Liang Lidong carried an iron sword in front of him. He had thought that he would fight the enemy at close range, but he didn't expect that the enemy's first reaction would be to flee and be easily killed. But after thinking about it for a while, he wasn't surprised. In the game, apart from fighting army battles with the surrounding noble lords and NPCs, most of his solo PvP experience or small group battles happened with other players.
Players would lose a lot of experience when they died. They usually looked timid and didn't fight battles that they weren't sure of, but once a battle happened, they were always brave, roaring and rushing forward. Mages dared to teleport, knights would throw big fireballs at you, and even if they couldn't beat you, they would try their best to cause damage to the enemy before they died, even if it was minor.
In this atmosphere, the players' battles were not only straightforward but also insidious. In order to win or to hurt the opponent, they would do anything, not to mention small tricks like sprinkling lime. Liang Lidong had even seen players who splashed feces on the enemy in battle. He saw the beautiful Great Swordsman who was drenched in yellow and black feces. She vomited from the stench and then fainted, and was easily sent back to the Temple of the Goddess of Life by the enemy players to be resurrected.
And the frequency of players' battles was very high. Some bored players had calculated that players fought an average of about 2.3 individual battles and small-scale group battles every day, and then there was a large-scale army battle every three days or so. Under such frequent battles, the number of players' deaths was quite high, but it also accumulated a considerable amount of combat experience.
Liang Lidong, for example, had died nearly a thousand times in his eight years of gaming. He was in the first echelon of players, and the number of deaths was considered low. There were many players who had died more than five thousand times. The high number of deaths brought a terrible accumulation of combat experience. When a person had died hundreds or even thousands of times, they had experienced all kinds of ways of dying and seen all kinds of methods. What reason was there for them not to be powerful?
So when there was little difference in strength, players were much more powerful than NPC professionals. It wasn't a problem for them to fight one against many, and it wasn't a problem for them to challenge above their level. However, players were still in a weak position in the game. The reason was that there were too many NPCs. There were five billion NPCs, and there were only 500,000 players. Moreover, the online time was not uniform. On average, there were only about 200,000 players online. A spit from each of the NPCs could drown these 200,000 players.
The two people killed by Liang Lidong were actually pretty good veterans among the mercenaries. However, they encountered a monster from another world. Although his ability was not strong and his level was low, in terms of combat experience and awareness, no one in this world could compare to him except for a few immortals.
Of course, combat experience was not omnipotent. It could only be used when the difference in strength was not too great.
However, there was no qualitative difference between their strength and that of Liang Lidong. Although they were also veterans, compared to Liang Lidong, a player who had been through thousands of battles, they were inexperienced newbies.
Therefore, when he killed the two assassins, he immediately attracted the attention of many people. Both kind and malicious gazes were focused on him. In fact, Liang Lidong himself did not think that he would be able to kill the two Assassins so easily. He put the iron sword back into his bag and looked at the Spatial Magician in the middle of the field. Because of the death of their companion, the four mercenaries next to the Spatial Magician looked at Liang Lidong with hatred, as if they wanted to tear him to pieces.
Liang Lidong was already used to such gazes. He calmly returned to Kail and Barbara's side under everyone's gazes.
City Lord Uther laughed. He knew that there must be Assassins in the crowd, but there was no way to find them. Now that two of them had died, the other side was immediately at a disadvantage.
"Now you can't leave," Uther said with a smile, then he added, "Surrender. Tell me who the mastermind is, and I will let you die a better death."
"Don't pretend that you don't know anything. Do you really think you've won?" The Spatial Magician coughed, but he seemed unperturbed. "Although we didn't expect one more spellcaster, it's not a reason for you to be complacent. Uther, you are indeed smart, but you are not the only smart person in Winterwind. Do you think that luring us here and sending soldiers to deal with our master is a brilliant plan? Haha, you didn't realize that we were just beating you at your own game! "
"What do you mean?" Uther's face changed.
"It's about time to begin." The Spatial Magician laughed proudly.
"Kill them first. They're probably stalling for time," Barbara shouted.
"We are indeed buying time, but I'm not lying to you." The Spatial Magician took out his wand from thin air. With a wave of his hand, the five of them disappeared at the same time, then reappeared 20 feet away. "Uther, although you are indeed quite smart, pretending to be rude, in reality, you are a cunning old fox. It's a pity that you've been living a smooth life for so many years and let your guard down. This time, we're here for you. If we wait any longer, you'll be dead for sure. "
"Before I die, you will definitely die first!"
Uther waved his hand, and the archers on the watchtower rained down arrows. The Spatial Magician activated Arrow Deflection. Under the protection of a bright green barrier, all the arrows were diverted to one side.
