"gold?"
Xia De raised his eyebrows.
"The boatman in the black robe? Sounds like the **** of death who ferryed the River Styx in the story.
The bard whispered the stories of this era. "We don't have any money with us, do we?"
The old knight was worried.
"Since you have made a choice, you can't regret it. I think there will always be a way." The witch said, and the story continued.
"The poor travelers don't have enough gold coins to pay the cost of crossing the river, and retreating means the failure of the trip, which is an unacceptable result for them. Therefore, the kind boatman proposed to use the soul of one of you to pay for the other four I don’t know if you can accept the fare.”
The gods asked the five people, just like before, neither Xia De nor the witch was willing to sacrifice their companions here:
"Of course not, we are traveling together."
"The boatman who was rejected was not angry, but reminded you that there is a one-eyed giant not far away, and it may have enough gold coins for you to pay for crossing the river."
Xia De thought that there would be a choice next, but he didn't expect the story to jump directly to the next stage.
"So before lunch, you found the Cyclops who lived in the cave. The irascible giant was very angry at being disturbed. The battle began."
God said with a smile, the voice in the background sound of the crackling bonfire, very gentle to lull you to sleep. Ever since He appeared, he has always kept this tone, as if he was really sharing the little stories of the night with the travelers he met by chance.
"How are we going to fight?" Shad asked, and the **** replied:
"Of course we're going to fight."
"Huh? Sorry, what?"
Before Xia De could finish his sentence, everyone felt the temperature in the humid and rancid air suddenly rise. The sound of heavy footsteps appeared on the edge of the foggy forest almost in the next second. First, there was the fiery red light, which almost made Xia De and the Witch think that there was a fire in the forest, but then, a giant fiery red figure with a height of two floors walked into the camp with heavy steps and roaring.
Its body seems to be made of black rocks, and its huge black body is wrapped in blazing flames. The giant's two arms hold a flaming sword and a fiery red whip, and on the face that should have two eyes, one eye seems to be blinded, so only the left eye is open.
The scorching temperature made it difficult to breathe, and the oppressive feeling from the high-level life forms made the old knight, the bard, and the maid all tremble. Of course, the latter fared significantly better than the men.
Xia De and the witch stood together and looked at the "Cyclops" in astonishment. In Xia De's view, the elegant witch even said a localized swear word:
"Damn it! It's not a Cyclops! It's a Balrog with one eye blind!"
This Balrog doesn't look very old, and it's not an evil spirit from the third era, but an individual from the race of demons themselves. Its power is far inferior to the arsonist Sofix that Shad and the doctor saw in Mount Xikar, but it is definitely not an enemy that can be easily dealt with.
Xia De raised his hand to meet the enemy, but when he looked around, he was surprised to see that the gods, bonfires and tents had disappeared. Now, standing beside him is an old gray horse, a white unicorn, flying colorful parrots and a gray hound standing on the back of the unicorn:
"Um?"
This scene was so funny that Xia De thought that he had become the head of the circus in an instant.
"Um?"
The unicorn also made a suspicious sound, and then realized that everyone had really become the travelers in the story.
The mutation happened quite suddenly, but the attack by the Balrog with its flaming whip did not give them a chance to exchange their feelings about their "transformation".
Without even thinking about it, Xia De jumped up, and at the same time, the black chains of sin in the sleeves were also whipped towards the fiery red long whip like a whip.
The original target of the long whip was the parrot, but fortunately, the bard was very self-aware and flew away quickly while Shade was protecting him, so the first confrontation was unmanned.
Amidst the loud bang, the black chain that seemed to be able to absorb light collided with the fiery red whip exuding sparks. The two piercing sounds even aroused the vibration of the air, causing the flames on the Balrog to produce strange optical effects.
Sparks flew everywhere, and the tall Balrog's long whip was entangled with the chains in Xia De's hands with golden cracks all over his body. Both sides pushed back at the same time, the long whip and the chain stretched straight in the air, letting the splashing sparks illuminate the forest in the darkness, at the same time, Xia De, who used the [Red Dragon Power], was equal to the Balrog in terms of strength.
A steady stream of power is passing into Xia De's body from his feet, making him feel that his strength is still increasing. He moved back slowly, and the Balrog was dragged forward with his movement. It had obviously never encountered a human being capable of confronting it in terms of strength, but after a moment of astonishment, the mouth in the flames opened, and high-heat flames sprayed out in a straight line.
"I'll stop it!"
