Chapter 027: Avoid His Strengths, Attack His Weaknesses

Dr. Brave Rock seemed to hold great authority among this group. As soon as he spoke, the tense atmosphere immediately eased, and many even lowered their weapons.

Wang Bo looked around and found that he was in a courtyard of Rivendell.

In the courtyard stood a group of people, including elves, dwarves, and humans.

If Wang Bo wasn't mistaken, they should be the Fellowship of the Ring from the story.

But in the original book, the Fellowship consisted of nine people.

Apart from the four Hobbits led by Frodo, the remaining five were the main members of the Fellowship, including the melee wizard Gandalf, the elf Legolas Greenleaf, the dwarf Gimli, Boromir son of the Steward of Gondor, and finally the most important character...

Aragorn, the King!

But now, as Wang Bo looked around, he found that the Fellowship was far more than nine people.

There were even twenty people.

Humans, elves, and dwarves had all gathered together. Wang Bo looked over and saw that the extra people were all players; obviously, everyone had found some way to infiltrate the Fellowship.

Just then, a tall gray-robed wizard walked over, glanced at Wang Bo's group a few times, and asked, "Brave Rock, can you tell me who these uninvited guests are?"

Dr. Brave Rock nodded and said, "Respected Gandalf, they are my friends, allies who have come to join our company and help us fight against Sauron."

Only then did Wang Bo realize that this tall gray-robed wizard was Gandalf.

Hmm... Wang Bo looked at him a few times and couldn't help shaking his head slightly. Although both wore gray robes, the Gandalf in the game didn't look like the Gandalf Wang Bo had seen in reality.

The Gandalf in the game was more like his actor. But their builds were similar.

"With all due respect, Brave Rock," Gandalf said, smoking his pipe, "your friends may have good intentions, but they are not suitable to join this company. They are too weak and will only become a burden."

Other players chimed in, "That's right, Brave Rock, their levels are too low."

"If they join, they'll only be a drag."

"Gandalf is right; they really aren't fit to join the Fellowship."

Wang Bo scanned the crowd and noticed that most players were indeed high-level, basically above level 20, after all, the Fellowship was a very important storyline.

Ordinary players simply weren't qualified to join this company.

Among Wang Bo's group, he had the highest level, but it was only level 7.

In fact, when he was killed by the Blood Knight, this character was ruined. But later, James Halliday resurrected Wang Bo's character and retained the experience Wang Bo gained from killing the Blood Knight.

With that experience, Wang Bo leveled up all the way to level 7.

Malthus and Caroline were both level 6.

As for Ada Wong, she was only level 2, having leveled up from clearing the goblin nest.

And Lady Gremory, who had just logged into the game, was only level 1. In this company with an average level of 20, she had no qualification to join.

The others also didn't want Wang Bo's group to join the Fellowship, not only because they would share rewards and experience, but more importantly, they would hold them back.

What if they caused the mission to fail?

Dr. Brave Rock directly ignored the jeering players and looked straight at Gandalf. "I can assure you, respected Gandalf, that they will not become a burden."

He knew very well that no matter how much the players clamored, only one person could truly make the decision.

And that was Gandalf.

Gandalf puffed on his pipe and said, "Perhaps we can conduct a small test. If they can pass this test smoothly, I will allow them to join our company. If they cannot pass the test, I'm sorry, Brave Rock, but they will have to leave."

Dr. Brave Rock looked at Wang Bo.

Wang Bo nodded readily. "Alright, what do you want to test?"

Gandalf looked at Wang Bo and asked, "What weapon do you use?"

Wang Bo took a longsword from his inventory. It was a crimson knight's sword, a reward for killing the Blood Knight. The attack power of this knight's sword was quite good.

Gandalf turned to look at a dwarf. The dwarf nodded, walked out with an axe, and said, "If you can withstand my attack, I'll acknowledge that you're qualified to join the company."

Seeing his appearance, Wang Bo knew this wasn't a player but an original member of the Fellowship, the dwarf Gimli. So he smiled slightly and said, "I'd rather hope you can last a while under my attack."

The dwarf Gimli couldn't help but laugh loudly. "I hope your skills are as sharp as your tongue."

Gandalf looked around and said loudly, "We should make some space."

Then he stepped back.

Following Gandalf's lead, everyone stepped back.

The dwarf Gimli stretched his limbs and said, "Are you ready now?"

Wang Bo swung his knight's sword, his expression calm. "You can attack anytime now."

As soon as the words fell, the dwarf Gimli let out a roar, swung his axe in a full arc, and slashed fiercely at Wang Bo's midsection.

Seeing Gimli's steady steps and the whoosh of the swinging axe, Wang Bo judged that the force of this strike far exceeded his own. If he tried to block it head-on, he would be sent flying in an instant.

So Wang Bo stepped with a mysterious footwork, like dancing, dodging the axe, and in an instant closed in on the dwarf Gimli.

Three Swords, One Sword Concealing Void.

Wang Bo instantly executed the techniques of the Celestial Thearch of Mysterious Arts. Although the Three Slashes, Three Swords, and Three Divine Techniques required powerful inner energy to drive, even without inner energy, Wang Bo could perform a simplified version of the Three Swords.

This sword strike reached Gimli's face almost the moment it was thrust out.

Gimli was greatly alarmed, instinctively rolled, and awkwardly dodged Wang Bo's attack.

High level and great strength didn't necessarily mean Gimli could defeat Wang Bo. In terms of combat skill alone, Wang Bo far surpassed Gimli.

Moreover, this dwarf Gimli was just an NPC, not as agile as a human, so Wang Bo could defeat him with little effort.

If his opponent were a player, Wang Bo might have a bit more trouble.

Because who knew what strange items these players might have? If he encountered some unreasonable item, Wang Bo might also suffer an unexpected defeat.

But dwarf Gimli didn't have that many items; he had great strength and combat skills.

But in Wang Bo's eyes, these were precisely insignificant.

Avoid his strengths, attack his weaknesses.

In just a few exchanges, Wang Bo had beaten the dwarf Gimli into a sorry state.