Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 63 Summation of Arithmetic Sequences
61.1% for option one, 5.6% for option two, and 33.3% for option four.

……

【Option [-]】

[Pyroxene Staff]: One Lv.4 spell slot, one Lv.3 spell slot

Special effects: none
……

Zheng Zhuo fished it towards his hand.He swung away the scimitar, short crossbow and ancient books, and took a staff.

A staff.

At the top of the straight ebony staff, the originally colorless and transparent pyroxene flashed with brilliance at that moment.

One Lv.4 spell slot, and one Lv.3 spell slot.

The magic to be filled has already been determined.

Two halos light up around the pyroxene, tangentially encircling it.One was a cloudy yellow, the other a burning orange.

【Grease】.

【Fireball】.

"Prepare--"

The strong wind blows in the face, and the rhinoceros that stepped on the ground once again stepped on Zheng Zhuo.Behind it, the footsteps of kobold soldiers had reached the door.

Zheng Zhuo clenched his teeth and spit out the last words——

"freed."

Swish!
Lv.3's [Greasy Art] sprayed at the rhinoceros with its big dirty mouth open, and in the next second, [Fireball] ignited all the oil.

boom!
A pillar of fire shot up from the rhinoceros and lit up to the roof of the armory.

Zheng Zhuo withstood the heat wave and rolled to the side again.He narrowly avoided the rhino's panicked second kick.Roll to the inside of the room.

The grease sticks to the rhino and drives the rhino crazy!It rushed wildly, and the kobold soldiers who came behind them did not dare to move forward, they howled and fled backwards.

The poor wooden columns of the armory were crumbling from the impact of the rhino.

Zheng Zhuo hid in the innermost part of the arsenal, and quickly opened the [Appraisal].

"The physical strength of a rhino... Hey, are you kidding me?"

The rhinoceros is in great pain, but [identification] shows that it still has more than half of its physical strength left.

"Is Lv.35 so exaggerated? Before it falls, this place will collapse—"

Zheng Zhuo turned his head immediately, and scanned the room with 【Appraisal】.

Swords and guns, crossbow arrows, iron tools, stone hooks, and...

Stacked in bundles, flint and steel.

"that's it!"

"[Fireball], get ready!"

The pyroxene flashing orange light drew an arc forward.

"freed!"

Bang! ! !
The second explosion of the day, blasting the kobolds' arsenal.

Before the rhino completely destroyed the arsenal, Zheng Zhuo's [Fireball] collided with the flint and steel, blasting a big hole inside the arsenal.

Zheng Zhuo jumped out of the arsenal.He fell hard to the ground.

next second.

With a deafening roar, the arsenal collapsed.

Zheng Zhuo saw that under his status bar, his experience began to soar.But at the same time, he also saw the rhino piercing through the ruins of the armory again, making a howl that could penetrate people's internal organs.

"(Oops--)"

Must get up quickly!However, the limbs were paralyzed by the shock when it fell, and right now, there is no way to move well.

"[Treatment], quasi..."

Can you make it?

The rhino's reddened eyes have already looked in Zheng Zhuo's direction——

at this time.

Zheng Zhuo felt someone pull hard on his back collar.He was jerked backwards, into the shadows below the next castle.

……

The angry rhinoceros lingered in place, roaring to the sky.

Below the walled city.Deep in the shadows.

"Oh, it's too dangerous!"

The familiar voice lowered the volume and whispered in Zheng Zhuo's ear.

"Why did that place collapse all of a sudden? I was just wondering if I could get something out of the mess..."

It's Zhuang Yusheng!

When Zheng Zhuo broke into the kobold city, it caused a commotion. Zhuang Yusheng took advantage of Zheng Zhuo to attract the attention of all the kobolds, and unexpectedly arrived here quietly through [stealth].

"That rhinoceros is too difficult to deal with." Zheng Zhuo panted shortly and shallowly, and said, "We must leave here as soon as possible."

Even the burning oil attached to it can only slowly cause damage that is almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

Zheng Zhuo aimed the end of the pyroxene staff at himself.He continued to perform [treatment] on himself.

