Chapter 422 Who rang the bell!
"What does the final trial mean?"
Fingerly and his party followed Hawkwood down from the top of the mountain and took a road they had never taken before.
However, judging from the various details of this road, coupled with a little bit of the intuition of experienced adventurers, they could vaguely sense that this road should be the so-called main road.
Even the monsters along the way are getting stronger.
"That is the ultimate power that everyone who embarks on the path of the ancient dragons yearns for, to transform themselves into a dragon."
Hawkwood raised his sword to block an arrow shot by the snake man, and pointed at the little dragon man who was meditating like a sculpture sitting on the side of the road.
"They used the Dragon Head Stone and Dragon Body Stone to transform themselves into dragons. For ordinary people, being able to do this is already the pinnacle."
Fingri fought off the snakeman that attacked from the side and asked:
"What else do unusual people do?"
"Yes, that's what we are going to do now."
Hawkwood crouched low, flipped and dodged, and flashed behind a giant snake man. He cut off its slender ankle with one sword and pierced its head with another.
The moment the giant snake man fell down, the road suddenly became unblocked. The dazzling sunlight shone down from the sky in front. People couldn't help but squint their eyes. When they opened their eyes, they could see clearly what was at the end of the road.
That was the road leading to a higher place on the Ancient Dragon Peak. The sunlight shone on every step, and standing on the steps were densely packed snake people.
Both in terms of numbers and strength, this group of snake people looks different from the previous scattered snake people, and they are obviously stronger.
Even Fingri was amazed at the number of monsters. In comparison, the five pitiful people on his side were like a few grains of sand in front of the huge waves. No, it should be said that they were four and a half people. A certain princess was too weak and could only be counted as half a person. She could not be relied on in battle, so the only thing he could do was to hope that she could occasionally take out useful rare items.
Looking past the snakemen army, all the way up, facing the dazzling light, everyone saw.
cliff?
But upon closer inspection, it was an altar built on the edge of a cliff!
Hawkwood said eagerly:
"In ancient times, those who pursued the power of ancient dragons had to go through arduous tests before they could transform into dragons. However, things are different now. The fluctuations of the First Fire have caused everything to decline. The Glorious Dragon Stones that dragon seekers once went through untold hardships to obtain can now be obtained on the altar by passing the final test of these snakemen!"
With his explanation, people understood what the reward for the so-called final test was.
That is the sublimated version of the Dragon Head Stone and Dragon Body Stone, the Glorious Dragon Head/Dragon Body Stone!
Can give people more powerful ancient dragon power!
If you think about it this way, they made a lot of money, as they could easily get the Radiant Dragon Stone.
But someone also thought of the problem.
"Since the difficulty of passing the trial has decreased, what about the power of the Radiant Dragon Stone? Has the power we can obtain also decreased?"
Hawkwood shook his head, and one might have expected him to say something negative, but he said:
"I don't know. Maybe."
“.”
Fingri was silent for a moment, then turned his gaze to the snake-man army and took a breath, because he felt that he might not be able to defeat them with such a small number of people.
In addition to the snake-filled path leading to the altar, there is actually another path to take.
That is the stairway to the highest peak, and on top of that peak
It's a huge bell!
Selene looked at the bell, her heart pounding. According to Hawkwood, by ringing the bell she would be able to see the nameless king, or the eldest son of the sun?
What kind of feeling will Ornstein’s friend give people? I’m so looking forward to it!
In contrast, she was not interested in the Glorious Dragon Stone or anything like that. While people were discussing tactics, her eyes were always on the road leading to the giant bell.
It seems that there are no enemies on this road. Is it because all the snake people have gathered at the altar?
There are still a few giant snake men on patrol, and they are very dangerous.
But I feel like I can't go there.
While she was lost in thought, Fingri and his men had already formulated a strategy and turned back to warn her, "Hide here and wait for us to come back."
"Yeah!" Selene nodded obediently.
The tactics that Fingerley and his team came up with are complicated to explain, but they can also be summarized in simple words, which is -
Head-on confrontation!
They rushed towards the group of snake people!
The moment they approached, the mages in the snakeman legion shot fireballs of various sizes into the sky. The movement speeds of these fireballs were different. The rain of fire in the sky almost blocked all possible places to dodge, making it impossible to avoid them by simply dodging.
But the crowd neither dodged nor defended, instead they just rushed forward. Were they planning to launch a suicide attack?
“Ka-ka—”
The ground suddenly cracked, and a large number of vines as thick as water tanks rushed out, wantonly showing their presence on the ground. The moment they appeared, they rolled up the nearest snake people and smashed them around, while most of them rushed into the sky.
With these vines as the base, mushrooms taller and larger than adults suddenly grew on them. Their surface was covered with a hard shell, and they could barely stay together even when they hit the fireballs. Only after being hit by three or four fireballs in a row did they shatter, but new mushrooms continued to grow.
The vines that were broken by the fireball fell to the ground, and colorful plants immediately grew out, some that could explode, some that could be parasitic, and some that could spray poison. The moment these vines appeared, they disrupted the first half of the battlefield and made it a mess.
