Chapter 45: Fighting the Bandits Again
Chapter 45: Fighting the Bandits Again
"This guy looks quite fierce."
I want to become an immortal, hiding behind the bushes, looking at the lost bandit in front of me, and said with some concern.
He was a sturdy man wearing studded leather armor. The tattered armor could not hide his mighty figure. He had a broadsword on his shoulder. There seemed to be blood stains on the rusty blade, making him look murderous.
He casually picked up the strategy book beside him and flipped through the monster introduction on it.
[Lost Soul Bandit: A humanoid monster that has a random combat skill and drops various blank weapons and equipment. If you are lucky, you can also get a primary skill book. However, its combat power is quite strong. Don't fight it when you are alone in the early stage. I almost died when I fought one alone.]
"Don't worry, I've beaten this thing before. It won't be a problem for two people." Xiao Jie's tone was calm but with a hint of sadness. Han Luo died here.
He shook off the annoyance in his heart and began to plan his fighting strategy.
"We only fight one at a time. Don't fight too many monsters! If you attract more than two, just run away.
Shoot arrows first to reduce the bandit's health as much as possible, then finish him off at close range.
Once in close combat, you must surround both ends. The person facing the enemy should defend as much as possible, and the person attacking from behind should be responsible for output. Once the bandit starts to emit red light, immediately retreat and avoid it.
I'll take on the monsters. Okay, I'll shout 123, and let's shoot together."
"1-2-3!"
As they spoke, they both drew their bows at the same time - and released their arrows!
Whizzing!
The hit rate of fixed-point shooting was still very accurate. The bandit was hit by two arrows and immediately rushed over howling.
"Keep cumming!"
Xiao Jie shouted and drew his bow again and shot an arrow, hitting the bandit in the chest, -9!
I wanted to become an immortal but was a little panicked. I didn't aim the second arrow well and it flew over the bandit's head.
Seeing the bandits getting closer, Xiao Jie did not continue shooting. Although he could shoot another arrow, it would be too late to change weapons.
"I'll take the monster!"
Quickly changing into a shield and a goose-feather knife, Xiao Jie rushed towards the bandits.
I, who wanted to become an immortal, also changed my weapons to sword and shield and went behind the bandit.
The bandit swung his sword and chopped at his head, but Xiao Jie did not fight with him, but raised his shield to block.
Blocking with a shield is much easier than parrying with a knife. Just press the right mouse button.
boom!boom!
The big knife in the bandit's hand kept chopping on Xiao Jie's shield.
Xiao Jie did not fight back. In a 2 vs 1 situation, of course he had to use the righteous backstab.
I wanted to become an immortal, so I went around behind the bandit and stabbed him with my sword as he was waving his sword.
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17!
The damage of this fine steel sword is still very powerful.
The bandit roared, turned around and slashed with a knife. I was prepared and immediately raised my shield to block.
"Okay, that's it. Now it's my turn to output!"
Xiao Jie looked at the bandit with his back to him and chopped him in half with one move.
Puff! -56!
With 300% weapon damage, the damage from this blow was explosive, instantly reducing the bandit's health by a quarter.
After the chop, Xiao Jie immediately raised his shield. Such high damage would definitely attract the bandits' hatred back.
Sure enough, the next second the bandit's sword chopped over.
The two of them fought each other with swords and knives, and after two or three rounds, the bandit's health was almost gone.
The bandit did not choose to escape. Instead, he roared and suddenly made a movement to drag his sword to gather strength.
"Retreat!" Xiao Jie shouted.
The two of them stepped back at the same time.
The bandit took a sudden step forward, dragged his knife towards Xiao Jie, swung the knife at Xiao Jie, and chopped him down.
Combat skill - cleave!
Unfortunately, the two men had already retreated several meters away, so the sword had no effect at all.
Xiao Jie took advantage of the moment when the bandit's fighting skills were exhausted and exposed his weakness, and quickly approached.
Fighting skill - cut in two with one blow!
Swish! Wherever the knife flashed, a streak of blood appeared on the bandit's face. He screamed and fell to the ground and died.
Xiao Jie didn't feel relieved until he saw the bandit fall.
No matter how confident he was, he still felt nervous when fighting this monster that had left a psychological trauma on him. Fortunately, the battle went exactly as he had planned, and he defeated the enemy without losing any blood.
I looked at what was dropped and found 24 cents and a pair of pants.
