I’m Really Not Targeting the Mages Chapter 13: Real and fake ghouls
It is a pleasant surprise to learn the "Ninth Mantra of Mystra" here.
This means that the suicide ring on Roger's right index finger is finally no longer a decoration.
Aside from self-injury factors, Fiery Storm is a very useful spell.
Roger had a hunch that the Suicide Ring might work wonders in the fight against the Shi Luo.
He put the spellbook in his backpack before starting to pack the rest of the loot.
In Moss's lab, there's not a lot of value—human organs and limbs that are most valuable to him are meaningless to Roger.
Been busy for a while.
87 copper orders, 13 magic scrolls, 1 scroll bag, 1 bottle of dragon acid glue, 1 bundle of magic rope...
That's all Roger scraped from the lab.
"I don't even have a staff, I'm just poor like a mage."
Fortunately, there are spell books.
In addition to the spell books, Roger took 4 spell books.
He is not a mage, so naturally he cannot understand the contents of the book.
But things like spell books can be sold for money, and if you are lucky, they can even sell for a high price.
Among these spell books, the one that caught Roger's attention the most was a mysterious book with a gilt vertical pupil engraved on the cover——
The Book of Evil.
The author is "Villanus".
From Moss's experiment log, Roger knew that this Villanus was his original mentor.
The lookout spell reveals that Moss's profession is a blood mage apprentice.
Then this Villanus is very likely to be a genuine blood mage.
"This vertical pupil always feels a little familiar."
"The name Vilanius is also..."
Roger frowned.
Footsteps are heard on the steps.
He hurriedly packed his things and walked out.
…
Bone Watch.
Terry lives up to his expectations and takes the eastern tower without injury.
This boosted the morale of the adventurers.
And Roger, who single-handedly won the western tower, is also sought after by everyone.
It's just that this guy took down the tower and disappeared, which made everyone very puzzled.
It took a long time before anyone discovered the existence of the **** pit.
But at this time, Roger had come out with a bulging backpack.
He reported to Dorothy what he had seen and heard in the **** pit.
Just skipped killing Moss himself.
When he heard the ghouls plundering people along the Knights Avenue, Terry's face instantly turned white.
The rest of the adventurers also showed their indignation.
And when they saw the **** corpses with their own eyes, several young adventurers vomited.
The hideous scene in the blood-colored pit greatly dilutes the joy brought by capturing the Bone Sentinel.
However, the morale of the crowd was also ignited to the extreme.
The hatred of this kind of unconscionable evil will prompt them to do their best to kill the scorpion demon.
That night, for safety reasons, everyone temporarily retreated to Dwarf Demon Mountain to camp.
Before going to bed.
Roger finds Dorothy and shares his thoughts:
"According to the current information, the human skin in the laboratory is very important to the shroud."
"He shouldn't give up these human skins easily."
Dorothy understood in an instant:
"You mean, use these human skins as bait?"
"Well, even if you can't attract the ghouls, you can at least consume some of the skeleton soldiers."
said Roger.
The most troublesome thing about the Shi Luo is that he has hundreds of skeleton soldiers under his command.
The individual combat effectiveness of skeleton soldiers is not strong, but when they are assembled into an army, the overall combat effectiveness will have a qualitative leap.
Adventurers are often adept at working alone or in small groups.
And pitting them head-on against an army, even a corps of skeletons with reduced combat effectiveness, is a very bad decision.
Roger's proposal was approved by everyone.
…
Over the next two days.
The main force was ambushed on the road between the depths of the southern mine and the Bone Post, and indeed encountered a few skeleton soldiers who came to the Bone Post to find out.
Led by Dorothy and Terry, the main force of the crusade wiped out all the skeleton soldiers who came to aid with almost no damage.
The only adventurer who had an accident was accidentally twisted to the waist because he was too excited when charging.
Destroy 49 Skeletons in two days.
This kind of victory is enough to make everyone excited.
Already some young adventurers have begun to fantasize about the beautiful scene after killing the Shi Luo demon.
Fortunately, Roger, who has been paddling for the past two days, remains calm:
"There is no need to be too complacent. Shi Luo Yao is not a fool."
"There shouldn't be a small group of Skeleton Soldiers coming over, either, or they won't come, or the corpse demon will take the shot himself."
In Roger's mind, the latter is more likely.
Over the years, the southern mines have become the exclusive domain of the Shiloh.
As long as he wants to control the land, there is no reason to continue to ignore the provocations of the northern visitors.
Under Roger's urging, the adventurers, both the main team and the support team, were fully prepared and fully prepared.
It's time to fight the ghouls to the death.
It's just that time passes by.
The main army of the Shi Luo Yao is still missing.
While everyone was wondering and suspicious, they could only wait near the Bone Post.
Until five days later.
A scout from the Vanguard team arrived late with important news—
"The ghoul has escaped!"
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Two days later in the afternoon.
West of the southern mine, bordering the Dragon Slaying Mountains.
Roger was lying on the top of the mountain, took the monocular from Dorothy's hand, and observed the orderly army for a while.
"They are indeed retreating."
"This direction should be towards the place where the bones are buried..."
As the most experienced adventurer in the team, Terry is also a little confused:
"Why did they retreat? Did they escape because they predicted our crusade in advance?"
This is why he doesn't believe it himself.
Roger was equally surprised.
Although he is sure of winning, how could the Shi Luo Yao be afraid of a newly formed human crusade?
It doesn't look like a trap either.
After all, if no scout team found out about the abnormal movements of the Skeleton Legion, Roger and the others would have been standing by and waiting near the Bone Post.
This kind of migration march must be something big happened.
I don't even want the human skin that I value very much.
What's the big deal?
Roger glanced at the dark cloud in the north.
A little unease reappeared in my heart.
But soon, the dark clouds moved further north.
After the dark cloud disappeared, his mood returned to normal.
…
"You can't just let him go."
Dorothy said with red eyes ~IndoMTL.com~ in a hoarse voice:
"The next pass, we must intercept Shi Luo Yao and his lackeys!"
No one objected.
They have assembled here to destroy this monster that has only been in trouble for many years.
Thanks to the slow marching speed of the skeleton soldiers, plus they took shortcuts, they had a chance to catch up.
"We have to determine which one is the real ghoul."
Roger spoke suddenly.
"Huh? Isn't that obvious?"
Someone next to him pointed at the largest monster in the marching team and said:
""It's a huge and bloated body, with obvious evil aura, and it's a very easy-to-recognize evil monster", exactly as the data says. "
Roger shook his head silently.
"Not him."
Terry said solemnly:
"I think the real ghoul is the humble lame skeleton soldier beside the behemoth."
"Shi Luo Yao is an extremely cunning monster, how can you put yourself in the light?"
"I just observed it carefully. Although there are many inferior species in the skeleton soldiers, this one is the only one who is obviously lame and inconvenient to walk."
"This is so abnormal!"
Only then did everyone notice the small skeleton following the bloated monster.
"Indeed."
Roger agrees:
"That lame little skeleton is the real corpse demon."
If Terry is using years of rich experience to judge the true body of the ghoul.
Then Roger's method is much simpler and cruder.
"Watching Qi!".
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"Scorpion Demon LV10 Life 96???"
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