In the house next to the long street, the ghoul servant was sweating profusely digging a big hole in the ground. He was indeed the most obedient cannon fodder coolie. He strictly followed all of Downton's orders without a single complaint.
Downton sat in the living room and took the time to meditate.
After being promoted to the second level of soul, this was the first time he checked his physical condition. Unsurprisingly, his soul shield increased to two, which was also a sign of the second level.
The soul level is mainly to strengthen the origin of the soul and increase the soul power, but Downton's physical fitness has still been improved by one-fifth, which is twice as high as that of ordinary magic users.
The most satisfying thing is that the soul power released by the soul seed has increased to five times that of the first level, which means that Downton can absorb magic energy three times faster, and the number of demon servants it can carry reaches up to six.
There is only the possibility of rebellion.
Penitent Ghouls and Servants are not a simple addition problem. Every time there is one more, the soul power required increases exponentially.
"Why should we dismantle the wall and make it six meters wide? Wouldn't it be safer to make it narrower and put them in one at a time?" Celes squatted in front of the five-meter deep pit. When she saw Downton coming out of meditation, she quickly asked
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"The purpose is to kill them all together, so we have to make sure that the chasing spiders fall into the trap together. If one or two are missed, the battle will become cumbersome."
Downton inspected the pit and was not satisfied, so he jumped in and repaired it himself.
The walls of the pit must be straight up and down, so that the fallen spiders have no place to climb up and cannot climb out. Then they can turn the warrior's spear upside down and bury it on the bottom and walls of the pit, which will definitely stab them half to death.
"Even death knights rarely use underhanded tactics. They all attack the enemy openly. This is the first time I've seen this kind of thing like you." Homer floated, looking at the murderous potholes, and couldn't help but
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"If you just say that I am an uncultivated wild paladin, won't it be over? Downton rolled his eyes, "I'm just killing spiders, is it possible to have a fair duel with them?"
"I think it's cool. It's not sinister, it's a strategy, just like a weak hunter hunting a brown bear." Celes defended Downton with a serious expression, but was slapped on the forehead by the grimoire.
"Okay, Celes, freeze a layer of ice about the thickness of your index finger on top of the pit." Downton jumped out and patted the dirt off his body.
There is some frost-based magic in the Necromantic Arcana, and as Celes is a death banshee, her attacks are naturally filled with death-freezing energy, so such a trivial matter as making ice is not a problem at all.
Celes nodded and chanted a spell softly. The ice layer filled with white freezing air spread visibly to the naked eye, covering the potholes.
Downton stepped on it and jumped a few times. Celes was so frightened that she screamed and hurriedly pulled him away.
"What are you doing?" Celes' heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of her chest.
"Just testing the strength of the ice." Downton touched the Death Banshee's forehead and smiled, "Don't worry, even if I fall in, the spear won't be able to penetrate this heavy armor."
"Then you can't do such a dangerous thing." Celes pouted her lips and twisted her two index fingers together again.
"I won't do it again. Let's start the battle. This time, we will lead five simple attempts." Downton left two demon servants behind and led the others to the long street in front of the bank.
"You really don't want your life. Five of them are still called simple?" Celes complained, but unfortunately Downton ignored her.
"I think you are so brave that you dare to explode the dragon's anus." Homer teased, but he really liked Downton's courage. Only by constantly challenging the limits can he squeeze out all his potential.
Those spiders lay motionless on their webs, quietly waiting for their prey to come to them.
Downton held the crossbow, crossed the two in front, aimed at the spider with patterns on its back slightly behind, and pulled the trigger.
The spider hit by the arrow was like a mad war horse, rushing towards it with eight legs, and the one next to it followed closely behind.
Downton did not leave, but quickly wound up his bow. At the same time, his eyes did not forget to observe the prey. Sure enough, the two in front were alarmed by the arrow-shot spider, and they sprinted together.
"Only four are not enough!"
Downton quickly calculated the time it would take for them to arrive in front of him. He raised his hand and fired an arrow, hitting an undisturbed spider. The spider immediately ran wild, alerting two nearby spiders.
"Are you done with it?"
Seeing seven black-blooded spiders that were as powerful as war horses coming towards them with great force, Homer gloated, but he soon discovered that there was no trace of panic on Downton's face, and he wound up the weapon step by step and retreated to the backyard of Long Street.
The first spider that was hit by an arrow was the craziest one. Not only did it rush the fastest, it also opened its mouth and sprayed balls of green venom the size of coconuts.
A demon servant immediately stood in front of him.
Downton easily took off the double-layered tower shield it was carrying.
The arrow-shot spider rushed towards him with a strong fishy smell, raised its two front claws, and stabbed Downton on the head.
The two demon servants acted as human shields and quickly stood in front of Downton. Their front claws collided with their heavy armor, making a harsh noise.