It's strange for a unicorn to make a woman's voice, but the flapping unicorn barely floats in the air, facing the fire stream in the air, and the soft white light shield around her body splits the fire stream into two, avoiding the fire on the ground. All "people".
This is a rare battle scene in the normal time key mission that Xia De faced, but after the first round of confrontation, Xia De also realized that the Balrog who came from nowhere was much weaker than he thought.
If the witch hadn't turned into a unicorn now, with her spellcasting ability, it would never be Xia De's turn to make a move:
"Ma'am, you protect the others, I'll take care of it."
Xia De said to the unicorn in the air, the witch also knew that she was not suitable for this form of body at all, and her current state was even more unsuitable for fighting such a big thing, so she fell to the ground with the gray hound on her back, and fought with the parrot. Join the old horse.
Xia De shook the chain in his hand violently, and the chain and the long whip separated from each other and rolled back to their respective owners amidst sparks flying. The roaring one-eyed Balrog slashed the giant sword in his hand towards the ground, and the fiery red giant sword fell to the ground, and the magma splashed out of the soil was blocked by the unicorn to protect the other three traveling companions. And Xia De was not under the giant sword. After the group of red butterflies exuding scarlet light gathered in the air, Xia De, who was hanging upside down, kicked a blow like a falling moon under the dark night sky in the forest.
The arc-shaped moonlight hit Balrog, but was blocked by the latter's crossed arms. But Xia De, who fell from the sky, did not give it any more chances. The silver-white thunder spear appeared in his hand, and he threw it forward with all his strength. The thunder gun flew to the chest exposed because of the lifting of his arms, and went straight through the " The heart of the Balrog seen through by the "Vision".
The unwilling roar almost shattered the eardrums, and the flames when the Balrog fell to the ground and exploded to death were barely blocked by Shade's "Seal of Heaton" and the unicorn's pure white light shield.
But even so, the flames still rushed towards the face, enveloping one man and four beasts. And when the flames dissipated, the five people were surprised to find that they were still sitting together with the gods and companions in the narrow space between the bonfire and the small tent.
There is still mist in the dense forest, but there are no traces of battles around. The place is still peaceful and peaceful, and the sound of crackling bonfires is the clearest sound at the moment. There are no insects, birds or beasts in the weird area called "Lost Forest".
But the battle just now was definitely not an illusion, because in front of Xia De, there was an extra gray cloth bag tied with hemp rope. He picked up the bag and shook it a few times, the sound of coins colliding with each other was very pleasant. After opening the pocket, there was only one [Devil Gold Coin] left in Xia De's hand.
"There are exactly five here."
Xia De said, looking at other people with a look of shock. At this time, the bard was holding a piece of colorful feathers that he didn't know where he felt in horror in his left hand, and he was stroking his body desperately with his right hand; the old knight looked even more tired, and Xia De even doubted that if he hadn't been determined , I may lie down and listen to the story in a while; the witch has a normal expression, just touching her forehead, as if she is worried that she really has a horn, only the maid in the black skirt doesn't look too strange, she just purses her lips and feels a little uneasy looking at the surrounding woodland. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
"The Balrog just now should have been weakened by the "story", otherwise there is no reason to
Easy to deal with. If so, all the dangers we encounter in the story are actually weakened versions, just like ourselves in the story. "
Xia De looked at the **** while talking, and the traveler with his back to the bonfire still had a kind smile on his face.
So Xia De threw the bag containing the gold coins to the side of the pile of cards among the crowd, and the others also looked over because they heard the sound of the bag falling to the ground:
"This is the fare for the boat across the river. We are going to take that boat."
The bag actually bounced when it hit the ground, as if it contained an elastic sphere. Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the bag actively "jumped" into the flames, and the **** praised:
"The travelers brilliantly defeated the innocent Cyclops who dwelt in the forest, and robbed him of all his savings. You paid the boatman to cross the river, and the black-robed boatman let you board. So the Cyclops The beast, the loyal dog, the parrot and the old horse set foot on the dilapidated wooden boat one by one...
Hearing this, Xia De knew that he was going to be unlucky this time: "But."
"However, when the traveler under the moon tried to board the ship, he was stopped by the boatman."
The traveler looked at Xia De with bright eyes, so Xia De acted helplessly:
"Boatman, why don't you let me board the boat. I've already paid enough for the boat. Could it be that your greed makes you want to ask for more?"
"The voice came from under the boatman's hood, and he answered in undeniable words: You are different from them, and my boat can carry them. And you, are different."
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