【Chapter 090】 Orc Trails
"Oh my God!" Alice's eyes were full of shock, huge fists, sharp spikes, and a strong sense of shock: "It's unbelievable." ”
Click, click, click...... Linda stood up with her fists in her hands, her curved and smooth body, coupled with these two meteor hammer-like fists, with a strange sense of oppression.
Alice then notices the wolf-edged sword behind Linda, a gift she gave Linda, and quips, "It seems that you will never need the sword I gave you." ”
"I'll keep it forever. Linda smiled: "This is the most precious gift I have ever received." ”
"Wow, can you let me touch it?" Alice leaned over curiously, reaching out and gently touching the spikes in her fist, strong and sharp, like sharp blades cut from real rock. Imagine such a big fist, bombarding a person with a fierce blow, there is no doubt that the flesh and blood are blurred.
"Is it heavy?"
"It's not heavy. Linda stretched out her fists freely, light and fast: "Actually, it doesn't feel too much, and it's almost no different from my original hand." ”
"So, let's try its power?" Alice was a little impatient, now Linda, with hard skin and spiky punches, was afraid that she would not be able to find an opponent in the entire Blackstone Collar.
"Hmm. Linda nodded, and after Alice was promoted, she secretly resolved that she must try to catch up. During the day, she worked hard to create sacred dust, and even at night she would use up her magic power, wake up regularly, and continue to use up her accumulated magic power, so she continued to practice to achieve the current result.
"By the way, Alice, what is your good news?"
"Well, I was about to tell you. Alice was also happy that Linda had achieved a breakthrough in divine power, and put her arm around her shoulders affectionately, leaning over: "I have probably figured out how the seed germinates." But we have to experiment. But I'm even more curious about how terrifying the lethality of a fist as big as a soup pot can be. ”
In the armory, when Alice watched Linda with her own eyes, wielding a rock thorn punch, with a whistling sound of breaking through the air, with all her strength, blasting the iron shield to pieces, she was shocked and speechless.
This is a knight's standard one-handed shield, and it has been blessed by Alice's own hands, making it harder, and can easily resist the attacks of large swords and spears, but under Linda's terrifying fist, it is as fragile as papier-mâché.
Linda's feelings were even more profound, gently opening and closing her fists, feeling the pleasure of wielding power: "Alice, I have a gut feeling. Even if it is two shields, it will definitely be able to shatter. ”
"Oh my God!" Alice cupped her cheeks, her eyes full of envious little stars: "Linda, you are now the first female warrior of the Black Stone Collar! No, even if you go to Waterdeep City, you are also the first female warrior!"
Linda clenched her fist confidently: "I don't care what comes first. I only care about the instructions of the gods, these fists are the divine power given to me by the gods, and I will use them to smash all evil. ”
"In the face of absolute power, even evil will retreat!" Alice also clenched her fists and made a cheering gesture: "I believe in you, you can definitely do it!"
"Alice, I'll protect you, protect Blackstone. I swear. Linda made a solemn promise: "I will defend the majesty of the gods!"
"Hmph, if anyone else dares to provoke our Black Stone Collar, let him taste the fist first. Alice's face was excited, after her sister Leah left, in the enlightenment of the gods, surprises followed, the Black Stone Collar could not only survive the winter smoothly, but also earned unimaginable wealth, and now, also has the power to defend the Black Stone Collar - Linda alone can defeat a team of knights!
Leah, when you return triumphantly, you will witness this dazzling miracle with your own eyes!
Moreover, the gods I worship are a hundred times more powerful than yours!
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"Mark, what did you find?"
"Corpses, stinking corpses. The head and chest cavity were shattered, and it was the work of an orc warhammer. ”
Leah pursed her lips tightly, forcing herself to contain the dissatisfaction in her heart. The moment she was ordered to come to the Dawnbreak Forest in the west of Waterdeep to conquer the Dreadtooth Orcs, she held a grudge. The high Duke of Ceylon, who did not provide her with sufficient provisions, assigned the most difficult tasks.
