Chapter 264 We Are the Stumbling Block

"Don't look at me like this, I will do anything to win." The Frozen Banshee threw the scroll in her hand to the Gunslinger under the complicated gazes of everyone, and then said: "Cut your finger and drop a drop of blood. Go up, the maximum capacity of this thing is three people. We will each summon five clones, so there will be six of me and six of you. No matter how many masters there are in the Frost Rose Alliance, there will still be six of me and six of you. , do you think it’s still possible for us to fail?”

The Gunslinger smiled and cut his finger open, squeezed a drop of blood onto the scroll, and then handed the scroll back. "Originally, I have been wondering, where do you have so much confidence, but now I understand. With these things at the bottom, even if Ziri gives up the newly occupied land, he may not be your opponent?"

"So you don't need to worry at all, we can definitely take care of Ziri. It won't be useful even if he has more helpers."

"Then I have one last question." The Gunslinger pointed to the wreckage of the Eternity lying across the entrance in front of him and said, "What should I do with that thing?"

"I really didn't think about this before, but I'm not completely unprepared." The Frozen Banshee said as she took out a rather large yellow crystal from her body. Players present basically know this thing, because it is the detonating crystal, a crystal used to cause explosions. Its function is similar to the "detonator" in reality, and just like the detonator in real life, the detonating crystal except In addition to being used as a fuze, it can also be used directly, and its power is far greater than ordinary explosives.

The detonating crystal in the hand of the Frozen Banshee weighs at least three kilograms, based on the explosive power of this thing. Cutting a hole in the Ever Given shouldn't be a problem. Of course, it is impossible to blow the entire hull to pieces, it can only open a way out.

"Are you using it as a detonator or directly as an explosive device?" Gunslinger asked.

"Of course it's the detonator." The Frozen Banshee said: "Although our battleship is frozen, I still have a lot of ammunition in my hand. The two of us, our clones and the masters from both sides will join us later. If we attack this gate, even if we can't rush through it for a while, Ziri and the others won't even think about coming. At that time, the people behind us can install detonating crystals here, and then take the cannonballs from the ship and put them next to them to detonate them together. This will be enough to There’s a hole in that broken ship.”

"It sounds quite feasible." After the gunman finished speaking, he nodded and said, "Then I have no problem. Shall we start attacking now?"

"OK."

After confirming the combat plan, the players and NPC troops on the US-Russian combined fleet immediately began to move. A large number of combatants formed a rather tight formation. Under normal circumstances, using this formation to attack the Twin Cities of Essinger would be completely seeking death. The defensive weapons on the Twin Cities of Essinger would let them know what it meant to get together and die.

However, because of the series of special items used by the Frozen Banshee. As a result, almost all the defensive weapons on the walls of the Essinger Twin Cities lost their function. That's why the people on the US-Russia Combined Fleet are so arrogant. Just forming a dense phalanx and then daring to rush forward is completely disrespectful of us!

"Those guys are too arrogant?" Yingyu Shenchu ​​on the top of the city couldn't help but said while looking at the personnel of the US-Russian joint fleet below.

The group of Japanese guild presidents standing next to Ying Yu Shen Hina were all very angry with the guys from the US-Russian joint fleet below like Sakura Rain Shen Hina, but there was nothing they could do. Now all they can do is get angry on the walls.

In fact, we have discovered the problem that weapons on the city wall cannot fly out of the city wall. The stone of the Frozen Banshee is not actually a mysterious item. It is actually the Stone of Commandment. I have at least seven or eight pieces of this thing in my hand. Counting those collected by the gods from all over the world, I have seen at least a dozen pieces. This thing. However, the Stone of Commandment is an accessory of the Ring of Commandment, so even if I get the Stone of Commandment, I must put it back and cannot use it casually. This is the price of gaining relationships with the gods around the world. Everything has two sides. Hosting the Ring of Commandment allows us, the Frost Rose Alliance, to gain support from the gods around the world, but it also makes us lose the power to use the Commandment Stone at will. However, in fact, my choice was the right one, because the Stone of Discipline does not appear much, and secondly, once you take it out and use it, it will become the common target of the gods everywhere. Unless you use it once, you will take the initiative to call it out. The troubles later will be endless.

