Chapter 65: The Road Is Difficult
Impulse is the devil, and in the battle between the two villains, reason and impulsiveness, there is no doubt that reason beats impulsiveness for a while.
Vanessa is not a step-by-step character, and now there are a lot of elven and minotaur words popping up in her head from time to time, and she is so dizzy that she doesn't come up with any solutions, let alone go straight in to assassinate Hogg.
Can't do it! What does it have to do with her that people want to attack Stormwind?
In the eyes of the people behind the scenes, isn't this looking for death?
After spending three days in the town of Shining Gold, Sheriff Dugan once invited her to join her to kill the head of the enemy, because he found the man named Hope. Vanessa. Miss Struy has healing powers! Although the soldiers she treated were all dizzy and burning, as if they had a high fever, they could recover by drinking more water, which was too rare for Shining Gold Town, which had not seen priests and paladins for many years.
Vanessa gladly obeyed, you call me, I will go, but absolutely do nothing out of the ordinary.
If a militiaman is injured, she uses her latest research on flame healing to treat it, and if an enemy rushes in front of her, she picks up a big knife and slashes, and if there are too many enemies, she runs, and kills hundreds of gnolls inside and out, but it is a drop in the bucket, and it is useless.
The number of militia in Shanjin Town exceeds 800, this town has its own forging division, leather maker, in terms of militia equipment can be said to be quite good, everyone has leather armor, the militia is armed with spears, short swords hanging from their waists, well-trained archers more than 200 people, even the cavalry has 30, and the strength is definitely the first level in the village and town.
It's a pity that it's useless...... No matter how brave the militia is, no matter how hard they fight, there are too many gnolls, a roar, all over the mountains, this is not a game, Hogg has no name on his head, he will not stand stupidly somewhere waiting for you to kill, all the gnolls look the same, in the face of the enemy that is pouring in like a tide, the decapitation tactic is a joke.
The militia of Shanjin Town attacked twice in three days, and although the wounded were rescued by Vanessa, the morale of the militia was undoubtedly reduced below the cordon, and it was impossible to resist the words of defending the country again.
"Withdraw, sheriff, don't think about opening the way, now we can't even defend Shining Gold Town!" The treasurer and the clerk of Shining Gold Town persuaded him together, and then his hair was thick, but Dugan, the sheriff who had been fighting bloodily and had a lot of physical exertion, had to accept this suggestion and withdraw! Retreat to Stormwind!
Vanessa watched coldly, without the intention of coming up with an idea, a town with a population of 7,000, it seems that there are a lot of people, but in fact, there is no danger to defend here, as a village and town at the fork in the road, there is not even a basic wall here, what can you do to resist tens of thousands of jackals?
A gong sounded in the center of the town, and all the peasants turned into militia? That does not exist, there will be no more than two thousand civilians who can take up arms to fight, even if they are all pulled to the battlefield, these two thousand people will not be able to withstand the attack of the jackals, the number gap is still very large, there is no need to let civilians die in vain.
The clerk rode through the town and called for everyone to evacuate, and the town, which had been quiet before, was completely in chaos.
"Fuck off! If you dare to touch my things again, be careful of your dog's life! The ugly side of human nature soon became apparent, and some townspeople set their eyes on Vanessa's carriage and the horses, and thought very well, snatching the carriage and pretending to be their belongings, as for who was the original owner? They don't care.
In order to maintain her good character, Vanessa just beat people away, breaking one leg at most, realizing that they are all hard bones, not to mention commoners, and even those nobles with five or six people have chosen to stay away.
Giving the townsfolk of Shining Gold a social beating, Vanessa's small team became embarrassed.
What do they do? Do you want to go to Stormwind too? To tell the truth she didn't want to go, and neither did the dwarves.
"Kill the heads of the enemy, will they disperse?" The dwarven shaman still has a fifty-year sentence on his body, and he resists Stormwind the most, and after thinking about it, he has come up with such a common method for adventurers.
"It's hard, the Jackals have very sharp noses, and the thieves of the Brotherhood of Defia are also very good at stealth and anti-stealth, and the point is that I can't find where this Hogg is." Vanessa was initially passive and slacking off, but in the past few days, she has also discovered problems, she has the same result whether she slacks off work or not, this Hogg must be hiding somewhere, and she can't find it alone.
At this time, there is another way, that is, she flies back to the western wilderness to transfer troops, one south and one north, flanking on both sides, taking advantage of the chaos, the dwarves break through from a certain weak point, and there should also be a chance to rush over.
However, now that many Brotherhood thieves have infiltrated the militia of Sentinel Ridge, if they are pulled out to fight, the chances of encountering former acquaintances on the battlefield are too great.
"Actually, I suggest you go east, to Lakeside Town, then south, around Nighttown, and then west, you can enter the Western Wilderness." In the spare time of guiding the townspeople to retreat, the sheriff Dugan also wanted to send the dwarven uncles away quickly, and came over to help with ideas whenever he had time.
Vanessa's face was full of reluctance: "This is also too far away, I heard that the lakeside town is not very peaceful, there are blackstone orcs infested there, and Night Town is also harassed by undead and werewolves, which do you think these troubles are better solved than the jackals?" ”
Sheriff Dugan proposed another solution: "Then you go back to Stormwind with us, and land by sea and around the Western Wilderness, but I heard that there are a lot of fishmen on the coastline, and you need to hire some warships." ”
Fishman is cute, you don't want to hack him!
Vanessa also rejected this solution: "With the procrastination efficiency of Stormwind City, we need to prepare at least five hundred silver coins to bribe the officer, if we want to open the joint and make the trip as soon as possible, it will cost even more, I might as well hire adventurers and let them escort us to break through." ”
The sheriff was embarrassed for a while, he knew very well the corruption situation in the kingdom, he opened his eyes and said nonsense, saying that you slandered, there is no corruption in our Storm Kingdom at all, then his conscience can't stand this heavy blow, and the actual situation will only be more serious than what Vanessa said, five hundred silver coins? Miss, you haven't been out for a long time, have you? That was the market three years ago, and the group of officials three years ago had been promoted, and now there are a group of different people! The price is higher! Without eight hundred silver coins, you can't even see the shadow of the docks!
Which is better to deal with, orcs, undead, corrupt officials, or gnolls? Anyone with a brain knows that the gnolls are better to deal with......