After confirming that there was nothing more valuable in the skeleton Knight's broken bones, Brando put away the equipment and did not intend to move forward. From here, there was a greenhouse garden, where the wizard destroyed the portal, causing space-time turbulence. Further ahead was the labyrinth area, where there were some scattered equipment, but the gains did not make up for the losses.
They went back the way they came, went back to the second floor and returned to the hall, just in time to meet The Shire and Metisha, who were returning from outside the wizard tower for the third time. At this time, there were only a few demonic spirits in the forest. Looking out from the tower, there were only a few clusters of light in the darkness, as if there were only a few lanterns left.
Brando used telepathy to call The Shire and Metisha to his side. After a series of battles, The Shire looked a little tired, but Metisha's spirit was still good, this was because the endurance of a low-level warrior was much higher than that of a spellcaster. However, Metisha's silver-gray elven plate armor had obvious traces of burning magic, and there was also a bloodstain on her snow-white face.
"My Lord."
"My Lord." Both of them saw Brando and respectfully greeted him.
Brando did not answer, he used his hand to draw in front of Metisha and Brando, two light green light screens appeared. Before entering the tower, The Shire and Metisha were both level 27, but now they were close to level 32, which was equivalent to jumping from the unstable early silver to the middle silver level, this speed was quite fast.
"You did well." Brendel smiled faintly.
"It's all thanks to my lord's discovery of this tower." Medissa replied softly with a courteous smile.
"Hey," The Shire sighed and seemed a little curious, "but my Lord should have known that there was a high-level exorcism array here, otherwise why did you seem so confident before?"
This guy's curiosity always seemed to overflow, but the key was that he was also very shrewd, always noticing some details that others did not notice. Brando put on a straight face, "The Black Tower Wizards would not build a pavilion here for viewing."
"You're not wrong to put it that way. I just thought for a while, there seems to be no more suitable defensive facility than the high-level exorcism array here, it's like … like it was tailor-made for us. "
"That kind of feeling is really too comfortable. How is it, Metisha, do you feel that way? "The Shire asked as he looked back, secretly glancing at Brando from the corner of his eyes.
"Well, a little." Metisha nodded gently.
But the young wizard's sneaky look made Brando a little dumbfounded. Not only Brando, but even the young prince looked at him in bewilderment, wondering if the chief wizard under his teacher had taken the wrong medicine today. "Because you're also a member of the Black Tower. This proves that all outstanding defenders have the same way of thinking, unless you think you're an idiot." Brendel stared at him, tapped his forehead, and said, "Because you're also a member of the Black Tower. This proves that all outstanding defenders have the same way of thinking. Unless you think you're an idiot."
"I see." The Shire could not help but be convinced by his Lord's words. But he immediately thought of a new problem, "but wait, now I don't seem to be —"
Before he could finish, Metisha stepped on his foot. Brando and the Silver Elf princess both understood that this guy wanted to blurt out that he was already a silver-robed mage, but how could these words be said without thinking? After all, this was not a game where one could change professions at will, and if news of a silver-robed mage having a close relationship with the Bugas got out, it might cause some trouble.
Brando glared fiercely at the guy, who knew he was in the wrong and smiled awkwardly, scratching his head and not saying a word.
The remaining three people thought that the young prince was ignorant and might have doubts in his heart, but he would not necessarily say it out loud, even in front of his sister. Filas did not notice these details at all, he was admiring the dressing mirror of the Goddess of the Night from beginning to end. As for Scarlet, maybe she saw it, maybe she didn't. Even Brando sometimes did not know what this mountain girl was thinking.
"My Lord, there are not many demonic spirits outside. Why don't you order everyone to kill their way out now? After cleaning up the battlefield, we can still move forward a little. Haven't we already wasted a lot of time in the Anserra Forest? "Metisha spoke softly at the right time, avoiding the topic.
Brando nodded. He thought that the most reliable person around him, besides Amandina, was probably the Silver Elf princess. But it was time to move on. Metisha was right, they had wasted too much time in the Anserra Forest, and now they had to seize every minute and every second.
So he immediately ordered The Shire and Metisha to gather everyone. In fact, it was mainly the Knight of the Guard and the original entourage of the convoy. These people were mostly the princess's elites, and had been resting in the hall for quite some time. They were already ready to go, so they immediately acted when the order was given.
Before leaving, Brando still had The Shire recall the Wizard Tower to its original position. Although the tower could not be moved, it could be sold to the Black Tower Wizards in the future as a favor. As everyone knew, Wizards were not short of money.