There is no doubt that these are all the work of Alayya.
She created such a spectacular scene, but she did not feel happy. Instead, she knelt on the ground and silently transferred magic power to the plants with a crying expression on her face.
This was her full strength, even overdrawn. The magic plants she carried on hand exploded in large quantities, enough to make her feel heartbroken for several days.
"Well done Alaiya, I'll buy you enough seeds to fill ten carriages when I get back!"
Fingri praised and seized this hard-earned opportunity to rush into the battlefield with his companions. Although the magic plants are useful, they all rely on Alayya's magic power to maintain them. Obviously, she can't last long.
Faced with these huge and terrifying plants, the snake people were not without the ability to resist. The snake wizard concentrated his firepower and could cut off several vines with a single volley. The giant snake people that had been guarding near the altar also rushed over. With their immense strength, they could cut off a vine with each of their axes.
Fortunately, after the vines fell to the ground, they could bloom into other plants with different functions, otherwise they would have been easily defeated by the monsters.
These plants look very powerful, but unfortunately they cannot be used as the main force. They can only be used as surprise attacks to disrupt the battlefield, which is completely different from their spectacular appearance.
On the other side, Fingri and his men who were fighting with the snakemen were unable to achieve their unparalleled performance. Every snakeman here had been strengthened, and even Hawkwood could not kill one snakeman with one sword as before.
"drink!"
Fingerly's sword collided with the snake man's weapon, and the opponent's weapon shattered. He wanted to take advantage of the victory and cut open the opponent's belly with one sword, but the power in his sword was exhausted before hitting the snake man, which meant that even the quality of the snake man's weapon had improved!
The giant snake man's axe attacked from above, and he had to temporarily avoid the edge and dodge. However, he then realized that there were snake men crowded around him, and he had no place to dodge, so he had to raise his two swords to block.
The huge force of the collision made his arms numb, and he struggled hard to push the axe away. Only then did he have time to check on his companions.
Both Matilda and Hawkwood were bogged down in the battle.
As expected, when the number of monsters increases, the trouble is no less than that of the boss, and the adventurers here lack the means to deal with large groups.
Matilda released the Hell's March, and a large number of red shadows immediately appeared to fight the enemy, which temporarily relieved the pressure. Only then did she realize that the effect of the Hell's March was useless against Hawkwood.
Tsk, I was actually looking forward to summoning the Fran Undead Squad.
Hawkwood showed unprecedented enthusiasm for the altar, and his momentum in killing the enemies became much stronger.
But Fingerly analyzed the situation and felt that the chances of winning were 50-50. If something unexpected happened in the middle of the game.
“Ouch!”
A dragon roar resounded through the sky, and a huge shadow fell from the sky, and a flying dragon landed in front of the altar!
At this moment, Fingerly wanted to slap himself for his bad mouth.
The originally 50-50 chance of winning dropped sharply after the flying dragon appeared, and is now only about 20-30%.
Then, a hard and skinny figure jumped down from the flying dragon. It turned out to be a dragon-man who could move.
It was only wearing a loincloth, with a large rock-like body exposed, and holding a big knife in its hand, it walked towards people.
This guy is very strong!
The winning rate of 20% to 30% is cut in half again!
Fingerly couldn't help but look back at Hawkwood. Was this the trial he mentioned that had become "simpler"?
I'll have to call ten more adventurers to have a chance of defeating them!
The dragon man took action, the flying dragon behind him spit out flames, and the man standing in front raised his long sword.
When the flames went out, people poked their heads out from the hastily made protective shield, only to see the dragon man waving a long sword wrapped in flames. A flaming sword energy immediately dispersed everything in front and attacked everyone!
"So strong?" Fingri felt quite troubled. He didn't expect that the enemy had combination skills.
Hawkwood did not retreat, and took the lead to collide with the flaming sword energy. In an instant, the ground shook, the flames dissipated, and he had already rushed over to fight with the dragon man.
Fingri wanted to go over to help, at least to help distract the dragon's attack, but the snakemen came again, and he realized that Alayya's plants had become wilted in the flames just now, and were no longer able to disrupt the battle.
The phantom brought by the Hell March was quickly dissipating, and the snake people turned their spearheads towards them. The situation was so urgent that they didn't even have time to drink a sip of potion.
The flying dragon behind him was brewing flames again and was about to burst out!
The probability of winning is infinitely close to zero!
Forget it, I don’t want to fight with these guys anymore!
Fingri had closed his eyes, and the scorching flames seemed to be right in front of him.
“Dongdong.”
A loud bell suddenly rang.
The moment the bell rang, the snake people's movements disappeared.
He opened his eyes in surprise, only to find that the bell on the top of the mountain was ringing!
Hawkwood, who was fighting passionately with the dragon man, also froze.
He looked at the big clock with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, and quickly searched for the farewell black crystal on his body.
Who rang the bell?
Endless clouds and mist rushed towards the crowd.
(End of this chapter)
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