[Linen trousers (leggings/poor quality)
Leg defense +4.
Item Description: Simple trousers made of linen, which can provide some warmth and protection for the wearer. 】
What a rubbish drop, it’s actually grey in color, but - it’s still somewhat useful.
"Do you want these pants?" Xiao Jie asked habitually.
"Uh, Brother Feng, you take it first."
Xiao Jie was just being polite. I want to become an immortal and have leather leggings, so I naturally don't like this piece of rubbish.
He put on the pants directly. In other games, it would be embarrassing to throw such junk equipment in the store, but in this game with scarce resources, it is also a good thing.
If you brush a few more, maybe you can get all of them.
"Let's continue."
The ensuing battle was unusually repetitive.
The two men firmly adhered to the plan they had made previously and specifically targeted lone bandits.
Using bows and arrows to consume blood and close combat with backstabs, it took the two of them a full hour to successfully kill all the lone bandits on the hillside.
I killed twelve or thirteen of them in total. The fighting part didn't take much time. Most of the time was spent on scouting and avoiding monsters.
There was no way. Xiao Jie was confident about 2 vs 1, but he was not so confident about 2 vs 2.
It's not that he is completely unable to defeat them. In fact, after fighting for an hour and becoming familiar with the bandits' fighting style, he is already 80% to 90% sure that he can fight one bandit alone.
Although my skills as Yu Chengxian are not as good as his, they are definitely not weak. Coupled with a good set of equipment, I estimate that I still have a 50 to 60 percent chance of winning if I fight against the bandit alone.
But even if there is only a 10% chance of failure, he will never take the risk.
Killing monsters and leveling up is a long-term job. If you have a 10% chance of failure once, what about 10 or 20 times? Sooner or later, you will fail.
Fortunately, these bandits are distributed in this hilly area with undulating terrain and many raised hilltops and slopes. As long as we find a high place to observe in advance, determine the distribution of the bandits, and plan the route, it is relatively safe.
These bandits not only dropped three blank equipment, but also more than 300 coins. The two of them each got coins. This is much faster than making money by chopping wood and herding sheep. It's a pity that no skill books were dropped.
It seems that I was really lucky that day, as the first monster dropped a skill book.
Xiao Jie looked at his experience points and found that he was only 100 points away from leveling up.
However, the solitary bandits in the surrounding area have been killed. The remaining ones are in groups of three or two, or their refresh locations are relatively close, making it easy to add. On a hill in the distance, you can see a simple stronghold surrounded by a circle of wooden fences. There are several tents inside, and the figures of several bandits can be vaguely seen.
That should be a bandit outpost. Elite monsters might spawn in this kind of outpost, and you might even be able to scratch out some good stuff, like a treasure chest or something. However, considering that it's now difficult to fight two bandits at once, forget about spawning a bandit outpost for the time being.
Xiao Jie didn't even dare to take the risk of getting closer.
"Brother Feng, how about we pull two at a time? I think I can do it."
"No! Two is too dangerous." Xiao Jie refused decisively. Although it seemed easy when two were fighting one, Xiao Jie knew very well that the attributes and damage of the two were not higher than that of the bandit. Once they fought one-on-one, although there was a certain chance of winning, it would be over if they failed once. A bandit would only drop a few dozen coins and a piece of garbage. It was not worth it to fight for such a small profit.
"Then let's go kill the soulless zombies."
"Soulless zombie?"
"It's the kind that looks like a mummy. It's the worst monster. Killing it casually will give you less experience, but it's still more than deer, sheep, or something like that."
"Have you ever killed anyone?"
"I've killed many."
Xiao Jie remembered the pile of corpses he saw when he was looking for me to become an immortal that day. It should be that thing.
"Okay, let's go kill the soulless zombies."
Bandits usually spawn on hillsides and hills, animals spawn in forests, and soulless zombies usually like to spawn around roads and ruins.
The two of them carefully walked down the hillside, passed through the grove, and came to a small path between the woods. This was the place where I had killed the soulless zombies on the day I wanted to become an immortal. However, the two of them found that the surroundings were empty.
"Hey, why isn't there a single soulless zombie? I met several here the other day." I was wondering as I was about to become an immortal.
Suddenly—ding-ling-ling! ding-ling-ling!
A cold and strange sound of a copper bell suddenly rang out from a distance.
(End of this chapter)