Chapter 63: Monster Night Attack
At night, Yan Xu slept in a tent made of sticks and thick linen, while Hami slept by the fire with a dagger.
The militiamen, who had been tired all day, slept soundly in the cart, and Baron Sal arrived at the camp after setting up a special tent, and four lord's guards took turns guarding the door. The tent next to it belonged to the old knight, but now the old knight was not resting, and was patrolling the camp with a small team of village guards, because he was a little uneasy tonight, and the mercenaries had brought more goblin ears than he expected.
It's not that the territory can't afford this money, but no matter how weak the number of monsters reaches a certain level, there will be changes, and that's what he's worried about.
Goblins can be found anywhere in the world where there are trees, and they are so weak that even goblin warriors don't have much to look at. However, once a goblin evolves into a Dryad or Dryad, it will become a huge threat, and even be able to conquer villages and towns after reaching a certain number.
As for the more powerful trolls, the old knight is not worried, because the trolls can already be regarded as another independent creature, with their own tribe and civilization, and they don't look down on the weak goblins at all, and even refuse to admit that the two sides are related, so even if they kill all the trolls, they won't blink.
After a tiring day's work, the militiamen had already put away their tools to eat and rest, while the mercenaries had no place to make trouble even if they wanted to, and at least they had to wait for two or three days to see that there was no danger before the small traders and women with special occupations in the villages and towns came. So except for the necessary night watchmen, the camp had already fallen into a dream, and no one noticed that more than a dozen pairs of terrible eyes were peeking out of the high canopy on one side of the camp.
They are Dryads and Dryads, similar in length to elongated apes, neither like Goblins nor Trolls, but there is a real inseparable relationship between the three, at least the Goblin tribe will provide for the Dryad as the protector of the tribe, and the troll can easily command the Beast-like Dryad.
Not to mention this, with the support of the Tree Demon, hundreds of goblins that had gathered under the tree began to become agitated, and the stronger goblin warriors among them kept waving the stone axes in their hands, and they could rush into the camp at any time.
"Ah~!"
A scream kicked off the night killing, and the battle between monsters and humans for living space began.
The old knight, who had just entered the tent, suddenly turned around and rushed out, first shouting to the lord's guards: "Protect the safety of your lordship, and don't leave the tent under any circumstances!" ”
The night is the world of monsters, once you leave the camp, you can't describe it with nine deaths, and the old knight is afraid that Baron Thrall, who has not experienced the battle, will leave the camp in a panic.
"All take up arms! If you don't want to be eaten, I'll get up and fight!! The old knight shouted with a loud broadsword in his hand, and the village guard woke up the sleeping militia and mercenaries, and deliberately drove the mercenaries to the front.
The morale of the militia was not bad, and they all picked up the logging axes and iron pickaxes that were used as tools during the day, which were more lethal than their wooden forks, and although they were a little nervous, they still gathered around the old knights.
The mercenaries are not bad, they know the danger of the monster's night attack, they have abandoned their usual guards, and cooperate with each other, only some mercenaries who have just entered the industry or have little experience sneak up and plan to escape in the dark, but they don't know that in the eyes of the monster, this is a takeaway delivered to the door.
Yan Xu reacted quickly, and immediately woke up Hami and asked him to help put on armor and arm himself, and then said to Hami.
"Where is there a pit left by digging the roots of a tree, you tear down the tent and cover it on the pit, and you hide in it!" Yan Xu didn't care about Hami's safety, so let him go with him to face the battle, it was better to let him hide and be safe.
"Attention safety hosts!" Hami also knew that he couldn't help, so he quickly nodded and pulled the tent to hide.
The unique cry made the faces of the old knights and mercenaries change dramatically, and there were more than ten dryads and tree demons, as well as hundreds of goblins.
It's too late to regret it now, they've already started to attack!
A large number of goblins rushed into the camp, tearing down the rudimentary fences and brazenly brandishing their wooden sticks and stone axes, ramming the militia.
In fact, there is not much difference between the attributes of goblins and militiamen, but they have the advantage of height, plus iron tools, as long as they don't panic, there is no problem in killing two or three goblins, but the goblins with support behind them are full of morale, and they rush over in a swarm, scaring the militiamen, and they are on par.
The old knight did not say anything about the militia's disobedience, and even restrained the rioting village guards, because trouble was still to come.
Nearly ten tree monsters rushed into the camp with wooden sticks, these elongated ape-like monsters have a force to be reckoned with and agility, and like to smash people's heads the most, the militia has no power to fight back against them, and even flew up after being hit by wooden sticks, scattering more people, causing goblins to take advantage of the weakness and completely lose their ability to resist.
The old knight had no choice, and after letting his retinue quietly inform the lord to flee, he raised his sword and rushed towards the dryad with the frightened village guard.
