Chapter 309: Outskirts of the Deep Church

"Gold-level adventurers are at the top of the pyramid among adventurers. They are rare in number and powerful. Each one has unique skills."

"The review conditions for promotion from silver level to gold level are extremely strict. You have to go through nineteen assessments before you can finally advance. Every successful candidate is a true pride of heaven, and the gold level team is a force that cannot be underestimated. As they travel, legends adapted from their deeds will spread everywhere!

"It is our greatest honor to be able to learn from the legendary Hathaway team!"

Thain Underground City, the Forest of Punishment, and in front of the bonfire in the Deep Church.

A tall, thick-shouldered man with a beard bowed respectfully and saluted. It could be seen from his fingers that kept stroking the corners of his clothes that he was very nervous now.

"Our honor!" Behind him, a total of seven members of the bone-breaking team including him saluted the three people in front of them.

Those three people are the legendary gold-level adventurers!

"Actually, that's all the guild brags about." Captain "Flash" Fingree has long been accustomed to people's respectful attitude, and always has a brisk smile on his face.

"Actually, there are quite a few gold levels. Every year, about ten people can pass the assessment. However, the guild only promotes a few specific teams, creating a feeling that there are very few gold levels."

"Yes, really?" The beard felt like he was flattering the horse on the head, and he was sweating.

Their bone-breaking team was a silver-level team that had just been promoted. This time they happened to meet Finger near the portal. They were immediately as happy as if they had seen an idol. They held each other in their hands and boasted about it. Unexpectedly, they agreed to change. This time they followed him into the dungeon to study.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how many people can study with Gold Level?

"Don't be nervous, we are human beings too, and we won't eat you." Fingree looked back at the two companions behind him and said, "You should also smile, they are all scared."

To be fair, Fingree had no airs at all and was very approachable. It was the other two who really made the bearded man sweat.

"Whoops."

Hoarse and heavy breathing lingered nearby. To the left of Fingri was an unusually tall figure, at least two and a half meters tall. His whole body was wrapped in steel armor. Even the gaps between the armors were flowing with magic power, exuding The cold air that kept strangers away, and at this moment, the giant armor's helmet, which was made in the style of a bison's skull, turned towards his beard, scaring him so much that he quickly turned his head and looked to the right.

To the right of Finger is an equally strange thing. It is a two-meter-high tattered scarecrow. There are many little childish decorations on the scarecrow's body. It seems that he wants to dress up a little more affable, but the constant stirring of straw and evil spirits No matter how you look at his smile, he looks like a monster who will eat children in the middle of the night.

If we didn't say that these are two gold-level adventurers, some people might think of them as monsters. In comparison, Fingri's painting style is too refreshing and normal.

The taste of a strong man cannot be understood by a bearded man.

The steel armor is named "Hell March" Matilda.

The scarecrow is named Alaya "Vibrant Vine".

Matilda nodded to the people as a greeting.

Alaya stretched out two small white hands from the scarecrow's body and gestured to the people.

Although they didn't speak, people always felt that they had figured out the characters of these two people.

"Okay, finally come in early in the morning, let's set off quickly," Fingree looked at the dark path in front of him that was blocked by dense woods, and said, "Since you want to get advice from me, then walk on Come on, let me see how you cooperate with each other."

"Why?"

The bearded man was stunned for a moment. He thought they were going to follow the Hathaway team to watch their performance.

Fingree saw through his thoughts and smiled: "You can't learn anything just by looking at our fighting methods. There is a huge gap between us."

This kind of truth would not hurt anyone's heart at all. Bearded Beard turned to his friends and shouted: "Everyone cheer up and show our best side!"

Facing the dim path, the Guzha team adopted a conservative approach. The shield guards holding spears or daggers walked in front. The warriors drew their weapons to guard the surroundings. The rangers used their powerful perception to search for traps around them. There was nothing in the grass on the side except piles of harmless barrels, and the magician fired a series of floating light balls forward to act as a light source.

