Liang Lidong didn't know what the mayor's wife was thinking. He returned to the floor where he lived, which used to be Karl's lab, and was about to make a few scrolls, when there was a knock on the door. He opened the door and found Tina, a young girl in a cute pink dress, standing there.
Blinking, Liang Lidong said in surprise, "It's not good for a girl to knock on a man's door alone, is it?"
Tina blushed, but she also smiled. "You want me to be your Knight? That's quite tempting, isn't it?"
Liang Lidong also smiled. He had to admit that Tina had a point. Then he stepped aside and said, "Beautiful lady, if you're not worried that I'll do something improper, please come in."
Tina's face was even redder. She hesitated for a moment but still walked into the room. The door behind her was closed softly. Her hands were clenched tightly, and her heart was beating very fast. She had seen many young talents of her age, and many of them were more handsome than the red priest, but none of them had ever made her feel so nervous.
Her lips were gently pressed together. When she was about to say something, she saw a golden falcon standing on the windowsill across from her. Its feathers were all bright gold and very eye-catching. She looked at the bird and then at Liang Lidong's hair color. Finally, she tugged at the beautiful hair hanging in front of her chest and said enviously, "If only I had hair color as beautiful as yours."
Most of the nobles in Hollevin had blond hair and blue eyes, but their hair was dark gold, while Liang Lidong's hair was bright gold. The difference was obvious. Although dark gold hair was not bad, in fact, bright gold hair looked better. Liang Lidong didn't care much about that. But Tina was a girl, and she was naturally very concerned about things like hair and clothes.
"Let's talk about hair later. I wonder, what brings you here, Miss Tina? "
"Just call me Tina." The girl walked to a chair and sat down. She straightened her body, making her two small peaks seem even taller. Although there was a huge gap between them and the mayor's wife, small and delicate objects had their own unique beauty. "I heard from my father not long ago that you are a long-lived person, and that you had a good relationship with our ancestor, Dinah, the FLower of the Guelph?"
Liang Lidong frowned, but he soon felt relieved. Tina was the next head of the Guelph Family, so it was not surprising that Gavin had told her some things. "I'm not really a long-lived species. It's just that I do know Dinah. Our relationship should be pretty good. "
After all, he thought that they were good friends in the game, but after reading the diary, he realized that Dinah's feelings for him were much deeper than he imagined.
Tina's eyes were filled with curiosity. It flickered with light, as if it was filled with stars. "So, more than 300 years ago. You were already like this, and you're still like this? "
"I slept for a long time, maybe two or three hundred years," said Liang Lidong casually.
Naturally, Tina didn't believe him. She chuckled and said, "Sir, you're not a dragon. You couldn't have slept for that long. Right … Since you know Ancestor Dinah, she must be very beautiful, right? "
"Yes, she is."
The girl suddenly became bashful. "Is she prettier or am I?"
"Of course you're prettier."
Liang Lidong still said casually. Generally speaking, any man who wasn't stupid would praise the woman before him. He walked to the table and took out alchemy materials from his Backpack, preparing to make scrolls. The Queen of Spiders Rose was now the Life Goddess, which meant that her believers shouldn't be scared of light magic anymore. However, those human-faced spiders were still demons and insects. Based on those two aspects, he could make some targeted magic scrolls to deal with the human-faced spiders.
Tina blushed even more when she heard Liang Lidong's compliments. Seeing that he was about to get down to business, she stood up and said, "Sir, I'm very happy to talk to you. I'm going back now. If you have time, you can come downstairs. My father and I will welcome you very much."
Liang Lidong nodded.
The girl walked to the door and suddenly thought of something. She turned around and said, "Mr. Beta, I've decided that I'm going to become a Saint Samurai. Also … I'm willing to be your Female Knight. "
After saying that, the girl ran away like a frightened rabbit.
With a wave of his hand, Liang Lidong's gentle mental power swept up a harmless magic whirlwind and closed the door. Making scrolls required a relatively quiet environment.
After Tina left, Joan Of Arc finally said, "Master, this girl is indeed talented as a Paladin, but she obviously has special feelings for you. It's not very good to use the girl's heart to achieve your own goals."
Liang Lidong paused for a moment, then looked at Joan Of Arc and asked, "Then can you help me find a Paladin who is trustworthy and willing to be my Knight?"
Joan Of Arc was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "Forget it. Do whatever you want. With your personality, I don't think you will do anything to her, but the more you do, the sadder she will be."
Liang Lidong did not respond to Joan Of Arc. He began to concentrate on making scrolls. Joan Of Arc felt bored and flew into the sky to relax.
Soon, it was noon the next day. Everyone once again gathered in the main hall of the castle. Liang Lidong took a look and found that in addition to the five people who had attended the meeting yesterday, there were 15 more people, making a total of 20 people. He looked at them one by one and chuckled inwardly. None of the people present was lower than level five, and one had even reached level nine. It was an old man standing behind Katarina. He had gray hair, was very tall, but also very thin, and looked like a hemp stick.
However, Liang Lidong did not dare to underestimate him. Not to mention that level nine was almost an elite profession, which was rare among humans. Besides, this old man was extremely thin, but he carried a greatsword that was wider than his body, which meant that he was very strong. In addition, this old man looked very old, but his eyes were glimmering, which was a sign of high willpower, just like Liang Lidong. When others looked at his eyes, they would also feel that there was a glimmer flowing in them.
There was only one profession for melee professions that emphasized the growth of mental power and used greatswords as weapons!
Great Swordsman!
This was also a bug-like physical profession before the Legendary level. Only the Paladin and the Necromancer, who were also bug-like classes, could fight it. Liang Lidong believed that nobody could stop the Great Swordsman if he went on a rampage. Even Liang Lidong could only escape with Mist Riding and Summon Rain.
