Roddy's answer seemed a little too "practical" to the point where Sally couldn't accept it. She looked at Roddy blankly and murmured, "But you said why you saved me … You said you did it for —"
"For this country — I know many people will take this sentence as a joke, but I'm serious." Roddy shrugged. Looking at the little girl who was a little lost, he also felt that he was a little too heartless. He thought for a moment and said, "If you have the confidence to make Francis disappear, I can consider helping you a few more times."
As if joking, Roddy casually stopped Sally's words. But this sentence made her eyes slightly narrow. Ordinary people might think that he was bragging, but after witnessing what Roddy did, Sally realized some of the deeper meaning in his words.
"What you said … Are you serious? Are you willing to swear? "
Sally raised her palm slightly and asked very seriously and softly.
Roddy looked at Sally's bright and clever eyes and suddenly realized that this little girl was far smarter than he thought. The meaning of her raising her palm was self-evident — it was similar to what the later generations called "clapping hands as a vow". In the Divided Earth, although the structure of society was relatively primitive and backward, the "contract" principle sometimes seemed to be stricter than in modern society.
Once a vow was made, both parties had to abide by it. Most of the time, this was more useful than any contract or regulation. Needless to say, Sally wanted to tie herself to the same chariot as her.
Although it felt a little like falling into the trap of words, Roddy thought that if it was possible, it was not a pipe dream for Sally to become the "lever" to change history. Since he had such contact and trust with her, then … why not let her be the core of all the next plans?
"If you take it seriously, I will take it seriously."
With a plan in mind, Roddy stretched out his hand as a vow. When Sally saw that Rody had actually agreed, her gloomy expression disappeared and the corners of her mouth curled up. She felt that she had finally gained the upper hand in the conversation with Rody and felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
Looking at her appearance, Roddy couldn't help but feel a little funny. But after extinguishing the bonfire, his thoughts returned to fighting the Boss. After pondering for a moment, he raised his hand and handed the little girl a long dagger that he always carried with him. He said casually, "You might need it in the battle later. Take it."
The battle with the Scorpion King "Cekeris" wasn't easy, especially when Roddy was currently only level 3 and Sally had almost no combat power. But for a veteran "Ranger" player, fighting all kinds of boss was always a challenge that they liked to practice.
Similar low-level dungeons, there were all kinds of videos on the internet of "perfect completion with harmless skills". Many of them were made and practiced by Roddy himself. In short, he completely believed that he could kill this boss with just a dozen arrows and two swords.
After nightfall, visibility in the forest was extremely low. Roddy strolled in front, as if he wasn't worried about the ferocious beasts that could pounce on him at any time. He naturally knew that it was because the area ahead belonged to the boss area and there wouldn't be any other creatures in the vicinity.
But in Sally's eyes, this calmness made Roddy's image in her heart even more mysterious. In her mind, she kept imagining the past of this fellow who had "seven years of experience as an adventurer". Her expression unconsciously revealed some admiration. Before this, she had never thought that she would meet such a strange fellow. Her mind was filled with curiosity. But this fellow in front of her was like a block of wood. He didn't speak a word along the way, which made her feel a little depressed.
After walking for two kilometers, Roddy started making traps in a forest full of thick giant trees. He dug seven large holes in the originally flat ground. Sally wanted to help, but Roddy didn't stop her. He pointed here and there and asked her to help dig the holes. Sally was so tired that she was panting. In the darkness, Sally finally couldn't help but feel puzzled. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and asked, "Why do I have the illusion that you have faced these beasts many times?"
Roddy, who was still humming a strange song, raised his head and shrugged. "Your intuition is right. I have been an adventurer for seven years."
Roddy's words were a perfect excuse to stop all kinds of questions from Sally. He dragged the heavy boulders that were trapped by the vines and hung them above the holes he had dug. Thanks to the thick trunks of the trees and the strong vines, the boulders that weighed more than a hundred pounds were hanging at a height of ten meters. They looked shaky, but they were very stable.
"Is the thing we are going to face very scary?"
Asked Sally, who was squatting beside Roddy.
"Maybe the cavalry of Compton can handle it, but the scouts of Fenkes Village will all die."
Roddy didn't brag about the strength of the Scorpion King, Cekeris. Level 10 might not be a high level for human beings, but with the addition of the "Boss Template", its strength could be tripled. What was more terrifying was its huge body and the defensive power of its hard carapace. For an ordinary level 5 player, hitting its carapace almost didn't cause any damage.
"Then … Are we really going to face this monster?"
For Sally, Roddy, who had killed ten Orc Wolf Riders by himself, was already very powerful in her mind. Coupled with the fact that he had killed dozens of creatures that were marked as "Extremely Dangerous" in the books last night, she had almost paranoid confidence in Roddy.
This was not like the calm and objective Sally at all, but she didn't notice it at this time.