Yan Xu is also a little knowledgeable, but it is the first time he has seen this kind of monster-like thing except for goblins, but he knows that they are enemies by looking at the way they smash the heads of the militiamen, so he immediately raised the short spear that had been sharpened and threw it in an instant.
This spear was taken by surprise, and the dryad, which was immersed in the hunting game, was shot in the head with a short spear before it could react, and the remaining short spear also stabbed the heart of the other tree monster.
Killing two dryads with a single spear boosted the morale of the remaining militia and village guards, and they stopped running away.
The old knight immediately seized the opportunity to start a counterattack with the village and town guards, a broadsword opened and closed, killing the unarmored tree monster in an embarrassing manner, and the village and town guards also let out various roars, intimidating the other party, Yan Xu drew out a one-handed sword, waved his shield to knock a tree monster unconscious, and the snake-like one-handed sword pierced from under the ribs, aiming at the heart and lungs, although Yan Xu was not sure whether the vital position of these creatures was the same as that of humans, but this level of damage would not survive even if it did not stab the other party.
Giving up pulling out the one-handed sword that was too deep, Yan Xu calmly let go, kicked away the dying and struggling tree monster, picked up the mace and knocked the tree monster that came over to pick up the cheap, although it was not dead, but the force of the explosion was enough to break its bones.
The old knight also used his rich combat experience to kill a tree monster, and even if the remaining tree monsters killed four village guards, they still had the advantage.
At this moment, Yan Xu suddenly broke out, came to the old knight and raised his shield, and almost at the same time, a javelin hit the shield.
"Dryad! Watch out for its javelins! The old knight glanced at Yan Xu gratefully, and then reminded.
"Got it, leave it to me!" Yan Xu's eyes narrowed, put away the mace, and pulled out the short spear into the darkness.
Seeing that the dryad was almost half dead, two heavily armed lord guards came to support, and the mercenaries who had planned to flee stopped their steps and cooperated with the militia to clear out the goblins scurrying around the camp.
In the darkness, Yan Xu did not widen his eyes, but narrowed his eyes, held a short spear in one hand, and walked lightly through the bushes.
Yan Xu didn't know what the tree monster or tree demon was, but he could feel the malice and murderous aura of that thing, so all he had to do was find it and kill it.
The tree demon is a little smarter than the tree monster, but this savage monster has one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, it is fond of hunting intelligent creatures, especially opponents with a certain strength, and it is one of their favorite prey, so Yan Xu, who was targeted, didn't wait long before he heard a slight sound coming from the canopy.
The canopy is densely covered with branches and leaves, and if you throw a short spear, it is easy to be blocked by the trunk, and at this time, if you change your weapon, you must withstand a round of attacks from the opponent, and in the face of an opponent whose strength is unknown, Yan Xu must be cautious.
In the end, it was just a clever beast, and the tree demon couldn't bear it, and finally revealed his figure and threw his gun at the target.
Almost at the moment when the leaves rattled, Yan Xu stepped backwards on the seven stars and stepped back in a blink of an eye, this footwork that was more popular in China showed a huge effect for the first time in the other world, and the whistling javelin was still a foot away from the target.
The extremely high spiritual attributes and subtle control of the body allowed Yan Xu to accurately throw a short spear to hit the exposed tree demon while retreating extremely quickly, but on the big tree behind Yan Xu, a tree demon that had been hidden for a long time suddenly pounced.
Human beings have no minions, and losing all equipment and fighting monsters in close combat is a painful way to die, but Yan Xu is different, what he is best at is empty-handed combat, before the tree demon has landed, he stretched out his hand and hooked, and the tree demon involuntarily turned around in mid-air, and was grabbed by Yan Xu's throat and pierced to the ground, his head tilted, and he died.
Data collection ·····
Perhaps thinking that the battle was over, the main god crystal began to actively collect data, digitizing all levels of militia, village guards, mercenaries, knights, and tree monsters.
Yan Xu found that the six attributes of the same level, human beings are more average, even if they are warriors, their intelligence and spiritual charm also have a considerable value, unlike monsters, their intelligence and charm attributes are about to fall below the table, so the strength and physical sensitivity attributes are more than those of humans of the same level, after all, they don't need to rely on their faces to eat.
After a brief look at the data, and then at his updated attribute column, Yan Xu did not delay any longer and returned to the camp.
The camp was victorious, but it also paid a sufficient price, not only the militia and the village guards were killed and wounded, but even Baron Thrall's lord's guard also lost two deaths, and the old knight was not lightly wounded, and at his age, even if he recovered from his injuries, he could not return to the battlefield again.
Hit so hard that this operation to open up trade routes could not be carried out, and he had to return to Guojiu Town.
Because of the great loss of the baron's strength, those mercenaries on the road were a little commotion, and in the end, it was Yan Xu who stood up and joined the baron's team to make these bastards give up the idea of taking advantage of the fire to rob, after all, the person who can hunt two tree demons alone in the dark night is not something they can afford to provoke.