The snow-white skeletons stopped in their tracks and raised their bows, the metal bows creaking and groaning. The mercenaries and adventurers below finally realized that something was wrong, but the Undead Terracotta in the hall held them back and prevented them from escaping.
Brando's first thought was the Roman, but when he looked up, he could not find Amandina and Romaine's silhouette. He panicked and swung his sword. The silver blade left an afterimage in the dim environment, and the wind pressure split three chairs in half, hitting the Undead Terracotta that was fighting with the Batom.
The Undead Terracotta leaned to the side, and the red-bearded mercenary seized the opportunity to slash the Undead Terracotta in half.
With a crash, the Undead Terracotta fell apart, and several silver balls of light rose from its remains and shot into Brando's body.
At the same time, The Shire helped Roen to push back another Undead Terracotta. They turned around and saw Brando shouting: "Do you see the Roman?"
"We're here!" Amandina held the Roman's hand and stood up on the other side. The merchant did not know what fear was, and waved her hand vigorously.
"Get down!" Brando shouted at them, and then ordered The Shire: "The Shire, Wall!"
The young wizard apprentice understood and immediately raised the ruby. Countless lines extended out from the ruby in all directions. The Shire used all his strength to cast a spell, and his mind and magic flowed like water. The Wall of Law extended to fifty meters, and covered Amandina and the Roman on the other side.
Then, hundreds and thousands of lines shone slightly and disappeared in an instant, and a wall of air formed out of thin air.
At this moment, the Skeleton Archers had finished their preparations. Their bowstrings vibrated in unison like a storm. The arrows shot down, leaving behind black lines, scattered downwards. The guests in the first row fell down in unison, while the ones behind also fell to the ground one after another with a muffled groan.
But The Shire saved even more people. Every time the Air Wall was hit by an arrow, it flashed with a white light. The wall flashed dozens of times, and finally, the fluctuating light connected into one.
However, the wall had finally awakened the shocked crowd. Among them, there were many apprentices and low-level elementalists. There were even one or two intermediate wizards. Most of these people did not understand what was going on at first, but now they understood. They stood up, twirled the rings on their fingers, or simply chanted aloud.
The wizards stretched out their hands, and streaks of white light appeared from the crowd, extending towards the door above the auction house. There were even one or two weak fireballs.
What followed was a series of explosions. Air currents, bone fragments, dregs, wood shavings and dust flew everywhere. At least Brando saw several skulls bouncing and rolling down not far from him.
Then, smoke and dust filled the entire hall. Brando coughed twice, but his coughs were drowned out by the noise of the surrounding people. He casually pushed aside a mercenary who bumped into him and shouted to the top.
"The Shire, Roman, come down! Come to me! "
Brando was worried that his voice was not heard by the people above, but soon he saw Batom rushing out of the smoke with the fainted cripple in his arms. Behind him was The Shire, followed by Amandina and the young Roman. Amandina's face was covered in dust, and she looked like a little fox with a smeared face. When she saw Brando looking at her, she could not help but embarrassedly stick out her tongue.
"I thought The Shire's wall would not affect me. Brando, I'm sorry." Even though she spoke with a tone of lingering fear, the expression on her face clearly said: That was exciting, I really want to do it again.
Brando slapped her forehead in annoyance. He looked at Amandina and replied: "You can thank Miss Amandina later. Now is not the time. Come with me, we'll leave this place first. "
Amandina coughed and replied softly: "There's no need for that."
She raised her chin slightly, and there was a faint trace of pride in her heart. She was born as a noble, and more or less inherited the pride of Erouine's nobles.
Amandina did not tell anyone, and Borg did not know what to do. The Nesson family's complicated crest had an eye-catching lily symbol. Even though it was only at the top of the crest, the symbol was exactly the same as the lily of the Covardo Royal Family. This meant that this noble family was once a branch of the royal family. Even though they had declined, the hidden nobility in their bloodline still existed.
In fact, the inspiration for the Mana Conduction Device came from a dusty blueprint in the family's basement. Otherwise, with her mediocre talent, she would not have thought of this path.
But Amandina never thought of admitting defeat. The more her family fell, the more she wanted to revive the deeds of her ancestors. Unlike her noble father, she had always been a competitive girl since she was a child.
But Batom's words interrupted her thoughts. The red-bearded mercenary asked carefully: "Where do we leave from, sir Knight? I don't know how many of these monsters are out there, and I don't know how they sneaked in. The cripple even said that the underground auction was heavily guarded. Damn it — "
"We'll leave from the backstage." Brando looked around at the hazy surroundings and answered. He already had a plan in mind. It seemed that Madara's target was the high-ranking nobles from Braggs' side who were participating in the auction. Then, their main target should be the box above.
