Chapter 64 A Strange Recruitment

Although all the members of the trade caravan received extra buffs—a treatment they rarely experienced in previous battles—their morale plummeted just like that of any other human soldier when they saw the skeletons wielding old weapons and wearing tattered armor. Unless, of course, these undead were here to fight for them.

Thankfully, their ignorance was bliss. They didn't recognize the most terrifying being—the Ringwraith hidden behind them. Even those who did see him simply mistook him for a death knight.

After Wu Ge cast a Protection from Fear spell on everyone again, her magical power was depleted. However, instead of immediately sitting down to meditate like other mages, Wu Ge did something that shocked everyone—she put away her staff and took out a seemingly ordinary longbow from behind her! Then she drew it to its full extent.

Yes, this was the fundamental reason why Wu Ge's progress in researching Lady Vilya's power had been slow!

In her previous life, although she was also a Dawn Elf, she was a powerful Dawn Elf archer... And the Ring of Air, Lady Vilya, was designed for mages in every way. Therefore, Wu Ge, who wore the Ring of Air, Vilya, was still poor and slow in her magical progress.

At this time, Fang Senyan and Reef had already stood at the front of the line, standing side by side with the two summoned treants, and shouted loudly at the caravan guys behind:

"You cowards! Pick up axes, warhammers, wooden sticks, stones, anything that can be used—if you want to compete with skeletons in foot speed in the dark, then go ahead!"

Gutes, the caravan boss, showed extraordinary courage at this time, and was the first to pick up a two-handed hammer from the side and stood up. Then, although some people ran away, they were still in the minority. However, the reason they stayed was mostly because of the powerful strength shown by Wu Ge, and of course, the two big treants who looked very reliable.

The skeleton soldiers surged in like a tide in an instant and collided with the defense line formed by Fang Senyan and the others, just like a rushing tide hitting a dam heavily. Their defense line was pushed back several meters all at once.

These seemingly fragile skeleton soldiers gave Fang Senyan the feeling of being quite difficult to deal with. When his +7 West slashed down, the price was often only to cut off a few bones of the enemy. If he slashed on the spine of a skeleton soldier, he might not be able to cut it off.

Later, Fang Senyan realized that his knife back was easier to use than the blade...

However, Reef's Heart-Rending Roar could cause full area damage to these undead creatures. Some skeletons had already suffered heavy damage from other people, and after their soul energy was exhausted, the netherfire in their eye sockets went out all of a sudden. In Reef's roar, they were blown apart like being blown by a strong wind, scattered into a pile of bones on the ground.

The two summoned treants were also rampaging in the skeleton group. The swords held by the skeleton soldiers could be said to have little damage to them, and their huge and burly bodies were completely like tanks, rampaging. They didn't even need to use the arms growing with long tendrils to attack. They only needed to walk back and forth in front, and they could naturally block the enemy's attack. There were also many skeletons trampled to death by them.

However, the one who killed the most enemies was someone no one could have imagined! Wu Ge!

Logically speaking, the hard bones and sparse bone gaps of skeleton soldiers were simply a nightmare for bows and arrows. The power of the arrows would be directly reduced by at least 90%, but that seemingly ordinary longbow showed amazing power in Wu Ge's hands.

When she drew the longbow, an incomprehensible charm quietly matured in the darkness. When the bow was fully drawn, the graceful curves like a female body and the shadowy bow body had indescribable elegance.

It goes without saying that the arrows shot were all accurate, and when the sharp arrowhead was about to touch the surface of the skeleton's head, a bit of enchanting and dazzling light would flash on the arrowhead, as if it had dipped a little from the fiery red of the sunset, and as if it was a cigarette butt shining in the darkness. The skeleton hit by her would smoke and twitch in place for a while, and then fall apart.

What made Fang Senyan feel very curious was that every time his side killed a skeleton soldier, the destiny points belonging to the Dark Lord's side would actually increase by 1~3 points! Although this battle seemed to be fought in a muddle-headed way, it still gained a lot of benefits, such as a bone bracelet with +4 intelligence that just dropped, and was directly thrown to Franklin to equip.

