Chapter 3: The Temptation of Trolls
The enemy's search was faster than expected, and a large number of heavily armed troops had approached the cave where Haruka was hiding.
"Whoop—whoa—whoa—whoa—" The troll gestured to him excitedly, but Haruka couldn't understand what the other meant.
In the face of the enemy's carpet search, even if you use your breath to hide, it is difficult to avoid the search, for now, let this swamp troll leave first, even if it is discovered by the enemy, it is only regarded as a wild demonic beast, and may be able to escape.
"Let's go, don't stay with me!" Haruka pointed to it, then to the exit of the cave.
"Whoop—whoop—" The other party seemed to understand Haruka's meaning, but he kept shaking his head, and then pointed to the black armor Haruka was wearing, and began to babble.
"What's wrong with my armor?" Haruka looked down at herself, and then at the other person.
"Knock knock—" The troll held out his finger, tapped it on Haruka's armor, and then pointed at himself.
"You're not going to put on my armor, are you, you're trying to play me?"
The other man nodded, patting his body.
"Isn't that tantamount to sending you to death... Haruka hesitated a little, and could hear the footsteps of the enemy searching outside, which was getting closer and closer.
"Knock knock—" The troll trolled, knocking on Haruka's armor again, and then pointing at himself, seemingly insisting.
"Well, since you have to do it ... Then I'm please. After hesitating again and again, Yao finally agreed, and now he really needs to buy more time, and he must not fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise everything will be wasted.
Haruka slowly stretched out his hand and pressed it on the troll's thick arm, and he could see the Yaqi Snake slowly releasing a black mist, and then spread along Haruka's arm to the troll's body, and soon a set of black armor that seemed to be tailor-made for it quickly armed the troll. Although there is a huge difference in size between the two, it is more than enough to confuse the enemy.
"Whoop—whoop—whoa—whoa—" The troll danced his limbs excitedly, seemingly very satisfied with the set of black armor Haruka had given him. After making sure that his actions would not be affected, the troll patted his chest as if he were swearing an oath to Haruka.
"Understood, be careful yourself. Haruka responded.
Immediately, the black-armored troll turned and left the cave where he was hiding.
At the very moment when it went out, the vanguard of the enemy happened to search the way. The two sides almost met head-on.
"I found it!!!, the guy in black armor!!" the soldier who led the group suddenly shouted, and the entire legion began to gather here.
"Whoop—whoa—" In order not to reveal his identity too quickly, the troll showed his face in front of the other party and quickly ran towards the rear.
"Don't let him run away!! "Tens of thousands of Beast Knights tread through the billowing smoke and dust, tracking towards the troll in front of them.
It is clear that mimicking Haruka's bipedal walking has severely affected the troll's forward speed, and they are better at touching the ground on all fours than running on their legs, using a semi-glide stance.
The enemy soon reached a distance of several tens of meters behind it, and at this time, it did not care about camouflage, and suddenly crawled on the ground, using its thick limbs to quickly glide through the hills.
Thanks to the difficult terrain and the relatively fast movement speed of the original trolls, after only passing through dozens of hills, it has once again distanced itself from the enemy.
"Strange!?Why did you run away in such a strange position... This is not quite what was said in the previous intelligence. The general in charge of the pursuit couldn't help but start to be suspicious, but the target in front of him naturally couldn't be let go. "We can't let him distance ourselves from us anymore!!Use arrows!!We must stop him!!"
Under the orders of the generals, the knights who were chasing on the monsters drew their long attacks from behind, and at the same time took out arrows from the arrow cages tied to their mounts.
"Shoot!!" With a command, thousands of flying arrows rained down on the troll in front of him, even if it continued to use its agile position to constantly dodge in the hills, but in the face of such a saturation blow, it could not completely dodge.
Most of the arrows hit the black armor, and although it was only a split armor of the Yaki Orochi, it still inherited its fortitude and hardness, and almost neutralized the attack with defense. Still, a few arrows hit the gaps in the armor's joints, and the dark green fluids unique to trolls flowed down the wounds.
"Whoop—whoa—" The wounded troll was no longer as mobile as before, losing a lot of bodily fluids and deteriorating his state, eventually being overtaken by the enemy's horde.
"Surround him for me!!Be careful, the other party is the Demon King after all!!Don't approach easily!" The general commanded on the spot, and the mighty iron cavalry army formed a huge encirclement around the troll, and the soldiers at the front raised their shields one after another, and then the other held a spear in their hands, slowly narrowing the encirclement.
"Whoop—whoa—" could be felt as the troll's aura began to weaken, and it flipped around in the face of approaching enemies, facing the sky......