Star Forge Titan

The music became more cheerful, and amidst this cheerful music, the young Titan descendant made a decision that at least made him happy.

At this moment, the music stopped abruptly, and a short, sturdy figure crawled back into the treasure room.

Thorin sat down on the ground, with only half of the piccolo in his hand left and several arrows stuck in the armor on his back.

"Damn it, are you kidding me? How, why did an army suddenly appear outside?!

Chapter 21: The Cicada Is Not a Cicada

An army?

Judging from the fact that Thorin can still make such strange howling sounds, the dwarf craftsmanship is indeed trustworthy.

The arrows did not actually penetrate the armor, but just happened to scratch the outermost cloth robe and get stuck on it.

So, Alvin immediately expressed his complete confidence, believing that even if there were two more waves of such arrow rain, the dwarf warriors would be able to continue to roar vigorously.

"Let's go out and take a look. The fish we catch this time might be bigger than expected." The black-haired boy said and walked out nonchalantly.

"Fishing? What fish? Are you hiding something from me?" Thorin's eyes widened as if he realized something.

"I'm sorry, I just had some suspicions beforehand, but I didn't expect the other party to send out an entire army." Although his words seemed a little surprised, there was no strangeness on Ivan's face. Instead, he looked calm as expected.

"Don't you think there would be a few spies sent by the Witch King in such a large group of immigrants?" Heidi looked at Thorin strangely, and the latter's face gradually turned red and he showed an angry expression.

The matter was actually quite simple. Aven's grand treasure hunt was not only to obtain the Witch King's treasure, but also to lure out any potential spies. It would be even better if they could uncover the other Witch Kings' hidden forces around Nulnris.

However, he didn't expect that he would directly lure out an army.

However, unlike Lind or Elrond, which are armed with new technologies, this is a powerful military cluster that can be called a modern army with Palladian characteristics in a sense.

Most of the armies in the Silent Desert still retained the characteristics of feudal armies. Leaving aside the commonplace aspects like morale, most of them possessed extraordinary powers only a few senior officers or special non-commissioned officers, and most of them were lower-level extraordinary people of the first or second order.

To put it bluntly, no matter how many of these trash come, it will only waste a few more minutes to defeat them.

What's more, by joining the Fist of Freedom, Alvin gained the trust of the fighters and a relatively transcendent status, and gradually came to understand the situation in the Silent Desert area.

Now he no longer needs to hide his identity. In other words, many abilities that he originally didn't intend to use openly can now be used blatantly.

So, the black-haired boy confidently followed the passage out of the treasure room. Afterwards, he saw an army of over a thousand men, completely surrounding the relatively small eastern side of Howling Wind Mountain.

However, calling these people an army, even an army of the feudal era, is a bit of an exaggeration.

The majority of the over a thousand troops were from the surrounding sand bandit gangs, with a few simply being the nomadic tribe of carnivorous bees riding desert lizards. They stood in distinct areas, keeping a noticeable distance from each other.

Especially the Carnivorous Bee Tribe. Even the brutal Sand Bandits dared not stand next to these man-eating lunatics.

"Boy, hand over the treasure of the Witch King Seened!"

"I, the Greatsword Executioner, Bobette can promise to spare your life, hahahaha."

A gang leader with a burly figure, who looked like the offspring of his mother and an ogre, took two steps forward and shouted:

The man was three meters tall, carrying a crudely made but surprisingly large sword on his shoulder. His body was covered in both muscle and fat, the total amount of which was exaggerated, making him look more like a black bear with broad shoulders and a short neck than a human. Judging from his appearance alone, he was indeed quite intimidating.

"Army?" Alvin had no intention of paying any attention to the other party. Instead, he looked at the noisy and crowded wasteland of sand bandits and other random people, and gradually revealed a somewhat dissatisfied expression.

"That's it?" Although his voice was not very loud, it was heard by everyone almost instantly because of the Lan Dou School's control over the wind.

Most of the bandits immediately showed furious expressions. The brutal life of looting caravans and killing villagers made these bloodthirsty thugs arrogant and inferior. How could they allow others to speak to them in a tone that completely disregarded them?

Almost in an instant, most of the sand bandits and flesh-eating bee fanatics all started shouting and cursing, but there were a few among them who had not completely forgotten to use their brains. They realized something from the sound that suddenly spread throughout the venue and began to retreat silently.