Barbara stood aside and was about to cast a spell to create an opportunity for her father to attack, but exactly at this moment, a large, bright yellow barrier appeared above the castle and covered the whole castle in only a few seconds. The nobles who did not leave the suspension bridge were all locked inside. For a moment, they were shocked again.
Uther's expression turned ugly. "Why did the sealing barrier suddenly activate?"
The Spatial Magician suddenly laughed. "Of course it's to trap you here and not let you escape, Uther."
Barbara started to panic as well. "Isn't Karl the one who's been keeping an eye on the barrier? Where is he? "
"I'm here!" An ethereal voice came from above the castle. A black-robed Spellcaster appeared on the balcony of the fifth floor. Looking down, he smiled. "Uther, I have some gifts for you!"
He raised his hand, and a huge fireball rushed diagonally above him. After the huge explosion, the watchtower disappeared, and rubble flew everywhere, mixed with pieces of charred broken limbs. Some of the larger rocks fell into the crowd in the courtyard. Several people died on the spot, and many more were injured.
The Fireball was even more powerful than Barbara's.
Uther's expression grew uglier. "Karl, I don't think I've done anything wrong. Why did you betray me?"
"Why? Hehe, because you don't have a son. " Karl was neither happy nor sad. He just shrugged. "If you could have a son, it wouldn't matter if I continued to follow you. But you only have one daughter, and you plan to marry into your family. Such a family will decline in less than twenty years. Why should I follow such a family with no future and continue to serve you? Isn't it reasonable for me to find a better and more promising family to rely on? "
"Who says a woman can't manage a family? And my daughter is a rare female Magician. She has the ability to lead the Longman family! "
"A woman will always be a woman. No woman can be a good lord or a good queen! That's a lesson from history! " Karl smiled. "Besides, I've already betrayed you. If I turn to your side, will you still trust me?"
Uther fell silent.
At this moment, Karl saw Liang Lidong and said, "Mr. Beta, I'm sorry to have involved you in this incident. We know very well that you were just dragged into this by Uther despicably. If you stay on the sidelines, we'll pretend that nothing happened. After all, you helped me not long ago. I can't bite the hand that feeds me. "
"I killed two mercenaries. I don't think you'll let me go after this." Liang Lidong smiled. "Maybe you don't plan to do anything to me, but I don't think the force behind you won't harm me!"
"It's not wise to be enemies with spellcasters," Karl said casually. "I believe that my current employer knows what's important! He's very wise. "
Barbara looked at Liang Lidong nervously. Although they were at a disadvantage, they still had the ability to fight. However, if Liang Lidong turned to the enemy, they really had no chance of winning at all.
"Yes, it's not wise to be enemies with spellcasters." Liang Lidong smiled. "Miss Barbara is also a spellcaster. Why does your employer still want to deal with her? Also, my point of view is different from yours. I'm optimistic about Miss Barbara's future. I feel that investing in her is much more promising than investing in your employer. Although her father is a despicable bastard, she's a good girl and the sweetheart of my student. Why should I stand on your side? "
Uther let out a sigh of relief. Barbara and Kail both blushed. If they weren't on the battlefield, the atmosphere between the two would be even more ambiguous.
"That's a pity!" Karl sighed helplessly. "After you die, I'll give you a decent burial. If you have any last words, please say them. I'll do my best to fulfill them for you."
Generally speaking, people were very contradictory creatures. Karl could betray Uther without hesitation for his future, but facing Liang Lidong, he felt very guilty. But Liang Lidong ignored him. Instead, he walked up to Uther and asked, "What other tricks do you have up your sleeves, clever lord?"
"Cleverness can be misplaced!" Uther smiled awkwardly. "I actually knew that they wanted to assassinate me, but in order to eliminate them in one fell swoop, I sent out the army to hide in every corner of the city, waiting for the right time to kill that bastard Elric. But I didn't think that Karl would actually betray me and know of my plan. Now, they are playing along and trapping us in the castle. I believe that there should be more assassins in the crowd that haven't appeared yet."
"That's true. But these are small problems." Liang Lidong looked around, looking for suspicious people. "If you don't have any tricks up your sleeves, I do … But before that, you have to help me find the enemy's air magician. Only by killing the air magician hidden in the crowd will I have more confidence in dealing with this crisis!"
At this moment, Barbara and Kail walked over. Hearing this, the latter's eyes lit up. "Teacher, are you going to use that amazing fog spell?"
Liang Lidong nodded.
Barbara was a little puzzled: "Fog magic? Fog of war? Although this magic is very useful, but Karl is a war mage, and he must have recorded the 'dispel' magic, so it is not very effective."