"To be more specific, I'm going to face this monster." Roddy continuously swung his scimitar and chopped down a thick tree trunk. He forcefully sharpened it and transformed it into a heavy and sharp spear. He used all his strength to hang it above the forest with vines. "There will be a lot of small scorpions later. When I can't take care of you, you better use that dagger to kill everything that comes close to you."
"Small scorpions? Can't I just step on them? "
"No, because these scorpions are about the length of your calf." Roddy stretched out his hand and gestured. "When you step on their heads, you will be stung by their tails. Maybe four stings will be enough to kill you. So remember to run around the tree trunk."
"Around the tree? Can't I climb trees? "
"They can climb faster than you."
Roddy said as he took out the fresh fish he hunted the day before and threw them into the deep pit. He thought for a while and walked around a few trees in the forest a few times to demonstrate to Sally. "Their weakness is that they move slowly. They can't keep up with you even if you run in a circle. So this should be enough for you to deal with them until I finish the battle. If … If you get stung by a stinger, don't stop. Close your eyes and run along the tree trunk. Otherwise, you will be surrounded because you have hallucinations. "
Sally listened to him blankly. She felt that even a senior hunter wouldn't understand this knowledge. If someone else told her this, she would definitely think it was nonsense. But looking at Roddy's serious face, she still clenched the dagger in her hand and nodded.
"Okay, that's all I need to say. Remember, no matter what you see, don't scream. Otherwise, I'll be risking my life here for nothing. Understand?"
"Okay."
Just as Roddy was about to turn around, he found that the girl in front of him seemed to want to say something. He stopped and raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong?"
"No … Nothing."
Maybe she's too nervous.
Roddy couldn't understand what she was thinking. His mind was full of ways to deal with the boss. He shrugged and turned around to walk into the darkness.
But he didn't hear Sally's pouting and grumbling behind him.
"You don't even know how to say something extra? You're really … stupid. "
Roddy didn't know that he had done another stupid thing that was "destined to be lonely for the rest of his life". At this moment, his brain was trying its best to remember the nest of the Scorpion King, Cekeris. After finding the exact location in the darkness, Roddy glanced at his attribute list.
HP Level: 3
His EXP was 32 points away from leveling up. Roddy frowned, but he also understood that there was no other way. In this dungeon, basically all the creatures that could provide EXP had been killed by him. He couldn't deal with the poisonous mosquitoes and bees that appeared during the day, so he could only rely on himself.
As for killing the boss, he was confident that he wouldn't have any problems. This was not as unpredictable as when he fought against the orcs. It was one of the few combat experiences that he could repeatedly practice in the game.
In front of him was a dark cave with a diameter of more than five meters. Roddy stepped forward, nocked an arrow that was modified from a wooden stick, and shot it into the cave. Because he knew that this arrow would definitely not hit the target, Roddy naturally wanted to save the remaining arrows.
This was the normal "luring" step before the start of a dungeon, and Roddy was familiar with it. But before he could turn around and retreat, he suddenly smelled a pungent smell. This strange phenomenon made Roddy frown slightly, because he had never encountered such a situation in previous dungeons.
Instinctively, he felt that something had gone wrong, but the arrow that was luring the monster had already shot into the dark cave …
"Boom!"
The sudden sound of impact indicated that the Scorpion King in the cave had been provoked, and it was too late to say anything now. The ground shook, and some sand rose up. Roddy immediately turned around and retreated, heading towards the trap that he had set up a hundred meters away.
"Hiss —"
The Scorpion King hissed. Rushing out of the cave, it first angrily declared its sovereignty, and then began to search for the enemy that disturbed it. When it saw Roddy's back, it did not immediately chase after him. Instead, it raised the giant pincer in its hand and smashed it into the ground!
"Bang!"
A magical and terrifying scene happened. The ground that was smashed by the pincer suddenly began to crack rapidly, and the cracks extended towards Roddy's direction. From afar, Roddy heard the strange cracking sound of the ground, and his instincts told him that something was wrong. His running motion suddenly stopped, and his body quickly dodged to the right …
The blast from the explosion rushed out from the ground, and hit the tree trunk next to Roddy!
"Boom!"
The giant tree that would take three people to wrap their arms around exploded from the middle, and splinters flew everywhere, almost smashing Roddy to the ground.
"F * ck … This … What the f * ck is this!?"
Roddy, who was running for his life, was now covered in cold sweat. In an instant, he no longer had the confidence he had before, because he realized a very serious problem. The fellow in front of him was not the Scorpion King Therix at all!
In Roddy's memory, Therix did not know how to use magic, and did not have such a ferocious appearance. In his memory, the Scorpion King was at most four meters long, but the crazy fellow that was chasing Roddy was at least six meters long!
That pincer and that scorpion tail, no matter how you looked at it, were two sizes bigger than Therix's.
Could it be that the Scorpion King Therix had not "come to power" at this time two years ago?
This thought made Roddy's body turn cold, but his legs were running faster than ever. There was no turning back, and it was too late to say anything now. He had already determined that the fellow behind him was probably above Level 12, or even a Level 15 Boss.
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