Chapter 289: The Hunt Begins

A Scandinavian berserker who lost his mind and gained great power

Although relatively weak and poorly equipped, the gnolls from Novgorod maintained their numerical superiority

Who won and who lost, who survived and who died as corpses, we will soon see the results, at least judging from the results of the previous battles, the lady with the horn of victory standing behind the berserker. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The bloody storm was set off, and it was only a period of time, and there were no gnolls around the berserker who could still stand, not that he killed all the gnolls around him, but except for a few unlucky ghosts, the other gnolls used their flexible limbs to quickly move away from him, and on the surface, those gnolls did not choose a head-on duel, but chose a temporary retreat.

Because of the departure of his opponent, and because of the speed of his opponent's running, the berserker had to give up after chasing him several times, and he kept cutting the corpses of the dead gnolls with his iron sword on the spot, smearing his clothes and skin with the blood of the jackals, and from time to time he let out a sharp roar from his mouth.

The other berserkers who were fighting with the enemy in the vicinity heard Ahal's roar and took the time to look this way, they thought that their companion had suffered a serious injury, but after seeing the gnolls who had moved away from Ahal and the corpses near him, they turned their attention back to the opponent in front of them.

Retreating gnolls, corpses left on the ground, roaring berserkers

Whoever sees such a picture will think that the Berserker is the victor, he has successfully repelled the enemy's attack, and is now enjoying the joy of the victor, using the roar to soothe the excitement in his heart, but the result is not like this, the Berserker did win the first round, but only the beastly brain was left without the slightest joy, but filled with depression and anger that could not be vented.

The end of the first round, the result ended with the retreat of the jackals, and now it is actually a temporary time to rest, those gnolls are not far away in order to prepare for the next wave of offsets, or this is actually part of their tactics, using the passage of time to wear down the strength of the berserker, after all, Hayal is just an ordinary berserker, he simply can't maintain the strength of the berserker for as long as Beowulf or Siegmund, let alone the weakening period after the release of the madness, at that time Hayal estimated that the body could retain one-fifth of the strength of the heyday。

From this point, it can also be seen that the commander of this team of gnolls is very smart, at least much smarter than the other gnolls in the command position, although he also knows that in the face of a powerful force that cannot be confronted head-on, he can use his companions to consume the enemy's strength, consume the enemy's physical strength, roll the enemy's blade, and finally kill the opponent when the enemy can't hold on.

This method can be regarded as a very clever method for the previous Attila army and for the gnoll race, because as it has been said before, the fertility of the gnoll race is very strong, as long as it can provide enough food and a suitable living environment, then in an autumn time, tens of thousands of gnolll babies will appear on the grassland, just give them another season of growth time, they can all hold their weapons and come to the battlefield to fight the enemy, Exchanging the combat power that can be obtained as easily as 100 for a Scandinavian berserker that takes more than ten years and decades to cultivate, no matter how you look at it, it is a surefire business.

But not now, at least in the land of Karelia, the gnolls could not and did not dare to use such methods to defeat the enemy, not to mention that Attila, whom they regarded as gods, forbade them to use such methods to fight, because even if they killed the enemy in this way, they would have gained nothing but defeat.

Because of the material and logistics of Attila's army now, and because of Alice's strategy, the forests and grasslands around the army are like chains, locking Attila and her army firmly on the land of Karelia, at least for a short time, they have no way to break free from some chains, and there is no way to get sufficient logistical supplements.

Even the logistical supply has been cut off, not to mention the problem of replenishing combat effectiveness, although Beowulf did not carry out a large-scale killing plan in Finland according to the established plan, and did not send all the old, weak, sick and disabled of the Attila army into the arms of death, but directly led the army to Karelia to fight with the main force of Attila.

However, this does not mean that Finland has returned to normal from the state of chaos, Beowulf is leaving, is not going to act according to the established plan, but the mess he left behind is still fermenting, so the connection between Attila and Finland is actually in a broken state, there is no way to connect with each other, plus the previous battle, the vitality of the jackals has not recovered until now, let alone send reinforcements to support the Karelian troops, even if they come, it is very likely that someone will be solved halfwaySome people here are referring to Miss Alice, who doesn't have the slightest strong demeanor.

The gnolls, who have been injured a lot, if they don't become smarter at this time, don't have a sense of crisis, don't know how to change at this time, and still cling to the previous crowd tactics to deal with the berserkers, then the worst outcome is that the gnoll race completely disappears from the northern continent.

This is not alarmist, but there is an absolute high probability that it will happen, and it will be very fast, maybe only a year or two before the stupid race that will not change will be removed from the stage of history...... After two failed expeditions to Scandinavia, the attack of the rebels, the massacre of Beowulf and Alice's small movements, the number of gnolls in the Attila army is now at the lowest point in decades, and if these gnolls who follow Attila are exhausted, then there is no way for the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled race to survive.

For example, after a large number of high-end combat forces died on the battlefield, the male adult orcs, who accounted for the majority of the population, were bloodily purged by Attila in the name of an attempted rebellion, the orc tribes in the vast land from Finland to Rus, those who had no protection but had a large amount of livestock, property and population, could not be seen in just one or two months, and some of them may have escaped from the continent, such as the orc tribe that passed through Schleswig with only one male orc, perhaps some of them have abandoned the spark of civilization and returned to the most primitive life in the deep mountains and dense forests.