The battle in the forest had actually come to an end long ago. The combination of Freya and Hipamira, who were still outside, was just looking for some fish that had slipped through the net in the woodland. Most of the others' tasks were to clean up the battlefield. Demonic spirits were extremely disgusting monsters in Amber. For players, difficult monsters were not necessarily disgusting. But monsters that were difficult to deal with and stingy with their drops must be extremely disgusting. There was no doubt about this, and Demonic spirits happened to be on the list of such monsters.
The facts also proved this point. Hundreds of Demonic Spirits, and the only thing that could be seen in the end were two pieces of Chaos Fragments. The name of this thing sounded very mighty and domineering, but in fact, it was a condensation of dark magic, an uncommon alchemy material of little use.
But it was better than nothing, wasn't it? Brando thought that the person leading the team to clean up the battlefield was Maynild, and his heart was relieved. But what scared him a little was that Laurenna's hands were even darker than Maynild's. It seemed that history could not be trusted, and the Knight couple's good luck was all thanks to Firas.
He looked at Laurenna, then looked at Maynild, and immediately marked a woman who was a knight with a dark label in his heart. He took one last look at Freya, who was resting in the distance, and made up his mind that he would never let the Valkyrie open corpses in the future.
After the Demonic Spirits in the Abyssal Pool had been purged, the team was finally able to move on. It was already late at night in the forest, but the actual time Brando's copper watch still showed that it was just after noon. He planned to camp in the middle of the night and cross the atrium before today.
After passing through the forest, the terrain on both sides began to open up. According to the description in the guide, Brando recognized that this was the area in the first half of the atrium. Sure enough, traces of Dusk Hounds began to appear in the forest. This was a creature similar to a wolf and a fox. It was larger than a black wolf and had five fingers on its claws. Legend had it that it was the ancestor of all wolf-shaped monsters. Before Échis, the demon wolf Fenrir was a Dusk Hound.
Dusk Hounds were a typical gregarious monster in Amber. Their special abilities were teleportation and Blink, and they also had the ability to spit. Its spit ability was Breath of Dusk. Creatures hit by Breath of Dusk would be permanently petrified, which was a rather terrifying ability.
But Dusk Hounds were not without weaknesses. In Amber, monsters with strong offense and flexibility tended to be weak in defense, and the same was true for Dusk Hounds. Their Blink and Teleportation had nowhere to hide from the Law Wizards' Dimensional Anchor spells. The only thing that was difficult to determine was where they would appear first — and where the dimensional anchor would be.
But this was not a problem for Brando.
In the first half of the atrium, they were attacked by a small group of Dusk Hounds. According to Brando's judgment, there were about seven to eight adult individuals in the "pack," and twice the number of mothers and young individuals. The ecology of monsters was very strange. They had some of the characteristics of beasts, but the way they reproduced was not exactly the same. In short, lairs were still very important to monsters.
As soon as the group of Dusk Hounds appeared, Brando noticed them. Before everyone else, even before the monsters themselves. The Dusk Hounds' range of activity was very regular. He had dealt with them in the Kalanga Mountains, and not for a short period of time. For almost half a year, he and his senior sister had been fighting these beasts. So from the traces of magic flow in the forest, he detected the presence of the Dusk Hounds.
The second to discover these beasts was Maynild. At that time, the Dusk Hounds had already begun to track them. As if out of instinct, the female Knight reacted. Brando noticed that she looked behind — that was the direction where the monsters were.
Then, Brando ordered the team to stop and let The Shire set up the dimensional anchor. Just when everyone was puzzled, the Dusk Hounds came, and as if they had agreed in advance, they broke into the trap set by The Shire.
As for the battle after that —
The battle after that could be described as one-sided. After losing the ability to blink and switch between dimensions to dodge attacks and teleport away from danger, the brittle Dusk Hounds were simply the best targets. Although they still had the ability to spit, the clumsy spit was actually not the best weapon against a warrior. After a few rounds, the entire Dusk Hounds were killed. These monsters with the combat strength of a beginner Gold just became the EXP of Brando, The Shire, and the others.
After this experience, the others quickly got into the zone. They slowly passed through the valley under Brando's command. Along the way, they were attacked several times by the Dusk Hounds. However, Brando did the same, and the battle was even simpler than before.
This went on until The Shire exhausted all his spells. Then, Brando asked him to quietly summon the Aether Dragon to restore his magic power and stop the whole team.
Because of the continuous killing of monsters that were of a higher level, The Shire's silver-robed mage was already level 34 at this time, while Metisha and Hipamira were level 33. Because they had been suppressing their strength in front of others, the people around them did not realize the fact that their strength was slowly increasing. After all, The Shire and Metisha were originally Gold Rankers around Brando. Even if they hid their strength, others would not think too much about it.
However, Brando asked the team to stop because they were already at the end of the atrium. In other words, the leader-tier Dusk Hound was probably nearby.
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