But what made him shudder was that the three Undead Figurines were clearly coming for him. He did not know how he attracted Madara's attention. The young man thought about it again and again, and the only thing he could think of was whether the news of him leading the refugees had spread out through some channels.
But he only killed a platoon leader. Did Incirsta have to seek revenge for the smallest grievance? To gather information about him and the others, and to plan this operation, it must not be an easy task.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that they had mobilized a large force.
Brando could only hope that he was only an extra target in this operation. But no matter what, he realized that his existence had gradually begun to affect the course of history.
This made him feel a sense of urgency.
Otherwise, his advantage would gradually disappear.
The Shire also agreed with Brando's opinion, but he obviously wanted to take it a step further. This young wizard apprentice had clearly analyzed the previous discussion between Brando and him regarding equipment, attributes, and experience. His suggestion was that leaving from the backstage was obviously more advantageous for them to fish in troubled waters. The auction items and money that had not been sold in time were obviously a huge treasure trove.
If Freya was here, she would definitely express her dissatisfaction with The Shire's suggestion. But it was a pity that this kind and righteous future Goddess of War was waiting to be rewarded at the headquarters of the Silver-Winged Cavalry.
As for Amandina, who replaced her as Brando's assistant and advisor, although she was born in a noble family, the nature of nobles in this era was not much different from bandits. Moreover, this young lady had always been a pragmatist. When she heard The Shire's suggestion, not only did she not stop it, she immediately supplemented it with her own wisdom, striving to make the plan more feasible.
As for the little Roman and Batom, the former was eager to participate in all the exciting and amazing adventures, and did not care whether this was illegal or not. Moreover, the underground trade itself was not something that was legal.
As for the latter, as Brando's' retainer ', he would not object.
Not to mention the unconscious Cripple, even if he was not unconscious, he would probably raise both his hands and feet in agreement. Just like the rumors and rumors that were circulating in Braggs' Bar, if there was anything that would make the cripple of Black Pepper Alley happier than taking advantage of others, it would definitely be taking advantage of others.
Seeing that his nominal 'subordinates' were still thinking about how to earn money in such a dangerous situation, Brando could not help but wonder if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
But speaking of which, this style was exactly the same as his performance in 'The Amber Sword'. Back then, 'Sophie who would risk her life for money' was a well-known name for a period of time. Of course, that was also because he was too poor in the early stages of the game. Later on, when Erouine disappeared and he joined the Church of Knight's Nation, this reputation gradually left him.
But the adventurous nature of his style was deeply rooted in his blood. Whether it was Sophie or Brando, they were all potential gamblers.
And his style of doing things more or less influenced the Batom, the Roman, and The Shire. As for Amandina, he turned his head to look at this girl. Her personality was a little similar to his.
The few of them had a plan and immediately approached the auction stage below. But they quickly realized that there were many people who had the same idea as them. But under the obstruction of the Undead Terracotta, there were not many people who could rely on two warriors who were close to the 'Iron-ranked' level and fifteen Wind Spirit Spiders to pave the way.
Because of that, they were the first to break through the obstruction of Madara's' assassins' and arrived at the stage below.
The first thing that Brando saw was the auctioneer and his assistant lying in a pool of blood. The place where the Tinder should have been on the stage was already empty, and the treasure that gave a lot of bonus points was nowhere to be seen. This made him frown. There were two possibilities. One was that the undead had taken the Tinder, and the other was that there was something to think about.
He and The Shire looked at each other and saw the doubt in each other's eyes.
The Tinder was an invaluable treasure to most intelligent beings, but it was not the case for the undead. Madara used the Soulfire and the Psionic Tower to expand their territory, so the Tinder was almost worthless to them. This information might not be known by normal people, but it could not be hidden from a veteran in the game and a wizard's apprentice.
For example, Brendel and The Shire.
"There's a problem." Brando immediately put his sword in front of his chest and reminded the people behind him.
The Shire also protected the back of the group at the same time.
"What's going on?" Batom asked.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a red behemoth descended from the sky and landed on the platform with a boom. With a loud crack, the red behemoth created a huge hole in the wooden platform, causing the entire platform to be filled with smoke and dust.
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(PS: It's better today. Sigh, I still can't eat meat. What a tragedy. If I recover tomorrow, I will start to make up for what I owe these two days. Sigh, I hope everyone can forgive me.
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