"It seems that the real mantis has not appeared yet." Alvin muttered.

"Do you need help?" Looking at the excited sand bandit gang, the female mage's voice was also very steady.

"No need, I can feel that there are still some things hidden nearby, so you guys should conserve your strength." Ivan looked around.

Although there are fewer extraordinary people in the Sand Bandits Gang, the aura emitted by the gang members as living beings, coupled with the evil god believers in the carnivorous bee swarm, are like a large number of interference sources that make the magic fluctuations in the surrounding environment relatively chaotic, and for a time provide cover for other people who may be hiding.

Since there is interference, just erase it. This is a good opportunity to test the new equipment in actual combat.

Alvin took out the assembled simulated robotic arm from the lepton space, fixed it behind his back and on his shoulders, then activated the power of the elemental shell to activate it and connect it with himself.

For a moment, he felt the strange sensation of having two extra arms, but it was quickly assimilated and familiar due to the combat power of the elemental shell.

At this moment, the angry Sand Bandits could no longer hold back and launched an attack. A flurry of arrows fell like rain towards the treasure cave halfway up Fengxiao Mountain.

The female mage didn't even frown as she casually threw out a turtle-shaped animal-fiber war doll. The doll quickly expanded to the height of two people, and without blocking the passage, it used its metallic carapace to protect its owner tightly.

The dwarf cursed angrily, then pulled down the full-face mask hidden inside his helmet and stood there facing the rain of arrows, with no intention of dodging at all.

Just kidding, he just went back to inform his companions that they were ambushed. What good equipment could a group of sand bandits have? How could those obsidian arrows possibly penetrate the full body armor meticulously crafted by true dwarf masters?

As for Ivan, the black-haired boy's original hands and the newly equipped metal mechanical arms behind him made exactly the same boxing configuration at the same time.

Fist of Flowing Stone·Revised——Ancient Dragon Rock Scale! Double Armor Stacking!

When the first arrow flew in front of Ivan, an arm covered with black crystalline scales suddenly grasped it firmly from the front.

In front of the trembling arrow was a crystal mask covering the left half of Ivan's face and a hideous dragon helmet.

The long crystal horn on the side of the helmet, standing straight up towards the sky, undisguisedly displayed the majesty and almost tyrannical pressure.

At this moment, the black-haired boy's entire body was covered in a layer of black crystal dragon scales, and its appearance resembled that of a dragon's armor. However, this armor was asymmetrical.

The left side of the helmet has a sharp dragon horn, and the gauntlet on the left forearm also has a sharp arm blade protruding outward like a fang, but the right side is basically covered with only a thin layer of dragon scales.

Despite this, the armor, which has the overall appearance of dragon scales and a crystalline texture, still provides absolute hardness and defense that surpasses steel and diamond.

But that wasn't the end. Ivan dropped the arrow in his hand, opened his arms, and let the rain of arrows fall on him with a futile clanking sound. Then, he suddenly raised his right hand and drew a complete arc above his head.

Ash Armor-Lightforge Armor!

Several pieces of armor flew out from the glowing ring, but unlike usual, this time the light-forged armor condensed the solidified skyfire light into half a set of armor attached to the right half of Ivan's body.

In this way, half of the black diamond crystal and half of the pure white light-cast steel, the two completely opposite colors, are somehow harmoniously combined into one, turning into a special set of armor with the dual elements of the phoenix and the dragon.

The pitch-black part is hideous and violent, while the pure white part appears sacred and solemn.

At the same time, the metal mechanical arms activated by the combat skill Elemental Shell came together behind his back, forming a solid steel ring that emitted a bright and cold magical glow.

"Huh, the fusion was successful as expected." He felt that his own defense was stronger than ever before, and at the same time, the power of his boxing was also multiplied. Inside the mechanical arm activated by the elemental shell, the power of boxing configuration was running smoothly in parallel with the magic power in his body.

The experiment was successful...

Realizing this, what Alvin needs to do next is to clean up these minions who were thrown out to test him.

The steel ring behind him continued to maintain the defense of the ancient dragon rock scales, but the black-haired boy's own hands showed the new boxing style he learned from his senior brother Brad after defeating the Witch King.