But many more orcs, the adult males who were captured by the other tribes because they lost their high-end standing, most of them did not die, but became slaves, but soon their captives were replaced by a new group of goblins, who were sold to the goblins at a very cheap price under the attack of the goblins' dexterous language, and by cheap they meant some of the obsolete bronze and stone weapons that the goblins had bought from Alice.

These orcs were imprisoned in narrow cages by the goblins, and at the same time tied their limbs with ropes mixed with wire, those goblins after seeing the power of the orcs, they were not at ease with this method, not only did they only provide the orcs with the most basic, the minimum food needed to maintain the body, but also added some magic potions to the already scarce food, which can make people weak and weak, this was also purchased by the goblins from Alice, in order to make the slaves in the transportation, there will be no strength to resist and a chance to resist。

The goblins will use ships to sell these orcs to further south, such as the central continent where the various lords are still in chaos, and the various lords are fighting each other, because the orc slaves are very strong and the fertility is so strong, whether it is used for gladiatorial matches, or bought as an army, or as a cheap labor force that can be consumed at will, it is a very good choice.

Speaking of which, the leader of the squad who is now directing the group of gnolls to retreat and recuperate is still a little related to Alice, this gnolll named Hogg has the same appearance as his father, and his father has not been heard from since he was sent to the forest to find food not long ago, and of course he will not worry, let alone look for his father, a gnoll named Hall.

The concept of blood relatives of the Jackal race is very weak, because every Jackal has hundreds or even thousands of brothers and sisters, and most of the tribes of the Jackal are actually the tribal chieftain and his family, a relatively large family.

In addition, the race of the jackals has not completely escaped barbarism and ignorance, has not completely entered the civilized society from the primitive society, and they still maintain the habit of eating the corpses of their dead clansmen, companions, and relatives as food.

The gnolls were at least two hundred paces away from the berserker Hayar, and because of their limbs, they were a little faster than the berserker, and they were always able to leave before the berserker's attack came.

After a few times in a row, the berserker's madness has already shown signs of lifting, Hayar's breathing is getting heavier and heavier, the color of the scarlet pupils is beginning to fade, and even the swollen muscles are not as tense as at the beginning, maybe ten or fifteen minutes later, the state of madness will be lifted, and then enter a state of weakness, and at that time, if he can't defeat the team of jackals in front of him and successfully break away from the battlefield, then his life will have a very high chance of being confessed to this grassland。

The sound of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" sounded in his ears again, and before his mind could think about it, the body dominated by the beast nature had already reacted, wielding a long sword in front of him to turn into a wall to block all the stone projectiles that flew from the attack, and Hayar, who was in a state of madness, his strength, agility, and other facial features have been greatly improved, which can make him easily block the attack that he couldn't block just now.

Didn't the gnolls run out of ammunition just now?

Hayar, who was beginning to regain his senses, lowered his head to look at the gravel scattered under his feet, and doubts flashed through his mind, he could not think in detail, otherwise he would know how the other party's ammunition was replenished...... The gnoll's polished stone projectiles were indeed exhausted in the two attacks just now, but the irregular stones hidden in the grass on the ground, the stones that had been weathered over the years and had become very broken, were as numerous as the stars in the sky, and they were a lot to grab.

Reason occupied his brain for only a few seconds, and soon the force of madness once again suppressed his reason, a roar like the roar of a lion on the steppe came out of his mouth, and the debris on the ground was blown to pieces in this roar, and in the dust, Hayar grabbed the handle of the axe hanging from his waist, tore the tied rope with force, and threw it in the direction where the stone projectile had just flew.

The imaginary scream did not come, and after the attack just now, the gnolls quickly shifted their position, but the berserker did not know, nor could he think about such a complicated problem, because of the roar just now, his vision was dusty, and he was blind for a while.

The berserker, who still didn't know the situation on the other side, continued to throw the axe at the position just now, until his hand touched the air, and all the axes were thrown out one by one, and the result was that not a single jackal was killed, and when he lost his mind, the only long-range attack with a limit on the number of times was wasted by him.

The gnolls did not miss the good opportunity for the other party's vision to be blocked, the low barking of dogs sounded, and they quickly changed their formation under the command of Hogg, and in groups of twos and twos, each group was five meters apart, and surrounded the berserker from a distance, but this time they were much bolder, and they did not stop until there was only a twenty paces between the two sides, perhaps knowing that the other party had no means of long-range attack, or perhaps the dust that was still flying and obscuring their vision gave them confidence that the other party could not kill them in such a violent way。

After stopping, the gnolls pressed their bodies tightly to the ground, and held their breath, their eyes were very calm, looking at the berserker in the dust, without the slightest fear or hatred, this kind of eyes, as if they were hunting, looking at those prey, yes...... That look was the look of a lion crouching in the grass, looking at an antelope drinking by the lake.

How ironic it is that the previous loser actually looked at the victor with the eyes of his prey, but the other party was a berserker who could easily slaughter hundreds of werewolves, the berserker who had proven their strength on the battlefield with their battle records, a berserker with the blood of the gods more or less flowing in his body!