I don't know yet that the unknown barriers on the city wall are caused by the Stone of Commandment, and even if the people on our side discovered this situation, they would not dare to give up the defense of the city wall. Because we don’t know if this thing set up by the enemy is specifically used to cause the tiger to leave the mountain. If all our people leave the city wall, and the enemy suddenly launches an attack from the city wall, it will be too late for us to go back. On the contrary, the passage under the city wall is only that wide. With me sitting here, even if the enemy really doesn't go through the city wall, I can still hold on until everyone comes down to help me defend the city wall.

The Japanese guild presidents who were following Masamoto Matsumoto were in a state of excitement when they suddenly saw the US-Russian joint fleet advancing towards us. Seeing how they looked like this, they were obviously aiming for the one in the center. Coming from a channel.

Standing on the top of the Eternity, of course I noticed this situation immediately, but the God of War told me to put the enemies near the city wall before fighting, so I didn't make any interception moves, and just watched them here. Rush this way, they are still twenty kilometers away from me anyway.

Twenty kilometers isn't that close, but the combatants in the game are basically like Superman. They run very fast and are quickly close to the city wall. However, as the distance approached, these people's running speed became slower and slower. It's not that the Frozen Banshee deliberately slowed down everyone's action, but that among those participating in the charge, players accounted for less than one-fifth, and the rest were all NPCs. Some of these players have been to Essinger, so their performance is pretty good. But those players who have never been to Essinger and those combat NPCs who have no free time at all will see Essinger's city walls for the first time.

The distance of five hundred meters doesn't seem too far on the ground, but when a five hundred-meter-high city wall is erected in front of you, it's a completely different story. Nowadays, the floor height of residential buildings in cities is generally between two and three meters. Even if we calculate it as three meters per floor, there are more than 160 floors of 500 meters. You can imagine what it would be like to have a building with a height of 160 floors and no end in sight on both sides standing in front of you. Normal people feel depressed, very depressed. There is a sense that I have become very small. A very inconspicuous illusion. If you are an ally of the Frost Rose Alliance or a neutral person, it's nothing, just sigh and it will be over. But if it is an enemy of the Frost Rose Alliance. Before this wall. Serious psychological disorders may occur unconsciously. Because when seeing a city wall of this height, most people's first reaction is - we will never get past it!

This kind of mood is actually normal. It is caused by the basic information left in human genes in the history of human evolution. Human being as a living creature. In addition to higher-level thinking, instinct still plays a large role. Don’t always think that humans are different from animals. In fact, humans are not much different from ordinary animals. It is just because of their higher intelligence that they can predict some things based on the environment. What is about to happen, so you can make choices in advance to avoid undesirable situations. This is the difference between humans and animals.

Although humans have reason, instinct affects human behavior all the time. Most of the personnel of the US-Russia Combined Fleet faced such a magnificent human building for the first time. Before, it was not obvious from a distance, but as the distance got closer and closer, these people began to show very serious symptoms. Fear and frustration, the result is that you start to slow down unconsciously.

Of course, the Frozen Banshee discovered this situation quickly, but she was unable to do anything about it because their command system was not as convenient as our guild's command system. There is no problem in arranging the actions before the war, but once the team starts moving, the Frozen Banshee's command operations are actually very limited.

However, although the Frozen Banshee knew that her instructions could not be conveyed, she had been leading troops for so long and had experience in this area. "Charge with me." The Frozen Banshee suddenly turned over and jumped onto her mount. Then she yelled and started to charge with her Black Ice Sword. Originally, there was nothing wrong with her in the first wave of charges, but now she had to do so.

The Frozen Banshee rushed forward, and the players from the Banshee House who were following her actions naturally followed her. These people are all cavalry, very fast, and because they are all members of the same guild, the team is relatively neat, and they are quite energetic after running. These people quickly rushed past the players who were in a daze and slowed down, and then ran to the front of the team, followed by the players and NPCs in the follow-up team. The people in front were naturally awakened after being overtaken, because they were originally the vanguard, but now someone ran in front of them, which was already derelict in their duties. So after these players and NPCs reacted, they immediately began to accelerate their charge under the leadership of the Russian guild presidents around them.

