"Gnolls? How do the Gnolls know we are here?"
Lucio was startled and quickly looked towards the top of Thorny Ridge.
At this time, many moving "little black spots" had appeared on the Thorny Ridge, and these "little black spots" quickly ran down the Thorny Ridge.
Lucio focused his fighting energy on his eyes, stretched his field of vision, and immediately saw clearly the appearance of these "little black dots", which indeed looked like jackals!
But these jackals are somewhat different from the jackals in Lucio's impression, but Lucio only glanced at them hastily, so he didn't see the difference.
"Damn it, it's really a jackal! The troops are in formation, the archers are ready!" Lucio ordered loudly.
After hearing Lucio's order, the main combat soldiers in the city defense army immediately gathered nervously.
The warriors in the front row picked up their bucklers, the warriors in the middle row raised their spears, and the archers in the back row drew their arrows from their quivers again, facing the direction of the gnoll's attack, and stood ready.
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After hearing Matthew's prompt, Sean also looked towards Thorn Ridge.
They saw jackals rushing towards them along the Thorn Ridge like a tide. A rough calculation estimated that there were about three hundred of them.
Not only Lucio discovered the weirdness of the Jackal, but Sean also felt something strange.
Because none of the jackals running down from the Thorn Ridge howled, as if they were all mute, and the only sound coming from the Thorn Ridge was the sound of heavy footsteps.
Not only that, Sean also found wild wolves, wild boars, bears and other beasts among the gnolls' team.
"Can gnolls tame wild animals? I investigated the habits of gnolls before I came here. There is no record in the book that they can tame animals?" Sean turned to look at Lucio.
"I have never heard of gnolls taming wild beasts. Beasts and gnolls have always regarded each other as food."
Lucio stared at the wild boars and wild wolves rushing down from the Thorn Ridge, and his expression became more serious: "You have tamed so many wild beasts! These jackals look difficult to deal with."
At this time, the jackals rushing at the front had already entered the archers' shooting range. After receiving the order, the archers fired arrows at the jackals one after another.
Because there are many targets and there is no need to deliberately aim, the archers' shooting speed has also become much faster.
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But something strange happened.
As countless arrows shot into the gnoll team, many gnolls were hit by feather arrows, and several of them who were hit in the head fell to the ground and died without even making a sound.
But the other gnolls who were shot in the chest, abdomen, thighs, and arms seemed to have ignored the arrows on their bodies, and did not let out even a single howl, but still rushed towards them.
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"These jackals are extraordinary." Sean and Matthew said in unison.
Lucio naturally noticed that these jackals were unusual, and hurriedly turned around and asked: "Your Highness Sean, what is going on with these jackals? Don't they feel pain?"
Sean said that these gnolls were unusual because after several gnolls fell to the ground and died, each dead gnoll gave Sean 1 experience point.
Based on the experience of the past two days, the city defense system does not give Sean experience points for killing ordinary beasts. He will only give 1 experience point for killing black iron-level monsters.
This indirectly shows that these jackals in front of us are not ordinary jackals.
But Sean would definitely not explain the system to Lucio, so he said: "Matthew, you should do the talking."
Matthew looked at the gnolls in front of him and said with a somewhat solemn expression: "If I'm not mistaken, these should be 'semi-undead' kobolds."
"What is 'half-undead'?" Lucio asked in surprise.
"'Semi-undead' refers to the state of a creature that has been infected by the undead virus with the undead virus, but has not completely decayed into a skeleton.
Take the gnolls in front of us as an example. They still have bodies and even have the instinct to hunt, but they cannot be completely controlled by the necromancer." Matthew explained.
"So that's it." Lucio nodded: "I have never seen a necromancer, I only heard about it from bards in the tavern.
To be able to infect such a large number of gnolls, this necromancer must be of a very high level!
Matthew, what do you think we should do? After we finish dealing with these jackals, go back and call for reinforcements?"
"No need." Matthew smiled contemptuously, "These jackals were only sown with 'undead seeds' by the necromancers and were not completely controlled by the necromancers.
A Silver-level undead wizard can infect this level of infection, and I can still deal with it."
After saying that, Matthew waved to Sean: "Your Highness Sean, you have to pay more to eliminate this undead wizard!"
"No problem." Sean agreed readily.
Fortunately, they brought Matthew with them this time, otherwise they might really have to go back to Jon City to call for reinforcements if there was a suspected silver-level necromancer.
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At this time, the jackals were getting closer and closer, and Matthew also said loudly to the city defense troops in front:
"Everyone, pay attention to attacking the heads of the gnolls. Their skulls are burning with soul fire. Only by extinguishing these soul fires can we effectively kill them."
After hearing Matthew's words, the soldiers in the front row formed a shield wall with round shields. The soldiers in the middle row put their spears through the gaps in the shields and aimed at the half-undead gnoll's head to stab it.
These semi-undead gnolls only have physical instincts left and no longer have the ability to think.
Therefore, they did not avoid the spears that hit their heads directly, but still rushed forward, using their claws to hit the shields of the soldiers in the front row in vain.
The results of the battle were very gratifying. A large number of half-undead jackals were stabbed in the head, and their souls were broken and fell to the ground.
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Although these semi-undead gnolls are weaker than normal gnolls, they are not afraid of pain, are not afraid of death, and are not afraid of bows and arrows. Moreover, there are so many of them that they still cause huge damage to the soldiers in the front row.
pressure.
Many semi-undead beasts, such as bears and wild boars, relied on their powerful size to run rampant, and the soldiers were also knocked back by their powerful impact.
After killing about a hundred jackals and various beasts, the soldiers in the front row suffered extensive injuries, and soldiers were constantly being dragged to the rear for treatment after being hurt and wailing.
Different from previous battles, this time they faced undead creatures.
After being injured, their wounds turned from red and swollen to black, and even localized necrosis occurred.
The young priest, who was sweating profusely at the rear and treating the wounded, also said to Lucio: "Lord Lucio, this is a very terrible undead virus. If it is not handled well, it may even turn into a contagious plague.
Please try to reduce the harm to the soldiers, otherwise I may not be able to do it alone."
"No problem." Lucio said to John next to him while the soldiers were conveying the news: "Let's go, John, let's go to the front and help the soldiers relieve the pressure."
Lucio pulled out the long sword hanging from his waist and walked towards the front of the formation.
"Okay." As John said, he turned to Windsor in the back row and said: "Wendsor, please protect Sean... Wait, Sean.
Chapter completed!