The Guild of Assassins was truly well-established. Liang Lidong was rather amazed. The Great Swordsman was a special branch of the Warrior class. Not only did they have to grow in attributes as required, but they also had to pass multiple difficult trials. Even among players, there were not many who could become a Great Swordsman. Among NPCs, there were even fewer. Yet, he had never imagined that he would actually encounter one here.
However, it was also a good thing. With one more strong person on his side, the odds of winning the battle later would be much higher.
Uther patted a map of Winterwind on the table. "My intelligence confirms that Mark is still in the basement. Now, let's stick to our original plan …"
Half an hour passed. Everybody gathered outside of a small building on the west street, because the tourists had been dispersed earlier. It was quiet here. Under the gaze of the other nineteen pairs of eyes, Liang Lidong snapped his fingers, and a white mist spread out like a tsunami. Everybody felt uncomfortable that their vision and hearing were blocked. After they were designated as teammates by Liang Lidong, they felt their bodies lightened. Looking at the unusual phenomenon around them, they couldn't help but whisper to each other.
"As expected of the Red Priest …"
"This mist spell is even more amazing than the legends say."
Uther looked around, then pointed forward. Everyone was ready to attack. It was his daughter, Barbara, who attacked first.
'Calm and Composed' and 'Great Fireball', Barbara summoned the Great Fireball a dozen or so meters above her head. She was now stronger than she was a few months ago, and the radius of the Great Fireball had increased by about 50 centimeters. The Great Fireball was now three meters in diameter, and like a falling rock, it smashed diagonally into the three-story building in front of her.
The intense explosion scattered flames and burned an open area about a hundred meters in diameter. Liang Lidong must've been more than a hundred meters away from the center of the explosion, but he could still feel the heat.
The hut that had been standing there was no longer there. Only black charcoal and burning black soil remained. Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for any creature to survive such an attack. However, the next moment, the black soil at the center of the explosion suddenly turned into mud, and clumps of mud fell down, revealing a black hole. Then, seven white-robed people flew out from below.
Liang Lidong saw Mark at a glance. He was floating behind the six priests. His face was covered in black stains, and his body was also covered in black mud stains.
He was furious when he saw everybody around him. He was about to speak, when Gavin drew his bow and shot an arrow at him … They were here to kill Mark, and they wouldn't let him talk.
When the arrow almost reached the six Clerics, it was blocked by a mysterious force. Though the attack was ineffective, it was a signal for everybody to attack. Barbara raised her wand and murmured a spell. Two officers of Winterwind raised tall tower shields in front of her.
It was perfectly normal to protect the spellcasters on one's side in a battle.
Liang Lidong didn't join the attack. Instead, he took a few steps back. As a compound class, he wasn't as good as Barbara and Gavin in terms of remote abilities, and he wasn't as good as Uther and the Great Swordsman in melee combat. His greatest skill was his blood magic. So, according to Uther's plan, he only needed to maintain the effect of Mist Manipulation.
Apart from Gavin, there were three other long-range professionals on the battlefield. Two of them were archers and one of them was a crossbow. They scattered and shot at the Clerics in the sky.
As for the other professionals, they were all on guard. Because the six Clerics had been flying in midair, the melee professionals couldn't attack them. So, they were all waiting.
"I didn't go to you, but you came to me!" At this moment, Mark was finally able to talk. His face was full of fury. "Twenty of you at once. Good, good! I was worried that you would hide in the magic barrier and not dare to come out … "
Just then, Barbara finished her incantation. Her long hair danced in the wind as she slammed her wand downwards. Clear light shards flew out at an extremely fast speed. Mark and the six priests immediately fell to the ground when they came into contact with the light shards. They were only about six feet above the ground, but they didn't fall to the ground.
What Barbara used was a Flight Restriction Spell, which could prevent people from using Flight Magic within an area. She was surprised. "What's going on? Why are they only half affected?"
Liang Lidong realized what was going on and shouted, "They can't fly. It's the effect of the divine power of Causality. Mark has already used Causality once, and it will take at least five minutes for him to cast it again. It's a good opportunity. Let's attack!"
As a first-tier player, Liang Lidong had studied the divine power of Causality. It was a very powerful spell, but its only weakness was its long cooldown. Even the most powerful person would have a cooldown of more than five minutes.
Hearing his words, everyone joined in the attack. Now, Mark and the others were only two meters from the ground, which was already within the attack range of melee professionals.
Gavin and the other three long-range professionals launched another attack. Long-range professionals were weaker in the early stages because bows and arrows were difficult to use. Gravity, wind, temperature, and so on could affect the accuracy of the arrows. Also, the supernatural tracking ability, Guided Arrow, could only be used after Level-10, so long-range professionals didn't have much lethality in the early stages.
Four arrows were knocked away by an uncanny force in midair, but at this moment, Uther and the Great Swordsman had already charged forward.
In fact, Uther was the one who made the first move. He leaped high into the air like a God of War, jumping towards the center of the enemies. However, the Great Swordsman used Charge. His whole body turned into a shadow, and he appeared in front of a Priest with almost instantaneous speed. His huge longsword twisted into a shadow and slashed at the waist of the white-robed Priest, who was completely unresponsive.
Although the Priest didn't react in time, he had cast a Magic Shield on himself before the battle started. When the greatsword slashed at him, the Magic Shield did work, but after a shimmer, the Great Swordsman's greatsword cut him in half together with the Magic Shield.
The upper half of the Priest's body flew out. Blood spurted out from the wound below like a spring. At the same time, his intestines and liver fell out together. It was a disgusting sight.
Liang Lidong exclaimed in his heart, he was indeed a great swordsman, his speed and attack power were truly one belonging to one of the three bug professions.