According to the plan, these people from the US-Russian combined fleet plan to use four waves to defeat our city wall defense line. However, because there was a problem with the first wave, the plan changed as soon as it came up. The four waves became one wave, and it was a full-army assault. The Frozen Banshee was helpless in this situation, because even though she had some secret means to suppress the situation, she still needed the help of ordinary players and NPCs around her to win. Although the six herself and the six gun gods are powerful, they are not enough to fight against our entire Frost Rose Alliance, so the Frozen Banshee knows that she cannot let everyone's morale drop, otherwise they will lose the victory of the entire battle. .

Looking at the enemies rolling in front of me, I stood on the Eternity and turned to look at Christina beside me and asked: "Do you have a way to defeat the Frozen Banshee?"

Christina glanced at the Frozen Banshee who was leading the charge, and then shook her head. "I'm not sure. It is said that her combat effectiveness will be greatly improved in extremely cold environments. I don't know if this rumor is true, and she is not an ordinary person. Besides, this distance is too far. Unless it is used Legion spell, otherwise I’m not sure.”

I nodded and asked Zhenhong on the other side: "Is there anything you can do?"

Zhenhong tilted her head and thought for a moment, then simply pulled out a flagpole from the battleship at her feet. Then he picked up the flagpole and used it as a javelin before throwing it out in two steps.

Everyone has a rough idea of ​​how powerful True Red is, so when the flagpole flew out like a rocket, Christina and I were not surprised at all. Of course, the effect is completely within our expectations.

The charging Frozen Banshee was shouting and accelerating while raising her sword. Suddenly, she felt something flash in front of her eyes, and then she heard a pop. When she turned around, she found that she was following her to the left, half a mile behind her. The subordinate at that position was missing.

In fact, this person was not the only one missing, but because the Frozen Banshee kept rushing forward, there was no way to see what was going on behind him. In fact, the flagpole thrown by Zhenhong just hit the player just now, and then continued to fly backwards with him, and then penetrated three people in a row before nailing this group of people to the ground. The power this time is obviously powerful enough. The only problem is that the accuracy is not very good.

Zhenhong probably knows that he is probably not very accurate. So he just shrugged at me and said, "As you can see, there's really nothing I can do about this kind of thing!"

"Let me try." As we were talking, Bai Ling suddenly came up from behind.

Although Bai Ling is one of the elders in the guild, he rarely attracts attention. As the second oldest member among the guild's top brass. Bai Ling's acting style; of course he is quite calm. This is probably why she fell in love with an uncle-level guy like Ying.

Although white-collar workers rarely seek the limelight. But that doesn't mean her abilities are bad. In fact, our Frost Rose Alliance's archer team has never been very strong, which is also an important reason why our guild must vigorously develop technical weapons. Players in this guild generally lack long-range attack methods, so they have to rely on war weapons to suppress enemy archers.

certainly. There are not many archers in our guild, but their strength is average. Although Bai Ling is not one of the best archers, she is considered a master in our guild, and the most important thing is that she is the veteran of our Hang Hu, so she has a very good set of equipment.

Many people will make excuses when they cannot beat others, saying that they actually win by relying on equipment, but I think equipment itself is a part of strength, and rejecting equipment is the biggest fool. If you don't believe it, ask the American soldiers to stop using weapons and try fighting with the armed tribes in Africa with your fists. If the number of people is equal, you won't lose, but if you injure the enemy by 1,000 and damage yourself by 800, you probably won't be able to escape. Therefore, being strong means being strong in all aspects, and rejecting the reasons for being strong is a mistake in itself.

After Bai Ling walked up, he calmly took out the long bow on his back, and then pulled out an arrow from his back that was different from the normal feather arrow. This is a weighted metal arrow, much longer than an ordinary arrow, and the stabilizing wing at the tail is actually a spiral structure.

"What kind of arrow is this?" Zhen Hong couldn't help but ask as he looked at this obviously different arrow.

Bai Ling gracefully placed the arrow on the bow, then aimed at the target. Without waiting, he stabilized for a second and released the bowstring. Then he turned around and replied: "Magic armor-piercing arrow."

"Magic energy? Did our guild create this thing ourselves?" Christina asked in surprise.

Bai Ling nodded and said: "Yes, it was built by the design institute for the archers of our guild. Ordinary players only have ten of them each, but I have a pot of two hundred here."