The injury gradually healed, and his hands and feet regained strength, but his eyes were blurred for a while.

"I... can't use many spells anymore."

Zheng Zhuo said with difficulty.

After the previous continuous casting of spells, even Zheng Zhuo, who holds [Fatigue Resistance: Small], has reached the limit.

"How far is it to the entrance of the blue dragon's lair?"

Zheng Zhuo asked.He wanted to rush over in one breath.

"At least 3/4 of the way away!" Zhuang Yusheng said quickly, staring around nervously - he seemed to hear the voice of a lizard.

"what!?"

"It's not that fast!" Zhuang Yusheng said anxiously, "I told you, it's several kilometers long!"

Zheng Zhuo began to worry in his heart.Fatigue gave him the illusion that he had come a long way.The truth is, however, that it took almost all of his physical strength to get across a quarter of the kobold camp.

To traverse three times the distance again?There is absolutely no way he can hold on to the finish line!
"Then how-"

"look!"

Zhuang Yusheng pointed to the end of the road with his finger.Zheng Zhuo looked in the direction he indicated.

He vaguely saw a high wall covered with spikes in the middle of the kobold city.

And at the top of the high wall is a huge sentry tower.

"The Kobold Walled City is divided into the front area and the rear area!" Zhuang Yusheng said quickly, "That is the high wall separating the front area and the rear area. There are sentry towers on the wall..."

"That wall is independent of the front and rear areas, and can only be passed by using ladders! When encountering enemy attacks—such as now, they put away the ladders so that the enemy cannot easily pass—and this also means that if we occupy there , the kobolds can't come up easily!"

"When I first came here, I pretended to be a kobold replacement soldier in the dark, got on top of it, stayed there for several days, and then found a gap to move on! Now, I want to be as silent as I was back then. It's impossible to breathe... But if you can climb up and occupy the heights, at least you can have a chance to breathe!"

Zhuang Yusheng made a very feasible suggestion!

However, even if you want to reach the sentry tower on the high wall, there is still 1/4 of the distance.It is not easy to cross this distance.

at this time.

"Zheng Zhuo, Zheng Zhuo!"

Zhuang Yusheng's forehead was covered with sweat, and his voice began to become high-pitched.

"I hear the lizard! There it is, in the dark—it's coming!"

Zheng Zhuo didn't hear the lizard.But he saw other bad things.

The kobold soldiers have also rushed over!

No!

Now... there must be a breakthrough!

Zheng Zhuo looked at the most eye-catching enemy in the field - the enemy who almost killed him just now -

That wild rhino with flames all over his body.

He suddenly noticed that the kobold who was riding on the rhino had disappeared.

It turned out that the kobold jumped off the rhino in order to avoid the flames burning himself.

Can I ride a Rhino?

This idea immediately appeared in Zheng Zhuo's mind.With Rampage Rhino, he can easily cross the next 1/4 of the way to the wall!
However, he has no way of driving a rhino!To do this, he needed a combination of spells to steer the rhino forward, brake, and steer.

What kind of combination would that be?
Zheng Zhuo's mind went blank.

……

【problem】

[Want to drive the rhino!What combination of spells is best for doing this? 】

【Option [-]】

[Fireball + Mage's Hand]

【Option [-]】

[Fireball + Healing]

【Option [-]】

【Fireball+Grease】

【Option [-]】

【Fireball + Energy Chain】

【Option [-]】

[Fireball + Summon Bat]

【Option [-]】

[Mage Hand + Healing]

【Option [-]】

[Hand of Mage + Grease]

【Option [-]】

[Mage Hand + Energy Chain]

【Option Nine】

[Hand of Mage + Summon Bat]

【Option Ten】

【Treatment + Grease】

【Option Eleven】

[Healing + Energy Chain]

【Option [-]】

[Healing + Summoning Bats]

【Option Thirteen】

[Grease technique + energy chain]

【Option Fourteen】

[Grease + Summon Bat]

【Option [-]】

[Energy Chain + Summon Bat]

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