello, master! Number One obeys your instructions and serves you."
Xu Yue observed the No. 1 puppet, which looked no different from the real person, with curiosity. He thought about it and asked, "Hello, No. 1. But calling you like this makes me feel a little awkward. Can you change your name?"
‘I am honored to have you named me. Please tell me the changed name and I will enter my memory array.’ The puppet No. 1 said after bowing slightly.
Xu Yue thought about it and said, "You should call him Jarvis."
He has always liked the intelligent system similar to the butler and assistant in the Iron Man movie, so he simply gave No. 1 the name of the intelligent system.
Number One, now called Jarvis, bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for naming me, do you have anything to tell me?"
Xu Yue nodded and said, "I will invite my friends to live here later. I have brought some bedding and other things. I hope you can organize it so that the guests don't feel that we are rude. In addition, some of my daily necessities also need you to place them in the right place first."
‘Follow your instructions!’ Jarvis said after he was respectfully disrespectful.
Xu Yue took out a small part of Tarenmiya's unique daily necessities from the storage ring and handed them to him. These things were bought by Xu Yue before and prepared for spare use. They have never been used before. This one happened to be used.
After seeing Jarvis go to work hard, Xu Yue left here directly. When he pushed the door and walked out of the cottage, he saw Brandt standing curiously at the door of the yard and looking inside.
‘I bought a little gadget at the auction before, and suddenly I remembered that this thing has the function of living, so I took it out and used it. I was about to invite you and the Alex scholar to come in and live with you.’ Xu Yue said with a smile.
Brandt was obviously a little moved by Xu Yue's words. It was not that he was greedy for enjoyment, but that he was curious about this magical magic item. However, after thinking about it, he still regretted and said: "Forget it, you should live with the Alex scholar. I'm not convenient."
Xu Yue was not surprised by his words. If Brandt, as the commander of the team, would really come to live, it would have a very bad impact on the soldiers below. Xu Yue and Alez scholars, as a magician who has a high status and always likes to enjoy, and the other is a scholar who is respected in status and respected for his wisdom and knowledge, living in such a small house will not cause criticism from those soldiers.
In fact, as a always mysterious and wealthy magician, if they were following the soldiers to really squeeze into the tent, they would probably really make the soldiers feel strange.
Xu Yue shrugged and said he was casual, then asked: "By the way, how is the Alexis scholar? He won't really be ready to do this until late at night, right?"
Brandt suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no, I'm just curious about your house, I almost forgot to do my best. We found some problems there when we were cleaning the top of the altar. I'm afraid we'll go over and take a look together."
Xu Yue's brow jumped and asked, "What's the discovery? Have you figured out the function of the altar?"
Brandt said helplessly: "The function of the altar has not been clarified yet, but you'd better be prepared for it. This time it may be a little troublesome!"
Chapter completed!