In the low hill camp, eleven bone collector jackals and eight half-elf professionals faced each other. The distance between them was less than four meters, and both sides could start a hand-to-hand fight as long as they took one step.
In an instant, the air seemed to freeze, and both the half-elves and the orcs seemed to be caught off guard by this sudden change.
In people's general impression, dire gnolls are definitely more powerful than half-elf professionals.
There is no doubt about this. There are countless incidents of ferocious gnolls attacking half-elf villages, and professionals are unable to deal with them, so that half-elf families often use stories about gnolls to scare disobedient children.
The half-elves of the Disa Alliance are superstitious about the power of the Venerable. In fact, the half-elf Venerable who is also a third-level life and is generally no match for the ferocious jackals. However, the brave and skilled female warrior Hemer can kill the ferocious jackals alone.
people.
The adventure group that hires the Hemer female warrior can completely confront the orc bone collector gang and even have a slight advantage. Because the jackals are selfish in nature and have a particularly strong survival instinct, even if their opponents are slightly weaker than themselves, they are not willing to risk injury or death.
Risk of death in battle, head-to-head combat.
In this regard, half-elves and gnolls are actually similar. They try to avoid dangerous battles to avoid unfortunate deaths or injuries in the wild.
Unless they have no retreat, as is the case now!
The first one to rush towards the ferocious jackals was Captain Rhodes. He let out a deep roar in his throat, stepped forward, rotated his muscles and joints in an orderly manner, and pushed the five-foot-long adamantine sword and spear to swing out sharp streaks.
The arc light and the sharp sound produced by the sharp sword cutting the air are frightening and chilling.
The usually gentle and aristocratic slave trader was showing extraordinary bravery at this moment. The long attack range of his sword and spear covered 4 ferocious gnolls at the same time.
Wiltok was amazed by the sword skills of Captain Rhodes. The attacks with swords and spears were extremely fast, exceeding the dodge speed of the ferocious Jackal. However, Rhode's continuous slashes all failed. This was not because of the Jackal's dodge speed.
The body reaction was faster than his attack, but they had already retreated before Rhodes drew his sword, just out of the attack range of the sword and gun. It seemed that they were able to dodge the opponent's attack with unimaginable agility.
Slash quickly.
The Dire Jackal used his keen combat intuition to predict the attack of the Half-elf Swordsman in advance, creating an illusion of timely dodge in the eyes of onlookers.
This is actually a subconscious reaction of the jackals, they did not control their movements.
The same goes for Captain Rhodes' sword skills. In order to pursue extreme speed and power, through hard practice, he has developed an instinct that far exceeds his own reaction. Swipe, swipe, and then swipe four times in a row.
The forward and reverse swings made the blade of the sword and gun shine like a blooming purple-gold flower. He felt that the air had become extremely thick, and he had no idea that his sword and gun did not hit the ferocious jackal. He only used this set of ferocious sword skills to
Release it completely.
Wiltok must admit that after igniting the secret blood, the attack power of a professional swordsman cannot be underestimated. He can only reach this level with the sword swing speed of Wanxiang original method. Even if he uses wind movement and boiling blood, it is not a qualitative change.
Ignite the fire of the soul and move the sword freely, that is a qualitative change.
The shrill blade light could cut through the rhinoceros leather armor of the jackals, and they were frightened to the point of directly activating their bloodthirsty talent. Rhodes's set of sword skills all failed. Facing the ferocious jackals in a bloodthirsty state, it was his turn to be unlucky.
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The three ferocious jackals relied on their bloodlust to speed up and retreated instead of advancing. Only one jackal who was not very smart took advantage of Rhodes' weakness and raised his iron scimitar and slashed at his waist.
The waist is the axis of the swordsman's body, and it is also the most difficult part to dodge. The bloodthirsty jackal swings the sword faster than Rhodes's sword skill. Rhodes may be cut in half by the opponent without even knowing what happened.
