Chapter 16: Surrounded by the Dead
The team continued to move towards the Goblin Tribe, but after another hour.
Brandon found that the surrounding forest had obviously been attacked by the breath of the undead, and the trees began to wither, and fewer animals were encountered. The more they moved forward, the more serious the situation was.
This should not be a scene that appears at the turn of summer and autumn, and even winter is more like this scene, because there are pine trees that can bring vitality to life in winter.
The mercenary captain Turner looked at the surroundings and had to say to Sack: "I think we have completed the mission. Mr. Baron wants to know what happened to the goblin tribe. Now we know what kind of enemies the goblins encountered, right?"
As he said that, Turner turned to look at Brandon: "Branton Druid, what about your opinion?"
Captain Sack also looked at Brandon, apparently he wanted to hear the druid's opinion.
Brandon also expected this situation: "I suggest going back to report the current situation to the Baron and the Temple. Although we don't know the number of undeads, they can eliminate dozens of goblins at one time. The number will obviously not be small. Once we encounter undeads, we will have great trouble!"
"But we cannot explain to the Baron the enemy we encountered and the seriousness of the situation." Captain Sack still wanted to investigate the matter more clearly. Although it was dangerous to continue the investigation, he was obviously more worried about not being able to explain to the lord who had been loyal to the family for generations.
The Mercenary and Brandon were unwilling to continue moving forward like this.
Brandon tried hard to persuade Sack: "The impact of negative energy on the environment is so serious. The goblin tribe should have been blocked, or the goblins have been forced to migrate, and the worst case may even occur. This goblin tribe has been destroyed by the undead. But now the most important thing is: we have confirmed that many undead creatures have appeared, and this matter must be reported to the Baron and the Temple as soon as possible."
Turner also persuaded: "Captain Sack, if we continue to move forward now, if we encounter the undead troops, we will most likely be like Captain Chester, and we will not be able to bring back any news."
"But..." When Captain Sack wanted to say something else.
A bone arrow shot the horse carrying supplies, and the horse jumped up in fright, but people obviously had no time to care about the horse. Because the undead creatures appeared around them and quickly surrounded them.
At the same time, skeleton archers kept shooting bone arrows at them.
"It's the ghoul and the skeleton soldier." Brandon screamed. He had never thought he would enter the battlefield so soon.
In Brandon's original idea, he had to wait until he reached the level 5 druid before he could approach the battlefield, but at that time he was also in the rear to heal the wounded, or cast the summoned creatures from afar to help fight.
At this time, the team began to become a little confused, but fortunately, I had just seen the venue where the goblins and the undead creatures fought. I was somewhat prepared for the appearance of the undead creatures and this encounter, so I could barely maintain order.
"Follow me and fight back!" Captain Sack also showed his courage in the face of this situation. "Turner brings your people to follow!"
"There are higher-level undead nearby, so you must rush out as soon as possible." Brandon finished speaking, and shot an arrow, shooting down the head of a skeleton soldier.
"Sack, let's go together to make arrows and rush out with the team." Captain Turner didn't bother to politely and directly expressed his thoughts.
Sack shouted loudly: "Okay, listen, everyone, follow Turner and rush back to the way he came." After Sack said this, he charged side by side with Turner and headed towards the way he came.
Soon, the two teams of humans and the undead collided. Because Sack and Turner were the two level 4 warriors, as the front row arrows, the human team quickly broke the first encirclement of the undead, consisting of skeleton soldiers and ghouls. However, before Sack and Turner were happy, a group of skeleton archers guarded by several plague zombies appeared ahead.
Seeing this situation, Sack and Turner were also having a headache. Although they did not fight against these zombies, they could guess that this was a meat shield-shaped army based on this arrangement. However, if the archers behind these zombies were not eliminated, the team behind them would suffer heavy losses.
"Don't worry about them, bypass them and go straight!" Brandon shouted directly at the two of them when he saw this situation. At the same time, the casting movement in his hands did not pause, and directly summoned a level 1 natural allies.
This is the first time Brandon has released this summoning spell in actual combat. Fortunately, he summoned five fierce rats. The fierce rats appeared directly in the group of skeleton archers and attacked the skeleton archers. The zombies next to the skeleton archers also turned around and began to attack the fierce rats.
"Quick, hurry, hurry, these fierce rats won't last long!" Brandon shouted, no longer caring about anything else.
Seeing this situation, Sak directly turned around and attacked the skeleton soldiers and ghouls behind him, hoping to allow the entire team to escape from the encirclement of the undead.
Turner continued to charge forward with the team, and at the same time, Turner kept shouting: "Hurry, hurry, follow me!"
Brandon waved his dagger and ran forward behind Turner, while paying attention to the situation around him. These low-level undead creatures do not have the ability to command operations before reaching a certain level.
Although the arrangement of the undead team in front of him is not very good, it is obviously in command, so Brandon does not want to fall at the last moment and observe the surroundings at all times.
"Branton! Hurry up, make another summon!" Sack shouted. After losing the powerful charge of the double arrows, the subsequent team was trapped in the entanglement of the undead creatures.
Brandon could only use the level 1 natural allies summoning technique again, directly setting the location where the fierce rat appeared around Captain Sack, but the effect this time was worse. Only 4 fierce rats were summoned, but it was beyond everyone's expectations.
Sack and the surrounding team members received these new forces, greatly boosting morale and desire to survive, and began to get rid of the entangled skeleton soldiers and ghouls.
At this time, the team led by Turner had already run out for a while. Seeing that there was no stop in front of him, he directed people to continue running: "Hurry, run forward and run until we gathered in the campsite last night!"
After calling these, he turned around to help Sack, hoping to save more people.
Seeing this scene, Brandon used the level 1 natural allies summoning technique again. This time, five fierce rats appeared in the pile of skeleton archers and zombies, and only one of the first fierce rats appeared in the archers group was left.
After doing this, Brandon ran out of the encirclement without looking back.
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Brandon ran forward until he had no strength on his body and had to stop, and by this time he had already separated from everyone.
This is his first real battle, and he will lose his life if he is not careful.
He didn't pay attention to who died in the battle just now, nor did he pay attention to who ran out.
Chapter completed!