Just as Bai Ling was speaking, the arrow had already shot away and hit its target accurately. Although Bai Ling is not a very good archer, the archer profession itself has many skills to assist aiming, so the hit rate is obviously much higher than in reality. With the bonus of equipment, this ratio is even higher. However, even so, Bai Ling knew that she would not be able to kill the Frozen Banshee with one arrow, so she did not intend to shoot the Frozen Banshee at all. Instead, she shot off the horse that the Frozen Banshee was riding with one arrow. front legs.

The so-called shooting of men first and horses is a trick that has been tested in actual combat. One of the legs of the mount under the Frozen Banshee was instantly shot off, and then it immediately rolled forward. The Frozen Banshee did not expect that her mount would suddenly fall, and her whole body rolled forward along with her mount. Got out. However, she reacted very quickly. After landing, she huddled up and rolled a few times on the spot, then immediately bounced up and looked at the subordinates passing by. He simply reached out and hooked his saddle and flipped up. However, although this did not cause any crisis for the Frozen Banshee, it had a great impact on the psychology of the players and NPCs in the US-Russian combined fleet.

Although the Frozen Banshee also knew that her defeat was a very negative thing for her morale, she also knew that there was nothing she could do now. The mounts in the game are all quite fast. After all, the players' physical fitness is very good. If the running speed of the mount is too slow, it is not as fast as running fast. Who would use a mount?

Precisely because the mounts in the game must be fast, the cavalry at the front was almost in front of the Eternal.

"It seems like these people are really eager to die!" Looking at the crowd below, Zhenhong clenched her fists. He looked eager to try.

Christina pulled Zhenhong back and said, "Don't be too impulsive at this time. Control your power. What we need is for you to continue to stand here to block the enemy, not for you to open the city gate all at once."

After all, the Eternal is a battleship, not a city wall. It can limit the speed of those members of the US-Russian joint fleet, but it cannot prevent them from passing. But what we want is a limiting effect. As long as the enemy can't rush in like taking the main road. That's enough. There's this battleship wreckage here. They can only find a way to line up through the passage they opened, and in this case, the battle will become a fueling tactic. This tactic is actually the worst-case scenario. Unless you really plan to use your life to tire the enemy to death, this method of fighting will cause huge casualties and is very uneconomical.

Everyone knows the fighting power of Zhenhong and I. With the two of us standing in the way, most people will basically die if we touch each other. What’s more, we have Christina behind us to support us. In this way, we can contain it enough. this intersection. If the personnel of the US-Russian combined fleet want to get past, they must break through our defenses. However, the two of us are almost invincible in such a narrow place. As long as the enemy cannot defeat us, it will be impossible for the enemy to get through. However, if Zhen Hong cannot control his power well and uses his ultimate move to blow away the Eternal, that will be trouble.

Although this passage is now as inconspicuous as a thin crack in the walls of the Essinger Twin Cities, that is because the walls of the Essinger Twin Cities are too high and wide, not because this passage is really narrow. You must know that this channel is the channel that connects the inner harbor of Essinger Twin Cities with the outer sea. This means that the tens of thousands of tons of super battleships in our guild must pass through here, and sometimes there will be many battleships coming in and out. How could such a busy waterway be only a little wider? This is a passage several hundred meters wide, and Zhenhong and I can't seal it. If True Red really destroys the Eternal, then we will have to let other players behind us come up, which will increase casualties first, secondly increase risks, and thirdly, it will make us want to take a rest. There was no one to change shifts. So, this is very important to us.

Although Zhenhong really listened, it's a pity that the Frozen Banshee didn't intend to let us get what we wanted.

After arriving at the Eternal, the Frozen Banshee immediately stopped, then asked the people behind to carry up a few boxes of shells and placed them next to the Eternal. Then she threw the detonating crystal upwards, then turned and ran away.

The detonating crystal can be detonated remotely, so it is very easy to use. Christina and I had just stood behind the Eternal to block the road when we heard a loud bang from the other side. Then the Eternal in front of us opened a big hole to both sides. Although the entire passage was not completely cleared, this The hole was big enough for a dozen people to run through abreast.

"Damn, I didn't expect them to have such a trick!"

Originally, because the enemy warships were also frozen, I didn't expect that they would use weapons to blow up the Eternity. It wasn't until I heard the explosion that I remembered that people could move the cannonballs over and use them as explosives. But now I think it's too late. The explosion has exploded. Will the enemy give us time to make up for it?