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The fight between the two sides was faster than the blink of an eye, and the professionals of the Iron Cross had no time to react. Seeing that Rhodes was about to be killed by the ferocious jackals on the spot, at this critical moment, Huck made a lightning-fast move and caught Rhodes.
He pulled him back with his shoulder, and then thrust the sword towards the ferocious jackal's eyes.
A cold light shone directly into the eyes of the jackal. Under the pressure of the desperate situation of death, the combat intuition that should be used only once in a few seconds was triggered again. The jackal forcibly changed the movement of swinging the knife, and the muscles squeezed the bones, making a clicking sound.
, shrank its head in time, and let Huck's sharp sword rub its forehead and stab it in the air.
The strong man in the mirror reflects himself, leaving nothing behind. Huck can draw and retract the sword freely, changing according to his heart. The fine iron long sword held in his right hand changes from straight thrust to cutting down, and the blade suddenly sinks, pressing
On top of the Dire Gnoll's head.
Since the blade of the sword was close to the Jackal's head, it could not cut through its solid skull with force. However, the Jackal's strong muscles were still in a tense state due to the forced change of movements. Huck only exerted normal force to guide the Jackal.
The shoulder and neck muscles are misaligned with their vertebral joints.
With this level of skill, the third-level ferocious jackal becomes extremely fragile.
Before the Bone Collector could even wail, Harker's shield blade swept across its neck and chopped off the coyote's head.
The other ten gnolls turned around and ran without hesitation. With their rhinoceros armor and tough bodies, they resisted the arrows shot by the archers and Wiltok. They quickly surpassed the fleeing clawed goblins and rushed out with bows, arrows and javelins.
range.
This group of orc bone collectors retreated into the forest in panic and disappeared without a trace.
Captain Rhodes said in disbelief: "We won?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he touched his left waist with his hand, and the leather gloves were immediately stained with blood. The ferocious jackal's scimitar had just hit him, and blood spilled out from the gap in the leather armor.
Eight half-elves defeated the siege of hundreds of orcs, killing more than thirty goblins and a ferocious gnoll. Only Captain Rhodes was injured, and no one died in the battle.
Such a feat is simply unbelievable.
Everyone was already in despair, but the inexplicable defeat of the Claw Goblins was the turning point of the battle.
Except for Wiltok, no one knows what happened.
While Max was treating Rhodes' wounds, Wiltok ordered Hacker: "Drag all the orc corpses over and rearrange the defenses."
Huck said with some worry: "Sir, are you okay? Your face doesn't look good..."
Wiltok's expression showed a hint of exhaustion. Temporarily adjusting his mind and body was not without cost. He consumed a lot of energy. Although he could try activating talents to recover quickly, now is not the right time. The overall strength of the Orc Bone Collector is pretty good.
intact, they are likely to attack again. Because the title of "Goblin Slayer" will arouse the hatred of goblins. Wiltok feels that he should retain the activation talent. He plans to restore energy through hibernation, and then cancel the "Goblin Slayer"
title.
Otherwise, when the orc gang attacks next time, Wiltok will not be able to scare them anymore.
"I need to rest. You should follow my instructions as soon as possible and get everything done."
Archer Lison heard what Wiltok said and couldn't help but come over and said: "Sir, should we move immediately?"
The professionals of the Iron Ten Regiment may have thought that the gnolls were frightened and did not dare to continue tracking. Without the guidance of the ferocious gnolls, it would be difficult for the clawed goblins to surround them again. Now is a good opportunity to break out and move.
However, Dire Gnolls don't think about the problem this way. Their retreat is just a tactical necessity.
Gnolls are selfish, cunning and cruel in nature, but they are by no means cowardly orcs, but terrifying predators with extraordinary resilience and a strong desire for revenge.
If anyone simply thinks that the gnolls will let them go if their attack is thwarted, then he is totally wrong!
How jackals hunt is how jackals hunt. Track, harass, intimidate, find ways to separate the prey, and then launch a fatal attack. When attacking, some jackals will attract the attention of the prey in front, while others will feint from the side.
To contain it, the remaining gnolls sneak attack the prey from behind.