In the southwestern part of the thorny and wooded Dawnbreak Forest, tracking the trail of a group of dreadtooth orcs numbering around twenty and having to kill at least fifteen orc heads, but as the trail progressed, the trees became denser and denser, and the knight's horse could not be used at all.
But Leah was not only angry, but also uneasy and a hint of panic lurking in her heart. For more than ten days, she did not wait for the reinforcements promised by the Duke of Ceylon, and what was even more terrifying was that her knights lost their way in the forest after a terrible battle.
This is the first time that Leah has led troops on an expedition, and although her swordsmanship and riding skills are superb enough, her psychological quality is far inferior to that of her battle-hardened father.
In addition, Alice, who is far away in Blackstone Castle, the sister she misses and cares about, appears in her dreams again and again. Karrick, who was cursed by the god of the sea, may have died long ago, and the butler Lien is not trustworthy, leaving only Alice and those weak serfs, who cannot complete the autumn harvest at all.
Perhaps, she is also crying day and night.
The night in the forest came faster than on the plains, and before the sun had completely set, the whole forest fell into a terrifying darkness, and the dense trees around it had an indescribable horror that made people's hairs stand on end.
For several days, it continued to advance day and night, biting the footprints of the dreadtooth orcs. Naturally strong and warlike, the orcs were not so easy to deal with, killing nine orcs in three battles, including the female orcs who were only responsible for giving birth and cooking in the orc camp.
The Blackstone Knights, on the other hand, paid twenty-one lives, and four others were seriously wounded, infected and died, and the situation deteriorated to the bottom. The eerie hot wind blew the shadows of the trees, like hideous creatures. All Riah wanted to do now was turn her horse's head around and rush out of the forest.
Captain Mark tightened the reins of his horse beside Leah, his face frustrated: "Lord Duke must have made a mistake. This kind of dense forest, which is not conducive to knights' battles, is unimaginable. ”
Lia pulled up her hood, and the mosquitoes of the dense forest swirled around her head, and her face was solemn: "The Duke asked us to track down the whereabouts of the orcs, and we complied. But we can't make it happen without enough heads. Have you found out the emblem of the corpse? Maybe it's our reinforcements. ”
"There was a scarf around his neck with a silver spear and a tulip insignia, which seemed to be the reinforcement promised by the Duke of Ceylon, the knight of the silver spear of Sir Mait. Mark pulled out a bloodstained scarf from the armor on his chest.
"How many people died?"
"Six. But not a single orc corpse was left, which is not normal. ”
"Where's the weapon?"
"There were no weapons, and even quite a few of them had their armor and clothes stripped off. It's the style of the orcs, and they don't waste anything available. ”
"There is still time to collect loot. Leah's face became more and more ugly: "The orcs won this battle, and it was overwhelming. Take me to see the heavy warhammer as the orc centurion's logo. If it were true, we would immediately return to the creek, two miles away, and we would follow the creek and leave the forest. ”
At this point, there is no choice.
Mark leads Leah through the dense jungle, up a slope, and finds a hiding place under a stout beech tree. Leah half-crouched in the bushes and looked out into the clearing ahead.
"Holy Spirit willing!"
In the gloomy night, corpses lay in the mud, stumps and flesh all over the ground, and the thick smell of blood wafted through the air.
Riya's gaze scanned back and forth, eventually landing on one of the corpses that had been smashed through the ribcage. His father had described to her that the orc centurion's massive warhammer could easily smash through his chest, leaving a hole at least a foot long.
"Leah, Leah......" Mark, who was on guard beside him, suddenly became extremely nervous. In the shadows of the trees not far behind, there seemed to be a shadow moving slowly.
"What do you see?" Ria gripped the short sword at her waist, which was more useful in the dense woods.
"Bears, wolves, or—or—orcs who haven't left yet!"