Looking at Zhenhong, who was slightly dazed, I could only shrug and said, "Now you're happy!"

Zhen Hong said with a grimace: "Why am I so happy? So many enemies are pouring in, and I have to die from exhaustion?"

"I can't let them pass even if I'm exhausted." Christina said and knocked the staff in her hand hard on the ground. The gem on the top of the staff instantly burned with seven-color magic flames, and she herself instantly transformed into He has taken the elemental elf form and is ready to start spell support.

After Christina was ready, I also took out my weapon, but did not activate the combined mode. Because it is impossible to use against ordinary players, and besides, that mode has strong explosive power for a short time and cannot be sustained for long, so it cannot be used now.

Zhenhong didn't have so many scruples. She stood up and took a fighting stance. At the same time, golden flames ignited on her body with a bang, and two miniature dragons more than one meter long emerged from her arms. , and then the flames around her swam quickly, like two guards.

After looking at the styles of Zhenhong and Christina, I realized that I didn’t seem to have enough momentum standing naked like this! I thought about it and just moved my body. There was a roar of purple hell flames rising from his body. At the same time, the ring of commandments behind me disintegrated, and the two half-moons decomposed and flew around me and split into three, turning into six moon blades flying up and down around me. Most people would want to avoid it when they see it. . After all, these high-speed rotating moon blades look very dangerous no matter how you look at them. It's like the psychological suggestion that the barbed wire fence on the battlefield gives people. It will make people start to fear unconsciously.

After our side was ready, the Frozen Banshee also rushed in with a large group of American and Russian players and NPCs. However, the first ones who came in were basically miscellaneous fish, and only the Frozen Banshee could be considered a master. Although the battlefield in the game emphasizes that the leader charges forward. But the Frozen Banshee is quite cautious. She wants to test our strength and use soldiers to consume our status. At least she must consume our buffs first. Although she has a summoning scroll, she doesn't want to withstand my first buff attack.

The Frozen Banshee standing in the gap waved her hand forward without hesitation, and the players on both sides immediately rushed past her, and then headed straight towards us.

Christina stood behind me and Zhenhong and said calmly: "Don't move yet. The ones coming up are all trash fish. I will help you withstand them. This consumption is negligible to me."

Both Zhenhong and I know what Christina is capable of. Her magic power is restored very quickly in Queen of Elements mode. It is impossible for ordinary low-level magic to consume her magic power. In fact, we have done experiments before. If Christina Using her strongest rainbow jet magic, which is also the one with the best magic output per unit, as long as she properly controls the speed, she can achieve continuous spell casting without any decrease in magic value.

The magic of Rainbow Jet launches low-level magic missiles, which rely entirely on quantity to kill enemies. Since Christina has a special skill bonus for this spell, she actually consumes very little mana when using this spell, unless she uses it with all her strength. Millions of magic missiles flying forward per second are of course a huge consumption of magic power, but as long as the speed is slightly suppressed, the magic power consumed by tens of thousands of magic missiles per second is probably just the same as her magic power recovery speed, so if If she suppresses her speed, she can achieve uninterrupted vitality.

True Red and Christina and I were not standing directly at the front of the passage, but a little distance from the Eternal. When the enemy rushed into the passage, it was still more than two hundred meters away from us. The purpose of standing in this position was to Let the enemy's long-range troops outside have no shooting angle and sufficient range. Otherwise, if we stand at the entrance, the enemy can attack us from any position outside, then we will not become a target?

Two hundred meters is neither long nor short. Those in the US-Russian combined fleet easily rushed through the first one hundred meters, and then saw Christina on our side slowly rising into the sky, and then Fa The staff pointed forward, and then a colorful magic missile instantly blocked the entire passage. The players in the front row only rushed forward two or three meters before dying. The people behind were immediately covered by the rain of magic missiles, killing and injuring a large number of people in an instant. However, the Frozen Banshee did not give the order to stop advancing. , so those people are still charging, but the speed of casualties is very terrifying. The people who rush up are always suppressed and fall down at a distance of eighty or ninety meters away from us. Soon there is a pile of corpses in the passage. The embankment caused Christina to have to gradually fly upward to continue the attack.

"Is the Frozen Banshee crazy?" Zhenhong asked me in surprise as she looked at the corpses piled higher and higher in front of her.

I shook my head and said, "No, she is doing an experiment."

