Although Selia had just told Bronya that they were at a vantage point, strictly speaking, this place wasn’t particularly high.
However, there was good news: in this terrain, there was only one path leading upwards, and both sides were cliffs dozens of meters high.
If one fell from here, they would probably be out of commission for a while.
“Eh, wait.” Standing on the only path, looking at the two forks below, Selia suddenly realized, “Isn’t this the game map for ‘Fourth Time’s the Charm’?
One path in the middle, and pits on both sides.”
“That’s right, I referenced the game map when designing it.
It should be quite reasonable, right?”
Just as Selia was still figuring out how to push people down later, Bronya’s cannon fire had already begun from above.
Three shells, trailing white exhaust, landed in the camp below.
“I need to suggest to Theresa to upgrade the students’ equipment sometime,” Selia looked down at the camp.
“How much better would it be to switch to MiG-13?
Three layers of charge for fifteen shells directly.”
Following a commotion below, two hounds were first released, rapidly closing in on Selia’s position.
At the same time, four Deep Pool phalanx soldiers also began to organize their formation.
“Killing dogs, simple.
One shot, one kill.”
Selia raised her hand and aimed, two bullets directly flipping the two hounds that were halfway through their run.
Bronya’s bombardment continued, while the casters and sword-and-shield phalanx soldiers below gradually advanced upwards.
“I need to deal with the casters first…” Selia spread her giant scythe, crouched slightly, and then, her figure burst forth.
Before they could even react, a flash of red blade light had already swept past the soldiers in front, heading straight for the casters in the rear.
However, the effect of this slash was clearly not good.
The scythe blade, imbued with Honkai Energy, didn’t cause significant damage to the caster, only leaving a deep crack on their armor.
“Hiss, I forgot, the Deep Pool soldiers’ incredible magic resistance!”
In the trial, the monsters’ magic resistance was changed to protection against energy-based attacks.
Coincidentally, all monsters in the Deep Pool faction had a very absurd talent—Refraction.
This talent directly increased the monsters’ magic resistance by 70%.
Selia using Honkai Energy attached to her weapon for attacks would probably be less effective than just directly slashing.
Casually conjuring a shield made of Honkai Energy, Selia gripped the scythe with her backhand, simultaneously removing the Honkai Energy attached to the weapon.
Then, Selia pulled the trigger, and with the recoil, she swung the scythe forward fiercely.
This attack was very effective.
The caster’s pitiful defense couldn’t withstand this pure slash, and a huge gash appeared on their chest.
However, the battle was not over.
The Honkai Energy around Selia continued to surge, and several tentacles made of Honkai Energy exploded among the Deep Pool soldiers, not for killing, of course, but to slow them down.
Entangled by the tentacles, the Deep Pool soldiers’ advance speed was greatly slowed, and seizing this opportunity, Bronya’s heavy cannon began a saturation bombardment.
“That should be about enough.
Even if these soldiers manage to reach Bronya, it’ll probably be a one-punch deal.” Selia looked towards the rear of the phalanx: “But I remember there was also a shielded caster.”
Sure enough, no sooner had Selia spoken than a caster, clad in a black robe and surrounded by a black protective layer, emerged from the camp.
This caster looked around, seemingly very surprised by the heavy casualties among his soldiers.
“Don’t worry, I’ll send you to join them right away.”
Selia once again lunged towards the caster, delivering a sneak attack from behind.
In the game, this high-tier shielded caster, with decent resistances, was very troublesome.
Its tough physique and area-of-effect output often caused significant problems.
However, in reality, this thing was completely countered by Selia.
Its slow movement speed and extremely long casting wind-up meant that by the time this caster cast once, Selia would have already landed a hit and retreated out of its attack range.
At this moment, Selia truly understood the meaning of “speed conquers all martial arts.”
The only drawback was that it was a bit slow to whittle down.
A few minutes later, Bronya slowly floated down from above.
“All eight Deep Pool soldiers have been dealt with, Sister Xia Ling.
Do we need to conduct another search to see if there are any stragglers?”
Selia recalled the number of enemies that had appeared, confirmed it was exactly consistent with the game, and then shook her head, replying, “No need, there shouldn’t be any more enemies.
After I collect the spoils, we’ll continue our journey.”
Skillfully entering the camp, Selia pulled out a box from one of the rooms.
Opening the box, she found two originium shards, an auxiliary recruitment voucher, and a Foldartal inside.
“Good luck, a Foldartal dropped.”
Opening the System light screen, two selectable Foldartal options were prominently displayed.
“Patrol: Upon approach, conduct a comprehensive survey.
When combined, the Collapse value reduction becomes two points.”
“Shaman: Select one combat node, then randomly designate two combat nodes.”
“Alright, no need to even look, directly choose Shaman.”
After all, for Selia, who was currently short on combat power, the combat power increase from the red Foldartal was quite significant.
Selecting Shaman on the light screen, the Foldartal in the box instantly turned red.
Selia put away the Foldartal and originium shards, and continued to look at the detector.
Then, the moment she saw the information for the next node, Selia suddenly felt her vision go black.
“Damn it, Emergency Moss Hand.”
For Selia, the tricky nodes in the trial were completely different from those in the game.
If it were in the game, Selia would probably be very happy to see this stage, but the problem was, this stage in the trial was extremely difficult.
Unlike the fixed enemy spawn order in the game, the monsters in the trial clearly didn’t play fair.
They usually swarmed out all at once at the start of a fight.
In the Moss Hand node, not only was the terrain complex, making it difficult for Bronya’s long-range firepower to be effective, but there were also two Crossbowmen hiding in the alleys to harass them, making it very troublesome.
What was even more critical was that this node had more than one Veteran Butcher.
An axe swing from such a large unit was not something to be taken lightly; if not defended well, Selia might lose something important.
“It seems there’s no fork in the road to bypass this node either…” After a moment of thought, Selia had an idea.
“Let’s go, Bronya.
The next node might be a bit difficult, so be mentally prepared.”
“Don’t worry, Sister Selia,” Bronya seemed to sense Selia’s concern and comforted her, “Bronya is the Silver Wolf of Ural.
In terms of combat experience alone, Sister Selia might not even be as good as me.”
“Is that so?” Selia smiled.
“Then I’ll have to entrust some tasks to Bronya.”
“Rest assured, mission accomplished.”
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”