Almost all predators, including half-elves, adopt the same hunting strategy.
Unless the prey is so weak that it poses no threat, hunters prefer backstabbing. Because sneak attacks on backstabs can be very effective in avoiding casualties.
If the prey is threatening and has no weaknesses, the predator should retreat tactically and wait patiently for the next opportunity to attack.
Don't look at Huck easily killing a Dire Gnoll. In fact, the overall strength of the Dire Gnoll is much stronger than that of the half-elves. If they were to attack head-on regardless of casualties, Huck and Wiltok wouldn't be able to stop them. Wiltok should be able to
If they escape, Huck and the other professionals will definitely be doomed.
Of course, this is something that only the military would do, and selfish jackals would most likely not do it.
Captain Rhodes usually gave Wiltok the impression of being more like a gambler. He seemed to be very brave just now, but Wiltok didn't take it seriously.
Facing the pressure of death, every half-elf professional has a desperate outbreak similar to that of a jackal. This is not a blood talent, but a habit, derived from hard training acquired the day after tomorrow, which is the most valuable part of martial arts.
Practicing martial arts will make people more confident and courageous, and they can unleash their amazing potential in desperate situations without being helpless.
Almost all martial arts are techniques for facing the enemy head-on. It's hard to imagine how much advanced martial arts you need to practice to attack from behind. Therefore, Captain Rhodes' performance looks brave and tough, but it is just a skill that has been tempered over time, almost instinctive.
reaction does not mean that he has overcome his fear.
The Bone Collector Gnolls also knew martial arts, which made Wiltok very worried. Fortunately, the civilization level of the Orc Kingdom was not high, and martial arts training could not suppress the beastly nature of the Gnolls. The half-elf escape team was lucky enough to survive.
Vertok led the half-elf professionals to repel the first attack of the orcs, but the crisis was still not over.
There are too many orcs, and it is impossible for Vertok to completely defeat them through battle. What's more, two of them have lost their combat effectiveness, leaving only six people left to continue fighting.
Wiltok could only think of ways other than fighting to help Huck and others eliminate the danger.
It is spring now, and the orc bone collector group has just experienced a severe winter, so the food reserves must be limited. Wiltok observed that the gnolls have no hyenas and the goblins have no war beasts. It is obvious that these animals have been eaten by them. Therefore, Wiltok
Gradually an idea came to me.
The experience of gnolls is that they will eat goblin slaves when food is scarce. And the experience of hobgoblins is that when goblins serve as masters, they must beware of gnoll rebellion.
Vertok ordered the archers to switch to soft bows and deliberately put the clawed goblins close before hitting them. In this way, when the ferocious gnolls were escaping, the goblin corpses were within the attack range of the professionals, and they had no time to pick up the dead.
Essence, used as rations.
Goblins have a very diverse diet, while gnolls only eat meat, so there are not many gnolls in the Bone Collector's gang. But even if there are only ten of them left, the appetite of ferocious gnolls is far greater than that of ordinary gnolls.
Living goblins can find food nearby, but the surrounding animal resources are very limited. Wiltok also firmly controls the corpses of the orcs, so the dire gnolls have no meat to eat. They can either hunt farther away, or they can hunt from the goblins.
The master begged the Claw Goblins for food.
The goblin leader may agree to the gnoll's request, or he may not. In either case, it will be beneficial to the half-elf escapees. When the number of claw goblins decreases to a certain level, the conflict between the goblin leader and the gnolls will
It is getting bigger and bigger, and the balance of victory will tilt towards Wiltok's side.
Before a crack occurs within the Orc Bone Collector, Wiltok and the others must not leave the camp rashly.
The half-elves didn't prepare much food. If necessary, they had to use the corpses of orcs to satisfy their hunger.
This is a battle of patience and will. Only by transforming themselves into real predators can they win a chance of survival.
Wiltok didn't bother to explain, and he didn't need the approval of his companions. He just said calmly: "I will rest first, and you will do what I asked... wake me up if there is any situation."