The new style of Randou, a new boxing style that combines multiple powerful branches of Randou, has a unique advantage in controlling strong winds.

New style - Storm Arrow Attack!

Before the rain of arrows shot by the Sand Bandits and the Flesh-Eating Bee Tribe had completely landed on the ground, hundreds of pure white cyclones formed by strong winds suddenly appeared in the sky.

These cyclones were densely distributed in the cloudless blue sky of the silent desert. As they rotated rapidly, they turned into pure white whirlwind spears that shot down to the ground.

The sand bandits stared at the scene in amazement, and then, no matter their armor or flesh, they could not make any effective defense in front of the whirlwind spear composed of madly rotating high-pressure airflow. The human body was torn into countless scarlet fragments by the strong wind like exploding fireworks.

At this point, even the most stupid and crazy sand bandits knew that they had kicked the hardest iron plate, but most of them had lost their heads or limbs and could no longer escape.

As for the bloodthirsty and crazy flesh-eating bee tribe, they continued to charge bravely. However, the whirlwind spears that kept falling from the sky turned the bravery of these cannibals into pure suicide.

The one who held out the longest was, of course, the burly man who called himself the Greatsword Executioner, and who even spoke for most of the bandits at the beginning. He held out for about five seconds longer than the average bandit, and his greatsword took three hits before it was fully tempered, so he still had time to think about a problem.

Is it necessary for such a powerful supernatural force to fall on the heads of ordinary sand bandits like us?

Is it really that important? Is it worth it? Is it a waste?

If he could hear the last cry in this man's heart, Alvin would probably just shrug his shoulders.

What's the big deal about unleashing his ultimate on minions? With both fragments in hand, the total amount of mana he could now call upon had reached an astonishing level. While he wasn't quite capable of using Titan Form as a normal skill, and couldn't even meet the initial mana consumption required to activate it, the mana required to purely utilize his fists was now a trivial matter for Alvin.

What's more, the attacks he threw out with so many boxing configuration forces actually had other meanings.

Sure enough, the next moment when all the cannon fodder were wiped out, many hidden figures suddenly emerged from the depths of the sand.

The leader let out a long, beast-like howl and was about to say something, but was shocked to see Ivan's hands crossed in an X shape in front of his chest, with a tiny white ring around the end of each of his ten open fingers.

"Didn't you realize you were marked?" The black-haired boy chuckled and suddenly threw out the white rings around the ends of his ten fingers.

Those small rings quickly grew larger as they flew out, while maintaining an ultra-high-speed rotation like a chainsaw.

"Go, Storm Lightning!"

Chapter 22: Light Wheel Cruise

The so-called loitering munition is a new concept ammunition that can "cruise" or "stay on standby" above the target area and perform various combat missions.

It is the product of the organic combination of UAV technology and ammunition technology. It can realize single or multiple tasks such as reconnaissance and damage assessment, precision strike, communication, relay, target indication, and air surveillance.

The world of Palladia where Ivan lives is a world of swords (probably) and magic, but the weapons made by the hairless naked apes for killing, and mechanical technology are only the medium to make them real. The most important tactical and strategic ideas can also be realized with magic technology.

Storm Light Wheel, this branch configuration that Alvin had deduced based on the Storm Light Wheel configuration, was originally considered a useless semi-finished product by him because it required marking the enemy in advance to complete automatic tracking.

Moreover, the Storm Light Wheel, which is essentially a vacuum knife that uses the difference in air pressure to create a cutting effect, is naturally quite effective against unarmored or lightly armored units, but it will be a bit weaker when encountering heavily armored units.

The same was true of the previous Storm Arrow Rain. This move worked by injecting high-pressure air into the enemy's body like a spear, then detonating it to cause secondary damage. However, if it couldn't penetrate armor, it naturally couldn't exert its maximum power.

But Palladia is a world of swords (probably) and magic after all. As long as you add enough mana, even the most common skill "Spark" can achieve the damage of the advanced skill "Big Explosion".

Moreover, after mastering the Storm Arrow Rain, a wide-area attack boxing technique, Alvin immediately realized that he could adjust the details and mix in the magic beacon needed for the "Storm Light Wheel" to track the enemy.