"Experiment?"

"Yes, it's just to test our ability to withstand pressure, and then decide whether to use miscellaneous soldiers for a while or go directly to elites in the next battle."

"Oh. But can she measure it like this?" Zhenhong asked still not quite understanding.

I shook my head and said, "It was originally possible. But with Christina's style of play, it might be a problem."

The facts are pretty much what I guessed. Looking at the mountain of corpses piled higher and higher in front of her and Christina's continuous magic attacks, the Frozen Banshee frowned more and more. Christina's attack method is obviously not normal, because if it is for long-term planning, the best situation is for the three of us to work together. In this case, all three of us are consumed, and then all three of us can automatically regenerate blood and magic. Playing its role is equivalent to improving battery life. But now Zhenhong and I haven't moved, and only Christina is showing off her power. This is obviously a serious mistake. And quite low-level. However, the Frozen Banshee knew that I was not a fool and could not make such a stupid mistake, so she quickly guessed the reason - Christina could continue fighting like this indefinitely.

After realizing that all her people died in vain, the Frozen Banshee immediately raised a hand. The attacking force came to an abrupt halt. But I didn’t move forward with True Red. Instead, he retreated a distance. The mountain of corpses in front of us was piled so high, which had a great impact on our battle, so we had to retreat.

"What do you think the Frozen Banshee will do next?" Christina asked as she returned to us.

Zhenhong said disdainfully: "It doesn't matter what tricks she has. The three of us will form an indestructible iron triangle once we get here. Without enough force, they can't get past us no matter what."

Seeing us retreating, the Frozen Banshee immediately moved to the top of the corpse mountain. But she also knew that we couldn't keep retreating. The reason why we didn't continue to stand where we were was because we didn't want to climb the mountain of corpses. After all, this mountain of corpses is only 200 meters long, and it is very unstable when it is first piled up, so standing on it will affect the performance of our strength. Besides, this mountain of corpses is slanted. If we stand on the top of the mountain, it means that we are not far from the entrance of the passage. At a distance of 200 meters, you will enter the enemy's long-range strike range. If you don't stand on the top of the mountain, you will be looked down upon. It is better to step back a little to at least ensure that everyone is at the same height.

After the Frozen Banshee stood on the top of the corpse mountain, she waved her hand behind her, and then we saw the gunman walking up to her. In addition to the Gunslinger, I also saw several other Russian guild presidents. These people are all elites among Russian players, and they are considered the group with the strongest combat effectiveness.

With such a group of people appearing in front of the team, you don't need to think about what the Frozen Banshee will do next.

Both Zhenhong and Christina were old players, and they immediately became alert when they saw this situation, because we all knew that the real battle was about to begin.

However, just when we were getting ready to fight, the Frozen Banshee suddenly took out a scroll and raised it high. We were all confused when we saw the Frozen Banshee's behavior. We didn't know what she was going to do, but we didn't ask because we knew that the Frozen Banshee would use that scroll soon.

I am not too worried about the scroll in the hands of the Frozen Banshee, because I am basically sure that it is not a forbidden spell scroll, because this is a relatively closed passage, and using a powerful scroll in such a place will only Involve them all, and such strategic-level things don't need to be used so close at all. Besides, the Essinger Twin Cities are not ordinary cities. There is a huge magic circuit arranged under the ground of the entire Essinger Twin Cities. This circuit is an energy collection circle. As long as the enemy uses magic or skills within this range, we can collect a large amount of magic power, and then the magic power will be converted into energy and stored. As for whether to use these energy to replenish magic for our players or NPCs, or to produce low-level undead Arms, then let us do as we please.

Because we were not worried, we didn't move and just waited for their reaction. The Frozen Banshee didn't keep us waiting for long. After lifting the scroll, it was immediately activated. Then we saw ten light points suddenly flying out of the scroll and landing next to the Frozen Banshee and the Gunslinger. , and after those light spots stabilized, Christina and I were stunned for a moment, because those light spots turned into five frozen banshees and five gun gods.

"Is this a summoning of a phantom or a clone?" Zhenhong asked with some uncertainty.

Christina frowned and said: "The magic wave senses that these are real people, and the magic level is the same as their original bodies."

After hearing this, Zhenhong and I both frowned deeply, because we both knew we were in trouble. (To be continued...)