Soon, nearly fifty skeleton soldiers were slaughtered, and broken bones and armor were scattered all over the ground, but four people also died in the caravan. These four unlucky guys all followed the previous thinking, treating the skeleton soldiers as flesh-and-blood living beings. After stabbing a skeleton warrior in the chest, they turned their heads and ignored them... Of course, the result was being stabbed in the back.

The defeat of the first echelon did not cause any special reaction from the Ringwraith knight in the distance. He sat majestically on the nightmare beast, waved his hand very simply, and then some creepy whimperings came from the ground. A pale and rotten big hand broke through the soil, and then supported itself to climb out of the kingdom of death, bringing stench and fear to this world.

"Is the second wave a zombie attack?" Fang Senyan and Reef exchanged glances, and then let Franklin copy a phantom clone of Reef to block in the front. This approach proved to be quite wise, because the strength of these ten or so zombies that were summoned was so powerful that Fang Senyan and Reef were both greatly surprised. Except for the lack of speed, the other indicators of the zombies were almost comparable to the strong orcs.

After finally getting through this wave, the loss on Fang Senyan's side could be described as heavy. Two treants were torn into pieces by the zombies' continuous bites and tears. More than half of the caravan members were killed or injured. Even the old guide died in this battle. Franklin's mental strength was also exhausted. It seemed that only Wu Ge still had the power to fight.

When the last zombie was beheaded by Fang Senyan, the Ringwraith knight in the distance slowly moved the nightmare beast forward. In the faint moonlight, a voice without joy or sorrow came from behind his mottled and rusty knight's mask:

"Humans, you have the honor to die in my hands."

His voice was like a rusty chain constantly rubbing, giving people a feeling of ice cold all over.

"Your powers are all extraordinary, so you have gained a chance to choose. Now tell me, are you willing to become the third-generation Earl of Vau, believers of the Shadow God, loyal servants of King Sauron, servants of Dol, the master of Shantel Castle, or fall into the permanent torment of cruel death?"

Fang Senyan's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said in the team channel:

"He actually wants to recruit us? As far as I know, Ringwraiths are not such nice people."

Franklin suddenly said:

"Why do I sense the aura of natural power from behind the Ringwraith?"

Wu Ge pointed with her hand, and then she heard the Ringwraith named Dol groan in pain. It could be clearly seen that his body seemed to become transparent for a moment. There were green light clusters of varying sizes in his abdomen, right leg, and chest, and the nightmare beast under his crotch was even worse. There were at least football-sized green light clusters in its internal organs! A large amount of black aura was tightly surrounding the green light clusters and eroding them.

Seeing this scene, Fang Senyan's eyes flashed suddenly and said:

"Aha, this guy is a Ringwraith who has been injured by Galadriel or Legolas! Maybe even his subordinates are all dead. His serious injuries have not healed yet, so he wants to recruit us! Then, what am I hesitating about?"

He suddenly took a deep breath, and the Nightmare imprint on his chest flashed with light, obviously entering the awakened state, and then suddenly activated Horned Rage and rushed towards the Ringwraith! At this time, Fang Senyan, who had a terrifying 3000+ points of health, and was protected by the Toughness ability, was not as afraid to hold back as before!

Fang Senyan crashed into the nightmare beast ridden by Dol, this Ringwraith. This powerful dark creature actually let out a miserable hiss! The natural force in its body's wounds was attacked by the powerful Galadriel using the powerful power of the Ring of Water, Nenya. In order not to be blasted by such an attack, Dol used his mount to bear this blow, so this nightmare beast was also extremely strong on the outside but weak on the inside!

Before Reef could catch up, Wu Ge's support arrived. She shot three arrows in one bow, and the red light at the tip of the arrow was really as bright and beautiful as sunlight! More importantly, thanks to the influence of her previous life's memory, Wu Ge's three arrows flew extremely fast! A shrill whistling sound was made in the air.

High speed undoubtedly represents high lethality.

If an adult is hit in the head by a three-year-old child holding a bullet in his hand, it will at most be a pain, but being hit with a concussion is already a remarkable thing. It takes a lot of luck to pick up this probability. But if the same bullet is accelerated to the initial velocity from the muzzle, not to mention survival, it is a luxury to keep the head intact!

Recently, I've been stuck. I apologize to everyone for the late update.