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Chapter 65 - Columbine

The god of magic recovered from the dizziness and immediately used spatial transfer to move ten feet away. Then, a fireball landed on a knight and instantly killed him.

The two knights affected by the purple light quickly recovered. It seemed that they did not really fall under the same "sealing" as me; it was just a very small mental-impacting spell.

Although the remaining ten knights were only ten to twenty feet away from the god of magic, Columbine shouted loudly and the ten knights immediately lined up and retreated, returning to the formation.

The formation continued to advance, and the god of magic appeared serious. Just one encounter nearly cost him his life, making him realize that his opponent was not simple at all.

However, the same tactic would not work again. The god of magic could never be tricked again.

The formation had advanced to within less than thirty feet of the god of magic, but did not launch an attack. It maintained the original speed.

The god of magic began to frown tightly, retreating while laying several firefields in front of him.

Columbine clearly had observed the god of magic's temperament from the battle in Flying Eagle Town. That was that the god of magic would not escape. Moreover, if the god of magic wanted to escape, it would indeed be very difficult to be stopped. So there was no need to consider surrounding the god of magic or rush to attack, because the god of magic would act sooner or later.

However, they were probably wrong. Since the god of magic would avoid the battle in Haishan, it indicated that he was not a person who strictly adhered to principles.

In the telescope, some changes suddenly occurred on the god of magic's face. It was an imperceptible smile, somewhat like a sinister smile. My heart tightened. If the god of magic was truly an intelligent program, then at this moment, he must have more intelligence than when I first met him!

The first time I saw him, the god of magic would become confused due to the increasing number of vultures killing, and his face would not have a single expression. But today, he encountered an unreasonable battle tactic, yet he did not panic, and even had emotions.

The god of magic had gone through so many intense battles with players, and he had learned more human strategies!

Previously, because I studied game intelligence and bugs, I had seen many materials. The first generation of artificial intelligence was designed by programmers, and the level of intelligence often depended on the algorithms used by the developers. Later, developers focused on developing the "learning" ability of computers, so there emerged a new generation of intelligent computers.

After the artificial intelligence was designed, it would immediately be connected to some real-world networks to process all the information it came into contact with, select and judge, forming its own database, and constantly adjust its logic based on new information. This is what is called "AI secondary programming" or "intelligent autonomous evolution".

Advanced intelligent computers, for some reason, often encrypt the programs they have adjusted and hide them, or even put part of the correction programs on the network. Therefore, when a high-intelligence program is copied exactly, it will lose its evolutionary ability.

At the same time, most intelligent programs will fail to evolve and suffer severe hardware damage as a consequence. Therefore, cultivating an evolved computer is very difficult.

Although cultivating such a high-intelligence computer is costly and has a low probability, if successful, it is very exciting.

For example, the ordinary intelligent computer in the hospital has input all the medical information in the world, including massive clinical cases, but it still cannot surpass human doctors.

Later, the high-intelligence computer was connected to the patient's body to obtain various information from the patient, "train" their medical skills, and eventually, many intelligent computers connected to the patient could be several times "smarter" than ordinary computers, thus overcoming many medical diseases.

Theoretically, the more contact with the real world, the smarter the intelligent computer will be, but being too smart will threaten human safety. Therefore, various industries have restricted the connection between computers and humans. Moreover, all countries have signed agreements that prevent intelligent computers from being involved in certain important industries, such as military, neurology, genetic research, education, etc. And in places where computers are likely to learn negative information, such as prisons, slums, and red-light districts, computers without learning capabilities are not installed.

However, all high-ranking officials have unintentionally or intentionally forgotten to restrict computer games. Here, violence, crime, greed, and conspiracy abound, and the game consoles are often high-intelligence computers!

After all, almost all experts in computer science, when young, liked online games and had a strong emotional attachment to them. They really don't want to limit the world of online games.

While I was daydreaming, the god of justice had retreated tens of丈 using spatial transfer, making Columbine very frustrated. Although his formation was flawless, if he didn't attack, it was completely useless.

Originally, Columbine thought that the god of justice would be worried about the players who were led away by the phoenix returning, so he would quickly finish the battle and attack his formation with a risky and dangerous offensive. But unexpectedly, the god of justice seemed completely not in a hurry.

The god of justice wasn't in a hurry, but Columbine was getting a little anxious. Deploying so many people and designing so many tactics was just to accomplish this mission and upgrade the mercenary corps to level C. In that case, he could immediately become the first mercenary corps in Sunset City. According to forum news, there are less than a hundred level C mercenary corps across the continent. This is not just a title, but a capital to attract advanced players!

Although the Sea Heaven Society threatened not to allow others to interfere, but since they attacked after the first strike of the Sea Heaven Society failed and there were no people present, it could still be explained afterwards. I believe the Sea Heaven Society will not easily turn against Columbine.

While the people of the Sea Heaven Society haven't returned yet, Columbine finally decided to attack!

When I saw in the telescope that all the knights of the Columbine mercenary corps abandoned the formation and launched an attack in a dispersed formation, I knew it was over.

Forty or so knights formed a large matrix, spaced about ten丈 apart. Such a wide range was intended to completely surround the god of justice. After the surrounding, if the god of justice moved to any position, it would be discovered by others in time. But surprisingly, the god of justice still found their flaws, that was behind each knight.

The god of justice no longer used the fire sea, but used fire balls with higher single-target damage. Each fire ball could already achieve a damage of nearly 400. With just two strikes, it could kill a knight, and then, before the other knights could rush in, there was just enough time for the god of justice to perform a spatial transfer.

Even if someone spotted the god of justice's figure, they wouldn't dare to charge forward. In this game, physical collisions and weapon damage are not considered between enemies and allies. When charging into their own people, they would also lose health. Only magic and weapon-based ki would recognize whether the opponent was an ally.