It seems that their tactical coordination is quite satisfactory and is the most common type, so there is no big problem.

But the next moment after the floating light ball was launched, before the light had time to illuminate the surroundings, a rocket arrow shot out at a very suitable angle, exploding all the series of floating light balls at once. !

The advantage of the floating light ball magic is that it will not be destroyed after it is fully formed, and will only disappear automatically as the magic power stored inside is exhausted.

But the stability comes in exchange for an obvious weakness. The light ball is very unstable before it is formed. If it is attacked, it will explode like a flash bomb. It cannot cause damage, but it can blind people's eyes.

Generally speaking, the unstable state will only exist for less than a second, and there is basically no problem.

The unexpected attack caused the ball of light to explode with a flash of light, which forced the shield guard at the front to close his eyes.

The next moment, I saw countless red lights flashing in the jungle. No, it was not red light, but red flames burning on the arrows!

Only the "click-click" sound of the mechanism was heard, and a hail of arrows that was no less powerful than the one that blasted through the streets of Huanyin City hit everyone.

Fortunately, the shield guard did not forget to raise the shield even though he was blind. The enchanted shield automatically deployed a larger magic barrier to block the arrows. Each arrow was extremely powerful and could penetrate the armor. If it were not for the magician's continuous To power the shield, I'm afraid the magic barrier has been broken by now.

They launched an attack in the direction from which the arrows came. Such a dense rain of arrows showed that there was more than one enemy, so the magician chose the magic [Lightning Chain] that can chain attacks, and the ranger replaced the explosive arrows.

Thunderbolts and violent explosions came from the darkness, and the number of people's souls increased slightly. But before they had time to check if there were any enemies left, a few barks rushed in front of them, and they were several hounds covered in darkness and exuding an unusual smell!

"It's just a hunting dog!"

In order to save magic power, the shield guard temporarily put away the barrier and used a spear to pierce a black hound. The latter lost life instantly, but black liquid suddenly exploded from his body, splashing on the shield and everyone.

The black liquid sprayed by these hounds was enough to dye the entire area, and the air was filled with a pungent smell.

"This smell is..." the bearded man's face changed, and he shouted: "It's oil! Use fire protection quickly——"

Before he finished speaking, dense firelights lit up in front again, and the scale was no smaller than before!

It’s broken, it’s too late!

To make matters worse, a ranger rolled into the grass to avoid the black oil and smashed the wooden barrels everywhere, which were filled with everything.

"gunpowder!"

"Rumble--"

The fierce firelight illuminated the dim path, and even a small mushroom cloud slowly rose. Under the firelight, on the raised soil slopes on both sides of the road, there were about thirty people holding the name [Aberys]. Crossbows, wandering soldiers covered in black rags, these numbers were still killed by chain lightning and explosive crossbow bolts.

【Aberys】

[The largest and most powerful crossbow. Strings made of metal require considerable strength to use]

[Combat Skill: Impact]

In the game Dark Souls III, there were only a few archery wandering soldiers with hounds on this road. Thain expanded their number several times and filled the hounds with oil. There were also video games piled in the grass. Taste the explosive powder keg.

In such a violent burning and explosion, no one should be able to survive, right?

"Help - hey, am I still alive?"

The shield guards had already crouched down with their heads in their hands and shouted for help. When they looked up, they happened to meet Fingree's smiling face.

He raised his right arm, and the blazing flames gathered in the palm of his hand, where there seemed to be an invisible black hole swallowing the flames, preventing people from being burned.

What about the explosion?

Dense metal armor pieces floated in the air, forming an indestructible barrier when combined to isolate people from explosion damage. It was Matilda who took action. If you look closely, the size of her armor seems to have shrunk a bit?

A magician was frightened and fainted. Scarecrow Alaya stretched out a few straws and pierced the magician's body in several places, and the latter woke up instantly.