"Go to hell!" Downton raised his crossbow, the distance was so close that it almost hit the spider's fragile compound eye, and fired a shot.
Poof, all the foot-long crossbow arrows were shot in, green body fluids mixed with red blood came out, and the spider screamed.
Downton threw away his crossbow, gripped the ogre saber at his waist, and then killed the giant with one strike.
Whoosh, the spider's head was split open and blood splattered.
"Deal with one!"
Downton quickly retreated with his two demon servants.
Balls of green venom shot out like shotguns and hit Downton's shield and two demon servants. Fortunately, he was wearing heavy armor and there was no threat.
"Block the one on the left!" Seeing that the three from behind hadn't come up yet, Downton established a defense line in front of the gap in the wall.
The spider on the left was entangled by two demon servants, while the one on the right pounced on Downton without any hindrance, stabbing with its front claws.
With his legs slightly bent, Downton used his left hand to swing out the tower shield.
Giant's Fortress!
Bang, after the tower shield blocked the front pincers, it slapped the spider hard on the face, knocking it out.
"No. 5, No. 6, block the gap!" Downton now disliked the spider for running too slowly, so he sent out two demon servants on standby.
Four ghouls guarded the gap, and together with Downton, they successfully blocked the three spiders.
After the three others gathered behind him, Downton directed the ghouls to form a V-shaped formation and retreat toward the trap.
The spiders frantically stabbed the ghoul in front of them with their chelicerae, and sprayed venom from their mouthparts, splashing everywhere.
It has to be said that even low-level spiders are not very intelligent. Looking at these "iron cans", they can't tell which one is Downton, so they attack them all.
Celes floated in the air, mainly attacking the ones at the back. If they escaped the interception of the ghouls, she would use phosphorus rockets to drive them back.
Downton stepped on the ice and retreated from the trap, while the demon servants dodged from both sides, just in time to trap the spiders in the middle of the trap.
Four black-blooded spiders stepped onto the trap, and the ice could not bear their weight and began to crack.
"The pit has become smaller." Celes shouted, very anxious. The spiders were not small and could not gather together on the trap.
"Don't worry, it's enough!" Downton comforted him and chopped off the saber with all his strength.
Bang, the ice cube shattered, and the four black-blooded spiders that lost their support fell in and were pierced by spears. They let out painful whines from their mouthparts.
The one on the top was protected from punctures because it had a cushion of its own kind. It struggled to crawl out, but the next moment it was killed by a giant that fell from the sky and slashed hard on its body, cutting off three of its legs.
"Full impact!"
Under the command, the four demon servants immediately moved into position, divided into groups of two, and circled around the black-blooded spiders, then charged with all their strength and pushed them into the pit.
The six black-blooded spiders screamed and struggled hard, but the ones below were suppressed and could not move at all. The top one was only less than two meters away from the entrance of the cave. However, the walls of the pit were vertical, making it difficult to climb. In addition,
The spiders above and below were too frightened and kept twisting their bodies in an attempt to get out of the predicament, making the ones above unable to stand at all, let alone attack.
"Celeste, full firepower!" Downton and the ghouls stood at the entrance of the pit, guarding against spiders climbing up, and then handed over the attacks to the Banshee of Death.
As a magician, Celes is originally a long-range turret professional. Killing these spiders is faster than Downton's.
"Good tactics!" Homer praised. There was no more suspense. It was only a matter of time to kill these black-blooded spiders who couldn't even resist.
The spiders resisted without giving up, but because they were all twisting and struggling violently, they could not aim at the target. Most of the venom was shot on their own kind and on the wall. Even if they occasionally fired a few shots out of the trap, they did not pose a threat. After all, they were heavy.
Wearing armor is not a decoration.
"There are still too few ghouls, and they are covered in heavy armor, which slows down their movement." On the first try, seven black-blooded spiders were eliminated at once, but Downton was not proud. Looking at the bloody corpses in the trap,
Frowning, he pondered the shortcomings of his tactics.
"I think I killed too slowly." Celes floated down, lowered her head, and twisted her two slender index fingers together.
"Indeed, that's why I want to teach you a magic arcane bomb with large-scale destruction. You must master it as soon as possible." Homer projected the spell to give Celes a bad start.
Arcane missiles are very powerful, but their chanting time is nearly three times longer than that of phosphorus rockets. As we all know, magicians cannot be interrupted when casting spells, otherwise it will cause chaos in the magic energy and violent explosions, so the longer the casting time.
, meaning the greater the risk.
Homer pursues quick-attack magic tactics, so he teaches Celes, who is just getting started, simple and quick necromancy magic. He would rather have less power and avoid chanting for a long time. But it is different now. There is Downton and a group of corpses.
With the demon servants as human shields and the deep pit traps, the black-blooded spider could not pose a threat to her at all, so she could use her magic unscrupulously.