In this way, as long as the first round of coverage attack is completed with Storm Arrow Rain, even if the enemy survives this round of damage and is still alive, there will be an extra magic beacon with guiding function on its body.

After that, you can continuously release the Storm Light Wheel, making it circle and cruise in the sky. When the time is right, you can aim at the beacon and carry out a concentrated attack, or simply sneak up from behind and backstab it.

Anyway, with two pieces of Gaia fragments in his hands, Ivan now has an outrageous amount of magic power available, so continuously throwing out "Storm Light Wheels" in batches is not a high-consumption behavior worthy of attention.

The high-speed rotating white annular cyclones moved back and forth in space like a flock of birds, and from time to time they were divided into dozens of attack clusters to form a batch, which fell from the sky with a roar and rushed towards the enemies hiding in the sand.

At the same time, strong winds gathered around the metal ring behind Ivan, artificially creating a low-pressure cyclone in the hollow center of the ring, and a high-pressure environment on the periphery, thereby creating an air pressure difference that drove Ivan slowly upwards.

Lan Dou Steel Wind Flow - Flying Iron Configuration.

This boxing technique originally required a special cloak to allow the user to fly, but after being optimized and modified by Alvin, it became more convenient to use. Even without the special cloak, the boxer who practices this boxing technique can take off on the spot.

A boxer who can skillfully use multiple styles of boxing is no different from a magician.

"Damn it!" The figure below, who was extremely embarrassed by the continuous attacks of the Storm Light Wheel, cursed loudly.

At that moment, the sun was high in the sky, its rays illuminating Ivan's contrasting armor, a combination of crystal and steel, creating brilliant halos of light. The sun itself, shining through the metal ring behind the black-haired boy, resembled a giant fireball embedded within it, radiating a scorching, intense pressure.

The attacker, who had been cursing and shouting a few moments ago, couldn't help but choke. But he immediately noticed that Ivan had already left the ground. This meant that the magic power he had illegally stolen through the earth's call and the earth's network was no longer being continuously infused into his body!?!

Fist of the King of Beasts——Falcon Attack!

He suddenly opened his hands, and magic quickly outlined the outline of a flying eagle around his arms and body. Then he flew up as fast as an eagle taking off from the ground.

Avoiding the sudden attack of Storm Light Wheel, this person came straight to a place not far in front of Alvin.

"Boy, do you remember me?" The half-blood orc with a wolf's head shouted with a sinister look on his face.

Waving his hand to stop the attack of the Storm Light Wheel, Alvin kept the high-speed rotating ring cyclones cruising around, and then made a slightly confused sound from behind the mask.

"Oh? Should I remember you?"

"That's right, after all, he has changed his incarnation." The visitor sneered and muttered to himself.

"Me." The wolf-headed half-orc gave himself a thumbs-up.

"The immortal Jerome is back!"

"..." Alvin did not answer immediately, but instead let out a sigh of confusion.

"At this point, why continue to hide your identity, the Fifth Witch King—the bloodthirsty Hopt?"

The abilities of the Embers Knight and the Fist Master were both activated, and Ivan was just a panel monster with exaggerated attributes, so he didn't take a mere avatar seriously at all.

The dark-haired young man from the North was even a little puzzled. Why did this guy dare to come before him? Did he think that both Witch Kings were actually destroyed by his master, Rigor, with his final life? And that he and his senior brother had just happened to have a chance? So he could defeat a depleted Witch King and another incarnation that was as powerful as the Witch King?

Does he believe this if he says it?

Wait, it doesn’t seem to matter whether he knows about this or not. What I’m going to do next is very simple anyway.

Beat, beat quickly, beat violently, beat thoroughly, beat until the despicable and bloodthirsty guy on the opposite side never dares to appear in front of any boxer again!

All kinds of information, from what was heard and what was seen with one's own eyes, indicated that the Witch King named Hopt was a vicious beast that had been completely corrupted and twisted, and he was not worthy of being called a human being.

Even if the Witch King's secret technique itself has problems, isn't there an example like Senedd among the five Witch Kings who tried his best to suppress his twisted animal nature?

Although dwarves possess certain elemental biological characteristics due to their racial origins, coupled with the generally stubborn character cultivated by the social environment, their average mental resistance is slightly stronger than that of other races.