"Lord Fingree" had a look of shame on his face, but he didn't expect that he almost overturned when he arrived.

"Just call me sir, nothing more like an adult."

Fingree clenched his fists and the flames were extinguished. He pulled out the two swords from his waist and stood on the spot. At this moment, the fire rain struck again. He cut out endless residual light on the spot. No arrow could break through. His level.

"Give it back to you."

Fengli paused, then slashed randomly again. A large amount of sword energy attached to the flames flew in all directions, drowning the wandering soldiers in the blink of an eye.

The bearded man was about to cheer, when he suddenly saw several sword auras flying towards him!

"ah?"

There was no time to dodge, but fortunately Matilda stretched out her strong arm to offset the force of the knife, and then kicked Fingry over, who was dancing wildly on the spot.

A cold voice full of knowledge came from under the armor, which sounded a bit depressing due to the obstruction of the heavy mask. "If there are others here, don't have too much fun."

"Can't I stop?"

Fingree shrugged helplessly, walked over and lifted his beard with his own hands, and said, "I'm sorry, are you not hurt?"

"Don't dare." The bearded man was a little scared. How could he let a gold-level adventurer apologize to him?

"Let's go. You have exposed a lot of problems this time. Let's talk about it slowly on the way."

The crisis was over and the team continued to move forward. Alaya knocked out the green light (sedation spell) on the frightened adventurers one by one. Everyone was indescribably excited. Matilda's armor returned to its previous burly appearance. The body shape, while Fingry was talking about the mistakes they had made before, the content was very detailed and serious.

The bearded man was moved when he heard this. He could tell that the other person really cared about him. How many people can you meet in this life who really want you to get better?

Another question suddenly appeared in his mind.

According to rumors, the three adventurers of Hathaway's team once belonged to different teams, and all of them were abandoned by other teams. Yes, Fingree, Matilda, and Alaya were all abandoned by other teams.

Now it seems that these three are unique talents. What team would abandon such a pearl?

It can't be that they have some unacceptable flaws, right?

The peripheral path is very short. After passing through it, you will see the Yousu Church.

People admired it for a while, but the Deep Church did not bring them any spectacular feeling. They only felt that it was full of malice, which made people's backs cold.

"This doesn't look like the main entrance." Matilda walked forward and pushed open the door. There was a small church inside. It was full and probably only accommodated dozens of people. It looked ordinary.

But what made people happy was that a bonfire stood quietly in the middle of the church. After lighting it, it was even more surprising that people could be teleported back to the Fire Transmission Sacrifice Site from here. People also learned the name of this small church by the way - the Purification Church.

Where should we go next?

There is a door on both sides. It seems that there is a way to the inside of the church.

Matilda pushed the door on the left.

[Cannot be opened from this side]

"**"

Concise and to the point.

Push the door on the right again.

[The door does not move at all]

Don't these two sentences mean the same thing! ! !

With their strength, they can easily break into the door, but once they choose to destroy the door that says [Cannot be opened from this side], the rewards behind the door will all disappear. The Sean Dungeon always makes some annoying operations in strange places.

"Here, I found the way."

Alaiya stood outside the door and called out. It turned out that she found a mountain road going up, which seemed to be the only way to go.

Everyone walked up, killing a few wandering souls on the way, and soon, a scene with horror elements appeared in front of them - the cemetery.

"It's just right, those zombies look very weak, you go and practice, just use my advice just now." Fingri patted his beard.

"Yeah!"

The beard nodded heavily, vowing to perform better and never let Fingri down again!

There are zombies wandering in the cemetery, but unlike the zombies in Sean in the past, the zombies here are all stained with pale color.

Pale means malnutrition, so this group of zombies must be weak chickens. Look, there are a lot of them, and you can't see the end at a glance.

Number of piles = small fish, the perfect formula is established.

"Go ahead, kill these small fish."