First Encounter
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After everyone finished telling their stories, Richard thought for a moment and was still satisfied with the strength of the entire team.
The combat effectiveness is even stronger than the originally planned team composition.
Richard looked at the mission crystal again. His team needed to prioritize checking the surface caves, underground rivers and caves in area 132. These were the favorite hiding places for underground races.
Of course, once a team is assigned an area, it does not mean that they cannot go to other areas.
As long as this team cleans up the area they are responsible for, they can go to other areas to search for underground races at any time.
At the same time, if you encounter an enemy that you cannot defeat, you only need to crush the mission crystal. A device at the school's base will sense it and immediately send a rescue team.
The rescue team is composed of top third-level wizard apprentices and is very powerful.
What needs to be noted here is that the crushed mission crystal is the small crystal ball that Richard just received, and not the mark crystal that was previously distributed to everyone. The mark crystal is a thumb-sized prismatic crystal.
But Richard knew that if he really encountered a strong enemy, he should not pin his hopes on the school's rescue team.
Because the underground rivers are so complicated, the map only depicts the main passages, and the branch lines are not marked, so there is a high probability that by the time the rescue team arrives, you will be basically dead.
"Everyone, as the captain, I must emphasize again that the division of labor in this clearing mission is as follows. Andrea is responsible for attracting the enemy and blocking their defenses, Ophelia is responsible for restricting the enemy's actions, Ram and Courtney, you two are responsible for shooting, and I will decide based on the situation."
"No problem." Andrea raised the steel shield in his hand.
Andrea was wearing fine knight armor. His entire body equipment, including sword, shield and bow, were not ordinary items and should have been made by famous craftsmen in his principality.
It can be said that Andrea is one of the strongest tanks among the freshmen of the Ignis School.
"Yeah." Ophelia nodded obediently.
As for Ophelia, Richard believed that her strength was above average even among the second-level wizard apprentices.
The plant control magic was used skillfully and the control ability was extremely strong. Richard was also in a state of headache when facing it!
Richard's eyes finally fell on Ram and Courtney.
He tried hard to think of some strengths, no, advantages, of the two.
Forget it!
Since you can set out on your own after you are ready, many teams may want to harvest the underground races in advance and earn points, so they have already set out.
Therefore, Richard and his group of five did not dare to delay and set off immediately.
The team stood in Andrea in front, Ophelia and Richard in the middle, Ram and Courtney in the back, in this order, in a spearhead formation, heading straight for their destination, Area 132.
Perhaps because the school's movement this time was so loud, there were no traces of wild animals on either side of the trail.
Half a day later, Richard and his four companions arrived at the designated location and started searching on the spot.
This is an undulating hilly area, about a hundred miles away from the Spider Trail in a straight line, and is already on the edge of the mud swamp. The hills are covered with lush vegetation, with trees and shrubs scattered in an orderly manner. There are caves of various sizes of wild beasts and monsters scattered around, and there are three entrances to the underground river.
After a brief discussion, the few of them decided to charge directly into the underground river. After all, the probability of the underground race being in the interconnected underground river is much higher than the probability of being in a cave somewhere on the ground.
As soon as they entered an entrance to the underground river, Richard gathered the four people and said, "The vision in the cave is limited, so everyone must be alert and cautious. After all, no one knows what kind of underground creatures we will encounter in the cave. It is possible to encounter relatively powerful creatures at the beginning, so if you don't want this place to become your graveyard, always pay attention to your surroundings."
Hearing Richard say this, Andrea's expression immediately became serious.
As the pioneer of the team, if he were attacked, he would most likely be the first to bear the brunt. And what Richard said was right, he might directly encounter a powerful creature. If he was careless, he might really die.
Richard, amidst the surprise of everyone, began to chant spells and perform witchcraft.
I saw a huge inverted pentagram magic circle with a diameter of several meters projected onto the ground from the crystal ball at the top of Richard's bone summoning staff.
A fully armed skeleton soldier crawled out from inside with a click.
"Fuck! No way, Richard, I haven't seen you use this trick in the qualifying rounds. How come you can use it now? Did you just learn it?" Ram was stunned.
Think about myself, half a year has passed, and I haven't learned any zero-level witchcraft, but I have learned two tricks. But what about Richard? This is the sixth or seventh witchcraft he has mastered!
Alas! The gap between people is sometimes even greater than the gap between people and dogs!
Richard did not summon all four skeleton soldiers, but only one. The reason was very simple. First, considering that he had not encountered the enemy yet, it was unnecessary to summon four skeleton soldiers at the same time, and it consumed too much mental energy.
Secondly, you should always keep a trick up your sleeve so as not to scare your teammates.
After Richard summoned a skeleton soldier to guard him, he felt much more at ease.
The group continued to search forward. Since the cave led directly to an underground river, after walking slowly for hundreds of meters, they found that the ground was becoming increasingly moist and covered with various moss plants.
When they reached a fork in the road, Andrea, who was in charge of leading the way, was in a dilemma. He didn't know which direction to go.
Turning to look at Richard, Richard felt that it didn't matter. It didn't matter which side started the search first.
At this moment, Ophelia suddenly stopped, stretched out her hand and gently touched a kind of glowing moss on the rock wall of the cave.
Richard also stopped when he saw this.
Ophelia's eyes were slightly closed, as if she was sensing something.
Richard seemed to be able to feel the subtle energy of natural elements surging, but because his affinity with natural elements was only inferior, the feeling was vague.
After a while, Ophelia opened her eyes and said softly, "I just used plant perception, and the plants told me that there are many creatures gathering in this direction."
Hey! Ophelia actually has this ability, how great!
Richard was overjoyed. After all, they came here to hunt the underground race and gain as many points as possible. If they could find the other party directly, their efficiency would definitely be greatly improved.
Before, he had vaguely sensed that his group seemed to be missing a teammate who was proficient in tracking skills, but unexpectedly, Ophelia gave him a surprise.
With Ophelia's special ability, the team can basically prepare for battle in advance, which is greatly beneficial for the battle.
Sure enough, after walking carefully for more than a hundred meters along the passage chosen by Ophelia, they noticed that there seemed to be a slight noise ahead.
Andrea was wearing armor, which made noises and was difficult to check.
Ram was worried, so Richard tiptoed forward to check it out himself.
Sure enough, a few dozen meters ahead was an underground river. The water was dark black and its depth could not be seen, but the flow rate was not fast.
On one side of the underground river, there is a beach. The area is not large, about 100 square meters. There are seven or eight creatures with fish heads and human bodies resting there. Only one is patrolling and standing guard.
(End of this chapter)
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