So, often in the hesitation of the knights at the back, the god of justice killed the knights at the front. If the knights at the back used normal attacks, the horse speed couldn't arrive in time.

Some knights had the courage to launch a charge, but as soon as they gathered their ki, the god of justice would immediately sense it and start chanting spatial transfer. Thus, when the knights' charge arrived, it was also the moment when the god of justice disappeared, causing the knights in front to be seriously injured by their own people.

The knights turned into white light and had to contract the formation. The god of justice easily moved out of their formation and waited for the knights to attack.

Just relying on the knights was not enough. All the warriors also rushed forward. Columbine shouted, "R plan!"

Thirty or so warriors formed a circle and ran quickly. After the knights passed through the general pursuit and interception, they successfully forced the god of justice into this circle of warriors.

On the periphery were the same running knights and mages, and the god of justice couldn't easily move out. The circle formed by the warriors became tighter and tighter.

This is also a very correct tactic. To prevent the god of magic from having any space to move, one must start moving. Now it seems that within a hundred meters around here, there is no space at all; it's all filled with figures.

However, the god of magic gave a cold smile and my heart shivered again.

These moving figures, in the eyes of ordinary players, do indeed seem invulnerable, but in the eyes of the intelligent program, this running speed is no different from standing still.

Summoning the fire wheel dance, the god of magic directly turned into the group of running warriors.

The running warriors did not use any skills and directly crashed into the fire wheel of the god of magic. In less than two seconds, they turned into white light. Due to the high-speed running and being very proficient in the drill, these warriors all couldn't stop and all crashed into the giant meat grinder of the fire wheel dance!

Columbine finally lost his composure and shouted: "Plan F!" Unfortunately, this plan was like the free pursuit tactic of the Eagle Slayer cult. Of course, the outcome was the same: "Death."

Only by experiencing it personally did the mercenaries of Columbine know why the Eagle Slayer cult was defeated so badly.

The spell chanting time of the god of magic was less than one second. Just hearing this number, it doesn't seem very fast, but a person's reaction time in the game also requires a few hundredths of a second. That is to say, when the player saw the god of magic and made a decision, chose the spell, and the system calculated, this time had already been hit by the god of magic once.

Mages need to chant to cast spells, and close-range players also need to gather energy to cast powerful spells. Archers are better, those with good arm strength can keep the bow pulled and be ready, but they also need aiming time. This time, it hit another attack, so it was almost time to hang up.

The god of magic seemed to have no "thinking" at all. All his actions were continuous. Often, as soon as he finished using the space transfer, the chanting of the fire ball or fire sea had already begun. While the player's attack preparation had just begun, he seemed to already know and almost simultaneously started the chanting of the space transfer.

The monk in Columbine's group was only an advanced seal spell. He couldn't seal the god of magic. His role was merely to exert a deterrent effect on the god of magic at the beginning. Besides, he also wanted to try his luck and see if there was a one-in-a-thousand chance of sealing successfully.

The seal spell is a spell that monks can learn at level 40. So the practice time is generally not long. Being able to reach the advanced seal spell is already an astonishing achievement.

For mages of the same level, when the spell level reaches the super level, the probability of being sealed is as high as 80%. However, for the god of magic, it never succeeded once.

Less than half an hour, most members of Columbine's mercenary group had already been defeated once. Just heard Columbine's long cry: "All retreat! I plan!" 

Except for Columbine and the young man beside him, all the mercenaries silently gathered towards the village.

Columbine shouted at the god of magic: "I, Columbine mercenary group leader, challenge you! If I lose, then our group will abandon the arrest warrant!" 

The god of magic's gaze flashed and he said slowly: "OK!" 

The two sides slowly approached. Columbine pointed at the young man: "This is my son. We the father and son have always been working together to attack. Can you accept it?" 

The god of magic nodded. Columbine raised his voice: "Since this is a fair duel, I hope you don't use 'space transfer'!" 

Lanxus, who was beside me, just drank a sip of water and heard this, puffed out the water: "Damn it, fighting one-on-one, calling it a fair duel? Don't even allow others to use the strongest skills?" 

The god of magic said coldly: "OK!" 

Columbine's face flashed a strange smile and shouted: "OK, then it begins!" 

Suddenly, above the head of Columbine and his son, Columbine rose suddenly, and an endless stream of energy formed a huge sphere, enveloping the two of them. A loud shout came from behind me: "Good! 'Father and Son Teamwork'! It's indeed more exciting than our 'Brother Teamwork'!" 

I turned around and saw the Baxter brothers. They had just emerged from the Temple of Light. I had no idea what they had done. At this moment, Honey, carrying several bags of iron sand, also ran over.

The battle was intense. I had no time to pay attention to them. I continued to watch.

From the sphere formed by the energy, a loud shout came: "Heaven Moves, Earth Conceals!" 

With a loud bang, the energy burst, and a figure shot up into the sky, resembling a dragon, soaring ten feet into the air. Then, the dragon figure carried thousands of golden rays and thunderously crashed down, aiming directly at the top of the Law God's head!

The Magical Law God looked up and seemed to realize that he was no match. He began to chant incantations. Now, apart from spatial transfer, what else could he do to deal with the current attack?

Benajah said behind me: "Honey, I bet you ten gold coins that the Law God will use spatial transfer!"

Honey snorted: "Need you tell me? Idiots only listen to that old man and stand there to fight him head-on. If the Law God was willing to fight head-on, why would he need that old man to intervene? Just find any knight and defeat him!"

But we didn't have the chance to see if the Law God would use spatial transfer because at the same time the dragon figure appeared in the sky, suddenly a pair of hands emerged from the soil beneath the Law God!

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