Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

Another hour passed, and the battle in front of the Forest Gate was still ongoing, but there were no further developments.

The mage flew through the air, constantly testing the energy barrier while dealing with the harassment from the golden skeleton.

Once she shows any inclination to launch a full-scale attack on the barrier, the golden skeletons will intensify their attacks to hinder her assault, while simultaneously helping the silver skeletons defend.

Li Ming lay on the small hill, gradually feeling a bit bored. The main character in the battle was clearly beyond his ability to handle, and he couldn't get involved at all.

Seeing that the battle on the field had not changed for a long time, he staggered down the hill to leave.

"Civilians, stop!"

A clear female voice rang in his ear.

"Who?"

Li Ming looked around warily and found a phantom figure behind him. It was not a real person, but its build and clothing were exactly the same as the mage in the battle.

He bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Mage Lina. Weren't you fighting that golden skeleton? What brings you here?"

When facing someone stronger, basic respect is still necessary.

"What's your name?"

"Replying to the Master, my name is Li Ming." The original owner of this body was of Eastern descent, and his name was exactly the same as his. It can only be said that everything was arranged by fate.

"An Asian?"

"Yes."

Phantom nodded and said, "Help me distract and delay Rick, and help me break through the skeletons' blockade. I will give you a generous reward afterward."

"I see that your life force is strong, but it is released outwards without any control. Obviously, you have not been trained. It seems that you have entered the extraordinary realm by chance. I can ask my father to take you as a knight's attendant later."

Li Ming frowned as he listened. Although Lina's words were asking for his help, they sounded arrogant to him.

Regardless of whether he can delay Rick, even if he can, and even if he survives by sheer luck, he will be seriously injured.

Besides, what is a knight's squire?

Although they were called knights' disciples, in reality they were nothing more than servants at the knight's beck and call. Whether they could learn anything depended entirely on when the knight was in a good mood.

Of course, for ordinary people, being able to step into the extraordinary realm, defy fate, and serve as a servant for a period of time doesn't seem like a big deal.

But he has a system, so why should he put himself through this injustice?

"Heh~" he chuckled. "Mage Lina, I'm afraid I cannot comply. My skill level is limited, and I'm afraid I cannot interfere with that golden skeleton."

After saying that, he ignored the phantom and activated [Shadow Blade] to leave quickly.

Phantom looked at the spot where Li Ming had disappeared without saying a word.

"In that case, we have no choice but to retreat. Be careful!"

The phantom uttered a soft word and vanished.

Upon hearing this, alarm bells rang in Li Ming's mind, and he immediately ran in a direction far away from the battlefield.

At the heart of the battle, Lina suddenly erupted, unleashing a barrage of fireballs that hurtled towards the energy barrier in front of the Forest Gate.

"Defense with all your might!"

Rick immediately ran to the barrier, brandishing his bone knife and swiftly deflecting the approaching fireballs.

The silver skeletons inside the barrier also exerted their full energy to power the barrier.

After a series of explosions, Lina was no longer visible in the sky.

The barrier's light was much dimmer than before, and the silver skeletons' luster had also faded considerably, each of them looking listless.

It was only because the skeletons had the same energy properties that they were able to unite and cast a barrier that exceeded their own level.

It can withstand being bombarded by a mage of a higher rank, something that would be impossible for other races.

They have now reached their limits and urgently need to recover.

Rick let out a shriek, and the surrounding skeletons trembled. Countless pieces of information gathered from the surrounding skeletons into his mind, and soon he got the information he wanted: Lina had flown far away and was heading towards another Forest Gate.

"You guys stay here and keep watch, I'll go take care of the little bugs."

"yes!"

Rick was feeling incredibly frustrated during the fight and desperately needed to vent his anger.

Despite his apparent dominance over Lina, constantly attacking her protective shield and helping to defend her energy barrier, he remained composed.

But that was because Lina wasn't fighting him seriously. Lina was focused on breaking through the energy barrier that sealed the Forest Gate and entering the Elf Forest, so she only used some of her energy to deal with him, and spent most of her attention looking for opportunities to attack the barrier.

Moreover, entering the Elf Forest through the Forest Gate does not guarantee safety, so Lina does not want to expend too much energy to break down the gate.

Rick was well aware of his own limitations and had been extremely cautious and focused. Now that Lena had finally left, he needed to relax.

On the other side, after leaving the small hill outside the Forest Gate, Li Ming ran away from the Elf Forest. To avoid being discovered by the skeletons on the road, he followed the trail of Rick and Lina's previous battle.

Most of the skeletons in these areas are dead, with only a few new skeletons that have just arrived from afar.

These skeletons were just the lowest-ranking gray-white skeletons. In order not to attract their attention and draw unnecessary powerful enemies, he ignored them.

However, he didn't know that every time he reappeared after being invisible, a skeleton would look at his figure with its eyes flashing, and transmit his figure to the golden skeleton Rick.

He stopped after arriving at the location where the battle had begun.

"The battle started here. I don't know how it started, but based on my deduction, Mage Lina came from this direction."

"If we keep going forward, we should be able to get back to human territory."

"Next, all we need to do is cross the sea of ​​skeletons. Hopefully, nothing will go wrong this time."

Just as it was about to transform into a giant dragon and take off, it heard a rapid whooshing sound in its ears.

Li Ming subconsciously activated [Shadow Blade].

"boom--"

With a loud bang, Rick arrived. Seeing that Li Ming was invisible, he threw the bone knife in his hand and smashed it to the ground.

The scattered bone fragments, under immense force, transformed into tiny projectiles that shot out in all directions.

Li Ming was shocked to see this and immediately dodged.

However, there were so many bone fragments that he was hit by a small piece of bone before he could react. His health dropped slightly, but he did not become visible.

The advantage of [Shadow Step] is that as long as you don't actively use skills or attack, you can remain invisible until the skill's duration ends.

However, Rick still noticed something amiss with the unusual trajectory of the bone fragments.

"Little guy, where do you think you're going to hide now?"

"Death Mist!"

Gray mist gathered around Li Ming, and the biting cold air continuously invaded his body.

"Depend on!"

Li Ming cursed silently in his heart. The cold air made him very uncomfortable, but it was not enough to cause any harm. Only some frost appeared on his body surface.

If there is obvious frost on his body, Rick will be able to spot him even if he is invisible, so he can only run desperately out of the cold fog.

The fog was disturbed, and naturally a trail of outward movement appeared.

"Ha~ I've found you, little mouse. Be a good girl and become a member of my kind!"

Rick chuckled dismissively, his bone knife, gleaming with a cold light, slicing through the mist and striking the very tip of the mark.

"Um?"

The bone knife missed its target.

Li Ming knew that moving quickly would disturb the fog, so he charged forward and then quietly retreated a few steps, just in time to dodge Rick's bone knife.

At this moment, the large swath of cold mist had been dispersed by the sword energy, and Li Ming took the opportunity to escape the encirclement of the cold mist and ran away with his head down.

Rick froze for a moment, then his anger exploded. He never expected to be tricked by a low-level human.

"Bone Prison!"

Energy surged, and countless skeletons rose up all around, surrounding an area of ​​several hundred meters.